NATIONAL
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- 3 Joint Commission moves
- Amid shutdown, health IT vendors say hospitals are cutting back on spending
- CMS finalizes 2026 physician fee schedule: 12 notes
- CMS finalizes increased pay rates for physicians in 2026, but hospital docs could lose out
- Congress Mulls New Rules for Nonprofit Hospitals
- Ensign Group adds 8 nursing homes in Utah, Alabama
- Healthcare M&A activity lagging behind 2024 pace
- Health system execs are prioritizing AI, digital tech to overhaul care delivery: survey
- Health systems divesting senior living and care properties to focus on core operations, expert says
- HRSA approves 8 drugmakers’ plans for 340B rebate model pilot program
- Humana expects star rating, Medicare improvements in posting $195 million in Q3 profit
- Inside Undue Medical Debt, the nonprofit helping hospitals erase medical bills
- Kimberly-Clark buys out Kenvue in $48.7B consumer health merger
- Lumeris launches Rural Health Transformation Program coalition
- New Joint Commission model lets hospitals guide survey support
- Physicians criticize CMS’ efficiency adjustment
- Senators question Dr. Oz on error-riddled Medicare Advantage provider directory
- The physician practice acquisition frenzy of 2025
- U.S. Nationals Indicted for BlackCat Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Organizations
- Voluntary OIG guidance dictating new nursing home compliance strategies
- Trump secures Medicare deals with Lilly, Novo to cut GLP-1 prices
- Prior authorization, telehealth bills gain steam despite shutdown
- Safety-net providers tread water during nation’s longest shutdown
- Telehealth groups urge Congress to adopt long-term virtual care fix
- Children’s Hospital Association rebrands
- CMS launches pilot to lower Medicaid drug costs: 8 things to know
ALABAMA
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- Alabama hospital taps CEO, new board amid bankruptcy
- Inside UAB Medicine’s $450M integration strategy — and what comes next
- UAB Health System names new C-suite exec
- WellStone to launch Alabama’s 1st mobile mental health clinic
- Alabama submits plan for rural health care to federal government
- Alabama takes first step to secure $500M for ‘transformational change’ to rural health
- 2 options for Alabama hospital: Come up with funds or close
ALASKA
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- Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that could decide who can provide abortion care in the state
- Cama’i Community Health Center Highlights the Power of Holistic Healthcare in Rural Alaska
- State attorneys attempt to preserve legal limit on who can provide an abortion in Alaska
- UAA taps veteran Alaska medical professional as new College of Health dean
- We can strengthen Alaska’s health care workforce by joining the nurse licensure compact [OPINION]
ARIZONA
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- Arizona Autism to eliminate 2,800 positions, transition to contractor roles
- Arizona senior housing opens with help from $10M in federal funds
- Arizona seeks $1 billion from U.S. for rural health care
- Scottsdale addiction center Buena Vista Recovery to close all campuses
- Arizona applies for federal rural health transformation grant
- Arizona cancer center renamed in honor of Larry Fitzgerald’s late mother
- Early returns shows voters divided on Prop 409, the Valleywise Health bond
- Healthcare Leaders Warn of “Devastating” Impact From Federal Cuts
- Hobbs seeks $1B federal aid to bolster rural Arizona health care
- Northern Arizona Healthcare hosts forums to discuss potential reuses of Flagstaff Medical Center site
- Northern Arizona Healthcare Welcomes New Providers at Flagstaff Pulmonary Clinic
- Prop 409: Maricopa Co. voters decide on $898M Valleywise hospital expansion
- Scottsdale hospital gets 2 joint replacement surgery robots
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield Agrees to Partnership with Cambia
- Arkansas submits application for rural health funding
- Brandon Yoder Joins Arkansas Children’s as CFO
- Arkansas applies for $1 billion in federal funds for rural health assistance
- Arkansas hospitals seek exemption from new $100,000 fee for skilled foreign workers
- At Baptist Health, an Innovative Approach to Optimizing ED Traffic
- Federal money seeks to transform health care in Arkansas
- Mercy teams with Microsoft for nurse-focused ambient AI
CALIFORNIA
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- California Bill Targets Misleading AI Used in Healthcare
- California faces limits as it directs health facilities to push back on immigration raids
- California nonprofit launches no-cost therapy program for school staff
- California healthcare district names CEO
- California Nurses Strike at Tenet Healthcare Facilities, Including San Ramon, for Better Staffing and Patient Care
- California Supreme Court upholds misgendering law
- CalOptima Health Adds Providence As 10th Contracted Health Network
- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles names division chief
- DocGo Announces Upcoming Launch of Longitudinal Care Services for Major California Health Plan
- Good Samaritan Hospital breaks ground on $1.3B redevelopment, largest investment in HCA history
- HCA Healthcare breaks ground on $1.3B hospital redevelopment in California
- Hoag selects Philips to enhance and unify patient monitoring, elevating care across Orange County, USA
- OC revokes Orange County Global’s designation as a stroke-receiving center
- Peer-to-peer senior care model expands into the East Bay
- President named for 2 Dignity hospitals
- Prime Healthcare’s Sunny Bhatia cautiously eyes expansion in 2026
- Rural hospitals band together to offer MRI services
- SEIU members approve new deal with Sutter Health hospitals
- Seniors Helping Seniors expands to Tri-Valley and Fremont, taps local franchisees for growth
