**NOTE** This newsletter will not be published next week. The next issue will be distributed on 10/3.
NATIONAL
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- Advocates say rural hospitals need Rural Health Transformation Program’s $50 billion
- CMS opens $50B rural health fund to states: 1-time application due Nov. 5
- CMS ties rural health funding to PA practice environments
- Health systems push back on CMS’ proposed 340B changes
- HHS names new members on vaccine advisory committee
- Hospital price transparency effort losing ground: advocacy group
- Hospital profitability: 24 statistics for 2025 so far
- How Epic is targeting rural providers
- National systems exit tough markets as regionals capitalize on growth
- Nonprofit hospitals delivered $149B total community benefit in 2022: AHA
- Nonprofit hospitals’ community benefit spending faces lawmaker scrutiny
- Rural hospitals’ future under the One Big Beautiful Bill
- URAC starts AI accreditation for users and developers of health AI
ALABAMA
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- 3 physician fraud cases in 30 days
- Bham business launches clinical trial with Wisconsin firm
- Nursing home closure to cause over 100 layoffs
- East Alabama Health nears completion on 2 major expansion projects
- Governor Ivey announces steps for Alabama’s rural health transformation
- Care close to home: how a rural doctor meets medical needs in Alabama’s countryside
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Banner Health CEO on running a health system with an insurance business
- Health systems partner with universities to combat workforce shortages in Arizona
- Nurses flee ER stress for new roles, leaving critical vacancies statewide
- Valley startup collaborates with Mayo Clinic to advance AI agent for patient intake
- Arizona doctors and hospitals lose immunity from COVID negligence lawsuits, court rules
- First responders in rural Arizona receive obstetric training
- Hospital Exodus: Nurse burnout drives exodus from hospitals to alternative roles
- Northern AZ VA Receives Top CMS Hospital Score
- Prop. 409 would grow emergency health care for Maricopa Co.
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas on Pace for Record Medical Marijuana Sales in 2025
- Arkansas Rural Health Partnership Expands Network, Programming
- Dr. Nirvana Manning on Arkansas’ Maternal Health Crisis
- Hank’s Fine Furniture Donates $1.5M to Arkansas Children’s
- Arkansas Advocate: Southwest Arkansas needs more funding for health services, providers and law enforcement say
- Arkansas’ initiatives to improve maternal health reviewed
- FBI investigates Brian Hyatt: Former patients allege sedation, abuse, and falsified records
- Pine Bluff Pharmacy Files Bankruptcy Over $3.5M in 340B Program Debts
- UAMS Tackling Arkansas’ Maternal Health Crisis with Innovation and Collaboration
CALIFORNIA
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- Agile Occupational Medicine opens West Sacramento clinic
- California Senate Passes Bill to Expand Rural Maternity Care with New Hospital Pilot Program
- El Camino Health names new president to lead Silicon Valley strategy
- Legislature passes CMA-sponsored bill to address private equity influence in health care
- Medical AI startup with 22-year-old CEO raises $9.2 million from Bay Area VCs
- Physicians sue Cedars-Sinai alleging ‘monopoly’ over ASC
- Sutter Health Roseville now third-largest hospital in Sacramento Area, with new expansion
- Sutter Roseville completes $27.7M expansion, adds 36 beds to meet growing demand
- Tri-Valley’s health care evolution
- Tutor Perini unit lands $960M California children’s hospital job
- UC Davis Health fund backs Delix Therapeutics in first investment for depression treatment
- ‘Your mental health matters’: San Joaquin County breaks ground on SJ BeWell Campus, largest behavioral health project
- Another California county is losing its only hospital after feds refuse to step in
- California breaks with CDC, cosigns COVID vaccine guidelines from medical groups
COLORADO
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- Biotech to close local facilities, lay off 278 workers
- Colorado governor warns Congress is running out of time to extend health care subsidies
- Fewer Colorado kids had health insurance in 2024
- In Congress, Colorado representatives push to limit health care losses
- CommonSpirit Health buys naming rights for Denver Summit training center
CONNECTICUT
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- A deeper look into the violations the CT Department of Public Health says it found at Saint Francis Hospital
