NATIONAL
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- 20 bold predictions for health IT in the next 5 years
- A timeline of telehealth support from the federal government during the pandemic
- AHA supply chain leader urges healthcare industry to evaluate stockpiling, avoid slipping back into old habits
- CMS ditches controversial MFAR, $50B Medicaid pay cuts
- CMS Floats New Infection Control Quality Measure for Nursing Homes
- DOL revises who qualifies for leave under Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- Eliminating staff links between nursing homes could reduce COVID-19 cases in the facilities by 44%, report finds
- Hospital CEO turnover rate slowed a bit in 2019
- Google donates $8.5M to 31 organizations for COVID-19 AI, data analytics efforts
- In rush to embrace telehealth, many physicians still have concerns about quality of care, survey finds
- Meet Amazon Halo’s medical chief: 5 things to know
- More than 8% of COVID-19 patients need to be hospitalized after initial ER discharge
- National healthcare scorecard: Where does your state rank?
- Nursing home commission makes 27 recommendations, calls for ‘greater leadership role’ from CMS
- OCR Settles with 5 Providers Over HIPAA Right of Access Violations
- Public health expert says new CDC data shows need for hospital-acquired COVID-19 reporting
- Scripps Research Institute settles allegations of improper NIH charges for $10M
- Some Urban Hospitals Face Closure Or Cutbacks As The Pandemic Adds To Fiscal Woes
- Waving ‘a magic wand’ over the EHR: 7 hospital execs share the tools they’d add overnight
- Providers Plan a Post-Pandemic Future With Telehealth Strategies
- The future of health data privacy: 6 things to know
- Citing stakeholder concerns, CMS withdraws the MFAR
- In COVID-19’s wake, hospitals look to hybrid model with in-person, virtual care on equal footing
- COVID exodus fills vacation towns with new medical pressures
ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Amy Chatterton promoted to assistant chief financial officer at Florence Hospital
- Arizona health system to open 51-bed hospital in 2021
- COVID-19 highlighted ignored nursing home issues, new research shows
- Kingman Regional Medical Center launches research study of COVID-19 spread
- Work is underway on Tucson’s newest hospital
- How a homemade dashboard helped resume 3,000 necessary surgeries during COVID-19
- State pushes flu vaccinations to avert flu-and-COVID-19 ‘perfect storm’
- Five Banner Health hospitals earn LGBTQ Health Care Equality Top Performer designation
- AZ reports about 700 new COVID-19 cases as positive test percentage remains relatively low
ARKANSAS
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- Dr. Pete Mourani named president of Arkansas Children’s Research Institute
- Arkansas Heart Hospital first hospital in Little Rock to deploy LightStrike germ-zapping robot
- Arkansas reports new COVID-19 cases as ADH website updated
- nView medical ready to start pilots, enters HealthTech Arkansas Accelerator
- DeWitt Hospital remotely installs cloud-based EHR that helps with COVID-19 care
CALIFORNIA
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- Adventist Health names 3 new leaders as 2030 plan moves forward
- Anthem, California hospital reach new agreement
- California hospital rebrands, joins Adventist Health
- California hospital wants community to help with CEO search
- California news outlets collaborate on COVID-19 data efforts
- Coronavirus outbreak at Fairfield assisted living facility; employee says proper protocols not followed
- HCA to scale back services at California hospital
- Kaiser first health system to become carbon neutral
- Kaiser Permanente appoints new president for Northern California region
- Radiology practice must pay $5M after delivering contrast imaging without doc supervision
COLORADO
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- 8 of the 10 nursing homes with the deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks in Colorado were cited for cleanliness problems
- Centura Health’s integrative medicine clinic closes in Longmont
- Colorado’s Coronavirus Numbers Tick Up, Driven By Colleges Reopening
- Hospital in Southeast not a likely prospect
- Lawsuit against Centura Health moves to state court in La Plata County
- Report: Colorado ranks near top in new health scorecard, although national results are concerning
