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OCTOBER 6, 2023

The CDC has stopped printing them Telehealth Visits Decline 46%, But Telebehavioral Healthcare Still High URAC to offer health equity accreditation Walgreens CIO is latest to leave in company’s C-suite shakeup AI is creating a complex landscape for healthcare executives ALABAMA Alabama hospital to remain on Cerner after sale Alabama gets $3.6M

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

Ransomware attacks against hospitals put patients’ lives at risk, researchers say States, FTC continue to target noncompetes: 3 updates The best hospital in each state, per Newsweek What to know about Stark law’s $9.2M for scholarships Yale New Haven investment leader departs DC D.C.’s

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MARCH 3, 2023

on 7th medical office building acquisition in a year Baptist Health expanding in Nassau and St. million for youth mental health care KENTUCKY Pike County nursing home officials release statement following loss of Medicare agreement Three Humana executives drop $11.2M

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APRIL 1, 2022

Coalition of hospitals, health plans and others urge for stronger guidance around third-party apps. Hospital, long-term care groups again petition Becerra to extend COVID-19 public health emergency. Rural Alabama wastewater infrastructure ‘public health issue’ gets much-needed attention.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

Fauci Some pregnant Alabama women travel as far as 70 miles for care, report finds COVID hospitalizations rise in Alabama, around the country ALASKA Alaska Regional wants to build a free-standing emergency department in South Anchorage. Some local ER doctors are adamantly opposed.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Vincent Partners With Park Plaza Mall on Community Health Programs Former Arkansas Medical Board Chair Brian Hyatt Arrested for Medicaid Fraud New Provider in Arkansas Focuses on No-Rush Health Care Walker Foundation Pledges $1M to UAMS Radiation Oncology Center Five nonprofits to split $5.9 health care startup Ounce raises $5.2M

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APRIL 26, 2024

area health system chief leaving for post in Florida Supreme Court will not hear D.C. biotech’s patent infringement appeal A D.C. in 256-Slice CT scanner Lifepoint reports $200M+ economic impact in Cen Ky St.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

in repairs Sutter Health faces possible $519M payout in alleged double billing case COLORADO Denver Health sued by sons after father’s jail death How a Kaiser Permanente worker strike could affect Colorado patients Kaiser names regional president Medical Office Building in Littleton Sells for $6.1M

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

health care Skilled nursing providers embrace bill nixing staff mandate, despite uncertain fate US News to begin rating ASCs ALABAMA Birmingham business lands pharmacy contract with Louisiana hospital Madison Co. Providence: How 3 nonprofit systems’ finances compare Trinity Health credits cost-cutting for trimmed $58.6M

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JUNE 23, 2023

Children’s mental health programs in danger after budget cuts Disciplinary information is missing from some doctor profiles in CT. Petersburg Cano Health board members re-elected despite opposition from billionaire Cano Health CEO Marlow Hernandez steps down Flagler-UF Health merger agreement expected to be signed Sept.

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MARCH 18, 2022

CMS updates COVID-19 testing rules for long-term care facilities. Conti Ransomware Group Continues to Threaten Healthcare. Health Policy Brief: Pandemic-Driven Health Policies To Address Social Needs And Health Equity. The status of Public Health Emergency declarations. What’s in the $1.5

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

Biden administration extends COVID public health emergency. USDA awards health care grants to rural hospitals in Mississippi, Alabama. East Alabama Health Joins Apprentice Partnership. Virtis Health Unveils Infusion Centers in Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama. CommonSpirit Health confirms ransomware attack.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Like ordering from Amazon: Where health tech is heading, according to 3 CIOs. Medical groups to Biden: ED boarding at a ‘crisis point’ Nursing home groups request public health emergency extension. Feds begin audit that could lead to end of sanctions on Denver health company. Denver-based DaVita to cut staff.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Jill Biden will lead new initiative to boost federal government research into women’s health Joint Commission says acute, critical access hospitals must join safety network Lawsuit claims UnitedHealth AI wrongfully denies elderly extended care Most Rural U.S. Compensation is key Is spine surgery expansion next for ASCs?

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

NATIONAL AHA pushes back on HHS proposal to penalize hospitals for cyberattacks AHA urges Congress to oppose H.R. Newsom seeks changes to California’s new healthcare wage law Prime completes California hospital sale Rare disease tech company was rolled up two years ago. to receive $56.3M operating gain as revenue grows 5.8%

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MAY 26, 2023

California Hospitals Seek a Broad Bailout, but They Don’t All Need It CEO of California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies discusses CARE Court initiative Rady Children’s lands $2.5 Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Holds Trauma Simulation Idaho Falls Health: 20% of Seniors skip their meds because of costs.

