NATIONAL
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- Children’s Hospital Association teams with Vizient
- CMS official defends flat Medicare Advantage rate proposal for 2027
- CMS pitches stricter oversight of organ procurement groups: 6 takeaways
- CMS proposes nearly flat Medicare Advantage payments for 2027: 5 notes
- CMS proposes excluding chart reviews from MA risk scoring in 2027 payment rule
- CMS seeks input on bolstering domestic supply chain
- Congress eyes tackling healthcare consolidation
- CVS accused of shutting out rival pharmacy hubs in House Judiciary investigation
- Doctors, veterans fear near-total abortion ban at VA will put women’s health at risk
- Employer-focused primary care companies Premise Health, Crossover Health announce merger plans
- False Claims Act settlements surpass $6B in 2025: Report
- Healthcare finance trends for 2026: A dynamic mix of opportunity and risk.
- Healthgrades names its best hospitals for 2026. Here are the top 50.
- House launches investigation into hospitals allegedly letting foreign patients jump organ transplant lines
- House passes healthcare spending package
- Interconnectedness, extortion risk make cybersecurity a healthcare C-suite priority
- Joint Commission, NQF align safety event reporting
- Joint Commission to launch outcomes-based cardiac certification
- Medicare prior authorizations off to a rocky start, providers say
- Nearly two-thirds of Epic hospitals use ambient AI tools
- Nonprofit hospitals face credit headwinds as ACA subsidies expire: Fitch
- Pediatric group breaks with CDC’s revised vaccine schedule: 6 notes
- Rural hospitals can realize big gains through strategic EHR optimization
- Senior living facilities ‘no lift’ policies could be banned by state laws
- The strategies hospitals are using to prevent readmissions
- UnitedHealth revenue climbs in 2025, though profit continues to fall
- VA to invest $4.8B in facilities improvements
- Walmart increases pay scale for pharmacy techs, elevates 3,000 roles
- What does CMS’ IPO phase-out mean for surgical care?
- With a massive snow storm, health systems’ plans go beyond the hospital
ALABAMA
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- AL hospital system would gain monopoly with proposed $450M deal
- Auburn-based specialty care practice opens location in metro
- Former Birmingham hospital CEO takes interim helm at Kansas hospital system amid leadership change
- Huntsville Hospital acquires Crestwood: Pay, healthcare access and monopoly issues arise
- Major health care entity closes pharmacy, urgent care site
- Alabama Senate committee considers bill requiring physicians 24/7 at emergency rooms
- Alabama expands mental health treatment for veterans with new multi-provider program
- Central Alabama hospital completes $14 million ER expansion
ALASKA
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- Alaska drug overdose deaths drop, though less dramatically than national plunge
- Mat-Su Health Foundation Names New Chief Administrative Officer
- Providence Alaska earns national recognition for high-quality maternity care
- Rural health funds | Talk of Alaska
- Expanding access to mental health care for Alaskans of all ages
- NIH grant advances Indigenous-driven genomic research in Alaska and Oklahoma
ARIZONA
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- 2 leaders on emerging behavioral health innovations
- Arizona business leaders champion ACS CancerRisk360™ to mark National Cancer Prevention Month
- HonorHealth’s commitment to exceptional nursing care earns national recognition
- Abrazo Health in Arizona sees uptick in respiratory viruses
- Arizona health expert says U.S. withdrawal from WHO would limit RJK Jr.’s influence on world
- Arizona midwife regulation bills held for revisions following opposition
- Arizona Native American women speak out about maternal mortality
- Arizona system names chief administrative officer
- At least a dozen nursing home residents sexually assaulted by same suspect, police say
- Here are the 9 safest hospitals in Arizona
- HonorHealth strengthens East Valley footprint
- Report names Phoenix Children’s Hospital among nation’s best for 2025
- Republicans push citizenship questions at hospitals as ICE enters medical facilities
ARKANSAS
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- Anne Gardner Named Chief Privacy Officer at Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield
- Arkansas Medical Marijuana Sales Hit Record High
- New Program Links Startups With Northwest Arkansas Health Organizations
- Arkansas hospitals see spike in ER visits after winter storm
- Arkansas mothers suing the state over ‘dangerous’ abortion ban
- Lawsuit says Arkansas’ near-total ban on abortion violates state’s constitution
- Learning what makes Arkansas Surgical Hospital so great
- New lawsuit challenges Arkansas’s abortion ban
- Sandra McGrew Named Executive Director of ACHI
- The next phase of maternal health in Arkansas
- UCA Launches New Innovation Campus
- Walmart increases pay scale for pharmacy techs, elevates 3,000 roles
- Walmart raises pharmacy technician pay and expands healthcare roles in the US
CALIFORNIA
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- 3 ASC projects over $1B
- 10% of California Hospitals Threatened with Closure: Industry Group
- 9 CA Hospitals Ranked In Top 1% Nationally In New Report
- Adventist Health Sierra Vista Hospital Plans $220 Million Expansion In San Luis Obispo, California
- Adventist Health taps new Southern California network finance officer
- Barton Health takes on full governance of critical access hospital
- Bioelectronic wristband offers continuous, objective, real-time stress monitoring
- California becomes first state to join WHO-backed international health network after US exit
- California county OKs emergency plan to stabilize hospital
- California delays psychiatric hospital staffing rules
- California health system taps VP of managed care contracting
- California hospital CEO steps down, interim named
- California hospital opens microbiology lab for faster diagnoses
- California hospital opens pharmacy, infusion center
- California hospital taps chief of staff
- California man pleads guilty in $54M radiology and hospice care fraud scheme
- California mental health hospitals warn of cuts after state hands down staffing rules
- California’s largest pediatric healthcare system to halt transgender care amid Trump administration threats
- California mental health hospitals warn of cuts after state hands down staffing rules
- California Revokes 280 Hospice Licenses in Fraud Fight; Congressional Hearing Set
- Dignity Health faces class action suit over alleged mishandling of deceased patients
- Dignity Health taps former Ascension exec as Central Coast market president
- Feds drop effort to get trans patients’ records from LA children’s hospital
- Health care company brings AI to CA’s homeless population
