NATIONAL
- Which innovations have executives most excited? 6 insights from healthcare leaders
- CMS gives telehealth a reimbursement win
- CMS proposes rule to overhaul Medicare ACO program
- Moody’s: CMS proposed changes to Medicare’s outpatient prospective payment system could hurt hospitals
- DOJ, HHS continue war on Medicare fraud with formation of new regional fraud strike force
- S. News Announces 2018-19 Best Hospitals
- Nonprofit exec pay growth outpaces doctor, nurse raises
- Changes may be on the horizon for HIPAA
- 5 key takeaways from hospitals’ Q2 results
- Proposed payment changes likely to ding hospital margins
- Heavy lifting ahead as healthcare works to achieve blockchain’s potential
- Seema Verma cites longitudinal patient records as the future of healthcare
- IBM Watson Health refutes media reports that its product is failing: 8 things to know
- Nonprofit hospital CEO pay increased 93% from 2005 to 2015, study says
- AHA files brief in Medicare appeals backlog case
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
- Judge orders state to pay $3.3 million for woman’s death
- Norwalk Hospital, Maplewood Senior Living to open $100M hybrid health center
- Best Hospitals In Connecticut: New U.S. News Rankings
- After 10 years, Masonicare, St. Francis go separate ways on home care
MAINE
- Staffers are fleeing as central Maine hospital system is roiled by turmoil
- Medical sources: Doctors leaving Central Maine Healthcare
- Bucksport Health Center expands into Ellsworth
- MDI Hospital looks back on year’s accomplishments
- Bridgton Hospital president & CEO resigns
- 27% of Central Maine Healthcare physicians leave amid CEO dispute
- Central Maine Healthcare CEO says EHR woes contributed to high physician turnover
- Maine DHHS denying Medicaid expansion applicants as lawsuit continues
- S. News & World Report names MMC ‘Best Regional Hospital’
MASSACHUSETTS
- Boston-based hospital giant applies to acquire RI hospitals group
- Massachusetts Nurses Campaigning for Stricter Patient Limits
- Partners’ Neighborhood Health Plan gets new name
- State’s hospital profits shrinking amid fiscal pressure
- Mandated nurse staffing ratios could cause Massachusetts to lose 1,000 behavioral health beds, trade group says
- Massachusetts fumbles on telehealth parity bill
- Massachusetts Hospitals Oppose Initiative for Mandated Nurse Staffing Ratios
- General Hospital ranked No. 4 in the country by U.S. News & World Report
- Massachusetts hospitals required to develop dementia care plan by 2021
- Hospital profits in Massachusetts shriveling due to financial pressure
- Compensation rises for local hospital leaders
- Hospital ranking puts UMass Memorial 5th in state
- These Mass. hospital executives have received the biggest raises
- Best Hospitals In Massachusetts: U.S. News Rankings 2018-19
- California, Massachusetts Best at Preventing, Treating Cancer
- Mayor of Gardner, five others speaking against nurse staffing ballot question
- Massachusetts opioid law serves as ‘blueprint’ for other states, says governor
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- NH gets $10 million grant to promote health, wellness
- Police Investigate Threats Made Against Manchester Hospitals
- Suit says hospitals erred in suspending ER doctor
NEW YORK
- New York City health system acquires Mohawk Valley Health Center in Ilion
- Mount Sinai teamed up with the designers who created projects for Nike and Beyonce to build a futuristic, new clinic — and it’s reimagining how healthcare is delivered
- Arnot Health uses secure texting to slash ED door-to-floor times by 36%
- Catholic Health Services to move 200 administrative, technology jobs in New York
- Six WNY health centers granted $650,000 in federal funding
- Christopher’s Hospital laying off 45 in physician practices
- Glens Falls Hospital planning new building
- Despite receiving CON, New York health system has yet to apply for building permit
- Federal court lets New York slash funding to some health insurers and give it to others
- 3 NYC Hospitals Land Among 20 Best in America, New Report Says
- Montefiore Health System achieves $1.2B bond deal
RHODE ISLAND
- Hospital, union file unfair labor claims against each other
- Boston-based hospital giant applies to acquire RI hospitals group
- Mixed grades for R.I. in new cancer action report
- Lifespan, nurses’ union talk; next session set for on Aug. 15
- Best Hospitals In Rhode Island: U.S. News Rankings 2018-19
- Rhode Island Hospital, UNAP Local 5098 to resume negotiations Aug. 17
- S. HHS awards 8 R.I. health centers $1.1M
