NATIONAL
- Kmart to pay $32.3M to settle health care-related whistleblower case
- Indian Health Service Seeking Input on Modernizing its Health IT Systems
- Reintroduced bill could give data brokers more options under HIPAA
- Medicare Penalizes Group Of 751 Hospitals For Patient Injuries
- New laws increase access to healthcare delivery for advanced practice registered nurses
- 92 payer-provider disputes, agreements in 2017
- 133 ASCs, outpatient facilities earning accreditation in 2017
- 81 hospital CEOs who retired or shared plans to do so in 2017
- Great ACO debate: Focus on integrated EHRs or physician buy-in first?
- 9 states with telehealth legislation taking effect in 2018
- Big tech’s spending on healthcare equity deals up 875% in 5 years: What 5 tech giants are up to
- Anthem to cut pay for some same-day services by 25%: 4 things to know
- Perspective: Want to cut health-care costs? Start with the obscene amount of waste.
- DOJ recovers $2.4B in healthcare fraud cases: 4 things to know
- 2017, the year that was: 10 things for healthcare executives to note as they head into 2018
- 3 highlights from the FDA’s year in digital health
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Autistic Man’s Abandonment In Hospital Emergency Room Is Tip Of Deepening Problem
- Hartford Hospital seeks state OK for geriatrics transition to lower cost, expand care
MAINE
- With finances improving, Mercy Hospital moving forward with relocation plan
- Medicare repeatedly penalizes Maine hospital
- Maine hospital attributes Medicare penalty to employee coding errors
MASSACHUSETTS
- Growing pains will continue for the healthiest state in 2018
- Hello and goodbye: Vitals is selling Malta hospitals concession to American company
- Survey: Almost 20% of Massachusetts residents encountered a medical error in last 5 years
- Investments trim Lowell General profits
- 9 Massachusetts hospitals penalized for high patient injury rates
- Deadline extended for merger of hospital companies
- Sage Therapeutics CEO cashes in $35M worth of stock options
- Prouty Garden supporters appeal ruling in Boston Children’s expansion case
- Biotech VC scorecard: How the state’s biggest firms fared in 2017
NEW YORK
- NYC doctor favored to take UAMS helm
- Coming to East Harlem: $300 million cancer center
- Six Crystal Run Healthcare doctors sue partnership over Montefiore merger
- Glens Falls Hospital planning for a busy 2018
- Northwell Health Adds Another Hospital
- Troubled Syracuse nursing home sold to new owner; will drop James Square name
- Three WNY hospitals to be penalized for patient injury rates
- New York medical group to cut 500 jobs in Rochester, Buffalo
- Kenmore Mercy Hospital CEO Jim Millard to retire in 2018
RHODE ISLAND
- Care New England hospital group lost more than $6M in October, November
- Hospital group blames $6M loss on Memorial’s pending closure
- Deadline extended for merger of hospital companies
- RIDOH approves CNE closure of Memorial Hospital emergency department
- Four R.I. hospitals penalized for high patient injury, infection rates
- CMS.gov rates South County Hospital R.I.’s sole 5-star institution
- Maher elected medical staff president at Newport Hospital
VERMONT
- Vermont health care board approves budget for new care plan
- Vermont’s ACO gets $621M in funding
- VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region named a top home health agency
- Vermont’s $44 million health information exchange in trouble
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- United Medical Center names Dr. Eric Li interim CMO
- Opinion: A tale of two cities: A crisis in DC is endangering pregnant mothers and newborn babies
MARYLAND
- Prince George’s health system CEO to step down in 2018
- University of Maryland Capital Region Health CEO to depart next year
- Howard L. Sollins: Md. hospitals’ community-based strategies
- Bethesda’s Precision Medicine Group raises $275 million
- Sucampo Pharmaceuticals to be acquired in $1.2B deal
- UMB startup raises $3 million, adding to big year
- Peninsula Regional Health System CEO to exit in January
- University of Maryland Capital Region Health CEO to depart next year
NEW JERSEY
- St. Barnabas Nurses Reject Hospital Offer Over ‘Staffing Issues’
- Holy Name Medical receives top rating from CMS
- State Senate to hold hearing on Horizon’s Omnia, Medicare plans
PENNSYLVANIA
- Doylestown Health hybrid operating room to open in the new year
- Upper Bucks hospital’s new CEO is a native son
- Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital cited for safety issues after death of restrained patient
- Patients, physicians give Tyler Hospital high marks
- UHS to acquire behavioral health hospital, 2 clinics in Mississippi
- 5 Philly-Area Hospitals Sold To Reading Health: 2017 In Review
- Local hospitals penalized by Medicare
- New leader for midstate cancer foundation
- Former Hershey Medical tech sentenced for lying about cancer treatment tests
VIRGINIA
- Centra chief medical officer named Va. Secretary of Health and Human Resources
- 2 shuttered Virginia hospitals secure buyers
WEST VIRGINIA
- West Virginia nursing care company agrees to pay back wages
- Altmiller tapped to lead Camden Clark Medical Center
- WVU Medicine to open outpatient-surgery center
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Unclear if Iowa lawmakers will touch privatized Medicaid
- Clarinda Regional Health Center’s board ousts hospital’s CEO
- Iowa Medicaid providers hit with $1.5 million in penalties
KANSAS
- Survey: 93.6 percent of Kansas hospital staff vaccinated for flu in 2016-17 season
- KU and Truman hospitals are hit with controversial Medicare penalty again
- Three local hospitals are slapped with Medicare penalty
MINNESOTA
- Union Says Locked Out Albert Lea Mayo Workers Will Return Tuesday
