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NATIONAL
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- 47 states introduced healthcare AI bills in 2025
- CMS floats 24 measure updates: 7 things to know
- CMS proposes funding blocks on gender-affirming care for minors
- CMS launches ‘MAHA Elevate’ to test lifestyle medicine in Medicare
- FAH taps new CEO
- FDA needs more staff, authority to oversee device recalls, watchdog finds
- HHS pulls millions in grants from American Academy of Pediatrics
- Hospital bad debt, charity care up 10% in 2025
- Hospital groups raise 3 issues with planned 340B rebates
- Hospitals were overpaid after Change cyberattack, Health Affairs says
- House floats new healthcare bill after Senate proposals fail
- House passes healthcare bill without subsidy extension
- How a $920M pavilion is reshaping care at U of Michigan Health
- Key trends that will shape healthcare M&A activity in 2026: PwC
- Lawmakers say advanced nursing should count as a ‘professional degree’
- Nearly 60% of hospitals report rise in non-labor expenses
- OBBBA could cut hospital revenue by $69B over 2 years: Report
- REIT-acquired hospitals at greater risk of closing: study
- SAMHSA deputy secretary exits role
- Senator urges 10 EHR vendors to adopt stronger privacy protections
- States crack down on mental health parity: 3 notes
- VA to eliminate thousands of open healthcare roles
- VA to reorganize Veterans Health Administration management
ALABAMA
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- Andrews Sports Medicine to open orthopedic clinic at Alabama mall
- BioGX president on funding cuts, Bham biotech ecosystem
- Alabama rural hospital funding board discusses role of third parties
- Voters choose tax increase to avoid possible hospital closures in rural Alabama county
- Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System celebrates 85 years at Perry Hill Road location
- Alabama lawmakers react to latest developments over health care
- Maternal health bus, midwife training coming to Alabama
- New center for mental health opened in Opelika
ALASKA
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- Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Grants Total of $7.2m to 22 Organizations
- Alaska Sens. Sullivan, Murkowski try unsuccessfully to prevent huge spike in health care costs
- Report documents racial disparities in pandemic death rates in Alaska
- Alaska’s overdose crisis faces new federal obstacles
- Alaska report describes COVID-19 phases and lessons for future pandemic responses
- Hepatitis vaccines credited as life-saving for Alaska children may be upended
- Looming federal cuts could devastate Alaska’s fight against overdose deaths
ARIZONA
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- Australian vaccine developer raises $10M, funneling proceeds to Phoenix biotech it acquired
- Banner Health moves to cashless payment system
- Cigna and Tenet Healthcare locked in contract dispute affecting 413,000 Arizona enrollees
- Arizona Cigna enrollees may lose access to Tenet sites amid dispute
- Arizona hospital prescribes fresh food to patients
- GPN Vaccines Inc. raising capital to help Bacvax Inc.
- Here are the 9 safest hospitals in Arizona
- How health care budget cuts put vulnerable communities at risk
ARKANSAS
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- Former longtime Arkansas system CEO dies
- New Program Aims to Strengthen Community Health Tech in NWA
- St. Bernards Healthcare inks management deal for 2 Arkansas hospitals
- ‘Agreement’ means pardoned nursing home chain owner shouldn’t have to serve time in Arkansas, his attorneys argue
- Walmart, Other Big Retailers Didn’t Pull Contaminated Baby Formula Fast Enough After Recall, FDA Says
CALIFORNIA
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- 1 ASC spine surgeons’ map for 2026 growth
- California fines 3 Centene health plans $1.7M over timely access
- After backlash, Bay Area’s largest hospital pauses plan to end care for transgender kids
- California Becomes First State to Sell Its Own Insulin
- California hires ex-CDC leaders who were fired or quit under Trump
- California hospital nurses advance union effort covering 800
- California hospital with $193M debt files bankruptcy, ordered sold
- California urges judge to order emergency abortion care at Eureka’s St. Joseph Hospital
- Cedars-Sinai gets $30M for specialized cancer center
- Former CFO sues California hospital for wrongful termination
- Hackensack Meridian pharmacy chief moves to Sutter Health
- HASC Releases Regional Behavioral Health Scan Showing Rising Needs and Continued Progress Across Southern California
- Kaiser appoints Carrie Owen Plietz as COO Care Delivery
- Kaiser Permanente medical school CEO envisions new ways to train doctors
- Keck Medicine of USC hospital taps new chief of operations
- Highly contagious norovirus strain causing surge of infections across Southern California
- How California Is Rethinking Supply And Demand In The Healthcare Workforce
- ISHI Health Launches Virtual Heart Failure Clinics in California and Arizona
- LA nursing home still open despite 3 state citations for patient deaths
- Lawsuit claims Sharp HealthCare secretly recorded exam room conversations without patient consent
- Longtime CFO sues Marshall Medical Center over termination, alleging age bias, retaliation
- Moody’s downgrades Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ credit rating for 2nd time in 2025
- Prime in 2025: 8 things to know
- Prison health workers are among the best-paid public employees. Why are so many jobs vacant?
