NATIONAL
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- 1 in 3 adults using AI chatbots for healthcare advice: KFF
- Academic medical models are under financial strain: 5 things to know
- Aetna, Elevance, Humana May Be Sued In Alleged Kickback Scheme, Judge Says
- AHA cautions CMS on provider ID rule implementation
- AHA: FBI warns of Iranian hacks via Telegram app
- AHA urges CMS to reduce burden on national provider identifier requirements for hospital off-campus PBDs
- Amazon Health AI brings a doctor to your pocket
- Anesthesia group, lawmakers oppose Medicare cuts to non-opioid pain treatment
- Appeals court rules drugmakers must face False Claims allegations
- Bill eyes cutting Medicare to 400 PE-owned health facilities
- Bill would ban private equity-owned hospitals, nursing homes
- CMS launches ASPIRE pediatric Medicaid, CHIP pay model
- CMS unveils new pediatric care model
- Congress eyes another round of big healthcare cuts
- Faith-based investor coalition sues UnitedHealth to force disclosure of M&A impacts
- Feds give first-ever green light to ASC estate planning ownership model
- Final Rule Implementing HIPAA Security Rule Updates Edges Closer
- FTC launches multi-bureau Healthcare Task Force to spot ‘new priority areas for enforcement’
- FTC nears settlement with CVS Caremark
- Health system AI adoption surges in 2026 with execs reporting increased ROI: survey
- HHS finalizes HIPAA transaction standard for health care attachments
- HHS probes 13 states over abortion coverage
- Hospital operations begin 2026 with depressed margins amid low volumes, high labor spend
- Is Stark law ‘antiquated’ in the new age of medicine?
- Medicare Advantage insurers want CMS to ease benefit cuts
- Out of the country, out of compliance: The hidden risk of incident to billing
- Oz escalates Medicaid fraud claims against states after focus on Minnesota
- Providers urge CMS to scrap ACA exchanges overhaul
- Rural health’s tech push has its limits
- Rural hospitals could apply for temporary interest-free construction, renovation loans under new bipartisan bill
- ‘The 1980s called’: CMS finalizes rule to phase out fax, mail
- ‘We don’t think of it as just a service line’: How 5 health systems integrate behavioral health into core finances
- White House delays CDC director nomination
- White House unveils AI legislative framework
ALABAMA
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- ‘Game-changers for their communities’: UAB plans 3rd freestanding ED
- Medical cannabis clinics coming to Birmingham, other nearby cities
- UAB Medicine proposes freestanding emergency department project
- Birth centers appeal to Alabama Supreme Court in battle with Department of Public Health
- Alabama hospitals show improvements in health care-associated infections
- Madison Hospital becomes North Alabama’s first dementia-friendly hospital
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Banner executive to lead Aspirus Wisconsin, Michigan markets
- Banner taps CEO for 2 Arizona hospitals
- Fitch downgrades HonorHealth rating as nonprofit system pursues $600M expansion
- Peter Fine retired from Banner Health. The former CEO is back, with a new role
- Mayo Clinic has 2 campuses in Arizona. What to know
- End of an era: Who will care for Arivaca when its only doctor retires?
- Hospital debt forgiveness is often available. Many Arizona patients don’t know how to qualify
- ‘It reeks of a vendor bill’: Arizona radiation protection measure fails on a tie vote
- The 100 Best Doctors in Arizona for 2026
ARKANSAS
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- A Bentonville Tech Firm Is Changing How Health Care Workers Get Help
- Baptist Memorial and Arkansas Methodist unveil new name, next steps in merger
- UAMS raises minimum wage
- Baptist Health-Fort Smith may cease full hospital operations
- Baptist Health says ‘significant changes’ coming to Fort Smith operations
- Ex-nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz denied pardon recommendation by Arkansas board
- Negotiations stall between United Healthcare, White River Medical Center
- New cancer treatment center in Little Rock already feeling financial pinch for a second time
CALIFORNIA
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- 3 California behavioral health centers to close amid funding shifts
- Adventist Health cuts operating loss in 2025
- Adventist Health hospital names president
- California hospitals laying off thousands as funding cuts trickle down
- California outpatient medical office building sold for $340M
- California to invest $1.18B in behavioral health: 10 largest projects
- Calson Management sells two Bay Area memory care facilities for $24.3M
- California looking to spend $3.4 million to support ‘generational shift’ in menopause care
- Cedars Seizes Opportunity
- Four families sue Rady Children’s for gender-affirming care program cuts
- House launches investigation into California hospice fraud
- Kaiser contracts ratified for 31,000 workers
- Kaiser employees ratify new contract after months of negotiations
- Kaiser Permanente wants new San Rafael hospital
