NATIONAL
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- 2022 False Claims Act recoveries lowest in 14 years: 5 things to know
- AHA to CMS: Medicare DSH payment proposal could devastate access to care
- Bipartisan bill revives efforts to expand FTC oversight to nonprofit hospitals
- Bright Health to exit health insurance business
- ChatGPT May Not be Ready to Revolutionize the Healthcare Industry Quite Yet, But There’s Promise for the Future
- CMS makes changes to hospital price transparency enforcement process
- CMS may reimburse for virtual reality treatments
- CVS closes $10.6B acquisition of Oak Street Health to expand primary care footprint
- Did Hospitals Violate EMTALA by Failing to Provide Abortion Care?
- Health systems ‘taking a breath’ on major construction projects
- HHS to drop COVID-19 vaccine rule for hospitals
- HHS to Start Unwinding COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
- How Are Health Care Organizations Working on DEI Efforts?
- How hospital-at-home programs grew from 1 to more than 250
- Nurses Flock Back to Hospitals After Leaving in the Pandemic
- Patient Experience Tanks as Patient Safety, Hospital Infections Grow
- Report: Inflation continues to burden hospitals as margins remain near zero
- Rural Hospital Support Act aims to offer additional financial assistance for rural hospitals and bolster health care access for rural communities
- Seven PBM bills wading through Congress
- Supreme Court levels the playing field for SNFs
- US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week
- Virtual nursing being considered by 83% of hospital leaders
ALABAMA
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- A newly signed law requires hospitals to allow visitors
- Alabama Hospital Association says Atlanta shooting points to larger issue
- Alabama lawmakers celebrate signing of patient rights bill into law
- Brookwood Baptist Health System CEO talks growth, challenges, trends
- Cadence Chiropractic opens in Shelby County
- Medical Properties Trust talks plans for tenant with troubled Pennsylvania hospitals
- UAB researchers awarded $19M to study HIV in women
- Some newcomers are having difficulty finding a doctor in the state of Alabama
- Hospitals offering thousands in sign on bonuses to battle staff shortages
- North Alabama Medical Center offering automated breast ultrasound for women with dense breast tissue
- UAB receives $3.7 million to study diabetes in minority youths
ALASKA
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- Plans move forward for new hospital that could be ‘the biggest project in the history of Petersburg’
- State approves construction of $48M skilled nursing facility in Anchorage
- Alaska health department pledges to halve 10,000-person food-stamp backlog within six months
- Alaska Legislature passes bills boosting mothers’ health care and renewable energy fund
- Alaska’s COVID-19 situation has flattened out, but what should Alaskans do if they test positive now?
- After two years, results show boost for Alaska mental health emergency care thanks to new partnerships
ARIZONA
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- Arizona hospital safety scores are among lowest nationwide, report says
- Arizona senior living facilities fail to protect residents. These steps could help fix that
- Embry Health winds down operations, will sell COVID-19 testing, vaccination items
- How Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona is changing behavioral health numbers and narratives
- Hammes breaks ground on 48,000-square-foot Arizona medical office building
- Dignity Health hospital back in network with BCBS Arizona after split
- Northern Arizona Healthcare selects David Cheney as new CEO
- Partisan bickering threatens Arizona programs
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas Urology Opens New Imaging Center
- Northwest Arkansas Hospitals to pay $1 million in Medicaid settlement
- UAMS Gets $12M in State Funds to Support South Arkansas Hospital
- UAMS Opens New Urology Center
- Study: Arkansas ranks near bottom for nurses
- Arkansas Children’s Hospital names new chief nursing officer
- 5 Sherwood Urgent Care Centers Transition to Baptist Health
- Arkansas Children’s and UAMS Commemorates the Investiture of Four Physicians
- NWA hospitals earn ‘A’ grade in latest patient safety report
- Little Rock Chamber, businesses offering $10,000 bonuses to lure out-of-state professionals
CALIFORNIA
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- Adventist Health consolidates office space, leasing out parts of Roseville headquarters
- Beverly Hills, California Plastic Surgeon Agrees to Pay Nearly $24 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
- California hospital to replace trauma surgeons
- California physician pays $24M to settle Medicare, Medicaid overbilling allegations
- Golden Valley Health Centers partnering with MCSD to build health center in Merced
- Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital approves line of credit to fight to stay open
- Kaiser Permanente medical group CEO to exit
- Many California hospitals are near wildfire danger zones, study says
- Mental health services campus with future commercial elements planned near Auburn airport
- The Kaiser Permanente-Geisinger deal: Questions and answers
- Why Geisinger will keep its name under the Kaiser deal
- Struggling California hospital looks for $10M credit line
- America’s 1st all-electric hospital under construction in California
- UC San Francisco will be first hospital in California to offer pharmacogenetic testing
- Oroville Hospital in California pushed to technical bond default
- Bright Health seeking buyer for California MA business
- Controversial board chair resigns from California health system
- California legislators to vote on bill that could help Madera Community Hospital reopen
- Russian ransomware gang suspected in California health insurance plan attack
- California’s lowest paid health workers want a pay boost. Why industry leaders are pushing back
- Blue Shield of California appoints senior vice president of health transformation
- New CEO takes helm as El Centro hospital faces ‘devastating’ threat of closure
- California seeks to establish single-payer healthcare system for 10th time since 1994
- Cedars-Sinai physician tapped to lead Association of American Physicians
- California Lawmakers OK Emergency Loans to Failing Hospitals
COLORADO
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- Colorado hospital facilities fee bill amended to lift ban on telehealth services fees
- CommonSpirit adds 5 Utah hospitals
- COVID hospitalized twice as many Coloradans as flu since October
- Gastro Care Partners taps news CEO
- Hospital facility fee bill narrowed as Colorado legislative session end nears
- How Colorado patients and providers are handling surge of travelers seeking abortions
- New CEO for Parkview Health System in Pueblo
- Colorado becomes the first state to ban so-called abortion pill reversals
- Colorado counties among top 25 for longest lifespans
- Colorado system’s 1st female CEO to retire; COO to take helm
- First-of-its-kind mental health care facility set to open in the fall for Cherry Creek Schools students
- Boulder Community Health launches health care program to serve vulnerable groups
- Colorado hospitals must disclose when they won’t provide reproductive care or LGBTQ services
- Kids stuck in ER after mental health crisis with nowhere to go
- Colorado lawmakers approve bill to address ‘crisis’ in home care staffing
- Insurance commissioner set to address carriers’ inability to meet rate reduction targets for Colorado Option this summer
- Colorado healthcare workers make medical pamphlets, videos to help families in Ukraine
- Centura to distribute $5M in grants through health equity fund
- HCA Healthcare named top workplace in Colorado
CONNECTICUT
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- $36M rehab hospital on Danbury’s west side approved by CT: ‘Beds of this type are extremely limited’
- A report says CT hospitals could give more to charity. Here’s how, and why hospitals say it ‘cherry-picks data.’
- Closure of Connecticut five-star nursing home open for 50 years comes with a warning
- Connecticut Children’s COO named MACPAC vice chair
- New CT Hospital Safety Ratings Released: See Best, Worst
- CT, US Hospitals Face Significant Financial Losses
- CVS Health completes acquisition of Oak Street Health
- Connecticut residents want to age at home, leaving privately owned nursing homes to struggle
- Former Nursing Students File Class Action Lawsuit Against Stone Academy
DC
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- Ascension to shut down Providence hospital campus services, cut bait on D.C. ‘healthy village’
- George Washington University medical residents vote overwhelmingly to form a union
- Kaiser Permanente’s Mid-Atlantic president, Ruth Williams-Brinkley, to retire
- Kaiser Permanente to spend billions on new value-based care nonprofit based in the D.C. area
- MedStar Health delays Olney cancer center expansion, expects to exceed original $3M budget
- Owner of DC’s closed Providence Hospital may turn campus into housing
- DC Council Committee on Health Holds Roundtable About End of COVID Emergency
- Coalition seeks to overhaul D.C.’s response to mental health crises
DELAWARE
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- Billing company to provide services for radiology practice in Sussex County
- ChristianaCare opens sleep wellness center
- Highmark Health will return to fully reimbursing Delaware nurses
- Bayhealth adding mobile health care service
- Delaware lawmakers push more mental health resources for schools in wake of a traumatic event
- Governor Carney Releases Short-term Extension, End of Public Health Emergency
