NATIONAL
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- 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 Catalyst partner to speed up development of health-care AI tools
- Biden’s DEA pushes out remote prescribing proposal
- Big 3 PBMs reaped $7.3B from generic specialty drug markups: FTC
- Central pharmacy centers: 10 things to know
- Chamber of Commerce sues FTC over ‘unlawful’ premerger changes: 6 things to know
- CMS announces financial incentives for nursing home staffing
- CMS locks in 2025 nursing home surveyor priorities
- CMS proposes $21B payment increase for Medicare Advantage in 2026: 10 notes
- DEA drug prescribing proposal may change providers’ strategies
- DEA proposes telehealth prescribing rule: 5 notes for behavioral health leaders
- Federal mental health parity bill returns: 5 things to know
- Federal report highlights private equity, consolidation concerns
- FTC updates merger reporting rules: 5 things to know
- Health systems downsized in 2024, report shows
- HHS lays out strategic plan for healthcare AI
- Hospital mergers rose in 2024, driven by ‘record’ number of distressed providers
- How state laws, regulations could shape hospital deals in 2025
- Lawsuits over Medicare Advantage star ratings pile up
- State-by-state breakdown of new hospitals in 2024
- Supreme Court to hear ACA preventive care coverage case
- The new federal law regulating physician practices: 10 things to know
- Walgreens targets PBM contracts, moves ahead with VillageMD sale
- 15,000 physicians sign letter urging Senate to reject RFK Jr.
ALABAMA
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- Alabama Community College System unveils new programs to improve state health care system
- Grandview to begin construction on $16M orthopedic center
- Huntsville Hospital Health System uses its size to bring better care and financial options to hospitals
- Local health care system names new CEO, executive chairman
- Multimillion-dollar upgrade boosts capacity at Children’s of Alabama’s NICU
- Children’s of Alabama expands neonatal intensive care unit
- Baptist South alerts visitors, patients to changes ahead of major ER expansion
- Freestanding emergency department opens in north Alabama city with no hospital
ALASKA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
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- As Cyberattacks Surge, Arkansas Hospitals Struggle to Keep IT Defenses Intact
- Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield Lays Off About 75 Workers, Reports $100M Loss
- Crystal Bohannan Named President of CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs
- Pediatrics Plus Eyes Expansion With Backing of New Investors
- CommonSpirit Arkansas hospital names president
- Eric Peterson Named President of BioVentures
- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Announces Appointments
CALIFORNIA
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- 470 Kaiser physicians in Northern California reach labor deal
- Ambience Healthcare and St. Luke’s Health System Partner to Reduce Clinician Burnout and Increase Patient Face Time
- At biotech’s biggest conference, UC Berkeley shows off startups
- Blue Shield of California appoints first female CEO
- California ASC settles data breach lawsuit
- California county reaches agreement to acquire HCA hospital for $150M
- CalOptima Health approved to pursue participation in Covered California
- Cedars-Sinai back to full surgical capacity
- Cedars-Sinai expands lung care capacity amid wildfires
- Co-CEOs outline vision for merged California system
- Doctors, nurses press ahead as wildfires strain L.A.’s healthcare
- Henry Schein launches $300K relief fund for LA wildfire recovery
- HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Declares Public Health Emergency for California to Aid Health Care Response to Wildfires
- How wildfires tested — and demonstrated — City of Hope’s resilience
- Kaiser Permanente leads $275M investment in healthcare data platform
- Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic sues Cedars-Sinai for $150M over alleged breach of contract
- Midwives blame California rules for hampering birth centers amid maternity care crisis
- New Hospital Tower Opens
- Physicians file lawsuit against St. Agnes over new staffing deal
- Prospect Medical Holdings Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
- Prospect considers restructuring: 8 things to know
- Santa Clara County to buy HCA hospital for $150 million
- Sharp HealthCare nabs naming rights for San Diego FC
- Some health care facilities remain closed amid California wildfires
- Stanford adopts AI to inform patients of test results: 6 notes
- Sunnyvale medical device giant saw big property, revenue gains
- Sutter-leased medical office building sold for $9.2M
- Telehealth company pays $360k in Medicare fraud settlement
- Tenet hospital CEO heads to Dignity
- UC Davis to launch nurse anesthetist program
- UCSF Health, GE HealthCare launch innovation hub: 4 notes
