NATIONAL
- Joint Commission wants increased focus on workplace violence in healthcare
- Health IT Trade Groups Push CMS for MIPS 90-Day Reporting Period
- HHS auditors seek industry input on meshing cybersecurity needs with HIPAA compliance
- AAOS raises major concerns over BPCI Advanced model
- Hospitals and device makers still struggle to rid medical scopes of infectious bacteria
- HHS Secretary Alex Azar names former MDWise CEO James Parker to Health Reform post
- HHS proposes Medicare payment rules to encourage hospitals to be clearer about prices
- See which states earned an ‘A’ and those that got an ‘F’ in Leapfrog’s new patient safety grades
- CMS Calls for Hospital Price Transparency Mandates in Proposed Rule
- CMS elevates electronic health records interoperability
- Promoting interoperability: What hospitals are saying about new CMS rule revamping meaningful use
- 6 trends in medical group CEO compensation — up 7.1% in 2017
- Low physician engagement scores at your hospital? 3 tips to improve them
- Medicare Requiring Hospitals to Post Prices Online
- Children’s Hospitals education bill heads to Senate
- What Lyft and Uber are really bringing to hospitals
- Hospital profitability sinks to levels not seen since the financial crisis: Moody’s
- CMS developing direct-pay model to test on seniors, others
- House bill aims to add ‘layer of transparency’ to 340B program
- AHA opposes ‘unexpected,’ ‘significant’ funding cuts in FCC’s rural telehealth program
- CMS makes Medicare Advantage encounter data available for first time ever
- Kaufman Hall: Hospital M&A up 11%+ from Q1 2017
- CMS releases 2019 IPPS proposed rule
- Nearly 50 medical associations call for reduction to MIPS reporting period
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Connecticut hospitals bill more than $1B in facility fees
- Amid mega-mergers, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care sees role for independent, regional insurers
- Hospital tax could complicate CT deficit, but income tax receipts keep rising
- More CT hospitals in the black last year
- NY, CT Hospitals Rank Among Lowest in Nation for Safety, Study Finds
- M. Best: ‘Negative’ outlook for CT med-malpractice insurer
MAINE
- Lewiston hospital’s safety grade slides to a C
- Here’s how Maine hospitals fared in latest Leapfrog safety rankings
- EMHS announces partnership with Mass General
- CMMC scores among lowest for safety in Maine
- ‘Need for improvement’: Safety grades drop for two Maine hospitals
MASSACHUSETTS
- CareGroup, Lahey merger gets official thumbs up from Massachusetts Department of Health
- Dana-Farber and Mass General pledge to pour resources into minority recruitment
- Hospital Safety Grades: The Best — And Worst — In Massachusetts
- Urgent care centers becoming major health care player on North Shore
- Massachusetts hospital lays off 29 administrative employees
- Massachusetts insurers boost price transparency with cost estimator tools
- Baystate Franklin Medical Center taps permanent president, chief nursing officer
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Cigna to eliminate 50 jobs at New Hampshire credentialing department
- So far, so good: Hospital’s affiliation has provided a needed financial buffer in tough times
- Hollis man joins Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
NEW YORK
- Morris joins Brooks-TLC Senior Leadership team
- State investigating CCS Oncology as employees miss paychecks
- New center for ambulatory care opens in NYC
- New York-Presbyterian unveils its $1.1B David H. Koch Center
- Claim: NY State Hospitals Ranked 48th Out of 49 in Safety
- NY, CT Hospitals Rank Among Lowest in Nation for Safety, Study Finds
- After ousting CEO, Nassau University Medical Center names COO
RHODE ISLAND
- RI hospitals graded on patient safety
- Lederer a strong ally in Brown Medicine’s strategic planning
- I. ranks third in Leapfrog hospital safety guide with 5 A-rated facilities
VERMONT
- Construction set to begin on Colchester surgery center
- Burlington hospital to take over cleft palate clinic
- SVHC’s CEO Named One of Becker’s List of ’50 Rural Hospital CEOs to Know’
- RRMC graded high for patient safety
- Rutland Regional receives an ‘A’ for patient safety
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- House lawmakers to vote on assisted-suicide bill
- Nemours and Aetna’s value-based care partnership yields positive results
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- DC embeds triage nurses in 911 center
- Maryland, DC hospitals see improvement in Leapfrog quality poll
- AMR Partners to Bring New Integrated Healthcare Solution to D.C.
