NATIONAL
- Rural hospital closings cause mortality rates to rise, study finds
- Medicare spends more on post-hospital care than private insurers
- Public comment period to close Sept. 27 for federal price transparency rule
- HIPAA: At what cost?
- It’s showtime: Providers, supporting cast members hustle to handle changes under PDPM
- 4 issues on nurse leaders’ radar
- CMS Finalizes Rule to Crack Down on Medicare, Medicaid Fraud
- De-identified patient data: Treasure trove for research or privacy nightmare?
- America’s aging population is leading to a doctor shortage crisis
- Low-margin rural hospitals far from next ER
- Time is running out to stall Medicaid DSH cuts
- Verma knocks nonprofit hospitals for suing patients
- AseraCare’s False Claims Act win: Appeals judge says ‘reasonable’ clinical opinions can’t be fraud
- Healthcare billing fraud: 5 latest settlements
- Seema Verma talks surprise-billing, price transparency
- 9 health tech trends drawing venture capital
- Medical Groupons called symptom of healthcare’s woes
- 10 latest healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements
- 7 health systems with strong finances
- Investor-backed physician groups emerge as loudest opponents of proposals to end surprise medical bills
- Hospitals try to make the case for consolidation
- 5 Things About Surprise Medical Billing
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Bridgeport Hospital names new president
- Hartford HealthCare plans 5-story expansion
- Day Kimball Healthcare CEO Anne Diamond to resign, will lead Bridgeport Hospital
- Longtime CEO of Connecticut Health Foundation will retire in 2020
MAINE
- Maine hospitals have yet to benefit from Medicaid expansion
- Maine lawmakers to take another look at health care reform
- MaineHealth Cancer Care receives $5.1 million grant
- Nurses at Calais Regional Hospital authorize strike
- Central Maine Healthcare CEO teases additions, improvements
- Are Maine hospitals seeing Medicaid expansion benefits? It isn’t clear yet
- Studies by KHN, Navigant, and Others Report That Independent and Rural Hospitals Are Closing at Record Rates, Leaving Patients Without Critical Nearby Healthcare Services
- HealthEC Announces Population Health Partnership with MaineGeneral Medical Center
- Medicaid expansion trends are emerging in Maine. Here’s how they’re bucking expectations.
MASSACHUSETTS
- Mercy Medical Center president Mark Fulco departs after 2 years
- Baystate Health Eastern region leader Michael Moran to resign
- Dana-Farber sees 51% drop in net income
- Steward Health threatened nurses with hospital closing, unfair labor charges allege
- Ambulances aren’t taking 40% of patients to nearest hospital
- Exeter, WDH execs: Markets driving hospital mergers
- Large crowd turns out for hearing on changes to Seacoast hospitals
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital Researchers Look at the Health Implications of Working the Night Shift
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- New Hampshire nurse on leave after newborn mix-up
- Exeter, WDH execs: Markets driving hospital mergers
- Q&A: New Hampshire hospital bucks trend of rural hospitals closing their doors
- Large crowd turns out for hearing on changes to Seacoast hospitals
- Why telehealth will be the new standard of care: Q&A with Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Dr. Kevin Curtis and Mary Oseid
NEW YORK
- UC San Francisco, Cornell developing health records feature for Android users
- Catholic Health recruits COO from Florida
- Winnie Mack to depart as interim head of Nassau University Medical Center
- Nursing home operator ordered to pay $261K in back wages, penalties
- CXO Dr. Linda Lombardi on why best practice doesn’t always make perfect patient experience
- UVA Medical Center CEO Pamela Sutton-Wallace to depart for NewYork-Presbyterian
- St. Clare’s Hospital retirees sue Catholic Diocese of Albany over pensions
- Patients are in control with NYU Langone Health’s digital health offerings: Q&A with CMIO Dr. Paul Testa
- Pharmacy industry is finally seeing a much-needed change, Capsule CEO says
- Preferred Mutual Commits $250K to USH Chenango Memorial Hospital
- Using data to provide better health care to New York’s homeless
- NYC Health & Hospitals Launches Support Program for Individuals with Mental Health Needs
- Mount Sinai Named as National Leader in LGBTQ Health Care Equality
- Glens Falls Hospital, Albany Med take next step toward affiliation
RHODE ISLAND
- Talks to create statewide health system dissolve
- High Healthcare Costs — Are Insurance Premiums a Cause or an Effect?