- USC, UIC strike cataract surgery partnerships
- Why Sutter Health inked a $1B AI imaging deal
COLORADO
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- Denver health care company raises money, hires exec for transformation
- Denver Health Focuses on Primary Care Training in Underserved Areas
- Vail Health’s Precourt Healing Center wraps up construction as it readies for May opening
- OneWell Health Care Expands to Colorado, Offering Comprehensive Home Healthcare Services
- Colorado community health centers saved $17.3 million in Medicare dollars
- Connect for Health Colorado announces new COO
- New medical school coming to Colorado to help address state’s health-care worker shortage
- True North Health Center helps patients manage neuropathy
- AdventHealth Parker begins $300 million hospital expansion in Colorado
CONNECTICUT
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- Agwunobi returns to UConn Health, aiming to reduce system’s reliance on state aid
- BD to expand production of critical medical devices
- Charter Oak Health Center names CEO
- Clearway Health, Middlesex Hospital Opening Specialty Pharmacy Service
- Connecticut Big Y pharmacies dropped from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield network
- CT business agrees to pay $358,500 to resolve Medicare telehealth allegations
- CT comptroller failed to verify millions paid for health claims, audit says
- Conn. Governor Vows Hospitals To Stay Open Through Prospect Bankruptcy
- Connecticut lawmakers promise help as hospitals struggle
- CT officials respond to threat of Prospect Medical Holdings bankruptcy
- Hartford HealthCare names top corporate executive to board
- Lawmakers worry Trinity Health staffing change could be ‘disaster’
- New St. Francis Hospital President Powell-Stafford focuses on recruitment, technology investment
- Opioid settlement funds approved for housing support
- Prospect Medical Holdings – Owner Of 3 Connecticut Hospitals – Files For Bankruptcy
- There’s a new medical group forming in CT. It promises an innovative twist on patient primary care.
- Trinity Health Of NE eliminating president role at Waterbury’s St. Mary’s Hospital
- Trinity outsourcing some physicians at Connecticut hospitals
- Two CT health organizations recommend masks in hospitals, other locations. ‘Safety a top priority’
- Trinity, Hartford HealthCare settle antitrust suit: 5 things to know
- Yale New Haven Health to acquire CT ambulance service
- Yale New Haven Health staff must wear masks due to uptick in sickness
DC
DELAWARE
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- Delaware courts opting to strike down more noncompetes
- From Epic to a health system: Inside a leader’s EHR implementation
- Nemours Children’s Health agrees to new Medicaid payment model in Delaware
- Nemours, state of Delaware enter into new Medicaid payor model
- 1st Delaware resident, fellow physicians unionize at ChristianaCare
- Delaware Healthcare Association doubles staff ahead of legislative session
- Delaware system names new COO
FLORIDA
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- 3 CFO moves in 1 day
- AdventHealth kicks off $340M expansion of Celebration hospital
- Ascension Sacred Heart Bay advances critical care
- Baptist medical campus brings new jobs, health care to Nassau
- Baptist Medical Center renovation enters phase 2 with $8M permit
- Beware the hallucinating algorithm: Tampa Bay health care leaders share AI insights, concerns
- Broward Health plans 2 new medical complexes
- Cancer treatment company to open 1st commercial lab
- DiMaggio Children’s Hospital adds big cardiology practice
- Florida sues feds in continued dispute over children’s health insurance
- Florida system names 3 C-suite leaders
- Go inside Moffitt Cancer Center’s new SouthShore facility in Ruskin
- HCA appeals another AdventHealth CON: 7 things to know
- HCA Healthcare permitted to build Arlington free-standing emergency department
- How Epic EHR adoptions have fared at Northwell, Sarasota Memorial
- Jacksonville health care IT company expands with Texan acquisition
- Johns Hopkins to break ground on Florida children’s hospital: 5 notes
- Joshua White appointed CEO of Health Services Management
- Lee Health names new COO
- Memorial Healthcare System Settles Alleged HIPAA Right of Access Violation
- Orlando Health to close Florida hospital, open new facility
- Orlando Health debuts new Lake Mary hospital
- Ponte Vedra biotech firm opens the Nasdaq
- Site clearing permit filed for beginnings of Mayo’s footprint expansion
- State-of-the-Art Intraoperative 3D Imaging Now Offered at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
- UF Health breaks ground for new orthopaedic surgery center
- Mini-grants awarded to 11 health-boosting projects
- How Terry Shaw’s 40-year journey positioned AdventHealth for the future
- Tampa General’s new behavioral health model: What to know
GEORGIA
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- Did Emory’s $150M for staff raises work?