- Amid staffing shortage, Trinity Health Of NE seeks to close Enfield cardiac/pulmonary rehab facility
- CT in talks to buy Bristol, Day Kimball and Waterbury hospitals
- Dan Haar: UConn Health to bid on Waterbury Hospital as it moves to create a public health system
- Expiring federal health subsidies could cost CT $295M to make up
- Hartford-Area Hospital Honored For Heart Failure Treatment
- Lawmakers raise concerns over UConn Health’s proposed $500M bid for Waterbury Hospital
- Stamford Health opens multispecialty facility on city’s Long Ridge Corridor
- UConn Health in talks to buy Bristol Hospital
- Waterbury Hospital among three hospitals UConn Health is looking to buy
DC
DELAWARE
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- Delaware ACA insurance premium increases approved for next year
- Meyer campaigns for extending enhanced ACA tax credits
- States Make Progress on Behavioral Healthcare Transition Infrastructure
- Gov. Meyer’s order lets virtually all Delawareans get updated COVID-19 vaccine
- Delaware Launches Statewide Behavioral Health Platform to Bridge Care Gaps
- ChristianaCare residents’ union enters negotiations
FLORIDA
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- Ascension Sacred Heart Bay begins hospital revitalization
- Cadrenal Therapeutics bets big on next-gen anticoagulation drugs with portfolio acquisition
- Florida could soon get a new academic medical center
- Florida Eye Care Provider Data Breach Affects 153,000 Patients
- Former COO admits to $4.3M embezzlement from Jackson Health Foundation
- Hospital property set for $10M foreclosure auction
- FSU, Tallahassee strike deal to launch academic medical center
- Health systems boost community outreach to improve outcomes and bottom line
- Lab giant acquires $225 million cancer testing assets tied to health company led by Miami billionaire Phillip Frost
- Memorial Healthcare System CIO departs for executive search firm
- Moffitt Cancer Center is doubling down on next-era innovation strategy
- Why Florida Hospital Association’s president worries more people will become uninsured
- HCA Florida JFK Hospital Welcomes Dr. Allan M. Birenberg as Chief Medical Officer
GEORGIA
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- Alpharetta medical technology company Avanos Medical expands portfolio
- Atlanta’s job growth is slowing, but healthcare and education sector surges
- Georgia hospital to end birthing services, cites Medicaid cuts
- Metro Atlanta physician to open new healthcare facility in Newnan
- Premier Surgery Center Performs First Stryker Mako Robotic-Assisted Total Joint Surgery
- Rural Georgia hospitals cut services as federal leaders roll out $50B aid program
- Rural hospitals evaluating budgets and services amid Medicaid cuts
- St. Mary’s to open GI practice in Georgia
- Rural Georgia hospital plans to close its labor and delivery unit, in part due to Medicaid cuts
- Northeast Georgia hospital unit closure leaves pregnant women scrambling for care
HAWAII
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- Expanding space and services – The Queen’s Medical Center-West O‘ahu
- Radiothon raises $910K for Kapiolani Medical Center
- Hawaii health officials issue their own vaccine recommendations
- State hospital cannot be sued over case of mistaken identity, judge rules
- 1,900 Kaiser Permanente hospital workers in Hawaiʻi voting on union strike authorization
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- 82 hospitals in Illinois recognized for efforts to improve outcomes for Americans with heart disease and stroke
- A nurse program set to span 130 CommonSpirit’s facilities
- Gov. JB Pritzker signs executive order to protect vaccine access in Illinois
- HSHS hospital expanding emergency, outpatient surgery capabilities
- Illinois hospital CEO dismissed, interim named
- New plaque dedicated to Pope Leo XIV on display at Insight Hospital and Medical Center
- OSF working to address rehab bed needs following HFSRB findings
- Providence, Northwestern to develop AI tool with Medline
- St. Elizabeth’s Hospital announces another major addition to O’Fallon campus
- Tanya Andricks Named Decatur Memorial Hospital President and CEO
- UChicago Medicine invested $715 million in community benefits in fiscal 2024
INDIANA
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- Array Behavioral Care launches tool to expand access
- Cook to design interventional MRI devices in pact with Siemens Healthineers
- Eli Lilly to build $5B plant in Virginia—first of 4 U.S. sites to be named this year
