NATIONAL
- Worldwide ambulance market to reach $48.9B by 2025
- MedPAC votes to nix MIPS
- CMS proposes expanding MRI coverage for patients with implantable cardiac devices
- Exploring the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Model
- Amazon is hiring a health privacy expert for ‘new initiative’
- CMS releases guidance for Medicaid work requirements: 5 things to know
- Provider Health Insurance Fraud Schemes, Settlements Top $310M
- Solving physician burnout: Interdependent care teams beyond hospital setting could be answer
- Healthcare provider groups take aim at Anthem’s ER, imaging coverage policies
- Here are the first steps to becoming a cloud-first hospital
- ‘Safety Net’ Hospitals Face Federal Budget Cuts
- Health Care Just Became the U.S.’s Largest Employer
- Hospital groups creating company to make cheap generic drugs
- Intermountain, SSM, Ascension and Trinity Health to launch generic drug company
- HHS launches new division as part of ‘conscience and religious freedom’ rule: 6 things to know
- How healthcare companies with highest-paid boards match up to peers
- 7 key takeaways from CMS’ latest Medicare Shared Savings report
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Flu-Related Deaths, Hospital Stays Skyrocket In CT
- CVS plans to keep Aetna’s headquarters in Connecticut
- Connecticut Supreme Court allows patients to sue providers for HIPAA violations
- State, hospitals butt heads over proposed rate hikes
- Lawmakers concerned by hospitals appealing agreed-upon rates
- OPM: Medicaid rate appeals could imperil hospital tax deal
- Wheeler absorbing St. Francis’ Gengras pediatric patients after clinic closes
MAINE
- Maine hospital opens new walk-in clinic, hundreds of prospective patients turn out
- Community Health Options sues federal government for $5.7M
- Maine Coast announces executive promotions
- National shortage of IV bags has Maine hospitals on edge
- Mercy Hospital gets $5M boost for Fore River project
- Community Health Options sues federal government for $5.7M
MASSACHUSETTS
- MassHealth redesign includes certifications for Baystate, Mercy
- Cam Neely cancer foundation unveils new facility at Tufts Medical Center
- Mercy Medical Center names Harvard graduate to top post
- More nurse-hospital talks planned after ‘conceptual progress’
- Worries about patients, employees aired at public hearing on closing of Springfield’s Vibra Hospital
- Massachusetts nurses protest end of endoscopy service at that UMass Memorial Health Alliance-Clinton Hospital
- Pittsfield nurses authorize another one-day strike
- Clinton Hospital agrees to hearing on closing GI unit
- Concert Pharma shares hit low note on patent challenge denial
- 5 questions with Tufts Medical Center’s revenue cycle director
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Exeter Hospital gets clean report after OSHA investigates mystery illness among staff
- New Hampshire hospital loses access to EMRs, cancels surgeries due to flood damage
NEW YORK
- Hospital for Special Surgery, Tenet partner to create Florida orthopedic care center
- Saratoga Hospital Partners With Eye Doctors
- City’s New Public Hospital Chief Seeks More Paying Patients
- New York hospital to upgrade ER in $112M renovation project
- Oscar Health and AXA Announce New Partnership
RHODE ISLAND
- U. proposes merger with Care New England health system
- Cities push for update on Memorial plans from Department of Health
- Brown U and Prospect Medical Holdings Offer To Buy Care New England
- Care New England CEO expects decision on Partners merger this month
- RI hospitals overflowing with flu cases
- Virgin Pulse acquires Preventure
VERMONT
- Southwestern Vermont Health Care announces Brian O’Grady as new member to its board of trustees
- VNA completes $7.1 million McClure Miller VNA Respite House capital campaign
- Sanders urges funding for Community Health Centers
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- CEO of Nemours Foundation to retire in coming year
- Three out of six Delaware hospitals penalized over patient safety concerns
- Delaware Hospitals Adjust to National Shortage of Fluid Bags
- Physicians bring economic health to Delaware
- Christiana Care earns five-star rating from federal hospital tracker
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- United Medical Center leaders planned to close obstetrics unit before city officials moved to shut it down
- See the top-rated hospitals in Greater Washington — and how the others stack up
- Gray calls for stronger investigative powers of United Medical Center
