NATIONAL
- 34 urban hospitals win challenge to Medicare rate formula change
- AHA-supported bill to aid small rural hospitals introduced in Senate
- Amazon wants a hospital C-leader whisperer
- Bipartisan Bill Aims to Increase Access to Virtual Mental Health Services
- Casey, Grassley, introduce bill to help rural hospitals
- CMS ‘birthing-friendly’ hospital designation will debut in 2023
- CMS changes physicians want to see
- CMS cuts SNF pay rates by net $320 million
- CMS: End to pandemic waivers helps nursing homes ‘redirect efforts’ to meet residents’ needs
- CMS finalizes 8.5% rate hike for Medicare Advantage, Part D plans in 2023
- CMS proposes to delay start of the Radiation Oncology Model
- CMS proposes indefinite delay of radiation oncology payment model
- CMS pushes for mandatory flu vax monitoring among nursing home staff
- CMS Releases Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Proposed Rule for FY23
- CMS revises COVID-19 nursing home protocols
- Congress breaks for recess with $10B COVID-19 aid in limbo
- Congressman calls for investigation into ‘greedy’ nursing home owners
- FDA clarifies cybersecurity recommendations for device makers in new guidance
- HHS reveals strategy on social determinants of health
- HHS extends COVID-19 public health emergency for another 90 days
- HHS Seeks Input on Critical HIPAA Enforcement Considerations
- HHS warns of cyber gang Lapsus$: 5 things to know
- Hospitals are bolstering wages. Is it sustainable?
- How Hospitals Are Using AI to Save Lives
- Kidney organizations urge officials to prioritize dialysis center supplies as shortage looms
- Major insurers are scamming billions from Medicare, whistle-blowers say
- Nonprofit Hospitals Saw High Tax Breaks, Low Charity Care Spending
- Nursing home pay rule reveals CMS strategy on minimum staffing
- Prices are soaring — but not for health care
- Patients increasingly suing hospitals over data breaches
- Renewal of public health emergency expected before April 16 deadline
- Social Determinants of Health Worsened Specialty Care Access
- The Quest to Improve Security, Privacy of Third-Party Health Apps
- U.S. court reinstates Biden federal employee COVID vaccine mandate
ALABAMA
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- Alabama governor signs sweeping law banning medication for transgender youth
- Alabama hospital on the verge of closure
- Alabama hospital on verge of closure gets anonymous $1M donation
- Rural Alabama hospital gets ‘new life’ from $1 million donation after losing out on COVID relief funds
- Lawsuit filed against Alabama over law that makes it a felony to administer gender-affirming health care to minors
- Doctors struggle to find answers for children with long haul COVID-19
- Health information breach feared through surplus Alabama rehab equipment
- Huntsville Doctor Charged with Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
- Health care workers not immune to growing mental health crisis, but help is available
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of North Alabama opens new location in Huntsville with 85 private patient rooms
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Arizona stops reporting hospital COVID-19 data, but says it will resume soon
- It’s been 2 weeks since Ducey ended Covid-19 emergency declaration. Here’s the latest on Covid in Arizona
- Banner Health launches OB telehealth program for rural patients
- Phoenix orthopedic ASC property acquired
- Banner Health eyes north Scottsdale for next hospital campus
- Arizona is reducing the amount of COVID-19 hospital data it reports
- Arizona’s COVID-19 outbreak continues to show signs of improvement
- Banner Health eyes north Scottsdale for next hospital campus
- Greystone Provides $140M for Arizona Senior Housing Project
- Aveanna to Pay Family Caregivers as Employees
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
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- California setting up statewide medical data-exchange grid
- Cedars-Sinai invests in service robot startup
- Kaiser Permanente invests in nurse staffing startup
- Nurse alleges ASC fired her for protesting cost-cutting that sacrificed patient care
- Stanford, Packard nurses greenlight strike
- Workers at 15 Sutter Health facilities plan 1-day strike
- State health officials say COVID-19 transmission rising
- ‘Burnt out and tired’: nurses at leading California hospitals prepare to strike
- More than 4K Stanford nurses vote to strike in California
- Sutter nurses plan one-day walkout at 3 Sacramento-area hospitals over staffing, PPE
- California Set to Launch Statewide Health Information Exchange
- California bill to protect health coverage of striking workers passes Assembly Committee on Health
COLORADO
