NATIONAL
- Mandatory bundled radiation oncology demo seeks to upend payment
- Premera Reaches $10M Settlement with 30 States Over 2014 Data Breach
- Study: Doctor burnout costs health care system $4.6 billion a year
- Uber, Lyft see $15B opportunity in healthcare: 4 things to know
- Hospital execs turning to EHRs, patient portals to improve patient experience
- Hospitals are paying for not vetting their vendors
- Sharing and utilizing health data for AI — a new report and recommendations for HHS
- How 11 health systems are spending millions in innovation dollars for new initiatives in 2019
- What a home appliance retailer can teach hospitals about patient satisfaction
- More physicians pursuing job opportunities in telemedicine
- 3 health systems that have changed, suspended debt-collection practices
- Column: Alexa may be key to Amazon’s looming domination of the healthcare market
- Rural Hospitals Find Ways to Survive, Expand
- Hospitals hire ‘secret shoppers’ to evaluate care quality
- Non-Profit Hospitals Sue to Get Patient Financial Responsibility
- Improving the revenue cycle: 4 hospital leaders share plans for 2019
- CMS has billions in Medicare Advantage overpayments in its crosshairs
- CMS final rule allows arbitration agreements, proposes one-year delay of 3rd phase of Requirements of Participation
- Unpacking the Proposed Radiation Oncology Bundled Payment Model
- To change healthcare, knowing the business side is important — 4 physicians share why they pursued MBAs
- HHS awards $20M to bolster rural residency programs
- False Claims Act settlements top $750M in first half of 2019
- Cadillac tax repeal passes in House
- Leapfrog: Most hospitals don’t meet surgical volume standards for safety
- House committee advances No Surprises Act with arbitration: 4 healthcare reactions
- 70% of healthcare organizations have experienced a data breach
- 87% of healthcare, pharma workers are satisfied with their jobs, survey finds
- Medicare Shared Savings Program sees decline in new ACOs
- House committee advances No Surprises Act with arbitration: 4 healthcare reactions
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Connecticut hospital fined $150K over cancer misdiagnoses
- Hartford HealthCare, Trinity College deepen relationship
- Owners of only nursing home in Westport request its closure
- Meriden Nursing Home Fined, Nurse Aide Fired For Resident’s Fall
- How a Connecticut hospital upended its traditional pharmacy staffing model
MAINE
- $1M Nursing Home Funding Delay Sparks Political Spat in Maine
- Penobscot Community Health Care in Maine alerts patients of data breach
- Maine nurses develop strategy for staying awake and alert at work
- University expands nursing program to combat shortage in Maine
- UMaine, health centers partner to address nursing shortage with NPs
- Not enough beds at MaineGeneral
MASSACHUSETTS
- After $60M loss, New England health system plots plan for profitability
- Expanding care outside 4 hospital walls: Boston Children’s chief innovation officer details how to promote new ideas
- 7 health tech startups among 1st cohort of MassChallenge Houston accelerator
- Boston Children’s Hospital uses robotics, special effects for medical simulations training
- Covenant Health positioned for turnaround after $60M loss, new CEO says
- Boston Children’s Hospital partners with Premier to improve supply chain
- Saint Anne’s Hospital receives multiple national awards for stroke care
- Falmouth doctor sees major issues ahead for state medical society
- Massachusetts hospital to close ER
- Nurses to testify about workplace violence in Massachusetts
- St. Luke’s Hospital starts construction on new $14M intensive care unit
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Growth of Telemedicine in N.H. Has Hopes High, But Questions Remain
- New Hampshire gives providers say over use of restraints
- Law will require N.H. pharmacists to label opioids, hand out pamphlets detailing risks
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock completed 4,500 telehealth visits in 2018
NEW YORK
- Westfield Memorial names new president
- New Jersey drugmaker to cut 220 New York jobs
- Mohawk Valley Health System goes live on Epic
- See Medicaid admission rates at 611 nursing homes in New York State
- New operators lining up for Warsaw nursing home in multimillion-dollar deal
- Brooklyn Hospital Center Breaks Ground on New $25M Emergency Department
- Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center selects Mark Wright as CFO
- New York insurer opens office in hospital
RHODE ISLAND
- Nonprofit health system withdraws from hospital merger talks
- Health care systems to get $5.5M to prepare for emergencies
- Rhode Island opens innovation hub to advance research, education, commerce
- Rhode Island Department of Health to receive more than $5M in funding
- No deal: Lifespan, CNE hospital merger talks over
VERMONT
- Mayo Healthcare welcomes new administrator
- Springfield Hospital Argues Against Additional Oversight In Bankruptcy Court
- Vermont hospital paying staff to launder hospital linens after laundry plant’s abrupt closure
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Delaware’s budget could be hit by ACA lawsuit ruling
- Christiana Care Middletown earns certification for stroke readiness
- Nanticoke Health inks merger deal with Salisbury-based hospital system
- Middletown Emergency Department certified as acute stroke ready hospital
- Nemours Delaware Valley chief Dr. Roy Proujansky to retire
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- DC Health Justice Coalition pushes for a ‘full-service’ hospital for wards 7 and 8
- D.C. Wants Ambulances Used Only For Emergencies. But Who Decides What’s An Emergency?
- Employee charged with stealing $30k from midwife center at Anne Arundel Medical Center
- MedStar Southern Maryland wins Partner for Change award
- Anne Arundel Health System finalizes acquisition of Prince George’s-based hospital
- How Johns Hopkins boosted data sharing between patients, clinicians: CMIO Dr. Peter Greene
- Residents of disadvantaged neighborhoods who are discharged from safety-net hospitals have high hospital readmission risk
- AAMC, Prince George’s hospital leaders plan town halls on new health system
NEW JERSEY
- New Jersey drugmaker to cut 220 New York jobs
- New rehabilitation hospital opens at Giralda Farms in Madison
- Bayshore Medical Center named among the top hospitals in New Jersey
- Hudson County hospitals facing new criticism over financial practices
- Proposed legislation would address physician shortage
- New Jersey rehab center opens, focuses on spinal cord injury and orthopedics
- Why aren’t more doctors being trained in N.J.? Start with 1996 rule congressional leaders are trying to change
- More residency programs could solve growing doctor shortage in New Jersey, officials say
- Bayshore Medical Center Looks to Expand Emergency Care Center
PENNSYLVANIA
- Doylestown Hospital medical staff elect new president
- As Philly hospital closes labor unit, concerns over lack of maternity wards
- Geisinger and AtlantiCare open a medical school campus in Atlantic City
- This Pennsylvania county has hundreds of open healthcare jobs
- Temple University joins NIH & University of Pitt. in launching nationwide precision medicine effort
- Penn. EMS Agency Owners Fined $450K for Fraud
- New man at the helm: Meet Steve Massini, CEO Penn State Health
- Hahnemann Hospital’s closure driven by greed, local officials say
- Millcreek Community Hospital to pay $2.5 million in fraud probe
- Crozer-Keystone owner gets $1.55 billion cash infusion
- ‘Keep This Hospital Open’: Bernie Sanders Joins Rally In Philadelphia To Protest Hahnemann University Hospital’s Closure
- Dr. Kieran Cody elected new president of Pennsylvania hospital medical staff
- Millcreek hospital: No wrongdoing admitted in probe
- Hahnemann University Hospital Announces Shutdown Timeline, Final Closing Date
- Hundreds of Trainees in Limbo as Philadelphia Hospital Closes
- Pennsylvania hospital strikes $2.5M deal in fraudulent billing case
- Four Philadelphia health care organizations partner in hopes to save St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
- St. Luke’s unveils mobile medical simulation center
VIRGINIA
- New chief nurse executive tapped at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital
- Virginia health system pauses suits against patients over unpaid bills
- Saltville Medical Center marks 40 years
- Partnerships, resources key as Ballad looks at SWVA facilities’ future
- Survey: Southwest Virginians report highest rate of health care affordability burdens in state
WEST VIRGINIA
- Wheeling Hospital Names Chief Medical Officer
- Improvements promised for Wheeling, WV, Hospital
- Federal judge grants motion for deposition in Wheeling Hospital case
