NATIONAL
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- 3 states sue Trump administration over gender-affirming care order
- 22 states sue Trump administration over $4 billion cuts to biomedical research
- FTC merger filing regulation takes effect
- HHS, CMS improper payments: $88.5B in 2024
- Hims & Hers sees 650% spike in traffic following Super Bowl ad as clash over compounded GLP-1s heats up
- Hospital bad debt is getting worse
- Hospitals face rising costs, supply chain disruptions as tariff uncertainty continues
- Hospitals want FTC’s noncompete rule vacated nationwide
- House GOP eyes $880B in healthcare cuts
- Judge halts Trump’s NIH funding cuts after state AGs file suit
- Lawmakers press for quick action on PBM bills
- Most rural healthcare providers optimistic about finances
- NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
- RFK Jr. confirmed as HHS secretary
- Rural hospitals push to be spared from possible funding cuts
- Senate advances RFK Jr.’s HHS Secretary nomination
- Senior living advocates call on Congress to protect programs supporting older adults
- Stark law enforcement is evolving: 10 notes for 2025
- States attempt to protect 340B with new bills: 7 notes
- States revive efforts to restrict private equity transactions
- Telehealth faces a looming deadline in Washington
- The impact of the proposed new HIPAA security rule
- The physician workforce crisis: What’s coming in the next 5 years
ALABAMA
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- 3 physician practice closures in 1 day
- A look at the state of Alabama health care
- Alabama elected officials make moves to save rural healthcare
- Alabama leaders celebrate newest crisis center for mental health
- Alabama minors would no longer be able make medical or mental health decisions under new bill
- Alabama university at forefront of new virus discovery
- Children’s of Alabama wraps up $6M unit expansion
- Complete Health strengthens presence in Birmingham with acquisition
- Encompass Health reports results for fourth quarter 2024 and issues 2025 guidance
- Robert “Bob” Dumas honored as 2025 Alabama Hospital Association Trustee of the Year
- Hyundai opens $14 million health center on campus
- Vaughan Regional Medical Center names new CEO
- What would NIH funding cuts mean for Alabama? 5 things to know
- Alabama hospital names new CEO
- Alabama at risk as federal funding cuts threaten health care, nutrition, education
- What would NIH funding cuts mean for Alabama? 5 things to know
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Arizona sues drug firm, alleging scheme to skip Medicaid rebates
- Arizona’s largest pediatric hospital system back in network of state’s largest health insurer
- Banner Health appoints chief research officer
- Brian Bell Named President and CEO of Arkansas Hospice
- Char Boulch Named CEO of Saline Health System
- E. Scot Davis to Serve as CEO for Arkansas Spine and Pain
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital is ‘indefinitely’ ending gender-affirming care for Arizona kids
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital reaches agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
- What’s driving Banner Health’s length-of-stay wins
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas House unanimously passes hospital pharmacy bill
- Nursing home has right to arbitration, despite shifting federal laws on admission inclusion: court
- Arkansas House advances maternal health bill despite concerns about statute of limitations
- Big Deals in Arkansas Up 30% In Value
- Char Boulch Named CEO of Saline Health System
- E. Scot Davis to Serve as CEO for Arkansas Spine and Pain
- How NIH funding cuts could impact Arkansas organizations
- Leading medical professionals address pressing health issues at Little Rock wellness event
- Lifepoint Arkansas hospital taps CEO
- Lyon College Dental School Receives Initial Accreditation, Plans to Welcome First Students in June
- Rock Dental Brands Continues Growth with New Arkansas Acquisition
- Saline Memorial Hospital names new CEO
CALIFORNIA
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- A Provider Leader Looks at California’s Multi-Plan Breakthrough Around Value-Based Care
- ‘An attack on science’: UC, California fight Trump cuts to NIH health research funding
- California, 21 other states sue over ‘devastating’ Trump Administration plan to cut NIH grants
- California AG, Catholic clinic clash over abortion reversal treatment advertising
- California bill aims to stop AI from posing as health professionals
- California bill targets drug industry middlemen, setting stage for fight over health costs
- California insurers join forces on value-based primary care model
- Cedars-Sinai pilots ‘virtual assistant’ for nurses
- Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Disney & Inspire Health Over Changes to Theme Park Disability Access Service
- Dr. Richard Lee performs Hoag Orthopedic Institute’s 1st ultra MIS endoscopic spine surgery
- For California farmworkers, telehealth visits with Mexican doctors fill a gap
- For this orthopedic surgeon, robotic joint replacements are both future and present
- Healthcare leaders must look beyond their own borders, Cedars-Sinai exec says
- Health Care Workers to Protest Providence Across Northern California, Including at St. Joseph Hospital on Wednesday
- Kaiser and Risant revenue exceeds $115 billion
- Kaiser Permanente Back in the Hot Seat Over Mental Health Care, but It’s Not Only a KP Issue
- Kaiser Permanente executive joins UCSF innovation institute
- Kaiser Permanente mental health workers strike can end with help of a mediator, Gov. Newsom suggests
- Kaiser Permanente reports $569M operating income in 2024
- Kaiser Permanente, Tufts University launch food as medicine network with half-dozen partners
- Many SLO County residents can’t find a primary care doctor. What’s causing the shortage?
