NATIONAL
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- 19 states sue to block HHS reorganization, claim overhaul is unconstitutional
- Bill grants hospital staff same federal protections as flight crews: 5 notes
- CMS lead Dr. Oz questions federal funding for Medicaid expansion
- CMS process undermines negotiated drug prices, 340B: AHA
- CMS suspends 8 MIPS improvement activities
- Dr. Oz talks ‘generational opportunity’ to reform Medicaid
- Drug tariffs could boost 340B discounts—and scrutiny
- FDA’s top inspector abruptly retires
- HHS, NIH to develop universal flu vaccines targeting multiple strains
- HHS to build Medicare, Medicaid database on autism, other chronic illnesses
- HHS unveils $500M universal vaccine initiative, calls Biden-era COVID vax accelerator ‘wasteful’
- Hospital margins hit 3% as expenses climb
- ‘It’s time to fix this mess’: Physicians call for overhaul of payer practices
- Report: Hospitals and health systems squeezed by persistent economic challenges
- State exchange officials plead for ACA subsidy extension
- Trump’s 2026 budget plan cuts healthcare funds: 6 notes
- Trump releases 2026 budget including heavy healthcare cuts
- UnitedHealth’s Move to End Cyberattack Loan Lifeline Upsets Medical Providers
ALABAMA
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- Federal legislation targets financial relief for Alabama’s rural hospitals
- Lawrence Medical Center ER to close in May, prompting concerns among residents
- Rural hospitals could get $5 million grants under Alabama congressman’s bipartisan bill
- Health leaders urge action on Alabama health care ‘crisis’ as chronic illness costs soar
- Alabama sues TikTok: State AG accuses app of fueling youth mental health crisis
- Alabama judge blocks state from regulating birth centers as hospitals
- Alabama Can’t Prosecute Groups Helping Patients Get Abortions Elsewhere, Judge Rules
- Alabama governor signs Maternal Health Care Act
ALASKA
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- Alaska Faces Youth Mental Health Crisis as Sole Recovery Center Closes
- Mat-Su Health Foundation Awards $2.6 Million in Health/Human Services Scholarships
- Providence to close Alaska’s only short-term adolescent mental health crisis center
- Alaska Joins California In Requiring Cancer Warning Signs For Alcohol Sales
- Babies born to mothers from rural Alaska areas are more likely to be preterm, study finds
- Copper River Announces Acquisition of Aspire Medical Staffing, Expanding Healthcare Staffing Capabilities
- Lawsuit alleges people imprisoned in Alaska receive inadequate health care
- State House asks Congress to prevent major health insurance cost hike for Alaskans
- Unalaska clinic says island’s emergency services are in jeopardy
ARIZONA
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- Arizona climbs in US News Best States rankings, outperforms older states
- Arizona reaches settlement in long-term care dispute, awards 4 contracts
- Blood type mix-up at hospital delays man’s kidney transplant wait time
- Israeli health tech startups explore Phoenix expansion opportunities
- LifeStance reports 1st profitable quarter: 3 notes
- Two Valley hospitals ranked among best in nation
- Top Arizona health officials at ADHS, AHCCCS resign
- 4 long-term care health plans will be available to Arizonans on AHCCCS after settlement
- Hospitals could be required to record the citizenship status of patients
- Three northeastern Arizona urgent care clinics transitioning to Banner Same-Day Care
ARKANSAS
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- Former Arkansas nursing home owner sentenced for Medicaid fraud and tax evasion, court records show
- Former nursing home owner convicted of Medicaid fraud
- Heartland Whole Health Institute Opens in Bentonville
- Steven Webb Named CEO of White River Health
- States Push Medicaid Work Rules, but Few Programs Help Enrollees Find Jobs
- White River Health names new president and CEO
- Fourth case of measles confirmed in Arkansas: ADH
- Mercy Fort Smith set to open parts of $186 million expansion
- Arkansas takes powerful steps to change dismal health outcomes with mobile health units
- Lawmakers make strides in Arkansas health care during the 95th General Assembly
- UAMS launches pilot program for statewide initiative to support mothers, infants after childbirth
CALIFORNIA
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- 1st free surgery center in US opens
- 8 state behavioral health policy updates
- CA Hospital Scores ‘F’ In New Safety Ranking, While 122 Earn Top Grades
- California ‘high-cost’ hospitals sound alarm over ‘deep rate cuts’
- Future of Medicine VC fund launches at Aggie Square with $25 million to invest
- Kaiser Permanente workers reach tentative agreement following months-long strike
- Kaiser Permanente expanding to Marina with a new facility
- U of California workers begin statewide strike: 6 things to know
- What’s new with Kaiser Permanente?