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- Bills spending $450 million for Colorado’s behavioral health system advance
- DPS, Denver Health add 19th school-based health center
- Denver Health expands addiction medicine center with focus on youth, training
- Polis signs law that could help add nurses to Colorado workforce
- SCL Health CIO to become Intermountain’s CIO
- Colorado’s COVID hospitalizations steady, cases show “modest” increase
- Colorado health systems are making progress — finally — on combining mental and medical care
- Colorado legislators advance bill to ban medical debt collection without price transparency
- Lawmakers want to transform Colorado’s behavioral health care system
- Colorado boosts health care spending in state budget proposal
- Urgency of COVID-19 research put research for other diseases on hold
- Workforce shortages in rural healthcare devastating Colorado
CONNECTICUT
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- Senate votes to extend 4 of Lamont’s remaining COVID orders
- Threat Of Strike Looms Over Connecticut Nursing Homes
- Workers at five Connecticut nursing homes plan strike at the end of the month
- Hospital for Special Surgery, Ivy Rehab to open physical therapy center in West Hartford
- Union warns five nursing homes of plans to strike on April 22
- HHC, Yale New Haven win approval for new radiation therapy center
- UConn Health improved revenue cycle ROI by tackling the patient financial journey
- Governor Lamont Provides Update on Connecticut’s Coronavirus Response Efforts
DC
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- Howard University Hospital nurses strike following breakdown of labor union negotiations
- Covid outbreaks in New York and DC infect senior officials as omicron BA.2 variant sweeps the U.S.
- Howard University Hospital responds to low wage claims, patient safety concerns as strike looms
- String of COVID cases hits DC as nationwide rise looms
DELAWARE
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- Unlike Philly, no mask mandate planned in Delaware even as COVID cases, hospitalizations rise
- The Delaware Cancer Consortium releases 5 year action plan
- Nemours Children’s Health scientists receive two NIH grants to advance pediatric cancer research
- DHSS Launches Site Comparing Health Care Costs for Select Episodes of Care, Services Based on Delaware Medical Claims
- UD’s new Wellbeing Center aimed at improving mental health services for students
FLORIDA
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- Flagler Health+ names permanent CEO
- Florida health system will pay $20M to resolve false claims case
- Florida hospital to open $100M surgical institute
- Florida’s BayCare Health System and Hospital Affiliates Agree to Pay $20 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Impermissible Medicaid Donations
- New CEO takes reins at HCA Florida Citrus Hospital
- Nursing home sells for modest gain 23 years after previous trade
- Physician Partners of America paying $24.5M to settle fraud, kickback charges
- Meningococcal disease outbreak reported in Florida by health department
- Nurse Pleads Guilty to Replacing Fentanyl With Saline
- ‘We hope to spark critical conversations’: Baptist Health plans mental-health conference in Jacksonville
- FAMU’s Cynthia M. Harris named 2022 Florida Outstanding Woman in Public Health
- 2022 Florida State Budget Includes $49 Billion for Health Care Related Spending
- HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital Adds New Endocrine Surgery Facility
GEORGIA
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- Atlanta hospital to close ED, end inpatient care
- Ga. Department of Public Health moving to weekly COVID-19 data reporting
- ‘It’s betrayal’ | Atlanta Medical Center South staff forced to relocate, hospital to shut down
- Wellstar closing ER, hospital beds at struggling East Point site, still seeks partner
- Wellstar Health notifies patients of data breach
- Fulton chairman floats tax hike as East Point hospital exit looms
- Georgia rolls back Covid precautions 2 years after shutdown
- 2 health systems battle for turf on Georgia-Tennessee border
- Georgia hospital in ‘immediate jeopardy’ after discharging man too early
HAWAII
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- Hawaii nurses slam Queen’s Health System over 18.9% pay disparity
- Hawaii pandemic milestone: No COVID-19 cases in the ICU for the first time
- There are no COVID patients in Hawaii ICUs, but hospitals are still bursting at the seams
- Majority of Hawaii’s COVID cases are highly contagious ‘stealth’ Omicron
- Queen’s hospital nurses on Hawai’i Island paid nearly 20% less than Oʻahu counterparts
IDAHO
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- New director chosen at Eastern Idaho Public Health
