NATIONAL
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- 22 state attorneys general reaffirm hospitals’ EMTALA abortion obligation following CMS’ pulled guidance
- 5 healthcare laws, rules taking effect July 1
- 20 states sue Trump administration over health data sharing
- 2025 is becoming the year of AI agents in healthcare
- 16 states sue over $1B in canceled school mental health funding
- ACA cuts and mental health: 5 things to know
- AHA Statement on Senate Passage of One Big Beautiful Bill Act
- AMGA 2025 Survey: Physician Compensation Rises Significantly Amidst Stable Productivity
- CMS notifies patients impacted by data breach
- CMS proposes 6.4% decrease to home health payments for CY 2026, updates to quality and value-based purchasing programs
- CMS to add prior authorization for traditional Medicare services
- Deal volumes steady despite regulatory uncertainty
- DOJ announces largest-ever $14.6B healthcare fraud takedown
- Feds investigate hospitals over religious exemptions from gender-affirming care
- For hospitals, IT staffing remains a difficult challenge
- Former Current Health CEO buys back company from Best Buy
- Former FDA commissioner on RFK Jr.’s newly appointed vaccine advisory panel
- Health system margins still at 1%, drug expenses soar
- HHS layoffs were likely unlawful and must be halted, US judge says
- HHS, Justice Department form False Claims Act task force
- Hospital-at-home staffing models evolve
- Joint Commission cuts standards by 50% in sweeping overhaul
- Judge rules against J&J, for HHS and 340B hospitals in rebate model case
- New CMMI model injects ‘enhanced technologies’ in Medicare prior authorization to limit fraud
- Nursing Home Staffing Mandate Repeal Hits Snag in Senate
- Optum Health CEO exits role
- Orthopedic groups scale without selling out: 5 big trends
- Patient Access to Online Health Records Soars in 2024, Driven by Cures Act and Provider Encouragement
- Report: More than 700 rural hospitals teetering on the edge of financial abyss
- Senate passes $1T in healthcare cuts. Here’s what they are
- Senate passes tax bill, to the dismay of hospitals
- Supreme Court upholds key preventive services coverage requirement
- Texas judge vacates rule protecting medical privacy for abortion care
- The Stark law recruitment exception, explained
- UnitedHealthcare slashes CRNA reimbursements: 5 things to know
- US weighs halting funds for hospitals offering gender treatment to minors, WSJ reports
- Using AI to defend against cyberattacks is now a SOC imperative, experts say
- Virtual care gets megabill boost
- Walgreens sales rise 7% to $39B driven by pharmacy growth, cost-cutting measures as take-private deal nears
- What’s in, out for healthcare in ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
ALABAMA
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- Alabama’s biggest health insurer changing prior authorization process: What it means for customers
- Alabama Hospital Association announces first female president and CEO
- Bham urgent care franchise acquired by VC-backed pediatric group
- Britt, Tuberville score huge investment in Alabama rural hospitals and protect Medicaid
- Encompass Health breaks ground on Georgia hospital
- Major Birmingham tech firm acquired in health care industry shakeup
- Metro medical entity secures $2.2M funding, names new board chair
- Montgomery County Commission considers partnership with city on new health facility for employees
- New Huntsville Hospital program makes psychiatric, neurological care more accessible
- Osteostrong to add second metro location
- Private equity-backed group acquires 3 Texas addiction clinics
- Statewide health entity names new CEO, president
- University of Alabama, DCH Health System partner on nursing education effort
- USA Health CEO Owen Bailey honored with Alabama Hospital Association’s Gold Medal of Excellence
- Dr. Don Williamson retires from Alabama Hospital Association
- Three Dothan healthcare workers elected to Alabama Hospital Association Board
- Jacksonville State University receives grant to build trauma-informed rural mental health workforce
- 19 new doctors finish residency to help fill need for quality medical care in rural Alabama
ALASKA
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- Juneau residents rally for Medicaid as Congress nears megabill vote
- Anchorage sees rare gonorrhea death amid local rise in infections
- Facing SNAP & Medicaid concerns, why Murkowski & Sullivan say they voted for the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
- Here’s one thing Alaska could do to reduce opioid overdose deaths
- New bills would boost Medicare payments for Hawaiʻi and Alaska hospitals
- Providence Alaska chief executive to retire
ARIZONA
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- Arizona duo seeks to ‘reinvent’ health care, one mobile visit at a time
- Banner Health poised for rapid growth: CEO Amy Perry
- HonorHealth joins medical office conversion project underway in Chandler
- New safety standards for Arizona assisted-living facilities now in place
- OrthoArizona announces major expansion eying the opening of 5 new centers
- Arizona health care group warns against Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”
- Arizona healthcare advocates warn Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ will close hospitals
- Ranking Arizona: Top 10 hospitals in Arizona for 2025
ARKANSAS
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- Bale Family Gives $1M to Arkansas Children’s
- Darrow Jones Commits $1M Estate Gift to Arkansas Children’s Hospital
- The 195,000-patient engine driving Arkansas Children’s $371M expansion
- Arkansas rural health care at risk in Trump’s budget bill