- Healthcare Rewards Co. Sues Partner Over Alleged Tech Theft
- Kaiser Permanente faces open-ended strike as unions reject generous contract offer
- Kaiser says hospitals and medical offices will remain open during strike
- Kaiser’s $556M Medicare Advantage whistleblower lawsuit: 10 things to know
- Kindred workers strike at 2 California hospitals
- Lawmakers hear stark warnings on Medicaid cuts; 2 million Californians at risk
- Loma Linda University Health president to retire
- Mike Guerra helped shape California’s biotech industry. Now, he’s going national
- More than 30,000 Kaiser staff to strike across California, Hawaii
- Oath Surgical CEO Oliver Keown looks to lead revolution of AI-focused surgery centers
- On eve of latest Kaiser strike, nurses sound alarm over patient care
- One Community Health says data breach stemmed from third-party vendor, not internal systems
- ‘People are coming in droves’: Inside Stanford Medicine’s coaching movement
- Providence CEO calls for Medicare Advantage ‘reset’ amid wave of network exits
- Providence Saint John’s nurses approve 3-year labor deal
- Sacramento approves over $1.3B in building permits for Kaiser’s Railyards hospital campus
- Stanford Radiology partners on AI safety
- Stanford uses AI to predict preemie complications
- Sutter Health breaks ground on $380M cancer center in Modesto
- Sutter Health completes $21.7M land purchase for Folsom medical campus
- Sutter Health taps hospital CEO
- Mia Bonta pleads for ‘pandemic-level’ response to Feds’ gutting of Medi-Cal
- Molina rolls out home health aide training to fill 15,000 roles
- Premise Health to merge with California-based medical group
- Stanford Medicine names radiology chair
- UC Davis Children’s names VP, associate chief nurse
COLORADO
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- 69% of Colorado Hospitals “Financially Unstable” According to Colorado Hospital Association Report
- AdventHealth hospital launches virtual nursing model
- Colorado ASC performs first pulsed field ablation in the region
- Colorado launches eHealth data sharing challenge
- How 6 systems integrate behavioral health to ease ED strain
- Medtronic partners with CU campuses to develop future medical technology
- Rural hospitals wrestle with a new landscape after federal cuts, worry they’re starting to drown financially
- UCHealth, AdventHealth plan adjacent hospitals in Broomfield
- Zynex hires security amid retaliation fears as founder denied bail in fraud case
- Health insurance enrollment declines in Colorado, but not as much as feared
- Former Colorado medical executives indicted in health care fraud scheme
- Colorado health insurance cancellations increase 83% over last year
- Colorado bill would add schools, hospitals to list of ‘red flag’ petitioners
- Terminated doctors, nurse practitioner reach settlement with Peak Vista Community Health Centers
CONNECTICUT
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- 40+ radiologists leaving a CT hospital in less than two months. ‘Should be on the radar’: lawmaker
- A CT baby suffered permanent brain injury. Why her mother claims a hospital’s negligence led to it.
- A CT health care system achieved a first-of-a-kind status in nation. What it is and why it matters.
- Ambulance Billing Co. Settles Data Breach Claims
- Connecticut Children’s names chief physician
- CT health plan subsidies set to be available beginning Feb. 1
- CT hospitals struggling to keep up with ER demand, new dashboard shows
- CT nurse linked to 5 patient deaths pleads guilty to illegally prescribing drugs
- Hartford Hospital Awarded Grant to Prevent Firearm-Related Injuries
- Immigration enforcement drives health concerns in CT
- Prospect Medical bankruptcy dispute puts CT hospitals at risk of supply disruptions, attorney says
- Five Connecticut hospitals were named to ‘America’s 250 Best Hospitals’ list, one named top 50
- Hartford HealthCare cancer program earns new designation in MSK partnership
- Medical research’s future remains precarious in CT and beyond
- Radiology practice prepares to ditch hospital partner 3 years before new contract ends
DC
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- Judge blocks subpoena for Children’s National gender-affirming care records
- Risant Health’s Jaewon Ryu on value-based care and acquisitions
- Issues inside Cedar Hill hospital now catching the attention of DC leaders
- D.C. psychiatric hospital accused of compromising safety, security
- After D.C. clears homeless encampments, health workers warn of growing risks
DELAWARE
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- Bill to revamp Delaware’s hospital oversight board passes Senate
- ChristianaCare faces class-action lawsuit after patient data breach
- Delaware Healthcare groups support bill that says AI is not a doctor or nurse
- Trump administration investigates Nemours over its care for transgender youth
- Paxton files suit against Delaware nurse practitioner for providing abortion pills to Texans
FLORIDA
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- AdventHealth hospital taps chief nurse
- AdventHealth breaks ground on $130M hospital tower
- Baptist Health taps wearables for cardiology: 5 notes
- Baptist Health taps wearables for cardiology: 5 notes
- Clay Yarborough’s vaccine exemption bill clears first Senate committee despite warnings from physicians
- Former Indiana physician reaches $1.7 million settlement over Medicaid fraud
- GuideWell Source CEO Harvey Dikter to retire after 21 years, adding to leadership transition
- Lee Health completes Florida’s first robotic scoliosis surgery
- Nicklaus Children’s Announces New Board Chair Appointments Across Health System, Hospital, Foundation
- Orlando Health hospital names president
- Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital unveils $32M expansion
- Orlando VA hospital to adopt ambient AI
- Patient makes 2nd $500K donation to Holy Cross Health
- Physician named CMO of Shriner’s Children’s healthcare system
- Tampa General Hospital’s Dr. Gustavo Rivero Leads Translational Research for Hematologic Malignancies
- Tampa’s Cope Notes lands five-year contract
- University of Miami plans hospital on Coral Gables campus
- HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital Opens NICU and Women’s Care Expansion
GEORGIA
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- CHI Memorial officially takes on CommonSpirit name
- Emory Healthcare taps medication safety exec
- Emory rejuvenates brand: 7 things to know
- Georgia hospital plans tech upgrades with rural health funding
- Georgia hospital promotes administrator to CEO
- Hospital targets tech upgrades as rural aid rolls out
- Kaiser Permanente buys site near old Turner Field for $31.5 million to improve access to care
- Piedmont Healthcare shows how to innovate with virtual nursing
- As state lawmakers talk budget priorities, what’s on the table for Georgia’s health care agencies?