FLORIDA
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- 13 of 24 metro Orlando medical facilities awarded ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from Leapfrog Group
- Baptist Health and Florida International University to begin exclusive negotiations on comprehensive alliance
- FIU in negotiations with Baptist Health for health care affiliation
- Florida sees hospital boom after dropping certificate-of-need rules
- NCFL hospitals receive ‘A’ grades for patient safety
- Premier Chicago hospital group pays $24.5M for Naples hotel property
- Take an exclusive look inside the new AdventHealth ER at Flamingo Crossings Town Center
- With $3M gift from Players Village, Wolfson to build new mental health unit
- 19th century hospital, cemetery found underwater off Florida Keys
- As COVID begins its fourth year, here’s how Florida fared in cases, deaths and vaccines
- HCA Florida Healthcare opens new freestanding ER in Kendall
- Florida lawmakers advance measure to boost hospital worker protections
- HCA Florida hospitals welcome ethics and compliance chief
- Medical technology grows quickly in Southwest Florida
- Northwestern Memorial buys $24.5M plot of land in Florida
- 3 Florida nurses vow to fight fraudulent degree charges, attorney says
- Florida passes PBM regulation bill
GEORGIA
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- AU gets federal funds to boost telehealth program
- Emory Healthcare announces new CEO
- Five People Shot at Atlanta Hospital
- Grady Health announces 2 new outpatient centers to fill void
- Habersham Hospital Authority releases top-level managers effective April 28th
- Kemp signs bill to allow Georgia hospitals to form police departments
- Mercer names scholars in program to train rural pediatricians
- Police shoot woman in Georgia hospital ER
- Six months after Wellstar closed two hospitals, path forward is unclear
- New GA Hospital Safety Ratings Released: See Best, Worst
- Thousands of Northeast Georgia Health System patients now out-of-network with UnitedHealthcare
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center breaks ground for Braselton hospital expansion
HAWAII
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- Hawaii could become first state to offer debt repayment to all medical professionals
- WhiteSpace Architects selected to design new $15M Hawaii Island health center
- 2 Hawaii hospitals to go live with Epic
- Struggling Hawaii hospital set to receive $18M
- Health Dept. looks to spend $100M to renovate rundown headquarters building
- Other efforts aimed at retaining health care providers near passage
IDAHO
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- Franklin County Medical Center cuts the ribbon on a new facility
- Intermountain inks Surgery Partners deal to ramp up ASC growth
- Kootenai Health takes first step toward nonprofit conversion
- Study: Idaho is the 9th worst state for mental health care
- Idaho abortion laws create uncertainty for OB-GYNs
- Saltzer Health, providing imaging services 24 hours a day
- Kootenai Health increases transparency amid covenant violation
ILLINOIS
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- Chicago Hospital Receives ‘F’ Safety Grade, Other Area Hospitals Move Up in Rankings: Report
- CommonSpirit completes acquisition of 5 Utah hospitals, affiliated clinics
- Illinois House committee approves children’s behavioral health transformation bill
- One Illinois hospital earns an F for safety, while another climbs from an F to an A in new ratings
- Premier Chicago hospital group pays $24.5M for Naples hotel property
- Quorum to sell Illinois hospital
- New IL Hospital Safety Ratings Released: 6 Get D Grade, 29 Get A
- Illinois Health Officials Investigating After No Medical Staff Report to Work at Lincolnshire Nursing Home
- Illinois aims to build its own Obamacare marketplace
- State renews approval of Franciscan Health ER for pediatrics
INDIANA
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- Goodman Campbell rebuilds after split from IU Health
- Northwest Health blocks sale of half-finished Indiana medical office building
- Patient advocates are hopeful about bills taking aim at hospital prices and drug costs
- Supreme Court Declines To Hear Challenge To Indiana Abortion Law
- Unfinished medical office building still in limbo after five years
- The Exec: How IU Health’s Supply Chain is Coping With Inflation
- IU Health posts $311.7M net gain in Q1
- Cardiologist team provides rural access to heart health care in Indiana
- Banks seek ‘immediate payment’ on Indiana hospital bonds; CEO considers options
- Governor Holcomb Signs Long-Term Care Reforms into Law
IOWA
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- Mercy Iowa City Wound and Vein Center wins prestigious award
- U. of Iowa Health Care denies sharing patient data with Facebook, but are they right?
