NATIONAL
- CMS moves forward with new voluntary bundled payment
- AMA seeks MAT changes to combat opioid crisis
- 35 hospital groups urge court to halt $1.6B in Medicare payment cuts
- 20 states file lawsuit against federal government calling the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional
- Moody’s warns hospitals to beware of payer growth strategies on margins, bargaining power
- Apple Is Joining Amazon and Warren Buffett in the Health Care Business
- Four New Skills Sought by Managed Care Organizations
- Healthcare Execs Call Telehealth a Priority, But Are Still Reluctant
- DOJ chucks most of UnitedHealth false billing lawsuit
- Fierce flu season to buoy for-profit hospital operator results
- 13 healthcare privacy incidents in February
- DOJ aligns with states in opioid lawsuit, increases scrutiny on drug companies
- CMS seeks physician participants for study on quality reporting burdens
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Wallingford-based Masonicare is selling Newtown facility
- Hartford HealthCare, Tufts Health Plan Join Forces To Create Insurance Company
- Lifespan joins merger talks with Care New England, Partners
- Masonicare, Hebrew Senior Care form senior-based hospital alliance
- St. Francis parent’s operating income up 62% in first half of fiscal ’18
- MedExpress opens Middletown urgent care, third in CT
- Bristol Hospital to debut $3.4M senior behavioral care unit
- Middlesex Hospital uses temporary ER in wake of crash
MAINE
- Lovejoy Health Center celebrates completed expansion with open house
- MaineMed, ambulance provider settle civil lawsuits for $1.4M
- DHHS to outsource Medicaid staff
MASSACHUSETTS
- Shattuck Hospital to relocate to Boston Medical Center campus
- Nurses and hospital continue bargaining with strike still looming
- Massachusetts hospital to close, transition inpatient services to Boston Medical Center
- Partners HealthCare adds Lifespan to Rhode Island expansion plans
- Steward Health Care to move top executives to Dallas
- Boston Children’s joins research network to gain access to patient data
- Doctor pleads guilty as part of Aegerion drug misbranding probe
- Fallon, Tufts finish 2017 in the black
- Fallon’s new CFO joins Health Foundation committee
- Shrewsbury home health firm acquired for $2.1M
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Planning Board grapples with hospital project
- New Hampshire woman sues state hospital and health services over patient assault
NEW YORK
- Nomad gets $12M to scale up, improve healthcare job portal
- Biotech startup Kallyope raises $66M to study the gut-brain connection
- NYC H + H’s CEO Looks at Primary Care’s Role in Healthcare Reform
- New York hospital sheds $2.34M of expenses in 2-day cost purge
- 38 New York hospitals get $24.2M in quality payments from Excellus BCBS
- Former nurse claiming retaliation wins lawsuit against Queen’s Medical Center
- Patients Are More Likely to Survive at These 4 Tri-State Hospitals: Report
- Albany Med buys two buildings totaling $4.95 million
RHODE ISLAND
- Lifespan joins merger talks with Care New England, Partners
- Partners HealthCare adds Lifespan to Rhode Island expansion plans
- Lifespan reports increased operating income, strong overall results in FY17
- South County Health and Yale New Haven Health end R.I. merger talks
VERMONT
- BMH settles false claims allegation
- New health care tech leader says staff is up to challenge
- CEO of 2 University of Vermont Health Network hospitals to retire
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- New turnaround operator to start Monday at United Medical Center
- Company charged with DC hospital’s turnaround to focus on RCM as part of first efforts
- D.C. public hospital board plans to go to court to avoid releasing meeting records
MARYLAND
- Ambulance service faces whistleblower suit over Medicaid billing
- Lawsuit says Maryland ambulance company overbilled Medicare
- Havre de Grace council member also sits on state hospital licensing board
- Gov. Hogan’s budget plan delays funding for the new Capital Region Medical Center
- St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson plans $100 million renovation and facility upgrades
- Kennedy Krieger CEO Gary Goldstein to retire after 30 years
- Baltimore medical device firm Sisu Global Health launching first product, raising money for growth