- Arkansas Rural Health Academy aims to bridge healthcare gaps statewide
- First Community Bank, CTEH & UAMS Announce Leadership Moves (Movers & Shakers)
- Helena Hospital Changes Hands in $5M Debt Deal
- C. Lowry Barnes Named as UAMS Interim Chancellor
CALIFORNIA
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- Astrana Health acquires Prospect for $708M
- Barstow resident honored as ‘Community Champion’ by Molina Healthcare
- Blue Shield of CA cuts some Medicare Advantage commissions
- Calif. AG Secures Record Data Privacy Deal Against Healthline
- California Faces Fiscal Uncertainty in Mental Health System
- California Sues Trump Administration Over Health Data Sharing
- California will see ‘devastating’ healthcare cuts under GOP bill, Newsom says
- Dignity Health taps new CFO for 2 hospitals
- Hackensack, RWJBarnabas, Adventist partner with Big Tech: 6 deals to know
- Health information provider pays $1.5 million over CCPA claims
- Healthline Media to Pay Record California Privacy Penalty
- Insurance is often a barrier to menopause symptom treatment. California lawmakers want to change that
- Jury orders Dignity Health to pay former CNO $27.5M over retaliation
- Montage Health CFO to depart
- Sharp HealthCare cuts 315 jobs, reduces executive pay
- Keck Medicine of USC awards $100K to top nurses
- Pennant Group extends reach in California with home health deal
- Providence hospice workers to hold 1st strike
- Southern California Orthopedic Institute opens new clinic
- Stanford taps AI to shrink evidence turnaround time
- Sutter’s CEO outlines its billion-dollar expansion and what’s next
- Sutter-Aetna agreement averts potential disruption for Sacramento HMO patients
- The states reshaping CRNA practice rules
- Thousands of U of California healthcare workers receive pay raise
- UC Davis Health unveils $589 million outpatient surgery center in Sacramento
- UC Health, Blue Shield of California extend contract talks into early August
- UCSF to lay off 200 amid ‘serious financial challenges’
- UCI Health Physician Network adds SoCal Eye as a founding affiliate
- Vaca nurse charged in massive health fraud crackdown
- Workers at 6 Sharp HealthCare medical offices unionize
COLORADO
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- CEO of Southwest Health System talks rural health care, federal cuts
- Colorado, 19 other states sue to stop transfer of Medicaid data to immigration agencies
- Colorado asks for millions back from rural hospitals
- Colorado hospital lays off 5% of workforce weeks after CEO exit
- Colorado justices consider limits on judge power over jury damage awards
- Colorado medtech co. cuts 14% of workforce amid falling stock, investor allegations
- Federal vaccine guidance is changing, but Colorado was prepared to push back
- From chaos to clarity: How UCHealth reshaped patient flow with AI and unlocked capacity
- Judge sides with UCHealth in dispute with Colorado over provider fees
- Medtech firm replacing CEO as it grapples with revenue loss, legal challenges
- Medicaid could be in for big changes in Colorado. Here are 14 charts explaining who would be affected
- Rural Colorado mulls what Medicaid cuts could mean for mental health
- State adds Narcan funding amid federal cuts, other Health headlines
- Three ways that senior health providers are changing their approach to care in Denver
- A key rural hospital in La Junta is laying people off with deep federal Medicaid cuts looming
- These 6 Colorado hospitals could be in danger of closing if proposed Medicaid cuts pass
- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser files lawsuit against U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
- Colorado sues federal health agency to stop sharing of Medicaid data with ICE
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut Attorney General reminds hospitals they must provide emergency abortion care
- Connecticut lawmakers urge UConn Health to reduce executive pay
- In second deal this month, NY investors buy 150-room Norwalk nursing home for $9.3M
- Johnson Memorial Hospital opens ASC
- Lamont, legislative leaders look for answers on CT’s struggling commercial health insurance market
- Lamont signs into law a bill allowing state to cut some health carrier rate increases
- Man arrested after social media threats against Connecticut health system CEO
- Waterbury writes off $18.4M in hospital taxes amid Prospect bankruptcy
- Advocates warn SCOTUS ruling could limit health care access for CT women
- Backus Hospital and the nurses’ union have come to a contract agreement: What does it say?
- Cheshire nurse and Bethel company charged in national health care fraud takedown
- Connecticut acupuncturist accused of defrauding Medicaid
- Connecticut Enacts Wide-Ranging Health Care Law Modifying Various Existing Rules and Laws
- Connecticut Governor Signs Bill Adding Requirements for Hospitals and Expanding DPH’s Enforcement Scope
- Connecticut nurse among 324 people charged in national health care fraud takedown
- Connecticut sues feds over mental health cuts, sharing Medicaid data with Homeland Security
- Hartford HealthCare brings virtual care to the airport terminal
- UConn Health abruptly reverses controversial plan to cut pay for more than 250 nurses
DC
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- Bain Capital and Evergreen Medical Properties Expand Joint Venture into Washington, DC Area with Acquisition of Medical Outpatient Facility
- Home care company BrightStar breaks into D.C., plans to hire up to 1,500 caregivers
- Washington D.C. physician sentenced to 18 years for ‘pill mill’
- Trump’s Health Care Overhaul Poised to Strip Coverage From Thousands in D.C.