- Georgia system to relocate 3 physician practices
- New Georgia has increased the rural hospital tax credit by $25 million
- Three rural Georgia hospitals receive donations to enhance quality healthcare
- Well-known orthopedic practice in Albany set to close in April 2025
- Wellstar Health System CEO plans to retire
- How a hospital in Georgia is looking to help keep kids and parents calm
- Kemp moves to increase health coverage for some parents
- CHI Memorial Hospital Georgia: A Step Closer to Opening in Catoosa
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- Ambience Healthcare and St. Luke’s Health System Partner to Reduce Clinician Burnout and Increase Patient Face Time
- New EMTALA Suit in Idaho Seeks To Keep Injunction
- St. Luke’s files complaint to safeguard patient care amid legal conflict
- Health West to soon begin construction on new pharmacy in Pocatello
- Idaho health director floats leadership reorganization to lawmakers
- WorldView and Kno2 Redefine Data Connectivity for Home Health and Hospice
ILLINOIS
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- Chicago hospital taps transit agency executive as CEO
- CommonSpirit moving ‘fast and aggressively’ toward single EHR: CEO
- Illinois colonoscopy legislation takes effect
- Illinois hospital furloughs 69 employees
- Illinois lawmaker seeks more oversight of pharmacy benefit managers, with new bill
- Illinois launches mental health portal for families in distress
- SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital Auxiliary to award $16,500 in scholarships
- 6 health systems unite to create largest genetic database
- Aetna Better Health of Illinois expands benefits for members
- Bill would allow Illinois to import cheaper Canadian drugs
- GI Partners of Illinois links with Sylvan Health
- Like OpenTable for the OR: Why Northwestern Medicine is investing in an AI startup
- Loyola Medicine hospital names chief nurse
- Mercyhealth adds 2 orthopedic surgeons
- More bills targeting pharma middlemen pop up in Springfield
- New Illinois law requires most insurance plans to cover annual mental health screenings
- Sutter Health enters $1B partnership with GE HealthCare
- UChicago cancer center appoints chief clinical officer
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth reorganizes C-suite
INDIANA
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- 3 Indiana practices to merge into 160-physician group
- Cleveland Clinic adds Indiana hospital to Connected Program focused on improving care
- Columbus Regional Health joins Cleveland Clinic program
- HealthNet chooses former COO Kougel as chief executive
- Indiana considers abortion pill ban
- Indiana lawmaker seeks to end hospital merger law he co-authored
- Indiana senator reverses COPA stance amid HCA, Union Health talks: 6 things to know
- Lilly sees new weight-loss pill approval in early 2026, CEO says
- Lilly acquires Scorpion Therapeutics in deal worth up to $2.5B
- OrthoIndy to merge with Evansville, Fort Wayne practices
- St. Joseph County sells Healthwin hospital building
- East central Indiana emerging as hub for training Indiana’s health care workforce
- Indiana Black Legislative Caucus’s 2025 agenda centered on physical, mental health care
- Franciscan Health receives community award
- Daviess Community Hospital to acquire primary care clinic
- Powers Health sleep center now open
- Bill threatens to revoke Indiana hospitals’ nonprofit status for overcharging patients
IOWA
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- Iowa City VA expands to meet rising demand for women veterans’ care
- Iowa hospital halts open-heart surgeries
- Mayo Clinic, Iowa hospital ink new physician deal
- Oaknoll announces nursing home expansion in Iowa City
- Ottumwa Regional Hospital is part of a critical look at how private equity impacts patients
- UI Health Care acquires $280M oncology practice
- Des Moines University expands enrollment partnership with Drake
- Integrated DNA Technologies announces appointment of new president
- Iowa care facilities recently cited for death, abuse and neglect
- Iowa governor seeks $150 million to train 460 physicians
- Judge refuses to issue injunction blocking nursing home staff mandates
- MercyOne Siouxland announces changes are coming to its trauma and cardiac services
- Molina Healthcare of Iowa partners with Innovive Health
- ‘Unacceptable behavior’: Hospital worker fired for flossing her teeth over patient
KANSAS
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- $112M psychiatric hospital planned in Kansas
- Contractor to break ground on state psychiatric hospital this month after $86.9M accepted bid
- Dr. Vince Clinical Research adds building to Overland Park campus
- Kansas hospital to unite EHR systems with Meditech
- KU Med seeks state funds to tear down Kansas City campus building
- Overland Park’s Healthcare IT Leaders wins big client
- Contractor to break ground on state psychiatric hospital this month after $86.9M accepted bid
- KU Cancer Center hits fundraising trigger to start work on $450M facility
- Why hair care is a priority at this Kansas hospital
