NATIONAL
- FDA chief: I’m surprised it took big tech this long to get into health care
- Will 2018 be the year of Catholic health care dominance?
- U.S. medical device tax back in effect after two-year pause
- 13 healthcare M&A deals that made headlines in 2017
- CMS reaffirms its ban on texting physician orders, clarifies patient information exchange
- Kmart will pay $32.3M to resolve prescription drug fraud claims
- AHIMA names Texas health IT pro as next board president
- Jump-start the new year with MACRA: Looking ahead to 2018
- Alphabet chairman to step down, Theranos avoids bankruptcy & more — 5 health IT keynotes
- Anthem to cut pay for some same-day services by 25%: 4 things to know
- What Will Happen If Amazon Gets Into the Prescription Drug Business?
- Hospital groups press on with 340B lawsuit despite judge’s decision
- 6 Major Hospital Merger Deals Making Headlines in 2018
- CMS unveils new portal for MACRA reporting
- Trump offers new rule going after ObamaCare
- FCC proposes rule to lift $400M funding cap on rural telehealth program
- 71% of physician practice revenue tied to fee-for-service in 2016: AMA
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- A tarnished hospital tries to win back trust
- Governor Malloy Signs Order Separating Whiting From Connecticut Valley Hospital
- Biostage closes $4.2M investment with Chinese group, Conn. hospital
- CT Children’s invests in Mass. biotech company
- Horizon lends $12M to orthopedic startup
MAINE
- Mercy Hospital moving forward with relocation
- Two new Maine laws add protections for health care consumers
- Hospital expansions on the horizon in Portland
- MaineMed expansion may close part of Congress Street for eight weeks
MASSACHUSETTS
- Massachusetts, Oregon could influence health care spending in Delaware
- Good Samaritan penalized over patient injury rate
- DPH to host hearing on proposed hospital merger
- Hearing in Newburyport on proposed hospital merger
- Anna Jaques Considers Merge With Lahey Health, Boston Hospitals
- New CEO picked at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital
- State to discuss plan to merge 13 hospitals in Eastern Massachusetts
- HPC: Partners, Mass Eye and Ear deal could cost $61M annually
- Westborough Health Care Center sells for $2.4M
- eClinicalWorks hit with second class-action suit, charged with ‘deceptive’ practices
- Massachusetts could set patient assignment limits for nurses
- Atlas-backed biotech startup emerges with $25M and a plan to perfect gene therapy
- Ex-Sarepta CEO takes helm of genetic disease startup Stoke
- State still won’t back Partners deal to buy Mass. Eye and Ear, refers to AG
- Plotting its first drug trial, Cambridge’s Scholar Rock bags another $47M
- Growing ENT practice signs long-term lease in downtown Worcester
- Tufts nurses ratify new contract after nearly 2 years of bargaining
- Brigham and Women’s reduces ED costs by 15% through care coordination program
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- 3 New Hampshire hospitals get 5-star score
- Public hearings set on hospital affiliation
- Exeter and Portsmouth Hospitals Hit With Medicare Penalty
NEW YORK
- Doctors sue Crystal Run Healthcare for striking deal to join Montefiore Health System
- Health care industry braces for state budget crunch
- 4 NY ASCs partner with Emmy for patient accompaniment
- First Hospital In Nassau/Suffolk County To Make Flu Vaccine Mandatory For Employees
- SJMH launches construction website
- Jones Memorial Hospital experiences computer downtime following cyberattack
- Niagara Falls Memorial dedicates new cardiac and stroke center