- DC Circ. Backs NLRB Ruling In GWU Hospital Bargaining Case
DELAWARE
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- ChristianaCare To Open New Hospital In Chester County
- ChristianaCare proposed Middletown expansion
- ChristianaCare announces $865 million five-year investment in Delaware
- ChristianaCare to invest nearly $1B in care expansion
- Health care report highlights challenges, opportunities in Delaware
- Delaware Shields Trans Health Care From Out-of-State Bans
- Healthcare Association report: Hospitals key driver in state economy
FLORIDA
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- A new weapon in the fight against heart failure
- AdventHealth Altamonte Springs wraps up $50M in renovations
- AdventHealth acquires physician group
- AdventHealth Orlando names new CEO
- Architecture expert takes helm of RS&H’s Florida health care market
- Armando Llechu Named Chief Operating Officer at Broward Health Coral Springs
- Baptist Health plans hospital expansion
- BayCare deepens tech bench with C-suite hires to lead digital health, IT strategy
- Budget conference: Chambers sign off on slashing 600 state Health Department positions
- Cardiac care collaboration forms between UF Health and regional heart specialists
- Feds charge Florida man in $233M COVID fraud involving Chicago hospital
- Florida Blue, Broward Health part ways amid contract dispute
- Florida implements new mental health legislation: 5 things to know
- Florida’s health system ranks among the worst in the nation, according to new analysis
- Florida Senate defers vote on DeSantis’ priority health care bill to prevent vaccination status discrimination
- Hackensack, RWJBarnabas, Adventist partner with Big Tech: 6 deals to know
- HomeSafe appoints new chief operating officer and board member
- Lee Health Expands Plans for New Fort Myers Campus to Meet Growing Community Needs
- Longtime Florida home health care provider files for bankruptcy
- Memorial Healthcare to launch $670 million hospital expansion
- New law aims to provide more mental health support inside Florida’s jails, prisons
- Northstar Anesthesia expands with Florida partnership
- OB/GYN residency coming to Cape Coral Hospital
- On-site care program looks to limit ER visits
- Puerto Rican nonprofit SIM Health breaks ground on first Orlando clinic, eyes expansion
- St. Mary’s Medical Center Invests in Major Facility Upgrades to Meet Growing Community Needs
- Tampa-based optometry chain announces mass layoffs
- The states reshaping CRNA practice rules
- Why Nemours Children’s isn’t in ‘panic mode’ over GOP bill
- 6 state behavioral health policy updates
GEORGIA
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- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta opens new Heart Center with family-focused care
- CHI Memorial Hospital Georgia Obtains Hospital Accreditation
- Demolition of former Atlanta Medical Center to begin, no plans for hospital replacement
- Emory Healthcare CEO Joon Lee taking on expanded role
- Emory reorganizes leadership, expands CEO’s role
- Encompass Health breaks ground on Georgia hospital
- Georgia hurries to amp up Medicaid hospital funding by $2 billion
- Groundbreaking ceremony held for redevelopment of Atlanta Medical Center site
- Health care nonprofit to bring 470 jobs to Science Square
- Owner of Ga. medical equipment company charged with Medicaid fraud
- Patient Monitoring Co. To Pay Feds $1.3M To Settle FCA Suit
- Wellstar’s proposed Acworth hospital to meet needs of surrounding area
- Critics warn of GOP megabill’s threat to rural hospitals in Georgia as it clears the US Senate
- Family blames nurse shortage for son’s death in Georgia ER
- New law requires AEDs in all Georgia schools
- CareSource launches $300k grant challenge to improve health care access and outcomes in Georgia
HAWAII
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- Hawaii Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill, After Calling One Of Its Provisions ‘A Grave Violation Of Privacy,’
- East Hawaii Urgent Care clinics are ‘now in compliance’
- Hawaii health centers prepare as proposed Medicaid cuts threaten 400,000 residents
- Hawaii joins lawsuit against Trump over Medicaid data shared with ICE
- Hawaii health system ranks No. 2 in annual scorecard
- Hawai’i Pharmacists Association and APhA celebrate passage of landmark legislation
- Interstate telehealth to boost local medical care
- New bills would boost Medicare payments for Hawaiʻi and Alaska hospitals
- New Hawaii doctors enter residency in Nanakuli
- Ninth case of dengue fever confirmed in the state for 2025
- Shriners Children’s Hawaii provides essential orthopedic care in CNMI
IDAHO
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- ‘End the ban:’ Idaho organizers start gathering signatures for abortion rights ballot initiative
- Ensign Group expands portfolio with Idaho skilled nursing facility
- Federal judge temporarily protects HIV program from new Idaho immigration law
- Idaho banned abortion. Three years later, minors and seniors struggle to get routine care.
- Idaho law would block medication for some immigrants. Here’s what a judge said
- PHD: About 20% of Idaho kids could be lacking measles vaccination
- Portneuf Health to host groundbreaking ceremony for Chubbuck urgent care
- Rising demand fuels Kootenai Health’s growth
ILLINOIS
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- 6 state behavioral health policy updates
- AbbVie to acquire Capstan Therapeutics in $2.1 billion deal
- Advocate’s $320M Chicago hospital project gets green light
- Ascension closure of delivery services sparks protest
- Duly Health earns CON to expand ASC
- Hackensack, RWJBarnabas, Adventist partner with Big Tech: 6 deals to know
- Mercyhealth closes Illinois hospital
- No relief: Transferred patients still without AC at second Chicago hospital, families say
- OSF HealthCare relocates maternal-fetal medicine services to Peru
- Plan to replace Advocate Trinity Hospital with new, smaller hospital on South Side gets state approval
- Pritzker signs health care legislation
- ‘Taking another resource away:’ Suburban hospital’s decision to ‘discontinue’ delivery and labor met with protests
- A Lafayette healthcare company has closed on a $26M acquisition of this Illinois business
- CIVIE and Prime Healthcare Partner to Advance Radiology Services at 8 Hospitals in Illinois
- Feds charge Florida man in $233M COVID fraud involving Chicago hospital
- Hospital staffer slams cuts at former Ascension hospitals as Illinois senators step up oversight
- Illinois Gov. Jay Pritzker signs pharmacy benefit manager regulation bill that prohibits ‘spread pricing’
- Illinois hospital taps CEO
- Illinois Near Top of the List for Medical Malpractice
- Illinois nurse shortage fix is blocked by unions
- ISBE and Lurie Children’s Launch Free, Data-Informed Resilience-Supportive Schools Illinois Initiative to Strengthen Student Mental Health and Resilience in All Schools
- Medicaid cuts could devastate hospitals throughout Illinois, officials warn
- Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ may threaten rural hospitals in northern Illinois
- Why rural Illinois hospitals are bracing for fallout from GOP-backed Medicaid cuts
INDIANA
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- 7 hospitals change hands in 1 day
- 13 Indiana residents charged in ‘largest healthcare fraud investigation in DOJ history’
- Ascension St. Vincent opens combination breast milk site in Carmel
- Beacon Health System closes 4-hospital Ascension Southwest Michigan acquisition
- Bowen Health Breaks Ground on $11 Million Wabash Facility