MARYLAND
- State health body approves Anne Arundel Medical Center Mental Health Hospital
- Maryland health exchange board votes for reinsurance program
NEW JERSEY
- NJ hospital that cut ER use of opioids would become national model, under proposed law
- Which New Jersey hospitals are the safest? Here are the results of a new national survey.
- Murphy Administration Provides $636 Million in Funding for New Jersey’s Hospitals
- Bayshore Medical Center Names Frank Citara as Chief Operating Officer
- The Safest- And Understaffed- hospitals in Jersey
- Safety Report Reveals Deficiencies Of New Jersey Hospitals
- NJ hospital that cut ER use of opioids would become national model, under proposed law
PENNSYLVANIA
- Penn State Health notifies 2,100 patients with multiple sclerosis after losing most MS specialists
- CHOP expands medical legal partnership program
- ‘Small-format hospital’ could open in Harmar next year
- Here’s Why Independence and Comcast Are Launching a Health Care Venture Together
- Penn State Hershey Medical Center drops more than 2,000 neurology patients: Report
- Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center building $18M ‘greener’ utility plant
- Operator of Lancaster nursing home couldn’t make payroll for facilities in Kansas & Nebraska
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia goes global in partnership with United Arab Emirates
- Lehigh Valley’s biggest hospitals score high on safety rating
- Nurses at 2 Pennsylvania hospitals to hold one-day strike
- Allegheny Health Network eyes McCandless for neighborhood hospital
- Saber Healthcare takes over operations of Suburban Woods, nine other Pa. nursing homes
- On-the-fly personalized experiences: How Penn Medicine transformed the call center experience
- Which are the safest hospitals in Pennsylvania? Here’s a new report card
VIRGINIA
- Joint venture buys Commonwealth Medical Building for $4.6 million
- Virginia hospitals, Virginia Department of Health partner on new population health effort
- Hospital executives thank Virginia House for Medicaid expansion support
- Sentara Healthcare named to top health system list
- Carilion New River Valley Medical Center flips switch on solar panels to power hospital
- Privia Health names new CEO
WEST VIRGINIA
- CAMC’s finances showing some improvement
- Plateau Medical Center breaks ground on expansion, renovation
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Genesis Health Systems eliminates 48 positions
- Cristina Thomas Named Chief Information Officer at Pella Regional
- Iowa health system patient info may have been compromised
- Nordyke named Clarinda hospital administrator
- Iowa delays contract negotiations for $5B Medicaid program
- Recruit, retain, repeat: Iowa faces doctor shortage
- Clarinda Regional Health Center taps new CEO
KANSAS
- Shawnee Mission Health’s new CEO has ties to Kansas
- Kansas Rates Below National Average in Health Security
- Operator of Lancaster nursing home couldn’t make payroll for facilities in Kansas & Nebraska
- KU Health plans to purchase another hospital outside the Kansas City area
- KU Health System buys Great Bend Regional Hospital
- Wright: NRH building ‘the premier emergency room in Kansas’
- University of Kansas Health System to buy Great Bend Hospital
MINNESOTA
- Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital’s new CEO is Brian Lovdahl
- Nurse practitioner growth changes patient care in Minnesota
- Union says Mayo retaliated against striking employees in new NLRB charges
- Redwood Area Hospital joining Carris Health
- Regions puts a spotlight on patients in hospital’s bid for more beds
- Mayo Clinic Health System opens jobs ahead of Albert Lea, Austin transition
- Mayo Clinic’s Epic EHR go-live: A look at major milestones leading up to big switch
- Shriners Hospital for Children Minneapolis to sift out inpatient care
- Hospital Safety Grades: The Best — And Worst — In Minnesota
- Fairview Health Services’ annual net income more than doubles
MISSOURI
- More Missourians facing hefty air ambulance bills
- Grady named to lead Shriners Hospital
- Kansas City Hospital To Close, Will Lay Off More Than 100 Employees
- How Missouri officials are responding to patients’ excessive air ambulance bills: 6 things to know
- Select Specialty Hospital-Western Missouri to close in May