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center plans $469M expansion
- MedStar Health grows Q2 net income by $62M
NEW JERSEY
- SNF aims to cut ER visits with telemed
- Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper University Health Care Opens New Pediatric Infusion Center
- Patients Are More Likely to Survive at These 4 Tri-State Hospitals: Report
- Atlantic Health expands ambulatory care
PENNSYLVANIA
- Penn State Children’s Hospital expansion project advanced by board committee
- Mercy Philadelphia Hospital embarks on $15 million ER expansion
- UPMC Pinnacle replaces managers at former Carlisle Regional
- Why Health Care Systems Are Building Micro Hospitals
- Penn State Health and Highmark advance their partnership
- Many hospitals phasing out nurseries in favor of ‘rooming in’
- Management shake-up at Hahnemann University Hospital
- 3 Highmark Health officials join Penn State Health board
- Genesis Healthcare gets some debt relief
- Cooper opens pediatric infusion center in Camden
- Hahnemann’s new owners to replace hospital’s top execs
- Geisinger names Kevin Roberts new CFO
- Medtronic and Lehigh Valley Health Network Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement Focused on Delivering Value-Based Healthcare Programs
- UPMC reports $1.3 billion profit, touts insurance growth
- Penn State Children’s Hospital is one of 7 in nation with pediatric surgery verification
- Canonsburg hospital launches heart-related rehab programs
- Geisinger more than doubles net income in first half of FY18, but sees operating margin slip on health plan
- UHS Q4 earnings jump to $220M
VIRGINIA
- Health care crisis persists in rural areas of Virginia
- Hundreds of Virginians Rally for Medicaid Expansion
- The Future of Health Care Delivery: Homes not Hospitals
WEST VIRGINIA
- West Virginia drops lawsuit against DEA
- Urgent care centers represent entrepreneurial opportunities, positive health outcomes in Appalachia
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Iowa physician’s license to practice indefinitely suspended for providing inappropriate pain management
- New NIACC, University of Iowa nursing partnership aims to curb state, national shortages
KANSAS
- Karren Weichert, CEO of Midland Care, honored as ABWA chapter’s Woman of Distinction
- Kansas agency inadvertently shared personal health information of 11,000 people
- CEO will depart one of KC’s biggest health systems
- Olathe Medical Center wraps up $100M expansion with new cancer center
MINNESOTA
- Adverse health report includes Albert Lea, Austin
- Mayo Clinic spinoff lauded for innovation
- Minnesota hospital errors rose slightly over past 4 years
- Staff Shortages Have Become a Fast-Growing Concern, Hospital CEOs Say
MISSOURI
- Telemedicine to allow SSM to remotely link to patients, hospitals
- Hospital taking steps to resolve billing issues
- Rural Missouri hospital files for bankruptcy
- Tenet values Des Peres Hospital assets at more than $40 million
- Local exec ranks among top minorities in health care
- Dr. Anthony Tersigni: Virtual care is transforming our healthcare system one visit at a time
- Ascension to enter physician practice revenue cycle agreement with R1
NEBRASKA
- Nye Health announces Harris promotion
- Beatrice Community Hospital’s CEO looks to the future
- Methodist Hospital in Omaha to close home health and hospice program in March
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
- $10 million health care building is open to the public
- Regional Health Rapid City Hospital verified as Level II Trauma Center
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Loyola’s purchase of MacNeal Hospital could take away Berwyn’s biggest source of property tax revenue
- Loyola’s Pending Purchase Of Berwyn Hospital Worries Taxpayers, Union
- Illinois lawmakers to finalize hospital assessment program
- Another Chicago hospital plans pediatric unit closure
- Outcome Health lays off 20 more employees
- How Rush hospital is working to tackle Chicago’s ‘death gap’
- Meet the new interim CEO at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
- Rockford hospital partners with Chicago children’s hospital
- Illinois House approves plan for Medicaid hospital financing
- Tenet continues hospital sell-off spree with deals in Illinois, Texas
INDIANA
- IU Health operating earnings climb on strong patient volumes
- IU Health Touts ‘Substantial Progress’ in 2017