- Omicron subvariant B.A.2 sweeps the nation becoming Idaho’s dominant strain
- EIRMC nurse’s attention to detail saves baby’s life
- Governor highlights $50M investment in behavioral health
- Service program will expand Idaho’s public health capacity for suicide prevention
- $1.4 million awarded to build public health programs across Idaho
ILLINOIS
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- Ascension renames 15 Illinois hospitals
- Gov. Pritzker releases statement on full passage of House Bill 246, nursing home rate reform
- Illinois Clinic Says Nearly 503,000 Affected in Email Breach
- Illinois lawmakers OK bill to drive $700M into Medicaid-funded nursing homes to boost care
- Illinois lawmakers approve incentivizing nursing home quality with more funding
- Loretto Hospital CEO George Miller is out of a job
- Northwestern Medicine develops tech to automate data collection
- Saint Anthony’s announces pact with SSM Health
- State public health officials move away from ‘outdated’ COVID testing positivity rate in favor of hospital metrics
- Illinois coronavirus: Pritzker still searching for replacement for Ezike
- Study gives Illinois ‘F’ for health, education, economic outcomes during COVID
- New dean for Carle Illinois to assume responsibilities in May
- Senior living homes unable to provide physical therapy, increases health issues
INDIANA
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- Indiana Supreme Court weighing dispute between governor, lawmakers on public health emergency law
- IU Health announces $287 million expansion in Fishers, to rename Saxony Hospital
- Noblesville lands ‘big win’ with first medical firm at Innovation Mile high tech corridor
- Vituity Partnering With Ascension In Indiana
- Indiana hospitals, insurers offer no easy answers to reduce costs
- Miller’s Health System Partners with Trine
- New mental health support program offered for Indiana workplaces
- IU Health tells legislative leaders that health care costs can’t be reduced
- Indiana nursing schools working to enroll more students as new law takes effect
- Indiana University gets $1M gift to support life sciences
IOWA
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- New clinic opens in Des Moines to treat long COVID
- MD Orthopaedics acquired by OrthoPediatrics Corp. for $17M
- University of Iowa hosts recruitment fair for nurses
- Univ. of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics to hold second nurse recruiting event
- Medicaid suspends payments to Newton home owned by GOP donor
- Iowa COVID cases hold steady; hospitalizations rise
- UI Health Care names new chief quality officer
KANSAS
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- $2.55 million headed to Kansas rural health care facilities to help protect against COVID-19
- Kansas hospital CEO to resign
- Fair Market Health aims to transform how you pay for health care
- Patient dismissals rebound at Wichita’s largest specialty hospitals, but staffing shortages remain
- Concerns over Noble Health opening Kansas hospital
KENTUCKY
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- Owensboro nursing home cited for violations found after inspection last year
- A Travel Nurse Leaves Fears of Hospital Drug Tampering Across Three States
- All Kentucky counties — except one — ranked ‘low’ for COVID
- EKY health leader reflects on COVID pandemic, sees positive change in two years
- Clark Memorial Health adds to its C-suite
LOUISIANA
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- Bills to Curb Health Emergency Powers Advance in Louisiana
- Bill would block COVID-19 vaccine requirements in Louisiana
- Lawmakers look to reign in governors’ emergency powers during public health emergencies
- Louisiana hospital named one of Newsweek’s ‘World’s Best’
- Louisiana officials propose secretive review process for nursing home hurricane plans
- Lakeview Regional Medical Center plans $1.8M remodel
- Private reports from Louisiana nursing homes would allow industry to be ‘candid,’ official says
- Louisiana lawmakers look to assign responsibility for nursing home evacuation plans
- New bill could change how Louisiana nursing homes plan to evacuate during disasters
- Anti-vaccine bills stall in the Louisiana legislature amid concerns of enforcement
- Ochsner Health Center-Lockport Reopens 8 Months After Hurricane Ida
MAINE
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- Healthcare worker training to get $21M boost
- Maine governor touts training for health care workers
- Maine hospitals are swamped with patients who avoided them during pandemic peak
- Wage hikes for reeling nursing homes may not make it into Janet Mills’ spending bill
- More health care providers share issues with Anthem
- Maine Med’s departure from Anthem network would disrupt Maine’s insurance market, experts say