- MemorialCare launches pediatric care network
- Modesto doctors worry change at community clinic will hurt pregnant patients
- ‘Our hospital is full to the brim’: California overwhelmed by severe flu season
- Risant Health boosts Kaiser Permanente’s balance sheet
- Scripps cuts 14K bed days with a simple solution
- Sierra Pacific Orthopedics adds Dr. Geoffrey Rohlfing
- State scholarship aims to address behavioral health worker shortage
- Sutter Health taps VP of revenue cycle
- Why Are More Than 200 Beds Empty at This San Francisco Nursing Home?
COLORADO
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- 3 Healthcare IT Leaders Reflect on Their Cloud Journeys So Far
- ‘A catastrophic impact’: Colorado hospitals and research universities prepare to lose tens of millions of dollars in NIH funding
- A new AI tool at Denver Health means your doctor will see you now (and not their screen)
- AdventHealth prepares for new Colorado hospital: 5 things to know
- Bill in legislature to establish standard definition of “medical necessity,” increase mental healthcare access
- Colorado Bill Defines Which Mental Health Care Is Medically Necessary
- Colorado bill would make it harder for insurance companies to deny coverage for mental health care
- Colorado joins lawsuit challenging Trump’s NIH cuts that could dismantle state’s health research industry
- Colorado lawmakers look to stamp out surprise bills from publicly owned ambulances
- Denver AI startup tackling physician burnout raises $5M
- Denver brokerage bullish on growing nursing home market
- Florida health system to take over Western Slope’s Mind Springs Health after years of investigations, financial struggles
- Health care university expands Denver-area campus
- Health First Colorado suspends contract with MedRide over alleged fraud scheme
- Johnstown Heights Behavioral Health — subject of multiple Denver7 Investigates reports — will close in March
- Northern Colorado behavioral health facility to close, lay off 158 workers
- New VA clinic coming to Dothan
- Colorado hospital reimbursement rates face new limits under lawmakers’ proposal to cut costs
- Vail Health continues to innovate as rural health care competes with rising overhead costs
CONNECTICUT
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- BioXcel Therapeutics announces reverse stock split
- Conn. Opposes Bankrupt Prospect Medical’s ‘Plunder’
- CT medical device company raises $9.3M in Series A funding round
- Connecticut AG wants ‘seat at the table’ of bankrupt health system talks
- Connecticut bird flu cases rise as federal health communications flounder
- CT regulator OKs John Dempsey Hospital’s plan to add 23 beds
- FDA approves CT drugmaker’s therapy for rare cancer tumors
- Lawmakers Push to Ban Connecticut Companies From Making Death Penalty Drugs
- Office of Health Strategy, legislators and hospitals seek common ground on regulatory oversight reforms
- Report: State’s acute-care hospitals returned to a positive profit margin in FY23
- What Lamont’s CT budget proposal would mean for health care
- Spire Orthopedic Partners affiliate named exclusive provider for Premier Lacrosse League
- There is a new method of health care coming to CT. Here’s how and what it does.
- Trump policy is putting $150 million in Connecticut research funding in limbo
- Yale New Haven names SVP of corporate facilities
- Yale New Haven to end visiting nurse program
DC
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- 3 Healthcare IT Leaders Reflect on Their Cloud Journeys So Far
- Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center GW Health Set To Open In Washington, D.C.