- Montage Health’s 2nd CEO dies
- Nurse practitioners seek appeal to ‘doctor’ title ruling in California
- Sutter-Allina deal signals shift in healthcare M&A
- Sutter Health earns Community Impact Award for east Santa Clara campus
- UCI Health to lay off 150 workers
- UCLA Health approved for orthopedic project
- UCSF chief ethics, compliance officer to retire
- Valley Children’s nontraditional model expands pediatric access, funds growth
- Stanford names chief ambulatory officer
COLORADO
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- Colorado Access to rejoin state’s individual ACA market
- Colorado health insurer expanding offerings to fill Medicaid coverage gap
- Critical access hospital builds Epic hub for rural providers
- Denver Health backs Children’s Hospital Colorado in gender-affirming care lawsuit
- Denver’s newest publicly traded company surpasses $5B valuation
- Health care costs in Colorado will grow under federal policy, patient advocates say
- Humana, CommonSpirit reach 3-year MA agreement, including Colorado and Texas
- Mesa Laboratories CEO steps down after nearly 10 years, replacement named
- PharmaCann closing Denver cannabis grow facility, laying off 132
- Rehab hospital in Greeley sold for $40.4M
- UCHealth backs Verily in $300M funding round
- UCHealth, CU Anschutz back Google AI health care spinoff
- Colorado bill to fund mental health by raising alcohol taxes defeated in House committee
- Home health care agency for mental and physical conditions expands from Colorado Springs to Denver
- Colorado bill would require large employers that don’t insure all workers to help fund Medicaid
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut bill pitches $200M fund to subsidize health coverage
- Hartford HealthCare launches patient AI tool in EHR
- Long-term care ombuds shares update on Bickford nursing home closure
- Senate Dems propose their own $200M ‘CT option’ health care bill
- $154 million grant awarded to support rural health care in Connecticut
- Bridgeport Hospital Milford Campus Sued In Death Of Dental Student
- CT bill would make unlicensed health care a crime
- Hartford students get firsthand experience in health care at Connecticut Children’s
- Health Insurers Can’t Force Conn. ERISA Row Into Arbitration
- Residents of CT nursing home where woman died have to leave. There are 17 waiting for a new home.
DC
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- After poor health assessment, DC man helps create one of city’s most popular classes
- Children’s National exploring potential sites for replacement hospital
- Children’s National launches division for pediatric AI research
- ChristianaCare executive named CEO of American College of Physicians
- MedStar hospital receives $10M for surgical education center
- Capital Caring Health and Chapters Health expand care in the DC area
DELAWARE
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- ChristianaCare Rehabilitation Center in Wilmington Named No. 1 in Delaware by Newsweek
- ChristianaCare receives slightly lower bond rating
- Delaware firm Avkin brings realism to medical training
- Delaware lawmakers target health care costs with SB1
- Delaware primary care reform bill advances after 3-hour hearing in Dover
- Delaware Senate Bill 1 sparks debate over healthcare costs, jobs and patient care
- Encompass plans rehab hospital in Delaware
- Medical Practices question Delaware medical school plan amid doctor shortage
- Nemours Children’s names regional president
- Beebe endows nursing scholarship for Delaware residents
- Neighborhood Health Center to receive $200,000 in state funding
- Wilmington PharmaTech announces $50 million manufacturing expansion
FLORIDA
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- 3 new malpractice laws in 2026
- 5,000-square-foot expansion begins at Ascension’s Clay County campus
- AdventHealth demolishes specialty hospital as campus expansion accelerates
- Baptist Health Orthopedics names executive leader
- Baptist Health South Florida taps 4 hospital executives
- BayCare boosts operating margin to 11.8% in 2025
- BayCare plans $22.5M interventional radiology expansion at St. Anthony’s Hospital
- Bay Pines VA names new chief to oversee $1.5B health care network
- Company plans to hire 300 staff with $60 million headquarters revamp
- Conifer inks RCM outsourcing deal with Healthcare Systems of America
- Florida restores HIV drug access with $30.9M emergency funding
- Florida system names chief communications officer
- Former Florida hospital CEO, nursing award namesake dies
- Inside look at Ken Griffin Cancer Research Center at University of Miami
- Jackson Health signs lease for expansion
- Jupiter biotech lands $2 million state grant to advance clinical trials
- Lakewood Ranch Medical Center to open $120M tower in April
- Outpatient visits surge in Sun Belt as clinic shortages grow more acute
- Miami health care company raises $200 million, taps Tom Brady as chief wellness officer
- Skilled Nursing Dealbook: Nursing Homes Change Hands in South Carolina, Florida and Mississippi
