NATIONAL
- How total joints’ outpatient migration could affect value-based pay
- Federal court says HHS can’t limit fees for 3rd-party access to patient records
- Private equity pushes into healthcare: 8 latest deals
- Patient groups push back against Medicaid block grants
- States ranked by ER visit rate
- How Social Media Helped an Accountable Care Organization Save $50M
- CMS to allow Medicaid funding caps: 5 things to know
- Nurse Practitioner Workforce More Than Doubled, Study Finds
- Epic and about 60 hospital chains come out against rules that would make it easier to share medical info
- Why Walmart’s standalone clinics aren’t your typical retail care
- The outpatient push continues — 6 hospitals adapting to utilization changes
- AMGA urges Congress to give providers access to claims data
- Too many tests, too little time: Doctors say they face ‘moral injury’ because of a business model that interferes with patient care
- Hospitals clobber Medicaid supplemental payment rule as unworkable cut to program
- Jonathan Bush, AMIA and 4 more health IT stakeholders react to HHS’ interoperability rule
- Healthcare networks launch anti-human trafficking training
- Electronic Health Records Creating New Era of Health Care Fraud
- Why home health care is suddenly harder to come by for Medicare patients
- 25 states and Washington D.C. top performers on public health emergency preparedness measures
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
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- East Hartford health provider to pay state $200,000 in fraud settlement
- Hartford HealthCare to relocate hospital-based ASC
- 14 CT hospitals penalized for high infection rates, injuries
- State religious leaders are pushing lawmakers on health care equity
- As Coronavirus Spreads In China And Appears In The U.S., Connecticut Health Officials Prepare
- CT health experts hold coronavirus education session
MAINE
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- Advocates say closing of Maine home care agency is indicative of larger, statewide problem
- Mid Coast, MaineHealth merger gets final go-ahead
- Minimum Wage Hike, Stagnant Reimbursement Rates Claim Another Home Care Provider
- Maine rules take effect Tuesday for prescription drug transparency law
- Gov. Mills’ health care bill gets public hearing
- In problem-plagued Haiti, Maine aid group endures
- Bill allowing EMTs to treat patients in hospital aims to fill rural workforce gap
- MaineHealth, Avesta execs among winners at annual Portland chamber event
- Ronald McDonald Family Room now open at local hospital
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Massachusetts hospital makes room for ASC, begins renovations
- UMass Memorial, Harrington Healthcare Reveal Hospital Merger Plan
- Natick hospital shifting to behavioral campus
- Massachusetts should spend more on primary care and behavioral health services, Health Policy Commission report says
- Federal judge tosses out disability lawsuit against Epic
- Massachusetts Senate Unveils Mental Health ABC Act: Addressing Barriers to Care
- Hospital’s limited transparency makes it ‘difficult if not impossible’ to estimate out-of-pocket imaging costs
- Lawrence General Hospital names new president and CEO
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Attorney General’s Office Won’t Oppose Hospital Acquisition
- EPTAM acquired by Frazier Healthcare Partners
- Moquin named CEO of New Hampshire Hospital
- AG signs off on Frisbie hospital merger with for-profit HCA
- Exeter Hospital officials: Frisbie merger proves need for partnerships
- DHMC’s Telehealth recognized by American Hospital Association
- New Hampshire’s Canadian conundrum
- DHMC invests in Colby-Sawyer health sciences program
- New App Helping Dartmouth Students ‘Unmask’ Discussion on Mental Health
- Manchester’s Addiction Crisis Center Announces Plan to Cut Hours
- Hospital health-care scholarship applications are now available
NEW YORK
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- Advocate Health Advisors Names Ruben Quintero Regional Manager
- Buffalo nursing home fined for understaffing as lawmakers call for action