- Indianapolis-based health-tech company GeoH lands $30M investment
- Nursing home death investigation sent to Ind. Attorney General
- OrthoLazer opens corporate HQ, wellness center in Warsaw
- Partnerships are essential in modern health care facilities strategy
- Q&A: Urology of Indiana’s Shawn Severns on new places, new procedures
- Medicaid work requirements delayed until 2027 following federal action
- Franciscan Alliance announces leadership shifts for Northwest Indiana, South Suburban Chicago
- These Kentucky, Indiana hospitals received national heart care awards
- New bill seeks to restore millions in Medicaid funding to Indiana hospitals
IOWA
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- Iowa Specialty Hospital to stop accepting certain medicare advantage plans
- Lawsuit accusing Iowa ASC owner of malpractice dismissed
- Manning Healthcare CEO talks Big Beautiful Bill ramifications for rural hospitals
- PCI Neurology establishes inpatient partnership with St. Luke’s Hospital
- The University of Iowa eyes expansion project for College of Nursing
- UI Health Care plans to move EMS program downtown, raze Mercy building. What to know
- University of Iowa Health Care to purchase last building from Mercy Iowa City bankruptcy
- University of Iowa seeks $3.6 million in state appropriations to address physician shortage
KANSAS
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- Freeman Health opens Kansas hospital
- KU Cancer Center raises new funds, sets construction deadline
- Board: Nurse blamed disabled care-facility residents for forged records
- Kansas raises Medicaid provider tax after Jerry Moran worked on OBBBA
- Kansas receives $1B in federal reimbursement to Medicaid
- Nursing home cited for violations after resident’s leg is amputated
- St. Francis Hospital in Topeka now using AI technology for lung cancer screening
- Unionizing UnityPoint: Des Moines nurses to vote next month
- Why Kansas hospitals to get boost from federal OK of higher Medicaid provider tax
KENTUCKY
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- Crusade For Children grants, UofL, UofL Health $334,000 for equipment, scholarships
- French, Spanish translation is ‘vital work’ for Northern Kentucky’s Care Net pregnancy center
- HealthTrackRx celebrates $45.5M Louisville investment creating 230 jobs
- Oldham man who credits Norton Healthcare with saving life 3 times now in clinical trial
- These Kentucky, Indiana hospitals received national heart care awards
- With Medicaid cuts looming, some Kentucky providers look toward expanding mobile health
- Judge denies preliminary injunction request in KY transgender health care case
LOUISIANA
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- Bringing awareness to Louisiana’s physician shortage
- Glenwood Regional Medical Center fixes elevator, addresses payroll concerns
- LCMC Health Earns National Recognition
- Louisiana eyes share of $50B federal fund for small-town hospitals and rural health
- Louisiana health department seeks feedback for rural health care
- Louisiana seeks money for digital records, tuition incentives from $50B rural health care fund
- Ochsner Health opens $35M outpatient center in Louisiana
MAINE
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- 10 Maine hospitals recognized for efforts to improve outcomes for patients with heart disease and stroke
- Expanding behavioral health services to better serve the community
- Gov. Mills directs Maine CDC to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines
- Harm reduction gaps raise HIV, mental health risks in Maine
- MaineHealth to invest $70M to create orthopedic hub in South Portland
- Mobile breast cancer screening unit announces 17 rural stops this fall
- Northern Light Cancer Care celebrates region’s new hair preservation program
- Maine partners with northeast states on vaccine, public health recommendations
- Maine CDC issues standing order to expand COVID-19 vaccine access
MARYLAND
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- Baltimore Orioles, MedStar Health host blood drive to raise awareness for sickle cell disease
- Johns Hopkins says UnitedHealthcare talks are over without return to network
- Key strategies for retaining physicians, per Adventist’s chief medical officer
- Medical errors causing death, other problems rising in Maryland, report says
- Report points out dubious investments at Baltimore hospital
- St. Agnes registered nurses rally over hospital’s ‘unethical’ investments
- Another year, another rise: Maryland hospitals see 4th consecutive year of medical error spikes
