NATIONAL
- As skilled nursing ‘teeters,’ leaders look to DC for help on pay rule and more
- CMS updates Medicaid eligibility standards
- Consumers have changed the ways they interact with healthcare after the pandemic
- FTC looks to restrict use of noncompetes
- HHS sounds alarm about ‘most dangerous malware’ threat targeting healthcare
- Lawmakers introduce bill criminalizing violence, threats against hospital employees
- Most hospitals failing price transparency rule
- Nurses lobby for ‘RaDonda’s Law’
- Physician compensation now above pre-pandemic levels
- Providers press CMS for massive overhaul to often-delayed radiation oncology model
- Shooting at Tulsa hospital exposes vulnerability of health care facilities
- These are the compliance issues providers should be preparing for, post-PHE
- Joint Commission faces more pressure to require safe staffing for accreditation
ALABAMA
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- Encompass Health opens rehabilitation hospital in Cape Coral
- Alabama doctors launch nation’s first follow up clinic for snakebites
- Multimillion dollar mental health center could soon be coming to Decatur
- “Think Small”…rural hospitals. An APR 40th anniversary encore presentation
- COVID-19 rising in Alabama, experts believe cases are higher than reported
- Children’s of Alabama seeing record number of gunshot victims
- How drones are innovating Alabama’s health care industry
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Report: Mesa nursing home fined $500 after negligence leads to resident’s death
- HonorHealth names 1st chief of caregiver wellness, patient experience
- HOPCo acquires UK-based patient management, outcomes tracking platform
- Board that monitors Arizona’s ‘guilty except insane’ cases has too many vacancies to function
ARKANSAS
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- Mercy shifts leadership structure, names Gehrig president of Arkansas hospitals
- Arkansas receives second $786.6 million; now, where to spend?
- National shortage affects patients at Northeast Arkansas hospital
- Medical malpractice trends in Northwest Arkansas
- Unity Health first hospital in state to launch NaloxHome to reduce overdose deaths
CALIFORNIA
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- 2 nurses, physician stabbed at California hospital
- California bill to allow teens to consent to COVID vaccines without parental approval moves forward
- California bill would designate COVID-19 misinformation spread from medical board members as misconduct
- California’s MICRA law modernized after nearly 50 years
- LA physicians avert strike
- NorthBay Healthcare introduces new name, brand
- Police ID suspect in attack on doctor, nurses at Southern California hospital
- California nurses plan for potential 2nd strike of 2022
- Barton moves forward with Stateline medical campus expansion
COLORADO
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- Colorado Outdoors Medical Center breaks ground on outpatient facility
- CU Anschutz program puts focus on mental health for health care workers
- Donna Lynne, former Colorado Lt. Gov., is finalist to serve as Denver Health CEO
- Denver moves to high COVID-19 community level as more transmissible variants continue to spread unchecked
- Polis OKs reporting requirements for Colorado’s health care sharing ministries
- Colorado has pushed for years to combine mental health and medical care. Some new laws and money should help.
