NATIONAL
- About 20K nursing home staff now have vaccine medical exemptions
- AMA survey: Majority of physicians say telehealth enables more comprehensive quality care
- CMS’ Brooks-LaSure defends 2023 pay bump for hospitals that groups charge is too small
- CMS Proposes $1.6B Increase in IPPS Payment Rates for FY23
- County Struggles with Income Affect Social Determinants of Health
- Federal judge temporarily blocks Biden administration from ending Title 42 Covid border restrictions for migrants
- Healthcare deals decline 34% in Q1 2022: 8 things to know from KPMG
- HHS calls on hospitals to make voluntary pledge to cut emissions to zero by 2050
- HHS warns of insider threats to healthcare organizations
- HHS puts $90 million toward addressing health disparities through data
- Hospitals sue HHS over Medicare billing calculation
- Hospitals to OSHA: Do not finalize COVID-19 standard for healthcare workers
- Large Hospitals with Low Profits Saw More Ownership Changes
- More than 400 nursing home closures projected for 2022: report
- Nearly half of rural hospitals lose money on childbirth services
- Permanent telehealth expansion could cost Medicare $25B over 1 decade
ALABAMA
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- Theories emerge in mysterious cases of childhood hepatitis in Alabama
- Federal judge sets hearing on lawsuit over Alabama’s transgender medicine ban
- Key to improving healthcare deserts in Alabama? Family nurse practitioners
- Alabama Medicaid enrollment increases as pandemic requirement continues
- Lone hospital in Sumter County receives federal funding as others like it close in rural areas
ALASKA
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- Alaska reports an increase in COVID-19 cases and rising hospitalizations
- Alaska’s COVID case rate ranks among highest in country
- Juneau clinic offers new option for treating opioid use disorder
- Inside the Gates: Mental health care centers call for early interaction on military children’s mental health
- $13M raised between a private, public partnership to combat homelessness in Anchorage
ARIZONA
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- $17.9M Phoenix medical office building sold
- $5M added to Arizona fund to help rural health care organizations build, hire
- Single house could end emergency under bill on way to Senate
- Banner Health to build new hospital in Buckeye
- Arizona EMT saves premature baby after being born outside of the hospital
- 2 patients sue the Mayo Clinic in Arizona over alleged sexual assaults
- Banner Health breaks ground on $54 million sports medicine center in Scottsdale
- $5M added to Arizona fund to help rural health care organizations build, hire
ARKANSAS
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- Alice L. Walton Foundation, Washington Regional partner on new healthcare system
- Walmart heir to help build new regional health system in Arkansas
- ‘Arkansas in a pandemic breathing space,’ according to UAMS forecast
- Arkansas named one of the best states for skin health
- Arkansas ranks among the states with the worst mental health care in the US
- Arkansas see new covid case jump, but active cases fall
CALIFORNIA
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- California eye practice opens new ASC
- Cedars-Sinai’s new division is trailblazing AI to improve patient care
- Community Hospital property must be offered to affordable housing developers, state says
- Cutback brings management changes at Adventist Health
- Nurses at Stanford, Packard hospitals start strike this morning
- Nurses at 9 Tenet hospitals in California to raise awareness over staffing, turnover
- Health care report: More questions than answers
- California to increase awards in medical malpractice cases
- Thousands of nurses in Northern California go on strike over pay, bonuses and mental health
- Coronavirus cases climb in California. Will hospitalizations follow?
COLORADO
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- Children’s Hospital partners with YMCA
- Colorado multispecialty group names 1st female CEO; new CFO hired
- New law aims to improve access to Colorado’s mental, behavioral health systems
- Parkview’s $58 million orthopedic hospital opening by fall in Pueblo West
- Polis, legislators roll out pricey bill to boost Colorado health care workforce
- Some physicians are uneasy as Colorado collects providers’ diversity data
- Everything you need to know about the major health care bills still alive at the Colorado Capitol
- Colorado’s COVID-19 numbers on the rise, but still relatively low
- ‘There just aren’t enough beds:’ Colorado families struggle to find long-term treatment for loved ones in crisis
CONNECTICUT
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- Yale New Haven Health names new COO
- Health Care Workers Call for New Hires
- Former Yale New Haven Health Employee Involved in Embezzlement Scheme
- Connecticut Children’s Hospital plans a new medical psychiatric care unit. Here’s why.