- Acentra Health Awarded $27.5M Contract to Continue California PASRR Services
- After 5 months out-of-network, Scripps and Anthem Blue Cross reunite
- ‘AI can’t overcome that’: UCLA Health’s plan for sharper data
- AMFM Healthcare Joins Aetna’s California Network, Broadening Access to Residential and Outpatient Mental-Health Care
- California Agency Cracks Down on High-Cost Hospitals
- California, other states sue to preserve Health and Human Services
- California Seeks to Broaden Essential Health Benefits to Include IVF and Hearing Exams
- California system to launch specialty pharmacy services
- California’s primary care shortage persists despite ambitious moves to close gap
- Capricor shares turn red as FDA plans deramiocel adcomm, likely the first under new commissioner
- Cedars-Sinai appoints chief AI health research officer
- Cedars-Sinai to launch internal startup incubator
- CommonSpirit CMIO heads to Kaiser
- Dignity Health taps California regional vice president
- El Camino Health Begins Construction On Rehabilitation Hospital In Sunnyvale, California
- Hims & Hers brings former Amazon executive into C-suite
- Hoag names cardiac surgery leader
- ISMP tapped to create California medication error reporting protocol
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan fined $819,500 for delays in handling member complaints.
- Kaiser in the hot seat as California lawmakers blast company for skipping mental health hearing
- Kaiser mental health workers testify at California Legislature to ‘factory-like’ system
- Kaiser taps new Santa Clara leadership
- MemorialCare to lay off 100-plus workers, including nurses
- Mothers, Lawmakers Call For Change In Perinatal Mental Health Care
- NKGen CEO puts skin in the game, investing $2.6M to move biotech toward Alzheimer’s readout
- NurseRegistry is a Premier California Home Care Staffing Agency, Enhancing Personalized Health Services
- Stanford 1st in US to employ fluorescent imaging system
- UCLA dermatologist leads initiative to address disparities in LA health care
- Two Chairs expands into psychiatry
COLORADO
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- 8 state behavioral health policy updates
- A public health grant provides a lifeline for pregnant and postpartum women in Colorado. Federal cuts threaten its stability.
- Banner Health experts gather northern Colorado feedback at annual community meeting
- Banner Health adds 7 Colorado locations to portfolio
- Colorado’s behavioral health commissioner is finding hope despite facing funding headwinds
- CommonSpirit CMIO heads to Kaiser
- Denver health care co. cuts top execs and their positions in cost-cutting shakeup
- UCHealth taps new CFO
- Children’s Hospital Colorado voices concerns about potential cuts to Medicaid, calling it a “kids’ program”
- Grand River Health Clinic West selected as one of Top Five of Rural Health Clinics in Colorado
- Colorado and other states ask judge to reverse deep cuts to U.S. Health and Human Services
- Banner Health Expands Primary Care Footprint In Colorado
- Colorado Medicaid Program Ranks 8th Worst for Mental Health Services
- Colorado launches new program to build out a pipeline of behavioral health specialists
CONNECTICUT
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- Another CT biotech company making significant workforce cuts
- As strike deadline looms, CT nursing homes face added costs
- Durand returns to CT from Rhode Island to lead New Britain’s Hospital for Special Care; reimbursement rates, worker burnout among key challenges
- Northwell Health acquires Nuvance Health
- Providers fear ‘extraordinary’ implications of strike planned for 26 percent of Connecticut nursing homes
- State: Hartford Hospital doesn’t need regulatory approval to expand maternity service to CT Children’s
- UConn Health could acquire more hospitals
- 5.5 million patients’ information exposed by major healthcare data breach
- CT biotech company to conduct ‘mass layoff’. The majority are state residents.
- CT State Community College launches new practical nursing certificate program
- Doctors, Lawmakers Describe Bill Capping Out-Of-Network Costs as ‘a Disaster’
- Doctors say a proposal could close hospitals across CT. ‘This is a disaster’, a lawmaker says
- Griffin Hospital builds CT’s first ‘EmPATH unit’ to treat mental health crises
DC
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- Children’s National Hospital exiting D.C. schools nursing contract
- DC, Md. and Virginia hospitals land on national honor roll with drop in errors, infections, injuries
- GWU Hospital names interim head after CEO Kim Russo’s departure
- Longtime Children’s National Hospital innovation chief steps away, joins Swiss medical device firm
- DC mayor, health officials speak out against potential cuts to Medicaid
- DC families, officials say cuts to Medicaid would be ‘devastating,’ force hospital closures
DELAWARE
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- ChristianaCare taps physicians for 2 leadership roles
- Delaware Nurses Association announces initiatives to revitalize workforce
- Highmark Delaware President Moriello resigns
- Attorneys general in N.J., Del. and 17 other states ask federal judge to reverse deep cuts to U.S. Health and Human Services
- Bayhealth CEO shares expansion plans to meet growing healthcare demands
- Delaware Healthcare Association responds to health care benchmark report
- Delaware launches ‘Food is Medicine’ initiative to tackle chronic disease through nutrition
- Delaware nurses will get more support to grow, advance and develop statewide
- Delaware to launch new nursing support programs
- Home Care Advocates to meet with Delaware Lawmaker’s at the State’s Capital next week
- How Nemours Children’s Health Is Leading the Way in Redefining Pediatric Care
- Incyte, Novartis agree to settle long-running Jakafi royalty dispute just before trial
FLORIDA
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- All Star Healthcare buys rival staffing firm
- Baptist Health appoints 2 cancer institute leaders
- Bonita Springs medical office sells for $1.3M
- Florida hospitals sue Leapfrog for ‘rigged’ safety ratings
- K. Alicia Schulhof outlines her vision for Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
- Medical malpractice bill revived, passes in Florida Senate
- Meet Shaun Stucky, a 2025 CFO of the Year honoree
- Moffitt Cancer Center begins hiring for massive Speros campus in Pasco County
- NCH and HSS celebrate orthopedic center opening soon
- NeueHealth to go private after shareholder vote
- Repeal of Florida malpractice law stalls
- The initiative that helped BayCare achieve a 9.6% margin in 2024
- What’s next for Orlando Health Rockledge hospital site
- There aren’t enough doctors in Polk County, but the health care landscape is changing
- Florida Senate passes changes to mental health bill
- HCA Florida JFK Hospital Receives Comprehensive Stroke Certification from DNV
- HCA Florida Capital Hospital Announces New CEO
- Is the future of pediatric care in South Florida a giant children’s hospital?