- Columbus Regional Health lays off 50 workers, shuts down several programs
- Franciscan Alliance undergoes leadership shuffle
- Indiana system to close rehabilitation unit, lay off 50
- IU Health Saxony renamed to IU Health Fishers; expanded services planned
- Longtime Community Health CEO Bryan Mills to retire
- ‘Narrow’ health plans gain wider acceptance
- Norton Clark Hospital unveils $7M renovated catheterization lab, new CT scanner
- Parkview Health continues contract negotiations with Anthem ahead of deadline
- Rokita leads 13 investigations resulting in charges to combat health care fraud nationwide
- Sullivan County hospital bracing for financial impact of Big Beautiful Bill
- These 12 rural Indiana hospitals could be at risk under Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
- When is it time to add new behavioral services? 1 CEO explains
- Memorial Hospital is first hospital in Indiana to offer needle-free blood draws
- Goshen Health opens new primary care clinic in Wakarusa
IOWA
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- 6 state behavioral health policy updates
- Businesses, organizations file lawsuit challenging new Iowa pharmacy regulations
- UIHC seeking construction audit for largest project in state history
- ‘Big success’: UI Health Care connects 9 hospitals to Epic
- ‘Big success’: UI Health Care connects 9 hospitals to Epic
- Iowa Redesigns Behavioral Health System
- ‘It’s a horrific bill’: Iowa lawmaker says proposed Medicaid cuts will hurt most vulnerable
- Republicans’ big bill could hit rural hospitals hard
KANSAS
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- Kansas City hospital begins fast-track program for burn patients in ER
- Kansas to lose nearly $4 billion in Medicaid cuts under Trump’s bill
- Kerry Noble named new CEO at Great Bend Regional Hospital
- Sen. Moran says he protected funding for Kansas hospitals. Health care advocates disagree | KCUR
- State’s Staggering Surveyor Shortfall Holds Lessons for the Nursing Home Sector Nationwide
- The hospital sent her home. Then, she died. Her husband won $5.7 million lawsuit
KENTUCKY
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- 35 rural Kentucky hospitals ‘at-risk’ of closing amid threats to Medicaid
- Cincinnati Children’s invests $17.7M to double Northern Kentucky facility
- Cleared for takeoff: Mayor Greenberg announces budget approval of Drone as First Responder program
- Health officials announce measles outbreak in central Kentucky
- Kentucky first in nation to capture high-resolution aerial imagery of entire state, becomes aid in 911 rescues
- Kentucky health advocates ask U.S. House to reject Senate’s version of ‘big beautiful bill’
- Kentucky Hospital Association says Senate Medicaid cuts endanger 20,000 jobs, hospitals
- Kentucky hospitals have issues with the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
- Norton Clark Hospital unveils $7M renovated catheterization lab, new CT scanner
- St. Elizabeth Healthcare becomes one of the first hospital systems to pioneer 3D Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery System
- Three Med Center Health rural hospitals certified as Acute Heart Attack Ready by The Joint Commission
- Trans-Care Ambulance opens Louisville location
- UofL Health names interim CEO
- UofL Health’s first cosmetic surgery center open in East Louisville
- Congressional leaders identify 35 rural Kentucky hospitals ‘at-risk’ amid threats to Medicaid
- Southeastern Kentucky clinic gets a major boost on 1st anniversary
- ‘Time is everything’: Montgomery Co. braces for potential hospital closure
LOUISIANA
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- Ochsner grows orthopedic medicine team in Livingston, Ascension parishes
- Plaza Tower sale plans $250M renovation into assisted living facility
- 6 rural hospitals in Acadiana face possible closure as funding cuts loom
- Louisiana healthcare leaders warn against Medicaid cuts
- Louisiana hospitals warn Mike Johnson of ‘devastation’ from megabill
- Medicaid cuts could shut rural hospitals in Louisiana
- ‘People will die’: Local health care leader warns against federal Medicaid cuts
- Second Harvest, Ochsner Launch Mobile Groceries at Hospitals
- Trump’s spending bill sparks fear of Medicaid cuts, hospital closures in Louisiana
MAINE
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- Maine health system works to restore services 25 days after cyber incident
- Maine nurses rally against health care cuts in ‘big, beautiful bill’
- Maine’s rural hospitals brace for impacts after Senate approves Trump Medicaid cuts
- Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor closes obstetrics unit
- Northern Light Health to restructure for financial stability
- With new Portland home, Maine’s only medical school tackles doctor shortage
- Acadia hospital taps physician executive
- Delta Dental investment impacts over 419,000 lives in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
- Dr. Patel appointed senior physician executive at Northern Light Acadia Hospital
- Health leaders consider Northeast vaccine group amid CDC changes
- Kennebec Behavioral Health announces and expansion and strengthening of services
- Maine joins lawsuit against Trump for sharing health data with ICE
- Northern Light Health Signals Staffing and Program Cuts Imminent Amidst Financial Struggles
- Number of confirmed HIV cases in Penobscot County since outbreak began rises to 26
- Strong Area Health Center welcomes new clinician
- Swedish firm bets big on US with $134M expansion in Maine
- Vendor breach affects sleep study patients at Northern Light facilities
MARYLAND
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- Documents reveal Johns Hopkins had proper protections in place before fuel spill
- Former patient pledges $25 million to help open a new Eastern Shore hospital
- Hospital system receives its largest-ever donation
- J. Caprice Brown Named Executive Director Of UM Charles Regional Medical Center Foundation
- Latticework Capital Management Announces Partnership with First Medical Associates, a Leading Primary Care Provider in Maryland
- Maryland Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Transfer of Medicaid Data to Homeland Security
- Maryland partially lifts moratorium on new mental health providers
- Maryland system shifts course on nurse education
- New Maryland Law Ensures Permanent Telehealth Access
MASSACHUSETTS
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- As hospital margins tighten, Beth Israel Lahey eyes direct-to-employer industry
- Broad lays off 75, reduces spending in anticipation of federal funding cuts
- Longtime Provincetown resident leaves $1.4M to Cape community health center
- MIT, Mass General Brigham launch joint seed program
- Mass. provides $1.5M for behavioral health workforce development in Worcester County
- Massachusetts hospitals are back in the black so far this year
- The states reshaping CRNA practice rules
- ‘We have turned the corner’: Tufts Medicine CFO shares 5 actions that improved finances
- 112-employee biotech leaves Cambridge HQ for Watertown
- Advocates urge lawmakers to extend MassHealth coverage for ABA therapy
- Alnylam Norton site is ‘springboard’ for expanding manufacturing
- Biotech layoff tracker: 18 companies cut 1,300 jobs in Q2 2025
- Brown Health finalizes first contract with Massachusetts Nursing Association for Morton Hospital workers
- Congress may cut funding to MassHealth, affecting New Bedford
- Definitive Healthcare eliminates second C-suite position amid executive overhaul
- Fenway Health loses $3M in federal grants for LGBT research
- How will “big, beautiful bill” impact Medicare and Medicaid in Massachusetts?
