NATIONAL
- 90% of Skilled Nursing Pros Say Reimbursement Will Suffer Due to Labor Issues
- 16 healthcare responses to Roe v. Wade reversal
- Biden officials to keep private the names of hospitals where patients contracted Covid
- CMS Announces OCM Successor, but Gap Year Remains for Oncology Practices
- CMS releases updated Phase 3 guidance
- Court revives block of vaccine mandate for federal workers
- Fewer Than 2% of Hospitals Excelling at Health Equity, Value
- Hospital group wants prompt payment of 340B funds after Supreme Court win
- HHS issues new guidance on post-Roe v. Wade patient privacy
- How hospitals should prepare for the end of the public health emergency
- Justice Department cracks down on ASC, anesthesia provider arrangements
- Medicare’s physician pay system is ‘unsustainable,’ trustees say
- Supreme Court backs HHS approach to Medicare payments for hospitals serving low-income patients
- Supreme Court denies ERISA suit against Anthem, Express Scripts
- Supreme Court rules in favor of HHS in Medicare disproportionate share payments case
- Supreme Court sides with physicians in opioid prescribing case
- To Boost Cancer Care, CMS Plans New ‘Enhancing Oncology’ Payment Model
- Supreme Court abortion ruling has big ramifications for providers
- States add protections for healthcare providers who perform abortions for out-of-state residents
ALABAMA
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- Alabama hospital’s ED logs found at residential apartment
- Alabama COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations see significant increase
- North Alabama doctor’s medical license suspended after investigation into overdose death
- Insurance company Cigna, Ascension Health Alabama struggle to reach contract renewal
- UAB names interim leaders in wake of Selwyn Vickers departure
- New president elected for Birmingham Regional Hospital Council
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Arizona hospital to close June 30
- Arizona hospital lays off 315 workers
- Arizona Medicaid Director Points to Success of Supportive Housing
- Balderas Joins $230M Settlement Against Pharmaceutical Company Over Allegations Of Medicaid Fraud
- GV hospital moves closer to possible closure
- Dr. Anthony Torres named CEO of Dignity Health hospital
- Report: Arizona hospitals not in full compliance with pricing transparency laws
- Banner Health teams with Hue Health, Flume Health for new direct primary care plan
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas Children’s Hospital Becomes Nation’s First Therapeutic Site in Launch of Groundbreaking Clinical Trial for Pediatric Acute Leukemia
- Arkansas Children’s Hospital to join new childhood leukemia clinical trial
- For 8th Year, UAMS Receives National Recognition for Providing High-Quality Stroke Care
- What is a medical emergency for abortion in Arkansas?
- Arkansas adds 1,434 covid cases, the most in a single day in 4 months
- Kid covid shots at the ready in Northwest Arkansas
CALIFORNIA
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- California ASC adds knee replacement robot
- Sacramento area receives $52 million in grants to build new behavioral health projects
- CA health care workers to get COVID essential worker bonuses
- California will require health facilities to start sharing patient data with each other
- California to become first state offering health care to all undocumented residents
- Entrepreneur gives $7.5M to Methodist Hospital of Southern California
- California budget allocates $25 million for Watsonville hospital purchase
- Multiple Email Accounts Compromised at Covenant Care California and Bergen’s Promise
- Washington Hospital To Add Trauma Center
- $25 minimum wage for some LA healthcare workers approved
- Silicon Valley doctors decry plan to pay bonuses for seeing more patients
- Colorado continues innovative approach to reducing health care costs
- UC Davis Health gets $1.7M for digital outreach to underserved communities
COLORADO
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- Denver Health formally names former Colorado lieutenant governor as next CEO
- New CEO brings passion for health care, community to St. Thomas More Hospital
- Why fixing Colorado’s health care system is becoming more about housing and less about insurance
- Colorado’s COVID hospitalizations tick back up again, but virus may be at a plateau
- Colorado continues innovative approach to reducing health care costs
- Colorado Springs long-term-care facility lays off 144 workers, relocates 79 residents amid challenges caused by pandemic
- CMS approves first-ever public option plan for Colorado’s ACA exchange
- Banner Health teams with Hue Health, Flume Health for new direct primary care plan
CONNECTICUT
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- Hartford Healthcare, MIT professor form cloud software company
- CT settles psychiatric hospital abuse lawsuit for $9 million
- Federal Gun Bill Will Bring More Money for Mental Health Services to CT
- Health care more difficult to access for rural Connecticut residents
- Nuvance Health announces affiliation with Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
- Farmington startup, Trinity Health of New England partner to offer virtual breastfeeding support
DC
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- $5M Florida project with ASC to create 30 $55K jobs
- Former Kissimmee movie theater to be converted to outpatient surgery center, medical lab and more
- Gov. DeSantis vetoes hospital district conversion bill
- HCA Florida Lawnwood opens $100M tower with outpatient surgery
- Lee Health names new medical director for virtual care
- Lee Health’s Regional Cancer Center expands program, plans to build new locations
- Memorial Healthcare chooses new CEO
- Two Miami men convicted after $1.4 billion healthcare scam targeting rural hospitals
- Florida’s preventable deaths rose during the pandemic. It wasn’t just COVID.