- Children’s National Hospital to provide care for Adventist HealthCare’s pediatric patients
- D.C.’s United Medical Center ‘in the process of closing’ with layoffs coming
- First new DC hospital in 20 years opening in April
- New DC hospital with vital maternity services to open in spring
- Risant Health boosts Kaiser Permanente’s balance sheet
DELAWARE
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- Bayhealth adds sports medicine physician
- ChristianaCare awards $1.6M to community organizations
- ChristianaCare: Hospital review board erodes Delaware corporate brand
- ChristianaCare invests $1.6 million in nonprofits to improve community health
- Erin Booker, Chief Biopsychosocial Officer at ChristianaCare
- Hospital review board erodes Delaware corporate brand
- N.J. and Delaware join states in suing Trump administration over NIH funding caps on universities and scientists
FLORIDA
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- $150K worth of equipment stolen from Lee Health
- AdventHealth plans cancer center for Winter Garden hospital campus
- Ascension Sacred Heart, HCA Florida West among nation’s top 50 cardiovascular hospitals
- Baptist Health breaks ground on medical office building, ASC
- Baptist’s Pensacola campus getting new inpatient rehabilitation hospital
- Discretionary expenditure for cybersecurity surfaces months after Florida Department of Health cyberattack
- Doctor Wanted: Small town in Florida offers big perks to attract a physician
- Florida became the first state to allow C-Sections outside of hospitals – What health experts say
- Florida Hospital Association honors two top docs in the state for 2024
- Florida legislators look to tackle state’s mental health crisis by expanding the role of psychologists
- Florida ranks lowest among states in passing the nursing exam needed for licensing
- HCA Healthcare can build free-standing St. Augustine emergency room
- Here’s how Baptist Jax will remain completely operational during major renovation
- Hospital plans to turn ex-Chase Bank building into urgent care
- Mount Sinai expanding in two locations, adding jobs
- New CEO takes helm at HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital
- Orlando Health unveils plans for new weight loss institute
- Sarasota Memorial’s $450M investment in care access
- UF Health splits operations into three regions, names new Northeast Florida president
- UF Health is combining and expanding its Northeast Florida markets
- Florida Removes 1.3m People From Health Care Plan
- UF Health creates expanded Northeast Florida system, names three SVP/regional presidents
- Representative Sam Garrison Joined Tampa General Hospital and USF Health Morsani College of Medicine to Highlight Innovation in Health Care at Florida’s State Capitol
- State readies to award $100M to hospitals for behavioral health teaching programs
- Amy and David Eisen Donate $1 Million to Keeping the Promise Capital Campaign
GEORGIA
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- Georgia Hospital Hit With Class Action Over 2024 Data Breach
- Georgia Hospital, Nursing Home Notifying 120,000 of Hack
- Georgia hospital systems take key step toward merger
- Georgia Senate OKs bill to ban state workers from gender affirming care under state health plan
- Health care provider bankruptcy may stick rural Georgia with state prisoners’ medical bills
- New AU report shows ‘striking’ gaps in Ga. health care
- The Healthy Georgia Report for 2025 shows growing health concerns in the peach state
- Finding Solutions: New clinic opens at Aiken County high school
- North Georgia Medical Center expands Gainesville campus with new Green Tower
- Northside adds new providers across north Atlanta
- Georgia hospital names COO
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- Bill allowing health care workers to refuse service based on beliefs advances to Idaho Senate
- North Idaho College Surgical Technology named best in Idaho
- Research paper finds behavioral health care shortage in Idaho, discusses causes and solutions
- How St. Luke’s got a 10x better deal on AI
- Idaho House passes bill allowing healthcare workers to refuse procedures
ILLINOIS
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- 2 Illinois behavioral health systems affiliate
- Chicago Lurie Children’s Hospital pauses gender surgeries for patients under 19 after Trump order
- Illinois joins nearly two dozen states suing Trump administration to halt cuts in medical research funding
- Illinois system, local college partner on free nursing tuition
- Dr. Brian Cole honored for orthopedic research
- Dr. Mohamad Bydon named 1st UChicago neurological surgery chair
- Durbin, Lankford Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Support Rural Hospitals
- HSHS names new President, CEO of Illinois Physician Enterprise
- Illinois hospital CEO stepping down
- Illinois officials eye N.Y. law keeping doctors’ names off abortion pill prescriptions
- Lurie Children’s Hospital pauses gender care surgeries for those younger than 19
- Nearly 883,000 patients ensnared in Illinois health system hack
- Northwestern Medicine, Peloton team up for heart health
- UChicago Medicine taps first neurological surgery chief
- Walgreens ordered to pay $987M in COVID-19 testing dispute
- What separates good from great? Memorial Health’s incoming CEO on the key difference
- Where UChicago Medicine’s newest leader is taking neurosurgery
INDIANA
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- Amended bill would hit nonprofit hospitals with excise tax over high prices