- ‘Despite numerous attempts’: Mayor says city shut off hospital’s water over $20k balance
- Savannah birth center closure highlights challenges in Georgia maternal health
- Colquitt Regional Health System receives statewide patient safety awards from Georgia Hospital Association
HAWAII
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- Kaiser Permanente begins construction on new oncology wing
- Kaiser Permanente Hawaii to build larger oncology wing at Moanalua Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente nurses and health care workers plan to strike
- More than 30,000 Kaiser staff to strike across California, Hawaii
- 3,000 pharmacists and technicians will join Kaiser’s nurses strike
- Queen’s medical system talks ‘intended and unintended consequences’ of HMSA-HPH deal
IDAHO
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- EIRMC North Idaho Falls ER set to open soon
- EIRMC’s new freestanding ER provides critical care as Idaho Falls continues to grow
- Idaho hospital implements Epic
- Idaho struggles to recruit doctors, provide adequate care due to abortion law, doctors say
- Idaho hospital taps CEO
- Idaho system lays off 10% of workforce, plans to close infusion clinic
- If Idaho cuts Medicaid, ripple effects on the budget are likely. Will they drive up costs elsewhere?
- Labrador ‘concerned’ taxpayer subsidy for St. Luke’s McCall housing may be unconstitutional
- Medicaid cuts, declining reimbursements lead to layoffs at Teton Valley Health Care
- North Idaho Falls ER officially opens next month
ILLINOIS
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- 2 Illinois Hospitals Ranked In Top 1% Nationally In New Report
- CommonSpirit in talks to sell 7 hospitals
- Hospitals in rural parts of state confront possibility of loss of services, closings
- How Endeavor Health has improved nurse retention
- Illinois-Based Healthcare Provider Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
- Illinois sees its worst flu season in recent years as vaccine skepticism grows
- Lurie Children’s Hospital In Chicago Halts Even More Trans Care For Minors
- Lurie Children’s plans 2nd Illinois pediatric hospital
- Memorial Health names chief strategy officer
- Nearly $200M coming to Illinois to expand health care in rural areas
- Northwestern’s ‘total artificial lung system’ keeps patient alive for 48 hours
- Prime Healthcare Expands Mission in Illinois with Franciscan Health Olympia Fields
- Pritzker announces new fund designed to support access to abortion care in Illinois
- Providers say feds’ new rural health care grants to Illinois won’t cover Medicaid cuts
- Romeo Orthopaedics opens specialty practice
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth taps new director of finance
- Why Prime invested $104M in its Illinois hospitals in 1 year
- Chicago biotech startup Prenosis raises $40M to advance AI sepsis diagnostic tool
- Matlin named Memorial Health Chief Strategy Officer
- Northwestern develops 1st in-utero monitor for fetal surgery
- OSF HealthCare to upgrade 139 ultrasound units
INDIANA
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- Ascension St. Vincent Makes Huge Milestone
- Elevance shares wobble on Trump administration plans, lower projections
- Eli Lilly to expand 340B reporting requirements
- Health Gorilla pushes back against Epic lawsuit over patient data access
- How physician ownership shapes OrthoIndy’s IT spending
- Indiana hospitals are facing worsening financials, IHA says
- Indiana hospitals warn of cuts, closures without lawmaker intervention
- Indiana U partnership targets bone health, fracture recovery
- Methodist Hospitals’ new CFO returns after 20 years
- Nearly half of Indiana’s hospitals are operating at a loss. They say they need help
- New Indiana Senate bill would expand state’s abortion law
- Parkview Health Plans To Build New Hospital In West Lafayette, Indiana
- Report: Indiana hospitals nearing ‘breaking point’ as financial pressures mount
- Indiana rural health care crisis is front and center
- Crossroads Health Ventures Secures $21 Million for Life Sciences Innovation Pipeline
- Health care services firm plans Jeffersonville office, 40 new jobs
- Goshen Health enters into formal partnership talks with Parkview Health
- Anti-abortion group asks Indiana Supreme Court to release terminated pregnancy reports
- PC3 Health expansion to bring 40 new jobs to Southern Indiana
- Indiana Statehouse turns purple as Alzheimer’s advocates drive legislative momentum
- Indiana pharmacist charged in ‘astronomical’ drug theft case still holds ‘free and clear’ license
- Lilly inks $1.1B gene therapy deal for hearing loss
IOWA
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- Iowa doctors, hospitals, insurers could opt out of care based on moral objections under bill
- Iowa hospital CEO to retire after 10 years
- Iowa officials eye behavioral health model for early childhood system
- Mercy Medical Center offers noninvasive ultrasound for prostate cancer treatment
- More MercyOne layoffs announced in Iowa
- UI Health Care’s AirCare base brings faster critical care to Quad Cities
- After 10-year probe and five malpractice claims, board gives doctor a warning