- St. John’s Hospitals appoint new president
- Sutter Health workers ratify new contract, averting strike at Roseville hospital
- Silicon Valley’s El Camino Health snaps up new property
- UCI to open America’s first all-electric, ‘hospital of the future’
- UC Davis School of Medicine expands program to train rural doctors into Northern California
- Why Jennifer Doudna, Reed Jobs and others are backing this East Bay biotech’s in-body cell fix-it shop
- Edwards Defends $945M Heart Valve Deal From FTC Challenge
- Ensign acquires 8 SNF across 2 states
- Garza named director of VA Central California Health Care System
- Major pediatric hearing care progress in California
- Providence home health venture launches in California, includes North Bay
- Two New Laws Could Transform Black Maternal Health in California, If We Get Implementation Right
- 5 rural hospitals partner on imaging services
- Thousands of U of California Health workers to strike
COLORADO
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- Ambulance provider to close Boulder location, laying off 87 in the process
- Amgen sues Colorado over state’s first-in-the-nation price ceiling on arthritis drug Enbrel
- Federal judge won’t block Colorado prescription drug discount law
- UCHealth will directly receive taxpayer dollars in Estes Park merger
- Colorado lab director put on paid leave as problems with health testing continue
- Medicaid spending in Colorado is unsustainable, Gov. Jared Polis says
- Denver city leaders celebrate groundbreaking for new Sam Sandos Westside Family Health Center
- UCHealth hospital president to retire
CONNECTICUT
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- 4 Yale New Haven executives exit
- 55-metric ton Cyclotron installed at CT’s first proton therapy facility in Wallingford
- CT counseling business operator gets prison for role in scheme that defrauded Medicaid of $1.8M+
- Four top execs leave Yale New Haven Health as hospital network’s financial picture clouds
- Griffin Hospital becomes latest to use bracelets for postpartum health
- Town leaders express relief as Hartford HealthCare steps in to save floundering Prospect hospitals
- Access Health CEO urges customers to consider all plans as premiums skyrocket
- Emerest Home Care of Connecticut opens facility in Waterbury with spa services for employees
- Hartford HealthCare to spend $312M on Rockville and Manchester, combine hospitals
DC
DELAWARE
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- Beebe launches MyChart patient-centered medical records
- ChristianaCare surgeons 1st-in-state to perform new cardiac procedure
- ChristianaCare to open $70M inpatient rehab hospital
- Delaware First Health and the Centene Foundation Announce Grant Program Recipients
- Highmark Delaware brings former Cigna executive Vessel on board
- SNFs to pay $182K for social media, website HIPAA lapses
- ‘It’s a new ballgame’: Taylor Hospital owners patiently pitch health systems on reopening
FLORIDA
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- AdventHealth eyes expansion in Apopka with new land purchase in mixed-use project
- AdventHealth CFO to retire; successor named
- AdventHealth to add new services to Lake Mary campus as population booms
- Biotech company purchases land in Boca Raton for future headquarters
- Broward hospital systems again seek the state’s blessing for closer cooperation
- Gastro Health inks partnership with Miami practice
- Hospital to expand breast cancer center with $5 million donation
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s gets millions for cancer research
- Nonprofit health systems unveil ACA plans amid ongoing Florida Blue contract dispute
- Rapid growth spurs AdventHealth Riverview’s $50M expansion project adding 68 beds, 400 jobs
- South Florida health network expands maternal care access as boutique-style demand grows
- Supporters say a new stem cell law is a breakthrough for medical freedom
- Tampa General expands medical district campus with $22 million real estate purchase
- Tampa General Hospital and Casa Ybor Reveal Plans for New Hospital, Clinic in Historic Ybor City
- Venture-backed Diana Health brings personalized women’s care model to Jacksonville
- Wolfson Children’s Hospital receives $7.5 million state grant for pediatric cancer program
GEORGIA
HAWAII
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- Kapiolani Medical Center nurses stand in solidarity with fellow staff on strike
- Health insurance rates set to skyrocket for thousands of Hawaii residents
- Hawaii Judge Declares FDA’s Mifepristone Regs Unlawful
- Hawaii Lab Accused Of Hiding Assets To Skirt $8M Judgment
- Kula Hospital nurse receives award
IDAHO
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- Gov. Little establishes task force to secure $1B federal funding for rural health
- Syringa Hospital & Clinics announces new management partnership with Ovation Healthcare; Sheperd named interim CEO
- Idaho banned vaccine mandates. Activists want to make it a model for the country
- Idaho issues cease and desists to UnitedHealthcare, PacificSource over Medicare Advantage broker cuts
- Massive grant helps Idaho institutions form health-centered research program
- Treasure Valley health system recognized for stroke care by national organization
- Idaho Department of Insurance issues cease and desist order for UnitedHealthcare
- Saint Alphonsus celebrates ribbon cutting for new Caldwell Health Plaza
ILLINOIS
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- Lawmakers pass bill to strengthen Illinois’ ability to set its own vaccine guidelines
- Newly Passed Bills Will Help Protect Immigrants At Schools, Courts And Hospitals In Illinois
- NorthStar Anesthesia expands AdventHealth partnership in Illinois
- Sen. Durbin hopeful deal can be reached amid shutdown, insurance premium increases