- United Medical Center nurses claim deliveries still occur at hospital despite ward shutdown
MARYLAND
- State investigating University of Maryland hospital where woman was found in gown, outside on Baltimore street
- Mid-Atlantic Hospitalist Group Expands With Like-Minded Firm, Expects 2018 to See Additional Growth Opportunities
- Baltimore Mural Ushers In New Radiosurgery System At Sinai Hospital
- Study shows Maryland meets goals of cutting health care costs without achieving changes in care delivery
- PRMC ranks in top 10% of all US hospitals
- Study: Maryland’s value-based care program controlled costs but didn’t necessarily improve care
- Wound-tracking startup Tissue Analytics raises $5M Series A
- Cecil County hospital to join LifeBridge Health system
- Bon Secours Health System more than doubles Q1 operating income
NEW JERSEY
- New Jersey Rule Limits Physician-Pharma Interactions
- New NJ legislation allows ASCs to combine; Department of Health to oversee one-room center licensure
- Report: NJ’s doctors pumped $55.4B in state economy in 2016
- New hospital and care inquiry set to dominate year’s first States sitting
PENNSYLVANIA
- Tenet Healthcare leaves Philadelphia with the sale of Hahnemann, St. Chris
- M&As Realign Philadelphia-area Hospitals
- Docs settle claims they admitted patients who didn’t need hospitalization to central Pa. hospitals
- Mid-Atlantic Hospitalist Group Expands With Like-Minded Firm, Expects 2018 to See Additional Growth Opportunities
- Penn Medicine Orthopaedics and Princeton Orthopedic Associates forge strategy
- Lawmaker: Freeing nurse practitioners of work constraints will help health care across state; FTC also on board
- Teva cutting 200+ local jobs as part of broader restructuring plan
- Gateway Rehab expanding in Westmoreland County
- AGH neurosurgeons to be first in state to use robotic surgery system
- AHN names Cleveland Clinic surgeon as chief of clinical operations
- St. Clair Hospital names new chief medical officer
- WellSpan kicks off new urgent care brand with Shrewsbury clinic
VIRGINIA
- Virginia hospitals want proposed tax on profits out of budget in push to expand Medicaid
- Senate Democrats kill Patrick County hospital bill over Medicaid expansion fight
- Study: Virginia Hospitals Have More Money than Last Year
WEST VIRGINIA
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- NOTEBOOK: Iowa hospitals brace for double-digit cut in Medicare drug program
- Keeler begins work as new Mercy-Des Moines president
- Optimae LifeServices adds rehabilitation division
- UnityPoint Health, Amerigroup reach Medicaid agreement
KANSAS
- New leadership and oversight for KanCare as program approaches critical period
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s proposed west Lawrence project grows to $93M; work could begin this spring
- Kansas attorney general nominates Lawrence lawyer to be first KanCare inspector general
- Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital names Jenni Gerken CFO
MINNESOTA
- Ex-Allina Health official charged with embezzling $269,000 from company
- Integrity Health Network appoints interim CEO
- Fairview CEO bashes Epic, calls for march on Madison
- MSPBJ Forum: Minnesota health care CEOs on mergers, politics and competition
- UnitedHealth net earnings double (with a tax-cut assist)
MISSOURI
- Skilled nursing and rehabilitation center opening
- Wentzville health care processing facility to close
- Children’s Mercy receives $150 million donation for new Children’s Research Institute
- City, hospital ask public to troubleshoot traffic ahead of $40 million expansion
- Ascension, SSM and others plan to develop generic drug company
- Judge OKs $29M deal to end class action vs Ascension Health over Wheaton Franciscan pension claims
- With flu raging, KC hospital experts face shortage of essential supplies
- Here are the first steps to becoming a cloud-first hospital
- Telehealth gives rural Missouri more access to health care
NEBRASKA
- New CEO Welcomed to Broken Bow with Freon Leak at Melham Memorial Medical Center
- Newly named Blue Cross of Nebraska CEO says he’s unsure plans under ACA will resume
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Health Technology Firm in Sioux Falls Lays off Employees
- Sanford, Good Samaritan advance partnership talks, will submit plan to board
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- How one hospital supplier is prospering amid health care’s maelstrom
- Presence Health TIF passes City Council panel
- OSF HealthCare, not Caterpillar, to place HQ on former Chase block
- He started as a hospital orderly. Now he’s in charge of Memorial’s future.