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- MercyOne’s parent company to cut billing jobs in Mason City
- Iowa Specialty Hospitals and Clinics Garner facility opens this weekend
- UnityPoint, Sanford credit consulting firm for suggesting merger
- Iowa Teen Raises $50,000 for Children’s Hospital Starting with Lemonade Stand
- Trinity Health to relocate at least 120 Iowa billing jobs
- Bat incursions into hospital buildings lead to ‘patient safety alert’ from UIHC
- University of Iowa launches search for new Children’s Hospital director
- IA Specialty Hospital Opens Garner Clinic
KANSAS
- Kansas nurses can now earn multistate license
- Landscape Changed for Kansas Medical Malpractice Suits with Court Ruling
- KU Health will spend $39M-$45M on equipment for new cancer treatment
- REIT buys buildings housing Saint Luke’s community hospitals
- Nurses claim Kansas hospital owes them $5M in docked overtime pay
- Patterson-inspired health center opens with aim to reshape rural care
MINNESOTA
- Essentia Health alerts 1,000 patients of data breach
- Two top administrators abruptly resign from Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Minnesota hospitals want Blue Cross probed over claim denials
- Minnesota DHS Commissioner Tony Lourey resigns
- M Health Fairview to Open Walk-In Clinic at Mall of America
- Minnesota hospitals challenge Blue Cross policy shifting services to ASCs
- Minnesota hospitals ask state to investigate BCBS over new policy ending coverage for 7 forms of routine care
- Minnesota hospital to affiliate with Sanford Health for EHR access
MISSOURI
- MU to announce new alliance in Precision Health Initiative
- How Ascension is approaching direct-to-consumer virtual care
- University of Missouri partners with technology company for better health care
- REIT buys buildings housing Saint Luke’s community hospitals
- Potentially infectious patient forces Missouri hospital to divert ambulances
- New Life Flight Helicopter Service Comes To The Lake
- CMH announces ER partnership
- University of Missouri brings a bold new generation of precision health care
NEBRASKA
- Dr. Richard Azizkhan retiring post as president of Children’s Hospital & Medical Center
- Embattled physicians to exit Nebraska children’s hospital in August
- Nebraska children’s hospital CEO Dr. Richard Azizkhan to retire amid legal troubles
- 15 Years After Mental Health Care Reform, Nebraskans See Progress – And A Long Way To Go
- Plan launched to improve behavioral care access in Nebraska
- Neurosurgeon named in lawsuit leaving Children’s Hospital & Medical Center
NORTH DAKOTA
- Rural Hospitals Find Ways to Survive, Expand
- Telehealth therapy offers mental health treatment to kids in rural North Dakota counties
- 4 recent stories on nurse shortages
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Wilson Asfora: What we know about Sanford doctor named in lawsuit
- UnityPoint, Sanford credit consulting firm for suggesting merger
- Minnesota hospital to affiliate with Sanford Health for EHR access
- Sanford suspends use of medical devices amid investigation
- Regional Health demonstrating genuine progress
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Illinois dermatology practice partners with private equity firm to expand clinics
- Illinois hospital seeks permission to relocate surgery center in $21M project
- Central Illinois hospital to open retail pharmacy
- Illinois pharmaceutical firm to build manufacturing facility in southeast Wisconsin
- Illinois-based revenue cycle company adds capabilities
- llinois health system building medical campus with surgery center
- Anderson seeks OK for 34-bed facility
- Understaffing Remains Problem For Illinois Nursing Homes
- Northwestern Memorial HealthCare posts net loss, higher operating income in Q3
- OSF HealthCare in talks to merge with Chicago area hospital
- Proposed merger would create 14-hospital system
- OSF HealthCare, U of Illinois expand partnership with $50M for data-driven research
- Rural Hospitals in Illinois must be creative in order to stay afloat
INDIANA
- IU Health LifeLine marks 40 years of accident-free service
- Mobile communications app saves Hancock Health $1M annually
- Marram Health Center to open new location in Hebron
- Anthem’s fight with doctors shows risks for surprise-billing fix
- 3 years ago Riley Hospital heralded a new mental health unit. Now it’s closed.