- Southern Illinois doctor says hospitals face crisis
- Carle Health provides free lung cancer screenings in Peoria, Pekin
- Foot, leg amputations in Illinois jump 65% over 8 years, study finds
- Illinois Doctor Sounds Alarm on Rural Hospital Stability
- Northwestern creates first pediatric acute care atlas
- Southern Illinois Healthcare Unveils Robotic Technology to Boost Early Lung Cancer Detection
- Walgreens forms pharmacy patient advisory board
- Northwestern creates first pediatric acute care atlas
INDIANA
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- Bioscope.AI launches with unique health dashboard
- Eli Lilly to build $3B manufacturing site in Netherlands
- IU Health Q3 margin drops to 0.3% as it evaluates ‘financial impacts’ of policy shifts
- IU Health names chief strategy officer
- IU Health taps OrthoIndy leader for top strategy role
- Lilly earnings soar on growth of Mounjaro, Zepbound
- UChicago Medicine Crown Point announces expansion
- Indiana health agency plans furloughs because of federal shutdown
- New program offers 100 Indianapolis moms $20K to improve health outcomes
- Indiana bill could impact health departments’ abilities to impose local restrictions
- Indiana’s marketplace health premiums set to skyrocket in 2026
- Beacon Health System launches food relief collaborative across northern Indiana
- South Bend Chamber takes helm of regional Healthcare Talent Alliance
- New health care-focused development coming to Spencer County
- Hancock Health teams up with Arrive AI for medical deliveries
- Indiana system adds organ donor tool to MyChart
IOWA
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- AbbeHealth Mental Health Services opens expanded facility in downtown Cedar Rapids
- Center Point Regional Ambulance sets groundbreaking Thursday for new facility
- Iowa seeks federal funding to support rural health care, Gov. Kim Reynolds announces
- Mercy Cedar Rapids earns national recognition for outpatient orthopedic surgery
- One Iowa doctor charged with incompetence, another with ‘extreme rudeness’
- UIHC eyeing $45M in upgrades, including $25 million at new North Liberty campus
- UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital opens Linn County’s first milk bank dispensary
- After Nebraska revokes her license, nurse faces sanctions in Iowa
- Alzheimer’s Association expands caregiver support programs
- Iowa hospital CEO to retire
- Iowa seeks $1B to build ‘hub-and-spoke’ model for rural health care
- New orthopedic clinic breaks ground in Norwalk
- Unity Point Health opens new retail pharmacy in Des Moines
KANSAS
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- AdventHealth Kansas hospital taps CFO
- Ascension Via Christi gifts $100k to Guadalupe Clinic
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City announces change in CEO
- Guadalupe Clinic raises more than $1 million for growing services
- Drones Help Shape the Future of Rural Hospital Services
- Governor Kelly Announces Kansas Rural Health Transformation Plan Priorities
- Kansas hospital CEO to step down after 10 years
- Kansas inspector general digs into KanCare provider organizations
- Rising health insurance costs hit Kansans amid Congressional battle over subsidies
- Topeka nursing facilities sued for wrongful death in federal court
KENTUCKY
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- Altius, Syd Life AI sign $1B deal to offer preventive healthcare, life quality tech
- Baptist Health breaks ground on $24M emergency and urgent care facility in Southern Indiana
- Baptist Health Medical Group acquires Louisville Orthopaedic Clinic
- Baptist Health Medical Group expands orthopedic services with major acquisition
- D.C.-based health data firm CAQH opens Downtown Louisville office
- Humana trims profit forecast as costs rise, shares fall
- Kentucky hospital dismisses CEO
- Kentucky lawmakers float stronger mental health parity enforcement
- Lexington Clinic names new director of marketing and communications
- Markey named among nation’s top oncology programs by Becker’s Healthcare
- NorthKey Community Care promotes Christy McGovern to chief impact and quality officer
- Online nursing students get an education while providing to underserved Ky. communities
- Paychex founder Tom Golisano gives record $50 million to UK HealthCare
- HCA Kentucky hospital taps VP of human resources
- AdventHealth hospital to roll out AI-powered smart rooms
LOUISIANA
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- New Orleans nurses set 5th strike in 12 months
- Willis Knighton Health announces plans to build medical office building in Ruston
- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is Now FMOL Health
- LCMC Health reaches verbal agreement with UnitedHealthcare, avoiding potential cost increases for patients
- LCMC–UnitedHealthcare reaches last minute deal
- Louisiana sees first ENCELTO gene therapy procedure at AVALA Hospital
- Louisiana Took Months To Sound Alarm After Two Babies Died in Whooping Cough Outbreak
- Nonprofit erases $150M in New Orleans medical debt, says it’s ‘Band-Aid’ for real issue
- UnitedHealthcare not on marketplace for 4 Louisiana parishes
- West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital takes Lake Charles Memorial to court over Sulphur expansion
- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System rebrands
MAINE
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- AARP data shows 28% of Mainers are family caregivers, many spend thousands to support loved ones
- Anthem, Northern Light ink agreement
- Independent hospital seeks to join MaineHealth
- MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital earns national accreditation
- MaineHealth mistakenly sends death notices to 531 patients
- One of the state’s last independent hospitals plans to merge with MaineHealth
- Trump’s abortion-related cuts prompt Maine clinics to end primary care