KENTUCKY
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- Bills filed in first week of legislative session address abortion ban exceptions, perinatal care, adoption
- Ky getting $110M opioid settlement from Kroger
- Louisville nonprofit files for bankruptcy
- UK makes top oncology list at Becker’s Hospital Review
- UofL Physicians names Wade Mitzel CEO
- University of Louisville invests $24 million in clinical research
- Medicaid rate improvements boosting health of Kentucky hospitals and their patients
- Community health clinic, mobile dental unit partner to serve Western Kentucky cities in 2025
- KMA launches ‘Small STEPS, Big IMPACT’ public health effort
- First beams for Med Center’s High Street Tower being set Friday
LOUISIANA
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- A vital hospital revenue stream under threat
- Audit reveals gaps in oversight of Louisiana’s abuse and neglect database
- Baton Rouge hospital can distribute newborn supply kits to help parents following birth of their child
- Louisiana announces $15M for future health care workforce programs
- Louisiana chiropractor convicted for $3.2M healthcare fraud scheme
- New Orleans launches tool to help doctors find reproductive care drug amid tight state restrictions
MAINE
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- Owner of Woonsocket hospital expands into Maine
- St. Mary’s in Lewiston sues federal government in dispute over pandemic-related funds
- Maine health care providers express concerns over potential changes to Title X funding
- Maine health system sues HHS over withheld Medicare payments
- Maine’s Millinocket Regional Hospital Begins Work On 14-Month Construction Upgrade
- MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo hospitals name director of communications and public affairs
- Speaker of Maine House unveils bill to ease health care workforce shortage
- St. Joseph Healthcare’s president is retiring
- Supreme Court declines to block Maine health care employee vaccine mandate
MARYLAND
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- Acting CEO of Maryland psychiatric hospital resigns after 11 months
- Cheverly sues Bladensburg over attempt to annex Hospital Hill site
- Johns Hopkins Hospital taps new CNO
- LifeBridge alerts patients about email phishing scam
- LifeBridge Health reports employee email breach
- Local health company struggles to pay bills after failed $320M deal
- Radiopharmaceutical Company Set to Pay $350,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
- Rockville’s RegenxBio strikes potential $810M deal with Japan’s Nippon Shinyaku
MASSACHUSETTS
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- After Steward crisis, new Massachusetts law aims to strengthen oversight of hospitals
- GSK shells out $1B upfront for Plymouth cancer biotech
- Lilly to pay $2.5B for Boston biotech’s lead cancer drug
- Mass General Brigham’s 2025 hospital-at-home plans
- Tufts again breaks record for heart transplants, despite growing competition
- Amwell offloads psychiatric business in profitability push
- Best of Business 2025: Best Employee Services
- Billerica diagnostics maker Quanterix to acquire Marlborough biotech
- Biogen lays out three FDA decisions that could ramp up Alzheimer’s drug launch
- Biogen offers to buy out Sage Therapeutics
- Cambridge biotech to reverse merge, move to Texas
- George Church’s lab gets $1.5M to create artificial wombs
- Marlborough device maker receives FDA warning regarding implantable devices
- Massachusetts governor signs healthcare oversight bill into law: 5 things to know
MICHIGAN
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- 3 CFO moves in 1 day
- Henry Ford Health CFO on Ascension Michigan JV, $3B expansion plans
- Mercy Health to acquire 10 urgent care facilities
- Michigan hospital plans 2nd cut of employees
- Owner of New Baltimore mental-health hospital to pay nearly $20 million
- Priority Health seeks partnerships to tackle cost challenges
- Nurses union nixes strike, reaches deal with University of Michigan Health-Sparrow
- New Michigan program is designed to improve mental health services for Medicare, Medicaid enrollees
- Michigan to participate in innovative behavioral health model
- Mercy Health acquiring urgent care centers across NW Ohio, SE Michigan
- 5 Michigan health centers get $2.5M to expand hours
- Acadia Healthcare to pay $19.85M over false Medicaid claims
- Henry Ford Health to open 192-bed behavioral health hospital in West Bloomfield
MINNESOTA
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- Mayo Clinic and Microsoft partner to advance generative AI in radiology
- Mayo Clinic, Iowa hospital ink new physician deal
- Mayo Clinic selling hospice operations in Southwest Minnesota
- Minnesota hospital regains critical access status
- Rayus Radiology CEO stepping down, plus more leadership moves
- Staff-strapped Minnesota nursing homes look to new Americans for help
- UnitedHealth Q4 earnings rise, but revenue growth misses Wall Street estimates
- ‘We need to be here’: Minnesota hospital critical-access status at risk