- Ascension St. Vincent Behavioral Health debuting new Intensive Outpatient Program for Adults 55+
- Bernard sues state health commissioner over release of terminated pregnancy reports
- Bill expanding protections for Indiana health care workers advances to Senate
- House committee approves GOP’s ‘comprehensive’ plan to address health costs
- Indiana abortion providers sue to protect patients’ health information
- Indiana doctors sue to protect abortion patients’ health information
- Indiana has more than $2.2 billion in medical debt. Bill could provide some new consumer protections
- Indiana nurses feeling the pressure of increasing flu cases
- Indiana Orthopedic Institute set to open as first tenant in Noblesville’s Innovation Mile
- Indiana system revives bid for HCA hospital
- Judge to decide if Indiana Department of Health can release terminated pregnancy reports
- Lake County Health Department cuts ribbon on mobile health clinic
- Northwest Health names new CEO
- Study finds Indiana saved over $45M from increased mental health services
- Union Health files new COPA to acquire Terre Haute Regional Hospital
- Union Health files new COPA application in ongoing effort to acquire Regional Hospital
- ‘Rock star’ leaders: How IU Health is implementing Epic
- Parkview Health names Julie McCormick northeast market president
- New federal policy threatens millions in NIH medical research dollars to IU and Purdue
IOWA
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- 3-year medical school? Iowa House lawmakers propose physician shortage solutions
- Iowa City VA earns Pathway to Excellence designation
- Business Breakfast Series to look at Iowa’s physician shortage
- DMU, Hawkeye Community College partner on occupational therapy pathways
- Iowa lawmakers take on tackling doctor shortage
- Iowa City native becomes youngest Right at Home franchisee
- Mental Health/Disability Services of the East Central Region prepares to phase out
KANSAS
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- Kentucky firm buys, revamps west Wichita medical office space
- The downtown Wichita Biomedical Campus has its first major donor
- Kansas system CEO to retire
- KU Health System announces purchase of Great Bend Regional
- Medical Society president talks health care in Wichita
- The impact of health care on Kansas’s economy
KENTUCKY
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- Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center ranked among top heart hospitals in the country
- Bamboo Health makes chief commercial officer hire
- Birthing centers bill advances, wins state Senate approval for first time
- Bringing children home: Kentucky Children’s Hospital’s approach to pediatric end-of-life care
- CHI Saint Joseph Health opens Cancer Care Center
- Freestanding birth center advocates hope to cut red tape in 2025
- Gravity Diagnostics lands $5M investment, plans growth
- GCTC, ST. Elizabeth announce partnership with City of Florence for new paramedic training program
- Humana CEO on commitment to Louisville: ‘not going anywhere’
- Humana shares fall on 2025 forecast
- Kentucky hospital officials report funding program is leading to better quality care
- Kentucky lawmakers propose bill to increase alternatives to incarceration for primary caregivers
- Mobile units driving change for mental health in Northern Kentucky
- Saint Joseph Health awards $330,000+ in grants to nonprofits
- UofL Heart Hospital among nation’s top-performing hospitals for heart attacks
- Bill to ensure Ky. hospitals get same access to drug-discount program as other states passes first hurdle
- Kentucky hospitals testify they need drug discounts under attack by Trump allies
LOUISIANA
MAINE
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- An Aroostook medical facility is tripling in size
- Federal funds released for Penobscot Community Health Center
- Hospitals warn of financial challenges without emergency MaineCare funding
- MaineHealth hospital names president
- Maine healthcare agency regains federal funds, averting potential staff furloughs
- The qualities 1 orthopedic leader looked for in an MSO
- Sen. Collins introduces bill to support maternal health at rural hospitals
MARYLAND
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- 3 Healthcare IT Leaders Reflect on Their Cloud Journeys So Far
- Changes coming to Health Department
- Frederick Health in Frederick, Md., provides update on operations, ransomware attack
- Governor Moore Names Dr. Meena Seshamani As Maryland Department Of Health Secretary
- How Baltimore health professionals use social media for growth
- Maryland among 22 states to sue Trump administration over medical research cuts
- Maryland’s state health secretary to resign
- State bill would allow county officials to take on nursing home survey work
- The CEO of Lifebridge Health is Behind a Plan to End Illegal Gun Trafficking in Maryland
- Frederick Health seeks zoning change that would allow another hospital in north Frederick
MASSACHUSETTS
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- 1 month in, UMass Memorial facility lights ‘new beacon’ of care
- Apple taps Brighman and Women’s Hospital for early disease detection
- Bain Capital buys Japanese pharma for $3.3B
- Boston Business Journal’s Innovators in Healthcare 2025
- Boston-area diagnostics startup scooped up by Maryland company
- CVS exec blasts drugmakers and defends PBMs
- Dentists buy location of practice in Natick for $2.89M
- DPH closes investigations into two Central Mass. hospitals
- GSK moving vaccine R&D to Cambridge from Maryland