- SSM rebrands Oklahoma hospitals
- More than 100 to lose jobs as hospital group pulls out of Research Medical Center
NEBRASKA
- How 3 leading pediatric health systems are harnessing telehealth to transform care
- Methodist teams with Apple to offer patients their medical records on the go
- Nebraska Ranks above national average for emergency preparedness
- Operator of Lancaster nursing home couldn’t make payroll for facilities in Kansas & Nebraska
- Advanced Medical Imaging expanding with surgical hospital
NORTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA
- New therapy at Rapid City Regional Hospital will help patients undergo treatment
- South Dakota tribes want control of reservation hospital
- $22 million hospital and clinic opening soon in Custer
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- In safety rankings, Chicago-area hospitals earn A’s, and one F
- Grasmere Place hit with health violations
- Illinois procurement board recommends voiding UI Health EHR contract with Epic
- Illinois nursing center fined $25k after patient fall
- Rockford, DeKalb, Dixon nursing homes fined for neglect
- Salem Township Hospital Board Approves Annual Budget
- Health and hospitals system officials respond to inspector general report
- Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers hires new CFO
INDIANA
- Vincent rethinks how to deliver care; struggling parent cuts costs
- Hendricks Regional Health Makes Appointments, Promotions
- Anthem Details 30 Percent Quarterly Profit Jump
- Lutheran dismisses low grades in survey
- Lilly Beats Expectations, Raises Guidance
- New CEO to Lead Madison County Community Health Center
- How IU Health sets its systemwide price estimator tool apart
- Sullivan County Community Hospital appoints new CFO
KENTUCKY
- Humana and two others are making a big play to buy large hospice provider Curo Health
- KentuckyOne, private equity firm close to deal on Jewish Hospital, other Louisville assets, U of L leader says
- J. Samson-Markey Cancer Center affiliation celebrated
- Cognizant completes acquisition of Bolder Healthcare Solutions
- State rejects request for stakeholders advisory council to help with Medicaid plan
- Thomas new board chair at Baptist Health
- Humana’s deal for Curo Health debunks Walmart takeover, analyst says
- Only one Louisville-area hospital gets ‘A’ grade in new ratings
MICHIGAN
- Munising Memorial Hospital transitions to an electronic health record system
- Organization grades hospitals on patient safety throughout Michigan
- Hospital responds to strike authorization vote
- State legislation to add work requirements to Medicaid
- Report: HMOs, feds reshape Michigan’s health insurance
- McLaren Macomb breaks ground for $68 million expansion
- Wayne State medical group to Detroit Medical Center: Finalize contract by May 15 or partnership is dissolved
OHIO
- Dayton health center getting new home, new name
- How the Global Center for Health Innovation is stoking Cleveland health care transformations: Aram Nerpouni (Opinion)
- University Hospitals shares update with employees after fertility clinic failure
- Ennen among Ohio hospitals CEOs at conference in Washington
- Plans advance for $7M medical center in Carey
- ProMedica eyes expansion into China
- Cincinnati Health Department gets new boss after 2 years of upheaval
- TriHealth hospitals pay $10 million to adopt IBM Watson Health enterprise imaging
- What to know about Dayton health care leadership changes
- Here are Greater Cincinnati hospitals’ latest patient safety scores
- University Hospitals issues new safety, procedural measures following fertility clinic error
- Orthopedic ONE names new COO
- New Cleveland Clinic chief Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic perplexed friends by leaving Harvard for the North Coast: My Cleveland
- New CareSource building to honor company founder
- Good Samaritan Hospital redevelopment gains momentum
- ProMedica to acquire nursing home chain — creating $7B health network
WISCONSIN
- Milwaukee Regional Medical Center organizations looking to purchase county land
- Program filling the need for doctors in rural Wisconsin
- SSM Health to close Baraboo addiction Treatment and Recovery Center in June
- UnityPoint Health System hit with cyberattack affecting 16,000 patients