- Providence hospitals turn to concierge services for ‘the gift of time’
- San Mateo Medical Center Health Campus Completes Major Renovation & Expansion
- Santa Clara County nurses speak out against staffing shortages
- Sutter Health buys East Sacramento office building entitled for hotel redevelopment
- UCI Health’s $1.4M win spurs $30M pharmacy project
- UC Davis opens $589M surgery center
- ‘We’ve really got an opportunity’: How a Bay Area company aims to change the lives of epilepsy patients
- Manifest MedEx and California Mental Health Services Authority Partner to Provide Free Hospitalization Notices to California Counties
- Newsom launches PHNIX to modernize California public health
- OneWell Health Care Receives California Title 22 Approval With Zero Deficiencies
- Stanford, Novartis partner on radioligand imaging
- How UC Davis Health grows radiology talent
- UCSF Announces New Home for School of Dentistry at Mission Bay
COLORADO
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- Colorado hospital names CEO
- Colorado hospital opts for Oracle Health EHR
- Former Lutheran Hospital Campus purchased for $60M
- Medical technology company files for bankruptcy protection amid lawsuits
- Valcadia Healthcare Partners Advises CURC in its Acquisition by The START Center for Cancer Research
- Health insurance prices in Colorado set to soar for 225,000 people as Senate fails to extend subsidies
- Flu hospitalizations spike in Colorado due to cold weather and a new variant of Influenza
- Denver Health reopens idled beds for first-in-Colorado combined mental-physical unit
CONNECTICUT
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- Bloomfield, Southbury senior living facilities form nonprofit affiliation
- Connecticut Children’s opens new $326 million clinical tower in largest expansion to date
- Connecticut hospital debuts specialty pharmacy to transform care
- Connecticut hospital hit with $32M judgment after cow-based formula linked to infant’s death
- CT families file discrimination complaints against hospitals over halt to trans care
- A CT nurse caused pharmacies to bill Medicaid for drugs not used. She agreed to help pay back $450K
- Child confirmed as Connecticut’s first measles case in 4 years
- Connecticut allocates $70 million to shield families from healthcare cost increases
- CT Greenlights Hartford HealthCare Purchase of Two Prospect Hospitals
- Connecticut is 43rd State to Join Nursing Licensure Compact
- Connecticut ‘Likely’ To Settle Generic Drug Price Cap Dispute
- CT joins nursing compact in order to expand workforce
- CT medical group forms partnership to open a new health center. Some aspects will be unique.
- From forgiven debt to diverted funding, records provide insight into Prospect’s CT hospital financial woes
- Lamont: 40K CT residents to have medical debt erased in initiative’s third round
- Lawsuit challenges decision of major CT providers to end transgender care for younger patients
- Manchester, Vernon leaders cheer ruling requiring Hartford HealthCare to keep Rockville ER open for 3 years
- Mashantucket Tribe, Hartford HealthCare team to build health center
- Medical office building in Bristol sold for nearly $20M
- Parents, attorneys emphasizing importance of informed consent to NICUs following baby’s death at Yale-New Haven Hospital
- UConn Health’s Comprehensive Spine Center earns Blue Distinction Center+ designation
- Yale New Haven Health expands Hartford area presence with downtown New Britain lease
- Yale New Haven Health buys Nelson Ambulance Service’s Stratford property for $2.9M
- Yale New Haven to receive $25M gift
- Connecticut hospitals sued after cutting off transgender youths’ access to care, despite state protections
- Generic Drug Lobby, Connecticut Agree on Out-of-State Pricing
- Leapfrog honors Harford HealthCare leader as ‘outstanding’ CEO
DC
DELAWARE
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- Bayhealth completes Community Health Needs Assessment
- ChristianaCare gets a new EMS helicopter
- Delaware gov erases USD 19 million in medical debt
- Delaware Health Care Providers Offer Hospital Care at Home
- Delaware health care spending expected to rise nearly 5%
- Nemours Children’s Hospital expands services for moms and infants
- Report: Delaware’s future jobs are in health care, hospitality
- States crack down on mental health parity: 3 notes
- Viewpoint: Food as the Foundation of Health
- Virtua Health, ChristianaCare scrap merger plans
- Bayhealth data breach settlement includes payouts, identity protection
- Beebe Healthcare breaks ground on new Millsboro health campus
- Healthcare access, mental health/substance use services top concerns in Bayhealth needs assessment
FLORIDA
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- Ackerman brings cancer care to World Golf Village
- AdventHealth expands into The Villages’ Middleton as families flock to the community
- AdventHealth names VP of revenue cycle consumer operations
- AdventHealth to grow Florida footprint with hospital project
- After merger scuttled, Cross Country names new CEO
- Brooks Rehabilitation plans $68M expansion
- Cadrenal Therapeutics acquires late-stage drug assets from Maryland biotech
- County approves $9.4M land sale to AdventHealth for NeoCity hospital campus
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Lake Worth now open in Florida
- Florida cardiology group debuts freestanding cardiovascular ASC
- Florida Orthopaedic Institute establishes new location
- Florida sues medical groups over gender-affirming care
- HCA Florida hospital names new operations leader
- HCA unveils $26M Orange Park freestanding ER
- Health First board greenlights new medical office building as part of Viera expansion
- Jabil opens catheter development lab at St. Pete HQ to capture growing medical device market
- Jags’ team physician joins UF Health, bringing NFL partnership to academic system
- Lee Health president and CEO Dr. Larry Antonucci set to leave role in 2026
- Nemours’ marketing chief on building a national pediatric brand around whole child health