- Carol Gomes Named CEO of Stony Brook University Hospital
- Long-term care facilities can’t absorb more Medicaid cuts
- Mohawk Valley Health System names new COO
- Mohawk Valley Health System to train more doctors
- New Leadership at Oswego Health
- New York health system closes campus
- ECMC receives a $10 million boost for new unit
- Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Receives Grant To Expand Services
- Local hospitals face Medicare penalties for rates of patient infections, injuries
- Convener model helps healthcare providers address social determinants of health
- Northwell Health Launches SMART on FHIR App to Monitor Premature Babies’ Development
- Graham-Pelton Appoints New Senior Advisor To Augment Thriving Healthcare Practice
- The economic impact of north country hospitals
- New Bill Would Prevent NY Patients From Getting Stuck With Hidden ‘Facility Fees’
- MAHONEY: The pulse of upstate is tied to hospital health
- CareMount Health Solutions and Nuvance Health collaborate to expand population health management services in New York
- New York Includes Telehealth in New Puerto Rican Relief Effort
- Several new appointments at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
RHODE ISLAND
VERMONT
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
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- Ceremony marks ties with Delaware medical tourism company and South Korean health care providers
- Selection of new CEO/president finalizes Beebe board’s nationwide search
- Beebe Healthcare Announces New President & CEO
- After 10-month search, Beebe announces new president and CEO
- Officials Eye Proposal for Nursing Home Expansion
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARYLAND
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- Western Maryland Health System joins UPMC, becoming UPMC Western Maryland
- Anne Arundel Health System’s opioid measurement EHR tool cuts prescriptions by 65%
- Johns Hopkins’ $80M ASC is one of Maryland’s largest
- Home healthcare providers abandon $1.25B deal amid FTC probe
- Baltimore Hospital Offers Therapy On Wheels
- WMHS merges with UPMC network
- Maryland hospital network seeking $400,000 in restitution from former Baltimore Mayor Pugh, chairman testifies
- Pezor named medical director of UM Shore Behavioral Health
- Mercy Medical Center Receives CMS’ 5-Star Overall Hospital Rating
NEW JERSEY
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- Murphy names leader for health care accountability office
- Jersey City mayor fights to save Christ Hospital
- Saint Peter’s Recognized By New Jersey Hospital Association
- St. Joseph’s Among Nine NJ Hospitals Set to Launch Violence Intervention Programs
- Hackensack Meridian Health appoints regional president of Central Market
- New Jersey health system opens orthopedic surgery facility
- Suit: Failed nursing homes’ operators stole from employees
- New Jersey Sending Financial Monitor To Jersey City Hospital
- RWJBarnabas Health Recognized for Leadership and Community Outreach
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Ellwood City Medical Center loses license
- Main Line Health planning $326M upgrade at Delco hospital
- UPMC hospital closes ER, ends inpatient services
- FBI Raids Americore Hospital in Ellwood City
- Einstein joins national health system collaborative
- Nurses at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children battle with new owner for paid time off
- Pennsylvania hospital investigates payroll system data breach
- Sunbury hospital ER closes
- Lehigh Valley Health CEO says Steward hospital is at ‘end of the road,’ but stays mum on deal
- St. Christopher’s Hospital employees say paid time off being stripped away
- Genesis HealthCare strikes $79M deal with consulting firm
- WMHS merges with UPMC network
- UPMC Altoona nurses ratify new contracts
- Erie Shriners will stop surgeries at facility in 2020
- AHN to name new CFO after longtime exec quietly retires
- Geisinger Jersey Shore receives $250,000 grant to build helipad
- Bucks County medical device company raises $6.3 million
- Jefferson Health’s appointment scheduling chatbot outperforms traditional online forms by 150%