- Manatee County’s first Parrish hospital begins construction
GEORGIA
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- Georgia hospital to reopen as critical access facility after closing 5 years ago
- Perimeter Healthcare taps chief medical officer
- Trump cuts $1B in school mental health grants, sparking concern in Georgia
- Columbia County donates fair proceeds to Children’s Hospital of Georgia
- Georgia is the riskiest state to have a baby. Here’s why
- Survey: Georgia OB-GYNs say state abortion law risks mothers’ health
- Ga. experts warn medical AI without oversight could worsen health disparities
- Georgia’s rural health tax program still popular with Georgians
- Dr. Antonio Rios receives Georgia Hospital Association’s Physician Hero Award
- Doctor desert: Georgia counties deal with lack of nearby health care for kids
- Georgia Medicaid Program Ranks Worst for Mental Health Services
HAWAII
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- Caremark, Express Scripts Appeal Hawaii Case’s State Court Shift
- From Surgeons To Therapists, It Takes A Team To Keep Hawai‘i Healthy
- Hawaii’s first psychiatric crisis center helps take burden off ERs, police
- Hawaii joins in lawsuit over health department cuts
- Potential Medicaid cuts would be ‘devastating’ for Hawaii
IDAHO
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- He led trauma care at one of Idaho’s biggest hospitals. Now, he’s suing
- Idaho physician sues former hospital employer over noncompete
- Bingham Healthcare holds ribbon cutting for new Pocatello tele-pharmacy
- Idaho system to temporarily close specialty cancer clinic
- Kootenai Health announces Women’s Imaging Centers in Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls
- Saint Alphonsus Health System Launches Student Loan Repayment Program to Attract Next Generation of Healthcare Workers
- Teton Valley Health passes accreditation with flying colors as a critical access hospital
ILLINOIS
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- 3 Chicago area hospitals highlighted in Leapfrog Group semiannual safety grades
- Advocate Health Care opens first of 10 Chicago clinics on South Side
- HSHS taps Baylor Scott & White exec as market CEO
- Illinois ranks 20th in the nation for hospital safety, with more hospitals getting A’s and D’s
- Illinois system plans $20M behavioral health expansion
- Largest US nursing school launches post-acute care training
- Meet the former Chicago transit president leading a community hospital
- Safety hospital grades for 2025 are out. See where your Illinois hospital ranks in new report
- Senate committee passes Illinois anesthesia time limit bill
- Suburban Endeavor Health hospital to close specialized care clinic
- Ventas says ‘compelling’ opportunities drive strong first-quarter results
- Viemed Healthcare to buy Lehan’s Medical Equipment for $26 million
- Advocates push for mandatory minimum nurse staffing ratios at Illinois hospitals
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Data Breach Alert Issued By Wolf Haldenstein
- GE HealthCare rolls out new AI-equipped SPECT/CT nuclear medicine scanner
- Health officials confirm six measles cases in Illinois so far this year
- Ill. Court OKs $20M Award In Brain Damage Med Mal Suit
- Illinois Drug Reuse Program strengthened under Edly-Allen measure
- Illinois fixing shortage by changing foreign-trained doctor licensing
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to Sign Order Protecting Autism Data in Response to Federal Health Initiatives
- Illinois hospital names CEO
- Illinois House helping health care shortage by easing volunteer requirements
- Manley Advocates for Affordable Prescription Drugs for Illinois Residents
- Prime Healthcare Illinois to open Shorewood office
- Southern Illinois expands mental health care at SIH Mulberry Center in Harrisburg
INDIANA
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- Forté Sports Medicine and Orthopedics adds surgeons, Mooresville location
- FTC, Indiana AG urge rejection of HCA, Union Health merger
- Gov. Braun Signs Hospital Pricing Bill Into Law
- Lilly breaks ground on $4.5B foundry campus in Lebanon’s LEAP District
- Shepherd Community Center sees increase in need for mental health services
- Town hall invites public comments on Terre Haute hospital merger
- ‘Turn Awareness Into Action’: What Indiana is doing for mental health
- Expert: Cuts to ‘historic’ investment may thwart efforts to tackle Indiana’s public health issues
- Indiana Medicaid Program Ranks 15th Worst for Mental Health Services
- Valle Vista Health System names new CEO
- Hancock Health expands mental health services for youth across county
- IU Health nurse faces fraud charges after allegedly falsifying records, obtaining narcotics
- Providers see rising demand for mental health care in northeast Indiana
IOWA
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- ChildServe announces license transition to specialty hospital designation
- Local church community brings free specialty care to underserved patients in Wichita
- MercyOne facing Monday deadline to produce documents related to Mercy Iowa City financials
- Mother pushes for more healthcare for children with mental illness
- Iowans voice support, opposition to IHAWP work requirements
- Wellmark Foundation addressing youth mental health needs in rural Iowa