- Mass. 100 index of largest public companies: Who dropped off, who joined
- Mass. budget pitch excludes job-saving provisions for mental health case workers
- Petri Dish: ProFound’s Novartis deal worth $750M, Dyne secures debt
- Taunton: Morton Hospital and nurses settle contract dispute. Raises?
- Trial of Moderna’s flu vaccine proves more effective than standard-dose shot in trial
- UMass Memorial defied regulations in rushed detox closure, but DPH rejects union’s call for public hearing
MICHIGAN
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- 7 hospitals change hands in 1 day
- Beacon Health wraps up acquisition of 4 Ascension Michigan hospitals
- Beacon Health System closes 4-hospital Ascension Southwest Michigan acquisition
- Blue Cross strikes first deal with major health system in pivotal contract talks
- Feds Investigate Hospitals Over Religious Exemptions From Gender-Affirming Care
- Michigan announces second measles outbreak as US hits 1,227 cases
- Michigan Capital Network doubles down on life sciences in latest deal
- Michigan faces $3.6B GDP hit from proposed federal Medicaid cuts
- Michigan rural hospitals at risk under Trump’s ‘beautiful’ bill, experts say
- Michigan mental health advocates discuss psychiatric bed shortage with state lawmakers
- Michigan physician sentenced to 4 years for $6.3M fraud scheme
- New CEO takes helm at Michigan Medicine
- Thirteen Michigan residents charged in nationwide health care fraud investigation
- Michigan AG sues Trump administration over sharing health data with ICE
- Ten months later, McLaren reveals 740,000 impacted by ransomware attack
MINNESOTA
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- 2,000 Minnesota, Wisconsin nurses set strike date: 7 things to know
- Herself Health partners with local specialists to create comprehensive women’s care network
- Mayo Clinic gets $50M gift to boost innovation
- Minnesota hospitals brace for potential cuts after Senate passes Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”
- Sanford Bemidji adds hospice services to International Falls
- Why Mayo Clinic gives AI agents birth certificates
- At-home nursing program supports first-time mothers in west central, southwest Minnesota
- Hospital association recognizes Astera Health for coordination of care
- Mayo turns innovation into a ‘global team sport’
- Medicaid cuts loom for hundreds of thousands of Midwesterners in ‘big, beautiful bill’
- Minnesota Nurses Association announce intent to strike
- Nurses announce strike in Duluth, Superior hospitals and clinics
- Thousands of nurses at Duluth hospitals opt to strike if no contract is reached
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
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- 7 hospitals change hands in 1 day
- Big St. Louis-based health system names next CEO
- BJC Health System CEO Rich Liekweg to retire, successor named
- Centene stock plunges after it pulls its 2025 guidance
- Children’s Mercy hires new director from Stanford to oversee transplants
- Local health centers grapple with patient decline as ICE raids intensify
- New patient volume high at MU Health Care competitors in Jefferson City
- Oracle Health data breach affects Missouri health system
- Over 300 jobs impacted by Des Peres Hospital closure, losses piled up over years
- 23andMe sale to former CEO Anne Wojcicki’s nonprofit approved by St. Louis bankruptcy judge
- Ascension acquires Texas hospital for $436M: 5 things to know
- Federal budget megabill would shift billions in cost to Missouri taxpayers
- Future of rural hospitals a concern for lawmakers from Missouri
- How does Missouri’s investment in a behavioral health crisis network improve mental health care?