- Presence hospitals’ foundations seek answers about locally raised funds
- Renovations in the works for Taylorville Memorial Hospital
- ACLU urges Chicago City Council to deny $5.5M subsidy to Presence Health
- Egan says Roseland Hospital could lose $6.6 million if the hospital assessment program is shut down
- Judge OKs $29M deal to end class action vs Ascension Health over Wheaton Franciscan pension claims
- City Council approves $5.5 Presence Health subsidy after emotional debate
- Northwestern Memorial HealthCare’s net income nearly doubles in Q1
INDIANA
- St. Joseph Hospital Names CEO
- Hospital service plan a sticking point in suspended merger talks
- Ransomware attack drives Indianapolis hospital back to pen and paper
- Former CEO of Lutheran Health Network seeks dismissal of CHS’ lawsuit
- Carmel health exec sues insurer, claiming it should have defended him in sexual assault case
- Eastern Indiana hospital giving $1M toward demolition work
- Hancock Health pays $47,000 ransom to unlock patient data
- Indiana moves to drop hospital EHR lawsuit against CIOX Health
- IU Health, IU break ground on IU Health Regional Academic Health Center
- Methodist Hospital CEO: End of merger talks ‘missed opportunity’
- What Will Dearborn County Hospital’s New Name Be?
- New Senior Living Community to Debut in Indy
- Methodist Sports Medicine Acquires Bloomington Clinic
- Work Begins on $389M Regional Health Center
- Attorneys move to dismiss EHR lawsuit against 69 hospitals
- Hospital groups creating company to make cheap generic drugs
KENTUCKY
- Kindred Healthcare opens new downtown building with no mention of pending sale
- Movers & Shakers: Louisville Healthcare CEO Council, Savii Care
- ‘No one to fault but myself.’ Ex-hospital executive sentenced in bribery, kickback scheme
- Kentucky imposes Medicaid work requirements in unprecedented reform
- Kentucky saves $2.5 million through innovative healthcare initiative
- Clark Regional hires new CFO
- Baptist Health Lexington one of only two hospitals in Kentucky to receive 5-star CMS ratings
- Major bank ups its stake in Kindred Healthcare
- Lawmakers suspect Kindred of misspending public funds before closures at LTC facilities
- Hosparus on forefront of aging care innovation
- Former CHI hospital administrator sentenced in bribery scheme
- Opening of $15 million ER expansion at Hardin Memorial Hospital delayed
- Kindred CEO: Louisville poised to be epicenter for aging-care industry revolution
MICHIGAN
- Three Rivers Health CEO resigns
- New Mercy Health location on west side of Grand Rapids
- Report: Michigan physicians create $59.1 billion in economic impact
- Detroit area hospitals’ IV bags drying up in flu season
- New website informs about the quality of care at Michigan hospitals
- Name, logo released for new sports medicine institute in Marquette
- Medical firm acquires practice
- Intermountain, SSM, Ascension and Trinity Health to launch generic drug company
OHIO
- Justin Krueger to serve as Clermont Hospital president
- Health care boom continues in Butler, Warren counties
- Miami Valley Hospital welcomes new president
- Northeast Ohio Hospitals Are Keeping an Eye on Dwindling Supply of IV Fluid and Equipment
- Ohio Hospitals chief: Massillon hospital’s closure unwelcome, but not surprising
- Dayton’s largest hospital names new president
- Summa Health orthopedic cancer specialist expands practice to Medina
- Greater Cincinnati hospital system elects government official as board chairman
- Bill aims to extend timeline for Affinity closing
- President Drake predicts bright future for Wexner Medical Center already at the top of its game
- Cleveland Clinic app connects patients and doctors in ‘virtual visits’
- Massillon filing court injunction to keep Affinity open
- Cleveland Clinic opening outpatient medical center in Stow
- No IV bags? Cincy hospitals say they are adapting to shortage through flu season
- Is eminent domain a solution to keeping hospital in Massillon?