- New research collaboratory designed to spur innovation and improve dementia care
VERMONT
- Former Gifford Medical Center exec returns to helm another Vt. hospital
- Vermont has high rate for mental health conditions
- Ex-CEO on potential merger to save bankrupt hospital: ‘Perhaps this time they will succeed’
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- State getting $17.4M to fight opioid crisis
- Bayhealth and Beebe Healthcare awarded grants to develop residency programs
- AG Jennings files suit against family behind Purdue Pharma
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Bowser bill would require investigations of maternal deaths in D.C.
- Gray Wants East End Health Care System
- Prince George’s to increase children’s emergency care
- UM Shore Regional Health announces new chief nursing officer
- Meritus Health selects Maulik Joshi as CEO
- Hospital employee inspired to support cancer patients
- Tenable co-founders donate $500K to Howard County General Hospital
NEW JERSEY
- Edison leads $10 million investment in Hoboken-based Health Recovery Systems
- Norcross Announces More Than $2.6M for Scientific Research in South Jersey
- New Jersey hospital reduces readmission rates for stroke patients by 50%
- RWJ University Hospital first in NJ to use new valve replacement technology
- Remote Patient Monitoring Company Health Recovery Solutions Raises $10M
- $169M Skilled Nursing Portfolio Deal in N.J.
- Cooper University Health first in South Jersey to offer new carotid procedure
- Atlantic Health opens new ambulance station in Newton
- Hackensack Meridian Health’s key to team innovation? Keeping lines of communication open, CMIO says
PENNSYLVANIA
- Meet CHOP’s Newest Staff Member — A Robot That Dances, Sings And Even Plays Bingo
- St. Christopher’s doctors call for local nonprofit to buy hospital
- UPMC’s board is a silent but powerful force in fate of region’s health care
- Hahnemann University Hospital Closure Pushed Back 1 Week After Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sale Of Residency Programs
- Your View by Pa. Medical Society: Why nurse practitioners need collaborative agreements with doctors
- Kaiser stepping down as CEO of Temple University Health System
- Around the nation: Hahnemann can sell its residency slots for $55M, judge rules
- Pa. nurses are fed up with hold times, rude answers, and delays dealing with state licensing board
- UPMC’s 24-member board faces criticism over management of nonprofit
- Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine see growth, change
- Geisinger partners with IBM for AI-based sepsis prevention
- St. Luke’s launches residency that aims to prevent burnout
- UPMC Chautauqua names Brian Durniok president
VIRGINIA
- Hospitals say SCC oversteps its authority in making them responsible for surprise medical bills
- Surprise Medical Bills Get Attention
- ‘UVA has ruined us’: Health system sues thousands of patients, seizing paychecks and putting liens on homes
- Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters to launch construction of $224M mental health hospital
- UVa promises changes after report on medical debt collection
- UVA Medical Center CEO Pamela Sutton-Wallace to depart for NewYork-Presbyterian
WEST VIRGINIA
- WVU Medicine ready to handle local medical care
- Hospital closings hit hard on the edge of the Rust Belt
- WVU Medicine to launch telehealth program for long-term care patients
- WVU Medicine to expand services in view of OVMC shutdown
- Letter accuses state of inaction to save Ohio Valley Medical Center
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- 2 families sue Iowa nursing home for wrongful deaths
- Health insurer that left Iowa Medicaid program in 2017 still owes $1.4M, providers say
- Mobile health care helping rural communities
- Iowa Medicaid providers fight former insurer for payment
KANSAS
- Inside One Hospital System’s Decision to Partner with Skilled Nursing Instead of Going It Alone
- Hospital closings hit hard on the edge of the Rust Belt
- Studies by KHN, Navigant, and Others Report That Independent and Rural Hospitals Are Closing at Record Rates, Leaving Patients Without Critical Nearby Healthcare Services
- Low-margin rural hospitals far from next ER
- Kansas lawmakers looking to other states for ways to control health costs
- University of Kansas Health System creates unit for suicidal patients
MINNESOTA
- Johns Hopkins’ move into Minnesota seen as gain for Indian health research
- Mayo Clinic, Google announce 10-year cloud data partnership
- Allina Health joins Epic-focused innovation program
- River’s Edge Hospital CEO George Rohrich to resign
- Mayo Clinic downgraded in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality survey
- U eyes Shriners site in Minneapolis for child brain health research center
- 9 hospitals, health systems launching telehealth services
- Studies by KHN, Navigant, and Others Report That Independent and Rural Hospitals Are Closing at Record Rates, Leaving Patients Without Critical Nearby Healthcare Services
- Allina Health Teaming up with Excel Medical to Further Development of Health Care Operations Solutions
MISSOURI
- How Missouri is reimagining rural healthcare: 5 questions with Missouri Hospital Association President Herb Kuhn
- University of Missouri receives grant for rural health care
- Hospital CEOs, healthcare groups campaign for Medicaid expansion in Missouri
- How asynchronous telemedicine saved SSM Health 18 minutes per visit
- Freeman Health System appoints Kevin Gaudette chief revenue officer
- Big money begins flowing to campaign to expand Medicaid in Missouri
- Campaign to expand Missouri Medicaid gets $1.3 million from health care organizations
- $3M awarded to improve maternal health at Cape Girardeau hospital
- Mystery medical costs, high drug prices targeted by state lawmakers
NEBRASKA
- ‘We call it ‘our’ hospital’: Kearney Regional Medical Center aims to keep focus on people
- How can physicians be recruited to Small Town Nebraska?