- Nicklaus Children’s Health System Honored with ECRI’s 2025 Healthcare Supply Chain Excellence Award
- Recovery Centers of America to open first addiction rehab facility in Florida
- Tampa healthcare facility sells for $21M
- Tampa healthtech startup partners with Mayo Clinic Florida to develop non-invasive breath tests
- Why Florida is ground zero for coming ObamaCare storm
GEORGIA
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- CommonSpirit to open new Georgia hospital Jan. 11
- Kaiser pulls plans from Georgia insurance exchange
- Georgia veterans face heightened maternal health risks as gaps in care persist
- Ga. lawmakers consider state fix after health subsidies blocked
- Georgia Trend ranks TRMC as a Top Medium-Sized Hospital
- Which Georgia hospitals are the best for new mothers? US News picked 7
- Halpern Enterprises Leases 4,900 SF For New Griffin, Georgia Resurgens Orthopaedics Office
- Emory Healthcare names new chief digital information officer
HAWAII
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- Hawaii ‘certificate of need’ laws have ‘chilling effect’ on healthcare access
- Hawaii’s new inter-island air ambulance is cleared for takeoff
- Hawaii Pacific Health, HMSA discussing possible merger
- Queen’s Health Systems names Sondra Leiggi Brandon COO of behavioral health hospital
- Hawaiʻi life expectancy decline smaller than US average during COVID-19 pandemic
- Honolulu Health Care Costs 15th Highest in USA
IDAHO
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- Doctors, health care services contribute billions to Idaho’s economy, new report shows
- Idaho law enforcement shares concerns over behavioral health cuts
- ‘Microhospital’ eyed Boise. Now, Meridian. Blue Cross wants its owner investigated
- North Idaho Advanced Care Hospital Opens Rehab Unit In Post Falls, Idaho
- Northern Idaho Advanced Care Hospital expands services
- ‘All-hands-on-deck’: Four Idaho institutions partner to address healthcare needs across the state
- Cambia Health Foundation Invests $1.2 Million to Advance Whole-Person Health
ILLINOIS
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- BCBS Illinois funds housing initiative for members with SUD
- CommonSpirit to sell hospital to Altru Health in March: 4 things to know
- Endeavor Health Glenbrook Hospital Named Top Teaching Hospital
- Illinois becomes 12th state to provide medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill
- Illinois Extends Health Insurance Enrollment Deadline to December 31
- Illinois to consider expanding presumptions to hospital staff
- OSF HealthCare won’t allow medical aid in dying after it becomes legal in Illinois
- Pinckneyville hospital wins top awards for quality care
- Pritzker signs behavioral healthcare parity law, ensuring proper reimbursement rates for providers
- Pritzker signs bill to expand end-of life options; Central IL hospitals consider next steps
- Springfield hospital won’t participate physician-assisted suicide
- These 5 Chicago-area hospitals are among the top in U.S.
- Diocese of Rockford, OSF HealthCare issue statements on legalization of medically assisted suicide in Illinois
- Emergency department manager from McHenry named Advocate Health Care’s 2025 Nurse Leader of the Year
- Illinois counters CDC vaccine changes
- OSF HealthCare preparing for higher cost of Specialty Occupation visas
- Three new physicians join Specialty Physicians of Illinois, LLC
INDIANA
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- Behavioral health hospital proposal presented to APC
- Dr. Matthew Lavery named CEO of OrthoIndy
- INCOG BioPharma investing additional $200M to expand Fishers campus
- Indiana appeals court upholds privacy of abortion reports
- IU doctor takes expert role as FDA weighs changes to testosterone therapy regulation
- IU Health Bloomington expands nurse on-call plan
- Merger finalized between Union Health and Terre Haute Regional
- Parkview partners with Notre Dame to address rural health care access with AI
- State health insurance plan changes reflect Braun’s vision
- Hoosiers get extra time to choose new Medicaid plans
- Indiana ranks 35th nationally in health and lower for women’s and children’s health
- Bowen Health CEO Appointed to AHA Behavioral Health Committee
- Trent Scott named new Aspire Indiana Health Board Chair
- Ascension St. Vincent Evansville awards $20,000 to Youth First
IOWA
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- Iowa hospital taps chief ambulatory officer as COO
- ORA Orthopedics, UnityPoint Health partner
- UI Health Care already eyeing expansion at North Liberty hospital as demand exceeds expectations
- UnityPoint Health names chief medical officer for cardiovascular services
- UnityPoint Health taps COO: 3 things to know
- CQ executive comments on Orange City closure
- Mercy College forms partnership to offer radiologic technology program
- Mercy College of Health Sciences nearing campaign goal for new nursing school
- New Mary Greeley Medical Center President and CEO Amber Deardorff shares how running helps her solve problems
KANSAS
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- Kansas hospitals partner to expand rural surgery, orthopedic care
- Pharmaceutical company plans 40 new jobs with $39M expansion, seeks incentives
- Santucci Orthodontics to build larger east Wichita facility after outgrowing current office
- Two Wichita hospitals earn 5-star ratings on Forbes’ inaugural top hospitals list
- Wesley Medical Center appoints Lawrence Verfurth as chief medical officer
- Wichita doctor launches financial management tool for direct care physicians
- Atlas MD launches financial management tool for physicians
- Fagron Sterile Services seeks incentives for Wichita expansion
- HCA hospital in Kansas taps medical chief
- Kansas county suing state over $2M meant for hospital
- Wesley, St. Teresa named to Forbes’ first top hospitals list
KENTUCKY
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- First medical marijuana dispensary, The Post Dispensary, opens in Kentucky in Beaver Dam