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Biotech with approved rare disease drug fires top executives, slashes staff
- Boston Scientific defibrillators recalled after 16 deaths, 300+ injuries
- Brown Health CFO disappointed in Mass. hospitals’ performance, but optimistic for improvement
- Cambridge nonprofit Project Insulin aims to slash insulin costs with $20-$30 vials
- Charles River Labs CFO takes job at local medical device giant
- House budget committee advances $234M bill aiming to provide relief to hospitals
- House passes health care aid package in 148-1 vote
- Lawmakers renew calls for overdose prevention centers
- Major Mass. biomanufacturer discloses layoffs
- Mass General Brigham taps chief of surgical oncology
- Mass General Brigham to offer virtual cardiac rehabilitation
- Mass General Brigham’s $100K bet on a health equity startup
- Moderna stock drops on report that feds may link child deaths to vaccines
- Poll shows disconnect in Mass. healthcare: Satisfaction is high, but so are costs
- Ringleader of Worcester home health fraud scheme pleads guilty
- State’s health insurance marketplace working to notify members impacted by Trump bill
- Takeda’s newest drug shipping method? A high-tech sailboat.
- These biotechs are in the market for a buyer
MICHIGAN
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- 3 physician fraud cases in 30 days
- Beacon Health plans $70M turnaround of former Ascension Borgess
- Cardiologist sues hospital after he was allegedly let go for sharing safety concerns
- McLaren, Brightwell partner on inpatient behavioral health unit
- Pine Rest acquires specialized practice ahead of $98M pediatric center debut
- Why anesthesiologists say a Michigan hospital is risking patient safety
- Advocates call to streamline Michigan’s proposed mental health system
- Michigan doctors urge patients to ask this question before surgery
MINNESOTA
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- Aurora on France senior living facility sells for $44M
- Brookings: Rochester could lose 2,700 jobs to NIH funding cuts
- Mayo’s closure of St. Peter clinic is a symptom of shifting rural health care
- New report finds Rochester leads the nation in physician pay
- Allina Health to close programs in Fridley, Minneapolis
- Allina hospital taps chief nursing officer
- CentraCare, University of Minnesota open rural-focused medical education center
- Cleveland Clinic, Mayo top executives rethink strategy for an AI-powered ecosystem
- How Mayo’s Greater Minnesota clinic closures will affect communities
- Mayo Clinic Health System announces closure of six rural Minnesota facilities
- Mayo Clinic tests AI to predict drug efficacy for heart failure
- Oncology Breakthroughs
- What’s new with Optum?
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
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- Ascension cuts operating loss by $1.3B in fiscal 2025
- Lemonaid, the telehealth company 23andMe bought for $400M, seeks $10M sale
- Mercy operating income drops 86% in FY25: 5 things to know
- Missouri judge to decide whether regulations on medication abortion violate constitution
- Missouri workers can bet on paying more for health insurance next year
- SSM Health cuts ribbon on outpatient center
- ‘And that’s all gone’: Rural health centers in Missouri close, end continuous local care
- Area teaching hospitals unite to spread awareness about physician suicide
- Fitch downgrades Ascension’s credit rating despite operating improvement
- Kansas City workers can bet on paying more for health insurance next year
- MU receives grant to fund research on rural health care
- Ponce St. Louis launches nursing program to diversify workforce, confront Missouri’s shortage
- WashU Med receives $4.87M DoD grant for sepsis test device
- Why Ascension is doubling down on digital innovation
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
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- HCA Healthcare unveils new, first-of-its-kind simulation and technology center
- R1 RCM & Dignity Health to Pay $675,000 to Settle Data Breach Lawsuit
- Washoe County starting demolition and construction to repurpose the former West Hills Hospital
- Renown Health makes history with first living donor transplant in Nevada
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Amidst nationwide OB-GYN shortage, CMC midwives enhance maternal care
- Dartmouth Health signs letter of intent with New Hampshire hospital
- Medicaid Cuts Have Dominated NH Headlines This Year. Here’s What’s Actually Happening.