- Essentia Health workers’ strike enters 2nd month
- Mayo Clinic, Epic collaborate on generative AI for nurses
- Mayo launches digital pathology program: 3 notes
- Minnesota hospital service cuts leave residents feeling the pain
- Minnesota emergency departments seeing longer wait times amid ‘quad-demic’
- Minnesota system taps CFO to succeed longtime CEO
- Optum earned $253B in 2024
- Strike at Essentia’s Deer River hospital stretches into second month
- Why Optum’s patient count dropped by 4 million
MISSISSIPPI
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- Lawmaker eyeing certificate of need reform to improve Mississippi’s healthcare
- Legacy Park Multi-Use Center in Gautier set to begin construction on Cardiac Center
- Medical office building with endoscopy center to be built in Mississippi
- Mississippi’s top doctor outlines his legislative priorities for the 2025 legislative session
- Quademic’ spreading throughout Mississippi
MISSOURI
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- Staffing firm sues NorthSide hospital after its closure
- Surgery Ventures, physician partners open Missouri surgery center
- Telemedicine helps SSM Health triple volume of psychiatric care
- Local organization pushes to improve accountability and funding for Missouri nursing homes
- Missouri patient alleges in lawsuit wrong heart surgery medication given
- Missouri system taps HSHS hospital leader as CEO
- Missouri virus hospitalizations set record as cases surge
- MU Health Care program to support healthcare worker well-being
- New director of Missouri DHSS announced
- Ozarks Tech’s $5.7M grant is ‘shot in the arm’ to health care education alliance efforts
- Regulator accuses drug middlemen of wild price hikes, possibly steering business to themselves
MONTANA
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- Billings Clinic, Montana Blue Cross-Blue Shield dispute leaves some in limbo for hospital services
- Bitterroot Health CEO joins Montana Hospital Association Board
- Montana’s Flu Cases Are Currently Surging Across the State
- Montana medical center investigates physician’s unauthorized patient data storage
- Rallygoers call on Montana lawmakers to reauthorize Medicaid expansion
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
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- Behavioral Health Clinic Opens at SNHD
- Las Vegas nurses in LA to offer relief to healthcare workers
- Icarus Behavioral Health Nevada Achieves JCAHO Accreditation, Expands its Mental Health and Drug Rehab Facilities in Las Vegas
- Nevada attorney general moves to protect health care access for DACA recipients
- Nevada Health Centers expand services with $150k grant from Molina Healthcare of Nevada
- New program aims to bring healthcare providers to underserved areas in Nevada
- Southern Nevada Health District reports high respiratory illness activity
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- BioCentriq partners with Orchestra Life Sciences to advance Princeton cell therapy facility development
- Inspira Health outsources lab services
- Labcorp to operate 5 Inspira Health hospital labs
- New Jersey Pharmacy Agrees to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations for Billing for Drugs Not Dispensed
- St. Joseph’s expands executive team with NJ health care industry veteran
- J&J set to acquire drugmaker for $14.6B
- New Jersey physician pleads guilty to illegal oxycodone distribution scheme
- New Jersey system taps chief clinical officer
- N.J. leads multi-state fight to save health care access for DACA recipients
- Rowan University and NJDOH partner to enhance mental health care at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital
- Virtua Health Names Khelil EVP and Chief Clinical Officer
NEW MEXICO
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- Ardent Health expanding ambulatory care in Oklahoma, New Mexico
- Legislature’s budget calls for state employee pay raise, more behavioral health care
- New Mexico system names CFO
- State launches five behavioral health clinics to help fill treatment gap
- State medical board revokes Albuquerque neurosurgeon’s license
- State’s largest independent women’s health practice ends OB services at Presbyterian hospitals
NEW YORK
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- CinqCare laying off nearly half its workforce
- Community Care Physicians names new CEO
- Dr. Alex Vaccaro talks Rothman New York acquisition
- Health system rebounds with $10M surplus in 2024
- Hometown Health Centers searching for next CEO
- How Epic EHR adoptions have fared at Northwell, Sarasota Memorial
- Mount Sinai could close more facilities amid Beth Israel lawsuit
- New York hospitals complete merger and unveil new name
- NewYork-Presbyterian teams up with ‘Sesame Street’
- NYC Health + Hospitals physicians reach tentative deal
- NYU Langone Health acquires Rothman Orthopaedics of Greater New York
- SUNY Upstate asks New York governor for $450M to build new ED
- UB Neurosurgery to expand Southtowns presence in $20M building
- Will NY involuntarily commit more people with mental health needs to hospitals?
