NATIONAL
- 340B hospitals amplify loss projections as more drugmakers unveil restrictions
- FDA limits J&J COVID-19 vaccine due to rare blood clot risk
- HHS appeal of No Surprises Act on hold
- HHS awards $16.3M toward telehealth for family planning
- Nurses make exit plans after RaDonda Vaught’s conviction
- Travel nurses raced to help during Covid. Now they’re facing abrupt cuts.
- US faces deficit of 450,000 nurses by 2025
ALABAMA
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- Alabama hospitals were just ranked for safety: See how yours fared
- IV contrast shortage impacting Alabama hospitals
- Alabama hospital rationing medical supplies due to COVID disruptions in China
- UAB, Children’s hospitals to halt some youth transgender care as new law takes effect
- Alabama sees bump in COVID-19 cases, state health department monitoring
- Thomasville hospital receives $2 million donation as facility fights to stay open
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Arizona Hospital Safety Grades 2022: The Best And Worst
- Banner invests in Atlas Health Partners, plans to double ASC footprint
- Ducey signs bill limiting successor’s pandemic powers
- Gov. Ducey announces $6.5M training initiative for nurses, caregivers who work in long-term care facilities
- Health experts say Arizona not prepared for surge of Alzheimer’s patients
- Arizona telemedicine company owners admit $64 mln kickback scheme
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas drops to 28th for hospital safety in national report
- Oscar Health withdraws from 2 states
- Oscar Health leaves two states amid regulatory, commercial challenges
- Covid-19 continues climbing in state
- Oscar Health To Exit Colorado, Arkansas
- Arkansas Sues Drugmakers, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Insulin Costs
CALIFORNIA
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- Prism pays $650K to settle Medi-Cal fraud claims filed in San Diego
- Sutter posts $95M operating gain as it cuts costs
- Synergy Health Partners Acquires SoCal Anesthesia Solutions, Inc.
- Newsom Proposes $125M Package To Expand Access To Reproductive Health Care In California
- California hospital receives $25M gift
- California Hospital Safety Grades 2022: The Best And Worst
- COVID is again spreading in California, increasing concerns
- Valley Children’s Hospital, Central California Food Bank team up to tackle child hunger
- Labor actions among physicians intensify in California
- Vendor’s Ransomware Attack Is Latest Supply Chain Warning
COLORADO
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- Banner invests in Atlas Health Partners, plans to double ASC footprint
- Bill addressing nurse staffing shortages clears House
- Bill creating behavioral health administration advances
- Investing in Denver’s health care future with digital platforms
- Monument Health welcomes Intermountain
- Nurse-staffing bill advancing through Colorado Legislature
- The Safest Hospitals In Denver Metro Area: New Rankings Released
- Colorado’s COVID cases keep rising. Now Durango’s public health agency is sounding the alarm.
