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SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

And we know that our prisons, jails, and detention centers employ doctors with suspended and limited licenses as the exclusive source for health care for incarcerated people. Carceral health care occurs within a regulatory vacuum. Compare, for example, federal treatment of nursing homes with prisons.

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MAY 10, 2024

Vincent Parkview Health’s ASC strategy: 2 updates Indiana hospital margins lag behind nation, with some budgets in the red Report shows Indiana hospitals lost more than $700 million in income in 2023 Two Indiana Hospitals Receive a “D” in Patient Safety Franciscan Health to partner with nonprofits Beacon Health System receives $5.4M

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MARCH 8, 2024

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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 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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JULY 28, 2023

million for rural hospital expansion Hospices in Arizona & other states receive scrutiny over concerns of fraud, waste & abuse Phoenix Children’s Building New 44,000-Square Foot Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Firefighters oppose Banner’s planned $400M hospital There’s a growing nurse shortage in Arizona.

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AUGUST 11, 2023

Mahaska Health receives state grant to promote rural health care Receiver sought for Iowa City hospital that’s alleged to be in a ‘financial freefall’ Reynolds announces $2.2 Morgan McGarvey to improve health care access COVID hospitalizations jump again: Where do West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky stand?

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MARCH 1, 2024

in 2023 income Ransomware group leader told hackers to attack hospitals, FBI, HHS say The 23 health systems pushing Congress to act on virtual care Three examples of how AI is going to change medicine U.S. Reeves doesn’t mention Medicaid expansion or health care crisis in State of the State address U.S.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

area hospital needs a new leader The health crisis facing Black moms and their babies in the DC area As Md. splash in coastal South Carolina What the closing of Novant Health’s $2.4 considers medical aid in dying, here’s how it’s playing out in D.C.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

NATIONAL 340B contractor boosts profits while driving up patient costs: Report A vital hospital revenue stream under threat Aetna suit against private-equity radiologists tests No Surprises Act Americans want action on consolidation, private equity in healthcare, federal report finds Anti-Kickback Statute grows in scope: 5 things to know AWS and General (..)

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APRIL 7, 2023

NATIONAL AHA, AHCA warn CMS against unfunded nursing home staffing mandates AHA to Congress: Funding rural hospitals is critical for access AHA-supported bill to aid small rural hospitals reintroduced in Senate Biden won’t veto Republican-led bill ending COVID emergency CVS-branded hospitals?

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MAY 24, 2024

Chicago children’s hospital completes cyberattack recovery CommonSpirit posts $365M quarterly loss, -3.9% Chicago children’s hospital completes cyberattack recovery CommonSpirit posts $365M quarterly loss, -3.9% Chicago children’s hospital completes cyberattack recovery CommonSpirit posts $365M quarterly loss, -3.9%

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MAY 31, 2024

among 6 states in yearlong program to support student mental health Kentucky ranks #16 in mental health care deserts LOUISIANA Louisiana categorizes abortion pills as controlled substances Nest Health is helping provide healthcare at home in Louisiana Lawmakers tried to get a Bob Dean nursing home reopened under new owners.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

s Vanda Pharmaceuticals pays $100M for commercial rights to Johnson & Johnson company’s drug Hundreds of DC’s Medicaid nursing home patients sent to Maryland Medical facility in DC’s Ward 8 gets $22.5M NATIONAL AHA pushes back on HHS proposal to penalize hospitals for cyberattacks AHA urges Congress to oppose H.R.

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APRIL 14, 2023

NATIONAL 94% of Organizations Experienced a Cyberattack in 2022 AHA blog: Strengthening crisis management in rural health care Biden signs bill ending Covid-19 national emergency Cancer drug shortages are creating dire circumstances for some patients CMS Releases FY24 IPPS Proposed Rule, Seeks to Boost Rates by 2.8%

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JUNE 30, 2023

for physician referral scheme In Los Angeles, hospital CEO pay could be capped Kaiser Permanente ratings affirmed amid healthy financial profile Nurses vote ‘no confidence’ in California hospital administration, board Nursing facility, management company settle physician kickback allegations for $3.8M

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MARCH 9, 2023

in federal funds will allow CT colleges to hire more nursing instructors, provide student tuition support Connecticut hospital expenses $3.5B Billion in Unpaid Care to Loved Ones Proposed bill aims to address ‘truth in advertising’ by Connecticut health care providers Shuttered nursing home in Wallingford sells for $1.6M

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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. for community health in Md., NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M Here’s what comes next.

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MARCH 25, 2022

Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act becomes law. Here are the top health systems by patient reviews. Hospital stays for nursing home residents down nearly 9%, federal data shows. Hospitalist talks tech innovation for staffing shortages and patient access. Community Health Center, Inc.

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JULY 1, 2022

Mobile medical clinic expands health care access on Moloka?i. The “Great Resignation” comes to health care jobs in Idaho. Idaho first responders receive mental health training to understand the impacts stress and trauma have on the body. Singing River Health System names first-ever woman CEO.