- Inside Tufts’ record-breaking heart transplant program
- Kaiser, Tufts lead network to promote food’s medicinal benefits
- Longwood Fund launches anxiety drug developer with $93.5M investment
- Mass General Brigham consolidates chief medical officer roles amid layoffs
- Mass General Brigham, IBM collaborate on new tool
- Mass General Brigham announces wave of nonclinical layoffs amid budget deficits
- Mass General Brigham to cut jobs amid $250M budget shortfall
- Massachusetts hospitals face ‘perilous’ dual crisis
- Mass General surgeons perform 2nd pig kidney transplant
- Owner of Worcester mental health clinic buys Lake Ave. office building for $925K
- Petri Dish: Arch Therapeutic CFO, Xilio’s AbbVie deal, Q32 Bio’s layoffs
- Sage brushes off ‘strategic alternatives’ questions during earnings call
- Top Vertex exec to retire after more than 12 years with company
- UMass Chan Medical School gets $35M gift
- UMass Memorial sought to buy shuttered Nashoba Valley Medical Center for new ER, but the hospital’s property owner declined
MICHIGAN
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- Corewell Health details residency housing plans at Grand Rapids headquarters
- Corewell resumes gender-affirming care for minors after brief pause
- Grand Rapids’ Medical Mile faces major disruption as NIH changes funding rules
- Holland startup raises $27M to expand gig-based medical coding platform
- Michigan flu, RSV, COVID surges wreak ‘havoc’ in Corewell emergency departments
- Michigan’s largest health system puts pause on gender-affirming care for minors
- UMich researchers warn health AI may overlook patients with disabilities
- West Michigan’s health care jobs surge as demand climbs
- Anonymous donor gives $10 million to Trinity Health in Ann Arbor
- ‘For them, it’s just a matter of what’s the most profitable thing:’ TV6 Investigates how private equity plays a role in rising health care costs
- Michigan Removes 700,000 People From Health Care Plan
MINNESOTA
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- 3 states sue Trump administration over gender-affirming care order
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Minnesota names C-level executives
- Fairview Health Services says no to University of Minnesota plan for merger with Essentia Health
- Health benefits firm Gravie names Steve Wolin CEO
- Hennepin Healthcare eyes $2.5 billion renovation
- Mayo Clinic’s empathetic innovation strategy
- Minnesota hospitals improve at delivering birth data
- Minnesota hospitals still offering gender-affirming care amid federal challenges
- ‘Our answer is no’: Fairview Health on Essentia, U of Minnesota $1B merger
- Using VR before open heart surgery eases anxiety: Mayo Clinic
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
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- 1989 rule blocks Missouri hospital from level 3 trauma status
- A look at University Health’s history: Segregation, connected tunnel
- Missouri system taps chief medical officer
- MU Health Care leaving Anthem Medicare Advantage network
- SelectQuote receives $350M private equity investment
- SSM Health eyes skilled nursing at home growth after good results
- St. Louis-area company gets $1M grant from Gates Foundation for polio testing
- Temporarily closed Missouri hospital faces uncertainty
- Trump administration medical research cuts could mean $100 million loss in Missouri
MONTANA
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- Bozeman Health expands pediatric services to Big Sky
- Montana bill to outlaw physician-assisted death clears Senate
- Montana Doctor Fails to Revive Suit Over Hospital Privilege Loss
- Montana House passes key Medicaid expansion bill
- Montana Looks To Regulate Prior Authorization as Patients, Providers Decry Obstacles to Care
- Montana Supreme Court upholds St. Peter’s Health decision to terminate oncologist
- Proposed bill would ban administration of mRNA vaccines in Montana
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Rural hospital’s Mobile Integrated Healthcare program closes care gaps
- New CEO, executive leadership, announced for Catholic Medical Center
- New Hampshire resident diagnosed with third case of clade I mpox in United States
- Dartmouth Health’s orthopedic chair’s top priorities
- High health care costs burden New Hampshire families in more than just dollars
NEW JERSEY
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- $22M medical office sale underscores ‘strong’ market
- 3 physician practice closures in 1 day
- Amtrak Worker Admits Role In $11M Health Care Fraud
- Compass Surgical Partners opens New Jersey orthopedic ASC
- Cooper Health groundbreaking marks milestone in Camden’s renaissance
- Fair Lawn office building sells for $22M as medical firms expand
- Hackensack Meridian to Expand Outpatient Services in Hackensack
- New Jersey practice closes after 30+ years
- N.J. and Delaware join states in suing Trump administration over NIH funding caps on universities and scientists
- NJ Hospital Hit With Class Claims Over Retirement Plan Fees
- NJHA installs Hackensack Meridian Health exec as 2025 board chair
- Orange Memorial Hospital site receives approval for $350M redevelopment project
- Owners of Four New Jersey Skilled Nursing Facilities to be Suspended from New Jersey Medicaid
- RWJBarnabas Health appoints new data chief
- RWJBarnabas Health launches pediatric orthopedic program
- RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group Expands its Heart and Vascular Services with a New Location in Barnegat.