- Iowa Republicans advance bill with a ban on Medicaid funding for all forms of gender-affirming care
- Iowa City mental health center reshapes response to addiction, mental illness
- Capitol Notebook: Gov. Reynolds signs bill making it easier to open new birth centers in Iowa
- Future uncertain at Iowa family planning clinics after federal funding cut, advocates say
KANSAS
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- Gates Foundation taps Kansas City biotech Likarda for HIV treatment research
- Newman Regional Health board receives strong Medicare Cost Report, clean audit
- SelectQuote faces lawsuit accusing it of receiving millions in kickbacks from insurers
- Via Christi promotes two leaders to top roles at Wichita hospitals
- Kansas reports 9 new measles cases. All appear to be from the same county
- Kansas research could help treat a form of breast cancer that affects Black women more
- Kansas governor pleads with congressional delegation to fight against Medicaid cuts
- How Kansas’s Medicaid Program Measures Up On Mental Health
KENTUCKY
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- Georgetown first to join new Ky Children’s Hospital affiliate network
- Lake Cumberland Regional donated $66 million in services in 2024
- Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman, Kindeva host ribbon cutting to celebrate Lexington facility acquisition
- Kentucky Medical Association names next CEO
- UK Kings Daughters to acquire regional cancer center
- UofL Health breaks ground on Bullitt cancer care center
- UofL Physicians – Neurosurgery first in Ky to join innovative brain aneurysm clinical trial
- Kentucky Children’s Hospital launches pediatric affiliate network, Georgetown Community Hospital first to join
- Ky awards $1.4M for renewable projects supporting health
- Kentucky Medicaid Program Ranks 7th Best for Mental Health Services
LOUISIANA
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- Louisiana NP convicted for role in $2M fraud scheme
- Dentists raise concern about move in Louisiana to ban fluoride in drinking water
- Louisiana bill could block big lawsuits against nursing home, hospital administrators
- Louisiana’s Whooping Cough Surge Could Set a 35-Year Record—Infant Deaths Prompt Urgent Warning from Health Officials
- State health department aims to lower maternal mortality rates
- In the Deep South, health care fights echo civil rights battles
- How Louisiana’s Medicaid Program Measures Up On Mental Health
MAINE
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- Maine health system cuts some behavioral health services
- The new ASCs, outpatient centers opening in the Northeast
- Andwell’s GUIDE program tailors dementia support for Maine families
- Labor pains worsen: Maine’s ‘maternity desert’ expands, EMTs pick up the tab
- Maine bill would place moratorium on private equity purchases of hospitals
- MaineGeneral Health announces cuts to pediatric mental health and disability services
- Nurses protest planned closure of Mount Desert Island obstetrics unit
- Nursing lab prepares students to grow critical healthcare workforce
- Unanimous Bill Allowing Providers to Charge for COVID-19 Vaccine Goes Into Law Without Gov. Janet Mills’ Signature
MARYLAND
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- DC, Md. and Virginia hospitals land on national honor roll with drop in errors, infections, injuries
- LifeBridge completes $61.6M redo of century-old hospital
- Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Earns 13th Consecutive ‘A’ Grade for Patient Safety
- Maryland nursing program inspires next generation of healthcare workers
- Nurse reveals brutal attack in the ER as Maryland healthcare workers increasingly face violence on the job
- UMMS demands state pay $4.6 million in prisoner health care debt
- Trump administration evaluating Maryland’s authority to set Medicare rates
- Berlin’s Atlantic General Hospital merges with TidalHealth: Official agreement signed
- Ravens and Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation Provide $20 Million Nursing Workforce Grant
MASSACHUSETTS
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- 8 state behavioral health policy updates
- Former longtime CEO of YW Boston to lead healthcare charity
- How Massachusetts’s New Health Care Reform Takes Aim at Private Equity
- Israeli hospital to launch innovation hub in Mass.
- Massachusetts joins legal action against CVS over alleged drug pricing scheme
- Massachusetts physician practice to close due to ‘sudden unexpected staffing issues’
- Medical residents at MGB negotiate landmark deal after 18-month union push
- St. Elizabeth’s, Good Samaritan hospitals lose their names as part of BMC rebrand
- Politics collides with the bread and butter of the Bay State economy
- Mass. DPH deems Framingham Union maternity services necessary. What happens next
- ‘Just Get to Work’: Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Focuses on Care, President Says at Forum
- Elevance, Humana and Aetna allegedly paid kickbacks to brokers
- Sheba Hospital Links with Massachusetts to Create Accelerator for Medical Startups
- Massachusetts Health Connector for Business is a smart place to find high-value health coverage for your employees
- Top Israeli hospital coming to Mass. with health care startup generator
- Why is Massachusetts spending taxpayer money to demonize pregnancy help clinics?
