NATIONAL
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- 11 No Surprises Act updates
- A huge week for physician deals: 8 deals in 8 days
- AHA backs bill to boost rural hospital cybersecurity workforce
- AHA, other groups: It’s wrong to tell hospitals they ‘are to’ complete drug acquisition cost survey
- Amazon Backed Anthropic Launches Healthcare Tools to Rival OpenAI
- Amazon Pharmacy offers new weight loss pill for $25 a month
- Anthropic rolls out Claude for Healthcare: 7 notes
- CMS makes mark with flurry of value-based care, payment models
- CMS requests pitches to overhaul Medicare claims processing
- Democratic-led US states sue over HHS grant conditions targeting transgender people
- Epic, healthcare organizations sue data exchange over alleged misuse of patient records
- First data validation requests hit provider inboxes with a technological thud
- Global healthcare PE deal value hit record $190B in 2025 driven by health IT, medtech activity
- Growing Health-Care, Private Equity Scrutiny Shadows 2026 Deals
- Healthcare IT private equity deals grow in ‘25
- HHS may reconsider blocked 340B rebate pilot after court ruling
- Hospital groups push CMS to revise drug cost survey
- HHS reverses $2B cuts to mental health, addiction grants: 4 federal health updates
- House passes 3-year ACA subsidy extension: 5 things for ASCs to know
- Judge orders HHS to restore funding for children’s health programs as lawsuit continues
- Multi-state lawsuit against H.H.S. after grant applications denied for using ‘DEI related terms’
- OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M
- Private equity healthcare deals surge to $191B in 2025
- Private equity interest in healthcare IT was strong in 2025: Bain
- Private Equity’s Healthcare Boom Is Getting More Crowded
- ‘Proof will be in the details’: Hospital leaders await clarity on rural health funds
- Senate Report: UnitedHealth was aggressive in seeking higher Medicare Advantage payments
- SNF capacity drops by 5% post-pandemic: 5 notes
- States sue HHS over $10B funding freeze: 4 federal health updates
- The $50B rural health fund’s practice modernization push: 4 notes
- Trump’s ‘Great Healthcare Plan’ aims to lower drug prices, premiums
- UnitedHealthcare launches accelerated Medicare Advantage payment program for rural hospitals
- UnitedHealthcare pilots sped-up rural Medicare Advantage payments
- Utilization, intensity drove US health spending to $5.3T in 2024: CMS
- US judge blocks Trump administration from canceling pediatrics group’s grants
- What’s new in Amazon’s healthcare strategy?
- Where the 340B rebates pilot stands now, and what comes next
- White House reverses $2B cuts to mental health, addiction grants
ALABAMA
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- Alabama bill would fight rural physician shortage with tax incentives
- Alabama city signs LOI for hospital sale
- Bham pharmaceutical company names president
- UAB Health taps inaugural chief nurse
- West Alabama hospital medical walk-in clinic open to public
- Alabama community hopes this new plan can save its struggling rural medical center
- Group created to support Alabama’s community hospitals
- New Alabama initiative aims to transform maternal health
- City of Greenville taking steps to put hospital under new ownership
- Gov. Ivey tackles rural healthcare, education and more in final State of the State address
- Alabama Senate committee OKs bill eliminating cost-sharing for prostate cancer screening
- Alabama can regulate freestanding birth centers, court rules
ALASKA
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- Alaska law requires PBM licensing, expands prior authorization rules
- Alaska psychiatrist arraigned on 16 felony counts in Medicaid fraud scheme
- New bill would allow Alaska to use vaccine advice of medical experts outside of federal government
- New details in Alaska’s rural healthcare transformation
- Simple handwashing stations improved health indicators in parts of rural Alaska
ARIZONA
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- Arizona Sports Medicine Center is building new MOB in Scottsdale
- Banner Health enters 2026 with momentum — and a plan to accelerate
- Banner Health’s $750M Scottsdale hospital project faces delay as planning vote postponed
- Hammes breaks ground on medical office building in Arizona
- Hammes, NOVO Begin Development of 34,000 SF Medical Office Building in Scottsdale, Arizona
- Phoenix cardiology group acquired
- Banner Health downsizing headquarters to 67,000 square feet
- Banner Health resumes North Scottsdale hospital push
- Easier healthcare access in Cochise County with ‘Here’s Health’ tool
- Here are the 9 safest hospitals in Arizona
- Man charged with threatening Franciscan after Black woman gave birth in car
- Northern Arizona Healthcare board expected to make site selection for new Flagstaff Medical Center in early 2026
- Palo Verde Hospital to remain open for another week with city loan
- Peoria woman gets surprise $15K hospital bill after insurance contract expires
- Phoenix medical real estate sales signal investor confidence
