NATIONAL
- BPCI Advanced loses 252 providers, 35% of lower extremity major joint replacement participants
- Why hospital associations are dipping their toes into state-based Medicare ACOs
- 1 in 5 Catholic hospitals don’t share religious affiliation online, study finds
- FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb Calls for Tighter Regulations on Electronic Health Records
- How states are using Medicare rates to rein in hospital payments
- 117 hospitals drop out of BPCI Advanced: 5 things to know
- To rival Amazon, UPS enters healthcare—with doorstep nurse delivery
- Hospital leaders share how they’re thriving amid healthcare’s transition
- Participation in Advanced Bundled Payments Model Falls 16%
- CMS star ratings don’t account for surgical volumes, study finds
- Drug rebate overhaul could come in next 3 months, HHS says
- The 10 highest paying metro areas for physicians
- CMS Launches Review Program for HIPAA-Covered Health Plans
- CMS issues new guidance on HCBS final rule, but provider concerns remain
- Nonprofit hospitals will stabilize this year, Fitch predicts
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Connecticut to receive additional $5.8 million from feds to combat opioid addiction
- CT gets no clean bill of financial health from doctors
- Report: Hartford area ranks fourth in largest physician wage gap
- Judge Tosses Reverse-Discrimination Claims Against Yale New Haven Hospital
- Milford Hospital Could Close Unless Merger Approved: Lawmakers
MAINE
- Sebec residents favor HAD 4 charter amendments for citizens vote on merger
- Northern Light Health may grow to 10 hospitals
- Northern Light board approves Mayo Hospital merger
- CMH’s Maine Urgent Care in Topsham gets key accreditation
- Mercy Hospital launches new program to fight against opioid crisis
- Maine hospital tests heart procedure that could eliminate surgery, cut costs
- New Rumford, Bridgton hospital president sees way forward
MASSACHUSETTS
- Why this Boston physician gives his cellphone number to patients
- Abington settles dispute with hospital over ambulance transports
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Copley Hospital CEO departing for New Hampshire
- New Hampshire-based Memorial Hospital appoints president
- How Dartmouth-Hitchcock CEO Dr. Joanne Conroy leads differently
NEW YORK
- Nurses Postpone Plan To Strike In New York
- Mount Sinai to expand EHR access, care services through partnership with One Medical
- One Medical teams with Mount Sinai in latest growth spurt
- Glens Falls Hospital prepares to open new surgical offices
- NYC Health + Hospitals financial update: 7 takeaways
- New York hospital ousts interim CEO after 7 months
- NYC dermatology group expands Philadelphia-area footprint
- New York hospital gets OK for $70M expansion
- New York hospital patients plagued by billing errors
RHODE ISLAND
- Health Check: Improving stroke care at Rhode Island Hospital
- Rhode Island to receive $6.5 million in fight against opioid abuse, addiction
VERMONT
- Brattleboro Memorial Hospital to offer obstetric services in Springfield, Vt.
- Copley Hospital CEO departing for New Hampshire
- University of Vermont Health Network announces new president
- University of Vermont Children’s Hospital announces record fundraising
- Rutland Regional Medical Center recognizes staff
- Susan Aranoff: Vermont health care is headed in the wrong direction
- How Vermont hospitals end up in the red
- After 5 years, Vermont cuts ribbon on 1st ASC
- Springfield Hospital asks for rate increase to bolster ‘tenuous’ finances
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Christiana Care partnering with nonprofit group to purchase generic drugs
- Beebe Healthcare names interim CEO
- Beebe Healthcare CEO Jeffrey Fried leaving after 24 years
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- DC area fares well in ranking of healthiest communities
- Plans continue for closure of Providence Hospital’s emergency care on April 30
- Washington, D.C. AG Wants Better Data Breach Protection
- Providence gets OK to continue these services after hospital closes
- Vincent Gray pushes for new D.C. hospital to open sooner as UMC ‘is hemorrhaging money’
MARYLAND
- Carroll Hospital’s neonatal couplet care rooms a ‘new model of care’ to help sick, premature babies bond
- CMS Approves Medicaid 1115 Waiver in Maryland
- CEO of Maryland medical system taking leave of absence
- MedStar Health to pay $35M to resolve kickback allegations
- Johns Hopkins Bayview faces more pushback over planned $469 million expansion
- Maryland could soon have a prescription drug affordability board
- Maryland lawmakers ask AG whether proposed reform of board ties should affect private hospitals
NEW JERSEY
- New Jersey to create its own state-based health exchange