CONNECTICUT
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- Health care union workers discuss reduction of services at Connecticut Valley Hospital
- Yale New Haven launches hospital-at-home program
- Yale Cancer Center director begins AConnecticut Health System Establishes At-Home Hospital Service
- Catholic health system’s acquisition of Day Kimball hospital raises concerns
- ‘Some of the old care models are obsolete,’ Hartford HealthCare CFO says
- UConn orthopedic surgeon named to women’s leadership fellowship
- ‘System on the brink of collapse’: CT nursing home workers join national campaign for better wages, conditions
- Governor Lamont Provides Update on Connecticut’s Coronavirus Response Efforts
- American Society of Clinical Oncology presidency term
DC
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- After 50 years in healthcare, Baptist Health South Florida CEO ready to hand over the reins
- Encompass Health opens rehabilitation hospital in Cape Coral
- Florida hospital admissions for COVID is up more than 14% over the past week
- Florida’s health department undercounted COVID-19 cases, deaths, due to technical issues: state audit
- Florida hospital offers to discharge alleged malpractice victim’s bills in exchange for silence, daughter says
- Hospitals unable to meet undocumented patient data demand from Gov. DeSantis
- New HCA Florida West Marion Hospital CEO brings passion for quality health care in Ocala
- Univ. of Florida Health and Jupiter Medical Center enter partnership to expand care access
- Hands-on care requirement cuts at Florida nursing homes means more residents will die, union says
GEORGIA
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- 6 metro Atlanta health providers receive $5K grants for COVID vaccinations
- Northside Hospital fined over $1M for failure to share medical prices
- Georgia hospital to add 132 beds through $400M project
- Report: Wellstar Douglas Hospital failed to provide proper care of patient
- Georgia reaches 2 million COVID cases since start of pandemic
- Advocates predict a critical shortage of geriatricians
- Northside Hospital Gwinnett expanding with new patient tower, adding around 5,000 jobs
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- St. Luke’s Children’s recognized as Level 2 Pediatric Trauma care center
- Jasper Health collaborates with Walgreens to bring customers empathetic, human-led cancer support
- Idaho’s largest county jumps to medium COVID-19 risk, per CDC. Positivity rate climbs
- COVID Cases Again on the Rise in Idaho
- Analysis ranks Idaho 7th highest for mental health problems, Washington 6th
- BCH welcomes Bennett as new CEO
ILLINOIS
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- Bloomington nursing home is fined $25,000 for COVID-19 violations
- Despite case counts, vaccination rates vary among Illinois nursing home residents and staff
- Local nursing homes fined for health & safety violations
- State board approves sale of Weiss Memorial Hospital, West Suburban Medical Center
- Illinois Department of Public Health issues list of nursing home violators
- Top Illinois Behavioral Health Advocate Group Gets New C.E.O.
- Memorial expands mental health help to Morgan and Scott counties
- Hospitalization at home? Some Illinois hospitals are giving it a try
INDIANA
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- Franciscan Health Dyer outsources behavioral health management
- Supreme Court sides with Gov. Holcomb over emergency powers law
- Assaults on healthcare workers are on the rise: Indiana Hospital Association
- Eskenazi Health plans clinic for Indy’s east side
- Indiana lawmakers to study maternal mortality
- Indiana hospitals grapple with supply chain shortage
- Franciscan Health’s retail pharmacies provide patients affordable alternative
- Parkview Health adds two accredited programs
IOWA
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- St. Luke’s Hospital plans $25M heart center expansion
- Iowa hospital taps new CEO, CFO
- Iowa hospital working with Mayo Clinic to launch rebranding project
- CEO to retire after 34 years at Iowa hospital
- Resident-care issues scuttle sale of Iowa nursing homes to East Coast developer
- Nurse admits stealing patient’s drugs, citing stress from COVID-19 deaths
- From the halls of Congress and the White House, to Saint Al’s in Boise
- UnityPoint says some diagnostic tests may be delayed due to supply chain issues
KANSAS
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- Kansas nurses call for action to protect health workers against workplace violence
- Federal report says Larned hospital staff failed to keep patients safe and secure
- Kansas nurses advocate for workplace safety legislation on Capitol Hill
- Tackling stigma of mental health an ongoing battle for Kansas veterans’ health care groups
- Federal report says Larned hospital staff failed to keep patients safe and secure
KENTUCKY
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- Former Kindred CEO Ben Breier finds next gig
- UofL Hospital breaks ground on $144 million tower expansion
- Dye shortage impacting hospitals in Kentucky
- Workit Health expands teleheath in Kentucky
- COVID numbers on the rise in Kentucky
- Mental health clinic looking to open in La Grange faces backlash from some community members
- UK Investigators Receive $3.7 Million to Study Kentucky’s Sleep Deprivation Epidemic