- Phoenix nursing students using AI to help them navigate difficult diagnoses or patient discussions
- Riverside County proposes plan to keep Palo Verde Hospital open
- Scottsdale sports medicine center being built
- UofA and Onvida Health partnering to open Arizona’s first rural medical hospital
- Who’s Who in Arizona Healthcare for 2026
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas hospital closes labor and delivery unit
- Bariatric ASC owner inks $15.3M sale leaseback agreement
- Methodist Children’s Behavioral Hospital celebrates grand opening of new Jonesboro facility
- UAMS Cancer Institute Names Five to Board of Advisors
- Arkansas honors Ozarks hospitals for outstanding stroke care
- Arkansas system names new hospital VP and administrator
- CARTI Expands With $7.75M Little Rock Purchase
- Hospital in south Arkansas closes maternity ward, adding to region’s shortage
- Methodist Family Health opens its Jonesboro facility
- Report finds Arkansas counties losing access to hospital obstetric care
- St. Louis Fed Reports Modest Economic Uptick in Arkansas, Surrounding Region
- State recognizes Northeast Arkansas hospitals, ambulance services for stroke care
- Stone Bank, Washington Regional, UAMS Announce Hires & Promotions (Movers & Shakers)
- Survey finds gaps in Arkansas hospitals’ preparedness for pregnancy-related emergencies
CALIFORNIA
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- Alameda Health System lays off hundreds of workers, blames ‘unprecedented’ federal cuts
- At 100, Dignity Health-Glendale Memorial looks to its next chapter
- California hospital secures loan, delaying potential closure
- California’s mental health system restructuring: 5 things to know
- CBRE Negotiates Sale of 72,000 SF Medical Office Building in Escondido, California for $36.4M
- Cedars-Sinai trains more than 1,000 employees in AI
- Golden Valley Health Center reopens Modesto-area ‘school-based’ dental clinic
- Hoag Orthopedic Institute ASC earns Press Ganey award
- Kaiser Permanente fined $300,000 by state for inadequate behavioral health coverage
- Kaiser Permanente reaches $46M settlement over data sharing; 13 million people could get a payout
- Louisiana pushes for extradition of California physician: 6 things to know
- NorthBay taps compliance officer
- Permit and persist: Why women CEOs and allies flooded Union Square with pink during JPM
- Rio Linda home health provider Alliance files bankruptcy with $1.8M in liabilities
- Shuttered St. Vincent Medical Center to become homeless service campus
- Sutter Health signals plans to expand outside California
- UC San Diego Health trims Epic training time by 75%
- ‘We’re not far away from having hospital deserts’: Scripps Health CEO, CFO warn cuts put system at risk
- Anthropic rolls out Claude for Healthcare
- California firm wins $1B bid for Chester County’s Genesis HealthCare, report says
- California flu hospitalizations are climbing. Here’s what doctors are watching next
- California hospital CEO to retire; successor named
- California hospital names new CEO
- California steps up with new healthcare AI regulation for the new year
- Cedars-Sinai to build drug safety AI tool
- Feds investigating possible healthcare fraud in California
- How California is rewriting the PBM playbook
- Huntington Health taps new president
- Kaiser names chief public affairs officer
- Kaiser Permanente to pay $556M to settle Medicare Advantage whistleblower lawsuit
- Lurie Backs Proposed California Law to Allow Court-Ordered Psychiatric Drugs
- Providence division CFO exits
- Providence hospital names chief medical officer
- Rady Children’s names inaugural wellness chair
- RSV ‘strongly increasing’ in California. Here’s how to keep your family safe
- SEIU cancels 5-day strike at KPC Health facilities in California
- Sutter Health taps leader for out-of-state mergers, joint ventures
- UCLA researchers challenge federal surgical safety metric
- Workers at 6 KPC hospitals reach labor deal
COLORADO
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- $1.2 billion deal drives record year for Colorado life sciences industry
- Colorado hospital adding nearly 800 cameras in patient rooms to add telehealth options
- Colorado tech companies aim to bring down surging health care costs
- Denver ASC earns AAAHC accreditation
- Denver Health text message campaign boosts kids’ flu vaccination rates by 63% in Black communities
- Denver is revamping its residential health regulations for first time in a decade
- UCHealth expands AI scribes to 2,000 providers
- A rural Colorado hospital, amid constant funding struggles, draws lifeblood by leveraging lab services
- Colorado health experts encourage use of telehealth to lighten load of ER during unprecedented flu season
- Colorado’s getting $1 billion to ‘transform’ rural health care: Hospitals aren’t thrilled with the state’s plan
CONNECTICUT
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- 2 of CT’s largest cities join 5 other communities in filing lawsuits vs. insulin drugmakers, PBMs
- Hartford HealthCare acquires physician group for $3M
- Hartford HealthCare Made Giant Strides in Patient Safety. Here’s How.