- Iowa medical board charges former cardiology director with harmful practices
- Lawsuit Accuses Iowa Health System of Sharing Data With Facebook
- Size of planned Iowa ASC, orthopedic facility cut amid high inflation
- 2 Iowa nursing licenses revoked amid fake diploma scheme investigation
- Residents found dead in care facilities with a backlog of uninvestigated complaints
KANSAS
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- Ascension Via Christi resumes full operations following outages
- CMS launches investigations into denied emergency abortion care
- Kansas Legislature votes to restrict health officials’ power to fight infectious diseases
- Lenexa City Center: What developments might come on remaining 20 acres
- Nurses picket at Ascension Via Christi, claim staffing issues and workplace violence
- Speakers dive into reasons rural Kansans are struggling to get access to health care
- Surgeries and procedures paused at Wichita hospitals due to data center outage
- Surgery Partners acquires Kansas spine hospital
- Finding Ways to Save Rural Kansas Hospitals
- Federal investigation reviews death of patient, 73, at University of Kansas Health System
- Blue Cross Blue Shield, Salina Regional Health begin battle over payment rates
KENTUCKY
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- Design phase approved for outpatient UK HealthCare building at Hamburg property
- Markey earns National Pancreas Foundation Center designation
- Marks named King’s Daughters president/CEO; McFann role is expanded
- Norton Healthcare doctor describes saving lives while volunteering at the miniMarathon
- Talaris Therapeutics closing Louisville facilities, laying off 51
- UK HealthCare plans $2.4B expansion — 6 things to know
- Why Baptist Health isn’t rushing employees back to the office
- Kentucky is facing a health care shortage. UK’s $2B plan hopes to fill the gap
- Many central Kentucky hospitals receive low grades: Report
- King’s Daughters sees credit upgrade as financial profile strengthens
LOUISIANA
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- Lafayette rehab to pay $1.2M in Medicare false claims investigation
- LCMC Health legal fight makes local hospital system a national test case
- Louisiana’s health care deserts, racial discrimination and “fear” put women and babies at risk, advocates say
- In Louisiana, pregnant women struggle to get maternal health care, and the situation is getting worse
- Louisiana lawmakers move closer to banning gender-affirming health care for youth
- New Orleans-based company raises $15M to improve health outcomes
- Digital monitoring reassures Ochsner cancer patients and improves communication with physicians
MAINE
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- Bangor hospital will get nearly $16M for unexpected labor costs during pandemic
- MaineHealth hospital president to resign
- MaineGeneral Health names Nathan Howell as new president
- Northern Light EMMC getting $16 million from FEMA
- Nurses facing trauma and leaving: Maine hospitals left to fill 1,000+ positions
- MaineGeneral names CEO
- Maine State Nurses Association campaign for safe staffing ratios
- Maine Legislature may restrict ‘facility fees’ charged by hospitals
- Abortion bills draw massive crowds and emotional testimony at Maine State House
MARYLAND
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- Frederick Health Hospital eliminating about 190 positions, most of them vacant
- Luminis Health hospitals recognized among the nation’s safest
- Maryland scores high for health care, environment in latest Best States ranking
- Maryland’s nursing program ramps up to address labor shortage
- New MD Hospital Safety Ratings Released: 2 Get ‘D’ Grade, 6 Get ‘A’
- Maryland UnitedHealthcare members may have had personal information exposed to hackers
- MedStar postpones Maryland cancer center expansion
- Maryland health department moves away from daily COVID reports; what does that signal for the pandemic?
- Moore declares Maryland a ‘safe haven’ for abortion access; approves protections for trans health care
MASSACHUSETTS
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- 5AM Ventures-backed biotech startup shuts down
- Boston Children’s Hospital pays $15M to couple whose son died after sleep study
- Court revives criminal COVID charges against nursing home leaders
- Hebrew SeniorLife names a new president
- Laura Levis’ death outside ER has changed hospital signage, lighting in Mass.
- Mass. healthtech company Seniorlink rebrands to Careforth
- Mass. life sciences leaders band together to combat gun violence
- Mass. set up a mental health hotline. 6,000 people called in the first 3 months
- Massachusetts Hospital Safety Grades Rate Patient Safety: LeapFrog
- More migrants are showing up nightly at a Boston hospital. Dozens, most from Haiti, slept in the lobby this week
- Telehealth giant Amwell takes goodwill impairment charge of $330M in Q1
- Tufts Medicine partners with digital workforce platform
- COVID-19 cases zero out at Boston hospital, 1st time since 2020
- Why Boston Children’s is hiring an in-house ChatGPT expert
- A new factor could contribute to breast cancer risk
- Boston hospitals under extra strain as migrants seek overnight shelter
- Woman’s death outside Massachusetts hospital prompts signage regulation
- Boston physicians perform 1st in-utero surgery on brain malformation
- UMass Memorial to change masking policy on May 11
- Physical therapy practice opens Hopkinton location, its third in central Mass.