- Baptist Health sets opening date for $10M hybrid emergency and urgent care facility
LOUISIANA
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- Oregon hospital COO ousted after criminal history found
- GRAIL and Ochsner Health Launch New Initiatives to Improve Cancer Detection Rates in Louisiana
- UL secures deal to buy $4-million plot to expand nursing and health sciences program
- Lafayette hospitals, nursing homes see small increase in COVID cases: ‘We’re going to be OK’
- Are La.’s most vulnerable protected from hurricanes? Some call Ida a wake-up call
- Louisiana schools that require COVID vaccine could soon face lawsuits
MAINE
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- Maine hospital hires more staff, reopens pediatric, neonatal units
- Maine nursing home placed on national list of facilities with ‘serious quality issues’
- Winthrop nursing home placed on federal ‘special focus’ list
- MaineHealth Innovation Celebrates 2nd Anniversary
- Governor Mills Announces $4 Million Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan Initiatives to Offer Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Bolster Scholarships for Health Care Careers
- Maine increasing spending on apprenticeships to address workforce shortage
MARYLAND
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- Maryland governor lays out long-term plan for COVID-19
- Hagerstown’s Meritus Health first system in state to offer COVID-19 test-to-treat
- Walgreens Sues Hospital Over New In-House Pharmacy
- Doyle named permanent Carroll County health officer
- Bon Secours, Kaiser Permanente unveil new west Baltimore community resource center
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Data breach at health care organization may affect 2 million
- $9M investment bolsters New England Baptist Orthopedic program
- Catholic health system’s acquisition of Day Kimball hospital raises concerns
- Overdose deaths reached a record high in Mass. during 2021
- Health systems’ innovation funds eye behavioral health
MICHIGAN
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- Michigan Medicine scaling EHR system with Epic workflow integrations
- President named for BHSH Beaumont Health
- Michigan Medicine, Packard Health partner to increase care access at new Ann Arbor center
- 96-bed psychiatric hospital slated for construction near Grand Rapids after gaining state approval
- AARP expands tool to help Michigan’s veterans access health care
- Michigan hospital taps new chief nursing officer
- Michigan home health care provider ordered to pay $90K in back pay ruling
MINNESOTA
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- Allina Health consolidates, trims services
- Bonus pay available to Minnesota healthcare workers
- U of Minnesota gets $18.8M grant to provide defibrillators across state
- Medtronic recalls heart medical devices after pump weld defect
- 10 Minnesota systems to collaborate on gun violence solutions
- Shooter in 2021 attack on Allina Health clinic found guilty of all 11 charges
- Joint venture ASC offering 20+ specialties set for Minnesota
- Joint-venture clinic, ASC planned in Minnesota
- Allina sees changes in hospital services in Minneapolis, Cambridge and Hastings
MISSISSIPPI
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- Health system in south Mississippi seeks sale or merger
- Funding secured for Mississippi’s only children’s hospital
- Mississippi COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations rising
- Mississippi has wasted more than 400,000 doses of the COVID vaccine
- Nonprofit aims to open state’s first birth center
- Mississippi just opened applications for Medical Marijuana Cards. Here’s how it’s going so far.
- UMMC Children’s Hospital receives $2.5 million gift from Gertrude C. Ford Foundation
- Doctors: Mississippi Is Still The Most Dangerous State For Mothers and Babies
MISSOURI
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- Missouri health system names CEO
- OSF and SSM expand collaboration to include Cardinal Glennon access
- Saint Louis University Hospital nurses rally to voice concerns about understaffing, patient safety
- SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital unveils surgical robot
- SSM Health President and CEO named as Catholic Health Association board chair
- Syndicated Equities Acquires Medical Office Building in Suburban St. Louis for $14.4M
- Former CoxHealth president, CEO dies
- Oracle closes $28B buy of ‘huge growth engine’ Cerner
- Specialized training equips nurses to serve the health care needs of Missouri farmers
- Supply chain woes hit hospitals, forcing Missouri to alter pharmacy rules
- Nurse union protests staffing shortages at St. Louis University Hospital
- New Missouri law protects doctors who prescribe off-label drugs ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine
MONTANA
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- St. Vincent Healthcare plans Montana replacement hospital
- Employees praise new Montana State Hospital administrator
- Montana’s Big Sky Care Connect HIE Gains Momentum
- Children’s hospital and Montana elk hunters converge on plan
- Missoula taps All Nations Health to provide care at Trinity Navigation Center
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Investigations, suspensions over hospital’s missing fentanyl
- Hundreds of bags of fentanyl lost or stolen from Cheshire Medical Center, officials say