- Franciscan hospital in Dyer to close its birthing center
- New Community East is big bet as industry revenues slow
- Judge says Bauer can work for IU Health
- Developer proposes $1B Indiana hospital
- Making Indiana One of The Healthiest States in America
- More Than a Hospital
- Community Health Names COO of North Region
- Assisted Living Community Opens in Muncie
- Pain Management Business Poised For Midwest Expansion
- Franciscan Health names new corporate SVP, hospital CEO
KENTUCKY
- How lay-health workers are reducing readmission rates at a rural Kentucky hospital
- Kentucky Medicaid will penalize patients for unnecessary ED visits
- Emergency Or Not? Ky. Medicaid Changes Will Penalize For Unnecessary ER Visits
- With Amazon looming, Humana digs heels into senior care management
- Long-time Louisville pediatrician practice files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection
- Kindred Healthcare reports 4Q loss
- UofL receives nearly $2 million from HRSA to better meet older adults’ behavioral health needs
- Health care collections company to lay off 150 in Louisville
- Humana execs pick up more than $12 million from stock sales
MICHIGAN
- Hospitals cut costs as revenue squeezed
- Centria Healthcare accuser pleads no contest to contempt of court
- Michigan Veteran Health System names Laurie McCullough-Benner as new CEO
- Charlevoix Hospital welcomes new chief operating officer
- U.S. attorney investigating DMC over possible federal anti-kickback violations
- St. Mary Mercy Livonia hospital appoints new chief medical officer
- Beaumont expanding pediatric network
- HMC announces new president/CEO
- Western Michigan medical school gets $2M bequest from Upjohn heir
- Days after CEO resigns, feds release investigative report on infection problems at Sparrow Carson
OHIO
- Cleveland Clinic’s London hospital to open in early 2021
- Independent physicians say they’re getting squeezed out of business
- Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center plans new, $100 million hospital in Fairlawn
- Akron Children’s Hospital appoints chief quality officer
- Auditor: Hamilton County healthcare providers have overbilled Medicaid for over $6M
- Local hospital to expand emergency department
- Ohio AG targets 4 drug distributors in second opioid lawsuit
- Toledo Hospitals to Use Telemedicine For ED Psychiatric Consults
- One of Greater Cincinnati’s largest hospitals changes name, logo
- Ohio lawmakers consider banning tax breaks, state contracts from Anthem over ED policy
- Mercy Health hiring 60 at Dayton-area hospital
- Cleveland Clinic finances rebound in 2017
- Premier Health to partner on $24M rehabilitation institute near Miami Valley Hospital
- Grandview Medical Center to undergo expansion as nearby hospital closes
- TriHealth fills new senior leadership post with Cincinnati Bell veteran
- HealthSpan integration, community expansion help drive MetroHealth’s strong 2017
WISCONSIN
- Aurora Health Care switches sites for $130M ASC, physician office
- Wisconsin Attorney General Leading Federal Lawsuit Against ACA
- All work, no pay: Area home health care provider shuts doors as payments for services rendered fail to come
- Gateway to help fast-track training for nurses aides
- Local nursing programs take on nationwide shortage
- Marshfield Clinic: $17M operating loss dragged by federal health plan changes
- Walker moves to stabilize health care insurance
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
FLORIDA
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- 2 families accuse Kindred Hospital North Florida of neglect
- State rejects Munroe’s plan for new hospital
- Florida regulators reject Munroe Regional’s proposal to construct $102M hospital
- $22M Nursing Home Rejected in Florida, Masonicare Sells $13M SNF
- GuideWell adds health care facilities in Winter Haven, Lake Mary
- Hospital seeks state approval for 160-bed tower
- Millions at stake for South Florida safety-net hospitals as budget negotiations begin
- Sanford Burnham agrees to return $12.3 million to state
- Tallahassee’s Heritage Healthcare fined $25,000, scores near bottom
- Florida Hospital executive overseeing women’s and children’s services resigns
- 500 children may need revaccination; Orlando doctor arrested, officials say
- Labor market report shows growing shortage of workers in health care, retail