- CT Senate approves $25 million children’s mental-health legislation
- Stamford Hospital ordered to pay Westport man’s family $12.5M in malpractice case
- Strikes averted at four Connecticut nursing homes but not in Windsor
DC
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- Residents concerned over plans to close ‘vital’ health clinic at DC Veterans Center
- Ob/Gyn Specialty Care Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center is first and only comprehensive service program in D.C. for birthing patients and their families
- Got a new job offer from Inova Health System? It might be a scam
- DC cuts ribbon on new home ownership opportunities at St. Elizabeths in Southeast
DELAWARE
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- Carney announces $16M for children’s mental health facility
- Strides are being made to combat maternal and infant health disparities in the First State
- Home health agency owner pleads guilty to pocketing withheld employment taxes
- Q&A: Helping doctors find the leader in themselves to cut burnout
- COVID cases, hospitalizations rise about 50% in last month, still low
FLORIDA
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- Alan Guyton to take on regional CFO position at AdventHealth
- Rehab facility sells as part of $600M deal
- State suspends Destin nursing home license, orders it to discharge 100-plus residents
- Tenet Health says systems are coming back, calls patient worries ‘preposterous’
- HCA Florida Capital Hospital to open NICU unit
- See inside HCA Florida Capital Hospital’s new $5 million neonatal intensive care unit
- HCA Florida West Hospital announces new general surgery residency program
- Florida’s COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising again as BA.2 subvariant starts to spread
- Soares named CEO of new Encompass Health rehab hospital
- Steward grows to 6 hospitals in South Florida
- Florida Blue $3.7M grant funds statewide center for health equity at UF Health
GEORGIA
HAWAII
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- 60 relocate as Wahiawa long-term care center closes
- Hawaii shifts from treating COVID pandemic like an emergency
- Hawaii begins COVID-19 ‘Transition Plan’
- Maui hospital system still reliant on funds from government
- Nursing union says Big Island hospital pay gap is a safety hazard
- Q&A: Healthcare Association of Hawaii on strengthening the health workforce
- Wahiawa General to close long-term nursing facility as it faces numerous issues
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- Chicago hospital faces 3 lawsuits over data breach that exposed 116,000 records
- Illinois regulators approve controversial hospital project
- Howard Brown Health Workers Say They’re Facing Understaffing, Burnout As They Push To Unionize
- Illinois gastroenterology group reveals data breach
- Lockdown lifted at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after large police presence in downtown Chicago
- Illinois board approves new QMG hospital and birthing center
- Illinois’ COVID-19 case rate, total hospitalizations fall
- Statehouse measure aims to increase Illinois mental health workers
- Study tracks COVID-19 infection dynamics in adults
INDIANA
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- Company that supported Indiana COVID testing loses discrimination suit
- Franciscan, Forté’s new Carmel facility aims to offer one-stop shop for all orthopedic needs
- Indiana pharmacies ‘overwhelmed, overworked, understaffed’
- Anthem ordered to pay back claims in Indiana
- Indiana University Health To Invest $287M In Expanding Footprint
- IU Health’s $416 million gift to IU under scrutiny
- South Bend’s Memorial Hospital expansion signals commitment
- $5 Million Gift Boosts Muscular Dystrophy Care, Research at Riley
- Indy Pharma Company to be Acquired
- Indiana Minority Health Coalition striving to eliminate health disparities
- Community Health Expands MD Anderson Partnership
IOWA
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- ‘It hurt so bad:’ Multiple acts of abuse alleged at Iowa nursing home
- Trinity Health to Acquire MercyOne, Streamline Healthcare Access
- UnityPoint celebrates hospital relocation with ribbon cutting ceremony
- State: $16,000 missing on gift cards meant for University of Iowa hospital patients
- New reported COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations up in Iowa’s weekly coronavirus update
