NATIONAL
- CMS discharge rule requires patient, post-acute care data access
- Why Amazon Care may be the new model for corporate healthcare
- How CEOs approach their critical choices: 3 insights
- CMS releases final discharge planning rule that includes record access requirements
- CMS Rule: Hospitals to Inform Patients of Post-Acute Quality Data
- CMS unveils new rules aimed at clinician burden, patient experience
- Fighting physician burnout earns Northwestern, other medical groups recognition from AMA
- Verma to health insurers: Listen to patients’ demands, or go extinct
- Healthcare has a lot of tedious, repetitive tasks. This CEO is using AI to fix that
- Hospitals and insurers question legality, need for CMS price transparency rule
- Big innovation ideas for smaller hospitals
- National Patient Identifier HIPAA Provision Removed in Proposed Bill
- Medicare shared savings ACOs generated $1.7B in savings in 2018
- The fight against physician burnout: AMA awards 22 healthcare organizations for their efforts
- Just 4% of older adults use telehealth, survey finds
- How health systems can arm physicians with performance data and insights
- 10 hospitals offering nurses up to $10K signing bonuses
- Hospitals are buying up housing units, helping ‘stranded’ patients find a home
- Profit disparity between hospitals, independent practices has ‘catastrophic implications’ — 3 thoughts from Dr. Mara Holton
- 3 healthcare leaders on why health system leaders are turning to ASCs
- The 56 hospitals facing maximum Medicare readmission penalties
- UPS gets OK to build healthcare drone-delivery fleet
- New Round of Medicare Readmission Penalties Hits 2,583 Hospitals
- ‘Digital Health 150’: 23andMe, Tempus among most innovative, best-funded healthcare startups
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
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- Former CT Physician Pays $300K To Settle False Claims Act Allegations
- Hospital becomes first in county to join Hartford HealthCare
- St. Vincent’s Medical Center joins Hartford HealthCare
- Massachusetts hospital administrator takes over as CEO of Eastern Connecticut Health Network
- Eastern Connecticut Health Network selects Deborah Weymouth as CEO
- Connecticut Hospital to deploy Epic EHR: 3 notes
- How merging financial and clinical data saved Yale New Haven Health $150 million
MAINE
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- One year in, Northern Light is working to sell staff on name change
- Ambulance service pays $138,000 to settle improper Medicare charges on rides from EMMC
- California health care firm plans to triple space and double employee count in Maine
- St. Mary’s apologizes for employees’ ‘wall of shame’ that showed confidential medical information
- ‘McDreamy’ has dream of expanding cancer care in Maine
- Healthcare company announces 52 new positions coming to Maine
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Saint Vincent profits $72M, UMass Memorial loses $19M
- What Nashville companies can learn from Boston’s health care industry
- Can community investment improve health? Boston Children’s is spending $53 million to find out
- Steward Health Care reports $592M loss amid major 2-year expansion push
- After a slow start, Steward Health Care says Easton Hospital has “moved away from the red” by cutting money-losing services
- Boston Children’s receives $100K to tackle teen vaping
- Hospital profit report points out disparities in Western Massachusetts; Springfield’s Mercy Medical Center report $12.6M loss
- Dana-Farber, Jimmy Fund unveil logo rebrand
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW YORK
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- Saratoga Hospital moving services to Wilton Mall to increase bed space
- Around the Nation: 2 New York hospitals will share a CEO beginning next month
- Massena Memorial Hospital officials submitting closure plan for clinic that closed in 2017
- A major hospital system is building its own electronic health record
- Behavioral Health Building to cost $8 million plus; will house three services under one roof
- NY Health System and Allscripts to Develop Next-Generation EHR
- Federal crackdown nabs five, including doctor in $17.4 million health care fraud and registered nurse nabbed stealing fentanyl from LI hospital
- Matter healthcare incubator opens 2nd location in New York City
- New York HIE regulators issue info request for medical records aggregation software
- Neighbors Fear Lenox Hill Hospital Expansion
- Mount Sinai Health System Named 2019 Most Wired
RHODE ISLAND
VERMONT
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Delaware’s largest health care organization rebrands itself
- Delaware’s largest hospital system has a new name — kinda
- State’s biotech sector needs more lab space, talent and money
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- DC region Kaiser workers support nationwide strike
- Saint Elizabeths Hospital Has Had No Running Water Since Last Week
- MedStar Southern Maryland announces $34 million project
- Maryland insurers must follow new data breach rules