- One of N.J.’s largest hospital chains looking to expand its turf with another big merger
- WalletHub Study: New Jersey Is 2019’s 4th Worst State for Doctors
- 2 New Jersey health systems explore merger
- Wanaque nursing home where 11 children died still gets 3-star rating from government
- Alphabet-backed Clover Health is cutting tech jobs after realizing it needs more health-care experts
PENNSYLVANIA
- Wilkes-Barre General furloughs ‘small number’ of employees
- Rules limiting nursing workload brought back to Harrisburg
- Geisinger Health, Highmark developing HealthPlex
- Health Partners Plans President and CEO William S. George To Retire; Executive Vice President Denise Croce Named President and CEO
- Jefferson CEO Dr. Stephen Klasko renews contract through 2024
- UPMC: Pennsylvania AG is working in Highmark’s interest, not public’s
- IRMC, nurses remain apart on agreement
- Ellwood City Medical Center CEO blames unpaid insurance for payroll problems
- Highmark CEO: Hospital group wrong for siding with UPMC over AG Shapiro
- Pa. hospital advocacy group petitions to join UPMC in lawsuit against attorney general
- New president for Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital
- New contract anticipated between Independence, Trinity Health
- Pennsylvania hospital CEO blames lagging reimbursement for payroll problems
VIRGINIA
- Sentara Healthcare, Optima Health donate $5.5 million for programs across Virginia
- Virginia’s health report falls on economic, geographic lines
- Four local hospitals penalized for conditions acquired by inpatients
- CMS push to curb HACs dings level 1 trauma centers, says Carilion’s quality chief
- Mary Washington Hospital named to ‘elite’ group for cardiovascular care
- UVA Medical CEO earns national recognition
WEST VIRGINIA
- Valley Health’s regional reach continues to grow
- CEO hire is a capstone moment for Mountain Health Network
- West Virginia to receive $14.6 million from feds to fight opioid addiction
- DOJ takes over whistleblower case against West Virginia hospital, CEO for improper payments to doctors
- Federal prosecutors claim Wheeling Hospital committed Medicare fraud
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- CRMC appoints Jordan CEO
- UnityPoint Health bariatric surgical center receives national accreditation
KANSAS
- Compliance costs overwhelm KC-area inpatient psychiatric hospitals, report says
- High Plains Mental Health Center named exemplary workplace for third year
- Kansas House passes Medicaid expansion 69-54
- NIH grants U of Kansas $11.4M for precision medicine center
- Kansas hospital takes step toward reopening after entering bankruptcy
- Investments in Kansas, Missouri biomedical companies ‘fairly depressing’ in 2018
- Kansas, Missouri consider electronic prescriptions to curb opioid abuse; doctors wary
MINNESOTA
- Newsweek names Mayo Clinic the best hospital in the world
- Essentia Health Welcomes Urgent Care Physician in Duluth
- U.S. Attorney: Otsego company agrees to pay over $700K to resolve False Claims Act violation
- Kraus-Anderson Set to Break Ground on New Hospital Wing at Hutchinson Health in Minnesota
- Patients, Minnesota legislators push for lower drug prices, more transparency
- New health care wing coming to Hutchinson
- North Dakota, Minnesota among best states for doctors
- Allina, nurses set to begin contract talks 3 years after strike
MISSOURI
- Transition ceremony marks new ownership of hospital
- Inspectors: Hospital makes fixes after botched colonoscopy
- Missouri hospital retains Medicare contract after investigation into colonoscopy death
- St. Louis Children’s Hospital president quits after less than five months
- Hospitals in Missouri, Oklahoma file for bankruptcy
- St. Louis: One of the Fastest-Growing Life Sciences Markets
- Several SSM Audrain doctors support MU hospital merger
- SSM Health names Steven Scott as president of SLU hospital
- Investments in Kansas, Missouri biomedical companies ‘fairly depressing’ in 2018
- Kansas, Missouri consider electronic prescriptions to curb opioid abuse; doctors wary
NEBRASKA
- Nebraska Medicine using virtual reality for patients
- New head of Health and Human Services outlines her vision to improve agency fundamentals
NORTH DAKOTA
- North Dakota, Minnesota among best states for doctors
- Construction timeline unclear after blasts at North Dakota hospital site
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Regional Health honors longtime caregivers
- Avera McKennan employees can now pick up Hy-Vee groceries at their workplace
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Nurses say proposed state law limiting number of patients would save lives. Hospitals say it could cost billions of dollars they don’t have.