- Mather Hospital joins Northwell Health
- Kaleida nurses fight against proposed uniform change
RHODE ISLAND
- State: Memorial Hospital’s emergency department can close
- Health care changes take place in wake of Memorial E.D. closing
- R.I. hospitals divert patients after ERs are swamped
- Rhode Island ACLU files suit over Medicare help denials
- Rhode Island hospitals forced to open after diverting ER patients
VERMONT
- Vermont Hospital to Bring Captive Insurance Firm to State
- Vermont ACO gets $620 million
- Vermont’s $44 million health information exchange in trouble, facing overhaul
- Southwestern Vermont Medical earns Medicare’s highest overall rating
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Massachusetts, Oregon could influence health care spending in Delaware
- Delaware aims to cut healthcare spending, looks to other states for inspiration
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- MedStar hopes its new hospital gowns will tie up an age-old problem
- How Washington-area health systems stack up financially
MARYLAND
- Longtime Elkton doctor to pay $1.2M for false claims
- Maryland hospital sued after investigation finds doctor used fake name, stolen Social Security numbers
- Havre de Grace zoning changes leave open possibility for future regional hospital
- First project funded through $65 million Hopkins, investment firm partnership
NEW JERSEY
- Philadelphia Hospital & Health Care Employees union alleges employers owe nearly $40,000
- Medicare to lower payments to 15 New Jersey hospitals
- Medicare punishes 2 Jersey Shore hospitals over patient safety
- Penn Medicine, Virtua to bring proton therapy closer to South Jersey cancer patients
- It’s official: JFK Health now part of Hackensack Meridian
- Saint Clare’s Health moving to Hardyston
- Hackensack Meridian acquires another hospital and is now N.J.’s largest chain
PENNSYLVANIA
- Philadelphia Hospital & Health Care Employees union alleges employers owe nearly $40,000
- Children’s Hospital will use $1M grant to expand cardiac ICU
- Gnaden Huetten and Palmerton hospitals officially become St. Luke’s campuses
- Children’s Hospital will use $1M grant to expand cardiac ICU
- How nurses are improving healthcare through innovation: A Q&A with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Philly-based Spark Therapeutics unveils $850k price tag for new gene therapy
- EDITORIAL New system at hospital gives parents peace of mind
- Hospital merger in Carbon County
- Real estate investment trust sells 20 Genesis facilities for $103M
- 3rd Circuit: Proof of ‘but-for’ Causation Required in FCA Retaliation Cases
- Stolen computer at Penn Medicine compromises 1k patient records
- New deal between UPMC, Highmark extends in-network access
- Ronnie Ursin is Jennersville Hospital’s new CEO
- Chester County medical center gets new president
- University City Science Center CEO stepping down
- Here’s what is covered by the UPMC-Highmark agreement
- UPMC cardiologist named president of society
VIRGINIA
- Former CEO of Health Diagnostic Laboratory files $150 million lawsuit against LeClairRyan law firm
- Local lawmakers file bills to help Pioneer Hospital
- Virginians urge legislators to expand Medicaid
- Virginia’s hospital satisfaction rate trails the U.S. average by two percentage points
- Merrifield medical campus changes hands for $62.5M
WEST VIRGINIA
- Officials quiet on sale of Williamson Memorial Hospital
- Hospital merger litigation continues
- West Virginia Supreme Court to rule on Cabell Huntington, St. Mary’s Medical Center merger Jan. 23
- New Healthcare Facility to Serve North-Central W.Va.