- York Hospital confirms it is in talk for MaineHealth merger
- Knox Clinic founder honored with leadership award
- Mainers could vote on universal health care in 2026
- Northern Light Health’s Waterville walk-in clinic to close this month
MARYLAND
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- Baltimore-area hospitals in gridlock without seeing major spike in illnesses
- Local senior health firm expands into memory care with 93-bed facility
- Maryland physician to close practice
- MD2 expands concierge medicine footprint with new Chevy Chase location
- Randallstown nursing home to pay $200K over substandard care violations
- ‘We play to win’: The strategy powering Johns Hopkins orthopedics
- Violence against healthcare workers on the rise, Maryland nurse fighting for protections
- MedStar Health taps system surgery chief
MASSACHUSETTS
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- BCBS Massachusetts loses Medicare Advantage star ratings challenge
- Arena BioWorks to shut down after just 2 years
- Charles River to sell off underperforming business segments after strategic review
- Dana-Farber wants a proton beam to offer new cancer treatment
- Health insurance companies, healthcare providers negotiate in 2025
- Health insurance prices are about to skyrocket for thousands of Mass. residents. Here’s what you need to know
- House to tackle elder home care reform on Wednesday
- Manifold inks deal with Roche, plans to hire in Boston
- Mass General Brigham names inaugural primary care chief
- Moderna eyes 2028 breakeven as Covid sales continue to drop
- Sarepta’s woes continue with latest Duchenne trial results
- T1D Fund raising capital to invest in diabetes biotechs
- TScan Therapeutics cuts 30% of workforce, focuses on blood cancer
- When a hospital closes: Central Mass. ER visits rose after Nashoba Valley shuttered, as hospital finances are increasingly strained
MICHIGAN
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- Henry Ford hospital raises RN pay amid strike
- Michigan health care organization saves $35 million in Medicare costs, earns $17 million incentive for 2024
- Rural hospital switches radiology providers to address lagging wait times
- UM Health-West debuts three hospital security dogs for safety, comfort
- UM Health-West expands cancer care with new one-stop center in Wyoming
- Van Andel Institute taps blood cancer expert as new president
- 3 health insurers dropping coverage for 200,000 in Michigan
- Health care and data technology jobs predicted to increase, University of Michigan research shows
- Michigan senator says he was ‘misled and stonewalled’ over mental health patient protections
- Henry Ford declares impasse in negotiations with nurses at Michigan hospital
MINNESOTA
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- 2025 CFO of the Year: Doug Watson, Allina Health
- Dependable Home Healthcare to shut down, laying off all 406 employees
- Lakeville internal medicine and pediatrics private practice to close
- Mayo Clinic launches hospital quality tool for patients
- Minnesota private practice to close
- Twin Cities Pain Clinic opens ASC
- 700,000 Minnesotans live in counties without hospital-based obstetrics services, new data finds
- ACA marketplace health insurance premiums to rise 21.5% on average in Minnesota, expert says
- Allina providers strike across metro area clinics in historic first for Minnesota
- Aspirus Health’s use of noncompetes under investigation
- Fairview, UnitedHealthcare reach one-year agreement on Medicare Advantage access
- How Mayo Clinic uses AI to detect sleep apnea
- How Optum Rx uses AI to boost pharmacy efficiency
- In a first in Minnesota, hundreds of Allina doctors go on one-day strike
- Mayo Clinic releases AI platform for health systems
- Minnesota’s health insurance marketplace open for 2026 enrollment
- Optum to lay off 572 employees
- St. Paul home health care company lays off over 400 employees
MISSISSIPPI
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- Franklin County Hospital in danger of losing acute and in-patient care services
- Gov. Reeves Unveils $50 Billion Plan to Transform Rural Healthcare in Mississippi
- Health Insurance Costs Could Soar for 330,000 Mississippians Without Congressional Action
- Mississippi needs policies to help moms, advocates tell lawmakers
- Oscar Launches New Affordable Health Insurance Choices for Mississippi Individuals, Families, and Businesses
- Reeves unveils Mississippi’s proposal for Rural Health Transformation Program one day before deadline
- Children’s Mississippi opens state’s 1st skilled facility for kids with complex medical conditions
- Mississippi hospital taps CEO
- Mercy, Microsoft to develop AI tool to ease nursing documentation
MISSOURI
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- $10.7B Missouri health system rebrands
- Ascension improves Q1 results ahead of CEO transition
- Ascension announces progress in improving operating loss
- Centerstone, Brightli merge to form largest US behavioral health nonprofit
- Inside AmSurg’s next chapter: President Jeff Snodgrass on the Ascension deal
- Missouri applies for federal funds to support rural health care
- Missouri health premiums to rise as much as 30% for 2026 amid uncertainty over subsidies
- Big St. Louis-based health system rebrands nearly 2 years after merger
- Winning STL: The pandemic left key lessons on transparency and misinformation, SSM Health officer says
- Missouri health officials issue advisory after increase in 7-OH exposures
- Missouri Residents Trust Their Doctors, But Doubt the Health System
- Nurse practitioners say Missouri’s physician oversight rules are blocking access to patient care
- Dozens of Missouri hospitals at risk as rural health crisis deepens
- WashU Medicine launches AI imaging center
- St. Louis Children’s at CoxHealth taps leader for joint venture
MONTANA