- Nebraska district court to hear Medicaid expansion lawsuit
NORTH DAKOTA
- North Dakota health insurance marketplace: history and news of the state’s exchange
- Tornado Hits ND Hospital
- North Dakota’s worker shortage persists amid low national unemployment
- North Dakota receives $4 million grant to continue efforts to treat, prevent opioid use disorders
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Stacy Wrightsman harnesses passion for people to direct Sanford’s community engagement efforts
- 2 South Dakota hospitals ravaged by tornado
- South Dakota hospital evacuated after tornado hits
- State mental health hospital again looking for new leadership
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Illinois nursing college awarded $2.8 million to provide rural care
- Competitor asks to delay Illinois health system’s surgery center hearing
- Precision Medicine Partnership Aims to Diagnose Pediatric Patients
- Autism center director charged with falsely billing insurers for $3 million in Oak Forest
- Legacy Grows with a Pair of SNFs in Chicagoland
- Mike Wells named president of OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois
- Illinois, Chicago receive $38M to fight opioid epidemic
- How a Naperville hospital uses virtual reality to ease pain — and cure boredom
- Nurse-patient ratio advocates tout survey showing benefits of proposed Illinois law
- Illinois hospital staff, lawmakers to state: Postpone vote on impending closure
- Illinois healthcare exec accused of falsely billing BCBS
- Symphony Post Acute expands network to Michigan
- Stroger Hospital Receives $5M Grant to Support Cancer Research
INDIANA
- Beacon’s Granger Hospital almost set to open, with plans for ‘more convenient’ healthcare
- New hospital, possible Andrean move to Crown Point part of multimillion-dollar plan
- Franciscan Health Leading Charge for Crown Point Development
- New clinic brings more personalized care for heart patients in Indiana
- IU Health puts focus on outcomes
- Hospital campus expansion grows footprint of orthopedic ASC
- NWI tied to medical-device kickback scheme, federal lawsuit states
- Major Crown Point hospital to be molded by one in Michigan City
- Franciscan Alliance to build new hospital as part of 500-acre development
- Indiana hospital, Anthem caught in contract dispute
KENTUCKY
- Norton Healthcare launches new 24/7 opioid assistance hotline
- $34M announced for projects in Eastern Kentucky, including a children’s hospital
- Kentucky hospitals suing opioid makers
- PMC awarded grant for new children’s hospital
- Ribbon-cutting held for Highlands ARH
- Kentucky Lawmakers Question U of L’s Plan To Buy Jewish Hospital With $50 Million State Loan
- Legislators grill U of L health execs over $50M loan for KentuckyOne takeover
- Pineville Hospital has new administration after successful sell
- For the second month in a row, a record number of babies were born at Norton hospitals
- Legislators question U of Louisville CEO about health system takeover
- Top bid for Kentucky hospital falls through
- New Kindred Healthcare CMO wants to bridge the payer-provider gap
MICHIGAN
- Mclaren Oakland names new senior behavioral health medical director
- Exciting changes on the horizon for Memorial Healthcare
- Physicians may have to modify how they ask for information from patients in wake of Michigan vaping ban
- How a rural hospital became a neurology hub — and stayed independent
- Bill Manns hits the floor running at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor
- Support for telehealth in Michigan rekindled
- Two top cardiovascular surgeons leaving Beaumont for California hospital
- Lake Huron Medical Center CEO Jay de los Reys to resign this month