- Ground Broken on Lutheran Downtown
KENTUCKY
- Norton Children’s Hospital Receives National Recognition
- Kindred Healthcare’s top medical officer leaves for Nashville post
- Shares of Passport Health Plan’s would-be buyer down 75% since November
- Pikeville Medical Center looking to fill 120 open positions
- Scorecard ranks Kentucky’s health system 40th
- Louisville’s largest nonprofit names new COO
- Logan Memorial Hospital celebrates new emergency department with ribbon-cutting
- Mom’s suit against NYC and New York Presbyterian Hospital for $10M for delaying her 4 year old’s brain surgery could go federal
- Scorecard ranks Kentucky’s health system 40th
- Kentucky lab owner pleads guilty to fraud against Humana, other insurers
- Jewish Hospital to suspend heart transplant program
MICHIGAN
- Sinai-Grace Hospital avoids loss of Medicare funding
- Michigan doctors not trained to treat opioid abuse ‒ and don’t want to be
- Michigan Now Requires Midwives to Have Licenses
- McLaren Northern Michigan earns hospitalists group award
- Michigan surgeon charged in $60M fraud and money laundering scheme
- Northern Michigan Hospitals: Blood Supplies 84% Lower Than Usual
- Michigan health centers granted $500K for opioid telemedicine programs
- Ascension hospitals president Robert Hoban to run foundation before retiring
- Ascension Health Subsidiary, Together Health Network, To Acquire Michigan-Based Insurer
- Michigan hospital won’t lose Medicare contract
- Union: Beaumont CEO’s compensation jumps 82%, workers outraged over low wages
- Kalkaska Memorial shows off new medical pavilion to public
- Kalamazoo OB-GYN under state investigation closes practice
- Beaumont to become key managed care insurer after Summa deal
- Sparrow Health System preparing to break ground for new Portland Health Clinic
- Trinity Health to relocate at least 120 Iowa billing jobs
- Nurses fight unionization move at Beaumont Hospital
- Summa Health deal with Beaumont Health makes sense, observers say
- Nearby healthcare provider wins in most beautiful hospital contest
- Children’s Hospital of Michigan appoints Heath Roberts COO
- Blanchard Valley Health System selects James Wellman as CIO
OHIO
- Ohio hospital to launch telemedicine program for opioid addiction
- Deaths, excessive doses lead to firing of 23 workers at Ohio hospital
- Countdown: Central Ohio hospitals ceding ER visits to freestanding emergency departments
- Couple settles University Hospitals’ lawsuit over whether embryos were living persons
- Sandusky Firelands CFO recognized by Becker’s Healthcare
- Akron Children’s to cover tuition for degrees in needed fields
- Ohio hospital launches small business health plan with insurer
- Ohio commission cancels meeting on Crystal Clinic surgery center
- Late cardiologist’s wife gets 5 years in prison for role in $2M health care fraud
- Northeast Ohio Is Experiencing a Labor Shortage in IT, Health Care and Manufacturing
- Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital’s Dr. Teresa Dews on driving growth and loving your work
- Akron Children’s Hospital names chief ambulatory officer, 2 VPs
- Akron Children’s Hospital, Stark State expand tuition-reimbursement program for hospital workers
- Summa Health deal with Beaumont Health makes sense, observers say
- Michael Englehart to take over as interim CEO of Mount Carmel Health System
- Blanchard Valley Health System selects James Wellman as CIO
WISCONSIN
- Aspirus deal to create 9-hospital rural health system
- Marshfield Clinic holds ceremonial ‘topping off’ to celebrate progress on $35 million Minocqua hospital
- Illinois pharmaceutical firm to build manufacturing facility in southeast Wisconsin
- Divine Savior Healthcare in Portage to merge with Aspirus
- Long-term acute care hospital in Racine County sold for $15.3 million
- John Wagner named president and CEO of HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Alabama doctor arrested by federal agents will remain in custody