- Cardinal Health closing Zanesville locations
- 5 things you need to know about Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton
- Premier Health to close Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton
- Local leaders react to Dayton hospital closure
- City, physicians seek to halt Quorum’s closure of Ohio hospital
WISCONSIN
- HSHS Sacred Heart Eyes Growth Strategy As Ex-CEO Considers Options
- Froedtert unveils new Drexel Town Square Health Center in Oak Creek
- U of Wisconsin Health CMIO: Copy-and-pasting in EHRs is a ‘blot on our profession’
- Sacred Heart’s new leader brings record of growth
- Fairview CEO bashes Epic, calls for march on Madison
- Froedtert Health buys LifeCare Hospitals building in Waukesha for $30.6 million
- Marshfield Clinic announces expansion of Wausau location
- Aurora Health Care buys seven more properties for $99.3 million
- Federal judge approves Ascension Health’s $29.5M settlement in class-action pension lawsuit
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Alabama hospital puts surgeries on hold due to flu
- Genetic pioneer leaves Alabama where healthcare challenge too great
- Cancer center hearing postponed
- ProAssurance names new chief operating officer
- American Family Care opens clinic in Mountain Brook
FLORIDA
- Broward Health Expands Compliance Program; Names Nicholas Hartfield Vice President, Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer
- Hospital for Special Surgery, Tenet partner to create Florida orthopedic care center
- Jonathan Immordino Named CFO at Rockledge Regional Medical Center
- Longtime hospital leader Wayne Brackin to leave Baptist Health South Florida
- HCA in running for Florida hospital
- Florida Hospital implementing new security measures
- Florida bill increases women’s non-hospital options for labor, delivery
- Capital Regional Medical Center CEO leaving
- Judge erases $347 million verdict against nursing home company
- Florida Implements Multi-State Nursing License Amid Shortage
- UCF, Florida Hospital competing for Lake Nona’s Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
- Jared Smith to assume CEO role at Broward Health Coral Springs
- Rockledge Regional Medical Center selects new CFO
- 21st Century Oncology emerges from bankruptcy
GEORGIA
- Tom Price joins advisory board of Jackson Healthcare
- John Kueven is WellStar Paulding Hospital’s new president: 4 points
- Health system unveils renovation renderings
- New board of directors to govern local hospital
- WellStar Health System displaces 49 employees
NORTH CAROLINA
- Hospice announces leadership transition
- North Carolina News – Mission Hospital Agrees to Pay $89,000 To Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
- New Duke Hospital research center aims to reduce health care treatment gaps
- North Carolina proposes law requiring data breaches to be reported in 15 days
- Hospital CEO stepping down
- Paul McDowell named CFO for Mission Health
- Mission Health’s virtual care success lies in EHR, telehealth integrated workflow
- Erlanger agrees to take over North Carolina hospital
- Keeping a Hospital Afloat in Far Western Murphy
- Isley to lead Nash UNC Health Care
- Hospital board names new CEO
- Duke acquires Macy’s spot at Northgate Mall for hospital’s largest off-campus clinic
- Mission aims to build facility near Swannanoa
- Novant CEO’s new book talks transparency, his paycheck and Undercover Boss
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Hospital CEO’s goal: ‘stellar patient care’
- South Carolina hospital accused of tarnishing legacy of Coretta Scott King
- As SC flu deaths rise, Beaufort Memorial lets you see a doctor without leaving home
- MUSC to open facility at Citadel Mall
- Lexington Women’s Care Chapin now open
TENNESSEE
- CHS to sell off more hospitals this year
- Nashville mayor delays closure of safety-net hospital
- Mayor Pauses Plan For Nashville General Hospital
- Preston Surgery Center in Frisco Texas Now Offering Transparent Cash Pricing
- Erlanger looks to acquire first hospital outside of Tennessee
- Former CHI hospital administrator sentenced in bribery scheme
- Meharry president amid Nashville General Hospital debate: ‘We’re just passing through a storm’
- CHS CEO Wayne Smith on ill-fated $7.6B deal: ‘Based on a retro view of it, I wouldn’t do the deal.’