- Penn State Health St. Joseph Spring Ridge opens after year of renovations
- Pennsylvania hospital announces closure on Facebook after feds seize records
VIRGINIA
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- All Inova Hospitals Earn Highest CMS Five-Star Quality Rating
- Virginia Invests $8M in Broadband Grants for Telehealth Expansion
- Here’s how Virginia’s Inova Health System is preparing for coronavirus
- Robot-Assisted Joint Replacement Now at Prince William Medical Center
- Virginia physician convicted of 60 offenses including fraud, obstruction
WEST VIRGINIA
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
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- UIHC will collaborate with Encompass Health to open rehab hospital in May
- State to pay $3.5 million to father after death of woman, infant at University of Iowa hospitals
- UnityPoint Health adds new pediatrics clinic in Sioux City
- Iowa Hospital Turning Away Expecting Mothers
- University of Iowa hospitals eyes new complex, emergency room in North Liberty
- MercyOne restores labor and delivery services in West Des Moines
KANSAS
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- Ascension’s Randy Cason recognized as ‘rural hospital CEO to know’
- Manhattan hospital president named to list of rural hospital and health system CEOs to know for second year in a row
- Ascension Via Christi hospital president recognized for second year in a row
- Three Wichita-area hospitals given five-star ratings
- New founding dean at Kansas Health Science Center isn’t new to Wichita
MINNESOTA
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- 4 hospitals that have joined Mayo Clinic’s network
- Allina buys Apple Valley Medical Clinic as independent practices dwindle
- Mayo Clinic Health System receives top honors for patient care
- Union workers at HealthPartners plan strike vote
- Meeker Memorial Hospital and CentraCare sign collaboration agreement
- Hennepin Healthcare names new CEO
- Children’s Minnesota awarded $75,000 grant from UCare to support health equity initiatives
- Ely’s hospital one of six chosen for population health project
MISSOURI
NEBRASKA
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Touchette Regional Hospital and Memorial Hospital Belleville Coordinate Transition of Labor and Delivery Services
- Aperion Care nursing homes fined $366K+ for violations in 2019
- Cook County Health pauses plan to build new Chicago hospital
- Health disparities among Chicago hospitals’ most pressing public health concerns
- Effingham Health System wins awards for safety, quality
- $240M Provident Hospital Project Put on Hold
- Plan to build new $240 million Provident Hospital put on hold after ouster of Cook County Health CEO
- Feds raise scores for Chicago’s top hospitals under controversial rating system
- Little Company of Mary Hospital joins OSF HealthCare system
- Illinois ASC installs new equipment
INDIANA
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- MDWise Names New CEO
- NorthShore Health Centers founder and CEO to retire
- Innovative construction enhances NWI patient care
- Big rate increase for home nursing care may have little impact on Indiana’s home nursing crisis
- Parkview Seeks Innovation to Solve Infant Mortality
- Good Samaritan Chosen for Clinical Study
- Study: Strategic Plan Needed to Lower Healthcare Costs
KENTUCKY
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- Trilogy Health Services commits $10 million to high school training program
- Kentucky only state where physician assistants cannot write prescriptions; bill to change that advances
- Bill to let physician assistants prescribe passes first hurdle
- CRMC: Hospital’s future is bright
- Baptist Health will expand its rehab hospital footprint with $43M facility in J-town
- Hosparus Health names new development executive
- Baptist Health Lexington plans to offer surgeries in Hamburg
- Baptist Healthcare, partner announce plan for $43M rehab hospital
- UofL launches online master’s degree for health care executives
- Pain management practice seeks approval for $1.45M surgery center in Kentucky
