NATIONAL
- CMS Administrator Seema Verma scoffs at hospital execs’ arguments against transparency
- Hospital employed physicians see 7% drop in compensation for 2018: 14 statistics to know
- Physician Compensation Programs Move Toward Value-Based Pay
- Standalone hospitals in the M&A era: 3 CFOs to watch
- Optum’s ‘city by city’ healthcare strategy
- 3 ASC leaders forecast 2020 business trends
- More state laws back telehealth, but many stop short of mandates
- CMS targets pay schemes
- Lawmakers pushing for stronger HHS oversight of patient assistance charities
- New CMS rules put the focus on informed patient choice
- Rural Medical Students Make Up 4.3% of Future Docs, Study Finds
- Millennials trust Amazon, Google more than health systems
- Surprise billing ban draft: Middle ground leaves few pleased
- Key House and Senate health leaders reach deal to stop surprise medical bills
- Ascension Ventures, HITRUST & more form data security coalition
- CMS to repay hospitals millions for off-campus clinic visits
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- CT hospitals receive $1.8B in lawsuit settlement
- Lawmakers to learn more about Connecticut hospital tax deal
- New faces at top of Bridgeport hospitals
- Hospitals to receive $1.8 B to settle provider tax lawsuit against CT
- Griffin Health chosen to pilot social care coordination network Unite Connecticut
- Error causes second unnecessary hysterectomy at Bridgeport Hospital
- New Initiative Connects Hospitals To Community Organizations
- Diversified Search Finds CEO for Eastern Connecticut Health Network
MAINE
- Mercy Hospital receives anonymous $1M gift for campus consolidation
- Maine Hospital Gets Boost Toward Planned New Portland Campus
- New leader will contend with EMMC’s low national ratings
- Janet Mills will allow $1M in additional nursing home funding to move forward after delay
- Supreme Court to hear $12B ACA payment case
- The Maine hospitals with no staff certified to do sexual assault exams
- Maine and Alaska insurance companies bring ‘bait and switch’ complaint to Supreme Court Justices
MASSACHUSETTS
- Nantucket Cottage Hospital names new president and CEO
- Massachusetts Lab to Pay $26M for Scheme With Texas Doctors
- Beth Israel Lahey expands orthopedic surgery care, using Baptist Hospital as model
- Brigham Health, Google leaders join lab testing startup’s advisory board
- Partners HealthCare generates $14 billion in revenue
- Brigham and Women’s launches app-based study of employee sleep, productivity
- Atrius Health reaching back to its managed roots
- Wellforce health system names new CEO
- VA health facility staff shortages have not impacted Brockton’s
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Littleton Regional Healthcare Partners With Dartmouth To Provide Care Via Telemedicine
- Exeter Hospital says survey supports merger talks
- New Hampshire Voters Share Their Views On Medicare For All
- Sen. Maggie Hassan shares New Hampshire woman’s story to highlight rising health-care costs
NEW YORK
- Wyoming County hospital names new CEO
- Hospital for Special Surgery to open in Industry City
- Mohawk Valley Health System to break ground on $480M New York hospital
- Mount Sinai’s ED is a ‘war zone,’ nurse says
- ‘Have you no shame?’: Albany Medical Center CEO accuses union of disrupting gala
- NYC Health + Hospitals launches house call program for primary care
- Historic Crown Heights hospital reborn as nursing home
- New York Hospital Completes Allscripts Sunrise EHR Implementation
RHODE ISLAND
- Rhode Island Hospitals, Brown to Research Alzheimer’s Drug
- Care New England focused on ‘going it alone’
- After failed merger talks, Care New England shifts focus to remaining independent
- BCBS of Rhode Island launches bundled payment program
- Director of RI Dept. of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals Stepping Down
VERMONT
- State Auditor: OneCare whistleblower allegations are a ‘big deal’
- Mt Ascutney names Amy Visser-Lynch chief nursing officer
- Vermont insurer to pay members for improper denials
- Gifford sees antibiotics use cut by half
- Roger Allbee: Meals program a way to lower health care costs
- U of Vermont Medical Center leaders: Affiliations haven’t raised prices
- Family doctor seeks out new approach
MID-ATLANTIC/EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Sports medicine physician elected president of Medical Society of Delaware
- Some Delaware hospitals are syncing medical records to iPhone app
- ChristianaCare doc uses robot for cutting-edge surgeries
- Enlighten Me: New Medical Society of Delaware president
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Nationwide health trends report outlines challenges in DC region
- DC hospital allegedly fired director of nursing for reporting unlawful billing
- GWU sues corporate hospital partner, leaving fate of Southeast project uncertain
- Money in Medicine: These D.C. doctors received the most payments from drug and device companies in 2018
- GWU sues majority owner of Foggy Bottom hospital
MARYLAND
- U of Maryland Medicine leverages telehealth for new neurodevelopmental centers
- Maryland Seeks Telehealth Platform to Improve Nursing Home Care
- America’s Health Rankings for 2019: How Maryland Rates
NEW JERSEY
- South Jersey medical device maker raising $8M through stock offering
- Philips inks $50M ‘long-term strategic partnership’ with New Jersey hospital system
- N.J.’s largest health network was hit with major computer disruptions. Officials won’t say if it was ransomware.