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- Custer County pushing for proposed state mental hospital in Miles City
- Montana submits plan for $1B rural health care funding
- New substance use, behavioral health treatment center to open in Bozeman
- Northern Montana Health Care alerts patients to vendor data breach
- Sidney Health Center’s social services offers Marketplace assistance
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska grows behavioral health workforce 49% since 2010
- Nebraska hospital taps CFO
- After Nebraska revokes her license, nurse faces sanctions in Iowa
- Detox Desert: Spending cuts, overdose undercounting leave rural Nebraska with few answers
- Government shutdown stalemate threatens to double Nebraska health insurance costs
- Nebraska state senators join national leaders in push for extending ACA credits, reversing health care cuts
- Nebraska system to sell third-party administrator, focus on ‘delivery of patient care’
NEVADA
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- Exploring Careers in Health Institute inspires Nevada County students to pursue futures in healthcare
- Hospital giant Intermountain Health to acquire Las Vegas radiology practice
- Intermountain Health makes acquisition to increase patient’s access to care
- Las Vegas to build first standalone children’s hospital, offering hope and healing
- SSOTD: Local Hospital Makes History with First Robotic Spine Surgery
- Intermountain Health to acquire Las Vegas-based SDMI, expanding imaging footprint in Nevada
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Kidney cancer rates are higher in Merrimack. Scientists say more research is warranted
- New Hampshire hospital CEO to retire after 25 years
- A five year legal battle over New Hampshire at-home care program may come to a head soon
- Fallon Health opens a PACE program location in Dartmouth
- HCA breaks ground on 4th freestanding ED in New Hampshire
NEW JERSEY
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- Capital Health 1st in region to offer non-invasive liver tumor treatment
- Healthgrades honors top New Jersey hospitals for specialty care
- How AI Is Transforming Health Care in New Jersey
- Monmouth County hospital among Best-in-State Hospitals national list for 2026
- New health system may shutter its Jersey City hospital
- RWJ Barnabas opens second nursing school to fight NJ shortage
- Summit Hospital Named Among Top In NJ For 2026: New Rankings
- The Valerie Fund Pledges $3.5 Million to Establish New Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care Program at Hackensack Meridian Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital
- New Jersey Medical Center Suffers Ransomware Attack
- Novo Nordisk quietly cuts over 800 jobs at New Jersey U.S. headquarters
- Optum to Lay Off 572 in New Jersey, Cease Behavioral Health Services in the State
- Pfizer-Novo Nordisk bidding war escalates: 5 updates
- RWJBarnabas Health taps SVP of revenue cycle
NEW MEXICO
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- Encompass Health names new CEO for Albuquerque rehab hospital
- Gila Regional Medical Center reports revenue gains but flags Medicaid cut risks
- Lovelace Medical Group to open new NE Heights location in early 2026
- Personal experience, passion to help drive Santa Fe students in unique medical program
- UNM Hospital workers demand raises: union cites understaffing, rising patient volume and capacity strain
NEW YORK
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- Catholic Health hires Buffalo expat to lead Ken-Mercy, Mount St. Mary’s
- Citing poor ROI, Kaleida cancels $3M project at Buffalo General
- Epic denies all claims in Particle Health antitrust lawsuit: 6 updates
- Evergreen Health plans to sell former Towne Restaurant property
- Financial turnaround leads health system to S&P, Moody’s ratings boosts
- How NYU Langone Health is making Epic more personal
- Inside the $223M New York hospital 9 years in the making
- Kaleida to build $223M micro-hospital in Chautauqua County, replacing Brooks Memorial
- Mount Sinai appoints chief of system development
- Niagara Hospice affiliate closing after state Medicaid program change
- NYC Health + Hospitals investing $20M to expand radiology services across city
- NYOH’s CEO says new cancer center near Crossgates is on track to open next year
- Catholic Health taps president to oversee 3 hospitals
- Kaleida Health cancels $3M project at Buffalo General Medical Center
- Kaleida Health, Brooks-TLC to build micro-hospital in Chautauqua County
- Memorial Sloan Kettering launches AI platform for clinical trial matching
- Mount Sinai South Nassau goes live with Epic EHR
- Mount Sinai to roll out Microsoft AI assistant for clinicians
- New York Oncology Hematology CEO on $52M expansion
- New York sedation provider aims to tackle labor shortages
- Northwell Health names Launette Woolforde chief nursing officer
- Northwell hospital taps VP of clinical research
- Novo Nordisk raises Metsera bid to $10B, topping Pfizer offer
- NYU Langone expands rehab collaborative with post-acute partner
- Northwell taps successor to longtime chief nurse
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Amid immediate jeopardy, HCA Mission Hospital hires 200 workers in 65 days
- Atrium Health Navicent taps president
- Atrium Health outpatient building in North Carolina sold
- CEO of rehabilitation hospital mobilizes Triad community to improve heart health in a year-round campaign
- Charlotte’s $1.5B innovation district attracts global medical talent with new IRCAD facility
- Cone Health partners with UNC-Chapel Hill to drive value-based care innovation
- Duke Health loses costly fight over Wake County MRI expansion
- Durham firm launches with $4M to bring AI to hospitals
- Former Syneos CEO Macdonald now leads Worldwide Clinical Trials
- Mission Hospital says it hired more than 120 registered nurses. Is that enough?