- Parents of Girl With Brain Damage Sue Presence Saint Joseph Hospital For $23M
- Illinois may require more nurses to treat fewer patients
- OSF HealthCare gets highest quality rating in region
- Rush health system reports data breach affecting 45,000
INDIANA
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- St. Joe CEO leaves before taking helm
- Lutheran CEO transfer to St. Joseph canceled
- St. Vincent announces new home for medical aircraft
- Ascension CEO Announces Retirement
- Lori Shannon Named New President of St. Vincent Heart Center
- Hoosier Counties Among ‘Healthiest Communities’
- IU Grand Challenge Initiative Hires Informatics Officer
- Aspire Indiana to Upgrade Anderson Health Center
- Medicaid work requirement may lead to $3M average loss for Indiana hospitals, study says
KENTUCKY
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- Baptist Health strategic alliance with BluMine Health will support employer-sponsored health, wellness programs
- Kentucky probes alleged drug overcharges by PBMs
- Andy Beshear investigating suspected state Medicaid drug price gouging
- Kentucky near bottom of biomedical investment ranking of Midwestern states: Report
- BrightSpring units to lay off more than 200 employees
- KY Community Health Centers Call on Congress for Long-Term Funding
- St. Claire HealthCare taps new CEO
- Judge strikes down Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and Arkansas
- Southern Kentucky hospital hopes community will pay for new NICU
- KY Hospital Expands Partnership with Allscripts EHR, Patient Portal
- MCCH financial struggles continue; Herndon, others make naming rights moves
- $24 million health care facility opens in NKY
MICHIGAN
- McLaren Northern Michigan’s new CEO is Todd Burch
- Henry Ford Health System’s hospital plans trip over certificate-of-need law
- Munson nurses voting on tentative agreement with hospital
- Fired DMC docs: Detroit patients died because of cost-cutting
- Cardiologists claim DMC retaliated for citing problems, including needless patient deaths
- EMS in Michigan, and nation, suffering personnel shortage
- Feds to DMC Harper Hospital: Fix problems by April 15 or lose millions
- Health system appoints chief medical officer
OHIO
- Cleveland Clinic building hospital in middle of competitive Lake County market
- $15 Wage Catches On in Ohio’s Hospitals but not Home Care
- Ground broken for Trinity’s $75M addition
- NE Ohio is third-largest region in Midwest for healthcare investments in 2018: BioEnterprise report
- Cleveland Clinic CEO wants to double patients it serves in Akron, worldwide to 4 million in five years
- Demolition of Good Samaritan Hospital could span one year
- Society of Hospital Medicine to honor Cleveland Clinic Akron General president
- Mercy’s nurse residency program first in SW Ohio to win accreditation
- MetroHealth would get rights to its researchers’ discoveries, under Ohio House-passed bill
- Mercy Health Partners with OHSAA
- Cleveland Clinic ranked second-best hospital system in the world
- Cincinnati health care firms among leaders in drawing investments
- Dayton hospital association names new CEO
- Interim Dayton hospital association president/CEO gets job permanently
- University Hospitals planning $200-million expansion of Ahuja Medical Center
- OhioHealth makes medical records more accessible to patients
- Cincinnati medical device firm clears FDA hurdle
- Cleveland Clinic Says Accused Doc’s Prescribing There Was OK
- Ahuja Medical Center in Beachwood to undertake $200 million expansion; 1,000 jobs to be created
- Dayton health center receives $1.1M grant to combat infant mortality
- Cincinnati doctors rank among highest paid in U.S.