- Mohawk Valley Cardiology faces patient data breach
- Mount Sinai transfers employees, equipment amid Beth Israel closure lawsuit
- UR Medicine Thompson Health adds New York GI practice
- Why NYU Langone is betting on molecular oncology
NORTH CAROLINA
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- $260 million hospital opens outside Charlotte, a first for this Gaston County town
- 5 up-and-coming ASC projects to know in 2025
- Atrium Health opens its first after-hours pediatric clinic in Charlotte area
- Atrium Health Wake Forest earns state approval for outpatient center
- Bayer subsidiary acquires Durham biotech following lucrative partnership
- CaroMont opens ‘game changer’ Belmont hospital
- HCA appeals another AdventHealth CON: 7 things to know
- Holly Hill Children’s Hospital in Raleigh halts child admissions
- How this hospital is launching youth behavioral health services from scratch
- Local hospitals get high marks on Leapfrog Group’s national assessment
- Mission Health appeals state’s awarding of 26 acute care beds to AdventHealth’s planned Weaverville hospital
- NC company pulls out of 250-job commitment
- North Carolina company secures whopping $175M to develop innovative drugs
- Novant expands Triangle footprint as it pushes for hospital here
- Novant Health adds 11-physician spine practice
- Novant Health completes $400 million investment at Forsyth Medical Center
- Novant Health pushes for new project, Beaufort Memorial opposes request
- Nurse recovering after patient allegedly attacked her at a Moore County Hospital
- Nurse sues Novant Health over flu vaccine, alleges religious discrimination
- Psych hospital halts admissions for minors
- Raleigh CRO inks $165 million growth investment
- ‘Uncomfortable things’ necessary to fix NC Health Plan, new treasurer says
NORTH DAKOTA
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- North Dakota gets grant for behavioral health clinics
- North Dakota system to open $470M hospital: 7 updates
- North Dakotans with diabetes advocate for insulin price caps
- Altru’s preventive behavioral health strategy: 4 notes
- North Dakota couple challenges their nearly $17K bill after knee injury in Mexico
- North Dakota nurses hope union vote paves way for stronger rural health care
- UND, Altru closely intertwined for decades; new hospital could reinforce ‘a reliable workforce pipeline’
OHIO
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- Business Courier names its 2025 Health Care Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award winner
- Cardinal Health adjusts profit outlook for fiscal 2025 after first half of year
- Cincinnati Children’s adding new medical office building at Liberty Campus
- Cleveland Clinic adds Indiana hospital to Connected Program focused on improving care
- Cleveland Clinic exec heads to Joint Commission
- Dayton Children’s acquires two regional primary care offices
- Lindner Center of Hope appoints its next CEO to succeed Crosby
- Mercy Health to acquire 10 urgent care facilities
- Mercy Health acquiring urgent care centers across NW Ohio, SE Michigan
- Nationwide Children’s spinoff targeting antibiotic resistance starts developing vaccine
- OhioHealth names new president for Grant Medical Center downtown amid $400M expansion
- Ohio hospital violence prevention bill signed into law by governor
- Sycamore Township-based health tech firm bolsters C-suite with two new hires
- Medicaid changes floated on Ohio and federal level could impact hundreds of thousands
- Ex-MetroHealth CEO cleared of any ethics laws violations
OKLAHOMA
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- 2 hospital closures in 2025
- Ardent Health expanding ambulatory care in Oklahoma, New Mexico
- Oklahoma clinics receive $920K for expanded hours
- Oklahoma County approves contract for construction of new behavioral health center
- Oklahoma County Commissioners approve construction agreement for behavioral health center
- OSCRI joins NRG Oncology to expand cancer research
- Stafford: Nursing programs are the lifeline of rural health care
- Clinton hospital will change owners, Inola voters reject school bond package and more
- ‘Epitome of the rural health crisis’: Pauls Valley hospital closing again
- Grand Mental Health opens new facility in Stillwater
- Oklahoma Children’s Hospital sees more patients amid respiratory season
OREGON
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- Interim OHSU Health CEO exits after 5 weeks
- Largest healthcare strike in Oregon history continues into new week
- Patient sues Oregon anesthesiology group over potential hepatitis C exposure
- Providence, unions are far apart as talks resume
- Oregon hospital sued after man’s face caught fire mid-surgery
- Nearly 5,000 Providence nurses, doctors launch Oregon’s largest healthcare strike
- OHSU’s takeover of Legacy Health would violate federal market standards, advocates say
- Portland-area hospitals prepare to shuffle patients as Providence strike strains resources
- Salem Health, Regence return to negotiations after 30K people lose in-network coverage
- Burnout lingers but the ranks of Oregon health care workers are growing
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 2 hospital closures in 2025