- St. Paul’s Regions Hospital seeks big expansion
- Regions Hospital in St. Paul looking to expand
- UnitedHealth to spend $2.8B to buy Chilean health care company
MISSOURI
- MU Health Care settles class-action lawsuit over payroll practices for $3.6M
- Missouri “safety net” hospital happy a tax credit will support its joint clinic in KC with YMCA
- 5 St. Louis-area hospitals penalized for high rate of patient injuries
- McCaskill seeks information regarding Anthem’s ER policy in Missouri
- Struggling nursing home chain granted rent reductions
NEBRASKA
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Sanford Health getting bigger in weight loss with Twin Cities stores opening
- South Dakota hospital CEO awarded rural leadership prize
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Outcome Health abandons headquarters move after fraud allegations
- Financial struggles for several hospital groups
- Facing fraud allegations, Outcome Health backs out of River North HQ
INDIANA
- Dupont chief leads with positivity
- Eastern Indiana hospital giving $1M toward demolition work
- Gastrointestinal Medicine physicians leave Lutheran Health Network
- Aspire Indiana Health Names First Medical Director
- Senator presses Anthem on decision to clamp down on ER reimbursements
- Anthem Completes HealthSun Acquisition
- Goshen Health Makes Leadership Changes
- Eskenazi Health Center renovation underway
KENTUCKY
- Kindred Healthcare (NYSE:KND) Receiving Somewhat Favorable Press Coverage, Report Shows
- Two lawsuits filed against Baptist Health
- Baptist Health Louisville Hospital’s Revenue per Patient was 40% Lower than the National Average
- Local health foundation names new executive director
- AG asks hospital for letter of intent
- Kentucky Lawmakers Mull More Changes To Medical Liability Laws
- Kindred Healthcare’s proposed sale opposed by large shareholder
- Kindred Healthcare Holder Brigade Opposes Deal With Humana
MICHIGAN
- Metro Health to ‘keep on pace’ with strategic expansions under U-M brand
- Cherry Health to explore partnerships to provide virtual patient visits
- Hospice of Northwest Michigan hires new executive director
- Hospitals ramp up efforts to reduce maternal deaths in Michigan
- State criticizes lax Detroit Wayne mental health agency oversight of Medicaid funds
- UM dips toes into direct primary care with Victors care clinic to open in April
- Burnout, training and retirements challenge nursing shortage
- Downtown boiler plant explosion affects hospital
OHIO
- CEO Tim Jarm is leaving Center for Health Affairs
- The Center for Health Affairs begins search for new CEO after Tim Jarm’s exit
- MetroHealth to seek partnership with a hospital system outside Northeast Ohio
- Ohio hospital chain buying home medical equipment business
- Summa Health finalizes terms of sale of Western Reserve Hospital
- Summa, Western Reserve Hospital officially end legal quarrels
- Summa Health finalizes sale of Ohio hospital after 3-year battle with partner
- Cincinnati’s top health care quotes of 2017
- Cincinnati health care’s 2017 by the numbers
- First Look: MetroHealth to open 2 new hospitals next week
- Firelands Regional Health System CEO to resign
WISCONSIN
- Investigation underway after physician found dead in Milwaukee hospital
- Milwaukee Biz Blog: Will Aurora merger pay off for customers?
- Physicians Realty Trust completed record $1.4 billion in investments this year
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Alabama hospitals facing a funding crisis
- Alabama hospitals face ‘perfect storm’
- Alabama hospital delays closure
- UAB School of Optometry ranks near top in research funding
- UAB to be part of new clinical trial studying severe bipolar disorder
- New medical clinic opens in Vestavia
FLORIDA
- Lee Memorial Hospital hit with $1.39 million Medicare penalty
- Health care expert: Why certificates of need are important in Central Florida
- Broward Health executives file motion to dismiss criminal charges
- Central Florida hospital profits near $1 billion in 2016
- Northeast Florida’s Haven Hospice hit with $5 million fine in federal agreement
- New CEO tapped to lead Heart of Florida Health Center
- Broward Health Welcomes New Supply Chain Vice President
- Broward Health hires new chief procurement officer: 3 points
- Prior Authorization Bill Proposed In Senate
- Appeals Court Backs Dismissal Of CMS Challenge
- Anthem acquires Miami-based Medicare Advantage plan
- Broward Health leaders allege prosecutorial misconduct: 5 things to know
- Broward Health hires new corporate chief HR officer: 3 takeaways
GEORGIA
- Georgia patients still at risk from hospital-acquired infections
- Health system plans $125 million renovation
- Piedmont Healthcare, Shepherd Center 1st in state to sign EHR hosting agreement
- New HCA team leaders eager to get started at Memorial Health
MISSISSIPPI
- Blue Cross, cardiologists begin innovative partnership
- UHS to acquire behavioral health hospital, 2 clinics in Mississippi
- Stanford Joins Hattiesburg Clinic Critical Care Medicine
- Mississippi native Taylor named chair of pediatrics at UMMC
NORTH CAROLINA
- How One Rural North Carolina Hospital Defeated Bankruptcy
- Still no deal as UNC Health Care and Carolinas HealthCare continue secret talks
- Forsyth, Wake Forest Baptist draw Medicare penalties for second consecutive year
- Small Eastern North Carolina Town Losing its Hospital
- 20-bed critical access hospital in North Carolina to close Dec. 31
- Carolinas HealthCare reveals nearly $1 billion investment strategy for 2018
- North Carolina Home Health Care Program Gets New Life
- Only one Triangle hospital earns top score in federal ranking
- ‘Bigger is not better.’ Experts warn patient costs could rise after NC hospital deal.