- Hartford HealthCare saves $88M in 2025 through clinical redesign
- Spire Orthopedic Partners names COO
- Why CT lawmakers want to restrict private equity in hospitals. ‘We can’t let this happen again’
- 3 people from North Haven counseling business accused of Medicaid fraud
- Connecticut Counseling Group Expands to Norwalk and Trumbull to Support Community Mental Health
- Connecticut to Sell $683.3 Million in Revenue Bonds for Hartford Healthcare
DC
DELAWARE
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- Bill could revive Delaware hospital cost review board, with changes
- Midtown Medical Office Building Changes Hands For $17M
- S&P downgraded ChristianaCare’s credit rating
- Delaware sues drugmakers, PBMs over insulin pricing
- Johnson & Johnson’s $1 billion loss from robotics takeover reduced by Delaware top court
FLORIDA
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- AdventHealth hospital taps chief medical officer
- AdventHealth names regional executive officer, CEO
- AdventHealth Celebration taps former COO as CEO during $340M expansion
- Baptist plans dual-brand Marriott hotel on Southbank
- BayCare’s $650M children’s hospital takes shape with a focus on color, patient autonomy
- Bill proposes closer collaboration between Broward Health, Memorial
- CancerX accelerator at Moffitt selects 12 startups for third cohort
- Cape Coral Hospital expands emergency department capacity
- Charlotte developer breaks ground on Wesley Chapel medical office
- Florida brokerage exec gets 3 years for role in $133M ACA fraud scheme
- Florida pain practice acquired
- From boardrooms to art studios, local nonprofit honors women shaping health on the First Coast
- HCA Florida, UCF to launch internal medicine residency program
- Jacksonville podiatry practice crosses bridges so its patients don’t have to
- Jupiter Medical Center receives largest-ever donation
- Jupiter Hospital Debuts $135M Expansion
- Jupiter Medical Center partners with HSS on orthopedic care
- Lee Health opens advanced heart failure center
- Mass General Brigham, Tampa General launch Florida ambulatory partnership
- Meet the Navy veteran couple building a concierge medicine business in Jacksonville
- Miami health care company files for bankruptcy with over $2.5 million in debts
- Moffitt Cancer Center opens first building at Speros campus
- National radiology group acquires 13 facilities in Florida
- Orlando Health nears completion of $160M children’s pavilion
- Serenity Mental Health secures in-network status with Florida Blue
- South Florida cancer care expansions add $550 million in new facilities to close treatment gaps
- South Florida hospital nabs record $35 million donation
- Swiss pharma giant Novartis to invest $70M in new Winter Park facility
- Tampa General, Mass General Brigham to create ambulatory network serving three Florida counties
- U of Miami to offer ‘physician-only’ exec education program
- Why the Orlando Health-Solara deal could mark an ASC growth turning point
GEORGIA
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- Atlanta pharmacies, hospitals under strain as ‘super flu’ spreads
- CommonSpirit opens Georgia hospital to prevent care from flowing to Tennessee
- Georgia issues $25M in fines to 11 insurers over mental health parity violations
- Georgia gets $219 million to ‘transform’ rural health
- HCA Georgia hospital taps CFO
- Piedmont Walton Hospital breaks ground on Emergency Department expansion
- New CommonSpirit hospital in Ringgold aims to keep healthcare in Georgia
- Georgia’s public health board hasn’t met in months
- National health ranking puts Georgia near bottom of list. Here’s why
- Memorial Health first in Georgia to offer photon-counting CT scan for adults
HAWAII
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- Hawaii cancer center pays ransom to hackers
- Hawaii keeps child vaccine recommendations despite U.S. rollback
- Hawaii Primary Care Association names new CEO
- Hawaii medical community challenges HMSA-Hawaii Pacific Health partnership
- Lawmakers, other health care providers question proposed HPH-HMSA partnership
- University of Hawaii Cancer Center discloses ransomware attack
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- Chicago med-tech firm Cardio Diagnostics expands AI heart disease test to India
- CommonSpirit to sell more facilities to boost finances
- Illinois hospitals now on the clock to report policies on dealing with law enforcement
- Northwestern takes on its biggest rival in transplants: Time
- Northwestern’s gleaming outpatient clinic shows Bronzeville is ripe for investment
- OSF HealthCare pilots clinical intelligence platform
- Graham Health System Expansion to Bring More Surgical Services to Western Illinois
- HSHS, Lifepoint partner on rehabilitation hospital in Wisconsin
- Illinois system names CEO
- Prime Illinois hospital names CEO
- SSM Health’s solar projects slash CO₂ emissions in Illinois
INDIANA
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- 5 hospitals, health systems raising workers’ pay
- Community Health Network Foundation CEO Joyce Irwin to retire
- Community Health Network tops off hospital building
- Epic, healthcare organizations sue data exchange over alleged misuse of patient records
- Franciscan Health to open freestanding ED next to ASC joint venture in ‘growing market’
- Indiana Hospital Association names Dr. Jim Callaghan 2026 Board Chair
- Indiana system names chief nurse
- Indianapolis startup Ahimsa growing on the national stage
- New Riley Children’s Foundation CEO looks to exceed $300M fundraising goal
- OrthoIndy, Franciscan Health open ASC in ‘growing market’
- Parkview Health partners with nonprofit to forgive $64M in medical debt
- Ribbon-cutting marks launch of Ascension St. Vincent-Noblesville clinic
- Eskenazi Health announces new maternal health programs