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JUNE 16, 2023

s Mary’s Center makes cuts under new leadership in ‘reset’ to strengthen care, operations George Washington University Hospital nurses schedule vote on union Mayor Muriel Bowser taps San Francisco health equity official Ayanna Bennett as next D.C. Baltimore, and Northern Virginia DELAWARE Bayhealth adds northern Del.

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MAY 5, 2023

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. set up a mental health hotline. Question drives Pa.

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APRIL 1, 2022

Nursing Home Operating Expenses Could Balloon by $500K With Staffing Minimums in Place. Parkinson warns of new ‘enormous’ business problem for nursing homes; highlights staffing-minimum alternative. Apprentice program addressing the nursing shortage crisis in Alabama. UnityPoint Health names nursing chief.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

Workers at another D.C. Bipartisan Ky. hospital company Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute appoints new CEO Kansas City University’s new research center aims to answer: ‘How do we keep people well?’ Bipartisan Ky.

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MARCH 17, 2023

NATIONAL AMA pressures federal government to fix prior authorization problem plaguing radiology AHA pushes back on new 340B alliance Biden’s $6.8T Lawmakers are now mulling limits. Francis Hospital-Interquest Progresses In Colorado Colorado’s wealthiest hospitals favored in $1.2 and Del.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

Biden administration extends COVID public health emergency. Bill would use CMS’s Five-Star system to punish consistently 1-star nursing homes. UConn Health to hire formerly incarcerated people. s Rose Health acquired by West Coast behavioral health company. DC Health to Merge Monkeypox and COVID Centers.

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JUNE 23, 2023

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. operating margin for 2024, misses 2023 target University of Michigan Health-West forms portal to track DEI among suppliers, vendors S.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

from CI CT nursing home loses federal funding. ’ SSM Health St. million to help save rural Mercer County hospital Pennsylvania to pay $4.5M

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JANUARY 20, 2023

for obesity rate, is getting heavier Medical Properties Trust Sponsors Children’s of Alabama Primary care group makes major local acquisition, doubling footprint in state ALASKA Juneau’s hospital is losing more than $1M a month Alaska’s flu season appears to have peaked.

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

NATIONAL 5 hospitals, health systems facing Stark law allegations BCBSA antitrust lawsuit reaches $2.8B Grant to Study Situational Bias in Health Care Riot erupts at Texarkana’s Riverview Behavioral Health; police charge 4 juveniles Community says farewell to St.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

20 hospitals, health systems that provide the most ‘unnecessary’ care: Johns Hopkins. 3 Population Health Trends to Watch in 2022. 5 states facing highest, lowest weekly nursing home COVID-19 positivity rates. Johns Hopkins study names health systems that provide the most ‘unnecessary’ care.

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DECEMBER 7, 2024

However, Trumps proposed health care reforms, particularly Medicaid block grants and capped funding , would cut federal funding and remove critical protections, leading to reduced coverage, limited benefits, or tightened eligibility requirements. Drawing inspiration from Japan and Germanys long-term care insurance programs, the U.S.

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MARCH 21, 2025

margin in 2024 Construction of $45M medical office complex in Arizona underway Scottsdale neuroscience company among two Flinn Foundation entrepreneurship winners UHS of Tucson Acquires 76,770 SF Behavioral Health Hospital in Arizona for $19.1M Nursing Home Dodged Union After Transfer, NLRB Says Golisano Childrens Hospital raises nearly $1.5M

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APRIL 28, 2023

million to benefit South Side and south suburban communities in fiscal 2022 INDIANA Beacon Health announces hiring freeze, pay cuts for employees Carmel-based NICO Corp. million to benefit South Side and south suburban communities in fiscal 2022 INDIANA Beacon Health announces hiring freeze, pay cuts for employees Carmel-based NICO Corp.

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DECEMBER 7, 2024

However, Trumps proposed health care reforms, particularly Medicaid block grants and capped funding , would cut federal funding and remove critical protections, leading to reduced coverage, limited benefits, or tightened eligibility requirements. Drawing inspiration from Japan and Germanys long-term care insurance programs, the U.S.

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APRIL 11, 2025

Mehmet Oz confirmed as CMS administrator Federal judge issues permanent injunction to block NIH cuts: 3 notes Federal judge to block HHS’ $11B clawback of COVID-19, public health grants FTC chair joins PBM case Hospital merger activity slows dramatically Hospital merger activity hits record low in Q1 Investigations reveal $4.3B

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JULY 29, 2022

Patients want greater control over health data sharing, AMA survey shows. Nursing Home Operators Make Infrastructure, Staffing Changes to Meet Behavioral Health Needs. Alabama nursing homes battling staffing shortages amid COVID uptick. Washington, DC nursing home resident charged in murder of roommate.

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