- Regional Vaccine Collaborative Actively Communicating with NH
- Thirteen New Hampshire hospitals recognized for efforts to improve outcomes for Americans with heart disease and stroke
NEW JERSEY
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- Hospital coalition fights for Newark patient care amid med school merger plans
- Hudson Regional reveals $75M-plus plan for 4 hospitals
- Major Expansion of Heart and Vascular Care in Trenton at Capital Health Regional Medical Center
- New Jersey joins other states expanding access to latest COVID-19 vaccines
- Controversy at NJ hospital over surgeon’s remarks on Charlie Kirk
- Inspira CEO Mansue elected to New Jersey Resources Board of Directors
NEW MEXICO
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- 800 days without basic nursing care: Nursing home lawsuit alleges neglect in troubled Bloomfield facility
- As New Mexico’s special session looms, interstate health care compacts aren’t on agenda
- Number of doctors leaving small towns reaches new high
- Nursing board urges New Mexico healthcare employers to be diligent after ‘imposter nurse’ put life in danger
- Private equity, public harm: Genesis seeks bankruptcy to avoid accountability for staffing, neglect and deaths in New Mexico nursing homes
- Training New Mexico’s future healthcare workforce | Healthy Living with UNM Health
NEW YORK
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- 3 physician fraud cases in 30 days
- Community health centers brace for $7B hit as federal Medicaid cuts loom
- Former St. Luke’s, St. Elizabeth Hospitals Inch Closer to Redevelopment
- Healthcare Association of New York State CEO to retire
- Jericho Road promotes from within for CEO post
- Kaleida Health names Dr. Peter Filocamo as chief of service for anesthesia
- Kaleida to close Amherst center, citing federal funding cuts
- Meet three up-and-coming leaders at Buffalo’s cancer care providers
- Memorial Sloan Kettering to cut 2% of jobs amid budget pressures
- New ASCs, outpatient centers opening in the Northeast in 1 month
- New York ASC to close after 35 years due to federal funding issues
- New York system COO joins UPMC
- Oswego Health announces addition to Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine
- Roswell Park plans $20M expansion
- What Northwell’s new partnership signals for the future of clinical trials
- Allied completes transition after allergy center acquisition
- Meet three up-and-coming leaders at Buffalo’s cancer care providers
- Montefiore program improves cholesterol therapy uptake
- Mount Sinai launches AI research lab for interventional care
- New York cancer center plans $20M expansion at Amherst site
- New York hospital taps CFO
- New York system taps inaugural chief clinical officer
- New Yorkers question U.S. readiness for health crises
- NYU Langone – Suffolk earns Level II trauma center status
- WMCHealth to fully acquire 3 hospitals as 10-year JV ends
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Acadia to cut 90 jobs with North Carolina facility closure
- Atrium Health, spine group expand collaboration
- ‘Critical gap in local heart care’: 2 hospitals compete for more heart care equipment
- Health giant expands in North Carolina with $3B deal
- Mental health crisis: The state of resources in North Carolina amid increased demand
- Novant Health to expand Ballantyne campus following rezoning approval
- HealthySteps, which supports families in pediatric clinics, looks to expand in NC
- Stein orders COVID-19 vaccines available without a prescription in North Carolina
- Duke Health sets its sights on statewide expansion
NORTH DAKOTA
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- North Dakota rural hospitals band together
- Collaborative Networks Become Popular Lifeline for Rural Hospitals
- Construction Underway on $300M Hospital in North Dakota
- Instead of selling, some rural hospitals band together to survive
- North Dakotans face higher premiums as ACA Tax Credit deadline nears
- North Dakotans head to Washington to push for affordable health care
OHIO
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- $1B For Nursing Homes At Stake As Ohio Seeks Reconsideration Of State Supreme Court Ruling
- Christ Hospital establishes $7M settlement fund after class action lawsuit
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital teams with nonprofit to reduce youth suicide
- Cincinnati-piloted Equity Rx program expands statewide
- Cleveland Clinic’s big property sale likely means local tax windfall
- Cuyahoga County Council weighs more aid for MetroHealth charity care, but can it afford it?