- Humana insurance president to retire, replacement named
- Humana Insurance Segment President George Renaudin to retire
- Kosair for Kids pledges $5M to improve 4 Baptist Health NICUs
- MCCH says it did not participate in Leapfrog safety assessment
- St. Elizabeth associates donate 5,400 pairs of socks to Rose Garden Home mission
- Thyme Care announces partnership with Humana subsidiaries
- UofL Health – Jewish Hospital recognized for surgical outcomes from American College of Surgeons
- New Strides in Mental Health Care
- ‘Make America Healthy Again Kentucky’ task force sends recommendations to lawmakers
- New Louisville VA hospital marches toward completion
- Closing Kentucky’s Care Gap
- Kentucky’s optometry licensing process under fire following national review
LOUISIANA
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- Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic names new chief revenue officer
- Humana received $10.5M in Medicare Advantage overpayments, OIG audit finds
- Ochsner earns national accreditation for congenital heart program
- GOP Sen. Cassidy on addressing rising health care costs and expiring subsidies
- LSU interior design students designed OLOL’s new ED
- Manning Family Children’s Announces New Senior VP & CMO
- Ochsner LSU Health relocates oral surgery to Ellerbe Road in Shreveport, Louisiana said David Callecod
MAINE
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- A Maine health care lifeline is under threat
- ‘Help Yourself Shelves’ now include Pen Bay, Waldo Emergency Dept. locations
- VA to eliminate 35,000 healthcare positions, including some in Maine
- Bangor’s Eastern Maine Medical Center receives 5-star rating from Forbes
- HIV Cases Spike in Portland as City Expands Needle Exchange Outreach. Is Its Drug Policy Working?
- MaineCare provider denies fraud allegations it says were amplified by attacks on Somali community
- Marathon Health opens private healthcare clinic in Vestal. Who it serves
MARYLAND
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- Annapolis firm raises $25M for tree-based skin disease treatment
- Local health system taps 30-year Hopkins veteran as next CEO
- Luminis Health network outage forces canceled appointments
- MedStar Health announces acquisition of nonprofit Hope for Henry
- MedStar Health acquires Hope for Henry Foundation to expand pediatric care programming
- Montgomery County doles out millions to nurture life sciences, tech startups
- Maryland Coastal Bays’ health receives highest-ever grade in annual report card
- New flu variant may hit Maryland hard this season
MASSACHUSETTS
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- A Boston ASC’s strategy for rate defense
- A rural migration: Diverse communities are being priced out of Worcester, making it harder for healthcare providers and nonprofits to reach them
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals invests $250M in Norton plant
- Baystate Health warns of $146M yearly hit to its finances of Trump policy bill
- Beth Israel Lahey Health hospital names chief medical officer
- Boston Children’s Hospital receives $100 million gift
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute settles $15M suit with Justice Department
- Mass General Brigham hospital names new president
- Mass General Brigham spins off clinical trial AI startup
- Massachusetts grants $5M to EMS after Steward hospital closure
- 10 MD Hospitals Among Best In U.S. In New Forbes Ranking
- Dr. Michael Hirsh retires as Worcester’s public health medical director
- Former Harvard leader sentenced in morgue scandal
- Generation Bio latest biotech to be acquired by Xoma
- How the NIH became backbone of US medical research, innovation
- Innovators in Healthcare 2026
- Lifeward partners with Singapore group to distribute exoskeleton in three new countries
- Point32Health’s new CEO has a turnaround plan
- PureTech Health names Robert Lyne CEO, seeks spinout funding
- Sarepta CEO Doug Ingram granted equity awards
- SemPresto licenses doctor’s smartphone innovation
- Strained Nashoba Valley EMS granted $5M after hospital closure
- Tufts Medicine improves operating margin to -2% from -9.5% in 2025
MICHIGAN
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- How a $920M pavilion is reshaping care at U of Michigan Health
- Michigan system CEO to retire; successor named
- Negotiations break down between Corewell, new nurses union
- Trinity Health to be largest single instance of Epic by 2026
- UM Health-West to use elite nursing award to attract new nurses
- U of Michigan AI detects heart disease from EKG
- 5 Michigan health systems defy federal vaccine panel’s advice
- A nightly tradition brings light and hope to children at Michigan hospital
- House adopts bill to scrub bias training from Michigan health care licensing
- Michigan slow to improve mental health system protections, lawmaker says
- Mental health conditions increase among older adults in Michigan
- Michigan seeking bids for pharmacy benefits administration
MINNESOTA
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- Essentia Health-Virginia nurses ratify labor contract
- Mayo Clinic hospital-at-home leader joins Advocate Health
- Mayo Clinic taps education executive, medical school dean
- UCare cutting 250 jobs, another 450 at risk as insurer winds down
- Donors troubled by leadership instability, talent retention at University of Minnesota Medical School
- M Health Fairview, UnitedHealthcare reach agreement to keep 100K patients in network
- Mayo Clinic AI model doubles liver disease detection
- Mayo Clinic invests in virtual care startup: 5 notes
- MDH report: Rochester nursing home ‘responsible’ in medication error that sent resident to hospital
- Minnesota nursing home workers will have to wait for raises
- Optum Rx updates model for community pharmacy pay
- Raises for Minnesota nursing home workers will be delayed because of bureaucratic error
- Will ASCs collide with macroeconomic pressure in 2026?