- Plans for 541-Bed Hospital in South Lakeland Rile Neighbors
- Doctor ousted from Florida children’s health board over vaccine views
- HCA names CFO of Florida hospital
- UF Health names chief diversity officer
GEORGIA
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- 4 Georgia facilities make Newsweek’s list of best maternity hospitals in U.S.
- Atlanta health startup raises $27 million, aims to add 100 employees
- Piedmont Launches Epic EHR Implementation Across Five New Hospitals
- Wellstar and United Healthcare renew relationship in Georgia
- New hospital celebrates groundbreaking at Lumpkin site
- South Georgia Medical Center Announces $3.5 Million Gift
- 4 Georgia hospitals in nation’s top 15% for outstanding patient experience
- Northeast Georgia Health System breaks ground on new hospital
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center contributes over $3.5B to economy, report says
- Alpharetta doctor sentenced to 3 years in federal prison
- Georgia hospital probing cyberattack
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- The “Great Resignation” comes to health care jobs in Idaho
- Idaho first responders receive mental health training to understand the impacts stress and trauma have on the body
- More than 9,000 Idaho healthcare jobs unfilled
- Kootenai Health Foundation announces new leader
- Pace of Idaho’s COVID-19 spike appears to slow. State says Boise area still at high risk
- Ammon Bundy won’t respond to lawsuit, so St. Luke’s takes more legal action
ILLINOIS
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- Cook County jury awards mother $20 million in birth injury case against Advocate Christ Hospital
- Howard Brown building a new health center on Chicago’s North Side
- Moxi the robot joins Elmhurst Hospital staff to help nurses, nurse assistants
- St. Mary Hospital in Centralia, Illinois, receives $50,000 grant for patient transportation
- New COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois continue to climb
- Illinois Has the Third Highest Number of Confirmed Monkeypox Cases in the US
- Illinois nurse resigns after controversial tweet
- Illinois institutions getting more than $5.5M for health care research
- ‘There is probably no more diverse industry than a hospital’
- New President and CEO Named at Franciscan Health Olympia Fields
INDIANA
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- Anthem is now Elevance Health
- Ascension St. Vincent closing 11 immediate care centers in Indiana
- Hospitals in Hendricks, Hancock counties join forces with Mayo Clinic
- Marcus & Millichap closes $6.6 million sale of medical office building in Northwest Indiana
- NewVista Behavioral Health announces expansion in Indianapolis
- People are Indiana life sciences’ ‘X’ factor
- Aspire Indiana Health gets nearly $700,000 in grants
- Test capable of detecting 50 types of cancer arrives in Indiana
- Franciscan Health Lafayette to break ground on cancer center
- Indiana Rural Health Association awarded $500,000 to improve community paramedicine in White County
- Indiana hospital to get $30M investment, new name
IOWA
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- AHA invests $9.3M in rural health, stroke care
- Iowa man gets 27 months in prison for sharing VA patient’s health info
- Gov. Reynolds announces $2.45M in awards for Iowa Health Careers Registered Apprenticeship Grant Program
- UI Health Care provided $358,388,601 of value in community benefits during FY21
- Iowa COVID-19 cases rise while hospitalization decreases
- St. Luke’s Hospital installs channel to provide relaxing environment for patients
KANSAS
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- Miami businessman who took over Missouri and Kansas hospitals convicted of $1.4 billion fraud
- Wichita hospital offers procedure to help those with back pain
- Kansas veterans and legislators wary of proposal to close VA clinics and cut emergency services
- Putting the Wichita region at the forefront of cancer clinical trials
KENTUCKY
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- Norton Healthcare breaks ground on $70M hospital in underserved community
- Officials Break Ground on New Western Louisville Hospital
- Report shows Kentucky had second highest increase in deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide in 2020
- Cincinnati Children’s building primary care practice in Northern Kentucky
- Private rooms, new clinic to be a boon for patients
- St. Elizabeth Healthcare expanding Florence hospital campus 125,000 sq.ft., undertaking variety of updates
- Mercy Health taps Dr. Brett Bechtel as chief clinical officer for Kentucky market
- Cincinnati Children’s plans first-of-its-kind facility featuring primary care, subspecialty clinics in Union
- UofL Health partnership to provide specialty care to underserved Carroll County residents
- Kathy Tussey named COO at Harrison Memorial Hospital
LOUISIANA
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- New facility opens on the North Shore to provide a home for children with behavioral health issues
- Shreveport mayor, health leaders discuss hospital staffing shortage
