NATIONAL
- Where the AMA stands on 7 of the year’s biggest health care issues
- Why digital health has been such a disappointment, and how to change that
- 106 hospitals, health systems that launched telehealth services in 2019
- 64 hospitals that planned, opened or broke ground on ASCs in 2019
- CMS to Repay Site-Neutral Payments to Hospitals, Appeal Case
- CMS overpaid hospitals $94M in EHR incentive payments, OIG says
- IT experts urge stronger oversight of patient data in the Wild West of consumer apps
- 13 hospital leaders talk 2020 goals
- Urgent care centers multiply, reaching 9,200+ in 2019
- Healthcare’s digital transformation: 5 predictions for 2020
- House passes bill funding HIT-enabled medical research
- 3 must-haves to hit telehealth’s tipping point
- Total U.S. healthcare costs hit $3.6 trillion in 2018
- Hospital group cheers CMS move to pay back outpatient payment cuts
- Judge refuses to strike down 2020 site-neutral plan — but chides CMS
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
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- How Connecticut reached a $1.8 billion hospital settlement
- Advocates want to recycle CT’s wasted prescription drugs. The state says it’s already doing that.
- Starling Physicians Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
- How they came to a $1.8 billion hospital settlement
- CT hospital settlement gains unanimous approval
- Error rate rises 7% at Connecticut hospitals
MAINE
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- Maine Med’s new $8 million helipad saves time – and likely lives
- Regulators focus on Lewiston’s Marshwood nursing home as problems mount
- Health centers in Cumberland, Piscataquis counties get $2.1M
- Lewiston home care service to deploy telehealth systems with $254K grant
- Stonington man awarded $850,000 in medical negligence suit
- Rural Hospitals: The Challenges Maine’s Hospitals Face in Delivering Care to Rural Communities
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Hospital Eyes Land in Edgartown for New Nursing Home
- Partners HealthCare launches five-year $100M digital health initiative
- Massachusetts hospital settles false billing case
- Boston Heart settles kickback allegations with $26.7M payment
- Inside A Boston OR, Surgery Shows Hospital’s Steps To Reduce Its Carbon Footprint
- Hospital-Level Care in Your Home? It Could Be the Future
- Southcoast Health announces new Board Chair, annual award winners
- New president tapped for Nantucket Cottage Hospital
- Roberta Herman, MD to become new Joslin Diabetes Center President and CEO
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Hospital CEO tapped as N.H. health commissioner
- New medical co-op aimed at saving health care costs
- New Hampshire has received millions in federal funding to tackle the opioid crisis. What has it accomplished?
- Dover Doorway makes impact on opioid crisis, but Seacoast needs more
- Judge dismisses Littleton hospital’s suit over walk-in clinic
NEW YORK
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- NYU Langone opens biotech incubator with 22 industry members
- River Hospital and Upstate Medical University to pursue clinical affiliation
- Schedule work to start new $ 305 million Stony Brook Southampton Hospitals
- NYU Langone Health opens biotech incubator in Manhattan
- Brooklyn nursing home will serve patients on site of closed St. Mary’s Hospital
- VA Buffalo readies for $180 million in projects through 2025
- New York hospital to end lung program after Catholic Health layoff announcement
- Kaleida responding to union’s job cut claims
RHODE ISLAND
VERMONT
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARYLAND
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- LifeBridge Health’s stroke software initiative grew intervention services by 400%
- U of Maryland Medical System board routinely lobbied execs to promote business interests, probe finds
- U. of Maryland medical system report shows how board members pushed for deals to benefit their businesses
- Atlantic General among top-performing hospitals
- LifeBridge Health gives Bon Secours Hospital a new name
- Luminis Health CEO Victoria Bayless Names Sherry Perkins President of Anne Arundel Medical Center
- D.C. Council aims for more accessible prenatal care
NEW JERSEY
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- Medical Care at NJ Hospital Disrupted by Ransomware Attack
- Hackensack Meridian paid ransom for cyberattack that shut down computer network
- Regional health care provider rebrands and expands in New Jersey
- New Jersey Hospital to Use Telehealth to Improve Pre-Op, Post-Op Care
- Saint Peter’s signs LOI to join with RWJBarnabas Health
- Shore Medical Center announces partnership with Penn Cancer Network
- Saint Peter’s University Hospital adds telehealth services to surgery recovery program
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Tower Health clashes with nurses as it takes over St. Christopher’s
- Amid Ellwood City Hospital closure, UPMC holding hiring event
- Tower Health and Drexel University Finalize Acquisition of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
- Nurses at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children fight for contract changes
- More help being offered to Ellwood City Medical Center workers
- New St. Luke’s Hospital officially open
- Capital Health opens new pulmonary rehabilitation program for residents of Bucks, Mercer counties