- Governor Mills Announces New Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan Initiative to Strengthen Maine’s Healthcare Workforce
- 3 Northern Light hospital projects will cost 40 percent more due to labor and material cost hikes
- Maine COVID-19 hospitalizations hold steady as cases edge higher
MARYLAND
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- Luminis Health AAMC Ranked Among Nation’s Best Hospitals By Newsweek
- Maryland Cancer Moonshot: Governor Hogan Breaks Ground On Comprehensive Cancer Center in Prince George’s County
- Maryland physician to pay $500K billing fraud settlement
- COVID-19 positivity rate ticks upwards in Maryland, rises above 2%
- MHA advances agenda for a healthier Maryland
- Survey indicates primary care physicians are planning exit
- Maryland health workforce and emergency assistance bills heard in committee
- Health tech startup Ryse Health raises $3.4M
- Amid nursing shortage, Hood College launches health sciences school
- Officials break ground on new Prince George’s Co. cancer center expected to open in 2024
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Mass General Brigham funds new EHR for local health centers
- Why Gov. Charlie Baker says his systemic reform of Mass. health care is necessary
- Mass General Brigham gets extension to produce cost-cutting plan
- Routine cancer screenings still down, Dana-Farber CEO says
- 2 hospitals, physicians open Massachusetts ASC
- Dana-Farber names new vice president
- UMass Memorial Health’s first-ever equity report shows ‘harsh realities’
- Arch leads $130M round for cell therapy startup targeting cancer, rare disease
- State raises health care cost growth benchmark, citing Covid-19
- Health execs discuss telehealth, mental health and affordability
- Here’s how much Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ CEO took home last year
- CFO who guided Moderna through the pandemic to retire
- New unicorn IntelyCare uses $115M raise to expand its data-driven nurse staffing solution
- Moulton, others back nursing home workers in one-day strike
MICHIGAN
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- Beaumont Health appoints two new board members
- How Beaumont is working to create a more equitable health care environment
- St. Joseph Mercy Health, Mercy Health hospitals to change names in major rebranding
- State of Michigan restructures mental and behavioral health services departments
- Spectrum Health to invest $19M to launch nurse education partnership with GVSU
- Trinity Health to rebrand all Michigan facilities under common identity
- Michigan sees increases in percentage of positive COVID tests, hospitalizations and 7-day average of new cases
- Michigan Medicine receives perfect score for LGBTQ+ health care equity
- Michigan’s largest health system funds nurse training program
- Thousands of COVID-19 treatments sit unused in Michigan. Doctors aren’t prescribing them
- Michigan hospital finishes $8.7M surgery center expansion
- Michigan considers how to spend $776 million in opioid settlement money
- Holland Hospital expands operational role with Holland Community Health Center
- Michigan Doctor to Pay $775,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
- West Michigan program to mint up to 500 new nurses with $20K tuition help
- University of Michigan Health-West set to launch open-heart surgery this fall
MINNESOTA
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- Integrated Behavioral Health Care Expands Mental Health Services
- Mayo Clinic expanding ASC space in $15M project
- Minnesota health system CEO’s advice: Help employees feel they’re connected
- Allina Health to consolidate 2 Minnesota hospitals’ licenses
- Mayo Clinic rolls out another program for recovery outside hospital
- COVID-19 cases projected to jump 54.4% by April 23: 3 forecasts
- 5 things to know about innovation initiatives at Mayo, Novant + more
- Mayo Clinic breaks ground on $198M Wisconsin hospital
- Minnesota neurosurgeon among 1st to perform navigated OLLIF procedure
- UnitedHealth Group posts $5B in profit for Q1
- UnitedHealth boosts outlook after beating Q1 estimates
- Duos raises $15M, ramps up expansion to aid aging populations
- MSPBJ reveals second annual Health Care Heroes honorees
- Allina Health says United Hospital, Regina Hospital will merge
- UnitedHealth expects to ‘successfully overcome’ DOJ challenge to Change acquisition
MISSISSIPPI
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- Mississippi ranks middle of the road in COVID-19 response
- Scholarship aims to send Mississippi physicians to rural areas
- Mississippi doctors share possible impacts of new COVID-19 variant
- 3 executives out at Mississippi hospital
- How much do Blue Cross, UMMC leaders make? In Mississippi, that’s a secret.