- How an EHR switch propelled this critical access hospital in Louisiana to excellence
- New national rankings highlight Ochsner’s excellence in pediatric care
- Q&A: Why this health system asks about equity in burnout surveys
MAINE
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- Maine Med reaches $150 million goal for Portland hospital expansion
- Maine Medical Center receives $2M gift, extends fundraising goal for capital campaign
- Mental health care provider Sweetser names Oklahoman as new CEO
- Maine ups funding for behavioral health needs worsened by pandemic
- Mills Administration Begins Issuing $15.4 Million in Latest Round of State Funding to Bolster Behavioral Health Services
- Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital announces $1 million gift to support modernization project
- AR Gould’s primary care clinic in Mars Hill to close
- Health center’s closure in Aroostook means residents will need to travel farther for basic care
MARYLAND
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- Health care firm Aledade speeds up its national expansion after raising $123M
- Md. hospital’s behavioral health pavilion set to open, starting with outpatient care
- UMd. Children’s Hospital plans $600K renovation to emergency department
- Maryland working to get counselors on staff to support 911 specialists
- Innovative financing and regional partnerships key to advancing integrated behavioral health in Maryland
- Maryland Peace of Mind: New mental health service provider hopes to help Maryland
- University of Maryland doctors look to college athletes to understand COVID’s effects on the heart
- Luminis, Gilchrist form joint venture for elder care services in Anne Arundel County
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Boston has its first chief of behavioral health. Meet Dr. Kevin Simon.
- Molina Healthcare Pays $4.6M to Settle False Claims Act Violations
- New sheriff in town: Meet MetroWest Medical Center CEO David Elgarico
- 3 takes on supply disruptions, drug shortage timelines from Northeastern researcher
- Brigham and Women’s study seeks data insights on medication management for seniors
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital designated as rare disease clinical center
- Mass General Brigham’s health plan launches rebrand as it looks to expand
- Tufts to partner with Acadia to build $65M behavioral health hospital
- After two years of COVID, many hospitals feel unprepared to manage future crises
- Final report: Massachusetts wasn’t ready for pandemic
- Steward Morton Hospital workers OK labor deal
- Exeter Hospital in N.H. to join Beth Israel Lahey system
MICHIGAN
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- 64-bed psychiatric hospital under construction in Kalamazoo County
- Hospital leaders in Michigan react to the reversal of Roe v. Wade
- How Henry Ford, Sanford Health are using tech to alleviate staffing shortages
- Michigan health care system reverses its decision to curtail abortion care after Roe overturned
- Michigan hospital system helps test drone delivery for medical supplies
- Sturgis Hospital poised to close without new funding, buyer
- State health dept. announces 1st likely monkeypox case in Michigan
- Michigan hospital preps to lay off 194 workers as closure looms
- How COVID strengthened relationships between Michigan health departments and community organizations
MINNESOTA
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- More than 200 Mayo Clinic nurses want to vote on leaving union
- Sanford Health opens acute spine center in Minnesota
- Mayo Clinic: COVID-19 cases expected to rise through early July
- Mayo Clinic, Israeli hospital partner to help health tech startups
- Allina Health announces site for Cambridge Medical Center
- First monkeypox case identified in Minnesota; risk level considered low
- Ridgeview, Twin Cities Orthopedics to build orthopedic facility
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
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- Nursing home staffing woes continue across St. Louis area, nation
- Missouri health system reverses decision to stop offering emergency contraceptives
- $5.3M grant funds Washington University School of Medicine lung cancer recurrence research
- Mid-Missouri hospitals treat dozens in Amtrak train derailment
- COVID visitor restrictions curbed under new Missouri laws ensuring access to patients
- Miami businessman who took over Missouri and Kansas hospitals convicted of $1.4 billion fraud
- 2 convicted in $1.4B fraud scheme preying on rural hospitals, addiction patients
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Nurse leader at hospital where 7 gallons of fentanyl went missing has license reinstated
- New Hampshire hospital rebrands to reflect Mass General Brigham affiliation
- NH Has Its 1st Probable Case of Monkeypox
- State to take questions on new forensic hospital during online session
- New Hampshire health officials announce 3 new deaths related to COVID-19
- Exeter Hospital in N.H. to join Beth Israel Lahey system
NEW JERSEY