- Massachusetts Medicaid Program Ranks 2nd Best for Mental Health Services
- Medicaid funding fears loom over Massachusetts state budget
- One year later: Timeline of Steward’s bankruptcy, impact on Massachusetts hospitals
- Collaborating through a crisis: More than 50% of Central Mass. ER beds are taken up by mental health patients waiting for treatment
MICHIGAN
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- 8 state behavioral health policy updates
- Corewell Health COO’s plan: Align people to drive innovation
- Express Scripts controls nearly 90% of PBM market in Michigan, new lawsuit says
- Former Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss joins MSU medical school
- Henry Ford executive heads to New York system
- Medicaid cuts could deliver $1.1B blow to Trinity Health
- Michigan sues PBMs, alleging unlawful collusion created ‘pharmacy deserts’
- Trio of Corewell hospitals in West Michigan earn top grades in latest safety report
- Safety grades: 24 Michigan hospitals earn ‘A’ while 3 get failing marks
- Whitmer releases key findings as DHHS preps final report on impacts of federal Medicaid cuts
- New report addresses Michigan student’s mental health, safety
- Michigan hospitals improve in patient safety report — but three DMC hospitals get “F”
MINNESOTA
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- Fairview Health names behavioral leader
- HealthPartners to start $400M Lakeview Hospital project after getting Stillwater OK
- MN fines Regions Hospital $100,000 for improper infectious waste disposal
- UnitedHealth taps Optum Rx chief Conway as new CEO of Optum unit
- Veemah mental health clinic expands to Brooklyn Center with $250,000 MEDA loan
- Battle over health insurance for undocumented immigrants boils at MN Capitol
- Bird flu reported again in central Minnesota
- Budget talks stall in Minnesota over health care for undocumented residents and school worker benefits
- How Minnesota’s Medicaid Program Measures Up On Mental Health
- Blue Cross of Minnesota to pay $71M as part of nationwide antitrust settlement
- Minnesotans with mental illness are often stuck in hospitals and jails. Legislators are looking at fixes.
MISSISSIPPI
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- Legacy Park wins appeal against Singing River
- Baptist selected as buyer for OCH hospital sale
- Clinics forced to increase costs for family planning services like birth control, STI testing
- Field Health earns ‘age-friendly’ recognition
- Mississippi system taps CEO
- Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Mississippi Ban on Medical Marijuana Ads
MISSOURI
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- Ascension Health Sued Over Second Data Breach in Eight Months
- Mercy trims physician onboarding with AI
- MU Healthcare patients continue search for care following failed negotiations with Anthem
- The ‘secret’ behind Ascension’s $2.6B turnaround
- One month after fallout, MU Health Care and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield remain split
- Proposed abortion ban one step away from Missouri ballot
- Boone Health sources feedback on unmet health care needs
- MU Healthcare patients continue search for care following failed negotiations with Anthem
- Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center celebrates 100 years of healthcare service
- Leaked federal cuts could hurt Missouri overdose outreach
- Health officials report confirmed measles case in Missouri for second-straight day
- Federal funding cuts end Missouri youth immunization program
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska schools to lose millions in mental health grants
- Medical marijuana bill amendment would not allow for marijuana to be smoked
- Nebraska hospitals express concern over tariff-related price hikes
- State-of-the-art Cancer treatment coming to Columbus
- How Nebraska’s Medicaid Program Measures Up On Mental Health
NEVADA
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- Henderson mobile team targets behavioral health crises
- Las Vegas healthcare workers rally for better pay, conditions
- Boys Town Nevada Behavioral Health Clinic To Open In Las Vegas
- Hospitals push back on Nevada price transparency proposal
- Northern Nevada HOPES launches new maternal health program
- Top Nevada lawmaker seeks to cap insulin prices at $35 a month under private insurance
- UNLV educator at the forefront in fight to cure Alzheimer’s disease
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- Capital Health achieves fifth-consecutive Magnet recognition
- RWJBarnabas, Rutgers to open New Jersey’s 1st freestanding cancer hospital
- The new ASCs, outpatient centers opening in the Northeast
- Will leadership solve distressed Newark hospital?