- Norton partners with Louisville company on sharing opioid data
- How this Kentucky hospital cut C. diff rates 59%
- Here’s how Louisville hospitals rate
- Baptist Health launches own ambulance service
- Loan to help U of L with Jewish Hospital acquisition passes legislature
- Kentucky lawmakers advance Medicaid-related bills
- Smith retires from MCCH after 48 years of service
- Kentucky Hospital Association asks to join lawsuit defending certificate of need law
- Center Aims to Build a Culture of Health in Kentucky and Beyond
- Partnerships help St. Elizabeth Healthcare expand footprint in NKY
MICHIGAN
- Beaumont Health accused of anti-union tactics with nurses
- Beaumont Farmington Hills restructures operations, affecting 67 employees
- Michigan hospital expanding surgery center in $19M project
- CMU’s new health professions building provides students with extensive training
- Henry Ford Medical Group Names New Chair of Board of Governors
- Michigan nurses accuse Beaumont Royal Oak of anti-union activity
- ProMedica puts Michigan hospital on the market
- Nurses asking for help with safety
- Bill would give nursing home residents right to have electronic monitoring devices
- Metro Detroit physicians found guilty of defrauding Medicare, prescribing unnecessary opioids
- Telemedicine assists local healthcare facility
- Neurologist found guilty in $150M fraud scheme alongside 3 other physicians
OHIO
- Local hospital executive retires after 20-year tenure
- Genesis to Partner with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to Enhance Local Care
- Mold found in patient’s hospital room at Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital
- Genacross Lutheran Services to become part of Benedictine Health System
- Sozo Pediatrics CEO Amy Provenzano took a risk to start her new business in Lancaster
- New hospice center unveiled at Alliance hospital
- Christ Hospital taps executive from rival system to oversee medical staff
- Neurologist found guilty in $150M fraud scheme alongside 3 other physicians
WISCONSIN
- Mayo Clinic’s Wisconsin projects moving at glacial pace
- Mayo in La Crosse earns top rating from federal agency
- Ascension to sell central Wisconsin hospital, divest of other investments
- Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin will add two new hospitals later this year
- Froedtert & Medical College plans two more micro-hospital sites
- Wisconsin hospital moves surgery center
- Wisconsin network opening $40M facility with orthopedic & spine center, expanded services
- Ascension Wisconsin enters joint venture to develop freestanding imaging centers
- St Croix County Health Center cleared to accept Medicaid reimbursement
- Ascension, radiologists form joint venture to open series of freestanding imaging centers
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
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- Baby separated from mother, after a false positive shines light on Alabama hospital drug testing policies
- 11 Alabama hospitals with top nurse-patient communication scores
- New CFO named at Brookwood Baptist Health System
- UAB Health System, TransformativeMed Partners to Streamline Clinical Workflows
- East Alabama Medical Center to offer genomic testing for employees
- Brookwood Baptist Health names Ken Hendren CFO
- Second lawsuit filed over DCH ransomware attack
FLORIDA
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- Chapters Health System Names New Vice President of Information Systems and Technology
- Health First’s Cape Canaveral and Viera Hospitals Receive 5-Star Overall Ratings from CMS
- Tampa General Hospital Partners with Agathos to Provide Innovative Performance Measurement Tool
- Rick Scott destroyed evidence that would have cleared workers in nursing home deaths, lawyers say
- Here’s what’s coming next for this $35 million AdventHealth facility in Clermont
- HCA’s West Florida Division gets new chief nurse executive
- Florida hospital names Paige Laughlin COO
- Surgeon sues health system claiming forced in-network radiology referrals
- Florida physician sentenced for role in $40M billing scam
- Are SWFL Patients Checking Hospital Ratings Before Seeking Care?