- Tenet promotes leader to CFO of 536-bed Florida hospital
- Two Tampa Bay medical office properties sell for $12.85 million
- USF-led dementia clinical trial secures $2.8 million in NIH funding
- Why Tampa General lets frontline workers build AI
GEORGIA
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- Change law to give more Georgia cancer patients access to world-class care
- CHOA, Grady Health System CEOs stepping down in major Atlanta public health shakeup
- Georgia could soon be one of the first states protecting people seeking senior living community info
- Georgia lawmakers advance bills aimed at easing nurse and doctor shortages
- Georgia woman charged with murder after police say she took abortion pills to end pregnancy
- Grady Health System officials will seek to raise $300 million from philanthropic community for south Fulton hospital
- New owner of Atlanta office park sets sights on coveted medical office, outpatient space
- Patients will be charged $100 for EMS calls that don’t go to hospital in metro Atlanta county
- How medical professionals in the Georgia legislature are shaping policy
- Georgia legislature first in nation to link arts and mental health
- Georgia teen volunteers more than 200 hours in ICU, launches nonprofit to support patients amid healthcare worker shortage
- Georgia lawmaker spotlights Black maternal health at State Capitol
HAWAII
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- Kaiser contracts ratified for 31,000 workers
- Families want transparency after Kula Hospital moves patients following storm damage
- Free health clinic aims to care for North Shore residents after Kona storm
- Kaiser health care professionals ratify new contracts in Hawaii, California
- Maui hospital evacuated out of caution due to extensive water damage
IDAHO
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- A rural doctor’s perspective on protecting Idaho’s physician pipeline
- Anti-DEI health care bill raises concerns about patient outcomes from health care professionals
- Boomtown: New medical campus breaks ground Tuesday in Post Falls
- Idaho House will consider bill that would start Medicaid work requirements in 2027
- Idaho lawmakers push to restore mental health programs
- Idaho Senate committee rejects bill creating task force to oversee federal rural health care money
- Kootenai Health appoints new CIO
- Kootenai Health, MultiCare to break ground on medical campus, ASC
- McCall hospital district pauses funding on St. Luke’s housing amid legal questions
- Merit-based health care bill in Idaho raises concerns about patient outcomes
- Treasure Valley Community College expands nursing center to address Idaho shortage
- After patient deaths, Idaho budget committee approves restoring cut Medicaid mental health programs
- HIV cases spike in SE Idaho, health officials stress testing and prevention
ILLINOIS
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- 8 Chicago-area hospitals could soon leave Blue Cross Blue Shield Illinois’ network
- $300M Advocate hospital in Chicago gets green light
- A dyad leadership model that led to double digit patient visit growth
- Edward Heart Hospital moving forward with $29-million expansion
- IL lawmakers renew push for prescription drug affordability board
- Illinois hospital pauses patient care amid payroll challenges
- Record number of births at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital
- Rush Health anticipates $5.9M in revenue from automated coding
- SSM Health Illinois receives national recognition from RestorixHealth
- AI models outperform physicians on cancer report summaries: Study
- Carle expands mental health services with new Trillium Place site in East Peoria
- CVS to open 1st pharmacy-only location in Chicago
- Illinois bill creating board to set drug price limits will head back to committee after clearing vote
- Illinois Health System Is Stuck With Website User Tracking Claim
- OSF Healthcare taps SVP of strategic reimbursement and managed care
- OSF taps president for 3 hospitals
- Six years on, Illinois builds defenses for the next pandemic amid federal retreat
- Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation to build new hospital in Cahokia Heights
- St. Mary’s and Good Samaritan Wound Care Clinics Receive National Recognition
- West Suburban Medical Center closing temporarily as it runs out of cash to pay employees
INDIANA
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- Beacon Health marks opening of Mishawaka Outpatient Center
- Braun: $1B life sciences investment to have statewide focus
- Hancock Health Opens New Dedicated Infusion Center
- How 2 CFOs plan for uncertainty
- Indiana bars autism therapy provider from Medicaid billing: Wall Street Journal
- Indiana coming down on autism therapy providers that potentially abused system
- Indiana hospital taps new CEO
- Lutheran Health Network’s annual report cites $766 million in local community impact
- Madison surgeons now using robotic assistance
- Major Indiana hospitals lowered prices by 7 percent in 2024, report finds
- Noblesville arena to carry Riverview Health’s name in sponsorship deal