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Iowa ASC sues physician group, physicians over building $37M Nebraska ASC, allege non-compete violations: 6 things to know
- Grinnell Regional Medical Center affiliates with UnityPoint Health
KANSAS
- Kansas Blue to Get New President
- Norton County Hospital names CEO
- Nursing home alternative new to Kansas City area lets seniors live on their own
- New Russell Hospital CEO tackles new clinic, surgery project
- Local physician named KDHE’s chief medical officer
MINNESOTA
- Congress’ indecision leaves Minnesota safety net clinics paralyzed
- Regions Hospital in St. Paul looking to expand
- Deal that creates new Minnesota health system closes
- Need a knee replacement? It costs $46,974 at one Minnesota hospital and $6,186 at another
- Report: Minnesota hospital costs vary statewide for four procedures examined
- Fairview buys indpendent neurology group
- Deal that creates new Minnesota health system closes
MISSOURI
- SSM Health reports privacy breach of medical records
- A 2018 agenda for Missouri lawmakers: ethics reform, transportation, health care
- BJC gets green light to take over Memorial Hospitals
- Mercy Health builds out urgent care footprint with GoHealth pact
- 2nd accreditation agency to visit SLU medical school amid concerns over ‘retaliation efforts’
- Dr. Anthony Tersigni: Alex Azar would serve the country well as the next HHS secretary
NEBRASKA
- Nebraska Total Care earns NCQA Accreditation
- State program can help with Medicare changes
- Iowa ASC sues physician group, physicians over building $37M Nebraska ASC, allege non-compete violations: 6 things to know
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- University Of Chicago Medicine Opens New Emergency Department
- Massive, maligned Illinois Medicaid managed care expansion begins
- A Firsthand Account of Illinois’ Home Health Care Fraud Debacle
- K-Mart To Pay Settlement For Overbilling Medicaid Customers In Illinois
- Illinois suspends Outcome Health’s agreement for EDGE tax breaks
- Children’s Healthcare Center at Maryville in Des Plaines expanding services
- BJC gets green light to take over Memorial Hospitals
- HSHS President to Chair State Board
- Rockford hospital designated as a pediatric trauma center
- Illinois Health and Hospital Association elects new board
- VillageMD gets $80 million financing
INDIANA
- 2 ex-nursing home execs to plead guilty in kickback scheme
- OPTIMISTIC Program Drops Nursing Home Patient Hospitalizations
- 6 GI doctors back with Lutheran
- How OurHealth pinpointed $150 million in ER savings by using Indiana Medicaid data
- New state-of-the-art ER opens
- Attorney General files for dismissal of suit claiming fraud against Indiana hospitals
- McLaren Health Care Completes Acquisition Of MDwise
- IU Health Bloomington Hospital to be demolished, city will buy property
- Return of medical-device tax dismays firms across state
- Goshen Health appoints new chief physician executive
KENTUCKY
- Major Kindred shareholder dubs $4.1B acquisition deal ‘grossly inadequate’
- Kindred Healthcare shareholder opposes Humana, private equity deal
- Beshear: Kmart to pay Kentucky $415,000 to resolve medicaid fraud allegations
- Baptist Health Richmond selects Greg Gerard as interim president: 5 notes
MICHIGAN
- Spectrum Health opens $10M Ada facility
- McLaren Health Care Completes Acquisition Of MDwise
- UM dips toes in direct primary care with Victors Care clinic to open in April
- West Michigan nursing homes rate among ‘best’ in US
- Health system opening suburban integrated care facility
OHIO
- Ohio Medicaid examinations find over $10.7 million in overpayments
- Anthem to begin denying Ohio customers coverage for ER visits it deems non-emergencies
- Firelands Regional Health System CEO to resign: 5 things to know
- Premier Health, UHC reach health insurance deal
- Premier Health, UnitedHealthcare end 7-month impasse; 200k members in-network
- Alliance hospital officially Aultman affiliate
- Anthem to begin denying Ohio customers coverage for ER visits it deems non-emergencies
- MetroHealth to open new Cleveland Heights hospital Jan. 4
- Christ Hospital ready to open massive medical center
- Proposed law would ban forcing Ohio nurses to work overtime
- MetroHealth closing clinic in downtown YMCA this month
WISCONSIN
- New Wis. law allows rural EMS providers to put advanced training to use
- Froedtert South, Anthem reach agreement
- Health Payment Systems names Terry Rowinski as new CEO