- Health department releases proposed regulations for medical marijuana program
- Mississippi Physician Found Guilty in Hospice Fraud Scheme
MISSOURI
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- Long-term care facilities across the Ozarks report staffing shortages
- Missouri hospitals feel squeeze as charitable burden grows
- Missouri hospitals furlough 175 employees
- Saint Anthony’s announces pact with SSM Health
- St. Louis private equity firm’s health care linen business sells to New York investment group
- Legislators weigh blocking COVID visitor restrictions at Missouri hospitals, nursing homes
- As Missouri’s opioid crisis rages, $458 million in settlement money arrives
- Senate committee approves bill that could overturn Missouri Medicaid expansion
- Saint Anthony’s announces pact with SSM Health
- CoxHealth names hospital president
MONTANA
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- Montana state psychiatric hospital to lose federal funding
- Montana VA ranks as top performer for LGBTQ+ health services
- A Year In, Montana’s Rolled-Back Public Health Powers Leave Some Areas in Limbo
- As state psychiatric hospital struggles, health department turns to private consultants
- Biden administration announces boost for rural health care in midterm election push
- Emergency responders are making house calls, but who will pay for it?
NEBRASKA
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- New $50 million behavioral health facility for kids planned for north-central Omaha
- Nebraska Medicine joins $10M funding round for virtual healthcare startup
- CHI Health creates traveling nurses system
- CHI Health program will keep nurses in Nebraska, alleviate staffing shortages
- University of Nebraska Medical Center gets high rankings in national report
NEVADA
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- DHHS distributes more than $43M to support behavioral health needs throughout Nevada
- Family of Las Vegas man wins $200M verdict against Sierra Health
- Northern Nevada Sierra Medical Center Opens Doors to Patient Care
- Nevada tops list of states with syphilis cases
- Nevada leaders file legislation to address state’s doctor shortage
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health drops the ‘Hitchcock’ as rebranding aims south
- COVID-19 cases inching up again in New Hampshire due to ‘stealth omicron’ variant
- New Hampshire academic health system unveils new branding
- Decade after hepatitis outbreak at Exeter Hospital, NH medical registry might end
- As COVID infrastructure winds down, N.H. public health leaders worry about missed opportunity for investment
- Dartmouth Health hires first VP of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
NEW JERSEY
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- Merger plans abandoned: Hackensack Meridian, Englewood Health terminate agreement
- N.J. nursing home where 9 died of COVID faces class-action lawsuits from families
- Murphy clarifies vaccine mandate for health care workers, does not include 2nd booster
- COVID booster rates up, but thousands in health care forgo shot as Murphy’s deadline passes
- New Jersey Hospitals’ Economic Activity Reaches $62B
- State Health Planning Board delays transfer of BMC hospital operations ownership
- Where New Jersey hospitals stand as booster deadline looms
- New 50,000-square-foot medical lab opens in former Kearfott site in Woodland Park
- A push to close the racial gap in maternal mortality rates in N.J.
- Summit Health Opens New, State-of-the-Art Clinical Testing Laboratory
- Tech attacked, burned by travel nurse sues Hackensack
NEW MEXICO
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- New Mexico COVID-19 update: 9 new deaths, 63 hospitalizations, 124 cases
- Nursing residency programs retain more New Mexican nurses
- Santa Fe woman climbs ranks at Christus St. Vincent
- Nursing home residents and homeowners evacuated as fire in Valenica County burns
- San Juan County’s COVID cases drop 45.3%; New Mexico cases surge 32.9%
NEW YORK
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- Forge Health Secures $11M for Value-Based Behavioral Health Model
- Virtual health care company hires executive from major local practice
- New York grants full practice authority for nurse practitioners
- Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital detecting seizures using new tech
- 5 things to know about innovation initiatives at Mayo, Novant + more
- Northwell launches platform to create AI startups
- NewYork-Presbyterian CXO Rick Evans: What’s on patient experience leaders’ to-do list this spring
- Northwell Health-backed JV invests $100M in AI companies tackling health inequities
- One year after Highmark affiliation: A new slate of leaders as top-level execs depart
- Catholic Health readies $11.4M cardiac project at Mercy Hospital
- Bucking a trend, the Resource Center will keep health clinic but shift to federal model
- Pfizer names former CVS, Lowe’s CFO David Denton as its new CFO
- Northwell Health launches AI incubator, tackles maternal health issues
- BA.2 subvariants likely contributing to rising cases in New York, officials say
- As COVID-19 cases rise, millions of over-the-counter tests distributed in New York
- NY health budget only partially delivers on home care wages and coverage for undocumented immigrants
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Cone Health’s MedCenter at Drawbridge Parkway offers integrated health and wellness services
- Fast-growing Morrisville pharma buys Durham consulting firm as headcount passes 1,600
- Website tracks North Carolina’s share of opioid settlement
- North Carolina’s COVID cases have increased in April
- Vidant expands services in eastern North Carolina
- Inside Novant, Mayo, Advocate Innovation Initiatives
- Meet the Greensboro team that responds to mental health emergencies
- New program streamlines and improves NC kids’ health
- Atrium and Novant get approval to add more Charlotte hospital beds
- Should advanced practice nurses in NC have more independence from physicians?