MICHIGAN
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- Corewell Health explores automation’s potential to boost dining service efficiencies
- Detroit mental health system seeks $227M in state funding
- First female Sparrow Hospital president begins position
- Grand Rapids medical startup eyes national expansion with new investment
- Holland Hospital Medical Building Breaks Ground In Michigan
- Judge OKs Ascension settlement with Michigan workers over vaccination mandate
- Michigan systems go international with nurse recruiting
- Nurse practitioners could practice without physician supervision under proposed state legislation
- Trinity Health hospital sued over flu shot requirement
- U of Michigan taps new partner for $16M electrical system
- Safety grades dipped for 19 Michigan hospitals. How did yours score?
- May is for Miracles: Sparrow Children’s Center’s partnership with UM-Health
- Michigan’s Largest Private-sector Employer Remains Healthcare
- A new Michigan legislative committee on mental health gives parents hope
- Michigan nurses propose solution to nurse shortage
- Indigenous tribe becomes first in Michigan to tap state HIE for data sharing between tribal, non-tribal providers
- ‘Red flags’ surround $25M health campus pushed by ex-Michigan House speaker
- MPCA requests increased Medicaid reimbursement rates for Michigan health centers
MINNESOTA
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- Bright Health CFO Cathy Smith leaving company
- Bright Health may sell California Medicare Advantage business, completing insurance exit
- Minnesota long-term care facilities turning away seniors at ‘alarming rates’
- Essentia Health’s patient experience upgrades at replacement hospital
- ‘Part of the fabric of our institution’: Inside Hennepin’s sweeping anti-racism program for employees
- Menopause tied to $1.8B in lost work time, Mayo Clinic estimates
- New MN Hospital Safety Grades Released: See Best, Worst
- Minnesota fines HealthPartners $150K over alleged mental health parity violations
- Legislature picks 4 new University of Minnesota regents, including nurse union leader, ex-health CEO
- With major funding and Fairview-Sanford merger on the line, legislators vote Monday on U of M Regents
MISSISSIPPI
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- Hospitals join UMMC in departing Mississippi Hospital Association
- Memorial Hospital in Gulfport lays off nearly 100 employees
- Mississippi Hospital Association president has ‘no idea’ why hospitals are leaving organization
- Three more hospitals leave Mississippi Hospital Association
- Few Mississippi lawmakers outright oppose Medicaid expansion
- Mississippi ranks 2nd for worst mental healthcare
MISSOURI
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- CMS launches investigations into denied emergency abortion care
- Missouri judge temporarily blocks restrictions on transgender health care
- SSM Health reports Q1 $68M operating loss, positive shift in non-operating income
- Centene to sell health care analytics firm
- Missouri hospital connecting with 30+ systems to explore partnership opportunities
- COVID-19 helps sink Missouri life expectancy to four-decade low
- Noble Health under investigation for Missouri hospital closures
- Missouri House passes limits on invasive exams when patients are unconscious, under anesthesia
MONTANA
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- Gianforte signs series of bills tightening Montana abortion restrictions
- ‘Terribly upsetting’: Woman fights to hold Montana State Hospital accountable for brother’s death
- Hospital at Fort Missoula invites public to open house
- West Yellowstone voters support hospital district
- Judge halts new Montana Medicaid abortion rule from going into effect
NEBRASKA
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- ‘Your Wallet’: Nebraska hospitals and patients struggle to cope with inflation
- Omaha’s Child Health Research Institute helping treat opioid-exposed infants
- Boone County hospital searching for new CEO
- Nebraska Extension educators boost rural mental health
- Nebraska Extension delivers on ‘Big 3’ Priorities: Health, Community and Agriculture
NEVADA
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- Nevada bill would increase punishment for those who assault healthcare providers
- OB-GYN ‘crossed so many ethical boundaries,’ says patient at hearing
- Rare brain abscesses in children tripled in Southern Nevada in 2022
- Surgical robots taking over medical field at Las Vegas hospital
- COVID numbers continue to decline in Southern Nevada, doctors still bracing for ‘summer wave,’ report shows
- COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations dip in Clark County
- Culinary workers may strike at Valley Hospital
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- 2 physician owners to pay $1M to settle false claims allegations
- Capital Health Recertified as Level II Trauma Center
- Hackensack got a $316,000 grant. Here’s how the city will use it to improve public health
- Medical Practice and its Owners to pay $1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
- New Jersey physician pleads guilty for defrauding Amtrak of $1.4M
- New nonprofit CarePoint Health seeks more than $104 million in federal grants to operate hospitals
- NJ hospital safety grades are in. How did yours do?