- Hoosier Survey details opinions on health care, marijuana legalization, more
- HealthLinc opens new Newton County clinic
IOWA
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- California equity group buys medical office building in West Des Moines for $12.9 million
- Former UI physician appeals disciplinary-issue ruling to Iowa Supreme Court
- Seven complaints, 16 violations at West Branch nursing home
- UI Health Care performs nation’s first biodegradable pancreatic stent procedure
- University of Iowa Health Care to pay family $3.5M after infant born with brain damage
- University of Iowa Health Care briefs lawmakers on NICU success
- Central Iowa hospital delays elective surgeries due to high patient volume
- Clarke County Hospital Expands Behavioral Health Services to Children Ages 6 and Up
- Iowa awarded $209 million for first year of federal rural health program
- Iowa hospital to close labor and delivery unit amid care-model shift
- Iowa nurse accused of stealing patient medications, falsifying records
- Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center ends birthing services
KANSAS
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- LMH Health expands mental health care in primary clinics
- Top KU Health exec will serve as statewide nonprofit’s chair
- Wesley Woodlawn emergency department to nearly double in size with $28M expansion
- Why 30 hospitals in Kansas and 12 in Missouri are at risk of closure
- Kansas governor’s budget highlights education, mental health care, water and state employee raises
- Kansas nurse’s lapsed license leads to board of nursing changes in renewal process
- KU Health System announces purchase of Great Bend Regional
KENTUCKY
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- Aetna Better Health of Kentucky names Chris Lindy as new CEO
- Hospitals rethink PTO to combat burnout
- Kentucky hospital halts sale talks, names CEO
- Markey Cancer Center treats 1st patient in U.S. with new lung cancer therapy
- Mortenson Dental Partners promotes Jeff Reibel to president and CFO
- UK HealthCare highlights 18 months of UK St. Claire integration, expanding care and workforce
- Kentucky lawmakers aim to make health data more accessible, improve outcomes
- KY pharmacists could get Medicaid reimbursement for routine services under Republican bill
- Some cancer survivors now eligible to donate blood in Kentucky
LOUISIANA
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- Dr. Stanley Hoang pushes limits of awake surgery: Inside a world-first spinal fusion
- Louisiana pushes for extradition of California physician: 6 things to know
- New Orleans East Hospital launches book vending machine in emergency department
- Ochsner Health taps COO
- Allegiance and Ochsner Health sign affiliation agreement to support rural care in Louisiana
- FMOL Health hospital president to retire
- Louisiana locked up misoprostol a year ago — and is now trying to restrict it nationally
- LSU Health Clinic Chosen for National Opioid Care Program
- North Oaks relocates clinics to expand care, support growth
- Ochsner exec heads to Grady Health System
MAINE
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- 5 hospitals, health systems raising workers’ pay
- Castine primary care practice to close next month
- Central Maine Healthcare data breach affected more than 145K
- How Maine could fix its physician shortage without a public medical school
- Maine Medical Center nurses win union contract with 21% raise, safety measures
- Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center implements masking policy as flu cases surge
- Virtual specialty consults avert 1,900 in-person visits in Maine
- Western Maine doctors swamped by flu: ‘Perfect storms’
MARYLAND
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- Johns Hopkins study finds medical debt linked to housing instability
- Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic names new head of clinical care
- Maryland ASC becomes first-in-region to add robotic gynecologic surgery
- Maryland ophthalmology practices merge, open joint facility
- TidalHealth integrates orthopedic group under new institute
- Maryland boosts enrollment on its health exchange, but concerns linger
- Maryland recovers $2.6 million for consumers fighting denied health insurance claims
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Epic, healthcare organizations sue data exchange over alleged misuse of patient records
- Fallon Health to join Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- Mass General Brigham develops autonomous AI
- Mass General Brigham, Tampa General launch Florida ambulatory partnership
- Mass General Brigham to expand AI-powered primary care
- On the South Shore, health system adopts ‘spy movie’ machine learning and other new technology
- Physician group joins UMass Memorial Health
- Maryland Voters Back Hospital Price Review
- Biogen CEO seeks acquisition to boost near-term revenue growth
- Boston Scientific buys Penumbra in $14.5B acquisition
- Boston Scientific, Charles River make acquisitions during JPM
- Embattled Worcester hospital announces new interim CEO on its website
- Healey proposes sweeping prior authorization overhaul
- Kestrel Therapeutics moves into Arsenal on the Charles in Watertown
- Labcorp to shutter Bedford site, cut nearly 100 jobs
- Lifeward plans to sell nearly 50% of company for $47M, acquire protein drug therapy
- Mass. to enact safety reforms after deadly fire at Fall River assisted living facility
- Massachusetts biotech leaders eye China, AI at J.P. Morgan conference
- Massachusetts health insurance prior authorizations to face restrictions, Healey says
- Massachusetts lawmakers file eminent domain bill as backup plan for closed hospital
- Massachusetts ophthalmology practice suffers data incident
- Rome Therapeutics sells to Waltham’s Pretzel Therapeutics