- South County Hospital earns second Pathway to Excellence redesignation
- Care New England turns around $46M loss, when excluding hospital sale
VERMONT
- Nurses’ union, UVM Medical Center resume negotiations
- Sanders wants hospital board to help out in nurse contract negotiations
- Vermont hospital budgets go before the public
- Vermont hospital board told to get active in labor talks
- UVM Medical Center releases tax form
- Vermont union seeks delay in hospital budget approval amid contract negotiations
MID-ATLANTIC / EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
- Survey ranks Delaware in the middle of the pack for healthcare
- Delaware hospitals’ newest diagnosis: Human trafficking
- Christiana Care ranked among nation’s best hospitals
- Christiana Care celebrates ‘topping out’ the Center for Women & Children’s Health
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- MedStar Health gets naming rights to Capitals’, Wizards/Mystics’ training facilities
- George Washington University Hospital to take over operations of DC hospital
- Unity Health Care, Howard Hospital to open specialty clinic in Ward 7 early next year
- DC, Virginia’s Best Hospitals: New Rankings Released By U.S. News
- No honor roll for D.C.-area hospitals in annual U.S. News rankings
MARYLAND
- Maryland hospital breaks ground on endoscopy center
- Sherry Perkins is University of Maryland Capital Region Health’s new CEO
- Johns Hopkins remains the nation’s third best hospital, according to annual rankings by U.S. News
- HHS OIG Finds Security Flaws in Maryland’s Medicaid System
- Johns Hopkins creates opioid guidelines for 20 common surgeries
- Johns Hopkins Medicine chief diversity officer resigns for new role at Vanderbilt
- Bon Secours appoints Leigh Sewell CEO of 3 facilities
NEW JERSEY
- Too many C-sections? NJ will issue hospital maternity care report card
- South Jersey clinics serve as training site for residents, medical students
- Appeals court: Meadowlands Hospital’s $26.3 million suit against insurer can proceed
- Here are New Jersey’s top 15 hospitals, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report
- Federal task force targets health fraud in New Jersey region
- Labor of love: Monmouth Medical celebrates Labor and Delivery Unit expansion
- Valley Health gets $35M boost for new hospital
- Cooper 2 lands at Cooper University Health Care
PENNSYLVANIA
- New Lower Bucks CEO focused on ‘patients first’
- With hospital construction boom underway in W.Pa., opposition is unusual
- Wayne Memorial considers joining new initiative
- Post Acute Medical Pays $13.1M to Settle False Claims Charges
- Allegheny Health Network Breaks Ground on New Wexford Hospital
- Geisinger-Merck partnership produces care coordination apps
- Luke’s proposes building new hospital in Carbon County, consolidating Palmerton and Gnaden Huetten
- Allegheny Valley Hospital nurses, support staff to vote on strike authorization
- 5 Philadelphia Hospitals Ranked Among PA’s Best
- UPMC closes door, at least for now, on Philadelphia acquisitions
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia taps new chief investment officer
- Pennsylvania hospital lays off 45 physician practice employees
- Tower Health more than doubles net income in FY 2018
VIRGINIA
- Urgent care facility could be a viable opportunity at Lake Anna
- Five Sentara Hospitals Ranked in 2018 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” Edition
- S. News & World Report: UVA is No. 1 Hospital in Virginia
- HCA Virginia Hospitals Recognized by U.S. News & World Report Henrico Doctors’ named a Best Hospital in the Region, Chippenham recognized as a High-Performer
- DC, Virginia’s Best Hospitals: New Rankings Released By U.S. News
- Bon Secours hospitals receive top rankings in report
WEST VIRGINIA
- Raleigh General receives chest pain accreditation
- CCMC opens Primary Care office in Belpre
- Mary’s, SEIU clash over unionizing efforts
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
- Iowa medical board names interim director, won’t say why old one was suspended and left
- UI Children’s Hospital let public in for open house despite safety lapses
- Harding, Woody to lead HealthPartners UnityPoint Health
KANSAS
- Judge declines to stop new KanCare contracts but plans future hearing on bids
- Massive billing scheme spread to 10-hospital group, Mission Hills couple alleges
- University of Kansas Health System taps permanent CFO
- Johnson County nurses sue to overturn KS midwife law after losing hospital privileges
- GraceMed’s Capitol Family Clinic opens Monday