- WakeMed starts work on 2-hospital Garner campus
- Telehealth initiative launches in four rural school districts
- BCBS of North Carolina projects major increases in ACA plan premiums due to expiring tax credits
- Locke defends eye surgeon’s challenge of NC’s CON law
- Atrium Health’s new surgical training hub attracts 900+ doctors in six weeks
- Meet the UNC street drug scientist awarded a ‘genius’ grant for his lifesaving work
- Inside Duke’s human-centered tech transformation
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- CareSource partnership fuels AbsoluteCare’s Ohio expansion, targets high-need populations
- Changes ahead for some uninsured MetroHealth patients
- Columbus biopharma company secures $18M for diabetic dry eye treatment trials
- Debbie Feldman to step down as CEO of Dayton Children’s Hospital after 14 years
- Five major changes coming to MetroHealth’s charity care for Cuyahoga County families
- MetroHealth 2025 charity care changes: Who will pay more in Cuyahoga County
- MetroHealth officially cuts free charity care for some Cuyahoga County residents
- MetroHealth targets $1M-a-day charity care costs with community insurance push
- Moody’s downgrades MetroHealth’s rating
- New publicly-run West Dayton hospital gets OK from voters
- Ohio hospital opens OB emergency department
- Summa Health CEO steps down to advisory role after HATCo acquisition
- What to know about Cardinal Health’s physician acquisition spree
- New domestic violence health care standards under recent Ohio bill
- CVS Health to lay off 70 remote employees living in Ohio
- Ohio moves to purchase Hara Arena site for $2.5M for new mental health hospital
- Bowman presents donation to Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Franklin County voters approve levy to fund mental health services for 10 years
- Ohio among one of the most obese states, report shows
- Dayton Children’s CEO to retire
OKLAHOMA
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- How Ascension St. John achieved Level 1 Trauma Center status
- Mental health concerns rise in Oklahoma amid SNAP disruption
- Pharmacies to pay $157K to settle Medicaid claims
- SSM Health St. Anthony first in OKC metro to offer Aquablation therapy
- ‘Country Doctor’ on HBO Max follows rural Oklahoma physician
- Gavel to Gavel: Oklahoma’s rural health care faces new era under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
- Integris Health opens grant applications for Community Giving Fund
- Moccasin Bend Ranch reopens, providing vital mental health care for children in Oklahoma
- Norman Regional Health, OU Health Open Stephenson Cancer Center In Oklahoma
- Oklahoma health insurance premiums soar as tax credits set to expire
- Oklahoma hospital brings AI to clinical documentation
- Oklahoma is seeking part of a $50 billion rural health fund. Could it transform care amid other cuts?
- Oklahoma seeks part of $50 billion rural health fund. Could it transform care amid other cuts?