- Innovative Cancer Treatments At North Florida Regional Medical Center
- Florida health system accused of forging letter to defame competitor’s board members
GEORGIA
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- 40-physician OrthoAtlanta partners with Piedmont Healthcare on new venture
- Home healthcare providers abandon $1.25B deal amid FTC probe
- Bill chips away at surprise medical billing in Georgia
- Piedmont Henry Hospital names new CEO
- Floyd Medical Center recognized for heart care
- Georgia psychiatric hospital closes, lays off 167 workers
- Piedmont Atlanta Hospital Walgreens Plans Expansion, Upgrades
- Latest Medicare Penalties On Patient Harm Hit 26 Georgia Hospitals
- Atlanta Center for Medical Research Welcomes New Leadership
MISSISSIPPI
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Ocracoke Health Center back up and running
- SRMC celebrates readmissions drop
- Atrium Health breaks ground on 8-story medical tower in North Carolina
- Lexington hospital the latest in trend of closing labor and delivery services
- HCA Healthcare facing physician staffing concerns at North Carolina facility
- Mercy Urgent Care to open Feb. 4 in Waynesville
- UNC and Duke partner in pilot program for new Medicaid model
- A Triad Doctor’s Fight To Keep Prices Affordable
- Atrium Health signs naming deal for new Kannapolis ballpark
- Wake Forest Baptist Health Partners With Verily to Improve Health, Independence of Older Adults
- ONE Charlotte Health Alliance announces charter board members
- Triad health systems continue to work toward takeover
- Training for ‘The Amazing Race,’ staff at Cone Women’s Hospital prepare for their big move into a new facility
- Watauga Medical Center Named Among Nation’s Top 10 Percent for Coronary Intervention
- Ashe Memorial Hospital announces new CEO
- Health care system focusing on heart health
- Duke Health Launches Brand Campaign to Show Patients ‘You’re Why’
SOUTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
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- Brentwood health care company sold to Atlanta firm
- Nashville General looks to expand outpatient network
- Tennessee Nurses Association pushing law makers to pass new legislation
- HCA has acquisitions in the pipeline, plans to expand nursing school
- Nashville health-tech company names new CEO
- Three years after merger, McKesson to part ways with Change Healthcare
- Tennessee hospital lab manager quits, says hospital regularly ran out of critical supplies
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas BCBS grants $800K to rural hospitals for participation in medical records exchange
- Managed-care change stands to hit Arkansas hospitals
- HealthTech Arkansas seeks “disruptive technologies” in software, devices, diagnostics
- Arkansas hospitals file opioid lawsuit
- Arkansas hospitals file suit against opioid manufacturers, distributors
- Website Tracks Financial Health of Hospitals
- HealthTech Arkansas opens applications for 2nd healthcare accelerator program
ARIZONA
LOUISIANA
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- Analysis: Louisiana health department targeting disparities
- 4 hospitals that have joined Mayo Clinic’s network
- Gov. John Bel Edwards announces interim secretary of Louisiana Department of Health
- New benefit offers free online healthcare to eligible Medicaid members in Louisiana
- New Orleans industry spotlight: Health care hiring going strong
- Repurposed ambulance hits Baton Rouge streets to help combat opioid crisis
NEW MEXICO
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- New Mexico looks beyond US borders for savings on medicine
- State compiles detailed view of economic and health indicators
- Study to determine how often health care workers experience workplace violence
- Senate committee passes bill to contract study on traumatic brain injuries
- UNM football players lobby for mental health funding
- Bill to fund mental health programs for university athletes advances
OKLAHOMA
TEXAS
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- 30,000 medical records damaged in malware attack at Texas provider
- How Social Media Helped an Accountable Care Organization Save $50M
- AdventHealth to Transfer Ownership of Texas Hospital to Christus Health
- Baylor’s health plan worked for employees, and American Airlines and others want in on the action
- Partnership Helps Methodist Healthcare Ministries Serve Low-Income Communities
- Officials to seek approval from UT System Board of Regents to build medical school in Tyler
- Memorial Hermann Health System Appoints Angela A. Shippy, M.D., FACP, FHM to Senior Vice President, Chief Medical & Quality Officer
- South Texas Health System Announces Purchase Agreement For CTMC
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
IDAHO
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- Bingham Healthcare appoints new CFO
- Jeff Fox joins St. Luke’s Health System Board of Directors
- St. Luke’s Dr. Pate opens up on Medicaid expansion, rising health care costs, retirement
- EIRMC first in Idaho to use new skin grafting method
- Mountain West Hospitals Among Those Penalized Over High Complication Rates