- Wooster approves Akron Children’s Hospital’s plan for new facility
- Inspectors Find “Significant Deficiencies” Still Exist At Mount Carmel
- Medical information now available with the click of a button thanks to new app from Akron Children’s Hospital
- Akron Children’s Hospital and Cleveland Clinic expand collaboration for heart care
WISCONSIN
- SSM Health details plan for $75 million redevelopment on South Side
- Ascension CEO Tersigni to retire at end of year
- 4 nurses, 3 years — Aurora’s East Mequon Surgery Center faces wave of retirements, talent shortage
- Baraboo hospital named top performer among rural hospitals
- Consumer health startup opens Milwaukee office
- Froedtert Health bolsters hiring efforts to meet high patient volume
- OMC earns Rural Health Care certification
- A costly trade-off? Senate bill aims to lower nursing aide training requirements
- Judge dismisses final worker wage lawsuit against Epic Systems
- Froedtert & MCW invests in Seattle startup Xealth’s $11 million funding round
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Peace, Russell Medical stumping for Medicaid expansion
- Proposed AL bill encourages nurses to work in rural areas
FLORIDA
- Florida House and Senate are $543 million apart on conflicting healthcare budgets
- Estero Urgent Care in foreclosure proceedings, court records show
- Florida pharmacist gets 10 years for $121M fake claims scheme
- Florida hospital closes ASC due to lack of specialists; may reopen in the fall
- House approves bill repealing ‘certificate of need’ regulations on hospitals
- More layoffs at Miami hospitals as patient admissions dwindle and operating costs rise
- Hospital system nabs top university fundraiser
- Florida House passes bill to make opening hospitals easier
- Memorial Hospital Jacksonville buys land near St. Johns-Duval border
- Florida healthcare faces $543 million gap in House and Senate showdown
- CMS oks Florida Medicaid behavioral health housing pilot
- Deltona’s new hospital may open ahead of schedule
- CMS approves Florida Medicaid waiver to pilot housing assistance program
- Mississippi, Florida hospital groups sponsor statewide ACOs
GEORGIA
- Athens-Limestone Hospital expanding outpatient ORs, operation days
- Gordon and neighboring counties hold middle ground in new health rankings report for Georgia
- Rural hospitals brace for changes proposed in Georgia Legislature
- Anchor Health Properties acquires 2 medical office buildings in Atlanta
- Ameris Bank donates $1.65 million to support sixteen rural Georgia hospitals
- Push For Hospital Transparency In Georgia Gets New Energy, Platform
MISSISSIPPI
- A new era: Officials break ground for new Riverland hospital
- Mississippi hospital secures 3rd owner in 2 years
- Another Man Pleads Guilty in Huge Mississippi Pharmacy Fraud
- Mississippi, Florida hospital groups sponsor statewide ACOs
NORTH CAROLINA
- UNC Rex will open five new urgent care locations and will rebrand existing centers
- From Twin City Hospital To Forsyth Medical Center: How Women Shaped the History Of Triad Medical Care
- Duke University pays $112M to settle faked-research lawsuit
- UPS Begins Using Drones to Transport Medical Samples at North Carolina Hospitals
- Atrium Health names Central Division leader
- Bills for Atrium patients drop after anesthesiology vendor change, hospital CEO says
- Durham has lowest doctor compensation in U.S., study says
- Doctors Practices Leaving Charlotte Hospitals Catch The Eye Of Their Industry
- Sentara: Patient-centered care key to turnaround
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Tidelands Health initiative continues legacy of late board chairman, wife
- Roper closing one of its N. Charleston locations, opening new facility nearby
- Lowcountry hospitals list their prices online but some doubt its usefulness
- Amazon for health care: What the rise of online medical service means for SC patients
- MUSC targets expenses, saying it’s ‘not quite hitting’ its budget
TENNESSEE
- Top of the List: Nashville’s biggest assisted-living facilities
- HCA backs citywide program to improve Nashville’s workforce
- UT Medical Center’s NICU expansion makes ‘it a little more like home’ for families
- Judge overturns decision denying Baptist’s standalone Arlington ER
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Judge strikes down Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and Arkansas
- Variety is the Spice of Life for Arkansas Hospitals
ARIZONA
- $5 million bill passes to decrease physician shortage
- Medicare penalizing 15 Arizona hospitals over patient safety issues
- Mesa-based Myndshft will triple in size in 2019
- How do Southern Arizona hospitals compare to others across the country?
- Which Arizona hospitals ranked the worst? ‘Star’ quality ratings of 56 hospitals released
- Indian Health Service Receives Funds for Planning, Building
- Shuttered Arizona hospitals to give patients 90 days to access medical records
- Arizona Bill aims to combat severe physician shortage
- Banner Health’s annual operating income sinks 31%
LOUISIANA
- Tulane Lakeside Hospital for Women and Children opening orthopedic surgery center
- CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Health System welcomes new medical director
- LHC groundbreaking; Second-largest home-health company brings 500 new jobs to Lafayette
- One Louisiana hospital ranks among top in U.S.