- Senior living campus planned in Cedarburg
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Hospital PUD request to be refiled
- Financial woes put Alabama’s rural hospitals on life support
- Rural hospitals face decreasing revenue; Winston County soon to be without a hospital
- New Year, New Name for HealthSouth Corporation
- HealthSouth name change takes effect
FLORIDA
- Florida Hospital’s Ken Bradley retiring
- University of Florida Health Continues Expansion into Northeast Florida
- Florida lawmakers poised to pass a low-cost healthcare solution
- Florida Seeks Big Changes To Children’s Medical Services
- New CEO aims to expand Tampa General Hospital’s reach
- Senator files ‘certificate of need’ repeal bill, identical to House priority
- Transparency Eyed To Hold Down Florida Health Costs
- Cold Snap, Holidays Deplete Some First Coast Hospitals’ Blood Supply
- AHCA Extends Deadline On Database Rule
- Proposal Would Revamp Trauma Center Law
- ‘Certificate Of Need’ Repeal Proposed In Senate
- Appeals Court Overturns Trauma Center Injunction For St. Pete’s Northside Hospital
- Florida Hospital’s South/West market senior executive officer to retire
- Scripps Florida company spins off, raises more than $55M
GEORGIA
- Matt Hasbrouck to step into COO role at Memorial Health: 4 things to know
- Medicare penalties for patient injuries to hit Georgia hospitals hard
- SGMC starts new cardiology program
- Tift Regional Health System CEO retires after nearly 30 years
- Brookhaven OKs big Children’s Healthcare development
MISSISSIPPI
- Medicaid receives nation’s first 10 year federal waiver
- CMS approves first 10-year waiver extension in Mississippi
- UMMC names Pittman department chair
- Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees Elects Officers
NORTH CAROLINA
- Carolinas HealthCare reveals nearly $1 billion investment strategy for 2018
- Forsyth, Wake Forest Baptist draw Medicare penalties for second consecutive year
- Cone Health Hospitals Gets High Marks, Except For This One
- Churches and nonprofits worry charitable donations will plummet under new tax law
- Hospice services plentiful in Eastern North Carolina
- Morehead Hospital unveils new name: UNC Rockingham Health Care
- Lawsuit: Duke, UNC agreed to not hire each other’s doctors
- North Carolina Health News- Stories to Watch in 2018 – Part 2
- Eden hospital gains UNC-affiliated name change
- UNC Finalizes Purchase of Struggling Rockingham County Hospital
- Ex-director of finance accused of embezzling $3M from North Carolina hospital
- Mission Hospital’s Super Utilizers Contributed 43% to the Hospital’s Total Readmission Rate
- TRH Strengthened By Mission Health Membership – Brevard, NC
- Carolinas HealthCare expands urgent-care offerings with 24/7 facility
- INC Research/inVentiv Health reveals new name
- Merz bases new global medical affairs chief in Raleigh
- Lawsuit: Pharma company with N.C. ties breached contract for store-brand drugs
SOUTH CAROLINA
- New leader at RMC after longtime CEO removed
- Company that runs 13 Upstate nursing homes beset by financial woes
- Trident Health CEO questions how MUSC will pay for new $325 million hospital off Nexton Parkway in Berkeley County
- One of rural South Carolina’s last independent family doctors struggles to find replacement
- Grand Strand Health names new chief operating officer
TENNESSEE
- Inpatient care could end at Nashville’s safety net hospital
- Mayor’s office presses Nashville General Hospital for more specific financial information
- Deadline to finalize MSHA / Wellmont merger delayed until January 31, 2018
- Baptist hospital in West Memphis reaches construction milestone
- Franklin-based medical coding company names new president
- Baptist hosts ‘topping out’ ceremony for new West Memphis hospital
- Dermatology practice opens second location in Collierville
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
ARIZONA
- Supervisor wants answers about state contractor’s slow payments to health providers
- Maricopa Integrated Health System appoints Richard Mutarelli CFO: 4 notes
LOUISIANA
- New Orleans’ only trauma and burn center to open at University Medical Center in early 2018
- Medicaid imbalance in Louisiana between home-based care and politically strong nursing homes
- New emergency hospital expands Christus footprint in Bossier
- Why Louisiana Has a Home Care Problem
NEW MEXICO
- Editorial: Is $10M Health Connections sale the right Rx for NM?