MISSISSIPPI
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- Baptist Memorial bets on AI-enabled care management and wins
- Decline in ACA re-enrollment sparks worry for Mississippi
- Friends of Children’s Hospital presented with $1,000,000 check
- Mississippi hospital promotes leader to CEO
- St. Bernards Healthcare to take over management of Mississippi County Hospital System
- Coast health centers prepare for patient influx ahead of expected Affordable Care Act subsidy expiration
- Mississippi Blood Services Issues Urgent Call for O and B Type Donors
- Mississippi mortality rates above US average
MISSOURI
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- Ascension, Labcorp invest in genomics startup
- Ascension names AVP of back-end revenue cycle
- BJC Health’s western region is new Sporting KC partner
- Cingulate restores founder as CEO following concluded domestic battery case
- How Mercy scaled collaborative care across 300 clinics
- How Mercy virtually serves 85% of behavioral health patients in hospitals
- How SSM Health integrates specialty care into value-based models
- Mercy CFO to retire
- Samuel U. Rodgers expands with new pediatric facility targeting uninsured children
- Sporting KC partners with Saint Luke’s as Children’s Mercy deal ends
- Who is Highmark, the insurer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City wants to join?
- Missouri lawmakers vow to tackle mental health backlog as hundreds languish in jails
- Missouri patients caught in the middle as UnitedHealthcare, SSM negotiate coverage deal
- Med mal suit against Missouri hospital and individuals settles
- Governor names longtime state pharmacy director to lead Missouri Medicaid program
MONTANA
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- Meet the Gen Z CEO leading a Montana critical access hospital
- Montana may see a $1 billion health care windfall. How will the funds help rural hospitals?
- Changes to Montana Medicaid likely to roll out later than anticipated, officials say
- RiverStone Health announces crackdown on kratom sales in Yellowstone County
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska threw a ‘lifeline’ to rural hospitals on the brink. It’s fraying.
- For seniors on Medicare Advantage, lower costs can mean gambling with health care
- Great Plains Health releases 2025 community health needs assessment
- Nebraska plans to be the first state to implement Trump’s new Medicaid work requirements
- Omaha community health expert talks Medicaid work requirements
NEVADA
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- Northern Nevada Medical Center recognized by American Heart Association
- Swift Institute suffers data breach
- Rural Nevada Counseling Breaks Ground on New Silver Springs Center
- Southern Hills Hospital Breaks Ground On Freestanding ED In Henderson, Nevada
- Western Nevada College renovating nursing building in Fallon
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- New Hampshire bills target AI claims decisions and telehealth pay
- NH Health and Human Services axes $4.3M in contracts in response to steep budget cuts
- Bills seek to promote telemedicine and regulate AI in New Hampshire’s health insurance industry
- How delays and bankruptcy let a nursing home chain avoid paying settlements for injuries and deaths
- Morgue manager at Harvard Medical School gets 8 years for selling the deceased
NEW JERSEY
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- 2 New Jersey Mental Health Nonprofits Merge, Revenue Could Top $110M
- 27 New Jersey hospitals recognized for maternity care by U.S. News & World Report
- $540M Federal Grant Expands Access to Hospital Care and Outpatient Services for State’s Most Vulnerable Residents
- Atlantic Health to make value-based care 45% of revenue
- AtlantiCare’s ‘most successful’ go-live marks Vision 2030 midpoint
- Cooper University Healthcare adopts Microsoft ambient AI: 5 notes
- Hackensack Meridian pharmacy chief moves to Sutter Health
- Healthcare Foundation boosts Newark hospitals, behavioral health with about $2.3M in grants in Q4
- Inside AtlantiCare’s most successful systemwide go-live
- LifeBridge taps CEO from Johns Hopkins
- McKnight Measure Allowing More Health Professionals to Approve Home Instruction Advances
- New Jersey providers debut integrated developmental disability, autism clinic
- New Jersey tightens exam protocols to curb physician misconduct
- HFNJ Bolsters Newark Healthcare Institutions with $2.7M in Grants
- How St. Peter’s prepped for the ‘nuance’ of the new Medicare prior authorization pilot
- Jersey City Takes Action to Preserve Hospital Space for Medical Use
- Kaufmann joining New Jersey Hospital Association, will helm education and research initiatives
- Monmouth Medical Center Again Named Top Teaching Hospital by The Leapfrog Group
- New Jersey Sets National Standard with First-of-a-Kind Embryo Storage Regulations
- N.J. adopts new rules to prevent sexual assault in health care
- N.J. hospital warning hundreds of patients about a deadly bacteria found in its water
- NJ nursing home facilities accused of being understaffed, neglecting residents
- NJ Secures $540M to Support Hospital and Outpatient Care
- Nursing Home Owners Pocketed Millions as Patients Suffered, Report Says
- Nursing home owners accused of $124M in fraud, resident neglect
- RWJBarnabas Health hospital taps CEO
- RWJ Barnabas wins approval to move hospital to suburbs as congressman sounds alarm
- Seven RWJBarnabas Health Facilities Hospitals Earn National Recognition in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care
- South Jersey’s Impulse Dynamics raises $158M in largest local life sciences deal of 2025