- Oscar Health To Exit Colorado, Arkansas
- University Of Colorado To Invest $200 Million In New Regenerative Medicine Institute
- Colorado Plains Medical Center celebrates official name change to St. Elizabeth Hospital
- Children’s Hospital Colorado touted as 1st pediatric hospital offering free ed benefits to workers
CONNECTICUT
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- As hospital systems grow in CT, rural patients lose services
- ASC tax on the chopping block in Connecticut
- Here’s why some systems say they’re comfortable relaxing hospital mask requirements
- Hospital mergers are changing Connecticut’s healthcare system
- These Are the Safest Hospitals in NY, NJ and CT: Study
- Windham High School, Hartford HealthCare Kick Off Partnership
DC
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- Behavioral Health Unit Coming to MedStar Hospital in Clinton
- DC task force to tackle health care worker shortage in the city
- Nurses set to march in D.C. for safer working conditions
- Why Sibley President Hasan Zia says affordable housing is key in maintaining health care workforce
- DC Health Confirms It Didn’t Submit COVID Data to CDC for 11 Days
- New DC Hospital Safety Grades: 0 Get A Grade, 3 Get C, 1 Gets F
- COVID-19 case rates rise in DC region
DELAWARE
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- Bayhealth is breaking down barriers for a healthier community
- Governor Carney Signs Paid Family Leave Legislation
- Why patients struggle to get medical marijuana in Delaware
- Bayhealth receives “A” Safety Rating from Leapfrog
- Almost $6 million in earmarked funds designated for mental and physical health programs
FLORIDA
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- $152M patient tower to expand Florida hospitals’ surgery offerings
- ASC hot spot: 5 deals in Florida this year
- Cape Coral couple feels the impacts of city’s lone hospital
- New ‘state-of-the-art’ behavioral health unit part of Baptist Hospital campus plans
- Rehab hospital nears opening on Southside
- Some South Florida hospitals came under cyberattacks. Here’s what you need to know
- Walgreens, Florida settle opioid costs lawsuit for $683M
- Report card time: See grades for Tallahassee Memorial, HCA
- Florida Hospital Safety Grades 2022: The Best And Worst
- Baptist Health Care Plans Behavioral Health Unit In Florida
- How a COVID lockdown in China has led to South Florida hospitals rationing medical scans
GEORGIA
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- Atlanta hospital ends inpatient care
- Gov. Kemp signs 7 new healthcare bills into law
- Nursing staff said they were too busy to give residents water, showers. One of their residents died a month later.
- Piedmont Newnan holds record for most A’s in Georgia
- Georgia’s rural hospitals are holding on. But communities where they’ve closed face a brutal reality
- Doctor & Nurse Prevail at Trial Over Death of Patient Discharged From GA Emergency Department
- Georgia releases latest COVID data as nation marks 1 million deaths
HAWAII
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- Hawaii health care leaders talk community needs, hospital solutions
- Nursing Spotlight 2022: On staffing, competitive pay and career pathways
- Hawaii Department of Health investigating case of acute hepatitis in child on Maui
- Hawaii nurses not the only healthcare workers in short supply
- Experts urge vigilance as Hawaii appears on track for another COVID surge
- Hawaii hospital group now calling recent COVID increase a ‘surge’
- Lawsuit claims Molokai health center administered expired vaccines to children
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- Advocate Aurora Health, Atrium Health to form $27 billion system
- Illinois Gastroenterology Group Data Breach Impacts 228K
- UChicago Medicine invests $607 million in community benefits for South Side and Southland regions in fiscal 2021
- Illinois Hospital Receives ‘F’ Grade While Northwestern, Other Chicago Hospitals Get ‘C,’ New Report Shows
- Illinois COVID Stats: Cases Up Nearly 30% in Last Week, Health Officials Say
- Mental health emergency co-responder program comes amid Illinois labor shortage
- Keeping rural hospitals staffed in face of worker shortages
INDIANA
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- Evansville-area assisted living facilities cited over abuse, missed drug doses
- Nursing Home Operator Leaving 8 Locations
- Indiana sued for lack of mental health beds, accused of putting defendants in ‘legal limbo’
- Study: Indiana ranks in top 10 for hospital prices in nation
- Indiana hospital care 7th highest in nation. Advocates continue to push for more cost transparency
- Franciscan Health Orthopedic Hospital Carmel Makes Promotion
- Ascension St. Vincent Plans Micro-hospital near Purdue
- $400K IU Health Gift to Support Rural Broadband Efforts
IOWA
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- Hospital administrator who violated COVID restrictions loses bid for jobless benefits
- University of Iowa Health Care debuts new urgent care, sports clinics in Cedar Rapids
- Iowa COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations rise for third week
- Local rural hospitals receive federal grants
- Sioux Center Health expands medical clinic