- Lee Health makes new push for Estero hospital
- Pensacola Naval Hospital becomes outpatient only, will no longer deliver babies
- Assisted living generator rule stalls in Florida House
- Jury Enters $2.85 Million Verdict In Whistleblower Trial Against Florida Hospital
- No more baby deliveries: Rural hospital affected after state’s Medicaid cuts
- Cleveland Clinic takeover of Indian River Medical Center expected to close by Aug. 31
GEORGIA
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- GE and Navicent Health enter 6-year partnership
- Georgia AG Signs Off on Piedmont-Columbus Deal
- CHI Memorial Hospital: Erlanger surgery center would hurt North Georgia
- Georgia doctor to plead guilty to disclosing patient info to Aegerion
- South Georgia in need of nurses at hospitals
- WellStar more than doubles net income in Q2: 4 things to know
- Georgia Legislature revisiting rural hospital tax credit
- Clinch Memorial Hospital ending affiliation with South Georgia Medical Center
- Piedmont Healthcare enters into service agreement with Atlanta Brain & Spine Care
- Grady Hospital Keeping Mobile ER Open For Another Month
- Why this Georgia health system is transitioning into a nonprofit
- Navicent Health Baldwin taps Judy Ware as interim CEO
MISSISSIPPI
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Vidant’s new health model helps patients take charge of care
- 30,000 people work at UNC Health Care. Its potential partner is cutting jobs.
- Charlotte hospital giant plans to slash labor costs across the region, documents show
- What did Atrium Health’s top execs earn last year?
- Duke providers remain at cardiology clinic
- Southeastern Health welcomes new VP
- Atrium Health’s cost-cutting strategies do not concern UNC Health Care execs ahead of planned merger
- Cone Health posts slight decrease in first quarter excess revenue
- Is security at Charlotte-area hospitals adequate?
- Why UNC Rex just paid $5.1M for more land in Holly Springs
- Novant ends fiscal 2017 with 5 percent increase in excess revenue
- Wake Forest Baptist excess revenue more than doubles in first half of 2017-18
- Ease rules on nurses to counter shortage
- Some doctors leaving Atrium Health amid new compensation contract
SOUTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
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- Rural Tennessee Hospital May Sidestep Closure Thanks To Nashville Investors
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center partners with nationally recognized health system
- CHS names division president
- Physician advocates: CHS should ‘return to the business of healthcare excellence’
- Nashville General CEO Dr. Joseph Webb on hospital’s future, fiscal stability: ‘Nash Gen should remain intact as a full-service hospital’
- HealthStream CIO preps exit
- St. Jude building Memphis research facility, part of $1B hospital expansion
- Wayne Smith says CHS to sell more hospitals in 2018
- CHS’ shares plummet after reporting $2B loss
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- ACH Opens Emergency and Inpatient Services
- Arkansas Children’s Northwest Set To Open
- UAMS to cut 124 additional jobs; positions will be eliminated through attrition, not layoffs, exec says
- Arkansas academic health center to cut 130 additional jobs through attrition
ARIZONA
- Arizona physicians work to keep residents and economy healthy
- Audit: Arizona did not collect about $40M in drug rebates
- Maricopa Integrated Health System to pay $59M to buy Maryvale hospital
- Taxpayer-funded health district to buy, reopen Maryvale Hospital in $60 million deal
- Shuttered Hospital in West Phoenix Sold; Will Reopen in 2019
- Bill would allow Arizona pharmacists to tell patients about cheaper prescription drug options
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital wins battle against Irish hospital over similar names
LOUISIANA
- A hospital group in New Orleans is working with Microsoft to help predict patient emergencies
- Ochsner, Chamberlain University partner to curb nursing shortage
- Louisiana joins multi-state lawsuit to toss Affordable Care Act
NEW MEXICO
- Why New Mexico struggles to rank higher in Best States ranking
- Addus to Buy New Mexico Home Health Provider for $40M
- Judge dismisses Molina’s lawsuit over New Mexico Medicaid contracts
- Alta Vista Regional Hospital names Caleb O’Rear permanent CEO