- Another rural hospital closes in Ottumwa: News and layoffs from the Iowa Worker’s Almanac
- Des Moines area medical education leader to retire
- Immigrant workers can fill Iowa health care gaps — when the system works
- Mercy Medical Center offers focal therapy for prostate cancer
- MercyOne announces layoffs at its Des Moines Medical Center
- Pella Corp. opens wellness center for employees, families
- Trump visits Iowa trying to focus on affordability during fallout over nurse’s Minneapolis shooting
- WesleyLife names Allison Pendroy as next president and CEO
KANSAS
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- Former Birmingham hospital CEO takes interim helm at Kansas hospital system amid leadership change
- Kevin Strecker departs CEO role at Ascension Via Christi
- Rural hospitals in Kansas are suing more patients
- Disciplinary actions against Kansas nurses over license renewals could be declared void under proposed bill
- KU Health names vice president of managed care
- Shakeup at SEKMHC
KENTUCKY
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- Appalachian Regional Healthcare launches new lifestyle medicine service
- Founder of non-profit raising millions for cancer patient support recognized
- Health Innovation Alliance launches after CEOc dissolves
- Humana shares crater on Medicare Advantage news
- Lawsuit claims Addiction Recovery Care in ‘desperate straits,’ owes feds $28 million
- Markey study finds targeted radiation therapy can be safely combined with chemotherapy
- Norton Children’s opens $1.6M cancer resource center to support families through treatment
- Saint Joseph Hospital Named One of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for 2026 by Healthgrades
- UofL Health treats first liver tumor patient with non-invasive robotic histotripsy system
- More than $2 million to improve Kentucky’s rural health programs
- Central Kentucky healthcare leaders announce CenterPoint Health
- Health bills on the move in the Kentucky legislature
- Kentucky bill would let health workers decline services that violate their conscience
- T.J. Samson Community Hospital becomes first healthcare provider in the U.S. to offer BrainWatch
LOUISIANA
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- Louisiana hospital group, physician face Stark law, false claims allegation
- Louisiana hospital names quality chief
- At least a dozen nursing home residents sexually assaulted by same suspect, police say
- Cancer research, gene therapy, more Louisiana health news
- FMOL Health announces change to increase pay across all markets
- FMOL Health ups minimum wage, pay systemwide
- Kennedy announces $479.8 million in disaster aid for Louisiana
- Louisiana among few states below herd immunity for measles
- Louisiana Patients Are Losing Coverage for Wegovy and Zepbound
- New Orleans brings back the house call, sending nurses to visit newborns and moms
MAINE
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- Audit finds Maine made $45.6 million in improper Medicaid payments for autism services
- Her labor turned dangerous. The closest Maine hospital had just stopped delivering babies.
- High-tech imaging and tissue processing installed at two health systems
- Maine Medicaid audit flags $45.6M in improper autism-related payments
- UMaine gets $45M to build health, life sciences complex
- Gov. Mills to propose $2.25 million for Maine reproductive health care providers
- MaineCare ride provider exits bankruptcy in ‘incredibly strong’ shape, officials say
- Portland Mental Health Clinic Agrees to $20k Settlement After Mishandling Scheduled Drugs
MARYLAND
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- Frederick biotech Nanocrine eyes new funding to bring cancer detection tech to market
- Gaithersburg’s 20/20 BioLabs files to go public after merger falls through
- Hansoh Bio signs on as first tenant in new Rockville biotech campus
- Johns Hopkins taps former COVID Center leader as interim provost
- Maryland shifts Medicare cost burden onto commercial insurers under AHEAD model
- New Maryland Polling on Health Care Affordability Shows Cost Concerns, Support for State Intervention
- This MD Hospital Ranked In Top 1% Nationally In New Report
- Maryland hospitals see “surge funding” during flu season
- St. Marys Health Leaders Complete Informatics Training
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Beth Israel Lahey Health CEO says primary care is key to long-term success
- Boston Children’s finds patient ‘doppelgangers’ 5x faster with AI
- Health Gorilla pushes back against Epic lawsuit over patient data access
- Boston institute tackles female athlete health research gap
- Cambridge leads Greater Boston lab leases despite competition
- Healey examining business fess, ban on medical debt in credit reports
- Hospital gridlock: Lack of guardians leaves patients stranded
- How Takeda produces BabyBIG for infant botulism outbreaks
- Making sure AI works: UMass Chan’s new AI Assurance Lab tests developing healthcare tech, so it functions properly in the real world
- Mass. home hospital programs face another shutdown
- Obamacare premiums are skyrocketing. New Englanders feel the crunch.