- Dayton-area health network selects next CEO
- Future of Cuyahoga County Behavioral Health Center hinges on $7M Council vote
- Kettering Health to open new health center in Washington Court House by summer 2026
- Medical office, possible OhioHealth expansion on tap for busy suburban corridor
- Mount Carmel names new president over suburban hospitals
- OhioHealth, Lifepoint partner on behavioral health facilities
- OSU wants to nearly double nursing enrollment – and hire the grads
- Springfield women’s health practice joins Bon Secours Mercy Health family
- TriHealth, insurer struggle to reach renewal agreement to keep 80,000 patients in network
OKLAHOMA
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- Autism Foundation renews partnership to expand inclusive child care in Oklahoma
- Mercy taps leaders for 4 hospitals: 5 things to know
- Oklahoma hospitals to form new system
- Ascension taps new market CFO
- CVS Caremark agrees to $32M settlement with Oklahoma AG
- Microsoft leader to headline Life Science Oklahoma’s inaugural Catalyst event
- Oklahoma doctor weighs in on potential vaccine changes
- Stephenson Cancer Center pilot reduces missed appointments by 8%
- Two regional healthcare centers join together as Memorial Health System of Southwest Oklahoma
OREGON
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- Providence St. Vincent plans to close pediatric intensive care unit
- Kaiser Permanente health care workers vote on possible Oregon, SW Washington strike
- ‘Frustrated’ Oregon governor says she’s trying to ensure COVID vaccine access amid confusion
- Oregon’s Health Officer and State Epidemiologist breaks down West Coast health alliance
- Oregon health insurance premiums going up — but less than in other states
PENNSYLVANIA
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- How a medical transport group aims to revive a shuttered hospital
- Nemours recruits new division chief from MD Anderson Cancer Center
- New York system COO joins UPMC
- UHS fills new investor relations role
- A financial experiment in Pennsylvania showed how hard it is to stabilize rural hospitals
- Emmy-winning drama ‘The Pitt’ returns to Allegheny General Hospital for season 2 filming
- Kearney pushes to collect health care cost data
- Jefferson CEO says ‘hard decisions’ to come after $196M loss
- Ocugen shares soar on licensing deal with Korea’s Kwangdong
- Pennsylvania system rolls out AI X-ray tool systemwide
- State lawmakers tour one of Pennsylvania’s last forensic psychiatric hospitals
- Unclear how Pa. can benefit from feds’ $50 billion rural hospital fund
RHODE ISLAND
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- McKee: Health insurers required to cover COVID-19 vaccines in R.I.
- Brown Health CFO disappointed in Mass. hospitals’ performance, but optimistic for improvement
- Brown Surgical Associates surgeons first in region to perform implantation of iliac branch device
- Cumberland EMS, Rhode Island Blood Center launch pre-hospital blood transfusion program
- CVS Caremark agrees to $32M settlement with Oklahoma AG
- Double-digit annual commercial health insurance rate hikes are coming in 2026
- Five Questions With: Jennifer La Luz
- Pryor says he’s ready to take life sciences in R.I. to ‘next level’
- Pryor to serve as interim R.I. Life Science Hub chairman
- Report: Brown Health paid ex-CEO $3.3M severance after he resigned
- R.I. health insurance commissioner approves double-digit 2026 rate hikes
- R.I. Life Science Hub awards $3.9M to 5 companies
- R.I. Office of Healthy Aging, senior centers celebrate National Senior Center Month
- Six Nurses Disciplined by RIDOH – 3 surrender their license
- Thundermist Health Center earns AMA Joy in Medicine recognition
- What does merger of large R.I. physician groups mean for cost, quality of health care?