- St. Luke’s Health System names new CEO
- Coeur d’Alene Tribe leads the way in rural healthcare with innovative center
- PacificSource Foundation For Health Improvement Commits $605k To Nine Regional Nonprofits
- Getting healthcare in rural Idaho areas could become easier
- Bill to help with rural Idaho healthcare heads to Senate
- State Hospital West set to open in Nampa in 2021
- Bingham Healthcare is celebrating 70 years
MONTANA
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- Central Montana Medical Care transitions to a new Electronic Health Record
- Community Hospital of Anaconda keeps expanding as regional healthcare center
- Montana to invest $80M in community mental health services
- PacificSource Foundation For Health Improvement Commits $605k To Nine Regional Nonprofits
OREGON
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- FOX 12 Investigators take a closer look at issue of workplace violence in Oregon hospitals
- Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc. Announces New Interim CEO
- PacificSource Foundation For Health Improvement Commits $605k To Nine Regional Nonprofits
- Coordinated care organization discloses data breach affecting more than 600,000 people
- PeaceHealth Announces More Layoffs In Oregon
WASHINGTON
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- Opinion: His View: Health care crisis isn’t just at Swedish
- Swedish Medical Center workers end 3-day strike; some workers turned away while temporary replacements finish 5-day contracts
- Seattle hospital proposing $1.7B in upgrades
- Genesis transitions operations of 19 facilities to New Generation Health for $79M
- Not all Swedish Medical Center workers can return to work Friday when strike is over
- Planning group recommends $1.7 billion in upgrades for King County-owned Harborview Medical Center
- Washington hospital websites lack functionality for non-English speaking patients
WYOMING
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
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- Peterson takes the helm at Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
- Molina Healthcare opens social determinants-focused innovation center
- Roseville’s Adventist Health signs outsourcing deals that will cut nearly 650 jobs
- Wilde to chair California Hospital Association board
- Genesis transitions operations of 19 facilities to New Generation Health for $79M
- New union contract calms tensions over UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital project
- Mercy Medical Center expected to keep taking Medi-Cal after agreement with Partnership HealthPlan
- California health bills we’re watching this session
- One-year after $235M hospitals purchase, California county CIO departs for position at Dell
- Laguna Treatment Hospital COO Marlon Rollins Promoted to CEO
- Stanford Children’s Health Welcomes Two New Executive Leaders in 2020
- With backing from big-name investors, S.F. health data company lands $100 million, gets acquisitive
- California hospital district votes to dissolve
- Community Memorial CEO to chair California Hospital Association
- California hospital workers exposed to coronavirus, told to stay home: officials
COLORADO
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- Denver Health to provide housing for patients
- Southern Colorado urgent care centers sold to occupational medicine giant
- HSS Names Kirsten Benefiel Chief Executive Officer
- Bill would expand help for older adults in rural Colorado
- Colorado Hospital Association withdraws lawsuit over $40 million reinsurance payment
- CO Healthcare Costs Keep Climbing Due to Hospital Cost-Shifting
- 3 finalists named for hospital CEO
- Colorado Hospital Association withdraws lawsuit, for now
- Community Hospital sees savings through refinance
- A Denver businessman wants to fix America’s health care system — by doing your knee replacement in Mexico
- Mountain West Hospitals Among Those Penalized Over High Complication Rates
- Southern Colorado urgent care centers sold to occupational medicine giant
- Colorado provider notifies patients of break-in
- Colorado health legislation moving forward this session
- Former GE exec finds way to cut healthcare costs — and US hospitals are out of the equation
- Children’s Hospital Colorado launches remote virtual second opinions
- Penrose-St. Francis gets top federal hospital ranking
- Colorado lawmakers want to crack down on health care ministries
HAWAII
NEVADA
UTAH
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- Intermountain Healthcare is Building the Nation’s Model Health System for Children
- New staffing model prompts 18% EHR time reduction for Intermountain physicians
- Intermountain Healthcare celebrates milestone of 3,000 kidney transplants
- How Intermountain added more time with patients, less in EHR
- Mountain West Hospitals Among Those Penalized Over High Complication Rates
- Intermountain extends telehealth services to cancer patients at Utah hospital
- Real problems are the ones that can’t be solved with money, Intermountain CFO says
- A proposed clinic south of Moab meets resistance from nearby health care providers