- Hospital administrator who violated COVID restrictions loses bid for jobless benefits
- Two behavioral health organizations joining forces in Eastern Iowa
KANSAS
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- LMH, Ascension Via Christi earn “A” in hospital safety for Spring semester
- Another COVID wave may be on its way to Kansas City, local health experts say
- Kansas City area hospitals calling medical dye shortage a crisis
- Kansas saw the nation’s second-highest increase in drug deaths last year
- Kansas Grantmakers in Health award $25,000 in grants in memory of former Kansas Health Foundation CEO Steve Coen
KENTUCKY
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- Cliff Wilson named CEO of Georgetown Community Hospital
- ‘So much is new’: ScionHealth launch presents wealth of opportunities, CFO says
- Welcome House teams up with St. E. Healthcare to open medical respite program at old north location
- Baptist Health opening a new health facility to serve Oldham County residents
- Kentucky COVID numbers increase for second week
- New hospital announced for Oldham County with investment target of $250M
- Grading Louisville’s hospitals: Here are Leapfrog’s latest scores
LOUISIANA
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- 16 Ochsner Health Hospitals and Partners Nationally Recognized with an ‘A’ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
- New CEO starts at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge
- Hospital Gives LSU-Eunice $698K to Expand 2 Programs
- Mysterious hepatitis cases show up in Louisiana kids. CDC investigating 100+ nationwide
- House resolution to repeal COVID vaccine requirement failed in Senate committee
MAINE
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- Maine hospital must pay $181K to psychologist for unequal pay, judge rules
- MMC is Recognized with an ‘A” for Safety
- Maine hospitals report slight rise in number of patients with COVID
- Over 1/3 of current COVID-19 hospitalizations at MaineHealth are ‘coincidental’
- Lewiston’s St Mary’s hospital to close maternity services by end of July
- Fort Kent hospital’s $13.6M renovation improves services to northern Maine
- COVID outbreaks strike 8 nursing homes as cases rise across Maine
MARYLAND
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- Behavioral Health Unit Opens in Prince George’s County
- Hogan administration proposes selling Spring Grove Hospital campus in Catonsville to UMBC for $1
- Maryland selling Spring Grove Hospital campus in Catonsville to UMBC for $1; facility to shutter in coming years
- MD Hospital Safety Grades 2022: The Best And Worst
- State Board To Consider Transferring Spring Grove Hospital Center To UMBC
- MedStar Health to Open Renovated Behavioral Health Unit in Prince George’s County
- $4.75M NSF grant funding U of Maryland med school center for virtual reality research
MASSACHUSETTS
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- As COVID levels rise across Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker ducks question about new mask mandates
- Mass General Brigham gets partial nod for $2B expansion
- Massachusetts to receive $250,000 from 5 nursing homes over patient neglect, inadequate care claims
- Massachusetts ASC performs 1st outpatient total knee replacement
- Massachusetts General Hospital nurses help develop tech to alleviate frontline workers’ burdens
- Nurses call for reopening of services amid UMass Memorial-Heywood affiliation talks
- Tufts unveils plans for patients, physicians amid children’s hospital closure
- What we know about the plans for patients and doctors as Tufts closes its children’s hospital
MICHIGAN
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- Bronson Healthcare launches travel nurse program
- Henry Ford Health System gets ROI from employer-based telemedicine clinic
- Report: Michigan hospitals 5th safest in US
- COVID-19 in Michigan difficult to track right now: Here’s why
- ‘Implicit bias’ training deadline looms for 420,000 Michigan health workers
- Michigan prepares for more hospital beds, complications if Roe overturned
- Coronavirus cases jump 172% in Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, and Otsego county region
- Henry Ford Health First in Michigan to Offer Robotic High-intensity Focused Ultrasound for Prostate Cancer
- MHA discusses the significance of Medicaid’s 12-month extension for postpartum women in Michigan
MINNESOTA
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- 11% of state’s nursing homes facing closure, survey finds
- Allina Health’s operating income rises by $165M
- Mayo Clinic breaks ground on $155M Minnesota hospital expansion
- Minnesota Hospital Safety Grades 2022: The Best And Worst
- Minnesota hospitals feel the strain as national supply of CT scan dye tightens
- Hospital overwhelmed with kids in crisis being dropped at ER
- Children’s Minnesota forms health equity collective
- Report: Minnesota’s health care startups raised more in Q1
- ‘What does health equity actually look like?’: How Allina’s Vivian Anugwom is trying to narrow care gaps and build trust in Minnesota health care
MISSISSIPPI
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- Mobile clinic aims to fix Mississippi’s health crisis