- Private nursing company expanding services into northwest Indiana
- Q&A: Discipline and drive led Lopez-Liggett to health care exec role
- Reid Health’s $100M Connersville campus to open in April
- Report finds Indiana lags nation in primary, preventative care
- State coming down on autism therapy providers that potentially abused system
- Why IU Health CEO Dennis Murphy put system on a ‘financial diet’
- $3.7M investment aims to turn the tide on Indiana’s maternal and infant health crisis
- Health officials sound alarm regarding mental health challenges for young men in Indiana
IOWA
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- Iowa bill aims to hike HMO tax, bolster Medicaid
- Iowa hospital CEO to retire
- MercyOne heart pump program extends and improves patients’ lives
- New robotic kidney surgery could increase donor eligibility in Iowa
- UnityPoint Health market chief medical officer to retire
- Home Modifications Iowa launches new program to support family caregivers
- New report identifies links between environmental risk factors and cancer
- Primary Health Care names new chief medical officer
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
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- AI tool targets billing gaps at Kentucky system
- Alpha Medical Transportation files for bankruptcy
- Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center receives Quality Award
- Here are the health bills that moved in the 11th week of the General Assembly
- LifeSciKY welcomes first international lab resident, Japan-based Mitsui Chemicals
- Medical Transformation Center founders invest $1M to launch new Anchorage facility
- Northern Kentucky-based behavioral health group to open first Louisville office
- Personal Touch Home Care relocates to Florence, holding grand opening
- Stateline: ‘Medical conscience’ bills would let providers in state’s like Kentucky refuse more healthcare
- UK Hospital works to become Kentucky’s only specialized infectious disease treatment center
- Medicaid bill in Kentucky raises concerns for cancer patients
- Mobile clinic brings recovery, health services to Glasgow
- UK Health maternity unit designed for calm recovery
LOUISIANA
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- Long-term care is cheaper in Louisiana, but costs continue to climb
- Louisiana bill would require human review of AI-driven coverage denials
- Orthopedic hospital expansion breaks ground
- Why FMOL Health was early to adopt Epic’s AI scribe
- Baton Rouge clinical trial monitors postpartum hemorrhaging
- LCMC Hospitals Chosen for New Maternal Health Initiative
- Louisiana mourns loss of health care pioneer Ruth Kennedy
- Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center paves new ground for patients
- See how Louisiana Medicaid enrollment dips affect providers
MAINE
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- 900 nurses reach labor deal with Northern Light Eastern Maine
- Maine considers healthcare noncompete ban
- 6 providers at MaineHealth will serve on national ‘street medicine’ council
- Augusta home care workers say they went unpaid for weeks before company shut down
- Graham Platner backs Maine nurses as they ratify deal with Northern Light
- “It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before,” New Health Center Aims to Reduce Barriers for a community
- Maine doctors helping expand HIV treatment to homeless population
- Maine’s first youth psychiatric facility closer to reality with opening ahead in Saco
- Maine mental health agency targeted in Russian ransomware attack
- Maine’s outgoing hospital lobbyist says it is impossible to solve problem of rising health care costs
- Northern Light EMMC nurses win tentative agreement in contract negotiations
- Rural Maine hospitals brace for rise in unexpected births amid closure of delivery units
MARYLAND
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- Health Care Management Corporation Agrees to Pay $4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
- Johns Hopkins Medicine taps VP of revenue cycle management
- Vascular center, physician CEO to pay $4M to settle fraud allegations
- These are the safest hospitals in Maryland and Virginia: report
- Maryland doctors call out health issues with ICE detention facility
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Boston healthcare startup Clasp raises $20M to double staff, expand retention model
- Mass General Brigham clinicians pursue unionization amid Dana-Farber split
- Massachusetts payers, hospitals partner on care affordability, access
- New healthcare cost-control group launches for hospitals, insurers
- Orthopedic ASC proposed in Massachusetts
- Saint Vincent Hospital seeks HR executive amid ongoing C-suite turnover
- A monthly meeting that changed Mass General Brigham’s culture, budget
- After terminated deal, Framingham biopharma firm finds new merger partner
- Boston med spa LexRx acquired by Alpha Aesthetics Partners
- Boston to limit GLP-1 coverage for city employees
- Clasp Group to double staff after $20 million VC funding