- SummitWest Care Extends Care to Rural Colorado with Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring
CONNECTICUT
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- DPH appoints temporary manager to Norwich nursing home after several COVID violations
- State orders closure of Norwich nursing home, residents relocated to other facilities
- State to close nursing home after deadly COVID-19 outbreak
- Yale New Haven hospital gets $14M gift to support cancer care
- Nuvance Health names new CIO
- Connecticut orders all patients removed from Norwich nursing home where four have died and more than two dozen infected amid COVID-19 outbreak
- A sick nurse, quarantine failures and a trip to the hospital: Tragedy of errors alleged as coronavirus infection and death gripped a Connecticut nursing home
- Report: In pre-pandemic 2019 Connecticut hospitals posted a solid 12% revenue boost
DC
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- Heritage Partners Sells Build-to-Suit Medical Facility in Metro D.C. for $39.3M
- Contact-tracing challenges hurt D.C.’s efforts to control virus’s spread, health officials say
- Here’s an update on all of Greater Washington’s hospital construction projects
- St. Elizabeths has increased usage of restraints on patients, report says
- D.C. Reports Highest Daily COVID-19 Case Count In Nearly A Month
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- Florida Health Care Provider Transforms Services To Treat Patients During COVID-19
- ‘It’s been tough.’ Central Florida hospitals adapt to COVID-19
- Report: Florida Health System Among Worst In The Nation
- Verma praises Florida’s reopening plan for nursing homes as possible model for entire country
- WVHA stops funding AdventHealth, switches to Halifax Health
- Assisted-living facilities in Florida no longer have to test staff for the coronavirus
GEORGIA
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- Daughter feels let down by Ga. nursing home during mother’s battle with COVID-19
- Grady Hospital, Atlanta food bank open new market downtown
- Kemp renews Georgia coronavirus restrictions again, new guidance for long-term care facilities
- Lowndes Co. nursing home lawsuit challenged after alleged race violation
- Nursing home lawsuit goes to state’s highest court
- Southeast Georgia care centers set up cottages for senior visits
HAWAII
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- Hawaii State Hospital member tests positive for COVID-19
- Hawaii health officials report one COVID-19 death on Oahu and 66 new coronavirus cases statewide
- Contact tracing underway at Hawai’i State Hospital after employee tests positive
- Hawaii Department of Health State Laboratories Division receives $370K FDA grant
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- Chicago Nursing Home Executives Charged With Fraud
- Hospital merger between Beaumont and Advocate-Aurora Health faces internal opposition
- Illinois nurse practitioner pleads guilty to Medicare fraud
- Illinois system to join Northwestern Medicine
- MetroSouth Hospital Was Revived as a COVID-19 Alternate Care Facility
INDIANA
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- Avant Healthcare names new CEO
- Carrum Health Expands into Indiana with OrthoIndy Hospital
- Chicago hospital defeats allegations of ‘ghost payroll’ scheme
- Cordant Health names chief compliance officer
- FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Lilly Drug
- Franciscan Health Indianapolis receives National Chest Pain designation
- Indiana tackles surprise billing but issues remain
- IU Health appoints 3 executives
- New Health Center to Open in Vermillion County
- Once-trumpeted $150M Simon Cancer Center to be empty by 2026
IOWA
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- Coping with COVID-19, Iowa hospitals drew nearly $1B in Medicare advances
- Iowa surpasses 75,000 positive coronavirus cases
- UnityPoint Health is fourth Iowa entity to be affected in Blackbaud ransomware attack
- White House: Iowa mask mandate could help quell deadly COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes
- 918 new coronavirus cases, 14 additional deaths reported in Iowa
- Iowa hospitals drew almost $1B in Medicare advances to deal with COVID-19
KANSAS
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- Kansas plan calls for more testing of people without virus symptoms