- ‘Largest Medical Malpractice Verdict In U.S. History’ Awarded To Maryland Woman
- U of Maryland Medical System board gets 4 governor-approved members after scandal
- Anne Arundel Medical to launch 45-member residency program
- Anne Arundel Medical Center Named Most Wired
NEW JERSEY
- 5 Hackensack Meridian Health medical centers receive national recognition for heart attack treatment
- Hackensack Meridian Health Celebrates Opening of Nation’s first Urgent Care Center with Behavioral Health Services
- St. Joseph’s, Hackensack Meridian announce clinical, strategic partnership
- Atlantic Health System Named a Best Place to Work in Healthcare
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Study says Pittsburgh risks shortage of OB/GYNS but doctors say they’ve got it covered
- Feds: Five local medical professionals ensnared in $800M opioid crackdown
- St. Christopher’s Hospital CEO leaving for a new job
- Penn State Children’s Hospital receives large grant
- Geisinger physician honored for diversity work in health care
- Post Acute Medical to acquire nine LifeCare long-term acute care hospitals
- Feds say Lower Nazareth genetic testing lab is linked to $2.1 billion health care fraud scheme
- FBI helps patients obtain medical records from indicted physician’s office
- Steward Health Care closing money-losing units at Pennsylvania hospital
VIRGINIA
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- Virginia, Fredericksburg area health care officials discuss Medicaid’s impact
- Riverside Health System recognized for its technological advancements
- Sentara’s Optima Health insurance to buy majority stake in Virginia Premier
- Tennessee, Virginia hospitals file opioid lawsuit
- Virginia healthcare developer makes two-property acquisition in Harrison
- Ryan Jensen selected CEO of 3 HCA Virginia hospitals
WEST VIRGINIA
- Other hospital ERs Preparing for Additional Patients
- East Ohio Regional Hospital May Close ER This Week
- Digital Exclusive: WVU Health System President addresses future of healthcare in Ohio Valley
- CHS divests West Virginia hospital
- WVU Health System adds 11th hospital
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
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- As Iowa’s rural hospitals grapple with challenges, larger health systems offer avenue for specialty care
- N’West Iowa hospitals invest in region
- UnityPoint strategy head Kent Lehr runs the innovation team like a startup: ‘You cannot be afraid to go all-in’
- Seeking a Cure: What can be done to stop the rash of rural hospital closures?
- Bucking the trend, rural northwest Iowa makes aggressive medical moves
- Carson King’s UI Children’s Hospital campaign reaches $2.95 million
KANSAS
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- How A Rural Hospital In Kansas Survived Multiple Owners And Bankruptcy
- Kansas Health Foundation has a new president and CEO
- New children’s psychiatric hospital in Wichita lands $75,000 city grant
- Stormont Vail Health buys minority stake in Kansas surgical hospital — 3 insights
- An innovative approach provides healthcare solutions to rural towns in Kansas
MINNESOTA
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- Blount Memorial is partnering with the Mayo Clinic
- Longest-tenured Sanford Health worker retires after 59 years
- New M Health Fairview Brand Launches
- Fairview Health Rebrands as M Health Fairview
- Minnesota gets federal grant to study reach of sickle cell disease
- Independent rural hospital in Bigfork, Minn., struggles on — like many
MISSOURI
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- SSM Health and Navvis Partner to Rapidly Advance Population Health and Reinvent the Health Care Experience
- Why a new report says Springfield has something close to a health care monopoly
- SSM Health to transfer billing operations in Wisconsin
- Massive fraud case involving Missouri hospital brings criminal charge to ex-CEO
- Man’s best friend making the rounds to help SLU Hospital employees
- New round of Medicare readmission penalties hits St. Louis area hospitals
- Missouri hospital exec faces criminal charges for massive fraud
- Hillsboro Community Hospital survives bankruptcy, failed management
- Despite legal fight with St. Louis, Paul McKee wants TIF money for health care facility
- BJC to boost minimum wage to $15 an hour
NEBRASKA
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- Auditor sees positive trend at nursing home
- WellCare, one of three Medicaid services managers in Nebraska, to sell Nebraska subsidiary
- CHI Health says ransomware incident may have exposed info of patients at orthopedic clinic
- U of Nebraska Medical Center earns $1.67M grant to place NPs in underserved communities
- Hospital Foundation awards $191,623 in healthcare grants
- Sarpy County, Nebraska Medicine agree to explore creation of mental health crisis center
- UNK looks to fill gap in rural healthcare workforce
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Illinois hospital turns to virtual care for hospitalist program
- BJC wants to build a $31 million, 40-bed rehab facility in Shiloh. Illinois says not so fast.