- Resolve M Therapeutics exits stealth with J&J backing
- Saint Vincent names interim CEO and CNO in leadership transition
- Stoke Therapeutics leases nearly 100K square feet in Waltham
MICHIGAN
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- 2 Michigan systems weigh partnership
- Corewell names chief compliance officer
- Data breach affects 100,000 Munson Healthcare patients
- Grand Rapids startup builds care network to ease employer health costs
- Health Gorilla pushes back against Epic lawsuit over patient data access
- Michigan physician to stand trial in Medicaid fraud case
- Munson Healthcare opens Michigan ASC
- Richard Whitmer, longtime Blue Cross CEO and governor’s father, dies at 85
- UP Health System names CFO for 222-bed hospital
- Woman sentenced to 6 years for posing as nurse
- Planned Parenthood of Michigan begins providing vasectomy services in Grand Rapids
- Corewell Health Plans Expansion Of Butterworth Hospital Campus In Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Kent County health services expand with $200,000 grant to Health Net of West Michigan
MINNESOTA
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- Fairview Health Services, U of Minnesota, physicians group settle disputes with new 10-year deal
- Hennepin Healthcare submits notice of intervention in UCare rehabilitation
- Hennepin to cut 100 jobs amid service line restructuring
- Many Minnesota hospital systems spent more on charity care during first full year of screening law
- U of Minnesota, Fairview, M Physicians reach 10-year agreement
- UnitedHealth revenue climbs in 2025, though profit continues to fall
- Hennepin Healthcare seeks to overcome ‘dire’ financials with more than $50M in cuts
- ICE activity at hospitals, emergency rooms is concerning: AMA
- Medical residents: ICE in Minnesota causing public health crisis
- New Fairview deal provides at least $600M for U of Minnesota health programs
- NNU, ANA condemn ICU nurse shooting; Healthcare CEOs respond
- UnitedHealth’s 2025 profit dips to $12.1B
- UnitedHealthcare projects up to 2.8 million membership decline in 2026
- Violence leaving more Minnesota hospital workers injured, federal data shows
MISSISSIPPI
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- Bill to adjust how hospitals and clinics make improvements heads to Reeves’ desk
- Mississippi rises to 48th in national health rankings amid ongoing challenges
- UMMC raises money to build new $250M cancer center, seeks funding from Legislature
- Home of Grace expands services with new mental health counseling program
- Mississippi home health aide arrested, accused of using credit card of woman she was caring for
- Mississippi researchers lead breakthrough in HPV cancer prevention
- Mississippi system creates nurse residency program
- MSDH assisting hospitals struggling during frigid conditions
- MSDH launches “Saving the Smallest” infant mortality campaign
- National report gives Mississippi failing grades on tobacco control
MISSOURI
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- Ascension CPO to chair End Drug Shortages Alliance board
- How 6 systems integrate behavioral health to ease ED strain
- How MU Health Care cut ED walkouts, specialty wait times
- Missouri eyes prior authorization reform with bill
- Missouri hospital taps CEO
- Missouri hospital taps successor for retiring CFO
- NKC Health CEO named Missouri Hospital Association’s 2026 chair
- Changes coming to health care in Missouri. These are bills Missouri lawmakers are pushing in 2026
- What Saint Francis services remain at Coppertop as Missouri Highlands prepares Feb. 2 transition
MONTANA
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- A decade of care: How Big Sky Medical celebrates 10 years
- Health care systems in Seeley Lake look ahead to rural funding package
- Montana launches rural health overhaul backed by $233 million federal investment
- Montana system president to step down
- State secures buy/sell agreement for Laurel behavioral health facility location
- At least 80 Native Americans in Montana victimized in health care scheme
- Laurel residents voice concern over planned state psychiatric hospital
- Montana court clears path for BCBS data breach showdown
- Montana prepares to funnel $233 million into rural health projects
- Montana telehealth firm ups the pressure on Gov. Tina Kotek
- New Kalispell VA Clinic to host grand opening with tours and ribbon cutting
- NMHC’s Ophus selected to serve on national MUSE Board
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska medical center helps launch biotech targeting Parkinson’s
- Nebraska Medicine taps AI to unlock capacity, ease strain on nurses
- DHHS won’t seek to cap Medicaid waiver caregiver hours for Nebraskans with disabilities, elderly
- Nebraska announces changes to Aged & Disabled waiver cuts
- Nebraska Medicine interim board chair promises continuity amid Clarkson deal controversy
- NU Regents, Clarkson change Nebraska Medicine board following lawsuit
- Struggling rural Nebraska hospitals find ‘lifeline’ in emergency model
- University regents replace Nebraska Medicine board
NEVADA
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- Alzheimer’s disease study brings new testing to Las Vegas
- Hospital giant Intermountain Health closes acquisition of Las Vegas radiology practice
- Nevada is one of the least healthiest states in the country, study says
- Nevada launches second round of healthcare loan forgiveness program
- Nevada’s primary care shortage is already here
- Northern Nevada Public Health shares concerns with U.S. withdrawing from World Health Organization
- Owner of shuttered N.J. health center performed OB-GYN services without a medical license, officials say
- SilverSummit continues investment in rural healthcare
- UMC becomes first Nevada hospital to earn prestigious Magnet recognition
- University Medical Center Southern Nevada Becomes First Hospital in Nevada to Earn Magnet Recognition
- Legionnaires’ disease cases linked to Nevada casino
- Nevada ranks near the bottom for health
- Nevada trauma center reporting sharp increase in e-device-related injuries
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Commonwealth Radiology Associates expands in New Hampshire with latest hospital partnership
- Dartmouth Health names new chief health information officer
- Dartmouth Health’s new CFO charts course for rural care innovation
- NH doulas can now get state certification and become eligible for Medicaid
- Salem nurse practitioner launches mobile pediatric urgent-care service
NEW JERSEY
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- 2 New Jersey Hospitals Ranked In Top 1% Nationally In New Report
- 12 N.J. hospitals ranked among top in the nation