- After striking out in bankruptcy court, Johnson & Johnson goes after expert witness in talc cases
- Amneal bolsters US manufacturing capacity with Apiject collaboration deal
- Atlantic Health System Expands Access to Care with New Manalapan Pavilion
- Attorneys general in N.J., Del. and 17 other states ask federal judge to reverse deep cuts to U.S. Health and Human Services
- Bill Bottino Cancer Foundation Donates $40K to Jefferson Health
- Bristol Myers charts 500-plus new layoffs in New Jersey following expanded cost-savings drive
- Hackensack Meridian opens $14M cancer center in Central Jersey
- Hudson Regional names new COO, hospital chief
- J&J gene therapy fails to improve visual navigation in late-stage rare eye disease trial
- Justices Reject Review Of NLRB’s COVID-19 Bonus Pay Order
- Kenvue expects flat profit as $150 million tariff hit looms
- N.J. rehab center reportedly closing, laying off about 100
- NJBIA Testifies on Impact of Proposed Medicaid Cuts on NJ Healthcare Industry
- SOMC Nurses Authorize Strike Notice as Contract About to Expire
- Virtua Among First to Administer Whole Blood Via EMS
NEW MEXICO
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- Santa Fe physicians to break ground on region’s first outpatient surgery facility
- UnitedHealthcare, Lovelace Health System reach agreement expanding access to care for New Mexico families
- Texas, New Mexico measles cases continue to rise
- New Mexico lays out timeline for rebuilding behavioral health system
- New Mexico Gov. Says Potential Medicaid Cuts ‘Devastating’ for Rural Health, Veterans
NEW YORK
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- 8 state behavioral health policy updates
- 2 orthopedic physicians plan to open ASC in New York
- Henry Ford executive heads to New York system
- Jefferson Health taps CFO from Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Kaleida’s largest hospital seeks new leader for second time in 3 years
- Long Island hospitals earn top Leapfrog safety grade
- Mount Sinai first to roll out ChatGPT to all medical students
- NCH and HSS celebrate orthopedic center opening soon
- New White Plains Hospital tower will expand busy emergency department, add patient rooms
- NewYork-Presbyterian plans 1,000 layoffs
- New York hospital settles OB-GYN abuse case for $750M
- Northwell Health acquires Nuvance Health
- Nursing Home Operator Must Defend Investor Claims in New York
- Nursing home off the hook, wins rare lawsuit seeking $114 million
- Sports medicine doctors plan new ambulatory surgery center in Amherst
- The new ASCs, outpatient centers opening in the Northeast
- Bronx leaders call on city to declare diabetes a public health emergency
- New York state Senate vote unclear on medically assisted suicide
- New York shines green as Governor Hochul marks May as mental health awareness month
- New York makes it easier to commit people with severe mental illnesses
- World Trade Center Health Program’s status remains in the dark, leaving many 9/11 first responders in limbo
- Health care union president ousted in upset election
- NY health officials: Half-million could lose Medicaid under GOP cuts
- New York sues Trump administration over changes within Department of Health and Human Services
- Leader of $48M Medicare fraud scheme sentenced to prison
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Duke Health secures $540M to help build Cary campus
- Home health firm grows from 300 to 6,000 clients
- Hospital safety grades in central NC range from A to D
- Inside 1 state’s healthcare overhaul and what it means for ASCs
- Mint Hill hospital set to open expanded emergency department, eyes next project
- North Carolina clinic owner settles fraud allegations for $4.7M
- North Carolina health chief grapples with funding cuts, urban-rural divide
- Novant Health plans next expansion project at local hospital campus
- Parental rights or patient privacy? NC bill would limit medical confidentiality for minors
- NC hospitals in state of standby, preparing as measles threat grows
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Governor Armstrong proclaims May Mental Health Awareness Month
- Nonprofits warn against EPIC bill
- North Dakota governor signs bill to help cancer patients with prescription costs
- North Dakota confirms first measles case since 2011
- Funding cuts, uncertainty impact NDCPD
- Health care legislation will improve access, affordability for North Dakotans
OHIO
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- AtriCure CEO details growth trajectory toward becoming a $1B company
- Cardinal Health CEO Jason Hollar on rising profits, record stock price
- CareSource adds Lakeland Care as affiliate in ongoing Wisconsin expansion
- Cleveland Clinic forms ASC joint venture: 3 things to know
- Cleveland Clinic ranks worst in Ohio, fifth-worst across U.S. for not spending enough on community health, report says
- Cleveland Clinic’s Fairview Hospital building plan gets approval
- Cleveland Clinic partners with Regent Surgical on ASC development
- Cleveland Clinic, Regent Surgical form ASC joint venture
- Dayton Children’s to build $8.5M pediatric urgent care in west Dayton
- Demolition, designs OK’d for Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital’s $150M cancer center
- Ohio hospital misses $33K payment—$1.8M now due to avoid foreclosure
- Ohio mayor pushes Steward investigation over alleged Medicaid fraud
- U Cincinnati Health sees front-line student training as workforce solution
- Ohio Rural Hospitals Form Clinically Integrated Network
- Foreclosure looms as East Ohio Regional Hospital misses payment deadline
OKLAHOMA
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- Lawmakers OK stop to Oklahoma mental health hospital construction, pivot to new OKC location
- New OKC program diverts 911 mental health calls
- Oklahoma behavioral providers allege $150M in unpaid reimbursements from state