- HCA hospital CEO heads to Beth Israel Lahey Health
- KS Partners pauses Cambridge lab conversion at Porter Square
- Recipharm shutters Boxborough facility, cuts local workforce 40%
- Saint Vincent taps former Steward Health Care executive as chief nursing officer
- Takeda plans $1.25B cost cuts through corporate restructuring
- Terrestrial Bio leases 42,000 sq ft at Allston Labworks
- Worcester healthcare provider opens sixth Central Mass. autism center in Sturbridge
- Zealand Pharma selects Cambridge site for new U.S. research hub
MICHIGAN
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- 2 health systems, telehealth companies urge Michigan to stay in compact
- 30K pounds of hospital grown food: How farmers figure into Trinity Health’s prescriptions
- 10K Corewell Health nurses vote to authorize labor strike
- BAMF Health foundation plans grants for uninsured cancer patients
- Banner executive to lead Aspirus Wisconsin, Michigan markets
- Corewell names inaugural chief nurse
- Henry Ford Health operating margin falls as JV drives revenue growth
- ICE presence rising at Michigan health care facilities, rights groups say
- Michigan bills target outpatient fees, CON requirements
- Michigan county erases $6M in medical debt for 6,300 residents
- Michigan Orthopedic Center, IntelePeer develop clinical assessment agent
- Michigan physicians warn of disruption as interstate licensure deal hangs in balance
- Team Rehab chain pays $5 million to settle fraud allegations
- The quality strategies that earn Trilogy, ASC highest ratings among large nursing home chains
- Trinity Health, Health Gorilla sued over alleged data breach
- Michigan Medicine sets deadline for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan contract negotiations
- Northern Michigan mental health providers say they’re considering service cuts
MINNESOTA
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- Aspirus hospital nurses OK labor contract
- BCBS of Minnesota CEO leaves Sutter board over Allina deal
- CMS approves Minnesota’s Medicaid corrective action plan
- Endogenex raises $50M to study type 2 diabetes treatment
- Minnesota ASC nurses ratify labor deal
- Oz escalates Medicaid fraud claims against states after focus on Minnesota
- Sutter-Allina deal signals shift in healthcare M&A
- Why an $8B health system recommitted to its original name
- Medicaid freeze could lead to Minnesota hospitals closing psychiatric units
- Medicare billing snafu drives new financial woes for Minnesota rural hospitals
- Minnesota Medicaid anti-fraud plan approved by feds, $243M could be released
- Residents, fellows tap Mayo Clinic Platform data for insights
- What’s behind the financial crisis at HCMC, and will other hospitals be next?
MISSISSIPPI
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- Governor signs law creating pilot program to expand services at rural hospitals
- Legacy Park development to bring new health care, businesses to Gautier
- Mississippi Man Ordered to Pay $31 Million for Role in Healthcare Kickback Scheme
- Skilled Nursing Dealbook: Nursing Homes Change Hands in South Carolina, Florida and Mississippi
- UMMC revenue tumbled after February cyberattack
- Mississippi doctor on short list for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Mississippi governor signs law to ease rural hospital service expansions
MISSOURI
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- Ascension drives quality, access wins with ‘digital nudges’
- Blue KC acquirer Highmark Health reports $674M operating loss in 2025
- Children’s Mercy names chief application officer
- How 2 CFOs plan for uncertainty
- Mercy cuts contract nurse costs by 50% via flexible scheduling, AI
- Mercy names former Google executive as chief product officer to overhaul patient experience
- Missouri system taps CFO as COO
- SSM Health back in the black in 2025
- The 2026 guide to St. Louis health care training and education services
- Woman admits defrauding Medicaid through home health firm
- Missouri lags behind the nation in maternal health. But work is being done to improve the numbers
- State taps leader for new Missouri rural health initiative
MONTANA
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- 4 new MSU nursing buildings to open across Montana this fall
- Hospital breaks ground on operation room, ICU expansion
- Montana health care advocates rally to save rural hospitals
- Montana Professional Nurses Re-Certify Union Representation at Cabinet Peaks
- State moves forward, plans meeting to discuss siting Laurel psychiatric facility
NEBRASKA
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- Grand Island Regional Medical Center Foundation announces Board of Directors
- Nebraska ASC to shutter
- Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission awaits passage of budget, regulatory bill
- Nebraska seeks to end retroactive Medicaid coverage. Hospital leaders say it will have a ‘disastrous’ impact.
- Nebraska system names chief medical officer
- Nebraska system rebrands after 30 years to Faith Health
- Small Nebraska town on edge: Do records confirm community’s clinic closure fears?