- Atlantic Health CentraState Medical Center Earns Beacon Award and Modules Recognition for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
- Cooper University Hospital’s Geriatric Emergency Department receives Level 3 reaccreditation
- Hackensack Meridian nurse brings AI-powered tool on ‘world tour’
- Hackensack Meridian adds EMR tool to support older adult care
- Hackensack Meridian Health and Lumeris Expand Value-Based Partnership to Include Traditional Medicare Through MSSP ACO
- Hackensack Meridian Health taps hospital president
- How 6 systems integrate behavioral health to ease ED strain
- How Virtua Health simplified a ‘messy’ behavioral health intake process
- Morristown Medical Center and Overlook Medical Center are the only two hospitals in New Jersey on the 50 Best list; Chilton Medical Center again among 250 Best
- New Jersey eyes new noncompete restrictions
- NJ Hospitals Feel the Impact of Worsening National Blood Shortage
- AI-powered DexaFit opens Central Jersey health clinic
- Atlantic Health Welcomes New System Medical Director for Women’s Health
- CVS Suddenly Out of Network for Over 800,000 in NJ Health Plan
- Final New Jersey Department of Health Approval on Certificate of Need Application for Tinton Falls Hospital
- Horizon BCBS NJ to cut 242 jobs amid financial strain
- Hunterdon Health Urology Team Among First in Nation to Use New Technology to Monitor Bladder Dysfunction in Patients
- Jersey Shore UMC launches histotripsy for liver tumors
- N.J. approves $12.5M to boost med-tech, maternal health startups
- NJHA Installs Deborah Visconi of Bergen New Bridge as 2026 Board Chair
- Owner of shuttered N.J. health center performed OB-GYN services without a medical license, officials say
- Rutgers, Axia Women’s Health Expand Nurse-Midwife Training
- Solomon says he’s cutting heath care costs, will save Jersey City $30 million
- The Dementia Center Launches to Empower Family Caregivers in New Jersey and Beyond
NEW MEXICO
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- New Mexico law has triggered review of two health care mergers since 2024
- Rural hospitals brace for ‘last hope’ as lawmakers take up malpractice
- ‘A Lifeline’: Resurgence in Legislation on Electronic Monitoring Devices in Nursing Homes
- NM Senate committee advances bill with $547M for new UNM School of Medicine
NEW YORK
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- 3 ASC projects over $1B
- Despite years of recovery, local hospitals are facing challenges that threaten access, jobs and long-term stability
- Hamister Group grows revenue 90% through multi-industry approach
- Heritage Village to close skilled nursing home
- Hospital for Special Surgery launches ‘one-stop-shop’ for complex spine care
- New York City hospital CXO named post-acute facility COO
- New York hospital sues 7 former leaders amid lawsuit against CEO
- North Star CEO steps down amid more than 100 job cuts
- How Northwell’s direct contracting deal threatens insurers
- NYC Health + Hospitals opens youth clinics backed by $4M from MetroPlusHealth
- NYC Health + Hospitals trains 350 ED staff on opioid care
- NYU Langone AI model predicts need for post-discharge nursing care
- NYU Langone Health posts 3.9% operating margin in Q1
- Sword Health acquires Kaia Health for $285M
- Buffalo hospitals face funding cuts, uninsured patient challenges
- Chautauqua approves incentives for $42M hospital conversion
- Erie County Medical Center laying off 150, imposing furloughs
- Northwell opens psychedelic research center for mental health
- Nurses in New York City Say They Deserve $200,000 a Year. Here’s Why.
- Nurses strike enters third week as bargaining continues
- NYC Health + Hospitals expands GME programs
- NYC Health + Hospitals launches outbreak tracking map for clinicians
- NYU Langone opens nursing fellowship to RNs nationwide
- Striking NYC nurses, hospitals reach agreement to maintain health care benefits
NORTH CAROLINA
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- 3 ASC projects over $1B
- Advocate Health plans $776M increase in total employee compensation for 2026
- Atrium Health RCM vice president retires
- Bethany Medical Center, founder pay $8.8M to settle drug testing billing allegations
- Carolina Ascent adds two Charlotte health practices to provide player care
- Carolina Specialty Care joins Iredell Health System
- Cone Health launches digital content hub
- Cone Health names hospital administrator
- Duke, Wake Med end CON dispute that had anti-competition accusations
- ECU Health partners with nonprofit Book Harvest to gather donations for children’s literacy
- How Cone Health is rethinking infusion services
- How Novant Health is evolving its revenue cycle structure
- Investors acquire North Carolina senior living facility up I-85 for $7M
- Moody’s upgrades UNC Health’s credit rating
- New CEO seeks turnaround for multibillion-dollar public company
- North Carolina system adds multispecialty practice
- North Carolina system lays off 31 workers tied to Medicaid pilot wind-down
- Veteran Triangle exec moves his company’s HQ from Tennessee to Durham
- Why a $650M health care program in North Carolina is faltering
- North Carolina launches maternal health initiative for new mothers
- State investigating Mission Hospital over patient discharge concerns, senator says
- Coca-Cola Consolidated to donate $25M to NC Children’s Hospital
NORTH DAKOTA
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- CommonSpirit Health in talks to hand off 3 more N.D. hospitals to Altru Health System
- North Dakota greenlights BCBS, Cambia affiliation
- Rural hospitals called ‘not optional’ as North Dakota acts to keep one open
- Sanford Health Fargo’s physician leadership shakeup
- Community conversation, leader roundtables, senator support: A look back at Devils Lake’s health care story
- Forbes Recognizes Sanford Bismarck as a Top Hospital
- Health workforce woes cited as federal spending plan moves ahead in North Dakota
- Rural North Dakota hospital seeks lifeline in legislative session
- Sanford Fargo makes Becker’s Hospital Review’s 100 Great Hospitals in America list for 2025
- Special Session ends as healthcare funding plans begin
- Watford City med spa owner accused of posing as nurse, endangering patient
OHIO
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- Cleveland Clinic CEO: Budget overperformance in 2025 paves way for growth
- Cleveland Clinic reports $18B revenue, nearly 16M visits in 2025
- Cleveland Clinic to expand, modernize main campus, CEO says
- Cleveland Clinic’s AI chief: This role isn’t a ‘magic bullet’
- Dayton commission reviews options for new public hospital in West Dayton
- How 6 systems integrate behavioral health to ease ED strain
- In DEI crackdown, Trump administration reopens investigation into Cleveland Clinic