- Hospital plans to boot out-of-state COVID-19 patient due to financial concerns
- NW Kan. rural hospital leaders urge local control for COVID-19 vaccine rollout
- COVID-19 inpatient at LMH Health dies; Douglas County cases increase by 17 to 1,952
- Mental health crises spike among youth in Kansas
KENTUCKY
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- 8 nursing homes have had ⅓ of state’s COVID deaths
- Baptist Health announces $5.5M renovation of ‘mother-baby unit’
- Baptist Health Corbin secures $1 million grant to fund three-year opioid, substance abuse program
- Kentucky governor wants to receive COVID vaccine in public
- Kentucky Health News: Eight nursing homes had 1/3 of state’s COVID-19 deaths and few registered nurses
- Kentucky nursing homes to receive $41M in federal funding
- KY nursing homes with most COVID-19 deaths had fewer nurses
- New CEO named for ARH Morgan County Hospital
- Pikeville Medical Center receives over $1.2 million
- UK HealthCare Pulmonary Rehab Clinic Helps Covid-19 Patients Get Back on Their Feet
LOUISIANA
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- OSHA Fines La. Health System Over COVID-19 Violations
- Shreveport Prosthetics agrees to pay $1.6M to resolve False Claims Act allegations
- Legislators Ask for Ochsner Investigation Following Hospice Report
- Black Caucus seeks probe into Ochsner’s hospice practices for New Orleans coronavirus patients
- How a legal fight is brewing between Children’s Hospital and unhappy neighbors over a new helipad
- New research shows disproportionate rate of coronavirus deaths in polluted areas
- Louisiana Department of Health announces award of $34.5 million State Opioid Response grant
- Accreditors suspend hospital’s mammography services over ‘serious image quality deficiencies’
- New Orleans doctors, medical researchers adapt to FDA plasma therapy authorization, but questions linger
- Baton Rouge Health District snags $1.2 million to fund local innovation projects in health care
MAINE
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- Central Maine Healthcare’s telehealth program succeeds in satisfaction and call completion
- $1.2M grant will fund Jackman, Winterport health care access pilot programs
- 1 wedding may undo Maine’s virus fight, officials say
- Northern Light Health caught up in data breach
- Rockland clears way for $16.5M regional nursing home
MARYLAND
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- Health officials find Sykesville nursing home failed to isolate residents during COVID-19 outbreak, notify staff
- Maryland Hospital Association celebrates 50 Years advancing healthcare
- Maryland hospital engaged in anti-union activities during nurse organizing campaign, NLRB rules
- MedStar Health Receives $20 Million in Emergency Federal Funding to Support COVID-19 Response
- MedStar launches new mobile health center to bring primary care to vulnerable communities
- Provider faces $315K fine for failing to isolate residents, warn staff of COVID-19 outbreak
MASSACHUSETTS
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- More than 500 Massachusetts hospital workers reach agreements with Steward
- Health insurance premiums to rise 8% next year
- Massachusetts registered nurse sentenced for morphine tampering
- Former admissions director at Meadow Green Nursing Home in Waltham stole $230K from resident to pay for family vacations, other expenses, authorities say
- New requirements to strengthen nursing facility staffing and accountability in Massachusetts
- Baker pumps $140M into nursing home package
- Coronavirus in Massachusetts: 9,016 deaths, 123,425 COVID-19 cases total
- Baker nursing home package includes $140M investment
MICHIGAN
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- Breaking down the numbers as Michigan confirms highest daily coronavirus count since April
- Data sharing among health providers boosts Michigan’s pandemic response
- FEMA provides $34.2 Million to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Former Beaumont trustee wants 3 top execs fired, merger delayed
- Michigan health department offers staffing options to assist with nursing home shortages
- Hospital merger between Beaumont and Advocate-Aurora Health faces internal opposition
- Mary Free Bed at Sparrow, Community Hospitals receive national honors for patient satisfaction