- These NJ Hospitals Won’t Accept Horizon Insurance Starting In 2026
- Virtua Health, ChristianaCare scrap merger plans
- Woods, RWJBarnabas launch Hamilton center for I/DD, autism
- NJ hospitals get $540M to care for the poor but major cuts loom
- Patient Dies After Dangerous Bacteria Found In St. Joseph’s Hospital Water
- RWJBarnabas Health Extends Healthcare Partnership with NWSL Champion Gotham FC
- RWJBarnabas Health’s Glenn Miller Appointed to the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy Board of Directors
- State failed to ensure nursing home background checks, feds say
- Woods, RWJBarnabas launch Hamilton center for I/DD, autism
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- City hospitals biggest winners in state’s $300M cybersecurity funding
- Court Nixes NY Nursing Home’s Win In COVID Immunity Suit
- How NYU Langone is tackling a 65% surge in housing-unstable patients
- Judge allows some claims against M&T to proceed in Buffalo Ultrasound case
- Mount Sinai launches digital health training institute in Guyana
- Mount Sinai Health System’s Referral Access Program: Simplifying and streamlining timely behavioral health access
- New York doles out $300M to fund health IT, hospital cybersecurity projects
- New York physician sentenced in $24M Medicare fraud scheme
- New York physician sentenced for accepting kickbacks
- NewYork-Presbyterian taps chief medical officer
- New York system taps COO of integrated network
- Northwell, New York City union’s direct-care deal: 6 things to know
- Northwell opens 1st Pennsylvania facility
- What Hospital for Special Surgery accomplished in 2025
- New safety report reveals best and worst hospitals in New York
- New York warns 950K people to lose health coverage under Trump cuts
- Northwell Health expands into Pennsylvania
- SUNY opening new nursing program in rapidly evolving Syracuse neighborhood
NORTH CAROLINA
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- AHWFB details proposals for two freestanding emergency departments in Greensboro; Cone Health raises concerns
- Atrium Health files to rezone 41 acres at University City hospital for expansion
- AvevoRx doubles nursing staff to accommodate company’s explosive growth
- Cigna & UNC Health reach agreement to end healthcare standoff
- Drugmaker that raised $425M halts trials as top execs leave
- Judges reject arguments against NC Certificate of Need law
- Mayo Clinic hospital-at-home leader joins Advocate Health
- NC denies all three Triad health systems’ applications for multimillion-dollar PET scanners
- NC Supreme Court won’t hear Mission Health case against new hospital
- North Carolina Supreme Court declines to hear HCA appeal, paving way for AdventHealth hospital
- She takes charge at UNC’s $6B health system
- UNC Health approved to build emergency centers in Wake County
- AdventHealth to build 67-bed Weaverville hospital after legal delays with Mission Health
- SC measles outbreak could soon reach Charlotte, health director warns
- WakeMed to offer virtual-hybrid clinics to employees
NORTH DAKOTA
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- CommonSpirit to sell hospital to Altru Health in March: 4 things to know
- As ACA tax credits expire, a North Dakota rural hospital braces for 2026
- North Dakota lawmakers prepare for potential federal funds for rural healthcare
- Rural Health Providers Could Be Collateral Damage From $100K Trump Visa Fee
- Sen. Cramer sponsors bill to add VA services to critical access hospitals and rural health clinics
- Valley Senior Living on Columbia in Grand Forks Among The Best in North Dakota
- With clearance from Vatican, Altru Health System acquisition of Devils Lake hospital to be official in March
OHIO
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- Cleveland Clinic CFO: Cost pressure is rising — and so is the ‘opportunity’ to lead
- Columbus AI startup Paradigm Health raises nearly $80M, makes acquisition
- MetroHealth taps longtime Cleveland Clinic leader to chair medicine
- Northeast Ohio hospitals spent $1.2 billion on community benefits in 2024
- Pediatricians sue University Hospitals over firings
- Quipt, a Cincinnati-based public company, to be taken private in $260M acquisition
- Summa Health taps VP of revenue cycle
- Ohio lawmakers want rural hospitals to get first shot at federal health money: Capitol Letter
- Health care cost concerns spill over into Ohio Senate race
- Hospital community benefits 2024: How Northeast Ohio’s health systems spend billions
- Ohio maternal deaths: New training program targets high-need areas
- Patriot at Home Ranked No. 1 Home Health Care Agency in Ohio
OKLAHOMA
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- Integris Health hospitals earn Spotlight honors for maternal and newborn care
- OKC Council receives design report for mental health facility
- Oklahoma Hospital Association awarded TSET Legacy Grants
- SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital named to Forbes Top Hospitals list
- Chief digital, information officer to exit Samaritan Health Services
- Children’s mental health facility reopens in Northeast Oklahoma
- Humana awards $295K to Oklahoma groups tackling health and social needs
- Norman, Lawrence behavioral health centers may be privatized
OREGON
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- Bed space is tight at OHSU this flu season, but relief is in the works
- Chief digital, information officer to exit Samaritan Health Services
- Legacy Good Samaritan marks 150 years as Portland’s pioneering maternity hospital
- Legacy Health strike grows as 80 urgent care, pediatric care providers plan walkouts
- Oregon Nurses Association condemns ICE actions at Portland hospital