- MU Health Care and Anthem ‘have never been close’ to agreement, they tell Senate committee
- Rural Missourians weigh in on ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ impact on rural hospitals
- State Senate committee holds hearing on failed MU Health Care, Anthem negotiations
MONTANA
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- 2 Montana defendants included in 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown
- Billings doctor pleads guilty to soliciting minor for sex
- Child is the 16th confirmed case of measles in Gallatin County
- Negotiations begin next week on Montana maternity center closure
- Nonprofit’s lifelike medical simulations bring lifesaving skills to rural Montana
NEBRASKA
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- Rural Nebraska town warns of Medicaid cuts’ impact on elder care
- Rural Nebraska hospitals warn of budget problems as senate passes Trump’s spending bill
- Big Beautiful Bill concerns for NE hospitals
- Curtis Medical Center to close after 30 years, citing inflation and uncertain federal funding
- Gov. Pillen Celebrates $1 Billion in Federal Funding Approval for Nebraska Hospitals
- Nebraska federal delegation lockstep on big Trump bill
- Officials say thousands of Nebraskans would lose Medicaid coverage under proposed spending bill cuts
- Rural health leaders are concerned about proposed federal cuts to Medicaid
- Southwest Nebraska hospital announces plans to close, blames uncertainty over funding
- ‘There Will Be Many More’: Citing GOP Medicaid Cuts, Rural Nebraska Clinic Announces Closure
NEVADA
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- Land lease signed for Nevada’s first standalone children’s hospital
- Valley Hospital unveils new east Las Vegas emergency department
- Mobile pediatric dental clinic returns to northern Nevada
- MountainView opens Nevada’s 1st outpatient blood cancer hospital
- UNLV program aims to tackle Nevada’s forensic nursing shortage
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- 3rd state changes ‘physician assistant’ title to ‘physician associate’
- Only family doc in Hinsdale retires after decades of service
- Delta Dental investment impacts over 419,000 lives in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
- North Star Health to offer new pharmacy pickup options
- Tami Chase named VP of Patient Care Services at Elliot Health System
- Visiting nurse organization makes interim leader permanent
NEW JERSEY
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- Capital Health receives top award for heart attack treatment excellence
- Hackensack, RWJBarnabas, Adventist partner with Big Tech: 6 deals to know
- Nursing Home Chain Centers Health Care to Pay Over $6M for Falsifying Cost Reports to CMS
- RWJBarnabas to open multispecialty ambulatory care center
- University Hospital Newark begins major expansion July 1
- Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center completes final phase of emergency department modernization and expansion
- Hudson Regional Health Debuts New Brand, Hospital Names, and Vision
- J&J MedTech launches AI fund for surgical technology
- New Hackensack Meridian Urgent Care Now Open On Rt. 3
- New Jersey Targets in $14.6B Health Fraud Case Include Pharmacist, Hospital
- Newark Beth Israel Heart Transplant Program Cited in National Health Care Fraud Crackdown
- NJ’s only freestanding cancer hospital welcomes first patients in New Brunswick
- NJ sees decline in low-risk C-section births
- RWJBarnabas Health names chief revenue cycle officer
- RWJBarnabas taps cardio service line leader
NEW MEXICO
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- Concerns rise over impact of ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ on New Mexico healthcare, Medicaid
- New Mexico reproductive health care forges on while clinics close across the country
- New urgent care facility boosts healthcare access in Anthony, NM
- NM lawmakers presented with tough choices amid federal cuts to Medicaid, SNAP
- NM officials warn of hospital closures, job losses as federal bill advances
- SJRMC & San Juan College agree to expand Nursing Program
NEW YORK
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- Kaleida CEO warns of service cuts, project delays amid looming Medicaid reductions
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, UnitedHealthcare reach 11th-hour deal
- Mount Sinai names 1st chief revenue officer
- New York City ASC to settle data breach lawsuit
- Nursing Home Chain Centers Health Care to Pay Over $6M for Falsifying Cost Reports to CMS
- A Hospital Was in Critical Condition. Could $1.1 Billion Fix It?
- Centers Healthcare to pay $6M for falsifying reports
- Devastating blow to New York: 1.5M may lose health coverage
- Feds: nursing home company lied, will pay $6 million
- Justice Department healthcare fraud ‘takedown’ nets two nursing home chains among 324 defendants
- New York expands law to allow nurses to work on orders from PAs
- Northwell cardiology leader begins American Heart Association presidency
- Northwell Health adopts AI security tech from Motorola
- N.Y. Gov. Hochul: Trump tax bill will slash over 1,200 healthcare jobs on Staten Island, part of Brooklyn
- NY hospitals, health experts warn of ‘catastrophic’ Medicaid impacts
- Rochester nurse faces charges in ‘National Health Care Fraud Takedown’
- Stony Brook urologists deploy catheter-free bladder monitoring system
- Trump’s tax and spending megabill is bad news for New York hospitals, officials say
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Cone Health taps construction, real estate VP
- Congressman Davis introduces bill to aid rural healthcare, reopen Martin General Hospital
- Duke Health, Raleigh Radiology compete for Wake County expansion
- Hatteras, Labcorp invest in firm launching new cancer diagnostic
- NC’s rural hospitals at risk as Tillis rejects Medicaid cuts in Senate’s version of ‘big, beautiful bill’
- Physician practice closes after cyberattack, sells property to health system
- Senior primary care group expands to Greensboro and Winston-Salem to targets underserved communities
- UNC Health eyes expansion east of Raleigh
- UNC’s $28M award shows federal funding isn’t dead yet
- W-S startup Javara expands reach into eastern NC with Cape Fear Valley Health partnership
- Big, Beautiful Bill’s potential impacts on North Carolina’s Medicaid and SNAP
- New law could expand health care availability in North Carolina
NORTH DAKOTA
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- North Dakota critical access hospital taps CFO
- Sanford Health GI clinic moves to upgraded location
- Concerns grow in North Dakota about increased insurance costs, medical debt
- Derek Schaff named chief financial officer at Jamestown Regional Medical Center
- Medicaid cuts loom for hundreds of thousands of Midwesterners in ‘big, beautiful bill’
- North Dakota medical field praises lawmakers for expanded healthcare worker protections | The Flag
- Senate passes controversial budget: North Dakota Democrats warn of crisis
OHIO
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- 2 University Hospitals pediatricians fired for sending unsolicited texts to other doctors
- Behavioral Health Nonprofits Best Point, Butler Merge with Combined $65M Annual Revenue
- Bon Secours Mercy COO to retire
- Cincinnati Children’s invests $17.7M to double Northern Kentucky facility
- Cincinnati Children’s aims to improve access with $365M expansion, sets start date
- Four Northeast Ohio hospitals make ‘honor roll’ for social responsibility
- Hamilton County health officials warn of parvovirus outbreak, dangers to unborn babies
- Hamilton nonprofit Community First Solutions acquires fourth residential community in two years
- New St. Clairsville hospital getting closer to opening
- No-network insurer Sidecar Health expands into Dayton via Kettering Health partnership
- Ohio behavioral health providers merge to create $65M organization
- These rural Ohio hospitals slated to close: Fayette Co., Scioto Co., Jackson Co., and Adams Co.