- New Jersey surgery center owner to pay $863K in alleged fraud case
- Innovative consortium will provide access to newest clinical trials and medical breakthroughs
- Hackensack Meridian computer disruption delayed patient care, nurses union says
PENNSYLVANIA
- UPMC hospital closing in Sunbury, mirrors national trend of struggling rural facilities
- After two years under UPMC Susquehanna ownership, Sunbury Hospital to close in 2020
- Ellwood City hospital lays off 92 workers
- UPMC Altoona nurses rally for ‘safe staffing’
- Penn State Health taps Cletis Earle as CIO
- UPMC to close hospital in 2020
- St. Luke’s New Upper Bucks Campus Opens Saturday
- 7 physicians sue Drexel over contract terminations
- Lehigh Valley Health breaks ground on 9th Pennsylvania hospital
- John Sphon named permanent CEO at Excela Health
- Jefferson gets $70M gift from Kimmels for 12-story research building
- Cooper University Health Care buys Camden office building for $16M
- Lawrence County hospital nearly $300,000 in debt shut down for now
- Pennsylvania hospital CEO resigns amid financial woes, medical service ban
- Nurse suing Lancaster General Health, claims she was fired for not getting flu shot
- Resigning Ellwood City Medical Center CEO says could no longer represent troubled hospital
VIRGINIA
- Dr. Robert Winn takes helm at VCU’s Massey Cancer Center
- Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center: 10 Years of Kept Promises
- Northam proposes $3.2 million to extend postpartum Medicaid services
- Virginia improves in national health report ranking
- CHS divests Virginia hospitals, deal to sell to Bon Secours Mercy Health
WEST VIRGINIA
- WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital opening a Respiratory and Occupational Lung Disease Clinic
- Camden Clark Medical Center receives top ratings
- W.Va. health care deal chugged along for months before sudden termination
- WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital discusses rural sustainability with legislators
- Settlement reached between Raleigh Heart Clinic patients and Cardinal Health
- The Health Plan Renews Partnership With Charleston Area Medical Center
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
KANSAS
MINNESOTA
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- Mayo closes two more facilities, blames rural health care crisis
- 80K Patients Impacted by Minnesota Provider’s Ransomware Attack
- Bethesda Hospital in St. Paul will shrink by half
- Mayo Clinic closes hospital, clinics in southwest Minnesota
- Hospital splits this payroll expense 50/50 with local payer to curb ER overuse
- The future depends on digital transformation, says Fairview CIO Sameer Badlani — here is his game plan
- Lifesprk Partners with North Memorial; LHC Group Expands LifePoint Joint Venture
- Rural Hospitals Are Closing. Americans Are Losing Access To Health Care
MISSOURI
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- Pay claims dog operators, staffing outfits
- OT snafus cost $42K
- Moberly Regional Medical Center announces new CEO
- BJC Accountable Care Organization works with patients to find solutions
- Southwest Missouri town to get new 25-bed hospital
- BJC HealthCare cuts 200 jobs as part of IT support outsourcing
- Learning from mistakes: Take a hard-hat tour of KCU’s ‘virtual hospital’
NEBRASKA
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- SD rural doctor shortage worsened by lack of physician training opportunities
- Sanford Health announces $1 million contribution to Trojan Field remodel
- Six CEOs and No Operating Room: The Impossible Job of Fixing the Indian Health Service
- Noem asked state agencies to cut costs. But these groups may see more money.