- Saint Vincent names interim CEO
- Sarepta looks to reframe narrative after patient deaths and regulatory battle
- South Shore Health uses AI for MRI scans, mammography screening
- Tampa General, Mass General Brigham to establish joint ambulatory network
- Tenet Massachusetts market CEO exits after less than 1 year
- Thermo Fisher closing North Carolina site, laying off 421 workers
- Two nurses sue Massachusetts nursing home claiming retaliation for reporting abuse
- Watertown biotech Lyra Therapeutics lays off nearly all staff as cash dwindles
- Worcester Foundation launches $125K grant program for community health
MICHIGAN
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- 5 hospitals, health systems raising workers’ pay
- 4 Corewell hospitals no longer in UnitedHealthcare network
- Corewell Health launches behavioral health clinic
- Epic, healthcare organizations sue data exchange over alleged misuse of patient records
- Henry Ford Health, BAMF team up at former ‘fail jail‘ site in Detroit
- Inside BAMF Health’s plan to build a national network of cancer clinics
- Hospitals rethink PTO to combat burnout
- Trinity Health cuts revenue cycle workforce by 10.5%
- Judge: Michigan bid to rebuild mental health care has ‘significant conflicts’
- Bronson to invest $15M into ER at rural Southwest Michigan hospital
MINNESOTA
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- Hennepin Healthcare interim CEO steps down
- Minnesota appeals Dr. Oz decision to withhold $2 billion in Medicaid investments
- Minnesota state legislators go to rural communities to better understand health care needs
- Minnesota to pause provider enrollment across 13 Medicaid services
- Health care workers push for changes as ICE causes fear at HCMC
- ICE agents at Twin Cities hospitals alarm medical staff
- Minnesota justices urged to expand patient privacy to include hospital room number
- Minnesota lawmakers demand ICE agents stay out of hospitals
- Minnesota lawmakers visit rural communities to hear health care concerns
- New rural MN health funds welcome but won’t offset Medicaid cuts
- Optum Ventures backs AI oncology startup in $11.1M investment
- Understanding the health insurance hike after tax subsidies expire
- UnitedHealthcare launches accelerated Medicare Advantage payment program for rural hospitals
- UnitedHealthcare to pilot accelerated MA payments to rural hospitals
MISSISSIPPI
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- Certificate of Need reform bill vetoed by Governor back before lawmakers
- Mississippi hospital to implement Epic
- Mississippi lawmakers aim to raise funding cap for hospitals
- Rural healthcare in Mississippi faces challenges and opportunities
- Flu cases more than double on Mississippi Coast as season peaks, officials say
- Mississippi adopts new system to fight maternal mortality
- Mississippi faces deepening nursing shortage that threatens rural, critical care access
MISSOURI
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- HCA Missouri hospital taps new CFO
- Mercy taps contracting president from Humana
- Missouri Supreme Court upholds state’s gender-affirming care restrictions
- NKC Health CEO will be chair of Missouri Hospital Association
- Report: Dozens of rural Missouri hospitals at risk of closing
- State general revenue needed for first time to fund Missouri Medicaid expansion
- Why 30 hospitals in Kansas and 12 in Missouri are at risk of closure
- MU Health Care ambulances earn certification to carry children of any age
- Missouri, Illinois say school vaccine requirements unchanged after CDC recommendation shift
- Missouri Department of Corrections exploring new health care options
- Another Missouri Planned Parenthood clinic closes its doors, citing funding challenges and a shift to telehealth
MONTANA
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- Everything you need to know about Montana’s rural health windfall
- ‘No AMC is coming to save rural America’: Providence, U of Montana reimagine healthcare innovation
- Colstrip Hospital District receives $120,000 grant from Montana Department of Commerce
- Intermountain Health Effort Helps Colorado, Montana, Utah Lead in RSV Protection for Babies
- Montana receives historic $233M for rural health care transformation
NEBRASKA
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- CHI Health St. Francis closing its skilled nursing facility in G.I.
- Children’s Nebraska rewrites the pediatric behavioral health playbook
- Hospital CMO Shares Keys to Success in Rural Health
- U of Nebraska regents seek state probe of Nebraska Medicine
- Gov. Jim Pillen proposes DHHS cuts of over $152 million to balance budget
- Nebraska hospital leaders warn mounting financial challenges and Medicaid cuts could affect care access
- Nebraska hospitals face rising costs, potential budget cuts
- Nebraska hospitals prepare to face policy changes, potential cuts this year
NEVADA
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- Clark County pilot cut hospitalizations, boosted 911 mental health response
- Nevada receives $180M in federal money for rural health care
- Fallon welcomes New Frontier Treatment Center for mental health services
- Former employee sues Las Vegas youth mental health provider, alleges Medicaid fraud, unsafe care
- Healthcare premiums spike an average of 26% in Nevada
- Nevada organization to take over Florida organ procurement after agency decertified
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- 5 hospitals, health systems raising workers’ pay
- Controversial plan to move N.J. hospital approved — with conditions
- New Jersey anesthesia group taps CMO
- New Jersey physician charged with illegal opioid distribution, Medicaid fraud
- Radiology Partners sells 2 imaging centers to New Jersey private practice
- RWJBarnabas Health gets green light for new $858M hospital