- UI Health Care opens new breast care center
- Iowa nursing home facilities see employment rate drop 11% since start of the pandemic
- New Marshalltown hospital ready for business
- Legislative analyst appointed as CFO of Iowa Health and Human Services
KANSAS
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- Kansas Hospital Discloses Data Breach
- Post Pandemic: Face of Kansas medicine reflects, looks ahead
- Johnson County ranks No. 1 in Kansas in health report. Wyandotte among worst. Here’s why
- Kansas Medical Marijuana Bill Could Pass This Week Following Conference Announcement
- $15.3M Kansas ASC real estate sold
KENTUCKY
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- Beshear explores executive action on medical marijuana in Kentucky
- Green named COO of Clinical Services at Bluegrass Care Navigators
- HCA subsidiary plans $350M Kentucky hospital
- Humana to divest majority interest in Kindred at Home Hospice and Personal Care divisions
- King’s Daughters Health System in Ashland secures $6.4 million in pandemic relief funds
- Former UK HealthCare CFO awarded $1.75M after he was fired for raising complaints to UK
- Kentucky PBM Law in Jeopardy
- Kentucky gov asks input, weighing action on medical cannabis
- Ky. Gov. Beshear discusses plans to revitalize former hospital building
LOUISIANA
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- LCMC Health Touts Partnership with Bernhard
- Louisiana House moves forward with legislation to limit pandemic, vaccine restrictions
- Louisiana university plans medical school
- Man arrested in attack of Ochsner nurse
- Ochsner Health Adopts Nym’s Medical Coding Engine to Enable Revenue Cycle Automation
- One-on-one with LCMC Health’s CFO JoAnn Kunkel
- Single house could end emergency under bill on way to Senate
MAINE
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- COVID-19 hospitalizations increase sharply in Maine
- “Its been a tough fight”: Maine Medical Center nurses picket as they await contract
- Maine Medical Center nurses call for better working conditions
- Maine Med will be reimbursed for testing its staff for COVID-19
- New Maine law creates ‘medical safety zones’ around health clinic entrances
MARYLAND
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- Atlantic General Hospital names new president, CEO
- Kaiser Permanente has a plan to expand its Largo hub. It just needs PG County’s green light.
- Maryland assisted-living facilities ordered to pay $950K in back wages, penalties after paying health care workers less than min. wage
- Nursing Where Needed
- University of Maryland Medical System goes in on a solar energy farm in Baltimore
- How healthy is Maryland compared to other parts of the country
- State approves county’s health officer selection
- Doctor overseeing coronavirus testing at BWI accused of health-care fraud
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Amwell names new chief marketing officer
- Joe DiMaggio, Boston Children’s team up on complex care
- Massachusetts AG agrees to $236 million Optum and Atrius Health merger
- Massachusetts hospital loses third CEO in 4 years
- Massachusetts physician heads to Ukraine with 1,500 pounds of medical supplies
- Massachusetts physicians must undergo implicit bias training
- Nurses, clinicians at Mass General Brigham psychiatric hospital vote to unionize
- Optum gets go-ahead from Massachusetts AG for $236M Atrius Health purchase
- St. Vincent Hospital nurses file charge of unfair labor practice against Tenet Healthcare
- Survey: Omicron Variant Cut Deep Into Mass. Hospitals’ Early 2022 Finances
MICHIGAN
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- Beaumont Outpatient Campus opens in Livonia this week
- Private equity eye partnership expands group to 15 locations, 2 ASCs
- Spectrum Health VC arm eyes SE Mich. opportunity after Beaumont merger
- Take a sneak peek at Beaumont’s New State-of-the-art Livonia Outpatient Campus
- Michigan reports nearly 15,000 new COVID cases in last week; hospitalizations up about 20%
- News collaborative to examine mental health challenges and solutions in Southwest Michigan
- Hospital CEOs: Time to retool rural health care is now
- Delay in care, including deaths, blamed on DMC staffing levels; probe requested
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Honest Medical Group launch value-based care joint venture