- What could happen to patients as 4 North Jersey nursing homes face Medicaid suspensions?
NEW MEXICO
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- Legislative plan to overhaul NM behavioral health system faces skepticism from governor
- New behavioral health clinic focusing on rural communities opens doors in Mankato
- Lobbyists Line Up To Oppose Bill To Provide More Oversight Of Hospital Mergers, Acquisitions
- Moody’s downgrades Presbyterian Healthcare Services’ rating
- New Mexico Patient Safety Act could help with health care burnout
NEW YORK
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- 2 health systems to air Super Bowl ads
- Ambulance plans denied, but it’s not done yet
- Data Breach at New York Medical Imaging Provider Affects 138,000 Patients
- Deal between Albany Med and CDPHP extends contract, ends lawsuit
- Hospice advocates push bill for a third time despite two Hochul vetoes
- Nonprofit hospital draws backlash for Super Bowl ad
- N.Y. hospital system plans to appeal denial of ambulance service certificate
- New York City physician convicted in $24M fraud scheme
- Nonprofit hospital draws backlash for Super Bowl ad
- Physician faces decades in prison for $24 million Medicare fraud scheme involving assisted living
- Stony Brook University Hospital expands ambulatory surgery center in Commack
- Complete coverage of Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation in Woodbury
- Hospitals’ pullback on gender-affirming care a ‘pocketbook issue’
- New York City hospital taps president
- Northwell Health fosters high school partnerships to fill positions, improve NYC residents’ lives
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst opens women’s heart clinic
- NYC hospitals scramble to send a clear message to patients, staff amid ICE threats
- People are becoming wary of hospitals, leaving waiting rooms empty and doctors concerned
- St John’s forced to close Green House community
- SUNY Old Westbury to launch MS in healthcare management
- Three more Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings for Weinberg reveal millions in debt
- Weinberg files for Chapter 11 protection, citing over $10M in debts
NORTH CAROLINA
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- 3 physician practice closures in 1 day
- A broader end-of-life view
- Accomplished CEO eyes another success story in Cary
- AdventHealth Partners with Aidin to Enhance Care Coordination
- Construction begins for new life sciences facility at Wilmington International Airport
- Cyberattack forces physician practice to close indefinitely
- HCA, AdventHealth turf war, explained
- HCA’s purchase of Mission Health did not lead to lasting improvements, Wake Forest academic report concludes
- Health systems face rising costs for coastal North Carolina hospitals
- NC Senate approves bill to cut healthcare costs by curbing government mandates
- North Carolina’s new health leader wants to build on recent successes
- Novant Health looks to expand Ballantyne campus
- UNC Health Nash to build new facility for eight physicians in the Nashville area
- Proposed health bill that could impact half of North Carolina residents passes NC Senate
- UnitedHealthcare of NC fined $3.4M after insurance department investigation
- Bills taking aim at ‘government mandates’ on health insurance could hamper prior authorization reforms
- N.C. medical debt relief initiative approved for another year
- DLR Group Expands Healthcare Practice In Phoenix And Durham, North Carolina
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Sanford Health confirms purchase of Hobby Lobby building in Bismarck
- Altru Hospital first in North Dakota to perform pain relief procedure for amputees
- North Dakota House votes down handful of reproductive rights bills after lengthy floor debates
- North Dakota Legislature eyes $300 million plan to rebuild State Hospital in Jamestown
OHIO
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- ADVENT opens first Dayton-area clinic for in-office nose and sinus treatment
- Big Lots looking to sell HQ to Central Ohio hospital system at a loss
- Cincinnati startup sits on bleeding edge of heart monitoring technology
- Gravity Diagnostics lands $5M investment, plans growth
- Greater Cincinnati public company Quipt faces proxy fight launched by large shareholder
- Hospitals, advocates disagree on price transparency compliance; Ohio law changing
- Miamisburg-based Riverain Technologies receives FDA clearance for AI-powered imaging software
- Ohio ranks in top 10 states with highest rates of flu
- ‘Research labs would literally go dark,’ academic groups warn of NIH cuts
- ‘Riddled with inaccuracies and lies’: Cleveland Clinic blasts conservative nonprofit’s ad campaign dubbing it the ‘wokest hospital in America’
- St. Elizabeth postpones construction on $125M hospital project
- There are no doctors here: Rural Ohioans face deadly shortage of health care options
- University Hospitals invests $3 million in Hough development