- Michigan health care workers grapple with stress and trauma during pandemic
- Michigan’s surprise billing legislation attracts national attention
- Nursing home debate gets heated with Michigan health director testifying at COVID-19 oversight hearing
- Outdoor visits now ‘expected’ at Michigan nursing homes, state says
- Scammers posing as Spectrum Health employees are calling patients to steal their PHI, health system warns
- State of Michigan will permit more nursing home residents to have visitors
- Wayne State opens Midtown health care center
MINNESOTA
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- Ascension sells Minnesota hospital to Gundersen
- Mayo making its COVID-19 modeling public with online tracking tool
- Minnesota hospital shooting comes year after nurses asked for more security
- Minnesota’s second-largest health care data breach hits Children’s, Allina
- Physician shot outside Minnesota hospital
- COVID widens racial gap in Minnesota’s health care system
- Essentia Health delays opening of $900M hospital campus by 1 year
- Employees at Minnesota hospital where doctor was shot had asked for increased safety a year earlier
- Two Harbors celebrates Lake View hospital and clinic expansion
- Health care patient, donor data may have been breached
- Federal agency cites Moorhead nursing home for abuse
- Mayo making its COVID-19 modeling public with online tracking tool
MISSISSIPPI
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- Even before the pandemic, Mississippi’s health metrics worsened in key areas
- Six months of COVID-19 in Mississippi: Nurses discuss the impact and losing fellow nurses
- Coronavirus in Mississippi: 91,935 cases, 2,780 deaths reported by health dept.
- ‘Not out of the woods yet’: Health officials urge vigilance as coronavirus cases drop
MISSOURI
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- SSM Health to end trauma, birthing services at Missouri hospital
- Ascension Ventures joins $106M investment round for healthcare AI startup Olive
- Centene adds ACA offerings in 400 new counties, 2 new states for 2021
- Legislative panel approves a planned $25 million hospital in southeast Missouri
- The Coronavirus Changed Hospital Birth, So More Kansas City Women Are Opting To Stay Home
- COVID-19 hospitalizations spike, remain high in Missouri
- SSM Health Medical Minute – Lake St. Louis gets new family birthplace at St. Joseph Hospital
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska Attorney General files lawsuit against healthcare providers
- Nebraska HIE Integrates ADT Notifications into Affiliate Workflow
- Senior living industry concerned as Nebraska drops mask and distancing mandates
- Gov. Ricketts says rapid testing will soon be available across Nebraska nursing homes
- Nebraska vaccination rates among school-age children drops 30% amid pandemic
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- 2 New Jersey Health Facilities Cited For Failing To Protect Employees During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Hackensack Meridian fined for COVID-19 mask violations at nursing home
- Higher wages, centralized communications part of NJ nursing home reform package signed into law
- Horizon, HMH and RWJBarnabas Introduce Braven Health Plans
- New Jersey hospital 1st in region to earn robotic surgery designation
- New Jersey hospital faces nearly $10K in fines over respiratory standards
- New Jersey nursing home faces $28K in fines over inadequate PPE supply
- NJ Enacts 4 New Laws Aimed at Improving Nursing Home Care After COVID Response
- OSHA cites North Bergen nursing home
- OSHA fines Hackensack Meridian over mask safety violations
- Passaic County OKs hazard pay for nursing home staff that fought ‘horrors’ of COVID-19
- Saint Peter’s, RWJBarnabas sign definitive agreement to integrate
NEW MEXICO
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- Inside a nursing home devoted to treating those with Covid-19
- Centene adds ACA offerings in 400 new counties, 2 new states for 2021
- Audit of New Mexico hospital finds mismanagement, unapproved CEO pay
- Audit probes New Mexico hospital that was overrun by virus
- How New Mexico Controlled the Spread of COVID-19
- New Mexico Reports 82 New COVID-19 Cases and Seven Deaths
- Patient transfers from northwest New Mexico surged during region’s virus peak
