- Indiana will become the 11th state to prohibit or limit physician noncompete agreements with hospitals after the Indiana legislature passed a bill (which the governor is expected to sign) that will ban all such noncompetes entered into on or after July 1, 2025. Hall Render will host a webinar on this topic on May 20, 2025.
- A Modern Healthcare report found that federal funding uncertainty and tariff-related costs are delaying some health system construction projects, but major inpatient and outpatient expansions are still moving forward in an effort to reduce patient overcrowding and improve quality of life for staff.
- The Mississippi governor vetoed a certificate of need (CON) reform bill that would have made it easier for medical facilities to make capital improvements and would have required the state’s only academic medical center to seek state approval before opening facilities outside of Jackson, MS. The governor’s rationale for vetoing the bill centered on an amendment that would have exculpated a litigant in a pending lawsuit over a mental health CON and charity care requirement.
- Over the last five years, more than 100 rural hospitals have closed or are planning to close their labor and delivery service lines, according to a report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. A recent article explored some of the reasons behind this trend.
- Community Health Systems has agreed to sell its ownership interest in Cedar Park (TX) Regional Medical Center to Ascension for $460 million. This marks the third CHS hospital sale in 2025 following a Florida sale to AdventHealth and a North Carolina sale to Duke University Health System.
- Idaho’s governor signed a new law that revises the state’s property tax exemption statute to expand the definition of exempt “hospital” to include nonprofit medical clinics and critical access hospitals. It also introduces additional requirements for exemption on nonprofit hospitals and grants more autonomy to the county board of equalization to make exemption determinations.
- Bon Secours Mercy Health closed on a sale-leaseback transaction with Crown MedRealty and EPC for a 73-acre medical campus outside of Toledo, OH, that includes nine outpatient buildings (including the former St. Luke’s Hospital) with a total of 185,000 square feet.
- Asheville, NC, was the metropolitan market with the highest medical outpatient building occupancy in Q1 2025, with an MOB occupancy of 96.9%. HCA/Mission Health, AdventHealth and UNC Health have all invested heavily in this market in recent years.
- PGA golfer Kevin Kisner and his wife, Brittany, have committed more than $5 million to establish the Center for Pediatric Development, Health and Wellness at the Wellstar Children’s Hospital of Georgia. The children’s behavioral health center is scheduled to open next year and has attracted other high-profile donations to fund its construction.
- Sutter Health announced plans to launch a new 120,000-square-foot Advanced Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Care Complex in Downtown Sacramento, with a projected opening in late 2027. This aligns with Sutter’s strategy to expand its specialty care offerings.
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