- N.J. ranks 1st in nation in latest Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades
- Virtua Health CEO named outstanding health care leader
- Executive Vice President of RWJBarnabas Health Joins Board of Directors of New Jersey Community Capital
NEW MEXICO
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- University of New Mexico Hospital program seeks to reduce doctor burnout
- ‘This is ours to lose’: Why Ardent Health Services went virtual for nurses
- New Mexico ranks as one of the best states for nurses
- Lawmakers look to curb scattershot approach to behavioral health bills
- ‘Newsweek’ ranks two Santa Fe health providers among best workplaces for women
NEW YORK
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- 6 Long Island hospitals receive high marks in new safety report
- Oishei Children’s Hospital names wing in honor of Fisher-Price Little People promotion
- Patient files class-action suit against One Brooklyn Health over data breach exposing medical records
- Potential resident physician strike looms at 2 NYC hospitals
- Queens Hospital Could Strike For The First Time Since 1990
- Samaritan Medical Center plans to build 4-story medical office building
- Technology is shaping how WNY health care students learn
- Wyoming County Community Health System closing maternal and OB care
- MSK taps former MD Anderson leader to serve as chief strategy officer
- Strike set at 2 New York City hospitals
- Former Mount Sinai Health cybersecurity chief hired by county hit with ransomware
- New York system names permanent COO, chief nurse
- 3 New York hospitals reach ‘historic’ agreement with workers
- New York nurses create cancer inpatient admission protocol
- New York pharmacists now allowed to prescribe OTC contraceptives
- Physicians may strike at 3rd New York City hospital
- 6 telehealth award winners, including 1 health system
- NYU Langone, South Shore Neurologic join forces
- Low Medicaid rates threaten future of WNY’s long-term care industry
- Urgent-care center opens in Deer Park
- Mount Sinai uses Apple Watch to capture patients’ well-being
- One Brooklyn Health cyberattack prompts lawsuit
- NYC Health + Hospitals opens $923M Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital
- NYC Health + Hospitals leaders named to Asian American achievement list
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Another gene therapy setback as biotech halts 200-job Durham facility
- Atrium Health creates a life-saving game plan for former NFL player
- Atrium Health reports $1.08 billion loss for fiscal 2022; investment income performance main factor
- Duke LifePoint hospital names CEO
- Home health agency CON applications submitted for Forsyth
- Isabella Santos Foundation looks to boost pediatric cancer care across Carolinas
- North Carolina bill would carve UNC hospitals out of antitrust laws
- Novant Health Pender Medical Center receives grant to help support rural health care
- Novant Health increases access to respiratory care in Davidson County with pulmonary clinic in Thomasville
- Owner of Greensboro clinic indicted in alleged $4.7 million Medicaid fraud scheme
- Pinehurst Medical expanding in Sanford, buys new facility
- Proposed bill could give UNC Health a green light to expand without as much oversight
- Raleigh, Durham hospitals excel as NC maintains top 10 safety rating
- Swedish clinical trials company opening lab in Innovation Quarter
- Triad’s three largest hospitals receive ‘A’ grades in safety report
- UNC Health hopes $5M affordable housing fund boosts Chapel Hill expansion
- UNC Health names CFO
- North Carolina House OKs ban on transgender youth surgeries
- North Carolina Senate passes bill waiving UNC Health from state, federal antitrust enforcement
- North Carolina lawmakers move swiftly to restructure the state’s largest health insurer
- A, B, and C Hospital Safety Grades Here’s How North Carolina Hospitals Scored
- North Carolina launches new stroke registry linked to NC HealthConnex
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- Blue Water Biotech names Dr. Jay Newmark chief medical officer after Entadfi deal
- CareSource invests $1M in digital health platform
- Cleveland Clinic hospital staff authorize strike
- Cleveland Clinic names first chief community officer
- Franklin County providing $15.5M to Nationwide Children’s Healthy Homes for affordable housing
- Karen Muller aims to brighten day for sick children at Dayton Children’s
- Lindner Center of Hope names Laurie Little chief patient experience officer in leadership shift
- Longtime surgeon to serve as TriHealth’s first chief health equity officer
- MetroHealth joins new data research network
- Montecito Medical Acquires Medical Office Building in Cincinnati
- Mount Carmel settles final Husel wrongful death suit, bringing total past $40M
- OhioHealth, Surgery Partners to grow ASC joint ventures
- TriHealth names Mayo Clinic’s Jerri Irby chief human resources officer following national search
- University Hospitals CFO Michael Szubski to retire
- Uptown Consortium investing $10M in New Markets Tax Credits to finance UC Medical Center expansion
- Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals get top marks for patient safety in Leapfrog rankings
- Contract change at Mercy Health prompts layoff notices
- Ohio Man Admits Role in $24 Million Health Care Fraud and Kickback Scheme
OKLAHOMA
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- Oklahoma family disappointed as patients’ hospital rights bill stalls in Senate
- Oklahoman helping to advance Alzheimer’s research
- Oklahoma Hospital Association names new president
- Oklahoma hospital ups security after 2nd bomb threat in 2 weeks
- Stitt signs gender-affirming care ban for kids
- Oklahoma hospital remains on lockdown after series of threats
- ‘I’ll lose my family.’ A husband’s dread during an abortion ordeal in Oklahoma
OREGON
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- 11 former St. Charles Health System employees file $2.5M lawsuit over COVID mandate
- Former Bend Hospital Workers File Lawsuit Over COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements.