NEW MEXICO
- Cancer patients in rural New Mexico must travel hours for treatment
- CEO of New Mexico’s health insurance exchange out
- Hospital borrows millions to upgrade cancer center
- Hospitals working to meet NM’s challenges
- Health exchange names interim CEO
- Hospital welcomes new chief executive officer
OKLAHOMA
- Explaining the Community Health Center of Oklahoma proposal
- Hospitals in Missouri, Oklahoma file for bankruptcy
TEXAS
- Groundbreaking ceremony takes place for new Waco hospital
- First in-hospital midwifery clinic opens in CTX
- The Retina Center of Texas earns preliminary approval
- How Texas Ranks For Doctors In 2019
- Take a Look at Medical City Children’s New Pediatric Cancer Unit
- Cornerstone Healthcare Group Dives into Home Health Care with Aggressive Growth Plan
- Medical City Children’s Hospital Opens New Pediatric Cancer Unit
- Study: North Texas doctors have one of the largest gender wage gaps
- Hunt Regional among hospitals designated for state commission’s $84 million
- Texas Secures Major Funding for Doctors, Hospitals
- New healthcare facility to open in Bruni
- Bills would let Texas physicians sell some meds from their offices
- New president takes helm at Methodist Mansfield
- Vivify Health Has Tripled in Size and is Expanding its Space in Plano
- Lawyer tells jury in Forest Park bribery trial that surgeons who took money followed his advice
- Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center to layoff or reassign hundreds
- Memorial Hospital of Texas County Plan of Correction Accepted by the State
- North Texas Patients Not Immune To Theft But Private Hospital Police Can Keep Cases Secret
- The Prescription for North Texas Healthcare: ‘Retailization,’ Hospitality, and Mergers
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Public reacts to release of hospital sale agreements
- Alaska’s only med school program fights planned shutdown
- Medicaid funding concerns have some Alaska hospitals putting expansion plans on hold
IDAHO
- Dueling Idaho Medicaid bills advance in House and Senate
- New cardiopulmonary rehab center opens in Idaho Falls
- Idaho Medicaid expansion still up in the air
- How healthy is Idaho? Boise area ranks high — but it’s not all good news
MONTANA
- Montana ranked best place to be a doctor in US
- Central Montana Medical Center receives $282,213 grant
- Multimillion-dollar renovation under way at St. Peter’s Health
- Hospital-funded study: Medicaid expansion has huge economic, health impact in Montana
OREGON
- Legacy Health taps chief integration officer, COO
- Proposed bill would require nonprofit hospitals to increase charity care spending
- Bill would set up state-run paid family & medical leave insurance program in Oregon
WASHINGTON
- WSHA: Hospital staffing legislation places patients at risk
- How a new UW teaching hospital might help Washington state’s mental-health crisis
- Gender pay gap for Seattle-area doctors, while significant, is one of nation’s smallest, study finds
WYOMING
- Health care prices are higher in Wyoming than elsewhere. But no one is sure exactly why.
- Regional Health honors longtime caregivers
- 4 notes on Wyoming healthcare prices, some of the nation’s highest
- Wyoming Medical Center began security change immediately after March 4 shooting
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Could these well-trained medical professionals help with California’s doctor shortage?
- ACLU files lawsuit against St. Joseph Health for alleged gender discrimination
- California faces ‘doctor drought.’ Here’s a remedy to ensure health workers for all
- UCLA will pay $7.5 million in claims, cyber enhancements to settle 2015 breach
- Dignity Health brings specialty pharmacy in-house
- UCLA Health to pay $7.5M to settle data breach class-action case
COLORADO
- New Strive CEO: Keep what works
- Colorado House shows overwhelming support to eliminate surprise medical billing practices
- UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center named to Top 20 Rural Community Hospitals
- ER visits linked to marijuana rose at Colorado hospital after legalization, study finds
- Two southern Colorado hospitals become part of world-class cancer network
- Patient sues Sky Ridge Medical Center, claims hospital ran out of blood
- Polis to sign hospital transparency law
- How a Colorado health system has enhanced care team communication
HAWAII
- Maui Health System hires 5 new doctors in 4 months
- Hawaii DOH receives federal grant funds to address opioid crisis
NEVADA
- Proposed bill tackles workplace violence against health care workers
- Proposed Medicare bill would affect just one Nevada hospital
UTAH