- Tour GE Healthcare’s $12M remodeled global training services facility in Waukesha (Video)
- Recruiting and Retaining: Keeping the Valley healthy with its health care workforce
- Milwaukee’s Mobile Health Program Shows Benefits of Care Coordination
- Wisconsin Supreme Court takes up challenge to legality of state’s caps on medical malpractice payments
- Montecito Medical continues shopping spree — Acquires Wisconsin medical office building with ASC
- UW System received millions to improve health care education and delivery in rural Wisconsin
- 2 Wisconsin hospitals to lay off employees as part of efficiency efforts
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- UAB Hospitals Given Top Marks On Patient Safety
- Blue Cross promotes two company veterans
- Alabama ranks near bottom for children’s health
FLORIDA
- Adventist’s Florida Hospital releases details of $600M network revamp: 8 notes
- How 3 leading pediatric health systems are harnessing telehealth to transform care
- Sam Huenergardt to assume CEO post at Shawnee Mission Health
- Judge to Halifax: No bonds to finance hospital
- CHS sells Florida medical center
- Florida Blue’s new subsidiary bringing home health care and more to Tampa Bay region
- Citrus Memorial Hospital starts residency program; brings more doctors to community
- Healogics, Inc. Names Allan Woodward, MBA as New Chief Financial Officer
- After protecting 55 sites, Consulate Health Care looks to stay in business at another Florida SNF
- Citrus County Hospital Board works to clarify finances, recoup millions in federal dollars
- Florida Blue and PopHealthCare Bring In-Home Health Care to Florida
- Vincent’s progressing on urgent care facilities expansion
- Florida names nine proposed medicaid health plans
- Florida Hospital joins ranks of systems spending $300 million or more on new patient towers
- Hospital District’s investment value dropped during Q1
- Seven Rivers hospital chief leaves for St. Petersburg job
GEORGIA
- Lee hospital ‘war’ escalates with latest developments
- Walmart enlists Emory Healthcare as care plan, joint replacement provider
- Georgia Rates Better On Emergency Preparedness, Still Has Room For Improvement
- Northside Hospital Opens Outpatient Surgery Center In Woodstock
- Piedmont Healthcare and its flagship hospital expand
- Georgia hospitals strive to make the grade in patient safety
- Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals drops Lee County hospital lawsuit
- Central Georgia Health Network picks pop health platform to aid docs
- Georgia hospital opens outpatient surgery center
- Georgia insurer and hospital group reach deal ending dispute
- Best Hospitals In Georgia — And Worst — For Patient Safety
- PCOM South Georgia plans celebration around groundbreaking
MISSISSIPPI
- Mississippi hospital plans to lay off up to 100 employees
- Telehealth Closes Patient Care Access Gaps in Rural Mississippi
- Regional hospitals earn A’s, B’s for patients safety
- Singing River Health System promotes COO to CEO
- OCH Regional Medical Center CEO to retire, ending 44-year healthcare career
NORTH CAROLINA
- Environmental violations addressed at Broughton Hospital
- New DHHS Map Puts Communities’ Needs in Sharp Relief
- Carolina Digestive Health Associates employee shared 100 patients’ data with fraud suspects
- Medical group escalates dispute with Atrium Health, sending complaint to the state
- Atrium CEO: Anesthesiology practice using ‘fear-based’ campaign
- Hospital Safety Grades: Here Are The Safest In North Carolina
- Mission approved to build new Franklin hospital
- Hoekstra to become president of High Point Regional Hospital in September
- Leadership Shift Announced as Wake Forest Baptist Takes over High Point Regional
- Atrium Sets Exit Date For Splintered Doctors’ Group
- Atrium Health on physician group’s lawsuit: ‘To be clear, we’re not reassigning patients’
- Mark Kimball named CEO of Erlanger Murphy Medical Center
- Angel Medical Center receives Certificate of Need, will build replacement hospital
- Ambulance catches fire while transporting patient to North Carolina hospital
- Two Triangle hospitals downgraded for safety lapses
- High Point Regional Health taps Wake Forest Baptist exec as president
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Hardeeville to get free standing Emergency Dept.