- DMC Bolsters Leadership Team
- Symphony Post Acute expands network to Michigan
- Detroit Medical Center names first chief administrative officer, Sinai-Grace Hospital CEO
OHIO
- Paladina Health gives Akron schools a cost-saving model
- Ohio State’s cancer hospital names CEO
- Akron Children’s Hospital to provide fetal services to women with high-risk pregnancies at Summa Health
- Kettering Health makes $2.5M real estate purchase in Springfield
- Ohio hospital hit with 2-notch credit downgrade amid IT transition
- Columbus’ hospital CEO shuffle
- Bon Secours Mercy Health names Jean Haynes first chief population health officer
- Ohio health system spends $2.5M on building to cement presence in community
- Nearly 1,100 Hospital Workers To Lose Jobs As Ohio, West Virginia Hospitals Close
WISCONSIN
- Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin’s $2.1M gift supports Klotsche expansion at UW-Milwaukee
- Ascension Shorewood Clinic To Open Monday
- Marshfield Medical Center recognized as Level II trauma center
- Former Post Acute Specialty Hospital of Milwaukee building sold for $2 million
- How Bluetree Network CMIO Dr. Stephen Beck boosts EHR engagement among technology ‘naysayers’
- Wisconsin hospital, Ciox Health to pay $35M for medical records overcharges
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- BIO Alabama names director as bioscience sector growth is targeted
- UAB expands use of virtual care technology
- Anchor Health Properties, Carlyle Group affiliate acquire 3 medical office buildings in Alabama
- 21 Alabama hospitals file suit against opioid makers
FLORIDA
- Sarasota Memorial Hospital receives ‘age-friendly’ recognition
- AdventHealth Looks to Healthcare Blockchain to Tackle Thorny IT Problems
- Baptist Health Care announces combined ER and urgent care center coming to Navarre in 2021
- AdventHealth buys freestanding ER near Four Corners
- Catholic Health recruits COO from Florida
- West Florida Healthcare announces 2nd freestanding ER in Escambia County on Nine Mile Road
- Health care group hires new C-level executive
- Florida hospital faces huge fine over children’s heart unit
- Twin Cities Hospital works to crush opioid crisis
- Florida nurse vacancy report four years out of date
- First came Oviedo ER. Then, AdventHealth Oviedo ER. Now, a lawsuit
- Jupiter Medical Center picks new CEO: ‘He really has that wow factor’
- Feds Ask for $38M Judgment in Record-Setting Nursing Home Fraud Case
- Banyan Health Systems receives $84,506 award
- Navarre clinic expanding ER, urgent care services
- Safety net hospitals in Florida look to protect funds
- Bayfront Health to Pay $85K for Possible HIPAA Right of Access Violation
- Nurses plan strikes at Tenet hospitals in 3 states
- Lee Health taps Orlando Health exec as new CIO
- Flagler Health to build Florida ‘health village’
GEORGIA
- Anthem, Georgia health system hit contract snare
- Jefferson Hospital in Georgia names Wendy Frost Martin CEO
- By the numbers: Health care in Georgia
- The fragile state of Georgia health care
- Georgia physicians and pharmacists oppose Medicaid managed care merge
- Emory Healthcare Network expands footprint in Georgia
- Hospitals anxious as state crafts rules on disclosing their finances
- Emory expands clinical network beyond Atlanta counties
- Walmart health chief: Opening primary care clinics ‘just the start’
MISSISSIPPI
- Forrest General Hospital hires new Chief Nursing Officer
- $13.6M for cancer clinical trials in Louisiana, Mississippi
- UMMC making strides to fixing Mississippi psychiatrist shortage
- Kidney services lab planned in Mississippi
- Will feds bring consistency to Mississippi’s disjointed mental health system?