- Patient reportedly shoots employee at Ohio hospital
- Local health care workers charged with Medicaid fraud
- Ohio’s free health clinics facing funding challenges amid rising demand
OKLAHOMA
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- Oklahoma healthcare leaders sound the alarm about “Big Beautiful Bill”
- Oklahoma legislature passes law intended to protect 340B drug program
- RFK Jr. and Gov. Kevin Stitt announce Make Oklahoma Healthy Again initiative
- U.S. Supreme Court declines review of Oklahoma law regulating PBMs
- Why not all hospitals ‘should survive’ as acute care facilities, according to one CEO
- ‘No time to plan’ for fallout of potential Medicaid cuts in Oklahoma, hospital officials say
- OK doctors worried about Medicaid cuts under Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
- Oklahoma healthcare officials warn of rural hospital closures amid pending Medicaid cuts
- OMRF scientists discover genetic link to Crohn’s disease
- Trump budget bill could make it harder for Oklahomans to access health care, hospitals say
OREGON
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- Cigna and Legacy reach an agreement, averting out-of-network status
- Oregon Dems plead with Bentz to oppose federal budget bill
- Oregon enacts strict rules on the corporate practice of medicine
- Oregon doctors meet with Bentz, Oregon Dems to slam Medicaid cuts
- OHSU board unanimously votes to appoint Shereef Elnahal as new president
- Salem adds space for court-ordered behavioral health treatment
- Sick of insurance hassles, these Oregon doctors charge patients a monthly fee instead
- U of Oregon plans $11M children’s mental health center
- Lawmakers clear bills targeting Oregon’s struggling mental health system
- Oregon lawmakers pushed through some health care bills, not others as session ended
- 6 state behavioral health policy updates
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 7 hospitals change hands in 1 day
- After laying off most of its staff, struggling Carisma Therapeutics finds a merger partner
- Allegheny Health Network, Cigna reach last-minute deal
- Allegheny Health Network unveils advanced asthma and allergy center in North Fayette
- Arbutus terminates potential $285M licensing deal with Chinese drug company
- Breathe PA awards grants to local researchers tackling lung health challenges in southwestern Pennsylvania
- Another Pennsylvania hospital closes its doors
- ArriVent BioPharma expects to raise $75M from stock sale
- Grand View Health, Bucks County’s last independent hospital system, joins St. Luke’s
- Health care consultant Corazon names new president, succeeding Karen Hartman after 20-year tenure
- Heritage Valley Health System’s Kennedy Hospital closing today
- Incyte leadership change sparks M&A speculation
- Penn spinout Capstan Therapeutics to be acquired in $2.1B deal
- Pennsylvania health system shutters hospital
- Pennsylvania system acquires 16th hospital
- St. Luke’s Named among Most Socially Responsible in Nation, Best in Pennsylvania
- UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute offers new treatment for high blood pressure
- ‘We can’t waste money’: Dr. James Wilson believes gene therapy needs a new business model
- Rothman adopts Dimension’s 3D-printing tech for braces and casts
- Verrica’s pursuit of warts treatment set for $18M boost from amended licensing deal
RHODE ISLAND
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- Anchor Medical officially closes, leaving 25K patients without a physician
- RI retreats on staffing minimum as nursing homes elsewhere push for rollbacks
- Six RI life science companies win state grants
- As health insurers seek big rate hikes, worries about sustainability grow
- Brown Health doctor becomes first in R.I. to perform procedure for patients at risk of losing limbs
- Brown Health finalizes first contract with Massachusetts Nursing Association for Morton Hospital workers
- Neronha joins federal lawsuit over cutting school mental health funding
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Patriot Subaru donate blankets to Sturdy Health
- Southcoast Health adds 5 providers to community health system
- The Miriam Hospital opens 75-year-old time capsule
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- 11 charged with defrauding taxpayer-funded health care in SC as part of nationwide takedown
- Former detention center to be transformed into MUSC medical facility in rural St. George
- MUSC breaks ground on new rural health clinic in St. George
- New emergency department to serve Daniel Island and Cainhoy communities by next summer
- UnitedHealthcare, Bon Secours St. Francis Reach Agreement
- Why Prisma’s next growth phase ‘had to be a multistate strategy,’ according to its CEO
- SC Hospital Association CEO on what the big GOP bill could mean for hospitals
- New report details impact of 6-week abortion ban in South Carolina
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Sanford Health expands to Rapid City
- South Dakota critical access hospital CFO retiring, interim named
- Lawmakers look for ways to deliver on support for ‘essential’ ambulance service
- Medicaid cuts loom for hundreds of thousands of Midwesterners in ‘big, beautiful bill’
- New South Dakota laws go into effect July 1
- Republicans’ big bill could hit rural hospitals hard
- Sanford CEO talks expansion into West River markets
- Telemedicine in Motion Brings Live Emergency Care to Rural South Dakota with Statewide Rollout
TENNESSEE
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- 7 hospitals change hands in 1 day
- AHA files amicus brief in second lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s 340B contract pharmacy law
- Ascension Saint Thomas and Unity Medical Center partner for expanded care access
- Ballad CEO: Senate bill could delay replacement hospital
- Community Health Systems closes hospital deal with Ascension
- District court rules in favor of Tennessee’s 340B contract pharmacy law
- HCA Healthcare’s TriStar Division plans $18 million Lebanon expansion
- Hospital giants fail to get hospital approval, HCA and Vanderbilt get green light for Lebanon projects
- Lifepoint Health names behavioral division president
- Nashville-based ArchWell Health brings innovative senior care model to North Carolina
- Peregrine Health names Adam Peebles CEO as company rapidly grows
- Researchers concerned Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital, 8 others in TN could close due to potential Medicaid cuts