- 4 new COVID-19 deaths reported over weekend by New Hampshire health officials
- New Hampshire hospital leaders’ licenses suspended amid probe of missing fentanyl
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
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- Former power of attorney sentenced for exploiting nursing home resident
- Newly named NMNEC Fellow Barbara Damron works to improve nursing education in New Mexico
- New Mexico sees uptick in less severe COVID-19 infections
- Eastern New Mexico officials to examine report that could lead to new behavioral health facility
NEW YORK
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- Dansville doctor agrees to pay $600K for falsely billing Medicare, Medicaid
- DOJ joins whistleblower suit accusing Fresenius Medical Care of performing thousands of unnecessary vascular procedures
- NewYork-Presbyterian CXO Rick Evans: An HCAHPS update is needed urgently
- NYC Health + Hospitals forgives 26 physicians’ student loans
- Mount Sinai nurses share lessons to guide care of future tracheal transplants
- New York health system names CFO
- New York hospital ousts 3 leaders
- New York hospital president steps down
- How Dr. William Carracino is integrating technology in the health industry
- NYU Langone, local hospital planning to convert former store to ASC
- New York physician to pay $600K to settle false billing claims
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Carthage Area Hospital replaces three administrative executive staff members
- HCA Healthcare faces another antitrust lawsuit tied to 2019 Mission Health merger
- NC treasurer pushes for patient charity care in legislation
- North Carolina healthcare facilities locked down after threatening call
- Novant Health breaks ground on $169M project adding more beds at Matthews Medical Center
- Woman injured in shooting at Wayne UNC Hospital
- North Carolina hospital shooting: 1 injured, suspect fled scene
- UNC researchers embark on statewide effort to reduce racial disparities, improve maternal health outcomes for Black moms
- AdventHealth, HCA and Novant Health to apply for hospital beds
- From 28th to 2nd: New bill would make NC near best nationwide at protecting patients from medical debt collection
- North Carolina county doesn’t want HCA expansion
- Staffing shortage overwhelms North Carolina nursing home
- Brevard files class-action antitrust lawsuit against Mission, HCA
- North Carolina Ranks Top For Having The Most Preventable Hospital Stays In The U.S.
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- Appeals court: Ohio broke public records law by not releasing nursing home COVID deaths
- Cleveland nursing home workers demand reform
- LeBron James to open medical facility in Ohio
- Ohio changes course on new COVID-19 cases
- Ohio Supreme Court dismisses lawsuits against Ohio House, Senate over coronavirus public health laws
- Ohio health system restructures exec team: 3 things to know
- COVID cases, hospitalizations rise in Ohio
- Ohio Congress members pitch Cleveland as headquarters for new advanced medical research agency
- Evolve Health opens first central Ohio pediatric office
- Cardinal Health’s Grove City distribution center expected to open by year’s end
- Mayo leader to serve as OSU Wexner chief health equity officer
- Hospital says it will continue EMS services in Harrison County
- Doula services could soon be covered by Medicaid after racial equity bill passes OH House
OKLAHOMA
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- Tulsa gunman targeted surgeon he blamed for pain
- Orthopedic physicians killed in Tulsa shooting remembered by community
- Shooting at Tulsa hospital exposes vulnerability of health care facilities
- ‘This can really happen anywhere, and it’s very scary.’ Witnesses describe how an ordinary day turned deadly at an Oklahoma medical clinic
- Oklahoma Legislature to consider projects for ARPA funding
- Oklahoma committee says ARPA projects may need a second special session
OREGON
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- As St. Charles Health System faces financial crisis, its doctors want to unionize
- Oregon hospital fires COO after 4 days on the job
- Providence, Portland hospital nurses reach contract agreement, averting possible strike
- Providence Health Plan Names Cheryl Morrison-Bornstein as New Chief Operating Officer
- Oregon State Hospital submits improvement plan to prevent escapes and assaults
- Oregon State Hospital needs to comply with court order, report says
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Bulter Health System, Excela Health announce plans to merge
- Geisinger hospitals using facial recognition technology to ID patients
- ‘Go To A Different Hospital’: Jefferson Hospital Emergency Department Had To Divert Patients Following South Street Mass Shooting
- Highmark Health charts new course for social services reimbursement
- Neighboring hospital closures spur capacity strain for Pennsylvania health systems
- Nurses at Suburban Community Hospital plan to rally amid staffing shortage, pay issues
- President of UPMC in Central Pennsylvania to retire
- Suburban hospitals overwhelmed after Crozer Health shutdowns and Tower Health closures
RHODE ISLAND
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- Who are Care New England’s potential merger suitors?