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JUNE 3, 2022

CMS has cited 69 hospitals for noncompliance with worker vaccine mandate. Court OKs denying coverage for mental health, substance-use care. COVID-fatigued health workers are mobilizing. Doctors, nurses risked their lives to battle COVID. Now they’re facing a mental health crisis. Ascension St.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

AMDA releases COVID-19 vaccine medical exemption request forms, guidance. CMS healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccination mandate enforceable nationwide after Texas suit dismissed. CMS Sets March 15 Vaccine Deadline for Health Care Workers in 24 States After SCOTUS Decision. Following Data Breach.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

nursing home advocate: industry in ‘death spiral’ from lack of health care providers, low pay Georgia medical center named one of the ‘most beautiful hospitals in the U.S.’ grant to train 140 ‘complex care’ nurses Health Foundation of Central Mass. doles out $1M in funding AG reaches $2.5M

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JULY 8, 2022

Ransomware attack on finance company affects 600 hospitals, practices. Vendor Ransomware Attack Impacts 660 Healthcare Organizations. SCOTUS won’t hear challenge to health worker vaccine mandate. Colorado’s COVID hospitalizations are on a plateau, and it’s not clear where they’ll go next. Nurse pay jumps nearly 5%.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

COVID-19 hospitalizations up in 34 states. FDA expands use of Pfizer vaccine, green-lights boosters for children 12-15. Fitch Ratings: Kronos ransomware attack harms healthcare public finance sector. Health systems eye outpatient sector as hospital M&A continues to slump. Georgia Dept.

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MAY 5, 2023

acquisition of Oak Street Health to expand primary care footprint Did Hospitals Violate EMTALA by Failing to Provide Abortion Care? of Iowa Health Care denies sharing patient data with Facebook, but are they right?

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Short-staffed and COVID-battered, U.S. Supreme Court appears open to CMS COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Vaccine mandate challenge reveals deep divides in the Supreme Court. Alabama nears 2,000 hospitalizations, now averaging 10,000 new COVID cases per day. DC Mayor Declares Public Health Emergency.

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APRIL 7, 2023

5 moves to know Most hospital websites routinely transfer patient data via tracking tools Nonprofit hospitals that pay board members linked to less charity care Nurses, federal lawmakers push for staffing ratio legislation Reports of serious adverse events rose in 2022: Joint Commission Doctors are drowning in paperwork.

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JULY 29, 2022

‘District’s Doctor’ reflects on the health of the city and service during COVID. Delaware Expands Access to Maternal, Infant Health Care. Public Health Emergency extended for 13th time. A look inside Florida’s hospitals as newest COVID wave sweeps through state. NJ and Del. MASSACHUSETTS.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

California health system to outsource RCM jobs to Optum. New California public health rules make it harder to visit loved ones in nursing homes. Colorado COVID hospital admissions at lowest point of the year. Doctors withdraw request for hospital emergency protocols as Colorado COVID numbers seem to improve.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

NATIONAL Biden plans to end the Covid public health emergency this spring in a major shift to federal response Biden administration will end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11 Can a drugstore be your only doctor? Now hospitals are charging them. Griffin How profitable are Florida’s 1-star hospitals?

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MARCH 22, 2024

Banner Health to expand clinical AI to 33 hospitals, 6 states Banner reports $282.8M Banner Health to expand clinical AI to 33 hospitals, 6 states Banner reports $282.8M Nevada Medicaid must cover abortion services, judge rules Clark County health rankings improve, but physicians per capita still well below U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

million patients Senate committee advances bill cutting hospital facility fees What Joint Commission, NQF’s affiliation means for hospitals Which health systems teamed up with Amazon, Google + Microsoft ALABAMA Alabama gets $3.6M in Stark law self disclosures: 3 things to know CMS’ staffing proposal will cost nursing homes $6.8B

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AUGUST 11, 2023

But that wasn’t the whole story.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

institute focused on health equity Medical providers at D.C.’s Here’s why. How many were women?

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JANUARY 20, 2023

Josh Green Straub Medical Center nurses ratify new 3-year contract Hawaii COVID-19 positivity rate at 6.8% To Pay $1.5M Here’s what it will, and won’t, tell you.

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MAY 12, 2023

Cloud Hospital names Chief Quality Officer Tampa’s Lions Eye Institute adopts new name Troubled Cano Health records $60.6M Here’s what it means. Connecticut is weighing several changes to Medicaid.

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JULY 21, 2023

Vincent’s nurse, physician communication among top in Alabama UAB Hospital receives millions in state funds to expand ED 988 one year later: More needed to expand mental health in Alabama communities of color Alabama lawmakers hear from Pickens County on effort to re-open medical center ALASKA City OKs $8.1M 11th in mental health, No.

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MARCH 11, 2022

COVID-19 funding is tapped out, HHS says. FBI sounds alarm on ransomware group targeting US organizations. FDA final guidance presses industry to be ‘recall ready’ Final vaccine mandate deadlines still in play, despite removal vote. How Nonprofit Hospitals, Health Systems Compensate Executives.

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