- OMRF discovery could protect MS patients
- OKCIC offers new technology to help detect breast cancer
- Oklahoma AG calls for commissioner’s firing amid mental health agency’s ‘financial meltdown’
- Drummond renews call on Governor to remove Mental Health commissioner
- State workers face payroll uncertainty amid mismanagement at mental health department
- Senators say HHS cuts imperil Indian Health Services
- Conference on innovation in behavioral health coming to Oklahoma City
OREGON
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- More Oregonians speak Indigenous languages, but health care interpreters are lacking
- Oregon hospitals continued to struggle in 2024
- Oregon hospitals’ bleak financials leaves them vulnerable to tariffs, proposed Medicaid cuts
- OHSU and Legacy call off merger
- OHSU, Legacy Health’s 10-hospital, $8B merger is no more
- Why the OHSU-Legacy transaction was terminated
- ‘Administrative collapse:’ Advocates blame evictions on new Oregon Health Authority housing program
- Oregon health care cost hikes prompt calls for collaboration, change
PENNSYLVANIA
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- $11.8M surgery center to open above Giant supermarket on North Broad Street
- Butler Memorial Hospital reaches tentative agreement with nurses
- Crozer nurses beg Delaware County to reverse Prospect’s ‘atrocity,’ seize Crozer hospitals and reopen them
- Final Crozer Health hospital closes: 5 things ASCs need to know
- How a new Jefferson Health program helped this Pennsylvania man stay on track in his recovery journey
- Jefferson Health taps CFO from Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Jefferson Health’s strategy to optimize value-based care
- Medicare & Medicaid termination forces nursing home closure in Lackawanna County
- Minaris Advanced Therapies picks Philadelphia for its headquarters
- Penn Medicine names 2 new C-suite leaders
- Pennsylvania hospital to convert to behavioral facility
- Pittsburgh VC secures $2M investment for biotech startups
- Rite Aid laying off 595 employees at Philadelphia corporate HQ
- Suburban Community Hospital to close ER, transition to behavioral health care
- The new ASCs, outpatient centers opening in the Northeast
- This Pennsylvania business is helping Crozer Health employees who lost their jobs with care packages
- Trinity taps regional CFO
- UPMC pioneers offsite bathroom pod construction for new Presbyterian Hospital tower
- Crozer-Chester Medical Center closes, marking end of Delaware County’s largest hospital system
- Pennsylvania health experts reflect on COVID-era missteps as measles gains foothold
- Spooked by Alabama ‘Embryonic Personhood’ ruling, PA lawmakers aim to expand and protect IVF access
- 11 Investigates Code Blue: Violence in Healthcare
- Pennsylvania House Passes Bill to Protect Health Care Workers from Violence
- 2 central Pa. hospital systems end gender-affirming care for children, teens
RHODE ISLAND
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- More than half of R.I. hospitals earn ‘A’ safety grade from Leapfrog
- Multi-district PBM litigation lands in Rhode Island
- RI jumps to No. 2 in rankings of safest hospitals in the US. Which ones got an A?
- Who’s afraid of Big Pharma? Not the R.I. House’s lone independent
- Sen. Euer introduces bill for greater RI nursing home financial oversight
- R.I. Public Health Institute names Carcieri board chair, adds new members
- Providence Medical Clinic in Kingsport treats hundreds for free
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- AnMed names CFO
- Here are among the best and worst Lowcountry nursing homes in 2025, a new report shows
- Prisma Health to finish $128M Columbia medical park by November, cancer care opens 2026
- Prisma’s Oconee Memorial Hospital unveils behavioral health emergency care unit
- These SC hospitals are the most unsafe for 2025. See if your hospital is listed
- Mental health centers continue to open across the state
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- AmSurg’s recent moves
- Brookdale board targets operational expertise in CEO hunt
- Highpoint Health plans $19.7M satellite hospital expansion in Gallatin
- Lawmakers OK stop to Oklahoma mental health hospital construction, pivot to new OKC location
- Staffing firm Envision Healthcare to exit imaging business
- TriStar Summit Medical Center names Cindy Bergmeier as new CEO, replacing Daphne David
- Vanderbilt joint venture is planning a $71.87 million facility in Lebanon
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center cuts jobs, freezes some hiring amid federal cuts
- Tennessee, Ballad Health agree to changes in COPA terms
- Erlanger Health Earns Inaugural BlueCross BlueShield Of Tennessee Pay-for-Impact Award
- Nashville General Hospital Marks 135 Years of Service
TEXAS
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- $50M Frisco Station MOB Starts Construction
- ABA clinic chain changes hands
- Children’s Health, UT Southwestern receive 9-figure gift for $5B Dallas pediatric campus
- Cook Children’s Wants More Competition to Save its Health Plan
- Encompass Health to build $55.6M rehab hospital in San Antonio’s booming Westover Hills area
- Evry Health Appoints New Chief Medical Officer
- Houston hospitals speeding up construction amid tariff uncertainty
- HSHS taps Baylor Scott & White exec as market CEO
- Lufkin surgeon no longer practicing at Woodland Heights after allegations of medical malpractice surface
- Moody Foundation’s 9-figure donation lends name to hospital at center of new pediatrics campus
- Proposed bill to address doctor shortage causing controversy
- Rice University opens lab space for new incubator in Texas Medical Center
- Tenet’s ASC playbook continues to evolve
- Trust through the turbulence
- Measles cases in Texas rise to 702, state health department says
- Bill that would make vaccine exemptions easier advances in the Texas House