- Good Shepherd Health Care System announces next CEO
- House Democrats pass bill expanding access to abortion and gender-affirming care in Oregon
- New OHA report details Oregon’s health care cost spending trends
- New online dashboard to help track open Oregon hospital beds for mental health services
- OHSU has new online dashboard that tracks open Oregon hospital beds for mental health services
- Oregon lawmakers advance bill on abortion, trans health care
- Physicians group lodges complaint with USDA about OHSU primate center
- Providence terminated nurse for raising patient safety concerns, lawsuit claims
- Oregon expected to see moderate COVID bump in June
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Breakthrough Properties secures $130M construction loan for new life sciences building in Center City
- Court reverses order blocking Crozer hospital from closing ER
- Eaton wins contract for new state-of-the-art hospital
- Executive ranks shuffled at UPMC with 2 high-profile departures
- Geisinger: No changes expected at GLH
- Here’s how Pittsburgh-region hospitals fared in the latest Leapfrog safety study
- Inspira Health swings to $42.7M loss amid ‘significant investments’
- Is the nurse shortage myth or reality? Question drives Pa. hospital staffing debate
- Jefferson CEO says executive ‘should have known better’ in Twitter use
- Jefferson Health repurposing Elkins Park hospital, expanding MossRehab
- Jefferson hospital to end acute care, emergency services
- Jury verdicts such as the $183 million award against Penn Medicine can be tied up for years, but usually stand
- Kaiser combination will ‘turbo-boost’ Geisinger, CEO says
- Lab Notes: Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing undergoing multimillion-dollar expansion
- Medical Properties Trust talks plans for tenant with troubled Pennsylvania hospitals
- New PA Hospital Safety Ratings Released: See Best, Worst
- Owner of Crozer Health’s real estate discloses plans for dealing with delinquent tenant
- Some UPMC workers say staffing, workload worse than before
- The Kaiser Permanente-Geisinger deal: Questions and answers
- Why Geisinger will keep its name under the Kaiser deal
- Cooper posts $130M operating profit for 2022 in difficult climate for health systems
RHODE ISLAND
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- Newport Hospital Improves With A Safety Grade Amid COVID-19 Crisis
- Lifespan looks to close a gap with new nursing assistant training program
- Providence nursing center reaches settlement with federal government
- Man accused of killing roommate at Rhode Island nursing home
- Charlesgate Nursing Center in Providence to close
- Study: R.I. needs new hospital facility to meet its long-term acute care needs
- 76-year-old suffocates nursing home roommate with pillow stuffing, Rhode Island cops say
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Applicant refused flu shot over religion and was denied job at hospital, lawsuit says
- Bill to repeal South Carolina’s hospital approval law headed to governor
- Five hospitals in Columbia and Lexington score ‘A’ grades in latest safety report card
- House unanimous in repeal of health care certificate of need mandate
- Report: SC hospitals among safest even as infections rise across the US
- South Carolina Senate again rejects near-total abortion ban
- South Carolina Hospital Safety Grades Are In Here’s How The Biggest Hospitals Scored
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- 2 ophthalmology ASCs to pay $17M to settle alleged Anti-Kickback violations
- Community Health Systems shares plummet after influx of MA patient volumes drive $51M Q1 loss
- Envision Healthcare awarded more than $91 million in arbitration against UnitedHealthcare
- HCA Healthcare to spend $4.6 billion on capital expenditures in 2023
- HCA to sell senior notes
- New report reveals financial pressures mount for hospitals and its affecting patient access to care
- Pure Health makes $500M investment in Ardent Health Services
- SouthEast Eye Center Agrees To Pay $17 Million After Whistleblowers Filed Complaint; Eye Center Says No Finding Of Any Wrongdoing
- Cyberattack shuts down Tennessee medical center
- A new U.S. News & World Report rated all 50 states. Here’s where Tennessee ranks
- Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital names 1st neuroscience chair recipient
TEXAS
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- After president’s unexplained exit, UTMB names finalist for top post
- Bacteria-fighting startup Pattern Bioscience raises nearly $29M
- Baylor Scott & White Health rearranges leadership
- Baylor Scott & White connects patients with dogs trained to comfort, assist
- Dallas County To Build a $52M Bio Lab and Life Sciences Building Near the Southwestern Medical District
- Dell Children’s opens new North Austin campus
- Harris Health board approves $2.5B bond proposal for new hospital, upgrades
- Hospital owner accused of stiffing medical residents at former Southwest General in San Antonio
- ‘It’s heartbreaking:’ Former Southwest General hospital closes after 40 years
- San Antonio hospital set to close next week owes millions in unpaid student salaries, suit alleges
- San Antonio weighs health care access as Texas Vista closes its doors
- Shuttered Texas hospital owes $4.5M in unpaid resident pay, university alleges
- ‘This will cost lives’: Community braces for Texas hospital to close
- UT Health breaks ground on $100M brain center
- Texas Hospital Association taps new cybersecurity partner
- Texas Health taps hospital president
- Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas appoints new president
- New survey finds job dissatisfaction among U.S. nurses. What are Texas nurses saying?
- Texas woman pleads guilty to defrauding payers in $7M COVID-19 testing scheme
- Texas hospital to keep doors open with rural emergency hospital designation
UTAH
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- CommonSpirit completes acquisition of 5 Utah hospitals, affiliated clinics
- Intermountain inks Surgery Partners deal to ramp up ASC growth
- Judge blocks Utah’s ban on abortion clinics from taking effect
- Policy experts assess the path toward improving Utah’s mental health system, discuss soon-to-be-released BH Master Plan
- Intermountain Health Ranked Among Fortune’s Top 300 Most Innovative Companies for 2023
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- Montecito Medical Acquires Another Medical Office Property in Virginia
- Roanoke medical building sells for $2.8M
- UVM Health Network employees move in to new apartments in South Burlington
- Virginia hospital earns advanced hip and knee replacement certification
- Sentara Healthcare rebrands as Sentara Health
- New VA Hospital Safety Ratings Released: See Best, Worst
- Medicaid unwinding starts in Virginia in May with 400,000 at risk
- Meet 3 pooches promoted to ‘chief comfort officer’ at Virginia hospital
WASHINGTON
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- 7 sick patients die after outbreak at Seattle Virginia Mason hospital
- Former Walla Walla physician accused of performing unnecessary surgeries enters $1.17M settlement
- Hearing on new patient tower for Puyallup hospital highlights need and staffing concerns
- MultiCare Good Samaritan nurses rally for better staffing ‘I have become mentally, emotionally, and morally exhausted.’
- PeaceHealth cuts 51 jobs in Southwest Washington
- Washington on its way to modernizing mental health centers
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
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- Children’s Wisconsin to add three mental health clinics with $3M gift from Kohl’s
- Court rules Wisconsin hospital can’t be forced to give ivermectin to COVID patient
- Dubuque surgeons plan surgical center in SW Wisconsin
- Froedtert & MCW land $12.5M gift for brain-injury program from Home Depot founders’ nonprofit
- Madison couple builds rapidly growing child mental health startup
- Two Wisconsin nursing homes rank among worst in nation
- Wisconsin bill would create state hospital price transparency requirement
- Wisconsin DHS begins its COVID-19 wind down
- New WI Hospital Safety Ratings Released: 2 Get D Grade, 18 Get A
- How Wisconsin plans to combat the mental health crisis in ‘The Year of Mental Health’
- Wisconsin oncologist accused of performing unnecessary procedures
- City reacts to St. Mary’s Sun Prairie Ambulatory Surgery Center announcement
- SSM Health to build ambulatory surgery center in Sun Prairie
WYOMING
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