- New Mexico COVID-19 update: 103 new cases, totaling 26,761
NEW YORK
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- Capital Region nursing and adult care facility coronavirus-related deaths
- Grieving relatives seek to sue Mississauga nursing home for $25 million for failing to protect residents from COVID-19 virus
- Lawsuit Alleges NY Hospital Withheld EHR Access, Violating HIPAA
- New York hospital brings back 3,426 furloughed workers
- Orleans Community Health names interim CEO
- NYU Langone Health creates template for remote COVID-19 care delivery: 4 details
- Widow sues Ciox Health and a NY hospital for failure to release husband’s EHR data
- Faced with $10M shortfall, Samaritan lays off 51 workers, makes other cost-cutting changes
- NYC Surveys Identify Five Strategies to Boost Telehealth Adoption
- Almost All URMC Employees Back on Regular Schedules After Thousands Furloughed in May
- Southside Hospital changes its name to South Shore University Hospital, opens parking garage
- Hudson Headwaters opens new facility to patients
- New York loosens nursing home visitation rules
- How NYC Health + Hospitals is supporting its staff’s mental wellness
NORTH CAROLINA
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- As $35M in nursing-home fines sits mostly idle, COVID-ridden NC ranks 3rd among states with unused funds
- Carteret Health Care offers city $1.2M for armory property to build helipad
- Clinical trials for coronavirus vaccine progressing in Fayetteville and elsewhere in NC
- COVID-19 in the Carolinas: NC has one of the lowest COVID-19 percent positive rates in region
- Durham biotech startup believes its experimental treatment could fight off COVID-19
- Ex-physician group managers, owner agree to resolve billing fraud allegations
- Fairmont leaders hear RHCC to build health-care facility in town
- Mission Health moves primary care services out of 2 North Carolina offices
- Vidant Health officials say some patient information was compromised in July data breach
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- 10 highest-paid hospital CEOs in Ohio
- Cleveland Clinic-UH collaboration expanding beyond COVID-19: Tom Mihaljevic and Cliff A. Megerian
- Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital employees learn to adapt in midst of COVID-19 pandemic
- Commissioners try to oust Ohio hospital trustees
- Hospital could re-open as early as next month in Martins Ferry
- Nursing homes battling worker turnover during pandemic: What that means
- Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center brings public primary care company to Columbus
- University Hospitals unveils Ohio’s first mobile, self-contained COVID-19 testing site
OKLAHOMA
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- Oklahoma’s health system ranks next to last overall, but Medicaid expansion will improve that, report says
- Local hospitals keep up with the medical supplies and patient needs in fight against COVID-19
- Oklahoma Breaks Ground on Mental Health Services Hospital
- Stitt says Oklahoma has ‘ample’ supply of antiviral drug to treat COVID-19, gives pandemic update
- Medical experts say Oklahoma’s COVID alert system is deeply “flawed”
- Oklahoma Breaks 70,000 COVID-19 Cases, Sets New High in Active Cases with More Than 10,000
- Latest White House Virus Report For Oklahoma: Better Nursing Home Measures Needed
- Task Force report: Oklahoma has 5th highest rate for new COVID-19 cases per 100K, test positivity
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 4 Issues To Watch In Philly FTC Hospital Merger Trial
- FTC’s challenge of Jefferson-Einstein merger heads to court Sept. 14
- Jefferson Health to build $762M specialty care facility in Center City
- Jefferson to open $762M specialty care pavilion in its continued East Market expansion
- Main Line Health CMO dies at 64
- Pa. Court Reinstates Hospital’s Med Mal Trial Win
- Pennsylvania Department Of Health Inspects Nursing Homes For Violations
- Pennsylvania health system merger could hike costs 20%, economist says
- Pennsylvania hospital adds provider to gastroenterology clinic
- Punxsutawney Area Hospital partners with UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
- This Nurse Practitioner Wants to Make Healthcare More Equitable
- UPMC Lock Haven closed indefinitely after fire
- Will a merger save struggling Einstein Hospital or increase costs for patients?