- Philadelphia hospital sells for $50M
- Behavioral health startup NeuroFlow raises $7.5M
- Allegheny Health Network Unveils New McCandless Neighborhood Hospital
- Failure to pay doctors’ malpractice insurance lands Hahnemann, St. Chris owner in bankruptcy trouble
- Pennsylvania hospitals made $136.1B impact in FY2018
- Former Penn Health System CEO lands a new job
VIRGINIA
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Camden Clark Medical Center boots up minimally invasive spine operating robot
- Camden Clark Medical Center announces ENT specialty service
- From surprise billing to nursing education, W.Va. Hospital Association outlines 2020 legislative priorities
- Telehealth in West Virginia: Many doors still left to open
- West Virginia University Researchers Study Effects of New Opioid Law
- West Virginia health system now live on Meditech EHR
- Mountain Health wins naming rights to West Virginia arena
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
KANSAS
MINNESOTA
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- Mayo’s approach to patient data management, security and digital health: Key thoughts from CIO Cris Ross
- HealthPartners to close home care unit — third round of layoffs in six weeks
- Bright Health raises additional $635 million for expansion
- BCBS of Minnesota whistleblower warns of 200K ‘critical’ vulnerabilities
- Grant helps Essentia fight opioid use disorder in Virginia and Ely
- Does Abu Dhabi hospital serve Mayo’s mission, or its bottom line?
- Staffing changes won’t cut services at Hutchinson Health
- Prime Therapeutics welcomes Christine Bent as new Chief Operating Officer
- VC-Funded Payer Bright Health Secures $635M in Series D Round
MISSOURI
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- Ascension’s revenue climbs 5% as it narrows loss
- Missouri reimagines rural health care
- Policy recommendations look to address rural health care problems
- BJC HealthCare integrates Sectra imaging software with Epic EHR
- Stolen laptop potentially exposes 114,000 Missouri hospital patients
- Stolen Truman Medical Center laptop holds 114,400 patients’ health data
- BJC outsources some IT positions, cutting 200 jobs
- Clarkson Eyecare parent is acquired
NEBRASKA
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Community operators, employees part of ‘abhorrent cover-up’ of alleged $700,000 theft from resident, lawsuit claims
- Eight Illinois hospitals named among best in nation. You might be surprised who didn’t make the cut.
- Shawnee Health nurses honored for excellence
- Our View: Thumbs up to HSHS St. John’s Hospital renovation plan
- Quorum may sell shuttered MetroSouth hospital to consulting firm for $1
- North Side hospital called ‘house of horrors’ in lawsuit over treatment of DCFS children
- Chicago hospital CEO credited with helping save stroke patient
INDIANA
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- Facing Healthcare Staffing Shortages in Rural Indiana
- Physician wins award for compassionate work with trauma patients
- North Point Orthopaedics breaks ground on $10 million medical office that quadruples its space
- Indiana orthopedics group to open $10M MOB, quadrupling in size
- IU Health Names VP & Chief Pharmacy Officer
- IU surgery center to break ground
- Aspire Indiana Health completes $1.35M renovation
- Justice Department Awards Funding for Opioid Crisis
- Precision Health Grand Challenge Leads to Discovery
- VA Announces Plans for New Veterans Clinic in Terre Haute
- Indiana Leads Charge for HIE Consolidation
KENTUCKY
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- Ky. Gov. Beshear signs executive order to end work requirement for health care
- St. Claire employees elected as president and secretary to Kentucky Rural Health Association
- U of L Health – Jewish Hospital recruits a new leader for its organ transplant program
- Kentucky hospital supply manager charged with stealing supplies, selling them online
- Humana CEO, other execs offload $38M in company shares
- Humana announces hospice pharmacy acquisition
- Health Foundation Advisory Council gains 4 new members
- Health Kentucky | Nation’s first state cancer registry
MICHIGAN
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- Medical startup receives FDA clearance
- Ciena Healthcare opens new $16.5 million nursing facility in Westland
- McLaren Central Michigan receives gold seal for hospital accreditation
- BCBS of Michigan cuts new value payment deal with 7 major systems
- Beaumont, UHS break ground on new mental health hospital
- Sparrow Health System given OK to build facility in Portland
- DCHS named a top rural hospital in Michigan
- Beaumont, UHS Break Ground on Mental Health Hospital in Michigan
- ‘Curious’ hospital employee improperly accessed thousands of medical records
- DMC CEO to retire, replaced by downtown hospital CEO
- Ascension Borgess plans new cancer center in WMU business park
OHIO
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- How Summa Health kindled a cultural turnaround
- Cincinnati hospital gets top-tier maternity ranking
- Dayton Children’s Hospital sees uptick in patients
- Ohio psychiatric hospital CEO departs as state threatens to revoke hospital’s license
- New bill called Esther’s Law would allow surveillance cameras in nursing home resident rooms
- Scholarships for Butler Tech EMT students underline need for more life-savers
- Cincinnati doctors rank among highest compensated in U.S.