- Rural doctor shortage in SD worsened by lack of physician training opportunities
- ‘Health-care college’ concept floated for Rapid City university center
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Advocate Lutheran General Hospital starts using lifesaving artificial intelligence to detect and treat strokes faster
- OSF HealthCare plans $237 million cancer center in Peoria
- America’s Health Rankings 2019: Where Illinois Ranks
- Illinois hospital warns 1,400 patients of data breach
- State regulators OK $17-million renovation project at HSHS St. John’s
INDIANA
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- A work in progress: CRH to continue to prepare former Clarion site for most of 2020
- Aspire Indiana Health Completes Renovation Project
- Lack of internet access limits telemedicine usage in rural Indiana
- IU Health Tipton expanding telemedicine services for mental health, addiction
- IU Health receives grant to expand telehealth services
- IU Health to build surgery center
- Veteran Health Indiana breaks ground on new healthcare facility in Terre Haute
KENTUCKY
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- Saint Joseph East Hospital earns high honor for standard of care
- Humana to give $2 million to Parklands in honor of late co-founder David Jones
- Humana to honor co-founder David Jones Sr. with three community projects
- Bevin administration overturns rejection of Medicaid contract awards
- Humana leaders shedding $15M in company shares
MICHIGAN
- Mercy, Metro Health new network to integrate cancer care in West Michigan
- Reed City hospital earns trauma certification
- Unveiling new report on prescription drug costs, shortages, Sen. Gary Peters calls for more comprehensive approach
- Henry Ford Health System expanding in Metro Detroit to meet communities’ needs
- Mackinac Straits Hospital recognized with Rural Health Award
- Munson’s Mary Free Bed services expand to Elk Rapids
- McLaren to acquire Ohio hospital, bolster services with new spine and orthopedic center
- Trinity Health’s CFO named COO as part of 3 changes at executive level
- Spectrum Health, MSU researchers apply genomic sequencing to rare diseases research
- Hillsdale Hospital Report to the Community Shows Strong Future Ahead
OHIO
- Nationwide Children’s receives record-breaking $2.3 million donation from golf tournament
- Trinity Health System opens new outpatient clinic in Bellaire
- Lorain County hospitals receive cardiac certification
- Ohio bill to end mandatory nurse OT still needs some tweaking, editorial says
- St. Luke’s Hospital’s new shareholder has experienced rapid growth
- McLaren to acquire Ohio hospital, bolster services with new spine and orthopedic center
- Ohio may ban mandatory nurse overtime
- Hospital reveals pediatric health priorities
- Kettering Health buys former Kroger building in Springfield
- Ohio bill banning mandatory nurse overtime at hospitals passes House
WISCONSIN
- $2 Million check gifted to Medical College of Wisconsin
- Sentry donates $2M to Medical College of Wisconsin to expand training in Wausau
- Health system sets 25% diversity contracting goal for Mount Pleasant project
- Aurora Health Care hospitals implement 4.5% price increase
- GE Healthcare’s metro Milwaukee-designed tech showcased at high-profile trade show
- Jefferson, Dodge free clinics merging
- Monroe Clinic names new president
- Report: Milwaukee is the highest-paying metro for doctors
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Birmingham Internal Medicine Associates now a Complete Health practice
- South Alabama hospital celebrates milestone
- Equity firm acquires Birmingham medical group
- Who’s Who in Birmingham health care? Key names to know in Magic City medicine
- American Family Care names new CIO
FLORIDA
- Here’s the team that will build the new $550 million Baptist Hospital at Brent Lane
- FWB Medical Center eyes major expansion/renovation
- Ocala Regional, West Marion named among top 100 best hospitals for orthopedic surgery
- Florida physician ordered to pay $10K for posting patient info in Yelp review
- Florida hospital chain agrees to last-minute payment deal with BCBS
- UHS hospital acquires 35 acres in Florida
- 21st Century Oncology Is Setting Advanced Standards In Cancer Care With New Radiation System
- UF Health to acquire Leesburg Regional, Villages hospitals
- Florida health system implements real-time EHR care coordination platform
- Nemours Children’s Hospital’s president to be replaced next month
- AdventHealth pens agreement to acquire mobile mammography company
- Boca Raton Regional Hospital Receives $25M Donation
- Baptist Health Care moves to design phase of $550M replacement hospital
- Expanded role for nurses in Florida gets House support
- UF Health to acquire Central Florida Health
- Baptist Health South Florida taps Lourdes Boue as Miami hospital CEO
GEORGIA
- It could be days before crews finish repairing broken water pipe at Grady Memorial
- Officials: Repairs after pipe burst at Grady Memorial could take ‘months’
- Local hospital takes new measures in fight against opioid abuse
- WellStar Cobb Hospital Designated Level III Trauma Center
- America’s Health Rankings 2019: How Georgia Ranks
- Erlanger Health partners with Georgia hospital on telemedicine stroke care
- How healthy are Georgians? Here’s how the state ranks nationally
MISSISSIPPI
- NMMC, Family Resource Center team up to connect patients, health
- 3 named to Methodist Rehabilitation Center Board of Directors
- Baptist DeSoto employs unique physician collaboration to improve cardiac outcomes while reducing costs
- Nurse Practitioners filling the state’s gap in health care
NORTH CAROLINA
- Mayo Clinic Care Network gains a foothold in North Carolina
- America’s Health Rankings 2019: How North Carolina Ranks