- Rural Oklahoma health care programs impacted by shutdown
OREGON
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- OHSU Knight Cancer is using cutting-edge method for early cancer detection
- Oregon health insurer to lay off 300 workers as it exits Medicaid program
- Oregon hospital taps new CFO
- PeaceHealth plans more layoffs in Southwest Washington
- FEMA promised funds to tsunami-proof an Oregon hospital. That money is MIA
- A grieving family seeks answers after a patient dies at Oregon State Hospital
- Fewer Oregon health care workers are getting the flu shot, new data shows
- 700 OHSU health care workers vote to authorize strike
- Oregon seeks $1 billion for rural health
- OHA denies Oz’s claim that Oregon spent $5.4M of Medicaid on undocumented immigrants
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Cencora to invest $1B to bolster U.S. pharmaceutical distribution network
- Former Suburban Community Hospital explores partnerships after transition
- How Fast Could Roger Williams and Fatima Close? Look to Crozer in PA
- How nurse-turned-executive Sandy Rader is shaping the future of UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside
- ‘It’s a new ballgame’: Taylor Hospital owners patiently pitch health systems on reopening
- Pennsylvania ASC shutters
- Springfield Hospital property sold for $3M amid concerns over buyer’s background
- Temple Health CEO to retire, successor named
- UPMC cuts Medicare coverage in 12 Central Pennsylvania counties
- UPMC’s Kamin Tower, nearing completion, blends cutting-edge technology with a healing environment
- Crozer-Chester Medical Center sale approved by bankruptcy court
- Eli Lilly eyes Philadelphia for biotech incubator, sources say
- Main Line Health chief strategy officer to retire
- Nurse-turned-president Sandy Rader discusses UPMC Presby’s growth
- Taylor Hospital’s new owners pitch health systems on reopening
RHODE ISLAND
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- Company that acquired CVS’ Medicare business gets new CEO
- McKee, RI health office working on contingency plans in event of Fatima, RWMC closures
- Neronha opposes request to close Roger Williams and Fatima hospitals
- Owner files to close Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals or give them to RI; AG pledges to fight
- Owner of Roger Williams and Fatima hospitals seeks closure or state takeover
- Prospective buyer arises as Prospect moves to shutter Rhode Island hospitals
- Prospect clashes with Rhode Island regulators over plans to close two hospitals
- ‘What the heck is going on?’ Bankruptcy judge presses for resolution in Roger Williams, Fatima sale.
- Are you confident state providers, insurers and political leaders can ease a growing health care access and affordability crisis?
- Bradley Hospital Pediatric Anxiety Research Center enrolling participants in anxiety, OCD treatment study
- Five Questions With: Dr. Sandra Rao
- HealthSource RI enrollees could see monthly insurance premiums double next year
- Miriam Hospital’s Total Joint Center earns Gold Seal of Approval from Joint Commission
- Negotiations ongoing on potential sale of Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals
- Rhode Island Hospital shifts nursing schedule
- Southcoast Health opens new Heart & Vascular practice
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Amsurg expands footprint with acquisition of South Carolina surgery center
- HCA Healthcare rebrands 35-plus Lowcountry care sites to create unified network
- New Midlands ER has a plan to help prevent ‘overcharging’ for emergency care
- Prisma Health’s Jonathan Gleason, M.D., on Re-Imagining the Clinical Operating System
- South Carolinians Name Prisma Health as the Top Employer For Career Growth, Survey Finds
- DPH seeks public input on memory care requirements in South Carolina nursing homes
- Health insurance premiums could double for 632K people in SC
- ‘I Don’t Think We Have Enough’ — Colleges, Health Care Systems Look at Incentives to Address Nursing Shortage
- Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital To Debut New Patient Tower In Summerville, South Carolina
- One of South Carolina’s 1st dual emergency-urgent care centers in the works
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Prairie Lakes CEO John Allen Says Sanford Health Collaboration Makes Sense
- Sanford USD Medical Center earns Level I trauma verification
- South Dakota system merges with Sanford Health
- Official: Hospital closures rare even with mergers
- South Dakota completes statewide maternal and child health needs assessment
- South Dakota Urban Indian Health receives IHS funding
TENNESSEE
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- Acadia Healthcare loses another executive amid further spending on investigations
- Amsurg expands footprint with acquisition of South Carolina surgery center
- Centerstone, Brightli merge to form largest US behavioral health nonprofit
- CHI Memorial to rebrand as CommonSpirit Health
- CHS’ divestiture plan rolls on: The week in hospital M&A
- CHS’ hospital sell-off spree: 4 deals
- Community Health Systems doubles down on ASC investments
- HCA Healthcare breaks ground on $1.3B hospital redevelopment in California
- Former Enterprise exec opens franchise locations in Memphis area
- Healthcare Realty Trust dropping $1.2 billion in assets as part of strategic plan
- Nashville General’s interim chief seeks permanent role as national search begins
- St. Jude Named America’s Most Trusted Nonprofit for the Fourth Year in a Row
- Tennessee Oncology Opens Early-Phase Clinical Research Unit
- Vanderbilt to buy CHS’ stake in Tennessee hospital for $600M
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center to fully acquire Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville
- VR tools, AI and reducing burnout: How Centerstone is tackling access care challenges
- Wellvana names Susan Diamond CEO after CVS Health deal
- Inside Ballad’s key to placing pharmacists at the bedside
- HCA gets final approval for data breach settlement
TEXAS