MINNESOTA
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- Cambridge Medical Center introduces Stryker joint replacement robot to region
- Mayo Clinic partners with AI startup to co-develop precision medicine
- Minnesota hospital debuts Stryker joint replacement robot
- COVID In Minnesota: State Estimates 60% Of Residents Have Had COVID
- MN coronavirus cases climb but hospitalizations have yet to follow
- $1.3 billion omnibus bill targets Minnesota’s long-term care workforce crisis
MISSISSIPPI
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- New Mississippi law bans COVID-19 vaccine mandates
- Reeves vetoes $50M for improvements to UMMC adult hospital
- Gov. Tate Reeves vetoes $50M appropriation to UMMC
- Mississippi’s largest hospital no longer accepts BCBS insurance
- Jackson Development Will Have Senior Housing, Health Care
- USDA awards Mississippi $3M in Emergency Rural Health Care Grants
MISSOURI
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- Cerner adds, expands relationships with 400 clients
- Mercy names new president of Springfield hospitals
- Missouri House passes bill to allow workers to sue employers over mandatory vaccines
- Physician whistleblower’s false claims lawsuit dismissed
- Saint Louis University Hospital Nurses Call For No Confidence Vote
- SSM Health one of a few hospitals in U.S. to offer new procedure treating back pain
- Central Missouri counties remain steady in state health rankings
- Missouri ranks among the worst states for mental health care, according to new study
- Texas-based company assumes control of two Noble Health hospitals and nine medical clinics
- State lawmaker has plan to recruit doctors to rural Missouri
MONTANA
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- Montana State Hospital administrator removed from top job
- VA Closes Medical Facility In Montana Over Safety Issues
- Montana’s growing Hispanic population is struggling to access health care
- Billings Clinic, DispatchHealth announce at-home care collaboration
- Shopping for space, health systems eye former malls like in Helena
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
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- Nevada Health Centers clinic receives grant funded by NFL
- Nevada senator joins healthcare advocates in call for drug pricing reform
- New Urgent Care opens in Henderson
- Owners Of Behavioral Health Companies Sentenced For Medicaid Fraud
- Renown Health continues leadership shakeup after CEO firing
- Southwest Medical Adds New Health Care Provider
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Court hearings from the hospital
- New Hampshire system’s board too deferential to longtime execs, report finds
- Report: LRGH trustees put too much stock in CEO, CFO
- Shockwave technology for cardiovascular patients now available at Southern NH Health
- Number of hospital patients with COVID-19 rises in New Hampshire
- How one N.H. health center is trying to keep their patients insured
NEW JERSEY
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- Pharma company buys 56K-square foot Branchburg warehouse, GM Realty says
- Travel nurse salaries soar, and NJ hospitals pay because they can’t survive without them
- Lawmakers grill N.J. health commissioner on N.J.’s COVID response
- As mental health issues surge, NJ reviewing its youth psych beds
- Uptick in COVID-19 cases prompts NJ health facilities to tighten visitor restrictions
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- $17M New York ASC is region’s first for neurosurgery
- Atlas Surgery Center to open as region’s first outpatient neurosurgery center
- Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Opens Major Expansion on Long Island
- How troubled Syracuse nursing home fed $60 million into its owner’s corporate web
- New York system names chief medical officer
- Northwell Health expands virtual care with Teladoc
- NYS bill to investigate nursing home COVID deaths advances
- NYC Tackles Long COVID with Three ‘Centers of Excellence’
- County health department offers guidance as New York ends COVID-19 contact tracing
- Kaleida Health names new chief financial officer
- New York City physician pays $564K to settle COVID-19 false claim allegations
NORTH CAROLINA
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- NC’s medical marijuana bill didn’t advance in 2021. Here’s what to expect this year.