- Researchers concerned about National Institutes of Health cuts impact on Texas Medical Center
- 1.8 million Texans could lose current health insurance provider if state lawmakers don’t act
- Exciting news for heart health in East Texas
- Texas Data Breach Exposes Thousands: What You Need To Know
- Koda Health, Guidehealth Launch Advance Care Planning Partnership
- Clarity on abortion exceptions, more enforcement on abortion pills pass Texas Senate
- Texas lawmakers debating pay raises for home health care workers
UTAH
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- 8 state behavioral health policy updates
- Intermountain Health Breaks Ground On New Clinic In Saratoga Springs, Utah
- Intermountain American Fork Hospital now Level III trauma center
- New mental health resource opens in Utah
- ‘There is help’: New Intermountain program aids pregnant moms struggling with substance use
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VERMONT
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- Financial struggles have pushed Vermont’s largest health insurer to the brink
- Hospital Workplace Violence Prevention Bill Signed into Law by Vermont Governor
- Urban and rural Vermont communities face a primary care shortage
- Dartmouth Health joins lawsuit challenging Medicaid tax
- Big Change raises record $356,000 to support patient care at UVM Children’s Hospital
- Health Care Leaders Are Scrambling to Prevent Another Major Insurance Hike
- Vermont joins lawsuit over sweeping cuts to US Department of Health and Human Services
- Age Strong Vermont announces progress made in first year in new report
VIRGINIA
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- Bon Secours Mercy Health opens Virginia hospital: 5 notes
- DC, Md. and Virginia hospitals land on national honor roll with drop in errors, infections, injuries
- Three Va. Planned Parenthood clinics affected by Trump administration’s Title X funding freeze
- Virginia sees spike in out-of-state abortions
- Virginia Health Department investigating potential pediatric cancer cluster in Southwest Virginia
- Youngkin’s budget includes $12M for maternal health, $25M for child care
WASHINGTON
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- 1,000 PeaceHealth workers plan strike: 5 things to know
- 8 state behavioral health policy updates
- How a Seattle hospital erased racial disparity in unnecessary C-sections
- WA sues Trump administration over ‘dismantling’ of Health and Human Services
- WA Legislature preserves pharmacy benefit, protecting millions for Kitsap-based provider
- The Ensign Group Adds Skilled Nursing Facility in Washington
- PIH Health to pay government $600,000 for privacy violations from 2019 phishing attack
- New Washington law adds certification requirement for dementia care
- Washington Joins Multistate Lawsuit Challenging Federal Health Department Overhauls
- Yakima Valley program that trains school mental health counselors loses federal funding
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Christopher Goode named executive vice president and chief clinical integration officer for WVU Health System
- Does West Virginia need ‘certificate of need’ laws?
- Marshall Health Network expands services in Mason County with new clinics
- Two CAMC hospitals recognized for clinical excellence
- West Virginia removes physician supervision rule for CRNAs
- WVU Cancer Institute raises $950,000 at spring gala, eyes national designation
- West Virginia Highlights Mental Health Resources During Awareness Month
- Lack of state, federal funding leads to West Virginia’s Raze program’s elimination, leaders say
- West Virginia Recognizes Autonomy of CRNAs with New State Law
- West Virginia Optometrists to Gain Surgical Authority Under New Law
- Morrisey signs bills targeting DEI programs, gender-affirming care in West Virginia
WISCONSIN
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- 9 Wisconsin Hospitals Got A ‘D’ For Patient Safety—Is Yours On The List?
- Aurora hospitals among the best in the U.S. for patient safety
- ‘Avoid political ideology,’ NIH director says during Medical College of Wisconsin visit
- CareSource adds Lakeland Care as affiliate in ongoing Wisconsin expansion
- 70% of Wisconsin voters concerned with hospital closures
- Epic unveils AI-powered scheduling tool for patients
- Growing number of Wisconsin teen boys struggle with depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts
- How Wisconsin health care centers would be affected by potential cuts to Medicaid
- Lakeland Care, serving disabled people in Wisconsin’s Family Care program, to join Ohio health insurer CareSource
- Maternal health care in Wisconsin and the future of Medicaid
- Medical College of Wisconsin and MSOE launch student pathway program
- UnityPoint Health named ‘Top Place to Work in Healthcare’
- Wisconsin lawmakers optimistic about new compromise to give advanced practice nurses more autonomy
- At budget hearings, WWisconsin to lose millions in school mental health funding amid federal cuts
- Wisconsinites call for education, health care funding
- Romaine Quinn Named WHA’s 2025 Health Care Advocate of the Year
- Wisconsin Alzheimer’s advocates voice support for bill removing income requirement for Alzheimer’s assistance
- Catalpa Health launches new foundation to support pediatric mental health
WYOMING
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- Star Valley Health to host telephone town hall amid $3.5 million budget shortfall
- CRMC uses next-gen robotic bronchoscopy in fight against lung cancer
- Potential $880B cut to Medicaid could have big impacts on Wyoming hospitals, nursing homes
- Wyoming Doctor Ditches Appeal of Order Denying Return to Board
- Wyoming Restricts Employer Use of Noncompete Agreements: How Will This Impact Physicians?
- Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County is expanding telepsychiatry