- Stormont consolidates pain management services, renovates space
- ‘The right thing’: New GraceMed clinic opens Monday in Topeka
- Familiar pair tops U.S. News & World Report list of best hospitals in Kansas City
- One of KC’s largest hospitals rebrands (again)
- Midwives deliver lawsuit accusing hospital, OB-GYNs of killing their business
MINNESOTA
- Minnesota hospital has up to 7-fold price difference for same surgery
- Mayo Clinic appoints Florida CEO, Center for Innovation co-founder as new CEO
- Rare look at Minnesota hospital costs finds huge swings
- Minneapolis Children’s hospital and neonatal doctors set to split
- Essentia Health names new chief operating officer
- Universal Hospital Services to go public through merger
- Children’s hospital loses neonatal physicians group after relationship sours
- Escape from the Mayo Clinic: Teen accuses world-famous hospital of ‘medical kidnapping’
- Mayo Clinic tops U.S. News & World Report’s list of nation’s best hospitals
- Minneapolis Health IT Co. Sansoro Health Raises $8M
- Mayo, Cleveland Clinics Again Top Hospital Rankings
- Mayo Clinic disputes CNN’s ‘inaccurate, irresponsible’ patient escape story
- UnitedHealthcare’s CMO out weeks after taking role
- Allina’s operating income sinks 45% in Q2
MISSOURI
- Sean Hogan is St. Anthony’s Medical Center’s new president
- More Missouri health workers are leaving their jobs behind
- Ferguson Medical Group joins Saint Francis Healthcare System
- Missouri hospitals struggle to retain certain employees
- Massive billing scheme spread to 10-hospital group, Mission Hills couple alleges
- Mid-Missouri Hospitals to Launch Pilot Program to Help Opioid Addicts
- Salmonella outbreak reported at Missouri hospital; 23 cases since Aug. 6
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital ranked one of the best in the US
- Louis-area hospital ranked among nation’s best by U.S. News
- BJC HealthCare shuffles operations executives
- Liberty Hospital buys physician practice to create pulmonary/sleep clinic
- SSM Health in discussions to sell mid-Missouri hospitals to MU, Mosaic Life
- How CoxHealth uses hand scanners to prevent medical errors
- Missouri turnover rate for hospital jobs climbs nearly 2%
NEBRASKA
- Report shows Nebraska falling short on cancer fighting policies
- Nebraska Medicine board shakes up system’s leadership
- Nebraska Medicine Appoints New CEO
- Work underway to change the delivery of healthcare in Nebraska
- Nebraska hospital gets largest private donation in its history
- Nebraska flirts with expanded health care
- BCHC gains recognition for quality patient care
- Medical director of oncology no longer employed by CHI hospital in Grand Island
NORTH DAKOTA
- US News ranks CHI Bismarck best hospital in North Dakota
- Alexius named state’s best hospital
- Sanford Medical Center Gets Verification as Level One Trauma Hospital
- North Dakota ranked as the fifth best state to have a baby
SOUTH DAKOTA
- South Dakota hospital’s Medicare contract at risk over patient safety issues
- Feds: Problems at South Dakota hospital pose ‘immediate and serious threat’
- Feds: South Dakota reservation hospital could lose funding
- Rosebud Reservation hospital funding in jeopardy
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Chicago’s Rush University to build $473M imaging, cancer, neurological outpatient facility
- Children’s Hospital Opening Northbrook Outpatient Surgical Center
- Sager Named HSHS Southern Division Chief Nursing Executive
- Northwestern Medicine lays off 60 IT workers after launch of new electronic medical records system
- Methodist Hospitals, University of Chicago Medicine finalize partnership
- Central Illinois counties have some of the highest cancer rates in the state; doctors say there’s no simple reason why
- Northwestern Memorial ranked best hospital in Illinois
- Chicago Hospital Named Among Best in the US
- SwedishAmerican hospital in Illinois goes live on Epic after 3 years of prepwork
INDIANA
- Methodist Hospitals, University of Chicago Medicine finalize partnership
- New hospital in Granger follows national trend of ‘moving out to where the people are’
- Investors sought for 3rd health system
- New report lists Deaconess and St. Vincent among top Indiana hospitals
- Health Care, Tech Drive Growth in Indianapolis
- Dupont Hospital Earns First-in-State Accreditation
- IU Center to Focus on Regenerative Medicine
- Medical Startup Seeks to Support Nursing Home Patients
- OrthoPediatrics Growing in Warsaw
- Indiana Hospitals Listed Among Best in U.S.
- ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Med Center Now Open
- La Porte, Starke hospitals come under single ownership
- Ex-Lutheran Health CEO seeks investors for private venture
KENTUCKY
- Parker returns to LCRH as CEO
- Kentucky Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Medical Review Panels
- Elizabeth breaks ground on new cancer center opening in 2020
- UofL Physicians expand access to Humana’s Medicare Advantage HMO members in Kentucky
- UK Markey Cancer Center receives boost from $10 million grant
- See how Louisville’s hospitals stack up in US News rankings
- Kentucky-based ResCare changes name to BrightSpring Health Services
- Baptist Health Hardin board to be established at fiscal court meeting
- Albert B. Chandler Hospital ranked No. 1 in Kentucky; four adult specialties ranked in nation’s top 50
- Clark Regional CEO Robert Parker steps down
- Cancer center director pledges to halve state’s cancer rate
- This Lexington hospital held onto its top ranking in Kentucky
- One of Humana’s major shareholders slashed its position by 70 percent
- Top of The List: These are Louisville’s largest assisted-living communities
- Signature Healthcare landlord: ‘Things are going well’ after restructuring
- Norton Healthcare operating income jumps 40+ percent in 2Q
MICHIGAN
- 3 Beaumont doctors claim innocence over $84.5-million settlement
- DCHS releases CEO’s salary, other information
- Beaumont doctors on settlement: ‘No comment,’ ‘didn’t happen’ or ‘wasn’t involved’
- Job opportunities go well beyond bedside care at Sparrow
- Spectrum Health asks court to dismiss federal trademark case
- 21 Michigan hospitals rank on U.S. News and World Report best hospitals list for 2018-19
- MI Hospital System Pays $84.5M to Resolve Healthcare Fraud Claims
- Outgoing Spectrum CEO Rick Breon reflects on his legacy
- McLaren’s health plan, IT investments pull operating income down 25%
- Henry Ford Health System sees net income drop 46% in first half of 2018
- 3rd Michigan hospital faces suit alleging it honored patient request for care only by white nurses
OHIO
- 5 things to know about area’s new $36M medical facility
- Elizabeth breaks ground on new cancer center opening in 2020
- Lake Health Beachwood Medical Center to open next spring
- Mercy Health hospital installs SpineMap 3D
- New Dayton rehab hospital aims for 2020 opening
- Countdown: Ohio’s highest-paid health system CEOs
- Cleveland Clinic named No. 2 hospital by U.S. News for the third consecutive year
- Meet the president of Kettering Health’s future hospital
- President of 2 OhioHealth hospitals promoted to systemwide role
- Here’s how U.S. News & World Report ranked local hospitals
- Northside Regional Medical Center in Youngstown closing
- Mayo, Cleveland Clinics Again Top Hospital Rankings
- As Ohio goes, so goes the nation in the battle against opioids
- Dayton-area health centers receive quality improvement grants
- Kettering Health to build $10M ‘NASA-like’ command center
- Premier Health opens new cardiology office
- Kettering council to consider incentive grant for $50M expansion project
- Four Cincinnati hospital systems join forces to train military
- ProMedica trims operating loss to $12.5M
- Steward to close Ohio hospital, lay off 388
- Kettering Health Network appoints president for hospital to open in 2019
WISCONSIN
- Ascension looking for partners at St. Joseph to address health disparities
- Ascension Wisconsin plans $42M medical center in Sturtevant
- Marshall tapped as Kenosha Community Health Center CEO
- Froedtert Hospital president to chair Milwaukee Health Care Partnership
- Essentia Health names new chief operating officer
- Marshfield Clinic: Redefining medicine, one person at a time
- Aurora St. Luke’s again ranked top hospital in Milwaukee area
- Six-story addition, renovations planned for Children’s Hospital campus
- Glendale medical office building sold for $7.6 million
- Sift Medical Data raising up to $1.1 million round
- Still no charges, arrests in NICU injuries case at Meriter