- UTMC employees, South Toledo community voice concerns over hospital’s future
- Ohio bill banning mandatory nurse overtime at hospitals passes House
- How this Cleveland Clinic hospital is accommodating patients with autism
- Mercy Health announces partnership with Nationwide Children’s Hospital
WISCONSIN
- Monroe Clinic names new president
- Boldt gives $1 million to Children’s Wisconsin to help train therapists for children
- SSM Health moves forward with new clinic project
- SSM Health details proposed $75 million, 5-story clinic on Fish Hatchery Road
- Gundersen, Marshfield Clinic to remain independent
- Barnes & Noble in Greenfield will close; Ascension Wisconsin micro-hospital to move in
- UW Hospital Nurses Announce Union
- See construction progress on ProHealth Care’s $55 million Mukwonago hospital project
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
FLORIDA
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- Mayo Clinic, Ascension among healthcare giants investing in Northeast Florida
- Florida VA hospital employees, supply companies indicted in kickback scheme
- First look: See inside this $85M AdventHealth expansion
- 21st Century Oncology acquired by Australia-based GenesisCare
- Krounda Medical fined $85K for failing to give patient access to EHR data
- Florida Doctor Groups Push Back Against Giving Advanced Nurses Their Independence
- Florida medical group to pay $85K for not providing medical records to patient
- UF Health to Acquire Central Florida Health’s Hospitals
- Gulf Coast Medical Center gets top hospital honor
- AdventHealth campus plans 2nd expansion this year
- Tampa Lawmaker Files Legislation To Reform Prescription Drug Industry In Florida
- Moffitt Cancer Center shakeup: CEO and others resign over China ties
- Ascension recognized for cardiovascular care
- West Volusia Hospital Authority will be audited
- Orlando Health scoops up more land near downtown campus
- Living Like a Leader: A day with Cleveland Clinic Florida CEO Dr. Wael Barsoum
- FHA hospitals provided $4.1 billion in community benefits last year
GEORGIA
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- State of Emergency declaration will ease burden at Grady Hospital
- Report Raises Concerns About Georgia Hospital Tax Credit
- Georgia officials: Neediest hospitals not guaranteed most funds under tax law
- State regulators approve hospital transparency rules
- Study: Selby General Hospital best for orthopedic surgery
- Georgia finalizes hospital financial disclosure requirement
- Georgia hospitals get new transparency rules
- Grady to accept certain trauma patients as hospital recovers from burst pipe
MISSISSIPPI
NORTH CAROLINA
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- UNC Health Care integrates CarePort Health platform for data-driven care coordination
- Duke Clinical Research Institute lands $100M+ federal contract
- North Carolina hospital misses payroll
- Atrium, Novant compete in public hearing on ‘desperate need’ for more hospital beds
- 5 North Carolina hospitals rank among best in the country, watchdog group says
- Cone Hospital To Become More User Friendly
- Women’s Hospital team practices moving ‘patients’ ahead of new facility opening in February
- Mission patient placed call that caused lockdown
- UNC Rex Healthcare cracks ‘Top Hospitals’ list – and tech is a driver
- Two Novant facilities in the Triad named ‘Top Hospitals’
- Atrium to post $1B profit, says it keeps small-town hospitals afloat, changes Cone Health ties
- Rural-urban divide continues to widen, report finds
SOUTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
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- Nashville heart surgeon makes history in midtown hospital
- Council approves $16M in emergency funds for Nashville General Hospital
- St. Jude recruits doc from top children’s hospital to lead clinical trials research
- Sen. Chuck Grassley wants a hospital system that sued poor patients to explain itself
- Tenet sells two Tennessee hospitals to Methodist Le Bonheur
- Nashville’s Charity ER Has Been Suing More Patients Than Anywhere Else In Town
- CHS’ chief financial officer stepping down
- Report: Vanderbilt, VUMC have $11.9B economic impact on state
- Nashville General negotiates $35M settlement with Momenta Pharmaceuticals
- Nashville executive lands head job at CMS innovation center
- 16 East Tenn. healthcare professionals disciplined
- State health department names CMO
- Admissions suspended at West Tennessee assisted living home
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
ARIZONA
LOUISIANA
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- LHC Group and Ochsner Health System announce acquisition expanding partnership
- LHC Group, Ochsner to expand joint partnership to acquire five Louisiana-based home health locations
- Ochsner becomes 1st provider partner of telemedicine startup Hims & Hers
- New Orleans health department’s access to data is limited following cyberattack
- Our Lady of Lourdes opens free-standing emergency room in Scott
NEW MEXICO
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- New Mexico awarded $3.5M to help fight opioid crisis
- Are New Mexico’s hospitals shortchanging community health?