- NC Health Stories to Watch in 2018 – Part 1
- 2017’s top stories: Wake Forest Baptist-High Point Regional deal reflects trend
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Health in brief: Roper St. Francis to assume management of Hospice of Charleston
- Carolinas Hospital System-Marion announces service changes
- MUSC wants to build a $325 million hospital in Berkeley County
TENNESSEE
- HCA board permits proxy access
- Nashville General Offers Short-Term Contract Extension To CEO As Restructuring Looms
- Payet named CEO of state health plan
- Nashville General Hospital owes more than $6 million in unpaid bills to Meharry Medical College
- The fastest-growing Nashville health care company of 2017 might surprise you
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
ARIZONA
- Banner off the hook for several claims in 2016 breach class-action suit
- Spectrum Healthcare Acquires Prescott Internal Medicine Practice Featured
- 5 questions with Banner Health’s revenue cycle VP
LOUISIANA
- St. Tammany Parish Hospital CEO Patti Ellish to retire in 2018: 3 notes
- Ochsner, state develop nurse apprenticeship program
- Louisiana getting over $200K in pharmaceutical settlement
NEW MEXICO
- New Mexico hospitals face fines for injury, infection rates
- Christus St. Vincent fined for higher rates of patient injury, infections
- State approves sale of New Mexico Health Connections’ commercial business
OKLAHOMA
- Okla. lawmakers pass bills allocating funding for health services
- Oklahoma health care leaders give prognosis
- Gov. Fallin signs bills appropriating millions to DHS and Healthcare Authority
TEXAS
- Doctors recall paving way for Lubbock’s Freestanding Emergency Center market
- Texas reaches $25B deal with feds to extend funds to safety-net hospitals
- Baylor’s White Rock Lake hospital, formerly known as Doctors Hospital, has been sold again
- Baylor Scott & White sells 218-bed Texas hospital to Pipeline Health
- Acuity Hospital names San Antonio native to executive team
- Physician-owned medical management company admits to $3.4M false claims scheme
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Two health care initiatives dropped from Alaska’s 2018 election
- Health care cost transparency rules gain advocates
IDAHO
MONTANA
- Marcus Daly gets green light for major operating room upgrades
- Medical providers say Congress’ inaction risks rural Montana’s health care safety nets
OREGON
- Health Share prepares for tidal wave of FamilyCare clients from tri-county
- Trent Green is Legacy Emanuel Medical Center’s permanent president: 4 things to know
- High-stakes vote nears on Oregon health care tax
- New president of Legacy Emanuel, Unity Center a familiar face
- Big changes for Oregon’s healthcare system with Measure 101
WASHINGTON
- Deals of the year: The top Puget Sound-area 2017 acquisitions
- As Walmart competition heats up, analyst suggests Amazon push into pharmacy, health care
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- Scripps Health reorganization to include layoffs
- Scripps Health to shed leadership, administrative jobs as part of reorganization plan
- Report: L.A. Doctors Get a Raise, Physician Job Growth Remains Flat
- PHOTOS: New Kaiser, Adventist offices show progress in Roseville
- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ IT Department Recognized
- North Bay health care providers further expand facilities in 2017
- Sacramento’s Sutter Health fined $18,000 for failure to report lobbying
- San Diego hospital opens surge tent after area flu cases quadruple
COLORADO
- Centum Health buys MetroNorth Office Building for $13.4M
- Denver gender activist files discrimination lawsuit against Aurora hospital and its security
- Who’s hiring in Colorado? Here are the top 10 help-wanted advertisers
- Array BioPharma spins off cardiovascular myopathy drug research into new subsidiary
- Conway named interim state insurance commissioner
HAWAII
- Hale Makua Health Services taps Kirsten Szabo as CFO: 3 things to know
- Hawaii health insurance premiums to increase in 2018
NEVADA
UTAH
- SAB Biotherapeutics launches Utah-based subsidiary SAB Capra, LLC
- New Cancer Treatment Technology Coming to Utah at Huntsman Cancer Institute
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