- Novant Health launches innovation lab
- Nurses at HCA hospital in North Carolina rally for safe patient staffing
- Troubled NC nursing home failed to protect residents from abuse, investigation finds
- Pandemic uncertainty complicates Medicaid budget
- North Carolina is One of the Best States for Skin Health
- AdventHealth eyes new hospital near Asheville
- Duke, UNC compete for new hospital beds in Durham County
- We’re hiring: Triad startup aiming to ‘revolutionize’ clinical trials raises $30M, to add 200 jobs
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- Akron Children’s Hospital invests in expanding services in the Valley
- Ohio governor signs bill ensuring visitor access at long-term care facilities
- Physician noncompete contract is ‘partially unreasonable,’ Ohio court says
- Private equity eye partnership expands group to 15 locations, 2 ASCs
- Rollout of new Ohio Medicaid health plans delayed until end of year
- Akron Children’s CEO On Being Independent and Collaborative
- OhioHealth, Ohio State, Nationwide Children’s hospitals’ newest health initiatives
- Could Ohio implement new public health orders?
- Demolition of former St. Joe’s hospital takes step forward
- Denison, OSU’s Wexner Center collaborate to enhance student wellbeing
- Ohio health departments could soon be required to promote ivermectin to treat COVID-19
- Cincinnati-based health care staffing firm buys Utah peer
- CEO of local health care group to exit following 14-year tenure
OKLAHOMA
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- Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City launches initiative to improve labor and delivery process
- Report links poverty and poor health in Oklahoma counties
- As COVID wanes again, who’s calling the shots? Oklahoma health leaders share their outlook
- Health professionals answer the call of telemedicine in Oklahoma
- For Oklahomans facing mental health crises, 988 call center could make ‘world of difference’
- Oklahoma Health Experts See Slight Increase In New COVID-19 Cases
- OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center marks milestone
OREGON
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- Former OHA employee indicted for embezzlement of Covid funds
- Hospital within a hospital concept is coming to Oregon
- Oregon hospitals sue state labor agency over meal break rules
- Oregon outpacing national increases in health care costs, study shows
- Oregon launches digital vaccine card; unclear how many people will use it
- COVID cases rise in Oregon, Washington; slight increase in hospitalizations
- Task force highlights goals to help Oregonians acquire health care coverage with end of public health emergency approaching
- New report focuses on impact of rising health care costs on Oregon families
- Oregon health officials plan for disbursement of more than $300 million from opioid settlements
PENNSYLVANIA
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- LVH-Carbon set for June opening
- Penn Medicine receives $10M gift from longtime supporter to advance cancer research and care
- Pennsylvania has lost 30,000 nursing home workers since start of pandemic
- Philadelphia Quickly Ends Indoor Mask Mandate After Coronavirus Hospitalizations Fall
- Pittsburgh hospital workers say short staffing and low pay is causing burnout, survey finds
- State Rep. Mike Zabel says Crozer is trying to close Delaware County Memorial Hospital
- UPMC to expand substance-abuse treatment facility
- Amid shortage of health care workers, Pennsylvania nurses have a long wait for licenses
- Pennsylvania nursing home buyers would face more scrutiny under state health proposal
- Pennsylvania still restricts nurses’ scope of practice, health care options
- Evangelical Community Hospital to purchase former Country Cupboard site
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Coastal Carolina Hospital appoints new CEO
- Philips and Prisma Health sign multi-year, long-term strategic partnership to innovate healthcare across the enterprise and unlock the power of patient data
- Shopping for more space, health systems are making over malls
- COVID among leading causes of death in South Carolina. Here’s what else is on the list
- Mobile clinics to expand health care options in rural areas
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- Apryl Childs-Potter named president of Nashville Health Care Council
- Community Health Systems ups employee benefits by $40 million per year