- 3rd Philadelphia physician group votes to unionize
- Almost 900 Jefferson resident physicians and fellows are latest to unionize
- Behavioral Health Center now open at Lancaster General Hospital
- Einstein and Temple resident doctors in Philadelphia vote to unionize; CHOP residents narrowly vote against union
- Filling a Gap in Service; Urgent Care for Behavioral Health Emergencies
- Financially struggling rural Pa. acute-care hospital gets $1M shot in the arm
- Former Merck manager launches franchise to provide home care for, and by, seniors
- Jefferson Health outsourcing 171 back-office roles
- More than 500 Einstein residents and fellows to join nation’s largest physicians’ union
- ‘Our doors remain open’: Struggling Pennsylvania hospital gets $1M grant
- Pa. hospital system is laying off 171 employees
- Pennsylvania Invests Millions in New Behavioral Health Crisis Center in Harrisburg
- Philadelphia clinic rewrites the cancer care playbook
- Prospect Medical Holdings, owner of Crozer Health, files for bankruptcy
- Shuttered Steward Pennsylvania hospital sold for $1.9M
- Temple University Hospital resident physicians and fellows vote overwhelmingly to unionize
- UPMC Health Plan names Dr. Chester Ho as CMO
- Almost 2,400 doctors in the region are going union after ChristianaCare staffers join the trend
- At Temple, 2nd Philadelphia physician group votes to unionize
- Crozer Health owner Prospect Medical files for bankruptcy
- Independence Health to create data platform
- Madrigal CEO touts ‘amazing’ sales success of new MASH drug, but stock slumps
- Pennsylvania system adds PR exec to C-suite
- PeopleOne Health names chief revenue officer
- Spark Therapeutics co-founder back at the helm of a Philadelphia gene therapy company
RHODE ISLAND
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- Brown Health borrows $220M from Bank of America
- California company’s finances pose more uncertainty for two RI hospitals
- Owner of two local hospitals files for bankruptcy
- Owner of Woonsocket hospital expands into Maine
- Personify Health taps GE veteran for CEO
- Prospect considers restructuring: 8 things to know
- Prospect Medical’s cash crisis forces surgery delays in RI
- Rhode Island hospital expands to fill post-pandemic behavioral health access gaps
- All commercial prescriptions at CVS to be reimbursed through CostVantage
- Bankruptcy judge grants Prospect access to $100M in loans
- Care New England resident physicians vote to unionize
- Mass. joins multistate nursing compact, but where does that leave R.I.?
- McCabe named CEO of Personify Health
- Resident physicians OK union in 2nd Rhode Island system
- Rhode Island hospital names chief nursing officer
- The Miriam and Bradley hospitals to study approaches to reduce postpartum diabetes risk
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- 3 CFO moves in 1 day
- MUSC Health grows marketing team
- MUSC Health marks construction milestone on Charleston medical pavilion
- Novant Health adds 11-physician spine practice
- Novant Health pushes for new project, Beaufort Memorial opposes request
- Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital brings in-person neurological care to Sumter community
- South Carolina system CFO retires, successor named
- SC has among highest flu rates in US, CDC says. Here’s how bad and where it’s worst
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- After Three Collapsed Mergers, Sanford CEO Shares Why Fourth Time’s a Charm
- Amwell offloads psychiatric business in profitability push
- Charges filed in South Dakota nursing home shooting
- Monument Health Foundation reaches $6M goal for hospital expansion as construction continues
- South Dakota health secretary: American Indian disparities in death, disease ‘atrocious’
- Winner Regional Health to suspend labor and delivery services due to physician shortage
TENNESSEE
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- Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Celebrates Milestone 500th Cardiac Surgery
- Cryoport had a rough 2024, here’s what CEO Jerrell Shelton said is in store
- Erlanger anesthesia provider raises compliance issues amid legal battle
- HCA Healthcare makes further investment in innovation, changes department name
- Tennessee op-ed argues state CON laws stifle healthcare access
- Tennessee Building Commission approves new Moccasin Bend Mental Health facility minus the site
- TN community health centers meet growing demand for dental care
- Tennessee Ranks 4th Nationally In Flu-Like Illness
TEXAS
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- Cancer diagnostics company that’s raised tens of millions lands at Dallas’ Pegasus Park
- Carenet Health names new executive
- Houston Methodist hospital names president of medical staff
- Houston’s Salarius Pharmaceuticals to merge with Gates Foundation-backed co., focus on Covid-19 treatment
- Massive county adds another layer of back up power rules
- New St. Joseph Medical Center owner changes staffing vendor for hospital after bankruptcy sale
- Rayus Radiology CEO stepping down, plus more leadership moves
- Texas ASC ‘1st in world’ to use new surgery system
- Texas physician pleads guilty to kickback conspiracy
- Texas physician sentenced to 10 years for $70M fraud scheme