- Southwest Nebraska town raises $3 million for nonprofit nursing home
NEVADA
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- Clinical Healthcare Analytics Forges Transatlantic Partnership with St. Vincent’s Consulting
- Nevada university launches massive life science incubator in Las Vegas
- Primary care, relationships enable technology investments to improve Las Vegas health care
- New Elko clinic expands care for Veterans in northeastern Nevada
- Vivos Therapeutics Reports that Supported Professional Practices Have Achieved ‘In-Network’ Status Across Multiple Commercial Health Insurers and Medicare in Key Nevada Market
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- Hackensack Meridian Health taps staff ideas to improve care
- Lawrence resident named new chief nursing officer for Capital Health
- Cardiac Center At Children’s Hospital Philadelphia To Open New Outpatient Clinic In Somerset, New Jersey
- Parents, NJ hospital chain trade claims over gender-affirming care ending for minors
- South Jersey Healthcare Workers Honored, More Than $475K Donated For Future Services
- State Senate approves 5 new University Hospital board members
NEW MEXICO
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- 3 new malpractice laws in 2026
- Greater Albuquerque Medical Association sells telecom subsidiary
- New Mexico county loses $2M in scam targeting hospital’s construction
- New Mexico hospital names CEO
- Rural New Mexico hospital deploys AI scribe
- Indian Health Service is digging out of decades-old construction backlog for medical buildings
- New Mexico providers: Moving federal drug discount program to rebate model would be costly
- TruBridge and Artesia General Hospital Integrate Microsoft Dragon Copilot into EHR
NEW YORK
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- A rural New York health system focuses on the vulnerable
- ‘Burning the candle from both ends’: New York hospital CFO on rising costs, revenue cuts
- Can Buffalo build a medtech hub?
- CMS approves New York scaling back Essential Plan
- DOJ files antitrust lawsuit against New York-Presbyterian
- Dr. Todd Shatkin seeks $652K from landlord in lease dispute
- Ex-Weill Cornell Medicine staffer improperly accesses patient records
- Families say care concerns are returning at Hamburg nursing home after brief improvement
- Health + Hospitals reverses course on Maimonides union deal for 500 resident doctors
- Jordan Health announces leadership change, CEO steps down
- Labcorp closes purchase of New York pathology reference lab assets
- Mount Sinai names chief pharmacy officer
- Mount Sinai nurse executive heads to Montefiore
- New York expands Northwell’s hospital gun violence prevention initiative
- New York hospital names CEO
- NYC Health + Hospitals reports data breach
- NYC Health + Hospitals Discloses 11-week Network Compromise
- NYC Health + Hospitals to end $4M Palantir contract
- New York Labs Must Continue to Face Covid-19 Testing Fraud Suit
- North Star to cut additional jobs
- North Star’s restructuring moves forward
- Northwell plans $7M mental health clinic tied to Lenox Hill Hospital expansion
- NY ranked worst state for doctors, new study finds
- Weill Cornell taps critical care, pulmonary chief
- North Star-affiliated physician practice to shutter in New York
- Few details on New York City Health and Hospital’s proposed savings plan
- Kathy Hochul wins CMS approval to undo Essential Plan expansion
- Merck to acquire Terns Pharmaceuticals
- New York attorney general recovered $1.5M from health care billing errors last year
- New York faces federal probe for mandating insurers cover abortion
- New York hospital CEOs consider regulatory shift to replace docs with AI
- Nurses at Staten Island University Hospital plan to strike
- NY attorney general refers Maimonides, H+H merger to court for approval
- NYC Health + Hospitals breaks promise to maintain Maimonides’ union contracts, union says
- Ovid Therapeutics closes second PIPE in months
- PAs seek greater leeway to practice without doctor supervision
NORTH CAROLINA
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- City Council approves Atrium’s latest project in midtown
- Duke affiliate fights $55M hospital lawsuit
- Duke University Health System names new CEO
- ECU Health gets green light for $138M expansion
- Mission Hospital to evaluate leadership’s “capacity and competency,” hires consultant in wake of Immediate Jeopardy
- NC prison system strained by growing need for long-term care
- New Bern eye surgeon urges top NC court to take 2nd look at CON case
- North Carolina lawmakers take aim at hospitals’ prized tax perks
- North Carolina system names CEO
- ProKidney narrows loss to $150M as it eyes crucial kidney treatment trial results
- Retail-style health clinics coming to the Triangle
- Top NC court throws out CON ruling in northeastern NC MRI dispute
- Verily exec heads to Advocate Health
- Zaas, recently named CEO of Wake Forest Baptist, leaving to take top job at Duke Health
- North Carolina meets just 11% of the mental health workforce need, leaving families without care
- Big changes ahead for State Health Plan as trustees work to lower costs
NORTH DAKOTA
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- First federal rural health grants available in North Dakota aim to boost hospital workforce
- North Dakota has second-highest number of residents that live in health-care deserts