- Insight to surrender license for Ohio hospital
- Kettering Health employees launch nonprofit to provide coats to patients in need
- Knox Community Hospital partners with Ovation for billing services
- OhioHealth hospital names chief nurse
- Ohio hospital taps Ovation Healthcare for billing partnership
- Ohio hospital to add orthopedic, sports medicine practice
- ProMedica signs on with Nomi Health for direct employer contracting
- TriHealth acquires suburban care center from developer for $43M+
- After health subsidies expire, marketplace enrollment takes a big dip in Ohio
- Ohio plans to strengthen rural healthcare, address doctor shortage
- Ohio Department of Medicaid has yet to pay nursing homes up to $1 billion after court ruling
- Ohio plans to strengthen rural healthcare, address doctor shortage
OKLAHOMA
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- Oklahoma medical group to pay $34M to resolve Stark law allegations
- Saint Francis launches hospital at home despite federal uncertainty
- Bill filed to create Alzheimer’s office within Oklahoma health department
- Federal loan caps could deepen Oklahoma nursing shortage, experts warn
- New nursing school campus coming to rural northeast Oklahoma
- Oklahoma warns of potent opioids in energy supplements
- OSDE seeks $23M budget increase to address rising health costs
- OU, Cherokee Nation to construct $30 million nursing school
- Tampa investor pays $43 million for Oklahoma hospital
- Topping Out Held for Cedar Ridge Behavioral Hospital Expansion
OREGON
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- Former Portland-area biotech CEO is sentenced in securities fraud scheme
- Legacy Health sends cease-and-desist letter to nurses union after claims about ICE agents
- Nurses’ union receives cease-and-desist letter from Legacy Health over ICE concerns
- OHSU Knight Cancer Group taps Fox Chase chief as CEO
- OHSU names CEO for new Phil and Penny Knight-backed cancer group
- Viewpoint: Oregon’s cost growth target is misfiring, independent practices pay the price
- Lawmakers plan focus on Oregon’s health care spending
- Oregon State Hospital makes ‘significant’ improvements, is now in compliance with patient care and safety standards
- ‘Strategic affiliation’ between ND Blues and Oregon health insurer receives go-ahead
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 2 leaders on emerging behavioral health innovations
- ’71 cents on the dollar’ won’t cover care: Pennsylvania hospitals call for Medicaid fix
- Annovis nears FDA threshold for Alzheimer’s drug as CEO eyes spring milestone
- CHOP launches Philly-area autism therapy network in partnership with Soar Autism Centers
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia taps new chief audit officer
- Fox Chase Cancer Center COO departs to lead new organization backed by Nike founder Phil Knight
- How local health systems navigated the winter snowstorm
- Jared Isaacman gives $30M to three Pennsylvania hospitals including UPMC Children’s Heart Institute
- Jefferson faces potential credit downgrade, S&P warns
- Jefferson Health deploys AI platform
- Jefferson taps new chief of governance
- Jefferson’s Lehigh Valley Health Network to exit UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage Jan. 26 — 5 things to know
- Lehigh Valley Health Network opens 3rd micro-hospital
- Local biotech companies raise over $250M as investors signal possible end to funding drought
- Penn Medicine rolls out 24/7 virtual primary care
- Penn medical school gets $8M gift to revamp how it trains doctors
- Pennsylvania approves sale of 3 CHS hospitals to Tenor Health Foundation
- Philadelphia backs biotech startups with grants to bridge commercialization gap
- Scranton Heart Institute agrees to pay $48,709 to settle false claims allegations
- Why UHS sent 1M text messages in 2025
- Wistar Institute CEO Dr. Dario Altieri to step down
- Ocugen stock sale pushes local biotech fundraising past $250M
- Pennsylvania hospital names interim CEO
- Philadelphia awards $450,000 to 21 life sciences companies
- Southwestern Pa. hospitals remain open during major winter storm
- UPMC donates $10M to Pittsburgh for new ambulances
RHODE ISLAND
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- Woonsocket-based CVS battles Congress, FTC and courts while positioning itself as healthcare reform partner
- Barrington urgent care center to bridge gap between ER and primary care
- Brown Health participating in regional trial targeting lower back pain
- CVS Health defends practices amid antitrust, fraud probes
- Hasbro Children’s Hospital wins national nursing award
- Legislative commission recommends establishing a medical school at URI
- McKee’s proposed FY2027 budget drops GLP-1 drugs for weight loss from Medicaid
- NEMIC and R.I. DLT to hold 2026 life sciences accelerator
- New England Donor Services reports record-high organ transplants, tissue recovery in 2025
- Newport lawmaker proposes comprehensive review before closing hospital maternity unit
- R.I. plans to direct $18m to Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals to keep them from closing
- Two hospitals, two options: new state plan aims to keep sale of Roger Williams and Fatima on track
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- MUSC cancer center expanding South Carolina network to bring expertise to communities
- MUSC Health to mark opening of new Clements Ferry Pavilion
- New MUSC pavilion opens in Wando as health care tries to keep pace with growth
- South Carolina measles outbreak grows, surpassing Texas outbreak
- South Carolina measles outbreak is largest in US since measles was declared eliminated
- How Upstate hospitals are preparing ahead of SC winter storm
- The State House Gavel: SC winter weather ices out session, MUSC’s push for new cancer center
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- CommonSpirit Health in talks to hand off 3 more N.D. hospitals to Altru Health System
- Sanford Health Fargo’s physician leadership shakeup
- Sanford unveils faster, upgraded MRI facility
- SD health care enrollment rises amid SDSU project
- SDSU Metro Center expected to open this fall in Sioux Falls
- South Dakota Lawmakers Reject Bill To Let Terminally Ill Patients Use Medical Marijuana In Hospitals
- South Dakota legislative committee advances proposal asking voters to repeal Medicaid expansion
TENNESSEE
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- Ascension Saint Thomas Heart, Howell Allen Clinic Open New Location in Clarksville
- Ballad Health Medical Group taps CFO
- Ballad Health names new chief digital officer
- Ballad Health to rebuild Tennessee hospital after Helene destruction
- CHI Memorial officially takes on CommonSpirit name
- CHS to sell 5 hospitals for more than $1B