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- 31-day strike at New Jersey hospital ends
- Hackensack Meridian names Sameer Sethi as chief data, analytics officer
- New Jersey health system adds spine robots
- Violence Against Health Care Workers In New Jersey Hospitals Rose Over Last 3 Years: Survey
- New mental health hotline number 988 will open soon for NJ
- Package Of Mental Health Bills Under Consideration By NJ Lawmakers
- When a life is on the line, New Jersey hospitals’ emergency departments are there
- Englewood Health is first in N.J. to offer robot-assisted spine surgery
- New Jersey hospitals: Vital powerhouses of care, jobs and economic strength for communities
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center names Dr. Selwyn Vickers new president and CEO
- New York hospital to lay off staff, outsource revenue cycle functions
- State fines 2 WNY nursing homes: One for failing to perform CPR, another for Covid violations
- Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to New York vaccine mandate for health care workers
- Trinity Health combines ministries, restructures leadership in New York
- Atefeh Riazi’s mission: Spreading healthcare tech around the world
- NYC, DC run out of monkeypox vaccines after 1 day
- Nuvance Health announces affiliation with Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
- New York eye group bumping patient capacity 50% with new ASC
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Receives $10M in Funding From Bronx Council Member and New York City Council Speaker
- New York podiatrist pleads guilty to defrauding Amtrak
- NYU Langone Health ramps up expansion of outpatient services
- Health systems join president’s pledge for decarbonization
- Willow Ridge makes $10.6 million deal for two WNY nursing homes
- Ongoing demand prompts targeted approach for mental health services on Buffalo’s East Side
- Hometown Health Centers spending $7.5 million to combine two facilities
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Citadel nursing home in Salisbury, site of state’s worst COVID-19 outbreak, has closed
- Medical and office building in Durham sells for $11.5M
- NC doctor indicted in medical equipment scheme
- Physician charged with $11M knee brace fraud
- Novant Health expands partnership with Zipline for on-demand medication delivery – by drone
- Yet another attempt to expand Medicaid in NC
- Could the absence of Roe change how medical schools train OB-GYNs?
- North Carolina sees its first on-demand health care deliveries by drone
- Health officials confirm first case of monkeypox in North Carolina
- Public hearing set for health systems looking to bring more hospital beds to the mountains
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- Cleveland Clinic leads $33M funding round for its medical tech spinoff
- MetroHealth is most socially responsible hospital in Ohio, according to Lown Institute 2022 national rankings
- ‘It makes you feel helpless’: CareSource terminates Ohio marketplace contract with Cincinnati Children’s
- A year after its grand re-opening, East Ohio Regional Hospital eliminates 16 positions
- Cleveland resident diagnosed with monkeypox, health officials confirm
- Ohio legislation looks to prevent workplace violence in health care settings
- Former ProMedica director named CFO of Ohio hospital
- St. Elizabeth Florence to get $90M facelift; its ‘most ambitious’ expansion to date
- Christ Hospital names chief human resource and people officer following national search
- ‘First-of-its-kind’ Cincinnati Children’s facility to anchor $150M NKY development
OKLAHOMA
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- State pushes forward with Medicaid outsourcing
- Report ranks Oklahoma second-to-last in the U.S. for COVID-19 response
- 988 mental health lifeline to launch in July
- Oklahoma Health Care Authority unveils new model for state’s Medicaid program
- VA Hospital In Muskogee To Remain Open After Petition Collects Thousands Of Signatures
OREGON
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- 115 Oregon hospital workers to see double-digit pay increase under new deal
- Oregon State Hospital again tries to fix issues identified by surprise inspection
- Nurses at one of Oregon’s largest hospitals rejected a tentative agreement between their union and Providence
- See which Oregon hospitals rank in top 20 ‘most socially responsible’
- Oregon COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations outpace June forecast
- Oregon doctors still don’t have to check opioid prescription history, despite scathing state review, auditors
- Providence nurses strike tentative labor deals
- Doctors announce union at St. Charles in Bend
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Crozer’s parent company to receive $450K from financially distressed school district
- Former Geisinger executive joins health data company as CIO
- Monroeville man who had to cancel wedding over misread covid test result sues UPMC
- Parents sue Boston hospital for losing premature baby’s remains
- UPMC settles data breach lawsuit for $450K
- Pittsburgh monkeypox case makes eight in Pa.