- MetroSouth Medical Center closes its doors
- Mount Sinai Hospital workers authorize a strike
- Illinois hospital shuts down, lays off staff
- Illinois medical office building changes hands in $18.2M transaction
INDIANA
- Doctors’ pagers finally headed to medical gadget graveyard
- Michael Hicks: Indiana has a not-for-profit hospital monopoly problem
- Indiana hospital investing in 4 standalone ERs, urgent care centers
- Alliance Chicago integrates SDOH in its pop health, EHR systems
- Union Health continues to expand access to care in Wabash Valley
- Terre Haute a bi-state medical hub
- Rural Telehealth Expands to Northeast Indiana Schools
- Primaria Health Names O’Neill President and CEO
- Indiana Hospital Association president defends state’s hospitals against critical report
- IU Celebrates Hospital Construction Milestone
- Work Begins on Zionsville ER/Urgent Care
- Hospital monopolies in Indiana are charging Hoosiers more for health care, study finds
- DeKalb Health officially joins Parkview Health
KENTUCKY
- UK Healthcare ‘fully operational’ after computer glitches
- Kentucky hospital’s ex-chief of staff can’t stop $361M sale to Baptist Health
- Hardin Memorial adds doctor, expanding Cancer Care Center
- Kentucky hospital group urges members to donate in governor race to ‘assure access’
- Humana appoints Jennifer Bazante as CMO
- LHC Group, Norton Healthcare launch joint venture
- Area hospital completes nearly $6M renovation project
- Baptist Health Corbin laying off 15 medical coding workers
- Donate to access political candidates, Kentucky Hospital Association tells members
MICHIGAN
- Rural hospitals in Michigan face a dilemma: Merge or not?
- Bronson prioritizes patient access at 7 new offices in Kalamazoo region
- Michigan hospital building 7 primary care sites
- Ascension advances cardiovascular leadership model
- North Carolina health system unveils mobile wayfinding platform
- Metro Health-University of Michigan Health selects Lori Price as COO
- U of Michigan receives $25M for opioid prevention, treatment research
- Preparing Michigan cities, health systems for more ransomware attacks
- Health system hires COO
OHIO
- Ohio hospital moving outpatient, general surgery services to one location
- East Ohio Regional Hospital May Close ER This Week
- Memorial’s new ED Director focuses on customer service
- Greater Dayton healthcare organization selects new leadership
- How Cleveland Clinic’s model of care translates from Ohio to China: 3 Qs with Luye Medical Group CIO David Chou
- Mount Carmel East president, COO dies
- Mercy Medical Center in Canton could join Cleveland Clinic hospital system
- Hudson neurologist accused of writing unneeded prescriptions for kickbacks
- Cleveland Clinic looks to add Catholic hospital to Ohio portfolio
- How Ohio Ranks For Women And Children’s Health
- Ohio hospital closes
- Cleveland Clinic looks to expand hospital portfolio
- St. Luke’s Hospital hires firm to examine its future
- ‘A second pair of eyes:’ How patient advocates, hospital ombudsmen help navigate health-care maze
- Pennsylvania firm acquires Dayton hospital
- St. Elizabeth partners with firm to cut costs for employers
- Summa to vacate St. Thomas by 2022, build new behavioral health building on Akron City Hospital campus
- Trinity Health System to open two healthcare facilities in Belmont County
WISCONSIN
- Small Wisconsin hospitals cope amid a statewide rural health crisis
- How One Small Wisconsin Hospital Was Saved Amid A Statewide Rural Health Crisis
- Froedtert Hospital president Buck retiring; replacement named
- Intellivisit Continues to Expand Virtual Healthcare
- How Can Wisconsin’s Rural Hospitals Keep Their Doors Open Amid A Wider Crisis?