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- Aerosmith frontman subpoenas HCA Houston, Women’s Hospital in California lawsuit
- Baylor Scott & White Health annual operating margin rises to 10%: 5 things to know
- Construction advancing on behavioral health center
- Fitch raises Tenet’s outlook
- How PAM Health Is Driving Post-Acute Care Growth Through Strategic Expansion in Emerging Markets
- iSure helps 400-employee healthcare organization cut costs and enhance insurance coverage
- NorthStar Anesthesia expands AdventHealth partnership in Illinois
- San Antonio behavioral health center cited for patient safety violations
- St. Luke’s Health–The Vintage Hospital Enhances Surgical Capabilities with New da Vinci Robot
- Texas Medical Center selects 11 medtech companies for accelerator program
- Texas system, university to build research center
- Under Construction: Major healthcare expansions underway as Methodist, University Health invest
- USPI gains M&A momentum
- USPI wins big with high-acuity procedures
- As Texas applies for federal transformation funds, rural hospitals struggle to stay open
- How HCA, Tenet, CHS and UHS stacked up in Q3
- In Texas, the nation’s MAHA capital, many are frustrated with the status quo in health care
- Kelsey-Seybold plans expansion of ASC presence in Houston
- Legacy of Vision: Karen Cramer Makes Transformational Gift to Name New Patient Tower at Texas Health Southwest
- March of Dimes launches research collaborative in Texas to address high preterm birth rate – Houston Public Media
- Survey names Texas Health one of the best workplaces for women in 2025
- Texas hospital expands GI endoscopy services
- Texas rural hospitals await the budget cut storm
- UT Health San Antonio debuts nonsurgical option for colon lesions
UTAH
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- Ensign Group adds 8 nursing homes in Utah, Alabama
- Hospital giant Intermountain Health to acquire Las Vegas radiology practice
- Intermountain Health raised $642 million for children’s health needs
- New measles cases bring Utah’s total to 64
- Southern Utah’s Growth Is Stirring Up More Than Dust
- Why University of Utah Health created its 1st chief innovation role
- Intermountain acquiring outpatient radiology practice
- Logan Regional Hospital celebrates new main entry, completion of renovation project
- Measles outbreak in Utah and Arizona being watched by UNLV disease expert
- MountainStar Healthcare celebrates Utah’s first Galen College of Nursing graduates
- Seager Memorial Clinic opens new state-of-the-art facility in Ogden to serve the underserved
VERMONT
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- Health insurance premiums may skyrocket for Vermonters
- On Vermont Health Connect, annual premium prices have doubled, or more
- RRMC announces closure of pediatric unit
- Rutland Regional Medical Center to cut frequently empty inpatient pediatric beds
- UVMMC NICU renovation improves care for infants from Vermont and Northern New York
- Renovations completed at Vermont’s only Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- The hospital in Bennington is planning to break ground on new cancer center this spring
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
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- Lawsuit alleges Washington hospital, CEO violated open meetings law
- Washington governor proposes plan to invest $1 billion into rural health care
- Health insurance rates are up on Washington’s benefit exchange
- Children’s hospital lobby shifts strategy amid MAHA’s rise in Washington
- MultiCare names president for 2 hospitals
WEST VIRGINIA
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- A new clinic opens in Raleigh County
- Morrisey’s $60M hospital sale closes, questions and communication issues still linger in Beckley
- St. Joseph’s Hospital adds second CT scanner, enhancing cardiac and lung imaging capacity
- West Virginia finalizes sale of 4 long-term care facilities
- West Virginia physician to retire, close practice after 45 years
- West Virginia submits $500 million proposal to strengthen rural healthcare
- Five years later: COVID-19 Pandemic’s lasting impact on West Virginia health care
- Gov. Morrisey Tours State Promoting Rural Health Transformation
- Vandalia Health hospital transitions to critical access status
WISCONSIN
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- Aspirus Health Expands ENT Services in Wisconsin Rapids with Addition of Dr. Michael Thielman
- Aspirus Health’s use of noncompetes under investigation
- Chippewa Valley 211 helpline faces closure by year’s end
- Groundbreaking ceremony celebrates SSM Health CancerCare facility expansion
- Hospital Report: 24% of Wisconsin Hospitals Operating at a Loss
- Marshfield Clinic, Security Health Plan provides $150K for community food insecurity programs
- Nine Milwaukee-area hospitals report operating losses in 2024, led by Ascension facilities
- Open enrollment begins, Wisconsinites likely to see higher costs
- Versiti Blood Research Institute’s $79 million expansion to encourage researcher collaboration
- Why Judy Faulkner’s glad she didn’t get an MBA
- Wisconsin hospitals report that unpaid care increased in 2024
- Wisconsin hospital finances stabilized slightly in 2024, but it might not last
- Cyberattack hits Wisconsin health system’s insurance arm
- Holista Expands Bundled Episodes of Care Offerings with Oakleaf Medical Network and Cedarcrest Surgery Center
- Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin to resume abortion care
- State health website shows spread of flu in Wisconsin
- Vernon Health building MRI suite as part of hospital expansion project
- Advocate hospital taps COO
WYOMING
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- Foundation raises money to fill Health Department clinic gap
- Newsweek says MHSC is again among Wyoming’s top five hospitals
- Wyoming submits application for federal Rural Health Transformation Program funds
- St. John’s Health closes rehab facility
- Sticker shock? Wyomingites could see skyrocketing bills on ACA health insurance marketplace