- North Dakota surgeons launch initiative to cut back on opioid prescriptions
- JRMC CEO Mike Delfs recognized for leadership at national and state levels
OHIO
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- Akron Children’s Hospital is looking for people making a real difference in kids’ lives
- Bon Secours grows operating income, margin in 2025
- Bon Secours Mercy Health names chief analytics, AI officer
- Cardinal Health names new board leader following chairman’s sudden retirement
- Cincinnati Children’s gets $3M grant to create 100 high-paying jobs
- Cincinnati hospital acquires outpatient center for $6M
- Cincinnati public firm names CEO, its fifth in two years, amid acquisition news
- Cleveland Clinic expands 2 executives’ roles
- Cleveland Clinic expands hospital-at-home program
- Cleveland Clinic pilots AI tool for valve procedures
- Cleveland Clinic taps interim chief investment officer
- Ensemble Health Partners taps new vice president of finance
- Gender-affirming law set for Ohio Supreme Court
- Hospital closing facilities, cutting jobs ahead of proposed OhioHealth merger
- Local nursing home spends 2 years on federal list of poorly performing facilities
- Nationwide Children’s to invest $100M+ in outpatient expansions
- OhioHealth starts construction on two suburban hospital expansions
- OhioHealth hospital kick offs $65M ED expansion
- Two Dayton-area surgery centers earn top ratings in national rankings
- Why an antitrust case against OhioHealth matters for ASCs
OKLAHOMA
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- Great Plains Regional Medical Center Honored for Excellent Patient Outcome
- Health officials call for privatization, restructuring of Oklahoma mental health services
- Medical office building sells in South Oklahoma City
- Oklahoma reaches settlement with Script Care over pharmacy audits
- Linear Health Sciences names cardiac surgeon Robert Robbins chief medical officer
- Oklahoma awarded $223M for rural healthcare; experts warn money alone won’t fix the system
- Oklahoma lawmakers advance measures allowing voters to revisit Medicaid expansion
- Oklahoma officials seek fixes at Mental Health Department, urge lawmakers’ support
- OMRF scientist receives $240K American Heart Association grant
- Stroke telehealth program in Oklahoma saves critical time
OREGON
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- 900-foot floating hospital arrives in Portland for $90 million overhaul
- Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay was on the brink of catastrophe until an unlikely duo teamed up
- ED physicians sue to block PeaceHealth-ApolloMD contract
- Eugene Emergency Physicians suing PeaceHealth, ApolloMD
- Governor asks PeaceHealth to delay contract switch: 11 things to know
- OHSU reclaims 25+ weekly hours in OR staffing across 53 operating rooms
- Oregon Governor asks PeaceHealth to delay contract switch: 11 things to know
- Oregon senator targets private equity ownership in health care
- Oregon’s Legacy Health, Regence BCBS face looming contract expiration
- Oregon nurses union reaches ‘historic’ agreement with Kaiser Permanente after year of bargaining
- PeaceHealth says no to Kotek’s request to delay switch to out-of-state ER staffing firm
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 3 drivers behind Rothman’s physician growth
- Another Main Line hospital has received an anonymous $1M donation to help nurses pay off student loans
- ChristianaCare executive named CEO of American College of Physicians
- For Jefferson and Temple Health, first union contracts for over 2,000 doctors loom amid operating losses
- Highmark names veteran executive to lead Highmark Wholecare
- Highmark Health reports $674M operating loss in 2025
- Inside UHS’ playbook for responsible behavioral health growth
- Jefferson Health to pay $108.6M in malpractice lawsuit
- Marathon Health to invest up to $15M opening 6 care centers in Philadelphia
- Penn Highlands to join WellSpan’s ACO: 3 things to know
- Pennsylvania hospital to open outpatient cardiac center
- Pennsylvania hospital to end inpatient, ED services in May
- Taylor and Springfield hospitals in Delaware County sold, could reopen this year
- Temple Health names new director for Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Temple Health’s expanded NICU offers families privacy, innovation
- ‘These communities deserve better’: Geisinger CEO on rural healthcare challenges
- WellSpan Heath opens 11th hospital
- WellSpan’s CEO-CFO power duo: How 2 female leaders guide the growing system
- Why Highmark Health sees health care tumult as systemic
- $1M gift grows to $4M+ nurse debt relief at Main Line Health
- AI infiltrates health care in Pa., but concerns and skepticism abound
- Cencora to acquire EyeSouth Partners retina business for $1.1B
- Dr. LeRoi Hicks named CEO of American College of Physicians
- Facility Fees, Part 2: The arguments for and against facility fees in Pennsylvania
- Jefferson Health hit with $108M malpractice verdict
- Jefferson Health’s ‘crossroads moment’ in transformation
- PA home care workers say industry needs $800M lifeline
- Temple Health, Fox Chase name cancer center director
- UPMC readies medical response for NFL Draft
- Victor Fields named CEO of Highmark Wholecare
RHODE ISLAND
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- 2 Rhode Island hospitals to remain open under new ownership