- Alabama Supreme Court orders Baptist to turn over board minutes in Montgomery health care case
- Cohen named Chief of UAB Primary Care
FLORIDA
- Palms West Hospital plans to annex into Royal Palm Beach
- Pay up or else: Bayfront Hospital now suing patients over unpaid bills
- Hospitals eye new transplant programs
- AdventHealth debuts part of this new $85M hospital patient tower
- New transplant services popping up now that Florida hospital regulation struck down
- Downtown Orlando could be going up, as towering Vertical Medical City moves forward in North Quarter
- Study: Tampa’s medical research lags behind other U.S. cities
- AdventHealth: Deltona ER completion delayed
- Cancer treatment center wants to block Florida law that voids non-compete agreement
- Baptist Health’s Nocatee center due in 2020
- UHC Members May Face Surprise Billing at Boca Regional
- Tampa General Hospital Leases Space In New USF Health College
- Florida hospital lays off employees
GEORGIA
- New neighboring hospital set to begin medical care
- Georgia hospitals often fail to disclose patient safety violations, analysis finds
- Inside Bulloch Business: The hospital’s new CEO
- Health Tech Company Bringing 200 Jobs To Buckhead
- Gwinnett Medical partners with ChoiceOne to open Urgent Care Center in Grayson
- East Georgia Regional Medical Center names Stephen Pennington CEO
- Don McKee: Critical shortage of nurses: Georgia trying to reverse trend
MISSISSIPPI
- Mississippi Medicaid expansion: What do governor candidates say?
- Gulf Coast Mental Health Center to close its doors at clinics in four South Mississippi counties
- Mental Health Services Ending for Thousands in Mississippi
NORTH CAROLINA
- Atrium Health taps Scripps Health CIO for top IT exec post
- Charlotte’s Atrium Health names latest C-suite hire
- Vidant to close behavioral health inpatient unit
- Watered down reform bill emerges on hospital regulations
- WakeMed launches mobile patient engagement app
- North Carolina legislature considers altering CON process for ASCs
- Novant Health migrates its Epic EHR system to the cloud
- What this North Carolina hospital is doing to ensure it’s dementia-friendly
- Charlotte’s Atrium Health names latest C-suite hire
- Greensboro health information company merges with Triangle firm
- North Carolina approves $2.9M vascular ambulatory facility
- Carolina Center for Specialty Surgery plans expansion to 3 ORs
- Report: Triangle is a leader in US for clinical trials with boost from university research
- Wake Forest Baptist Health receives $25M grant
- Atrium Health: Partnership with Navicent Health expected to save $30M in first year
SOUTH CAROLINA
- McLeod Health to launch Cerner EHR at 4 more hospitals
- Copper could make hospital rooms cleaner, SC researcher finds, yet change is slow
- Investigative report spurs Joint Commission to review South Carolina patient’s death
- SC & NC Health Departments join forces
- Death of improperly restrained patient ruled homicide in South Carolina
- Prisma Health and Clemson University partner to fund health care innovation
TENNESSEE
- Clinical drug trials network for Tennesseans shows promise
- Kindred Healthcare’s top medical officer leaves for Nashville post
- Tennessee hospitals, ASCs & physician practices compete for nurses
- TN schools, employers preparing for projected nursing shortage
- Erlanger Health System vice president resigns amid patient safety, quality concerns
- Forbes recognizes Covenant Health
- Tennessee gov announces new rural health research center
- CHS shares sink again
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs Among 2019 Best Places to Work in Arkansas
- Arkansas veterans can now access healthcare outside VA hospitals
- Little Rock group to start opioid-deaths state database
- Medical Center of South Arkansas named one of the best places to work