- St. Luke’s, DMVA Partner to Improve Mental Health Care Access
- Pa. high court agrees to hear UPMC appeal of Jefferson Hills hospital case
- Pa. Supreme Court to consider proposed UPMC South hospital in Jefferson Hills
- Financially ailing St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children gets $50M cash infusion from area institutions
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- South Dakota VA hospitals, facilities saved from closure
- Realignment of Veterans’ Healthcare Facilities on Hold
- Sanford Health opens expanded Van Demark Building
- How Henry Ford, Sanford Health are using tech to alleviate staffing shortages
- Regents approve University of South Dakota- Sioux Falls campus; Will create health science hub
- Avera opens new Kirby Place hospitality house in Sioux Falls
TENNESSEE
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- Deal Dash: Health care firm to relocate from downtown; 29-story tower secures construction loan
- Erlanger board chair Jim Coleman named CEO
- HCA, McKesson to form oncology research joint venture
- Nurse staffing org to open Nashville office
- COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations still rising in Tennessee
- Tennessee hospital defends CEO selection process
- Vanderbilt University forms task force to address impact of abortion ban in Tennessee
TEXAS
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- 15 Texas physicians to pay $2.8M to settle kickback allegations
- 33 Texas doctors settle kickback allegations in health care fraud case
- Covenant High Plains Surgery Center 1st ASC in region to use da Vinci X robot
- Echo Real Estate Capital, Inc. sells medical office building in Rowlett
- North Texas GI Associates opens at The Shops at Highland Village
- North Texas Hospitals Work to Fill Thousands of Jobs as COVID Cases Climb
- Police kill armed patient at Baylor Scott & White hospital
- Slate of Memorial Hermann urgent care facilities set to reopen July 1 following renovations
- The Hospitals of Providence adjusts CEO roles
- Texas Health Resources names 5 hospital presidents
- Memorial Hermann Health System to provide home healthcare
- Tenet Names New CEO For MetroWest Medical Center
- North Texas GI Associates opens 2nd practice
- Feds approve SA-based Seno Medical’s new cancer detection system
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- Virginia health department employees who sought telework say Greene requested medical records
- Sentara Healthcare names Dennis Matheis next top executive
- Virginia Health Board reprimands Colin Greene
- New public dashboard shows real need for mental health care in Virginia hospitals
- COVID hospitalizations up in Virginia
- Virginia budget funds new position at UVA Children’s Hospital
- Virginia is spending millions to boost security at state-run mental hospitals
WASHINGTON
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- Data of 763 patients at risk after laptop stolen from Seattle clinic
- How nursing in WA is recovering from staff shortages and pandemic burnout
- MCG Health Data Breach Impacts 8 Organizations, 793K Individuals
- Providence’s CIO zeros in on patient loyalty
- Washington COVID cases see slight decrease, but health officials warn the numbers don’t tell all
- New director named to lead King County public health
- Seattle Children’s launches $45M program to bring diversity to biotech
- HCA to distribute $100 million to Washington behavioral health treatment providers
- Union urges Seattle Children’s to invest in permanent nurses more than travel workers
WEST VIRGINIA
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- West Virginia hospital rebrands
- Junkins promoted to Chief Medical Officer of Behavioral Health at Community Care of West Virginia
- WVU Medicine, medical supply giant break ground on Morgantown distribution center
- Drug Distributors Face Opioid Trial Tuesday In West Virginia State Court
- Raleigh General Hospital, West Virginia Junior College partner to reduce nursing shortage
WISCONSIN
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- Rogers Behavioral Health Brown Deer, mental health services expanded
- St. Mary’s Hospital – Janesville markes 1,000th Mako robotic surgery
- SSM Health conducts Mass Casualty Incident drills across Wisconsin
- COVID-19 in Wisconsin: Cases stay below 1,400; deaths up
- Viewpoints: What an Advocate Aurora and Atrium combination means for southeastern Wisconsin
- Wisconsin awards $6.5 million to workforce with pandemic-related trauma
WYOMING