- HCA in running for Florida hospital
- Nashville’s fifth-largest private company buys Wisconsin health-tech firm
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s chief compliance officer leaves for UW Medicine
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas Heart Hospital acquires Malvern clinic
- Fort Smith hospital sets up flu clinic to ease ER crowding
- Harrison doctor asked to leave hospital; expectant moms in middle
- Arkansas Children’s set to open new pediatric center
- Rural Hospital In Arkansas One of Six to Share $2M Grant
ARIZONA
- Plaza Cos. breaks ground on $16M Banner Health property in West Valley
- How Flagstaff doctors handle being on the front lines of the flu
LOUISIANA
- ‘Widespread’ flu overwhelming hospitals and doctors’ offices throughout Louisiana
- Louisiana governor considering work requirements in Medicaid
NEW MEXICO
- New Mexico hospital lays off 12 employees
- Hospital relocating three clinics
- Clock ticking on nursing compact
OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma tribes make multimillion dollar investments in health care
- Oklahoma Health Department CFO testifies on financial problems
- After 280K Patients Exposed in Data Breach, Oklahoma Hospital Shares What It Learned
- Cold and Flu Cases Flood Oklahoma Hospitals
TEXAS
- Hospital for Special Surgery, Tenet partner to create Florida orthopedic care center
- Providence names new president
- Gill Joins Texas Scottish Rite Hospital to Lead Orthopedics Team at New Frisco Facility
- 5 things a CMIO should be thinking about with University Health System’s CMIO Dr. Maulik Purohit
- Texas Hospital Association turns heads, cuts costs with “smart ribbon”
- How a Texas physician group’s revenue cycle changes improved patient experience
- Finances of hospital get booster shot
- Baptist Hospital opens triage outside ER during peak flu season
- SA hospital’s parent strikes deal with home health care company
- Baylor Scott & White To Build $30M Heart Hospital in McKinney
- Preston Surgery Center in Frisco Texas Now Offering Transparent Cash Pricing
- Melissa McLeroy Tapped for CFO Role at Medical City Dallas
- A shrinking number of rural Texas hospitals still deliver babies. Here’s what that means for expecting moms.
- Report: If Rural Texans Want Decent Health Care, They Should Mosey to New Hampshire
- Methodist Healthcare CEO leaving San Antonio hospital system
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
IDAHO
MONTANA
- Billings Clinic still undecided on what to do with 53 acres in Bozeman
- Hospital CEO announces he will step down
- Marcus Daly breaks ground on new operating rooms
- Take a sneak peek at RiverStone Health’s new clinic
OREGON
- Flu season ravages Oregon, filling emergency rooms and hospitals
- Oregon not jumping on the Medicaid work requirement bandwagon
- Buehler files bills to reform Oregon Health Authority, CCOs
- A Portland-based health care app maker snags $5.7M, plans more hiring
- Oregon lawmaker submits prescription drug transparency bill
WASHINGTON
- Virginia Mason Medical Center’s Rate of Readmissions Returning to Their Hospital was 6% Higher than Washington State’s Average
- Trios to lay off 9 employees in latest cost-cutting move
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s chief compliance officer leaves for UW Medicine
- Providence St. Joseph CEO offers deeper analysis of 2018 predictions: Talks tech, genomics, policy and more
WYOMING
- South Lincoln Medical Center taps Karl Sundberg as CEO
- Cody Regional Health Cath Lab lands $1.5 M grant
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
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- Lawsuit reportedly accuses Centene of offering inadequate access to doctors
- Palo Alto County Health System Welcomes New CEO
- Second nationwide instance of alleged ‘patient dumping’ of a homeless man at California hospital stirs debate
- U of Southern California opens Norris Healthcare Center with outpatient surgery center
- Westwood-Based WiserCare Appoints New Chief Executive
- Sutter Medical Center Sacramento gets ‘upscale culinary center’
- Petaluma hospital deal on life support
- California hospital’s ED hit by bedbug infestation
COLORADO
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- Vail Health has started work on east wing portion of hospital renovation plan
- Lawmakers reach agreement to keep Colorado nurses with out-of-state licenses working
- Clock Ticks On Bill To Allow Out-Of-State Nurses To Practice In Colorado
- Family calls for stricter patient discharge laws at hospitals
- Marketplace helps Colorado hospitals sell, trade legacy devices
- Hickenlooper signs interstate compact to help offset shortage of Colorado nurses
- Fort Collins medical-device company seeking $59,000 in capital
- 65-year-old nurse sues Denver Health hospital, alleges she was fired for supporting Trump
- Children’s Hospital Colorado hires chief strategy officer
HAWAII
- Viewpoint: Pacific Cancer Institute will remain open despite lease disagreement
- Rough flu season hits peak in 49 states, spares Hawaii
NEVADA
UTAH