- CHI St. Vincent is off the trauma registry
- Organizations to collaborate on Northwest Arkansas’ health care
ARIZONA
- HonorHealth hits construction milestone with new Valley hospital
- Arizona health system to build ASC on renovated hospital campus
- Phoenix Children’s is at an exciting inflection point, CFO says
- Dignity Health and Phoenix Children’s celebrate expansion milestone
LOUISIANA
- Longleaf Hospital expanding to meet growing demand for services
- SouthStar Urgent Care names president and COO as founder Clayt Hulin moves into advisory role
- LSU Health Shreveport And La Tech Form New Research Center
- Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport opens Asthma, Allergy and ENT centers
- Woman’s Hospital adds expertise in women’s cancers
NEW MEXICO
- Presbyterian Hospital plans Albuquerque campus expansion
- UNM Hospital seeing higher than average amount patients
- Four Corners hospital makes security changes
- Health Report Cards Highlight Disparities Among New Mexico’s Diverse Communities
OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma and Johnson & Johnson spar as historic opioid trial comes to a close
- Task force works to ensure Oklahoma families will receive health benefits
- As lawyers zero in on drug companies, a reckoning may be coming
- Oklahoma AG calls company ‘kingpin’ in state’s opioid crisis
- A new health clinic in Sapulpa will offer free primary care services to patients without insurance
TEXAS
- Fighting Physician Shortage Through the Workspace
- 7 health tech startups among 1st cohort of MassChallenge Houston accelerator
- Texas Medical Center Opens Nonsurgical Medical Robotics Lab
- Newspaper takes on physician group with ‘vegan agenda’ against McDonald’s in a Texas hospital
- Men’s Health Memorial Clinic joins upscale lifestyle lineup in Midway’s Memorial Green mixed-use development
- A doctor who actually listens? New Fort Worth medical school aims to train students in empathy
- Texas healthcare ranks “average” in recent report
- Medical City North Hills Will Have a New CEO
- Vacant specialty hospital to reopen as pain, spine center
- For value-based care, a Texas health system puts cost and risk data at the point of care
- Texas hospital uses AI for stroke care
- Texas now boasts the nation’s strongest laws to shield patients from surprise bills
- Appeals court reverses wrongful death ruling against Southeast Texas Cardiology Associates
- Dallas Medical Resources Names New President and CEO
- Memorial Hermann Health System selects Dr. David Callender as CEO: 6 notes
- Hackers try to reroute payroll deposits at Texas health system
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- How hospital ERs in Alaska are helping patients with opioid use disorder
- Alaska hospital opens clinic in first phase of new facility
- Alaska hospital to close: 3 things to know
- Sitka Community Hospital set to close later this month
IDAHO
- Idaho updates patient record access rule
- New residency program looks to tackle shortage of primary care doctors in Canyon County
- St. Luke’s explains how they protect against spreading infections
- Idaho Health Care Providers Prepare For Medicaid Expansion
- Idaho Implements New Rules to Improve Patient EHR Data Access
- Idaho submits Medicaid waiver request
- Optum announces big investment in Bonneville Hotel renovation
- New medical complex in Meridian will have 24/7 urgent care
MONTANA
- Kalispell Regional Healthcare Nurses Vote to Unionize
- Nurses for Montana hospital system vote for bargaining unit
- Montana hospitals charge private plans more than Medicare
- Montana health center receives $188K for telemedicine expansion
- Montana children’s hospital ceases admissions after patient hit, killed by car
- New data shows 245M opioid pills came into Montana over 6 years
OREGON
- Premera Blue Cross agrees to pay $10.4 million to Oregon, 29 states after massive data breach