- Medical insurance bypasses Native Americans in New Mexico
- Navajo Nation to Create Its Own Managed Health Care Entity
- UNM team aims to improve migrants’ health care
- Percentage of New Mexicans without health insurance less than U.S. average
OKLAHOMA
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- Pharmacists say monitoring has curtailed opioid epidemic
- New executive director appointed to Oklahoma City-County Health Department
- Western Oklahoma receives millions to fight opioid crisis
- OU Children’s Hospital receives baby-friendly designation
- Oklahoma appeals judge’s $465 million order in opioid case
TEXAS
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- Texas ortho surgeon to pay $300K to settle kickback allegations
- Tenet Healthcare Soars 117.1% YTD: Will Growth Continue?
- Memorial Hermann, Cigna to end contract
- Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare sells two Memphis area hospitals for $350 million
- Presbyterian Hospital Overcharges Medicare Over $10 Million, According to Audit
- Tenet Sells 2 TN Hospitals in Latest Healthcare Acquisition Deal
- Texas Health Presbyterian incorrectly billed Medicare more than $10 million, audit finds
- Christus Texas hospital gets new president
- Texas Health to Increase Graduate Medical Education Commitments
- Cigna to end contract with Memorial Hermann; 178,000 customers affected
- Here’s how Texas Health Frisco put stakeholder input into action
- Christus forms timeline for St. Mary demolition
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
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- Anchorage hospital honored with prestigious distinction
- Alaska one of three most improved states in America’s Health Rankings 2019 report
- Dozens of patients at Alaska’s only state-run psychiatric hospital have been arrested this year for assaults inside the facility. Is there a better way for authorities to react?
- Anchorage’s Alaska Native Medical Center honored with prestigious distinction
- A breakdown of health care funding in Dunleavy’s budget proposal
IDAHO
MONTANA
OREGON
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- PhRMA sues Oregon over drug-pricing transparency laws
- ‘Largest capital investment’ in rural health care debuts in Southern Oregon
- Oregon State Hospital halts civil admissions
- Health system, nonprofit launch new approach to tracking needs of vulnerable clients
- Health Share contractor goes into receivership, will cease operations
- 5 Oregon universities grease the wheels for easier research collaborations
WASHINGTON
WYOMING
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- Wyoming hospital alerts nearly 18,000 patients of data breach
- Wyoming requests Medicaid pay for all air ambulance flights
- Wyoming hospitals hit by cyberattacks almost daily, state hospital association says
- Data breach may have compromised patient info
- Wyoming Hospital Boosts Security, Issues Notifications After Breach
- Campbell County Health Announces New CEO
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
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- Loveland’s McKee Medical Center adds inpatient psychiatric unit for seniors
- Colorado report on rising prescription drug costs, possible fixes released
- East Morgan County Hospital updates community
- Colorado HIEs pool data-sharing services, expand reach to millions of patients
- DaVita Kidney Care Names New Chief Medical Officer
- Memorial Regional Health announces potential letter of intent with SCL Health amid financial turmoil
- Rural Colorado hospital looks to SCL Health for financial stability
- Health Care: Colorado Plains Medical Center’s Chest Pain Center accredited by American College of Cardiology
- HighPoint Resources supports Children’s Hospital Colorado with donation of custom handicap accessible van
HAWAII
NEVADA