- Why University Hospitals is investing $3M in housing: 5 notes
- OhioHealth Announces $3.15 Million Pharmacy Expansion at Van Wert Hospital
- Premier Anesthesia enhances care services in Ohio, US, with new partnership
OKLAHOMA
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- Oklahoma joins states pushing to limit transgender care
- Anxiety, fear at Oklahoma City Veterans Hospital over Trump, Musk ‘Fork in the Road’ letters
- Degrading Snapchat photos of Oklahoma nursing home patients gets former aide 12-year prison sentence
- Our Blood Institute 2,000 donations behind after winter weather
OREGON
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- 3 states sue Trump administration over gender-affirming care order
- La Pine Community Health Center reduces staff, cites federal funding freeze
- Nurses at all 8 hospitals reject Providence tentative agreement, strike continues
- Oregon AG sues over Trump’s ‘devastating’ slashing of NIH funding
- Oregon hospital COO ousted after criminal history found
- Oregon nurses seek to require hospitals to reveal spending on replacement workers
- Striking doctors, healthcare specialists at Providence St. Vincent approve agreement
- Why Oregon’s nursing home inspection unit is understaffed, overburdened
- Lawmaker Proposes State Funding for Ailing Coos Bay Hospital
PENNSYLVANIA
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- $1.6B Pennsylvania hospital pavilion renamed after ‘transformative’ $100M+ gift
- 800 Geisinger hospital nurses give strike notice
- Crozer Health management to be temporarily taken over
- Globus Medical to buy California life sciences firm for $250M
- Harmony Biosciences CEO says pipeline could push company over $3B in sales
- Jefferson Health to upgrade its trauma centers in Philly
- Jefferson spending millions on capital projects at Center City, North Philadelphia hospitals
- Millions earmarked to keep rural hospitals open, recruit health care providers in Shapiro’s $51.4B budget proposal
- Over 20 Pa. hospitals among best in US, report says
- Penn Medicine renaming $1.6B hospital pavilion after $100M+ gift
- Penn working to minimize ‘consequences’ of potential $240M in NIH cuts
- Philadelphia biotech firm backed by more than $130M names new CEO
- Pittsburgh startup’s paper pill bottle to debut at Allegheny Health Network hospitals
- SEIU Healthcare employees at UPMC Washington ratify new contract, avoid strike
- ‘Soft opening’ of hospital expected in upcoming days, Tenor CEO said
- St. Luke’s, LVHN facilities among nation’s 250 best hospitals, report says
- Health workforce shortages, ACA protections, struggling hospitals among early Pa. legislative plans
- Jefferson recruits Penn heart surgeon to boost its cardiovascular care program
- Jefferson to upgrade trauma centers to ease ED pressure, improve patient flow
- Penn Medicine CIO to retire
- Penn names Epstein permanent health system EVP and medical school dean
- Pennsylvania system boosts pay for 9,000 employees
- Sharon Regional prepares for reopening
- UPMC hospital workers approve labor deal
RHODE ISLAND
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- Demolition, new construction on tap at The Miriam Hospital to reduce ER waits
- Former St. Joseph’s Hospital heads to auction
- Judge says sale of Prospect Medical’s RI hospitals can move forward
- Blue Cross seeking applications for newest LGBTQ+ Safe Zone program cohort
- CVS launches new app to make health care more accessible, affordable
- CVS Health steers through rising insurance costs in a strong fourth quarter
- CVS Health posts $4.6B profit in 2024
- CVS to cut 38 more workers tied to R.I. headquarters
- Delta Dental of R.I. offering $3M for hygiene workforce; some dentists say it’s not enough
- Federal bankruptcy court approves sale of Prospect’s R.I. hospitals
- HealthFirst names Dr. Uma Kolli Jaladi as chief medical officer
- Neronha joins lawsuit against Trump administration cutting medical research funding
- Newport Hospital appoints Sarah Nekrasz as chief nursing officer
- Rhode Island hospital taps chief nursing officer
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- 2 health systems to air Super Bowl ads
- Flu is surging in South Carolina—more than 10,000 cases in a week, and hospitalizations are rising
- MUSC Health to host groundbreaking for Bluffton medical office building
- New healthcare facility planned for Clemson this year
- South Carolina medical center partners with Chitozan Health for new burn treatment
- ‘There’s got to be ongoing accountability’: Lawmakers argue for merging state’s health agencies
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- As this South Nashville health center practices for ICE raids, it still wants immigrant patients to feel ‘celebrated’
- Ascension Saint Thomas names 2 chief nursing officers
- CEO: White House freestanding emergency room to break ground this spring, add 30 jobs
- Growing rift between Meharry Medical College and Nashville General Hospital threatens decades-old partnership