- Oregon nurses union accuses Legacy Emanuel of failing to protect patients in ICE custody
- OHSU Health’s new CEO takes over
- Providence hospitals, clinics in Oregon are in-network again for Aetna members
- Oregon’s first-in-nation hospital price cap hasn’t hurt care, finances so far, study finds
- Oregon hospital races to build a tsunami shelter as FEMA fights to cut its funding
- New search launched for a state hospital leader despite challenges
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Cencora to acquire full control of OneOncology in nearly $5B deal
- Carisma Therapeutics winding down operations
- CHOP taps new vice president of finance
- Crozer Health layoffs prompt $1.5M WARN Act settlement
- Highmark awards $1 million to Achieva for program helping medically complex children
- Health care claims 12 of top 15 highest-paid Pittsburgh jobs
- Highmark Health swings to $69M loss as insurance pressures offset hospital gains
- Highmark ranks among top 10 US health insurers
- Indiana Regional to become trauma center Jan. 1
- Jefferson licenses doctor’s smartphone innovation to Boston startup
- Malvern, Pennsylvania nursing home evacuated after fire breaks out Friday
- NCI renews Wistar Institute’s multimillion-dollar cancer center support grant
- Nursing home chain uses bankruptcy to avoid liability: Report
- Penn State names regional COO, chief nursing officer
- Philadelphia startup Ritten raises $35M to expand behavioral health platform
- Philadelphia’s Carisma Therapeutics winds down operations
- Publicly traded Main Line firm Certara names new CEO
- St. Luke’s terminates Geisinger joint venture, assuming full hospital ownership
- Tower Health to close hospital rehab center
- UPMC Presbyterian’s $1.3B Kamin Tower sets opening date for patients in early 2027
- UPMC could keep gender-affirming care patient records anonymous, per DOJ request
- WellSpan Health scales AI operating system across 9 hospitals
- Northwell Health unveils first Pike County primary and immediate care center
- Pa. health care workers seek better security with violence on rise
- Pennsylvania House passes vaccine access bill
- Philadelphia’s Ritten lands $35M to expand AI health care platform
- UPMC invests $23M in wage increases for nonunion nurses
- Wistar Institute secures $16.3M NCI cancer research grant
RHODE ISLAND
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- Brown University Health skips investor call as it prepares for $255M bond offering
- St. Anne’s Hospital appoints Rhode Island Hospital physician as chief medical officer
- Brown Health reports $4.4B in revenue, 0.9% operating margin in FY25
- Brown University Health CFO skips investor call amid bond offering
- Brown University Health reports $41.2M operating income in 2025
- Brown University: What happened at this local hospital after the shooting
- Bryant, MGH institute launch pipeline program to bolster health care workforce
- Butler launches ‘urgent care’ modeled service for mental, behavioral health
- Federal data shows strong participation in RI health marketplace. That’s not the whole story.
- New bill would expand access to high-quality care for patients of nurse practitioners, physician assistants
- Rhode Island system taps new CFO
- South County Health eyes nationwide partnership
- Southcoast Hospitals Group wins national obstetric care recognition
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- MUSC Health opens free-standing ER on Kiawah Island, cutting emergency travel times
- MUSC Health opens 24/7 medical pavilion on Johns Island
- MUSC set to acquire Citadel Mall space for $83.5M to boost healthcare in West Ashley
- New $9.1 million behavioral health emergency unit opening in Sumter
- ‘The Physician Shortage is Huge’
- C-Section Rates Swing Wildly; Data From Over 1,700 Hospitals Shows Why
- Cigna Healthcare ends contract with Lexington Medical Center
- ‘Free-loading must end’: Mace on bill requiring hospitals to document citizenship status
- Prisma Health’s 8 hospitals recognized for maternity care
- Report: South Carolina infant mortality rates up by almost 3%
- South Carolina county at epicenter of growing measles outbreak with 135 cases
- South Carolina measles outbreak grows to 120+ cases as holiday travel begins
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- New orthopedics hospital, hotel coming to Sanford
- $300 million Sanford gift ranks as fifth biggest charitable donation of the year
- Brookings Hospital named to inaugural Forbes Top Hospitals list
- Can Fort Mill support multiple hospitals? Market view 2025
- First look inside Sanford’s new orthopedic facility
- Prairie Lakes Healthcare recognized as one of Forbes’ top hospitals
- Sanford Health Adds Orthopedic Hospital and Hotel at Sioux Falls Campus
TENNESSEE
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- Cencora to acquire full control of OneOncology in nearly $5B deal
- CHS reduces debt with senior note redemption
- HCA chief nursing executive dies at 50
- Maternity services suspended at Pulaski hospital due to recruitment, staffing challenges
- Metro approves funding to support healthcare for Nashville’s unhoused residents
- Nashville Health Care Council separates from chamber
- New Oracle headquarters’ price tag rises to $4.5B: Report
- OneOncology deal values company at $7.4 billion
- Oracle Health data breach affects Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
- Thyme Care announces partnership with Humana subsidiaries
- Vanderbilt clinical trial offers hope for families battling rare genetic disorder
- Why this geriatric psychiatric provider expanded to adolescents
- Women of Influence: Rachel Mehr, Ascension Saint Thomas
- Fantasy of Trees raises $1.88M for East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