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- Acadia to cut 90 jobs with North Carolina facility closure
- Centerstone Foundation names new CEO as merger with Brightli approaches
- Imagine Pediatrics lands $67M to expand hybrid care for kids with special needs
- Memphis institution to spearhead statewide effort tackling rural health disparities
- Nashville hospital closes surgery center after shooting threats; Suspect charged
- Peerbridge Health raises $7 million to launch medical device, seeks FDA clearance
- Surgery Partners executive to resign
- Tennessee hospital CEO dies
- APSU Health Professions Building works to fill gap in Tennessee health care
- TN Hospital Assoc. recognizes La Follette Medical Center
TEXAS
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- Austin biotech firm secures major funding for vision treatments
- Cook Children’s opens NICU at Prosper hospital
- From intern to chief administrative officer: What drew this executive back to Cook Children’s
- Houston health care CEOs urge Congress to extend tax credits as government shutdown looms
- Laredo Medical Center opens orthopedics, spine clinics
- Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital approves property tax increase
- Texas drops lawsuit against physician accused of providing gender affirming care
- Healthcare Briefs: Texas Health Is Fortune’s Top Healthcare Workplace, Other Organizations Also Recognized
- Judge dismisses former Steward CEO’s lawsuit against senators
- Mentorship and Meaning in Pediatrics at Texas Children’s
- Motif Neurotech founder says new heart-focused startup coming
- New NICU in Prosper aims to increase access to vital services in north Texas
- On Texas border, uninsured people stress the health system. It’s set to get worse
- Some Texas cities are getting new hospitals while rural areas try to keep the doors open
- Texas Tech Health El Paso breaks ground on Fox Cancer Center
UTAH
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- From science fiction to reality: 3D tech helps save Utah teacher’s kidney
- Intermountain Health goes live with Epic
- Mobile unit brings health care to Utah veterans experiencing homelessness
- Troubling disparities in Utah maternal health outcomes
- U of Utah Health names interim radiology chair
- One Utah Health announces Scott Barlow as new executive director
VERMONT
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- Gov. Scott Appoints New Health Commissioner
- Small price increases approved at VT hospitals, decrease required for UVMMC
- Vermont regulator sets hospital budgets for coming year, targeting largest cuts at UVM Medical Center
- Vermonters Face Immense Health Insurance Cost Increases
- Vermont health care regulator finalizes FY26 hospital budgets
- President and CEO of University of Vermont Health Network to step down
VIRGINIA
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- Eli Lilly to build $5B plant in Virginia—first of 4 U.S. sites to be named this year
- UVA Health names CEO
- Virginia nursing home accountability board holds first meeting as industry slams state for ‘broken oversight’
- Virginia receives record number of applications for nursing home inspector jobs amid race to fill vacancies
- Virginia, other states can now tap into $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund
- Many Richmond-area hospitals haven’t had mandated state inspections
- Virginia Health System Consolidates 3 Locations Thanks To The One Big Beautiful Bill Act
- Virginia Department of Health orders COVID shots for everyone over 18
WASHINGTON
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- Kaiser Permanente health care workers vote on possible Oregon, SW Washington strike
- Plans for King County mental health crisis center in Seattle pass another hurdle
- Providence’s chief transformation officer exits
- Providence, Northwestern to develop AI tool with Medline
- Rural health system’s ‘entrepreneurial feel’ ignites capital growth
- Seattle Children’s lays off employees amid funding cuts
- UW Medicine, Olympic Medical Center explore affiliation
- Virginia Mason Franciscan Health to cut virtual care jobs
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Berkeley Medical Center breaks ground for new hospital expansion
- Former West Virginia health officer testifies in Raleigh County vaccine lawsuit hearing
- West Virginia to apply for federal Rural Health Transformation dollars
- West Virginia Supreme Court hears challenge over proposed $56 million Weston hospital
WISCONSIN
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- Gov. Tony Evers signs executive order on vaccine access amid federal uncertainty
- How Prevea, Titletown Tech are bringing a medical robot to Wisconsin to help perform ultrasounds
- New device helps St. Agnes Hospital doctors safely intubate premature newborns
- New technology enhances infant care at SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital
- Rural Wisconsin hospitals join clinically integrated network boom
- Wisconsin DHS recommends COVID-19 vaccine for Wisconsinites 6-months-old and over
- A robot may soon be handling patients’ ultrasounds in a Wisconsin health system
WYOMING