- Examining the many birth disparities in Mississippi, health center CEO says
- Mississippi State Department of Health seeing more COVID-19 cases reported
- Baptist North Mississippi earns “A” rating for care from national safety organization
- Mississippi hospitals and clinics feeling impacts of global IV contrast fluid shortage
- At least 28 cities have opted out of medical marijuana, but Mississippi is not keeping track
MISSOURI
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- Missouri hospital to get another $1M for ASC
- Missouri hospital taps new chief medical officer
- Missouri investigating about 10 cases of mysterious hepatitis
- ‘No Patient Left Alone’ bill passes Senate unanimously
- Missouri’s health care worker shortage
- Community clinic opens in Mexico after Audrain County Hospital closure
- Bill loosening Missouri’s nursing requirements has uncertain future
MONTANA
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- Two health care systems work together to provide land for new Montana State University nursing education building in Billings
- Montana lawmaker ‘disgusted’ after touring Montana State Hospital facility
- St. Vincent Healthcare one of two Montana hospitals receiving ‘A’ from the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
- Direct Patient Care Clinics Succeed in Montana
NEBRASKA
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- Kimball hospital to break ground on new hospital Wednesday
- Nebraska health officials report 9 cases of liver illness in children
- Nebraska health officials investigate hepatitis cases in children
- CHI Health St. Francis temporarily moving emergency department
- Nebraska isn’t seeing rise in COVID numbers reported elsewhere in US
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- As COVID-19 cases rise in New Hampshire, health officials say testing key to controlling spread
- Judge awards $5 million to NH woman in medical malpractice case
- Some of N.H.’s wealthiest institutions are poised to benefit from the latest wave of federal earmarks
- Reported COVID-19 cases rise above 4,000 in New Hampshire for 1st time in months
- St. Joseph Hospital Offers Accredited Nurse Residency Program
- The Safest Hospitals In New Hampshire: New Rankings Released
NEW JERSEY
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- New lawsuits over nursing home COVID deaths claim ‘state-created danger’
- Newark-based Handspring, provider of behavioral health care for kids, closes $6.2M in funding
- These Are the Safest Hospitals in NY, NJ and CT: Study
- New Jersey Hospital Safety Grades 2022: The Best And Worst
- CarePoint Health Transitions to Nonprofit Entity
- NJ nurses continue to navigate COVID stress, stigma, their health
- RWJBH-Hamilton approved to perform nonemergent angioplasties
- Overlook Medical Center looks “Ahead” to hospital’s future at campaign kickoff
- Holy Name is 1st hospital to use hunova, innovative technology that helps restore balance
- Hospital In Livingston Says It’s Working On Improvements
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- $50M gift to expand spine care at NewYork-Presbyterian
- Columbia University Medical Center Cuts Ties with Dr. Oz
- Mount Sinai adds 3D bioprinting platform to its innovation incubator
- Mount Sinai to construct $80M outpatient center in NYC
- New legislation to reallocate insurance company profits for NY health care
- New York advocates, lawmakers push bill to improve hospital transparency
- New York Children’s Hospital Wraps $27M Project
- NewYork-Presbyterian COO to retire
- New York hospitals see supply shortages from China lockdowns
- NYU Langone debuts Globus Medical’s latest spine tech
- NYU Langone Health’s CIO & CDO is focused on creating excellent experiences: Q&A with Nader Mherabi
- See how COVID impacted New York state hospital safety grades
- St. John’s Episcopal Hospital is getting a new cancer care center in Far Rockaway
- These Are the Safest Hospitals in NY, NJ and CT: Study
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Advocate Aurora Health, Atrium Health to form $27 billion system
- Apex gets new hospital for WakeMed, Duke Health, Kindred Health partnership
- As HCA-Mission lawsuit awaits judge’s call, officials say company was no-show during deal
- Dosher: COVID cases up, CFO leaving
- New health imaging competitor approved in Chapel Hill
- North Carolina, Virginia Hospitals Score Best In Latest Safety Rankings
- Novant Health Launches Innovation Unit
- Raleigh drugmaker pursuing Covid treatment raising $15M to fund acquisitions
- Saint Augustine’s University gets $400,000 grant to study reimagining St. Agnes Hospital
- Troubled NC nursing home set to lose nearly all its government funding — and patients
- UNC Health expands plan for $250M hospital in RTP, but Duke challenging
- Two Triad health systems get straight A’s in hospital safety rankings
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- Former Ohio Health Director Acton to lead nonprofit
- Northeast Ohio COVID hospitalizations and deaths remain low despite recent rise in cases
- How Ohio is getting ready for ‘988’ new mental health crisis hotline
- Cleveland Hospital Safety Grades 2022: The Best And Worst
- How are Cleveland hospital systems working to solve health disparities?