- Ridgeview Behavioral Health and Living East Tennessee honored for mental health efforts
TEXAS
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- Ascension Providence taps new CFO
- AvevoRx doubles nursing staff, aims for Texas expansion
- Houston’s Texas Medical Center rivals top US innovation districts like Boston’s, JLL report says
- Medical City Weatherford adds spine surgery program
- Mental health clinic Menninger Clinic signs network agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield
- New Texas health system to launch hospital, Epic together
- Novartis secures incentives for potential $280 million Denton plant
- San Antonio named one of America’s health policy leaders
- Tenet’s stock price hits record high amid portfolio transformation
- Texas hospital assistant CFO to retire
- UT San Antonio receives $30M to improve health outcomes
- AvevoRx to expand into Austin
- Bexar County approves University Health budget with 9% growth
- Blue Cross Blue Shield brings Menninger Clinic in-network
- Colossal Foundation doubles funding to $100M in biodiversity push
- Epic faces an antitrust lawsuit from Texas: Here’s what to know
- Healthcare Briefs: DFW’s Top Maternity Hospitals and Baylor Scott & White’s New Joint Venture
- Medicare AI program sparks concerns from Texas physicians
- Texas AG sues Epic Systems
- Texas Medical Center ranks among top US innovation districts
- Texas residents, hospitals prepare for insurance premiums to soar
- UTHealth Houston, in collaboration with UTMB Health, awarded $50 million by the state of Texas to lead ibogaine clinical trials
- Why a first-of-its-kind Christian health insurer launched in Texas
UTAH
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- Former Utah surgeon charged after undercover investigation reveals alleged illegal medical practice
- Inside Intermountain’s bold, one-day Epic transition
- Intermountain CEO emeritus, leadership institute director to retire
- MTN Offers an AI Nervous System to Fix Healthcare’s Staffing Bottleneck
- Stryker to expand Utah operations, create 800+ new jobs
- Utah families are paying more for health insurance — and Congress can’t agree on a fix
- Cambia Health Foundation Invests $1.2 Million to Advance Whole-Person Health
- Data Breaches Confirmed by Revere Health & Health Management Systems of America
- Nightingale College reduces tuition to strengthen Utah’s nursing workforce
- Protego Health Announces Strategic Partnership with Utah’s Ogden Clinic
- Rewriting the path to healing: Inside Harper Clinic’s whole-person mental health model
- Utah Surgeon’s COVID Vaccine Fraud Case Dropped Amid Medical Freedom Debate
VERMONT
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- Brattleboro hospital’s chief financial officer exits amid projected $14.5M shortfall
- Rutland Regional Medical Center withdraws request to close pediatric beds
- Vermont hospital CFO exits weeks after CEO
- Vt. delegation expresses concern over potential lapse in health care coverage
- Calmour Health Unveils Children’s Acetaminophen Oral Strips for Fast, Cold and Flu Relief
VIRGINIA
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- Fairfax startup helping therapists open clinics raises $2.6M as demand for pediatric care surges
- How 1 system cut 30-day behavioral health readmissions nearly in half
- Orthopedic surgeon named interim dean at VCU medical school
- Virginia court backs Newport Healthcare in zoning case
- Out-of-state visitor brings measles risk to Central Virginia, southwest region
- Virginia Celebrates Three Years of Mental Health Transformation Under ‘Right Help, Right Now’
- 113,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Virginia Mental Health Authority
- Anthem says its ready to sit down with other parties help to lower health care costs in Virginia
WASHINGTON
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- Providence’s Well-Being Trust expands behavioral healthcare under CEO’s vision in 2025
- Seattle Children’s CEO looks ahead to retirement at 57
- States crack down on mental health parity: 3 notes
- Providence St. Peter first in Washington state to be awarded ‘TeamBirth Recognized’ designation
- Washington enlists data as a public health defense against ongoing measles outbreak
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Morrisey releases WV’s application for federal Rural Health Transformation Fund
- Rural Health Transformation Fund aims to bridge health gaps in West Virginia
- West Virginia police partner with peer liaisons to address mental health, substance use
- West Virginia waiting for approval on millions in health care funding
- WVU Hospitals builds pipeline for MRI technologists
WISCONSIN
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- Froedtert ThedaCare announces opening date of new Oshkosh medical center
- Marshfield Clinic, Security Health Plan: Supports 19 organizations providing community-led solutions for food insecurity
- New harm reduction vending machine added to SSM Health St. Mary’s hospital
- SSM Health hospitals president to retire
- Two Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps Programs Receive Additional Funding
- Wisconsin’s Affordable Care Act Insurance Numbers Remain Uncertain
- 2 children in Wisconsin die of respiratory illness in season’s first pediatric deaths
- $3.5M Settlement Agreed to Resolve Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin Data Breach Lawsuit
- New dual helipad for Aspirus Wausau Hospital, Wisconsin
- Texas Sues Wisconsin-Based Epic Systems, Charges It’s a Monopoly
- Wisconsin Communities Fight to Save County-Owned Nursing Homes from Privatization
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