- HCA Healthcare Announces $1.5 Million Partnership With Florida International University to Address National Nursing Faculty Shortage
- HCA Healthcare buys 27 acres of land in Mount Juliet near Tristar ER Clinic
- HCA moved the CEO bonus goalpost
- HCA’s profit dips to $1.2B as labor costs rise
- Vanderbilt developing cloud-based tool to track health equity programs
- COVID-19 cases increased again last week in Tennessee, continuing a monthlong trend
- Tennessee doctors investigating ‘acute hepatitis of unknown origin’ in children
- TN, MS, AR ranks among worst mental health care states in the US
- Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Received the Tennessee Department of Health BEST Award for Efforts to Decrease Infant Mortality
- Tennessee House approves bill allowing Erlanger to convert to nonprofit status
TEXAS
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- Baptist Health System parent Tenet Healthcare confirms cyber incident
- CMS drops challenge to Texas Medicaid waiver
- Conifer inks end-to-end deal with 4 Baptist hospitals
- Houston Methodist starts site preparation for $1.4B tower
- President of Baylor University Medical Center promoted in Baylor Scott & White
- Tenet says ‘cybersecurity incident’ disrupted hospital operations
- Texas behavioral health clinic expands access to telehealth through mobile app
- Texas company to take over 2 closed Noble Health hospitals, 9 clinics
- Texas health system to consolidate 2 hospitals
- Texas hospital closer to regaining Medicare contract
- Texas hospital opens ASC to ease burden on hospital
- Texas hospital to shut down
- The state of value-based care in Texas
- HHS to appeal Texas ruling that struck down key parts of surprise billing rule
- Tenet sues to block OSHA inspection of Texas hospital
UTAH
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- Utah’s newest medical resource is a long-range medical jet
- U of U working to end mental health stigma
- Officials say pandemic exacerbated already flagging nurse numbers in Utah
- Satellite Physical Therapy program to kick off in St. George
- As Utah ranks in top 10 states for Alzheimer’s death, residents encouraged to examine end-of-life issues
VERMONT
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- Community Health Centers of Burlington support staff vote ‘Yes’ to unionize
- Vermont hospital CEO leaving for chief medical officer role
- Vermont’s Covid hospital admissions double in 1 week
- UVM Health Network Halts Badly Needed Psychiatric Bed Project
- Mike Pieciak, financial regulation chief and key figure in Vermont’s Covid response, to resign
- Vermont has 13th-best overall mental health care in US
VIRGINIA
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- CHKD opens new mental health hospital for some services
- Citizens fight to stop sale of nursing home
- HCA Healthcare plans to acquire local urgent care center chain BetterMed
- President of Bon Secours Richmond to become COO of Pennsylvania system
- Petersburg ranked ‘least healthy’ city in Virginia
- Decades, tragedies and heartaches later, Virginia’s mental health system still struggles
WASHINGTON
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- A new crisis hotline, 988, is coming this summer. Is Washington ready?
- King County’s COVID transmission levels increases to ‘medium’ as cases rises
- These Washington counties are the healthiest, study finds
- Health care close to home: Family Medicine Residency Spokane’s 50-year focus trains doctors in full-spectrum care
- VA electronic health record system hit with further outages at Walla Walla site
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
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- SSM Health Monroe Hospital verified as Level III Trauma Center
- UW, WHA partner to expand substance abuse treatment in rural communities
- Wisconsin governor vetoes bill lifting CRNA supervision restrictions
- New rankings show health of Wisconsin counties
- Wisconsin Health Plan Tests Digital Health Treatment for panic disorder
- COVID-19 hospitalizations in Wisconsin on the rise
- Mayo Clinic Health System To Open New Hospital In Wisconsin
WYOMING
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- Higher than normal Wyoming deaths continued in 2021
- Natrona County found to be one of Wyoming’s unhealthiest, says new report
- Banner Health Wyoming Medical Center recognizes volunteers
- Hospital suspends telehealth visits for emergency department
- Emergency Medical Service a Major Focus for Wyoming’s Health Task Force