NORTH CAROLINA
- Panthers and Atrium Health partner with new Atrium Health Dome
- Caldwell UNC Health Care to open surgery center within weeks
- Novant Health Pledges $6 Million to Address Charlotte’s Affordable Housing Crisis
- UNC Hospitals regains Joint Commission accreditation
- Franklin Town Council Approves HCA Permit To Build New Hospital
- Former Broughton Hospital employee charged in patient escape
- Jacksonville hospital ranked in top five percent for patient safety
- Atrium Health Cabarrus among first hospital to complete CDC-funded training initiative program
- Hospital sale, tree ordinance to be discussed Monday
- OMH recognized for patient safety
- Cone Health’s Mike Simms on revenue cycle collections: ‘Be up front with the patient’
- Foundation gifts North Carolina hospital $100K for surgical expansion
- Phreesia partnering with North Carolina DHHS on social determinants of health screening
- Hospital leaders reflect on five years with LifePoint
- Unanimous Vote: Martin General Hospital will close OB Unit on October 21
- Well Care Health CEO: We’re Pushing the Envelope of Care Innovation
SOUTH CAROLINA
- An exchange of patient information connects Charleston hospitals, and it just got bigger
- MUSC announces affiliation with Doctors Care, giving it a quick-clinic network
- South Carolina pain clinics company, accused of fraud, strands patients without medical records
TENNESSEE
- Ballad Health says it is reducing patient charges
- Paychecks late at Tennessee hospital, nurses say
- Area hospitals see fewer patients, shorter stays
- Jellico hospital employees say checks arrived one week late
- Tennessee hospital employees lose insurance
- Lincoln Health System hires former CEO William Spray as interim leader
- Tennessee assisted living facility fined, admissions halted
- Brentwood health care firm names new CEO
- HCTec Creating More Than 100 Jobs In Tennessee
- Nurse sues Tennessee hospital over patient attack
- Erlanger CEO Kevin Spiegel is out
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Lawsuit filed by 2 Arkansas nursing homes aimed at U.S. rule
- Two Arkansas Skilled Nursing Facilities Sue Federal Government Over Arbitration Rule
- Several parties interested in operating North Metro, Jacksonville mayor says
- 5 Providers Report Patient Data Breaches Due to Phishing Attacks
- Studies by KHN, Navigant, and Others Report That Independent and Rural Hospitals Are Closing at Record Rates, Leaving Patients Without Critical Nearby Healthcare Services
- Phishing attack affects patient, physician information at Arkansas hospital
ARIZONA
- Chandler ‘micro-hospital’ looking to shake up medicine
- Arizona’s rural hospitals facing severe doctor shortage
- NexCore to build Banner Health’s latest facility in Glendale
- Nurses plan strikes at Tenet hospitals in 3 states
- How Arizona is combating the nationwide physician shortage
- Grassroots group pushing for big changes to health care in Arizona
LOUISIANA
- $13.6M for cancer clinical trials in Louisiana, Mississippi
- Louisiana health system launches mobile telehealth app
- New $21M road expands access to Baton Rouge Health District and new children’s hospital
- Home Health Care Training Programs Popping Up As Caregiver Crisis Worsens
- LHC Group’s JV Strategy Drives Organic Growth, Relationships With Innovative Payers
NEW MEXICO
- When some patients don’t pay, this New Mexico hospital sues
- Keep your finance team close: Why Artesia General Hospital’s IT director values internal partnerships
- Naturopathic doctors can now be primary care physicians
- 5 Providers Report Patient Data Breaches Due to Phishing Attacks
- Low-margin rural hospitals far from next ER
- Remote New Mexico hospital sues thousands for unpaid bills
- New Mexico hospital alerts 14,000 patients of data breach
OKLAHOMA
- Studies by KHN, Navigant, and Others Report That Independent and Rural Hospitals Are Closing at Record Rates, Leaving Patients Without Critical Nearby Healthcare Services
- Scout enlists help for VA project
- Gov. Stitt appoints new Oklahoma Commissioner of Health
- Oklahoma hospital used contaminated scopes on almost 1,000 patients
- Hospital has new system to reduce C-sections
TEXAS
- Northwest opening ER location on Georgia
- Houston doctor emerges as candidate for top FDA job
- How a nursing home successfully reopened after Hurricane Harvey
- Company’s Decision To Close Nix Medical Center Draws Mixed Reviews
- Memorial Hermann appoints Alexander Greengold first chief consumer experience officer
- Texas physician pays $2M to settle false claims allegations
- Hospital operator loses 2 top execs as stock faces delisting
- Water pipe break prompts ‘internal disaster’ at Ben Taub, Harris Health
- Covenant Health rolls out ‘tele sitter’ tech for patient monitoring
- Parkland Joins Texas-Based Opioid Lawsuit Against Pharma Companies
- Low-margin rural hospitals far from next ER
- 5 Things Texas: Breakfast conversations, ACA reforms, maternal health
- Patients pay more to see hospital-owned physician practices