- Some SC hospitals get A’s for safety — but in Columbia, it’s mostly C’s, report card says
- Greenwood Genetic Center partners with Swiss biotech on autism research
TENNESSEE
- Notes: HCA looks to grow in England
- Tennessee passes bill to impose work requirements
- Montecito Medical continues shopping spree — Acquires Wisconsin medical office building with ASC
- Hospital Safety Grades: The Best In The Nashville Area
- Mark Kimball named CEO of Erlanger Murphy Medical Center
- Saint Thomas announces partnership with prominent health care group
- Network dispute leads to $14 million in balance bills
- The Hospitals of Providence names new market CEO
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas Medicaid holds lessons for Oklahoma
- Cantrell Drug Agrees to Stop Making and Selling Drugs
- Fulton County Hospital CEO Charles Willet to depart
ARIZONA
- Hospitals in Tucson, Southwest Looking to Lure Patients from Mexico
- False Claims Settlement: 5 Items in Banner’s Integrity Agreement
- Magellan Health Reports First Quarter 2018 Financial Results
LOUISIANA
- Louisiana House passes budget with deep cuts to healthcare that could shutter hospitals
- Louisiana surgical hospital purchases spine robot
- New burn-trauma center opens at UMC
- P&S physicians vote to join St. Francis Medical Center
- Proposed budget could cripple LSU Shreveport medical school
- Kathy Bobbs, CEO of Women’s and Childrens, dies at 59
- Ochsner Baton Rouge receives an ‘A’ for patient safety, again
NEW MEXICO
- Contract termination between New Mexico Heart Institute, Presbyterian Health Plan affects 3k patients
- Hospital breaks down good financial news for county
- County has many options for hospital
OKLAHOMA
- SSM rebrands Oklahoma hospitals
- Federal funding won’t be restored for OU College of Medicine, per reports
- Oklahoma City community pharmacy sees steady growth despite competition from national chains
- MRHC adds Jim Fraser as CFO
TEXAS
- $250 million medical research campus coming to Texas Medical Center
- CHI St. Joseph and Texas A&M announce co-branded primary care network
- San Antonio Healthcare Group Plans Boot Camp for Healthtech Startups
- Crockett hospital announces re-opening date
- Texas Health Plano Receives Level IV NICU Designation
- How 3 leading pediatric health systems are harnessing telehealth to transform care
- UnitedHealthcare accuses Texas labs of $44M fraud scheme
- Texas Rural Health Association, now in Abilene, works for outreach to rural communities
- Report Calls Texas the Third-worst State for Children’s Healthcare
- HHSC newest member of Texas Medical Center
- Medical City Plano breaks ground on 90-bed patient tower
- Texas Medical Center unveils plan for 30-acre medical research campus
- Erlanger’s Q3 earnings set back from Epic rollout
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Petersburg Medical Center names new CEO
- The ARC of Anchorage to pay nearly $2.3 million to settle Medicaid False Claims Act allegations
IDAHO
- Portneuf Medical Center announces new leadership
- Grand opening of new vascular facility in Pocatello set for Thursday
- Portneuf Medical Center adds 4 to exec team
MONTANA
- Missoula hospital lays off 16 due to state budget cuts
- Bozeman Health to lose $2.6M due to state budget cuts
OREGON
- Merkley again introduces Medicare for All
- Oregon Health Plan spending grows faster than expected
- Oregon finds solutions for aging population with long-term care services and support
WASHINGTON
- Vera Whole Health aims for ‘healthcare revolution’ as it raises $5M, plans six new clinics
- Virginia Mason Medical Center Creates Consulting Group to Serve Hospitals, With Rural Focus
- Switching programs, MultiCare Spokane hopes to streamline medical records for patients
- EvergreenHealth Receives “A” Grade for Patient Safety
- Virginia Mason Receives Another ‘a’ for Safety From Leapfrog Group
- Genoa Healthcare Announces Headquarters Move to Renton, Wash.
- UW Medicine to close one Seattle psychiatric unit, open another
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Adventist Health and St. Joseph Health Announce Formation of a New Joint Operating Company
- California hospital fined for failing to develop endoscopy cleaning program
- California fines Memorial Medical Center $71k after patient death
- Adventist Health’s net income nears $230M in FY17
- To reopen, shuttered California hospital may sell only profitable asset — a $10.5M gym area
- Joseph Health hit with anti-trust lawsuit for allegedly stifling competition
COLORADO
- UCHealth named among top 15 health systems in nation
- Colorado hospitals rise in patient-safety rankings; here’s how 20 scored
- Three women at NCMC in Greeley are at forefront of their male-dominated field
- Northern Colorado hospitals get A and B safety grades
- Bulk of laid off employees at Colorado hospital to receive new jobs
- New effort to fill thousands of healthcare jobs in the Denver area
- Putting On a Public Face: UCHealth’s Corporate Branding Initiative
- Colorado hospitals rise in patient-safety rankings; here’s how 20 scored
- Here’s how the Colorado Legislature is attempting to curb opioid abuse
- 24 local jobs lost as Memorial Regional Health eliminates billing, coding department
- New law requires more transparency at freestanding ERs
- After five-year effort, regulations on free-standing emergency rooms are becoming law
- Banner Health opening urgent-care center in Fort Collins
- Brinkman building vision-surgery center in Longmont
- Leapfrog gives 4 hospitals in region an ‘A’ for patient safety
- Memorial Regional Health outsources billing and coding, 24 jobs cut
HAWAII
- State leaders approve final state budget bill with emphasis on health, human services
- Hawaii needs more health care providers but there’s a shortage
NEVADA