- HCA hospital begins expansion project
- Jeff Balser: Vanderbilt University Medical Center targets growth outside of Nashville
- Millington will be home to Tennessee’s largest VA outpatient clinic
- Nashville pediatric hospital distributes thousands of gun locks in an effort to prevent accidental shootings
- Unicoi County Hospital receives $9.8 million to rebuild
- VUMC addresses immigration enforcement in medical facilities
TEXAS
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- 3-story medical office building to be built in Southlake
- Cook Children’s expansion in Fort Worth’s medical district to cost $1.25 billion
- States will play ‘important role’ in Medicaid funding battles: Tenet CEO
- UT Southwestern boss predicts $100M-plus annual loss under proposed NIH funding changes
- Another Texas hospital fined for alleged price transparency violation
- Catapult Health agrees to $65M buyout
- HCA Texas subsidiary names new CFO
- Houston Healthcare approved to join Emory
- Houston Methodist surprises 315 employees with $10K bonus initiative
- New Texas advocacy group calls for more health insurance transparency
- Officials warn of growing measles outbreak in Texas
- Tenet has ‘outstanding’ 2024 with $6B operating income, 28.9% margin
- Tenet hospital in Texas names new CEO
- Texas children’s system plans 10-year expansion
- Texas Health Names Chief Nurse Executive and Medical City’s $50 Million Mental Health Center
- Texas Health Resources taps chief nurse
- Texas Slashes Health Coverage for 1.7 Million—A Looming Crisis
- Why Houston Methodist’s academic chief is thinking ‘decades ahead’
UTAH
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- Community breaks ground for new surgical tower at St. George Regional Hospital
- Intermountain leader heads to MultiCare
- New mental health center to open in Washington City aims to fill critical gap
- Intermountain Health Exec: Hub-and-Spoke Models Could Save Rural Healthcare
- Intermountain Health’s St. George Regional Hospital Breaks Ground On Expansion In Utah
- University of Utah leaders update campus community amid federal cuts in research funding
- University of Utah med school mistakenly suggests hundreds of students were accepted in erroneous emails
- Utahns ‘surprised’ by large ground ambulance bills call for more consumer protections
- Utah hospitals seeing spike in child admissions from winter viruses
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- Federal funding freeze targets healthcare clinics in Virginia shutting several down, leaving others on edge
- Maternal health bills continue moving through the Virginia legislature
- Nursing Home Staffing Shortages Key Focus for Virginia Senior Advocates
- Virginia health clinics close without warning
- Virginia medical office building sells for $7.8M
- Virginia weighs response to potential Medicaid rollbacks affecting 630,000
WASHINGTON
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- 3 states sue Trump administration over gender-affirming care order
- Everett lawmakers back universal health care bill, introduced in Olympia
- Seattle Children’s Hospital pauses gender affirming surgeries, residents protest
- This Pierce County hospital has one of the busiest ERs in the U.S. Meet its new president
- ‘No Room’: Washington hospitals overwhelmed by ‘worst flu season since 2009′
- WA, UW join lawsuit over Trump order cutting funding for medical research
- Wash. Health Privacy Law Debuts In Amazon Tracking Suit
WEST VIRGINIA
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- CAMC hospital staff conduct active shooter simulation
- Certificate of need repeal fight comes to West Virginia legislative interim meetings
- Princeton Community Hospital receives nursing education accreditation
- West Virginia lawmakers to debate future of Certificate of Need program in 2025 legislative session
- Why repealing West Virginia’s Certificate of Need laws could devastate rural health care
- WVU Medicine Thomas Memorial Hospital opens doors to new cancer institute
- West Virginia State University Receives $125,000 Grant from Coalfield Health
WISCONSIN
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- Children’s Wisconsin hospital reinstates gender-affirming care for trans teen after canceling in wake of Trump’s executive order
- CLEAR’s airport-style ID verification coming to Epic
- Nearly $100M for medical research at risk in Wisconsin under NIH funding changes
- New hospital in western Wisconsin is on track for construction
- SSM Health plans to expand facility
- UW-Eau Claire real estate foundation seeks to purchase recently closed hospital
- UW Health nurses take their case for forming a union to the Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Wisconsin couple sues Walgreens, Optum Rx over son’s death
- Wisconsin joins lawsuit to block NIH funding cuts UW says will harm patients, workers
- Wisconsin residents organize in fight to keep county nursing homes public
WYOMING