- Cleveland Clinic hospital taps new chief nursing officer
- Kettering Health selected as official healthcare provider of Cincinnati Bengals
- Nurse burnout? Hospitals offer job flexibility pay hikes
- Cincinnati to send mental health staff to low-risk 911 calls
- Government watchdog: Health care giants improperly denied Medicare benefits
- Pharmacy chains should pay $878 mln for opioid epidemic role, Ohio counties say
- Collaboration key to solving health inequities, Cleveland-area hospital CEOs say during Accelerating Health Equity Conference
OKLAHOMA
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- Oklahoma City nursing home facing lawsuit over alleged negligent death of resident
- Report ranks Oklahoma 31st for hospital safety
- Keith Reed confirmed as Commissioner of Health
- OU Health Sciences Center enrolling youth in ‘long COVID’ study
- Gov. Stitt signs bill to fix Oklahoma’s health care power of attorney law
- New law makes Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority standalone agency
OREGON
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- 50 doctors urge Schrader to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, cease ‘false’ ads
- Providence St. Vincent nurses vote to strike to demand ‘fair contract’
- The Safest Hospitals In Oregon: New Rankings Released
- Healthcare costs rising in Oregon
- Inspectors find Oregon State Hospital campus in Junction City failed to supervise, protect patients
- Although reported numbers are unreliable, Oregon health officials indicate rise in COVID cases
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Geisinger’s Holistic Maternal Care Model Improves Healthcare Experience
- PA Health System Develops ML Model to Interpret Cancer Mutations
- Redeemer Health says it is looking for a ‘strategic partner’
- PA Hospital Safety Grades 2022: The Best And The Worst
- Pa. weekly COVID update: Case surge not translating into spike in deaths, hospitalizations
- Pennsylvania health department investigating mysterious hepatitis infections in children
- Hospital association sues DHS over pro-union language in Medicaid contracts
- Nurses Allegedly Threatened for Refusal to Take ‘Unsafe’ Number of Patients
- Pennsylvania EMS bill would give ambulance crews more flexibility
- Health care worker shortage, behavioral health resources top concerns for hospital execs in Pa.