- New Mexico gets mixed report card on public health
- Value-based healthcare: Evolent closes $10m deal for New Mexico Health Connections assets
- Health care leader breaks ground on co-working space in Northeast Heights
OKLAHOMA
- New telemedicine law expands options but raises questions
- How nurses are improving healthcare through innovation: A Q&A with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Oklahoma health agency proposes hundreds of layoffs
TEXAS
- Methodist Health System to Build Midlothian’s First Hospital
- More North Texas health care companies could be left in critical condition in 2018
- Partnership announcements, community efforts to fight opioid addiction among top health-related stories in 2017
- Article: Dallas Has Become a ‘Major Center’ For the Surrogacy Business
- Projecting the Shortage of Nurses in Texas by 2030
- North Texas Medical Office Building Lands $3.9M Refinancing
- Freestanding ERs fill health care niche
- Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth taps new president
- 4 questions with PotentiaMetrics CEO Robert Palmer on personalized healthcare
- Baylor Scott & White to lay off more than 700
- Kaiser CIO joins Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation’s board of directors: 3 things to know
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
IDAHO
MONTANA
- More On Hospital CEO, Kevin Abel’s Resignation And Move To Montana
- Federal Mediator Steps In To Healthcare Union Dispute
- Healthcare reimbursement cuts to Montana providers start Jan. 1
- Hospital employees want accounting of deal with Blue Cross
- Bozeman Health buys Big Sky medical clinics
- North Valley Hospital names Kevin Abel CEO
OREGON
- New SHS head brings health and law interests to post
- A healthy legacy: Outgoing Samaritan CEO reflects on 25 years of growth
- Massachusetts, Oregon could influence health care spending in Delaware
- Oregon health care tax proponents, opponents argue their cases
- Why one Portland primary care doctor dreads the FamilyCare shutdown
- OHSU husband-wife researchers get $5M grant to study brain circuitry
WASHINGTON
- Lake Chelan Hospital Announces Resignation Of CEO, Kevin Abel
- Providence St. Joseph Health CEO: 4 predictions on how the healthcare industry will change in 2018
- Providence St. Joseph Health’s Top Health Care Predictions for 2018
- Andrew Tokar is Overlake Medical Center’s permanent CFO
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Clinica Sierra Vista announces new CEO
- New firm takes over Molina Healthcare’s 17 California medical clinics
- Sutter Roseville Medical Center CEO retiring; replacement named
- Longtime Marshall CEO thrives with a simple formula
- Kaiser CIO joins Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation’s board of directors: 3 things to know
- California regulators demand 9 health plans terminate contracts with medical group
- Criminal probe targets Kaiser hospital following patient’s death
- El Camino Hospital budgets $398M for multipart construction project
- Sutter Roseville Medical Center CEO retires
- Health insurance startup that got $130 million from Google is missing payments and upsetting customers
- Doctor-backed startup aims to bring blockchain to health care
COLORADO
- HCA/HealthONE’s The Medical Center of Aurora Earns Five-Star Rating on CMS Hospital Compare
- Colorado medical group hit by two cyberattacks in a single week
- Ex employees of Montrose hospital draw settlements
- Colorado hospitals must begin posting prices for most common procedures on Jan. 1
- Colorado hospitals now required to post prices: 3 things to know
- Colorado Springs hospital named southern Colorado’s first Comprehensive Stroke Center
- Denver’s Digital Health Boom
- Longtime Kaiser Permanente executive in Colorado Springs retire
- UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central named comprehensive stroke center
- Colorado hospital agrees to pay $400k over alleged age discrimination
- Colorado diagnostics technology company raises $200 million round
- Hickenlooper chooses health-insurance veteran to oversee Colorado Medicaid program
HAWAII
- Hawaii doubles the number of advanced practice registered nurses
- Kmart to pay over $84K for overbilling Hawaii Medicaid customers
NEVADA
- New Nevada laws tackle day care, women’s health issues
- Las Vegas hospital breaks ground on $130M expansion
UTAH