- Blackbird Health expands to South Jersey with clinic in Mount Laurel
- EnableComp acquires New Jersey revenue recovery firm to expand hospital services
- Hackensack Meridian rolls out AI tool to streamline patient history
- RWJBarnabas Health secures naming rights for Red Bull training facility
NEW MEXICO
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- New Mexico hospital nurses vote to unionize
- Arrow Health expanding LGBTQ+ care in New Mexico
- Lawsuit accuses Lovelace of delaying C-sections, causing severe infant injuries
- New Mexico health crisis: PBS documentary reveals rural healthcare struggles
- New Mexico, other states in sprint to launch rural health plans
- New Mexico prisons health care provider disputes $4.2 million tax liability
- New Mexico’s Massive Healthcare Expansion
- Presbyterian Healthcare Services names new analytics chief
- Presbyterian starts campaign to reform medical malpractice
- States race to launch rural health transformation plans
NEW YORK
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- Bain Capital Duo Lands $48M for Tri-State Area Senior Housing Assets
- CleanCare Linen may close Buffalo plant after Kaleida, ECMC loss
- EmblemHealth faces lawsuit over ‘ghost network’
- Evolve Orthopedic Partners adds 2 New York orthopedic, spine practices
- Great Lakes Cancer Care effort shelved 7 years after launch
- How Mount Sinai is rewiring pharmacy for the AI era
- Kaleida Health, partners shelve Great Lakes Cancer Care brand
- Linen supplier faces closure after loss of hospital contracts
- Maimonides Medical Center director’s lawsuit names NYC Health + Hospitals
- Nearly 15,000 nurses strike in NYC: 6 things to know
- New York City nurses strike enters 4th day: Where things stand
- New York hospital to replace legacy EHR with Oracle Health
- New York Oncology Hematology names new practice president
- New York state employee plan audit identifies $19.3M in Anthem lapses
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health rolls out home prescription delivery
- NYC Health + Hospitals cut behavioral health staff vacancies to 6%
- NYC Health + Hospitals expands maternal care programs at Bronx campuses
- NYC’s new deputy mayor for health went from Covid patient to hospital CEO
- Police fatally shoot patient wielding blade at NYC hospital
- New York hospital unveils $53M in construction projects
- NYC Health + Hospitals names long-term care facility CEO
- NYOH names Dr. Karen Tedesco practice president
- Police fatally shoot patient wielding blade at NYC hospital
- Tempus, NYU Langone Health launch multi-year cancer research collaboration
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Cary land deal signals more growth ahead in booming area
- Diagnostic Radiology and Imaging in Greensboro names first CEO in nearly 30-year history
- NC Children’s receives $25M gift to create behavioral health center
- North Carolina company gifts $25M for children’s hospital
- Novant Health taps VP of revenue cycle transformation
- OrthoCarolina CEO: When do JVs with hospitals make sense for ASCs?
- Pharma giant expands multibillion-dollar investment in Eastern NC with 500-job facility
- RTP firm lands funding to expand clinical network across U.S., grow headcount
- Sentara donates $82K in furniture, equipment after move to new hospital
- Tennessee company moves HQ to Durham
- UNC Health Pardee breaks ground on new Hendersonville medical office
- Southeastern North Carolina Wants to Grow Its Own Health Care Workforce
- $213M awarded to North Carolina for rural health care workforce, mental health access
- North Carolina confirms 5th measles case as South Carolina’s outbreak surges
- New report ranks North Carolina 22nd for the healthiest states in the U.S.
- North Carolina hospitals clash with sheriffs over mental health evaluation law
- North Carolina mental health grants restored after federal reversal
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Jamestown Regional Medical Center earns national recognition for nursing satisfaction and patient outcomes
- North Dakota flu season includes first child deaths since 2016
- North Dakota lawmakers poised to act next week on federal rural health spending
- North Dakota leaders tout plan to secure continued Rural Health Transformation funding
- North Dakota officials celebrate being among big winners in federal rural health funding
- Pair of children under 10 among five flu-related deaths in North Dakota this season
- State-of-the-art North Dakota State Hospital project underway
- Trinity Health Foundation awards nursing scholarships
OHIO
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- Cincinnati Children’s expands pediatric primary care to new suburb through acquisition
- Cleveland Clinic expands elective surgical availability
- Cleveland Clinic main campus to offer elective spine, orthopedic cases on weekends
- Cleveland Clinic spinoff Enspire lands $10M to expand clinical trial for stroke patients
- Ohio AG Dave Yost seeks to shutter nursing home, citing safety concerns
- Ohio city relaunches pharmacy technician program
- Ohio State Wexner Medical Center’s $1.9B main tower was nearly 12 years in the making
- Summa Health vice president of finance exits
- Federal funds for rural health on the way to Ohio, but not enough to offset cuts, advocates say
- Ohio State unveils new 26-story hospital
- Ohio’s severe mental health care shortage leaving families waiting
- OhioHealth, Columbus family foundation end decades-long relationship
- Ohio Bets on Workforce Training to Capture Boom in Biomanufacturing, Digital Health
- Hospital ER wait times by state: Where Ohio ranked
- MetroHealth CEO named to Ohio Hospital Association board
- Ohio nursing home patients need relocated after discovering serious health and safety failures
- This Ohio pharmacy professor is training to bridge rural healthcare gaps