- SSM Health to transfer billing operations in Wisconsin
- Agnesian HealthCare workers face relocation, job loss with transfer of billing operations
- Ascension hospital in Milwaukee invests $2M in new neurosurgery program
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
FLORIDA
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- Hospital District out to beef up healthcare in Marion County
- North Florida OB-GYN data breach: What you can do
- Broward County’s hospital districts cut taxes
- Florida hospital to continue delivery services despite OB-GYN group’s departure
- Leesburg Regional hosts ribbon cutting for new cardiac unit
- Dignitaries gather for Fisherman’s Hospital groundbreaking
- Cleveland Clinic Martin North’s labor service provider breaks ties with the hospital
- Jackson Hospital seeks to expand service area
- 67 Charged in Ga-Fl Health Care Fraud Scheme
- Halifax Health gets OK for Daytona Beach Shores urgent care
- Hospitals face Medicare penalties for readmissions among seniors
- Gainesville doctor charged for fraud over genetic testing
- Florida’s Health Care Cost Markup Among Nation’s Highest
- Ascension Florida is on the front lines of veteran health care
- Orange Park Medical Center appoints new CEO
GEORGIA
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- Allegations of neglect, abuse at Georgia elder facilities
- Atlanta behavioral health solutions company raises $4.6M
- 67 Charged in Ga-Fl Health Care Fraud Scheme
- HCA floats plan to buy Vidalia medical center
- HCA has LOI for Georgia hospital
- Emory Healthcare pilots ED triage software for EHR
- South Georgia hospital opens new $40M home
- Interim COO named as Northeast Georgia Health System seeks replacement for Gainesville hospital president
- New Georgia Hospital Transparency Requirements Take Effect
- HCA to add 10th hospital in Georgia
- Georgia hospital disclosures show disparities, seven-figure salaries
MISSISSIPPI
- Three Mississippians arrested as part of $510 million healthcare fraud scheme
- Specialty Hospital of Meridian celebrates 25 years of care
- Employees honored for service at Mississippi State Hospital
- Medicare readmission penalties hit 10 NE Miss hospitals
- Think Anew President Named 2019 Mississippi Health Care Hero
- UMMC receives $1M donation for pediatric expansion playground
NORTH CAROLINA
- Eastern NC hospital nixes maternity services
- Proposed deal would combine UNC Rex and Johnston Health systems
- The big, quiet deal
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center: Area’s First Cancer Survivorship Clinic Opens
- New unit at Levine Children’s Hospital provides more freedom to patients receiving stem-cell transplants
- How this North Carolina hospital is attracting nurses
- Blue Cross NC, Oregon healthcare group call off partnership
- UNC Rex, Johnston Health approve plan to expand partnership
- 1st drone delivery beyond line of sight made in Raleigh at WakeMed, UPS reports
- Novant Health to open health clinics inside Walgreens
- New name, new logo for hospital
- Walgreens and Novant Health announce retail health care collaboration in North Carolina
- BlueCross of NC, Cambia merger called off after CEO resigns over driving while impaired, child abuse charges
- Amid talks of combination, a look at Wake Forest Baptist/Atrium finances
- Expanded pediatric BMT unit gives children more freedom to move around during treatment and a chance to play
- Vidant Health nurses recognized as top in state
- North Carolina county’s ambulance debt collection plan faces pushback
- North Carolina treasurer targets surprise billing
SOUTH CAROLINA
- MUSC receives $833k grant to combat opioid crisis
- Regional Medical Center in South Carolina appoints Michelle Edwards CIO
- Orange Park Medical Center appoints new CEO
- $119M South Carolina hospital to open Oct. 4
TENNESSEE
- Saint Francis joins group of 26 Tenn. hospitals in lawsuit against opioid cos.
- The most detailed data on Nashville health in two decades now public
- Blount Memorial is partnering with the Mayo Clinic
- Bristol Regional among Tennessee’s top hospitals
- CHS part of sweeping civil suit against opioid industry
- HCA has LOI for Georgia hospital
- Tennessee, Virginia hospitals file opioid lawsuit
- Volunteer Hospital partners with OB Hospitalist Group
- What Nashville companies can learn from Boston’s health care industry
- CHS divests West Virginia hospital
- Tennessee children’s hospital designed for homey feel
- ReviveHealth adds four vice presidents
- Helipad returning to Vanderbilt’s children’s hospital
- 5 things to know about HCA Healthcare
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
ARIZONA
LOUISIANA
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- 2 Louisiana hospital systems propose merger
- Louisiana hospital owners, operators to pay $500K to resolve false claims allegations
- Ochsner, Lafayette General Expect to Close Merger Deal by 2020
- Hospital owners, operators agree to pay federal settlement
- Our Lady of the Lake to open new Children’s Hospital next week
- Qui tam lawsuit, investigation results in $531k settlement
- Medicare cuts payment to 67 of 84 Louisiana hospitals for readmitting patients
- Ochsner takes over Louisiana hospital as LifePoint exits market
NEW MEXICO
- New Mexico Delegation Announces HHS Grant To Taos For Rural Maternity And Obstetrics Development
- Hospital relocating orthopedic surgery center, building 2nd center — 5 insights
OKLAHOMA
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- Tulsa acute medical facility to expand
- Post-Acute Medical Rehab Hospital In Tulsa Expands Facilities
- Five Oklahoma Hospitals Collapsed – What Happened?