- UTHealth project aims to improve clinical trials for underserved people with neurological conditions
- What to watch in health care legislation as 89th Texas Legislature kicks off
- Baylor Scott & White Health names revenue analytics VP
- Baylor Scott & White hospital opens $220M expansion project
- Cambridge biotech to reverse merge, move to Texas
- Christus Health breaks ground on $36M cancer center
- Exxon Mobil, MD Anderson launch $10M Be Well Beaumont initiative for preventative cancer care
- Former Texas hospital CEO sentenced for kickback conspiracy
- Houston’s Salarius Pharmaceuticals to merge with Gates Foundation-backed co., focus on Covid-19 treatment
- Tenet hospital names COO
- Texas hospital names chief medical officer
- USPI vs. SCA Health vs. AmSurg: How they compare in 2025
UTAH
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- Intermountain Health announces great strides in number of organ transplants
- Intermountain Health Forms Coalition to Solve Rural Healthcare Crisis
- Intermountain Sells Behavioral Health Analytics Model to NeuroFlow
- Utah team is part of effort hoping to make eye transplants a reality
- Becton Dickinson to invest $30M in Utah facility
- Bridges Consumer Healthcare announces acquisition of category-leading consumer health brand KT Tape
- Intermountain Health Celebrates Ribbon-Cutting for New Washington Fields Clinic
- Mobile cancer clinic opens to help detect cancer earlier, save lives in rural Utah
VERMONT
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- Local mental health facilities to qualify as federal community-based health centers
- Survey shows drop in some drug use among Vt. youth
- The head of Vermont’s largest insurance company says health care spending is out of control
- Vermont ACLU claims state conducts ‘surveillance and brazen intervention’ into Vermonters’ pregnancies
VIRGINIA
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- 5 up-and-coming ASC projects to know in 2025
- Alexandria dementia care startup Sunday Health opening first brick-and-mortar location
- Alliance for Building Better Medicine receives $4M federal grant for workforce training in pharma sector
- Bon Secours to begin new 90,000-square-foot medical center in Chesterfield this year
- HCA Virginia physician group inks tech partnership
- Rural hospital, big impact: Wythe County Community Hospital receives top grade in patient safety
- UVA Health Prince William Medical Center recieves $2M donation
- Virginia hospital indicted for fraud tied to unnecessary surgeries
- Virginia medical office building sells for $9.2M
- Police: Surveillance video shows nurse abusing baby in Virginia hospital’s NICU
- Improving maternal health a key focus as Virginia General Assembly begins session
- Henrico Doctors’ Hospital NICU license to operate on ‘conditional renewal’
WASHINGTON
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- 5 up-and-coming ASC projects to know in 2025
- Providence’s new CEO spotlights transformation office in 2025 roadmap
- Seattle Children’s names chief strategy and business development officer
- Who will helm WA’s health care agencies? Ferguson announces 2 temporary appointments
- Vancouver hospital sued after family pulls life support on wrong patient
- Prosser Memorial Health to open cutting-edge all-electric hospital in Washington state
WEST VIRGINIA
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- HRSA Invests $2 Million to Expand Hours at West Virginia Community Health Centers
- Nurse, CNA charged in West Virginia patient’s death
- Disability Rights of West Virginia lawsuit targets contract workers at state-run health facilities
- West Virginia selected to participate in groundbreaking model for maternal and infant health
WISCONSIN
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- Froedtert ThedaCare Health names new regional president
- Marshfield Clinic to break ground for Lake Hallie Center in northwest Wisconsin
- New, recently opened health care options to be available in northeastern Wisconsin in 2025
- Skilled Nursing Dealbook: $67 million in Financing for Wisconsin Nursing Homes; $22M in Financing for Southeast Facilities
- The ‘win-win’ mindset powering 1 Wisconsin orthopedic group’s impact
- UW-Eau Claire foundation discussing purchase of former Sacred Heart Hospital
- Chris Blair named VP, CAO of Aspirus Health’s North Wisconsin division
- David Minor on the Chippewa Valley’s health care needs, gaps
- DHS confirms first pediatric influenza-associated death in Wisconsin for 2024-2025 season
- Enigma Biomedical USA and the University of Wisconsin–Madison announce Formation of a Partnership to Advance Development of Next-Generation Imaging and Fluid Biomarkers for Improved Understanding and Management of Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Majority of Wisconsin teens suffer from mental health issues
- Milwaukee health tech startup backed by local investors acquired
- Mumps case in Clark County highlights vaccination concerns
- Nearly one-third of rural kids use Medicaid in Wisconsin
- New, recently opened health care options to be available in northeastern Wisconsin in 2025
- Wisconsin health officials are urging residents to test their homes for cancer-causing radon
WYOMING