- Alabama-based health care co. expands Houston footprint with new Katy hospital
- Children’s Health’s Football Stadium Sponsorship Under Fire
- Health Center of Southeast Texas celebrates clinic expansion while eyeing other future clinic sites
- North Texas Tries to Account for a Shortage in Behavioral Healthcare
- North Texas Medical City Healthcare Using Effective Alternatives to Reduce Opioid Prescription Use
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Alaska hospitals boost effort to reduce opioid abuse with new shared information system
- Listicle: How Alaska healthcare costs compare with other states
- Smith returns as new CEO of hospital
- Alaska Native hospital showcases plants as food and medicine
IDAHO
- North Canyon names new CEO, talks about hospital’s growth and vision
- Idaho apprenticeships help meet the demand for health care workers
- US rejects Idaho Medicaid expansion waiver request
- Idaho officials taking comments on Medicaid expansion waiver
- Northwest Specialty Hospital opens North Idaho’s first Bone Health Clinic
- Apprenticeships help meet the demand for health care workers
MONTANA
- CMS bears much of the cost to build Montana HIE
- DPHHS to receive nearly 2.5 million to help Montanans struggling with opioid misuse
- SLC Health Medical Group celebrates groundbreaking
- Montana Receives $19M Grant to Fund Health Information Exchange
- VA Tests Behavioral Health Program In Montana
OREGON
- 122K Providence Health Patients Added to Dominion National Breach
- Bend Hospital Workers Latest To Endorse Union
- Strike called off at Oregon hospital
- Adventist Health Tillamook names Eric Swanson president
WASHINGTON
- The role of IT In Providence St. Joseph’s growth strategy — key thoughts from CIO B.J. Moore
- UW-GU Regional Health Partnership announces new center in Spokane
- Skagit Regional Health to end family medicine residency program
- Seattle clinic data breach impacts 15,500 patients
- U of Washington, Gonzaga launch joint center for medical innovation, education
- How conversations with frontline hospital staff keep Xealth from becoming another ‘tone-deaf’ startup: 4 Qs with COO Aaron Sheedy
WYOMING
- CRMC to reinvest $30M into facilities, recruit more physicians
- Cheyenne hospital to invest $30 million into facilities in 2020
- Lifestyle medicine is coming to St. John’s Medical Center
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- UC San Francisco, Cornell developing health records feature for Android users
- Stanford Health Care-ValleyCare names Kyle Wichelmann CFO
- San Francisco Bay Area Medicare kickbacks scheme charged
- Hospital Giant Sutter Health Faces Legal Reckoning Over Medical Pricing
- Health Tech Startup Vim Raises $24 Million
- Hospital giant Sutter Health faces legal reckoning over medical pricing
- Providence St. Joseph Health executive challenges students to think big
- 2 California health plans to invest $146M in 14 care management centers
- California Hospitals And Nursing Homes Brace For Wildfire Blackouts
- OIG tags California medical group for erroneous billing
- Sutter Health faces class-action lawsuit over pricing
- Stanford Children’s Health Appoints Rick Majzun Vice President and COO
- California’s health care services director resigns
- Nurses plan strikes at Tenet hospitals in 3 states
- LA to deploy ‘therapeutic transport vans’ for mental health emergencies
- Platinum rule trumps the golden one for best patient experience, Dr. Kristin Christophersen says
- MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center names Catherine Shitara COO
COLORADO
- Kaiser Permanente Colorado, now 50, facing mid-life struggles
- Boulder medical equipment repair company gets $5 million from NY investment firm
- New Chief Nursing Officer named at UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital
- The Medical Center of Aurora taps Hallie Woods as COO
- Centura Health seeks dismissal of lawsuit by Colorado doctor fired in aid-in-dying dispute
- Project helps Colorado practices make antibiotic stewardship a priority
- Colorado Health Institute report connects housing and health
HAWAII
- Healthcare Association of Hawaii’s three-part plan to engage local students in health care careers
- Hawaii medics file anonymous complaint raising safety concerns with new ambulances
- Hawaii’s doctor shortage is taking ‘a troubling turn for the worse’
- Hawaii physician shortage at lowest point in 4 years
- UH thanks retiring hospital CEO for support for Native Hawaiian Health
NEVADA
- UNLV medical students hope to help Nevada’s health system
- Community health centers urge Congress to act amid renewed funding uncertainty
- Southwest Medical Associates adds four new health care providers
UTAH
- Carson Tahoe Health creates cancer triage line
- Intermountain expanding use of AI for patient engagement in new Kidney Services department
- Huntsman Cancer Institute breaks ground on $148M building
- Ransomware attack affects 320,000 patients at Utah physician group