- Ohio doctor sentenced to 5 years for $14M fraud scheme
- Gifthealth, a healthtech startup, to create 200 jobs in Mesa
OKLAHOMA
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- 3 Oklahoma ophthalmology practices acquired
- Hospitals rethink PTO to combat burnout
- Oklahoma awarded $223 million for rural healthcare
- Cherokee Nation, OU propose $30 million nursing school in Tahlequah to address workforce shortage
- Medical supply company owner indicted in $30M fraud scheme involving physician kickbacks
- Oklahoma leaders highlight major investment in rural health care and workforce
- UnitedHealthcare to pilot accelerated MA payments to rural hospitals
OREGON
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- 2 Oregon payers warn about data breach
- Oregon homelessness emergency extension targets mental health, SUD care
- Oregon scrambles to protect immigrants’ Medicaid data after judge’s ruling
- OHSU President Elnahal urges state to continue funding graduate medical education
- Oregon health officials confirm first measles cases of 2026
- Protest at Legacy Hospital against ICE, demand detainee rights
- Oregon ranks 19th in national health report
- Oregon Health Authority seeks new members for Oversight and Accountability Council
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 500 UPMC nurses reach tentative labor agreement: 4 notes
- AHN West Penn Hospital President Brian Johnson takes new role at AHN
- Allegheny Health Network names 5 leaders
- Bucks nursing home explosion: Lawsuit alleges negligence
- CHOP to cocreate autism care centers
- Health care consolidation reshapes local hospital landscape
- Husband of nurse killed in Pa. nursing home explosion sues facility, PECO
- Jefferson Health sues drugmakers, PBMs over alleged ‘insulin pricing scheme’
- Net Health acquires Keet Health and forms strategic partnership
- Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster names new CEO
- Penn Medicine, Epic reimagine clinic design together
- Penn Medicine links EHR data with real-time care recordings
- Prospect Medical seeks court approval to dispose of 470,000 Crozer Health patient records
- St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children announced its third leadership change in less than two years
- St. Christopher’s Hospital interim CEO steps down; nursing chief takes over
- UPMC Enterprises invests in Boston cancer diagnostics startup’s $83.5M financing round
- WellSpan to move entire tech infrastructure to AWS cloud
- Why Geisinger went biosimilar-1st across its pharmacy portfolio
- Century Therapeutics set to close $135M raise for diabetes cure
- Dr. Brian Johnson named medical director of AHN physician network
- Harmony projects Wakix will surpass $1 billion milestone in 2026
- Maternal health care deserts are spreading in rural Pennsylvania
- Nurses’ union poised for big wins in Altoona
- Penn, BioNTech and Osage launch $50M life sciences fund
- Penn Medicine develops AI tool to streamline EHR data retrieval
- Pennsylvania hospital interim CEO exits
- Pennsylvania orthopedic group names CEO
- Planned Parenthood closes Pittsburgh-area locations over staffing shortages
- St. Luke’s launches college to bolster healthcare workforce
RHODE ISLAND
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- Doctors’ group that bought VillageMD clinics in Rhode Island issues progress report
- Invictus secures funds for trial of room-temperature insulin
- Behavioral care express clinic opens at Butler Hospital in Providence
- Brown University Health opens Barrington urgent care center
- Care New England launches new brand identity across care centers
- Care New England refreshes brand
- Embattled McKee highlights affordability, takes on Trump in 2026 State of State
- Focused ultrasound clinical trial ‘could redefine how we treat brain tumors’
- Home care providers call out McKee Administration for cutting care hours to pay for state minimum wage increase
- PCP group that bought VillageMD clinics in RI touts progress
- R.I. health officials oppose changes to federal childhood vaccination guidelines
- Thrive Behavioral Health could owe state $1.3M after audit finds billing issues
- Wood River Health staffers discuss impact of housing support on health outcomes at regional conference
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- How a MUSC Health leader quells pushback, empowers staff
- How Tidelands Health built a high school-to-healthcare career pipeline
- MUSC Health, Baxter partner on ‘connected’ care for nurses
- Prisma Health names Steve LeBlond chief information officer
- South Carolina hospital names CEO
- Nursing home employee stole $146,000 from 132 residents
- South Carolina lab to pay $6.8M for physician kickbacks claims
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Sanford Health to launch 2 cancer support groups in Bemidji
- Sanford Orthopedic Hospital opens in Sioux Falls
- State facilitates $200 million in bonds for Monument Health amid Sanford’s expansion into Rapid City
- Avera Health opens GI practice
- Board approves $200M in bonds for Rapid City hospital
- South Dakota critical access hospital names CFO
TENNESSEE
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- Ascension Saint Thomas names CEO of behavioral health hospital
- Ascension Saint Thomas names Dr. Joshua Ramsey Chief Medical Officer of River Park Hospital
- Baptist sells major Germantown physician practice
- C. Wright Pinson names AI, workforce support among top priorities for health care industry
- Cigna, CommonSpirit’s Memorial Hospital have yet to reach agreement
- CommonSpirit opens Georgia hospital to prevent care from flowing to Tennessee
- Dr. John Crockarell named Campbell Clinic chief of staff
- HCA Healthcare among first to access OpenAI’s new health care programs
- HCA Healthcare names Erica Rossitto head of nursing