- Stigler Hospital Lays Off Most Employees, Takes Bankruptcy Precautions
- Oklahoma government selects telemedicine provider for state health insurance plans
TEXAS
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- New CFO named at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center
- Hospital execs charged with misuse of FHA loan
- San Antonio long-term acute care hospital changes ownership
- Nation’s biggest healthcare price markups are in Texas, researchers find
- Steward Health Care reports $592M loss amid major 2-year expansion push
- Battling the Behavioral Health Shortage in North Texas
- Taylor County to help Abilene hospitals get reimbursed for uncompensated patient care
- Baylor Scott & White opens newest full-service hospital in Buda
- Nobilis Health closes surgical hospital, ASCs; owes millions tied to credit agreement
- Texas doctors ordered unneeded cancer screening tests for kickbacks, feds say in nationwide bust
- Texas healthcare provider pays hackers in ransomware attack
- Texas medical school launches innovation platform targeting underserved patients
- A State of Need: Texas’ struggles with mental healthcare
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
IDAHO
- Group of pediatricians leave St. Luke’s to form own practice
- Minidoka Memorial Hospital wins award
- Idaho submits work-requirement waiver for Medicaid expansion
- Air St. Luke’s neonatal/pediatric transport team named best in the country
- The nursing shortage in Idaho: ‘This is a chance to grow in the community you serve’
MONTANA
OREGON
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- Blue Cross NC, Oregon healthcare group call off partnership
- Kaiser Permanente may evade strike, reaching tentative deal with workers in Oregon and Washington
- Good Shepherd Health Care System CEO Dennis Burke to retire next year
- Portland health care nonprofit gets shoutout in national report
- OHA: Riverbend broke nurse staffing rules
- Bend conference addresses rural health care needs
WASHINGTON
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- Kaiser Permanente may evade strike, reaching tentative deal with workers in Oregon and Washington
- Navigating Cancer nets $26 million, plus more top funding news for Seattle-based companies
- Seattle nurse-turned-architect knows what it takes to design behavioral health spaces
- UW medical school receives $50M for brain institute
WYOMING
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- LA hospital puts some surgeries on hold after mold found
- Cancer patients’ stem cells destroyed after freezer fails at California hospital
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals to pay $108M in False Claims case
- After California surprise billing law, fewer specialty services were out-of-network
- California hospital develops emergency communication network following active shooter situation
- California hospital prepping for $125M expansion
- Quorum Health divests California hospital
- California surgery center named ASC of the year for a second time
- Watsonville Hospital sale finalized
COLORADO
- Cost still barrier to health care in Boulder, Broomfield counties
- Colorado Medical Society names Bryan Campbell new CEO
- Medical facility upgrades to streamline operations
- Hospitals are buying up housing units, helping ‘stranded’ patients find a home
- Longmont United Hospital part of new pilot program to reduce opioid prescriptions
- Boulder Community Health Implements New Health Records System
- Peak Health Alliance expands to six additional Colorado counties, including Grand
- Bean joins SLV Health as the CNO
- Software company raises $5.5M to expand blockchain use in healthcare
- Medical Center of Aurora names Hallie Woods COO
HAWAII
- Thousands Dropped From Hawaii’s Medicaid Coverage After Data Review
- Queen’s Health Systems welcomes new CEO and she’s got some big shoes to fill
- Kaiser Permanente Hawaii health plans top NCQA ratings
NEVADA
UTAH
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- Moab Regional Hospital responds to community needs with new staff, expanded services
- Intermountain Healthcare upgrades Utah’s only Gamma Knife treatment for brain cancers
- State lawmaker eyes ‘major structural reform’ to behavioral health system
- Utah health care premiums up 16% since 2016, study says
- Utah submits ‘fallback’ Medicaid waiver for public comment