SOUTH / SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
ALABAMA
- Tenet hospital in Alabama won’t lose Medicare billing privileges
- Mizell Hospital thanks sales tax increase for improvements
- Hazmat responds to UAB Hospital helipad after crew responds to explosion
- Brookwood Baptist Medical Center reaches agreement with Medicare
- Brookwood Baptist Medical Center still in noncompliance status; must work to improve patient safety
- UAB Hospital again highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report
- Birmingham real estate investor acquires $24.5M Oklahoma hospital
- Alabama ranked as one of the worst states for health care
- ConcertCare hires new chief medical officer
- Huntsville Hospital plans $150M expansion
FLORIDA
- Florida Hospital Tampa plans reveal expansion of hospital, construction of energy plant
- Hospitals look to add facilities, expand services
- Memorial Healthcare System appoints new CEO at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
- Orlando Health has plans for 2 new hospitals in Orange and Seminole
- Brad Rogers: New hospital group brings new attitude
- With new hospitals proposed for SW Florida, state hearings on need set for January
- Adventist Health System rebrands to AdventHealth, a name they say signals the arrival or beginning of health
- Florida Hospital will have a new name in 2019
- New health care facility being built in Wildlight community
- Hospital district bristles at $400K funding request
- Florida’s new opioid law: What you need to know
- Best Hospitals In Florida: New U.S. News Rankings
- Florida hospital with surgery center tops out
- Florida Hospital Waterman invites community to sign top beam of new patient tower
- It’s official: Orlando Health under contract for 51 acres in Apopka
- Jupiter Medical Center names CIO
- Palms West Hospital names Josh DeTillio CEO
- Baptist Health Care CIO Steven Sarros talks health IT trends and misconceptions
GEORGIA
- Emory plans to wipe out DeKalb Medical’s $170M debt when they merge
- DeKalb Medical receives final green light to join Emory Healthcare system
- Patient’s family outraged after Atlanta hospital waited hours to tell them he was missing
- Francis employees await answers on salary, benefits, staff changes from buyout
- Mercer works to train rural doctors
- Georgia Attorney General approves partnership between Emory Healthcare and DeKalb Medical
- Georgia hospital CEO asks for buyout amid physician firings backlash
- Georgia’s Best Hospitals: New U.S. News Rankings Released
- North Georgia Healthcare Center dedicates new medical wing today
MISSISSIPPI
- New center for emergency services designed to enhance state’s disaster response
- Pharmacy owner pleads guilty as part of Mississippi’s largest health care fraud case
- The Health 202: Mississippi quietly amends its Medicaid work requirement waiver
- GLMC lawsuit settled; no cost to taxpayers
- Memorial Hospital announces change in executive leadership
- Top Mississippi hospital and insurer agree to contract terms
NORTH CAROLINA
- New CEO named at Wilson Medical Center
- Castleview CEO Holyoak tapped to lead North Carolina medical center
- OIG tags North Carolina hospital for erroneous billing
- UNCP positions self to address local health-care needs
- Would a for-profit Mission be efficient — or ruthless?
- Overhaul of North Carolina’s Medicaid program moves one step closer
- This is the best hospital in Charlotte, according to a new national ranking
- UNC Medical Center Nationally Ranked in Five Adult Specialties, Scored as “High Performing” in Five More
- Park Ridge Health to become AdventHealth Hendersonville in 2019
- Wilmington Eye Merges With Coastal Carolina Eye Clinic
- Monarch names chief medical officer
- Here are NC’s best hospitals. Only one makes the national Honor Roll.
- NC DHHS Takes Next Step in NC Medicaid Transformation
- Mission Health announces nearly $1 million in community investment grants
- Would a for-profit Mission be efficient — or ruthless?