- Legislators will continue repeal push against Tennessee’s health care approval law
- Lifepoint Health selects AI scribe
- Nashville Health Care Council names first independent board, adds industry leaders
- Nashville launches task force aimed at improving safety, health
- New chief of staff takes the helm at one of Memphis’ largest companies
- Should Nashville General Hospital move to a new location? The Mayor says he’s not quite ready for that debate
- Tennessee cardiovascular practice transitions to independent model
- Tennessee company moves HQ to Durham
- Tennessee lawmakers vouch to fight CON law
- Tennessee physician convicted in $41M fraud case
- Vanderbilt Transplant Center now largest program in US
- A Heated Rivalry in Tennessee: Vitruvian Health Pushes Back Against HCA Expansion
TEXAS
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- Baylor College of Medicine names University of Minnesota dean as new president and CEO
- Behind the deal: How MD Anderson’s partnership with Sophia Genetics advances cancer diagnosis
- Judge Dismisses Organ Transplant Fraud Lawsuit Against Southwest Transplant Alliance
- Methodist Healthcare wraps $2.3M emergency room expansion at San Antonio hospital
- Nutex Health reopens Bayou City ER & Hospital in Humble after 2024 closure
- San Antonio nonprofit hit by $5M federal cut in mental health funding
- Texas physician owner, staffer sentenced in $3.1M Medicare fraud case
- Texas system to invest $1.7B in expansion
- Texas system to acquire Quorum-owned hospital
- University Health reveals timeline for completing $1.5B hospital projects in San Antonio
- UT Austin receives $100M for new medical center
- Why the Orlando Health-Solara deal could mark an ASC growth turning point
- Almost 800 patients have been in Texas state hospitals for more than a year
- ARPA-H awards UT Southwestern $25M for artificial organ research
- Ascension Providence appoints COO
- Austin couple gives $100M for UT, MD Anderson medical center
- Austin family invests in UT medical center
- Biotech co. Gradalis appoints new CEO
- Cash prices frequently undercut insurance rates at Texas hospitals, study finds
- Dallas Nonprofit Parker’s Room to Take Home Health Nurse Training Nationwide
- How MD Anderson, Sophia plan to build the next big cancer test
- Shuttered Texas micro-hospital reopens
- Tenet Texas hospital taps Christus executive as CEO
- Texas Children’s first hospital in Austin to get its own helicopter
- Texas health stories to watch in 2026: Abortion, vaccines and more
- Texas is one of worst states in the nation for health, new study says
UTAH
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- Intermountain names regional president
- Mapped: Utah ranks 5th in U.S. for overall health
- University of Utah Health CIO adds new title
- Utah Health Policy Project addresses expected changes to healthcare in Utah
- Utah sees lower isolation than the US, but men’s mental health is still a concern
- Utah tests AI for routine medication refills through regulatory relief program
- Intermountain Health Effort Helps Colorado, Montana, Utah Lead in RSV Protection for Babies
- Trump administration restores Utah’s reproductive health funds months after freeze caused clinic closures
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- 68-year-old CHKD Medical Tower being torn down to make way for open space
- A community health system CEO’s bet on academic medicine
- CEO of HCA Virginia behavioral health hospital exits after 9 months
- HCA’s Reston Hospital Center targeting summer delivery for freestanding ER
- Virginia physician practice to close, cites regulatory pressure
- Virginia surgeon named future president of orthopedic-oncology society
- Centra exploring options for future of Virginia Baptist Hospital
WASHINGTON
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- 5 hospitals, health systems raising workers’ pay
- ‘No AMC is coming to save rural America’: Providence, U of Montana reimagine healthcare innovation
- Providence to modernize clinical engineering via TRIMEDX partnership
- Providence to transition dozens of Seattle-area employees to contract roles
- Pullman Regional Hospital taps new CFO
- Washington legislature considers bill that would expand health insurance coverage for life saving treatments
- Washington state fines Kaiser health plan for mental health parity violations
- Why Providence created caregiver training for ‘emotional CPR’
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
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- Froedtert Holy Family Memorial boosts Manitowoc nonprofits with $70K
- Menomonee Falls surgery center reopening with narrowed specialty approach
- Multi-state lawsuit against H.H.S. after grant applications denied for using ‘DEI related terms’
- New online nursing program aims to address Wisconsin workforce shortage
- UW Health pausing gender-affirming care for patients under 18
- Wausau discusses senior housing solutions as elderly population grows
- Wisconsin projects $213M Medicaid shortfall
- Children’s Wisconsin taps new COO
- Children’s Wisconsin, UW Health stop providing gender-affirming treatments for minors
- HSHS, Lifepoint partner on rehabilitation hospital in Wisconsin
- Medical College of Wisconsin Receives Prestigious, Nationwide Designation for Excellence in Community Engagement
- Strategic Radiology expands into Wisconsin, adding 60-year-old private practice
WYOMING
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- Behavioral health survey goes live
- Wyoming receives $200M to address rural healthcare problems
- Tens of millions denied for Wyoming health department budget
- ‘In perpetuity’ – Wyoming officials outline long-term strategy for federal Rural Health Transformation funding
- Blocking $58 Million For Tribal Clinic Could Cost Wyoming More Than It Saves