- Filing reveals terms of former CEO Christopher Hunter’s split from Acadia Healthcare
- HCA could lose $1B from ACA subsidy lapse, Medicaid state payment decline
- HCA Healthcare CEO Sam Hazen: Nashville ‘looks like Armageddon’ after snowstorm
- HCA expects $1 billion hit from loss of ACA tax credits, Medicaid changes
- HCA faces up to $1.4B hit from ACA, Medicaid headwinds
- How Kevin Hammons landed the job as CEO of Community Health Systems
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center wins years-long hospital battle
- ‘Breakdown in trust’ Nurses resign as Sweetwater Hospital closes labor and delivery unit
TEXAS
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- Baylor Scott & White Health to operate 12 emergency hospitals in Texas by 2028
- El Paso Doctor Settles Fraud Claims With $200,000 Payment
- Harris Health tops out $2B John M. O’Quinn Hospital on LBJ Hospital campus
- Houston Area Women’s Center hires Susan Bailey-Newell as new president and CEO
- Life sciences experts question Houston’s ability to attract major VC funding despite progress
- New orthopedic surgery residency launches in Texas
- NTxBio pauses planned $31M Plano hub
- Private equity firm sells ownership stake in Solis Mammography
- Texas attorney general probes alleged immunization ‘incentives’: 4 vaccine updates
- Texas Children’s Hospital’s Dr. Will Parsons lays out Kinder Children’s Cancer Center plans
- Texas freezes new H-1B applications through May 2027
- Texas governor pushes for Medicaid anti-fraud investigation
- The urgent case for expanding Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital
- University Health opens Southside clinic next to new Palo Alto Hospital
- UT Health San Antonio saves $80K in compliance labor with AI
- Abbott’s H-1B freeze: Biggest Houston impact could be in TMC
- Epic fires back at Texas attorney general’s antitrust claims
- Gov. Abbott, HHSC Announce $44 Million in Grant Funding for Rural Hospitals
- Harris Health names, tops out new $2B John M. O’Quinn Hospital
- Healthcare Briefs: UTSW’s Cancer Center Earns Exemplary Rating and Methodist Health Named Glassdoor Best Place to Work
- Houston life sciences experts debate venture capital future
- Medical City Plano tops out $108 million hospital expansion
- Texans are tightening their budgets to pay for health insurance after subsidies expired
- Texas attorney general probes alleged immunization ‘incentives’: 4 vaccine updates
- Texas offers $44M in grant funding for rural hospitals
- Texas physician surrenders license, pays $200K in drug diversion case
- The North Texas Hospitals That Save the Most Lives
- University Health buying two South Texas Medical Center towers
- US Anesthesia Partners, GE HealthCare to improve patient outcomes, productivity
- What’s next for the Kinder Children’s Cancer Center
UTAH
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- Intermountain Health caregivers ‘devastated’ by pension freeze
- Intermountain closes acquisition of outpatient radiology practice
- Intermountain Health performs record-breaking 515 organ transplants in 2025
- Northwest Salt Lake’s Health Crisis: New Report Lays Out A Grim Diagnosis
- Older adults are wandering away from Utah care facilities, sometimes with tragic outcomes
- Utah health department reports 54 recent measles cases as outbreak continues
- Southwest Behavioral Health Center celebrates 40 years of enriching lives in Southern Utah
- The real impact of organ donations: You don’t just save a person, you save a family and community
- Utah considers ban on procedures to change minors’ gender
- Xevant Named a 2025 Modern Healthcare Best in Business Company for AI
VERMONT
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- Brattleboro hospital nurses threaten strike amid budget woes
- Midwives plan birth center for Central Vermont, community invited to weigh in
- State of Vermont issues warning but won’t intervene in Brattleboro hospital budget saga
- Stuck in Vermont: Vermonters Struggle With Rising Health Insurance Costs, and Some Are Going Without
- Vermont hospital workers vote to keep union
- North Star Health welcomes new director of nursing
VIRGINIA
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- After federal repeal, Virginia pursues new nursing home staffing rule of its own
- Augusta Health adds spine robot
- How 6 systems integrate behavioral health to ease ED strain
- ‘Plenty to go around’: How this Virginia hospital president reframes competition
- Valley doctor stays in Woodstock, opens new practice to improve rural healthcare
- Virginia hospitals delivered $4.5 billion in community benefits in 2024: report
- When hospital bills aren’t itemized, Hampton Roads patients say they pay the price
- Open enrollment in Virginia’s health insurance marketplace is lagging
- VCU Health employee terminated after viral videos showed her encouraging the poisoning of ICE agents
WASHINGTON
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- PeaceHealth to sell former hospital campus
- Providence cuts IT application portfolio by a third, saving ‘millions’
- Senior housing operator expands Seattle independent living campus as demand grows
- Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Announces New Northwest Region President
- WA blood banks declare ‘Code Red’ blood shortage
- Washington hospital board reverses CEO dismissal after staff pushback
- Washington overhauls physician credentialing questions to reduce stigma
- Thousands of Washingtonians switch to state insurance plans as federal tax credits expire
- Washington State Nurses Association reaches tentative agreement with Seattle Children’s
WEST VIRGINIA
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- In service to state, WVU, WVU Health System pump more than $14B into West Virginia economy, landmark study finds
- Mon Health hospitals rebrand to Vandalia Health
- Study finds WVU and its health system account for 17% of West Virginia’s economy
- WV lawmakers advance legislation aimed at Rural Health Transformation program
WISCONSIN
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- Ascension Wisconsin expands free medication program
- Epic says 6,000 Wisconsin patient records among those fraudulently sold
- First Wisconsin measles case of 2026 confirmed in Waukesha County
- Marshfield Clinic region reveals refreshed identity under Sanford Health
- The transplants: 2 doctors fled Ukraine for Wisconsin. They’re still trying to get their careers back.
- Wisconsin targets data exchange for post-acute care
- Immuto Scientific and University of Wisconsin–Madison Announce Collaboration to Advance Discovery of Novel Cancer Targets
- Wausau Free Clinic anticipates more patients as health insurance premiums spike
- WISHIN Partners with PointClickCare to Improve the Continuity of Care for Wisconsinites
WYOMING