- NHRMC Buys Wilmington Property From International Paper
SOUTH CAROLINA
- MUSC offering patients a free ‘Virtual Care’ visit during promotion
- After 65 days, a man gets a new heart as MUSC officially rebuilds transplant program
- MUSC wants to build the best hospital in SC, says current facilities are holding it back
- Building MUSC’s new Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital
- Here are the best hospitals in SC, according to new U.S. News & World Report rankings
- SC nurses given broader prescribing power, greater authority to practice
- Carolina Spine & Health opens Spartanburg location
- BCBS of South Carolina overbilled $399K under chiropractors’ fraud scheme, charges allege
TENNESSEE
- Quorum Health posts $25.9M loss in Q2
- Community Health Systems under scrutiny for EHRs, meaningful use
- CHS faces investigation related to EHR incentive program
- Saint Thomas adds COOs at Midtown, West hospitals
- Report: Vanderbilt University Medical Center ranked top hospital in Tennessee, one of nation’s best
- Meaningful Use Investigation Centers on Community Health Systems
- Best Hospitals In Tennessee: New U.S. News Rankings
- Health cybersecurity firm adds COO
- NCN adds to investment in health care payments venture
- Health care firm raises more than $12 million
- Nashville hospital patients may see more surprise bills as BCBS, 400 anesthesiologists feud
- Erlanger Children’s Hospital gets record $5M donation
- Tennova Healthcare lays off staff at 3 Tennessee hospitals
- Investors cash out of HCA as stock hits record high
- Quorum would charge $480K to help Alaska hospital transition to new owners
- HCA’s partnership talks with Louisiana hospital collapse
SOUTH-CENTRAL / SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas Children’s Hospital Jonesboro Clinic expanding
- Arizona firm buys west LR convalescent health center for $11.1M
- Hospital looking for more doctors, and room
- $750K donation to Ark. Children’s Hospital Jonesboro Clinic will expand services in the region
ARIZONA
- Arizona firm buys west LR convalescent health center for $11.1M
- Tucson’s Banner-UMC ranked 3rd-best hospital in Arizona
- Phoenix hospital moves up U.S. News’ Best Hospitals ranking
- Arizona health care company settles discrimination complaint by doctor
- Go behind the scenes at amazing Phoenix Children’s Hospital
- Here are some statistics involving the Phoenix Children’s Hospital
LOUISIANA
- New Orleans startup one of 10 in new health care accelerator
- Ochsner-LSU hospitals deal on verge of completion
- Ochsner deal to takeover two north Louisiana safety net hospitals near completion
- Report: Louisiana has worst health care in U.S.
- East Jefferson General Hospital, HCA partnership talks end
- HCA’s partnership talks with Louisiana hospital collapse
NEW MEXICO
- Study concludes New Mexico 9th worst state for having a baby
- New Mexico Health Connections Files Suit Against Federal Government
- Presbyterian gets 85K United patients in Medicaid shift
- NM health co-op challenges new Obamacare risk payments
OKLAHOMA
- Birmingham real estate investor acquires $24.5M Oklahoma hospital
- Oklahoma health notes
- Top hospital: Tulsa’s St. John and Saint Francis among three-way tie for best hospital in state
- Oklahoma Clinicians Receive Wound Training to Improve Care Quality
TEXAS
- Medical City Dallas Adds Advanced Spine Center
- Children’s Medical Center Plano receives Level IV trauma designation
- Harris Health winding down contract with Baylor, UT
- Freestanding ERs in critical condition
- A Handful Of North Texas Hospitals Win Healthgrades Awards For Women’s Health Outcomes
- College of Health Care Professions Gets A New Dallas Campus
- Cigna prevails in Texas hospital’s suit over $50M in unpaid claims
- UTMB agrees to lease Webster hospital that abruptly closed
- MedPAC Recommendations Could Impact North Texas’ Dozens of Stand-alone ERs
- Texas Health Presbyterian to double in size with $68M expansion
- Houston home to No. 1 hospital in Texas, per 2018 U.S. News & World Report
- Despite Troubles, MD Anderson Is Top-Ranked Cancer Hospital
- Metroplex to become AdventHealth Central Texas
- Houston Methodist’s new $700M tower sends a message in competitive market
- UT Health Jacksonville taps permanent CEO
- Best Hospitals In Texas: New U.S. News Rankings
- Shuttered Texas hospital strikes lease deal