- Some of NC’s rural hospitals struggle the most financially. Race and economics play a role
- Drexel medical school expands with addition of regional campus in North Carolina
- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist recognized for innovative nursing apprenticeship program
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- New medical center coming to Dayton region
- Vytalize Health, which merged with Cleveland’s MedPilot, closes on $50 million funding round
- Ohio hospital taps new chief nursing officer
- Fate of ex-Ohio doctor on trial in alleged fentanyl deaths to go to jury
- Why it’s becoming harder for health officials to accurately track Ohio COVID numbers
- Ohio hospital making impact with hair care initiative for patients of all hair types
- Construction of a mental health facility for young people accelerates
- Nicklaus Legends Luncheon raises $1.3 million for Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic ranks near top of U.S. hospitals for fair share deficit
- Ohio regulators want to double medical marijuana dispensary licenses
- This executive is the only Cincinnatian to land on Forbes billionaires list
- Mercy Health-Cincinnati fills C-suite post
OKLAHOMA
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- Oklahoma nursing home employee sentenced after stealing $150
- Oklahoma hospital fires CEO, shakes up C-suite
- Osage County nursing home employee pled guilty to stealing from residents
- Bill would fine Oklahoma health insurance companies that do not pay claims
- Oklahoma lawmakers push bill to help mental health patients
OREGON
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- Oregon 3D health technology startup raises $6M
- Q&A: OAHHS CEO discusses Oregon’s health care workforce shortage
- SCA surgery center performs first spine procedure with new tech
- Straight Talk: Lawmakers call a $1.25 billion investment in Oregon’s behavioral health system the beginning of turning around a neglected system
- State leaders hope new behavioral health graduates can fill persistent gaps in Oregon schools
- Jefferson Co. Health Director to step down over frustrations with OHA
- Oregon leaders tout Ballmer Institute’s impact on mental health needs
- Here’s where 3 Oregon virus experts think the coronavirus is headed
- Dexter discusses plans for rolling out Oregon’s statewide health information exchange
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Cancer screening firm AnPac Bio enters into $15 million financing deal
- Philadelphia will reinstate its indoor mask mandate as cases rise
- Tower, Drexel need help covering children’s hospital’s expenses
- As COVID-19 cases slowly spike in Central Pa., local health experts aren’t alarmed
- Pennsylvania hospital names new president, COO and VP
- Over $3 million coming to Central Pa health care organizations
- Main Line Health Honored For Reducing COVID Vaccine Disparities
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Medical marijuana bill heads to South Carolina House floor
- South Carolina leaders partner with DHEC to eliminate health disparities
- Medical U of South Carolina 2nd in world to perform heart failure device surgery
- SC Senate passes bill banning COVID-19 vaccine requirements
- MUSC and UnitedHealthcare negotiation could leave over 50,000 patients out of network
- South Carolina ranked one of top 17 states ready for emergencies
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- 2 health systems battle for turf on Georgia-Tennessee border
- Ballad Health notifies patients of January data breach
- CHS’ new CEO Tim Hingtgen boosted pay to $9.5M in 2021
- Growing mammography company Onsite Women’s Health to move HQ to Nashville
- HCA approves bonus plan for top executives: 5 things to know
- Man arrested for strangulation of Centennial Hospital Emergency worker
- New behavioral health center celebrates grand opening in Knoxville
- Patient data stolen ahead of East Tennessee Children’s Hospital attack, outage
- United States Files Suit Against Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare And Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals
- Justice Department backs $800M fraud claim against Tennessee health system
- Tennessee governor won’t consider clemency for RaDonda Vaught
TEXAS
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- El Paso closer to getting bigger healthcare center for veterans