- Select Medical Expands Presence in Tennessee With Ballad Health Deal
- TN lab owner, co-conspirators arrested following multi-million, multi-state Medicare & Medicaid conspiracy
- Report: Local hospitals at risk of closure if spending bill passes
- 3 West Tennessee residents charged in connection with over $28 Million in alleged health care fraud
- Tennessee health scholarship aims to boost nursing careers
TEXAS
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- 6 state behavioral health policy updates
- Ascension acquires Texas hospital for $436M: 5 things to know
- Ascension Seton takes over Cedar Park Regional Medical Center
- Baylor College of Medicine leases 15K-SF building in The Woodlands for new clinic
- El Paso’s Desert Imaging acquired by private equity-backed radiology company
- Fort Worth co. buys 5 Texas nursing homes
- Health Care Notes: TriStar to establish $18M Lebanon emergency center
- How do Corpus Christi hospitals compare in patient care, other factors? See data here
- Next Level Urgent retools RCM with tech — 3 takeaways
- Private equity-backed group acquires 3 Texas addiction clinics
- San Antonio-based MHM unveils landmark $214M investment plan for community health programs
- Texas behavioral health hospital gets $30M grant
- Texas law adds restrictions to physician noncompetes
- Texas judge vacates rule protecting medical privacy for abortion care
- UHS Texas hospital names new CFO
- Attack on 76-year-old worker at North Texas hospital sparks calls for stronger protections for health care staff
- Baylor Scott & White unveils opening date for Frisco hospital
- Community Health Systems Completes Divestiture of Cedar Park Regional Medical Center in Texas
- Pegasus Park lands Silicon Valley startup focused on skin treatments
- St. David’s HealthCare expands footprint with hospital projects
- Texas faces critical nurse shortage
- Texas lab owner pleads not guilty in $290M COVID testing fraud case
- Texas says undocumented immigrants visited local hospitals 80K times in three months. That’s 2% of all visits.
UTAH
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- Intermountain Park City Hospital breaks ground on new cancer center and emergency expansion
- 2 healthcare workers face several felony child abuse-related charges
- 188K Utahns’ health coverage at risk after ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ passes Congress
- Intermountain Health Offering Centering Pregnancy, a New Group Prenatal Care Option
- Proposed ‘Big Beautiful’ bill budget cuts spark concern for Utah’s rural hospitals
VERMONT
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- Delta Dental investment impacts over 419,000 lives in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
- Newport Ambulance and crew member named best in state
- University of Vermont Health Network touts the addition of 18 health care providers
- Vermont Enacts Two Landmark Health Care Laws Targeting Drug Prices and Hospital Oversight
- Vermont Hospice Workers ‘Go Union,’ Join The American Federation Of Teachers
- Vermont hospitals file budgets for review by state regulators
- Vermont’s largest hospital says it’ll cut insurance rates by 8%
- Vt. hospital says new safety measures keeping weapons out of ER
- Visiting nurse organization makes interim leader permanent
VIRGINIA
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- Hospital associations in Va., 13 states warn against proposed cuts to Medicaid and hospital funding
- Liquet Medical raises seed round for upcoming pilot study
- The states reshaping CRNA practice rules
- UVA Health receives $50M in two anonymous gifts for Manning Institute
- UVA Health surpasses $1B fundraising goal: 4 things to know
- Virginia hospital opens new cardiology institute
- Virginia faces Medicaid cuts after US Senate passes Trump budget bill
- UVA Health’s Growing Presence in Northern Virginia Brings Exceptional Care Closer to Home
- ‘Virginia Momnibus’ legislation signed to improve maternal health care, outcomes
WASHINGTON
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- CardioOne partners with CardioNow
- Doctor at Seattle hospital faces charges of ‘diverting’ fentanyl, other powerful drugs from sick children
- Kaiser Permanente appoints president of Washington market, and more
- Moody’s downgrades Providence’s credit rating
- Washington State Hospital Association Statement on Passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
- Gov. Ferguson warns Medicaid cuts could devastate Washington’s health care system
- Washington State sues Trump Administration for sharing personal health data with ICE
- 6 state behavioral health policy updates
WEST VIRGINIA
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- ACLU says 7 West Virginia hospitals would close if ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ passes
- As Senate continues ‘Big, Beautiful’ debate, West Virginia hospitals call provisions ‘detrimental’
- The states reshaping CRNA practice rules
- West Virginia Hospital Leaders Advocate for Medicaid Funding in Washington, D.C.
- West Virginia Hospital Association releases 2024 Health Care Workforce Report
WISCONSIN
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- 2,000 Minnesota, Wisconsin nurses set strike date: 7 things to know
- 7 hospitals change hands in 1 day
- EnsoData lands $20M to accelerate AI adoption in sleep medicine
- Wisconsin high court backs UW Health in union dispute
- Wisconsin healthcare group acquires shuttered HSHS hospital
- Aspirus Health names new chief administrative officer for Wisconsin Rapids hospital
- How Green Bay became a hub for genomic testing under MCW and UW-Madison program
- Tamarack Health nurse manager earns rural health award
- Tekniplex Healthcare opens state-of-the-art facility in Madison
- Tens of thousands of Wisconsinites could lose health coverage under Trump’s budget bill
- UW Health Doesn’t Have To Bargain With Nurses Says Supreme Court
- Wisconsin high court backs UW Health in union dispute
- Wisconsin High Court Narrowly Blocks 1849 Abortion Ban
- Wisconsin hospital taps chief administrative officer
WYOMING
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- Births fall in Wyoming hospitals as lawmakers study maternity care gaps
- St. John’s Health set to close Grand Teton, Lander clinics
- Wyoming sees first measles case in 15 years
- Judge blocks abortion restrictions in Wyoming’s new off-label medication law
- Wyoming confirms 1st case of measles in 15 years as infections near 30-year high in US