- New CFO joins Frye Regional Medical Center
- Vidant, ECU Brody School of Medicine surgeons perform first robotic kidney transplant in North Carolina
- Mercy Urgent Care announces new location in Waynesville
- High Point home medical equipment business acquired by national company
- OrthoCarolina gets buyer for 10 outpatient buildings, 3 with ASCs
- Lawsuit over 3-year-old patient’s death says UNC Children’s failed to disclose heart surgery issues
- Wake Forest Baptist Health opens urgent care, children’s clinics in Greensboro
- NHRMC’s advisory group looks ahead to finishing RFP in coming meetings
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- MUSC children’s hospital opening delayed for 2nd time
- South Carolina hospital cuts staff, expects to save $1.2M
- Roper St. Francis Healthcare launches telemedicine ICU services
- Philips and Regional Medical Center announce USD 16 million, long-term strategic partnership to innovate patient care for residents of rural South Carolina
- Report: MUSC Children’s Hospital opening delayed due to “major issues of concerns”
TENNESSEE
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- Brentwood hospital company receives second delisting warning from NYSE
- Tennessee hospital remains closed, awaits response from CMS
- HCA fights CNN’s subpoena in defamation suit
- Dallas children’s hospital relocates 28 patients after mold discovery
- Emergency clinics seen as partial answer to Tennessee rural hospital closings
- Regent Surgical Health partners with Tennessee ASC
- Erlanger Health partners with Georgia hospital on telemedicine stroke care
SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas Surgical Hospital Receives 2019 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award®️ for Patient Experience
- Jonesboro Tower Tops List as Health Care Projects Rise
- With new five-year plan on the horizon, Arkansas Children’s ready to implement ‘both and’ strategy
- LHC Group and LifePoint Health expand partnership with acquisition in Arkansas
- With Uninsured Rates On The Rise In Arkansas, Free Dental Clinics In High Demand
- Groundbreaking technology treats brain aneurysms
ARIZONA
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- Colorado City health clinic ready for first patient ahead of schedule
- Proposed $6M Settlement Reached in Banner Health Data Breach Lawsuit
- Here’s where healthcare construction is booming in Arizona
- Supreme Court rejects Arizona challenge against Sackler family
- Banner Health announces new CEOs at five Arizona hospitals
- Maricopa County helps fund new health campus in Phoenix
- Hacienda HealthCare reports another patient injury
LOUISIANA
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- Massive Expansion Unifies Children’s Hospital
- Texas, Louisiana Have Lowest Proportion of Nursing Home Beds with Four, Five Stars
- Baton Rouge hospital encourages staff to press charges after 3 attacks by patients
- Louisiana’s mobile health app boosts Medicaid enrollment
- St. Tammany Parish Hospital unveils a new logo and corporate identity
- N.O. Children’s Hospital to expand mental health services
- A look inside the progress at Children’s Hospital expanded mental health facility
NEW MEXICO
OKLAHOMA
TEXAS
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- Hospital works to direct ER patients to smaller facility
- Massachusetts Lab to Pay $26M for Scheme With Texas Doctors
- Methodist Health System names Jim Scoggin new CEO
- Health report: Texas ranks 34th in the nation
- Texas, Louisiana Have Lowest Proportion of Nursing Home Beds with Four, Five Stars
- Joint health clinic opens in Rockdale
- $113M facility to boost specialty care at Dell Children’s Medical Center
- UT System authorizes merger of UT Tyler, UT Health Science Center at Tyler
- As Rural Hospitals Close, Texas Communities Lose Healthcare Access
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
IDAHO
MONTANA
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- Montana hospital could lose ambulance service in $1.8M payment dispute
- Patient sues Montana health system after November data breach, seeks class action
- Mont. county to suspend hospital ambulance service over reimbursement dispute
- Another Provider Hit with Lawsuit Over Patient Data Breach of 140K
- Bozeman Health celebrates near-completion of new care tower
OREGON
WASHINGTON
WYOMING
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
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- Efficiency, new seismic standards behind $2B high-tech California hospital
- California hospital building outpatient diagnostic center
- Panic buttons and security dogs: How California hospitals combat workplace violence
- California hospital sells for $2M
- Registered nurses, hospital administrators disagree about patient safety, charge nurse value
- Dignity Health to replace South Sacramento hospital
- Buyer of 4 California hospitals misses closing deadline
- Shuttered California hospital to reopen in 2020
- Washington Hospital, UCSF eyeing 90,000 square-foot Warm Springs outpatient center
COLORADO
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- Children’s Hospital Colorado pilots new resiliency program in Colorado Springs schools
- Denver hospital ‘started off on the right foot’
- Vail Health partners with Children’s Hospital for pediatric respiratory training
- Children’s Hospital Colorado sets out to weave medical and social supports to improve health
- Peak Gastroenterology acquired by Varsity Healthcare Partners
- Colorado medical center alerts 28,000 patients of data breach
- Mercy anesthesiologists going to work for outside group
- Highlands Ranch hospital steps into future of medicine
- Colorado Mountain Medical to offer daily urgent care in Vail
- Colorado medical center alerts patients of phishing attack