- North SA hospital getting new C-suite leader
- Texas hospital loses $8M suit over brain damage from hip surgery
- Methodist Hospital Texsan names COO
- MD Anderson names diversity, equity and inclusion chief
- Houston Methodist hospital 1st in region to perform prostate cancer procedure
- New Texas hospital limits operations after water contaminated
- Memorial Hermann looks to expand urgent care footprint
- Private equity firm building $18M plaza with ASC in Texas
- $18.4M Texas medical building with ASC acquired
- SA in the hunt for national health research HQ and about 250 jobs
- North SA hospital getting new C-suite leader
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center hires chief DEI officer
- Tele-psychiatry startup Iris Telehealth raises $40M
- Diligent Robotics raises $30M to bring more robotic nurse assistants to hospitals
- Former Atrium, Novant execs tapped to help lead Fort Mill hospital opening this year
- Arrest of Central Texas nurse raises concerns about care in nursing facilities
- Texas girl at center of life support battle leaves hospital
UTAH
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- Intermountain Healthcare drone delivery might be here by July
- ‘Only the beginning’: Medical team, family celebrate Utah’s first in utero surgery
- SCL Health CIO to become Intermountain’s CIO
- Utah hospital hits zero COVID-19 case milestone
- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signs mental health, criminal justice reform bills
- Payers, providers, and thought leaders discuss value-based care’s future in Utah
- Intermountain Healthcare donates $90K for diversity scholarships to SUU and Southwest Tech students
VERMONT
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- Vermont regulators deny hospitals’ pleas for rate boost to offset inflation
- 30,000 patients affected by Vermont eye practice breach
- Vermont reports rising cases, hospitalizations as BA.2 subvariant spreads
- Will Vermont see a BA.2 surge? Experts are holding their breath.
- Medical monitoring bill again clears Vermont Legislature, but this time Phil Scott intends to sign it
- UVM Medical Center reopens most operating rooms following flooding incident
- Vermont regulators OK modest price hike for Burlington and Berlin hospitals but deny steeper increase
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
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- Kitsap Mental Health Services CEO Joe Roszak will retire in July
- Medical clinic to pay $120,000 for importing medication
- MultiCare splits CEO, president roles
- Nurse, health care worker shortage at center of several new Legislative programs
- Providence agrees to pay $22 million in medical fraud case
- Seattle Children’s Hospital Opens Second Clinic, Furthering Health Equity Efforts
- Seattle nonprofit developing COVID-19 vaccine lands $26M donation
- WA Board of Health votes ‘no’ on including COVID vaccine in child immunizations
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Mon Health enters affiliation agreement with Highland-Clarksburg Hospital in Harrison County, West Virginia
- Return of indoor mask mandates unlikely, says new Va. Health Commissioner
- West Virginia Veterans’ Medical Centers Targeted for Major Changes
- Amjad: West Virginia’s hospital numbers good, active COVID cases may be low
WISCONSIN
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- Wisconsin, nationwide nursing home staff booster rates lag behind
- The BA.2 bump: What to know about COVID-19 in Wisconsin
- Froedtert Health partnering with Carbon Health on eastern Wisconsin clinics
- The state of Wisconsin doubles down in efforts to combat mental health crisis in schools
- COVID-19 cases are rising again in Wisconsin, but DHS says a backlog of data has elevated the numbers in the last 24 hours
- Wisconsin surgeon who died on hike was found ‘partially buried’ after ground collapsed, sheriff says
- Wisconsin gets a ‘C’ in state health
WYOMING
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- Riverton Medical District secures $37M loan toward building new Wyoming hospital
- Cyber risks increasing, even in Wyoming
- What can Wyoming do to mitigate nursing shortage?
- USDA awards funds to Wyoming hospital, rejects private equity pleas
- No COVID Patients At Cheyenne Hospital, First Time In More Than A Year
- Some Cheyenne Regional employees upset by handling of Kronos hack