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
- Anchorage health care providers discuss rural tele-health systems with FCC Commissioner
- Mat-Su Regional partners with prestigious Mayo Clinic
- Quorum offers to aid Sitka Community Hospital’s transition to SEARHC
- Quorum would charge $480K to help Alaska hospital transition to new owners
IDAHO
- East End appeal on Bannock St. design upheld: St. Luke’s hospital plan can’t move forward until it’s resolved
- Safe Haven Health Care Inc. files for bankruptcy
- Saint Alphonsus adopting an ‘age-friendly’ healthcare system
- As population grows, Idaho hospitals struggle — and health care providers get creative
MONTANA
- Billings Clinic foots $140K bill for staff police officer
- Billings City Council, Billings Clinic ink deal for hospital-based police officers
OREGON
- PeaceHealth carries long-standing mission into new era
- Introducing Oregon’s Healthiest Employers for 2018
- Moda in talks with a strategic partner for a capital infusion, CEO says
WASHINGTON
- Shriners Hospitals for Children reduces Spokane staff, focuses on growing outpatient load
- Hospital district looks for clinic replacement
- Unity Health Care, Howard Hospital to open specialty clinic in Ward 7 early next year
- S. News ranks UW Medical Center as best hospital in state
- Seattle officials pushing for better EMT wages
- New Everett clinic brings Seattle Children’s Hospital closer
- Best Hospitals In Washington: New U.S. News Rankings
- Providence Health accused of $188.1M upcoding scheme
WYOMING
- Wyoming Medical Center forms ‘care alliance’ with Children’s Hospital Colorado
- Wyoming hospital installs ExcelsiusGPS
- Cheyenne Regional Medical Center targets human trafficking
- Report: Wyoming falls short on public policies to fight cancer
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
- In California, a glimpse at the future of elite children’s hospitals
- California hospital weighs closure of nursing facility
- Former SCA executive Kelly Ruiz joins California hospital
- Cash-strapped California hospital to close ER, become long-term care facility
- Dignity Health, UCSF Move to Consolidate Their Telehealth Platforms
- California hospitals see steep increase in emergency room visits, Sacramento ERs remain crowded, study finds
- Mercy San Juan, Sutter Roseville grab spots on U.S. News list of top local hospitals
- California, Massachusetts Best at Preventing, Treating Cancer
- University of California Irvine launches AI center for healthcare
- Ex-CEO pleads guilty in kickback case involving California health clinics
- Providence Tarzana workers set to strike Aug. 16
- California hospital projected to run out of money by Aug. 31
COLORADO
- Wyoming Medical Center forms ‘care alliance’ with Children’s Hospital Colorado
- Fort Collins getting another urgent care center
- Community Hospital gets upgraded status as rumors swirl about bigger change
- University of Colorado Hospital falls off list of the best U.S. hospitals, according to new ranking
- Colorado’s Best Hospitals: New Rankings Released By U.S. News
- Colorado hospital again ranked best in nation for respiratory care
- Southwest Health System lays off 9.5 percent of staff
- New care alliance between WMC and Children’s Hospital Colorado formed
- Jury finds Colorado hospital overcharged patient for $300K spinal fusion
- UCHealth hospitals in Loveland, Fort Collins rank in state’s top 10
- SCL Health pays $11.59 million for Clear Creek Crossing site
- Member Spotlight: Randall Frietzsche, CISO, Denver Health
- Colorado health data organizations partner with startup to pilot blockchain-based platform
- Colorado medical device CEO to retire after nearly 20 years
- Dispute erupts over which hospital offers higher levels of care for stroke patients
HAWAII
- Ground broken on new facility at Hawaii State Hospital
- After partnership dissolves, home health services cut for seniors on Lanai
- Hawaii Medical Service Association reports net income of $56M for Q2 2018
NEVADA
- Investigation reveals North Las Vegas hospital ignored abuse
- North Vista Hospital proud to serve the community
UTAH
- Intermountain Healthcare names chief people officer, chief strategy officer
- Artemis Health Launches Standard Stories, Pre-Built Reports for Hot Benefits Topics
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