- UHS reapplies for 100-bed Portland-area psychiatric hospital, 2 years after rejection
- Deaths at OHSU heart transplant program spiked before program shut down
- PeaceHealth facing $3M lawsuit in death of Portland man hit by car
- At Legacy Health, a career progression mapping program aids workforce development
- Providers receive $1.5 million aimed at fixing rural health disparities
WASHINGTON
- State suspends license of long-term care home for children in Spokane
- Randall Castillo selected as St. Mary Medical Center CEO
- Seattle Children’s nurse diagnosed with measles
- ‘Spear-phishing’ led to medical records HIPAA hack; insurer to pay $10M
- EvergreenHealth names Dr. Jeff Tomlin CEO
- Tacoma residents upset over another mental health hospital proposed in their neighborhood
WYOMING
- Wyoming PACE to open in new location July 16
- Affordable Care Act appeal could impact 25,000 in Wyoming
- Hospital CEO struck by lightning at Jackson Hole airport
- Trial begins for man charged in Wyoming hospital shooting
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- California medical center notifies 21K patients of ransomware attack
- US medical tourism company Doctours expands to 35 countries
- Seth Teigen to lead Mission Hospital in California
- California hospital seeks lucrative title change
- Eight California Hospitals Join Manifest MedEx
- California doesn’t have enough doctors. To recruit them, the state is paying off medical school debt
- New California law protects nurses who blow the whistle about poor patient care
- California health system moves, rebrands surgery center
- Community to express concerns about sale of Watsonville Community Hospital
- Hospital turns over nursing unit, also raises millions for new outpatient center
- 8 Prime Healthcare hospitals join California health data-sharing network
- Anonymous donor gives $25 million gift to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
- New Stanford Hospital readies for its fall opening
COLORADO
- Kaiser Permanente union workers in Colorado prepare for strike after contract talks end
- Colorado Hospital Association CEO Steven Summer retiring
- Vail Health merges with Colorado Mountain Medical
- New standards aim to improve surgery for the oldest patients
- New Children’s Hospital in Colorado Springs attracts more patients than expected in first month
- UCHealth pledges $20 million to advance health in Northwest Colorado
- Colorado Springs Children’s Hospital officially open
- Colorado’s health exchange premiums expected to drop 18% – if feds approve reinsurance
- Children’s Hospital opens to two thumbs up: A ‘game changer’ for Colorado Springs
HAWAII
- Hawaii Pacific Health to open new clinic in Ward Village: Slideshow
- Hawaii health care pilot program reduces non-critical emergency room visits
- Mahelona Hospital celebrates 102 years
- Straub opens new clinic, welcomes patients in booming Kakaako
NEVADA
- Las Vegas community celebrates 10 years of Ruvo brain center
- Las Vegas hospital will have to contract with Medicare, Medicaid by 2021
- Nevada HIE Uses $1.2M Grant to Connect to State Immunization System
- Nevada’s genetic testing program could transform health care industry, says Kazmierski
- Nevada joins other states in Healthy Brain Initiative Planning Lab
- Two Reno behavioral health providers sentenced for Medicaid fraud
- Partnership b/t Renown & Anthem BCBS nearing end, thousands could need new medical center
- SR Construction Awarded Upcoming Healthcare Project in Las Vegas Valley
UTAH
- Intermountain Healthcare Announces New Company to Elevate Value-Based Care Capabilities
- Q&A with Intermountain Healthcare’s Dr. Shannon Connor Phillips on providing extraordinary care
- New Intermountain company to aid providers transitioning to VBC
- Healthcare Advocates Touring Utah To Discuss Medicaid Expansion
- Why Utah is one of the healthiest states
- A Summit On Stigma: Addressing The Rural Opioid Crisis In Utah