- Mental health professionals say Rhode Island is ready for 988 phone number shift
- Health department announces first probable case of monkeypox in Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Hospital nurse discusses changes over 50 years
- Counties with highest COVID-19 infection rates in Rhode Island
- Farewell message from Lifespan CEO shows revenue wins and losses for RI’s healthcare giant
- Nursing Home Closures Hit Smaller Markets as Financial, Staffing Crisis Deepens Across Industry
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Grand Strand Medical Center prepares all year long for hurricane season
- Nonprofit seeks to erase all medical debt in South Carolina
- Prisma Health employee dead after patient altercation
- Roper St. Francis hospital to more than double in size with $193M project
- Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital will expand by 50 beds and overall patient services
- Prisma Health employee dead after patient altercation
- ‘That was amazing’: The tech MUSC Health’s CFO wants next
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- HCA agrees to acquire urgent care chain
- HCA’s purchase of 5 Utah hospitals from Steward on pause after judge’s order
- HCA hit with antitrust case, accused of driving up prices
- Nashville General Hospital considers new site, surprising Meharry Medical College officials
- Mental health a factor in 33% of TN deaths during pregnancy or year after giving birth
- TN Court Develops Platform for Negotiating Medical Debt Challenges
- New interim CEO named at Holston Valley Medical
TEXAS
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- Texas hospital appoints CFO
- Texas spine surgeon’s $11M verdict being appealed
- Hospital opens Texas cardio clinic with upcoming ASC, to create 120 jobs
- Texas health care providers finding innovative ways to secure RNs
- Governor Abbott Appoints Sharp To Texas Board Of Nursing
- Texas Health Earns National Cardiac Care Awards
- HCA names longtime executive new CEO for The Woman’s Hospital of Texas
- HCA names CEO of Texas hospital
- Texas ranks last in mental health care among U.S. states
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- Breaking ground on the region’s first-of-its-kind behavioral health emergency department
- HCA agrees to acquire urgent care chain
- Nurse who stole drugs at Winston-Salem hospital key to more than $4 million in fines for 2 Virginia hospitals
- Virginia lawmakers focus on help for mental health system
- VHHA releases statement on recent violence against health care providers, efforts for workplace safety
- COVID hospitalizations down in Virginia
- Virginia needs better senior living centers and more senior healthcare workers, study finds
- For survivors of violence, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital program offers resources — beyond physical healing
- Facial Recognition Technology Coming To Virginia Hospital Center
WASHINGTON
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- Confluence Health asks court to dismiss COVID lawsuit filed by former employees
- Group sues over Inslee mandates for Washington counties with few COVID cases
- WA Nursing Home Workers Demand Raises Promised by Legislature
- Washington hospitals again strained by COVID-19 spread
- Washington hospitals over capacity with rise in COVID cases, barrier patients
- COVID spread putting ‘serious stress’ on state hospital system already at capacity
- Hospital Associations Boost Advocacy for Nursing Homes as Referral Bottleneck Grows
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
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- Ascension adds program to Fox Valley hospitals to help patients struggling with addiction
- COVID-19 hospital ICU numbers growing in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Supreme Court says COVID records can be released
- UW Health and UnityPoint Health-Meriter open Wisconsin’s only fetal diagnosis and treatment center
- Merger Planned for Bellin Health and Gundersen Health
- Wisconsin hospital becomes transfer center for emergency patients
- Once a refugee, Afghan chef at UW Hospital makes award-winning dish for patient from Fort McCoy
- More than 400 COVID-19 patients in Wisconsin hospitals for the first time in nearly two months
WYOMING