- How Jefferson Health is harnessing philanthropy to address health disparities
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Charleston medical research firm NCGS acquired by Singapore-based group
- Roper St. Francis fined $104K for mishandling medical waste, which was sent to Charleston Co. landfills
- SC bill to end state control of hospital expansion is dead
- Four Midlands hospitals get an ‘A’ in latest safety grades, another is lowest rated in SC
- Tennessee, South Carolina Extend Health Care for New Moms
- South Carolina House panel slows down bill to split DHEC
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- Pediatric mental health crisis unit to open at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
- Mercy Health, Tennessee Firm to Build Rehab Hospital
- COVID-19 cases rising fast in Tennessee and Davidson County
- Tennessee, South Carolina extend health care for new moms
- Tennessee Health Services Merger Establishes Health Facilities Commission
- Alabama, Tennessee rank among states with the worst health care, study finds
- COVID-19 infections continue rapid rise in Tennessee and Davidson County
- Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital Hosts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For New Medical Office Building
- Ballad Health reports operating loss of $37.3M
TEXAS
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- Cyberattack on Tenet Florida hospitals also affected 5 Steward hospitals
- Maryland spine group adds Texas practice, now has more than 130 locations
- New $50M-plus hospital planned near UTSA
- Reeves County Hospital To Open $114M Replacement Project
- Spine CEO eyes Texas, other ASC-friendly states for expansion
- Texas hospital lifts water advisory after limiting services
- Texas hospital gets $1.6M grant for ASC site prep
- Texas Medical Center partners with Irish agency to advance entrepreneurship, innovation
- St. David’s North Austin becomes first Texas hospital to join elite group of transplant centers
UTAH
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- How UofU Health Is Benefiting from Intensive Behavioral and Physical Health Care
- Intermountain names 1st chief equity officer
- Intermountain Healthcare taps VC firm General Catalyst to accelerate innovation, value-based care
- Intermountain partners with VC firm General Catalyst to ‘turbocharge’ value-based care
- Report ranks Utah third in the U.S. for hospital safety
- Utah is becoming a hub for healthcare innovation
- evolvedMD raises $5.4M to integrate behavioral health support and primary care
- DFW Healthcare Brief: Texas Health Joins Drone Delivery Service and Medical City Sweeps Best Place to Have a Baby in North Texas
- Medicaid experts say Utah is hard at work preparing for redeterminations and integrating care under DHHS
VERMONT
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- Bill Lippert, House Health Care chair, will not seek reelection
- Health insurers ask Vermont regulators for double-digit premium hikes
- Regulators sought greater control over hospital budgets. Instead, lawmakers gave them a report.
- RRMC is nationally recognized with an ‘A’ rating from Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
- Vermont will stop updating its Covid case dashboard next week
VIRGINIA
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- North Carolina, Virginia Hospitals Score Best In Latest Safety Rankings
- Sentara Healthcare launching new models of care to help communities in need
- Sentara Healthcare launching new care centers across Virginia
- Why Sibley President Hasan Zia says affordable housing is key in maintaining health care workforce
- UVA Health Community Medical Centers Receive ‘A’ Grades for Hospital Safety
- Virginia named top state nationally for hospital safety with nearly 60% of state’s hospitals ranked to
- COVID hospitalizations continue upward trend in Virginia
- CT scans at Virginia hospitals could be delayed because of supply chain disruption
WASHINGTON
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- Gov. Inslee won’t lift WA’s vaccine mandate for state employees yet
- Nevada’s COVID emergency declaration to end May 20 while Washington’s lingers
- Seattle startup Heard raises $10M to ease administrative load for mental health providers
- Spokane County allocates $300K for new mental health facility
- Yakima Valley Memorial may merge with Tacoma-based MultiCare Health System
- COVID cases are up. Most mandates ended months ago. So where does WA stand?
- 5 Things Washington: Q&A w/U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier, Health initiatives, Inflation & Medicare
- State leaders prepare for implementation of the 988 call line
WEST VIRGINIA
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- West Virginia reports increase in COVID hospitalizations
- Thomas Memorial Hospital gets new laboratory system
- New Hospital Safety Grades From The Leapfrog Group Highlight Pandemic-Era Declines in Patient Experience
- Hospital officials: New Vandalia Health System will improve access to care for West Virginians while reducing costs to hospitals
- Mon Health System weathers pandemic storm to bring new services to communities
WISCONSIN
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- Advocate Aurora Health, Atrium Health to form $27 billion system
- Four years after merger, Aurora Health Care stronger than ever, says CEO Skogsbergh
- Froedtert Health names chief strategy and transformation officer
- In Sheboygan, Froedtert plans new hospital on land by Field of Dreams
- Wisconsin Hospital Safety Grades In 2022: The Best And Worst
- ER doctor accused of child abuse files lawsuit against Children’s Wisconsin
- Wisconsin health system names successor for retiring CEO
WYOMING