RHODE ISLAND
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- R.I. Hospital names new chief nursing officer
- Clusters of new positive cases reported at Rhode Island nursing homes
- Providers object to reduced-testing policy for patients discharged to nursing homes
- New clinic will help kids get quick access to mental health services
- 100 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths in Rhode Island
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- CareSouth Carolina awarded $269,712 in grants
- MUSC impacted by Blackbaud data breach
- MUSC’s lung transplant program scores poorly. The hospital says it’s getting better.
- SC health officials release latest coronavirus case numbers, deaths, percent positivity
- SC one step closer to spending plan for $668M remaining CARES Act money
- SC says it’ll be ready for COVID vaccine as soon as it’s finished
- South Carolina hospital: Nonrenewal of CEO’s contract lawful
- South Carolina taps lead virus doctor for public health role
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Dakotas lead US in virus growth as both reject mask rules
- South Dakota adds nearly 400 COVID-19 cases, one death Thursday
- White House: South Dakota COVID-19 situation ‘deeply concerning,’ should promote masking, social distancing
- Monument Health says high COVID-19 hospitalization rates not seen here yet
- Sanford Health COVID-19 study
TENNESSEE
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- EvidenceCare appoints longtime local exec as CEO
- Experts hopeful for virus vaccine as Tennessee marks 6 months in a State of Emergency
- LifePoint received $1.5B in COVID-19 relief aid
- Long-term care deaths continue climb, new cases slow
- Niswonger Children’s Hospital CEO Lisa Carter tapped for prestigious national post
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to Begin Constructing New Patient Housing Facility
TEXAS
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- 2 San Antonio systems to create integrated health network
- Methodist I-35 hospital expansion to top $85M
- Texas nursing home infections ‘moving in the right direction again’ after long slog
- OIG tags Baylor Scott & White hospital for billing errors
- FTC urges Texas regulators to block merger under COPA
- FTC urges Texas regulators to block Community-Shannon merger
- How years of underfunding public health left Texas ill prepared for the pandemic
- 3 key takeaways from HCA, Tenet’s latest public comments
- ‘A mess for years to come’: Texas again leads the US in uninsured rates
- Trinity Health, Texas Children’s + 7 more health systems affected by Blackbaud breach
- Texas Children’s Hospital notifies patients of data security incident
- Texas Children’s Hospital says some donor information involved in ransomware attack
- UT Health San Antonio to build teaching hospital, strengthen partnership with UHS
- Nurses face licensing delays as Texas Board of Nursing processes high volume of applicants, calls
- Texoma Medical Center Home Health opens in Bonham
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- 130-plus COVID-19 patients discharged in Virginia; hospitalizations down
- 30-plus COVID-19 patients discharged in Virginia; hospitalizations tick up
- CHKD’s redesigned NICU features private rooms for more ‘family-centered’ care
- Fauquier Health names new chief operating officer
- Inova Health System latest hospital impacted by ransomware attack on software vendor
- Virginia Mental Health Agency Agrees to Pay $263,280 to Settle Civil False Claims Act Lawsuit
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
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- After Wheeling Hospital reached a $50M settlement in a federal fraud case, WVU Health announced the hospital will be part of its system
- Diocese, WVU Health Set Course For Wheeling Hospital’s Future
- Hospital Agrees To Pay $50 Million To Settle Allegations Concerning Improper Compensation To Referring Physicians
- Powell says $50 million Wheeling Hospital settlement based on hospital’s ‘ability to pay’
- West Virginia hospital to pay $50M to settle False Claims Act violations
- Wheeling Hospital to Join WVU Medicine
- WVU Medicine to enter 50-year lease of Wheeling Hospital
WISCONSIN
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- Advocate Aurora CNO Adrienne Schultz on her healthcare inspirations, the challenges of being a female leader and striking a work-life balance
- Ascension sells Minnesota hospital to Gundersen
- Ascension St. Joseph Opens Emergency Department for Pregnant Women
- GE Healthcare would invest $50 million in a new factory in West Milwaukee under proposed plan
- Hospital merger between Beaumont and Advocate-Aurora Health faces internal opposition
WYOMING