OKLAHOMA
- Health providers working to make medical care accessible
- MRHC CEO details next steps to building new cancer center
- Funding Cut For All Oklahoma State Agencies
TEXAS
- Hospital added new medical doctors, technologies
- Free-standing emergency rooms taking off
- That freestanding emergency room is probably not in-network, no matter what the website says
- Medical City Plano and Medical City Frisco Name New CFO
- Tenet Posts $230M Loss in Q4, Continues Hospital-Selling Spree
- Steward Health Care to move top executives to Dallas
- Northwest Texas Hospital partners with Sound Physicians
- Hendrick CEO Lancaster brings hospital award back home to Abilene
- Children’s Hospital reports $3.7 million loss in first quarter
- Tenet says it’s on schedule to bring in $1B in proceeds through divestitures
- Longview Regional parent reports widening losses
- One of Frisco’s largest employers faces uncertainty as Tenet Healthcare reworks its business
- Addus to Buy New Mexico Home Health Provider for $40M
- Jon Alford to serve as CFO of Medical City Plano, Medical City Frisco
- Cook Children’s Hospital to transition to an ASC, affecting 150 jobs
- Baylor Scott & White closes 113-bed Texas hospital
- Tenet continues hospital sell-off spree with deals in Illinois, Texas
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
IDAHO
- Idaho House panel kills health care alternative plan
- Telemedicine improves medical care in eastern Idaho
- Idaho Governor Butch Otter Meets With HHS Secretary Azar Over Controversial Insurance Plans
MONTANA
- Does Missoula need two neonatal ICUs? Community hospital execs concerned as St. Pat’s opens its own
- Gallatin health advocates say they feel disjointed from the state
OREGON
- CareOregon absorbs 78K new members, dozens of employees from FamilyCare
- Prescription drug bill passes Oregon House, moves to Senate
- Oregon voters won’t get to decide whether health care is a universal right
WASHINGTON
- Warren Buffett wants big results from Amazon health care partnership
- This Seattle hospital aims to get sepsis patients on antibiotics within 3 hours — here’s how
- Vera Whole Health Receives Seattle Business Magazine’s Innovation in Healthcare Delivery Award
- Trios Health selects another new interim CEO, CFO
WYOMING
- Medicaid work requirement faces third Wyoming Senate reading
- Does A Larger Role For Midwives Mean Better Care?
- Bill to privatize 2 state facilities moves through Senate
- South Big Horn County CEO resigns
- Wyoming health system loses up to $200k to surgery center billing delays
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Adventist Health promotes Fuentes to president of Sonora hospital
- Anthem Blue Cross accuses California hospital of $13.5M billing scheme
- At Some California Hospitals, Fewer Than Half Of Workers Get The Flu Shot
- Hospital leaders pick Kaiser as top healthcare organization
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management accuses Health Net of obstructing federal IT audit
- Catalina Island Medical Center adding services
- Nurses to St. Joe CE: ‘respect nurses and other health care workers’
- New CEO appointed at North County Health Services
- El Camino Hospital taps new CIO
- Drs. Kirk Clifford, James Gebhard to build spine surgery program at Colorado hospital
COLORADO
- Ten ERs In Colorado Tried To Curtail Opioids And Did Better Than Expected
- 10 Colorado EDs cut opioid use by 36% in 6 months
- Grant for $500K from Colorado Health Foundation supports new medical office building in Craig
- Damage limit in local medical malpractice case goes to appeal, could set new law
- Fewer Colorado hospitals make Healthgrades’ 2018 ‘best hospitals’ list
- Kansas City-area hospital CEO to become metro-Denver health-care exec
- Colorado sees record-breaking number of flu hospitalizations
HAWAII
NEVADA
- Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital taps Steven Simpson as CEO
- UNLV Medicine’s New CEO Eyes the Details
- Alta Vista Regional Hospital names Caleb O’Rear permanent CEO
UTAH
- Intermountain Healthcare upgrades digital care for Utah patients with a new, more centralized ‘virtual hospital’
- Intermountain Healthcare launches virtual hospital
- Why Intermountain Healthcare is making generic drugs
- Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust Acquires Portfolio of Three Salt Lake City Assisted Living Communities