- Outlook for Newport Hospital birthing center dims after Brown University Health logs $18M Q1 loss
- R.I. third-worst state in nation for doctors, WalletHub says
- Barrett to head the Rhode Island Association for Infant Mental Health
- Brown University Health posts $17.6M operating loss in first quarter of FY26
- Brown University Health to host Behavioral Health Nursing Conference
- Report: CVS reaches insulin pricing settlement with the FTC
- RIDOH extends overdose spike alert statewide
- Southcoast Health announces 4 new providers
- The price of saving Roger Williams and Fatima hospitals? $408M over 30 years
- Women & Infants Hospital recognized with inaugural Neighborhood Health accessible care award
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Prisma donates ambulance to career center
- Prisma Health partners with USC to operate university’s new Brain Health Center
- SC sees historical ranking in a 2025 national health report
- Skilled Nursing Dealbook: Nursing Homes Change Hands in South Carolina, Florida and Mississippi
- South Carolina ASC becomes 1st in world to use Stryker’s Mako robotic power system
- South Carolina improves health ranking in annual report
- South Carolina life sciences industry tops $20B growth
- USC celebrates opening of new $30M brain health center
- USC, Prisma Health partner on Brain Health Center in Columbia
- Value-based care company acquires MSO
- HCA hospital CEO heads to Beth Israel Lahey Health
- SC bill looks to increase total pay for at-home health workers
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- Ascension Saint Thomas lands approval for $19 million Murfreesboro project
- BCBS Tennessee eyes headquarters sale
- Bill to end some Ballad Health regulation clears second hurdle
- Blount Memorial Hospital announces layoffs, contracts out some services
- CHS to sell 9 hospitals for more than $1.2B
- Covenant Health names chief pharmacy officer
- Erlanger CFO retires, successor begins
- HCA moves to block disclosure of physician, patient outcomes post-hospital acquisition
- Longtime NIH section chief joins St. Jude to chair new department
- Tennessee hospital files notice tied to vendor transition affecting 85 workers
- The Boss: Meet Brookdale’s new chief
- Tri-Cities This Week: Discussing Certificate of Need and COPA as Ballad oversight bill advances
- Two bills with the potential to increase healthcare competition in Tennessee make headway
- What TN’s health data tells us about progress and persistent gaps
TEXAS
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- 5 highest-paid orthopedic surgeons in Fort Worth
- Baylor Scott & White hospital president dies
- Cook Children’s Health Care System Names Kathy Jobes as CISO
- Cook Children’s West Tower expansion, Legacy Drive paving: See 5 of the latest permits filed in the DFW area
- County OKs land acquisition for Harris Health expansion
- Houston Methodist plans $104M expansion of year-old Cypress hospital
- How a Texas Medical Center partnership is paving new ground for patients in Houston and Louisiana
- Humana, CommonSpirit reach 3-year MA agreement, including Colorado and Texas
- Jewish Family Service expands care with $40 million Addison facility
- Maternal health care in rural TX nearing crisis levels
- Outpatient visits surge in Sun Belt as clinic shortages grow more acute
- Texas governor orders hospitals to review medical device threats
- Texas physician group to drop UnitedHealthcare, 30,000 face coverage loss
- UT San Antonio lands nearly $40M in new fed funding
- Health care has a burnout problem. Parkland Health joins national effort to address it
- Highest Share of Federal Rural Funds Going to Texas Public Hospital Districts
- Medical City Alliance taps new COO
- Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center paves new ground for patients
- Texas HEAL High School is teaching healthcare in a realistic hospital setting
- Texas hospital taps dual CEO-CNO
- Texas Tech health system UnitedHealthcare contract expiring
- UT Tyler School of Nursing Hosts Helicopter Simulation Center Ribbon Cutting
- UT Tyler names Dr. Jenifer Chilton as new dean of School of Nursing
- Year-old Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital gets $104M expansion
UTAH
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- Affordable healthcare gap exposed in new Salt Lake County study
- Intermountain plans new outpatient clinic
- ‘More psych than we can handle’: Utah nursing homes struggle to address residents’ mental health needs
- Resolve MD Wellness in Draper, Utah to Expand Wellness Packages to Support Long Term Well Being of Patients
- Utah’s colorectal cancer screening rates have experienced a significant decline
- Utah’s hospitals are highly consolidated, report shows
- Utah Hospitals To Track Violence As States Step Up Reporting
VERMONT
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- Dartmouth Health introduces Dartmouth Health Home Care
- Julie Wasserman: Where are the doctors in Vermont’s $195M rural health plan?
- Brattleboro hospital nurses vote to strike, but delay a date in hopes of spurring talks
- Sacks Family donates $5M for early career Dartmouth med school faculty
- Vaccine protection bill signed by Vermont governor
- Vermont Senate Committee advances health care affordability plan
- Visiting nurse and hospice organization changes its name
- Why are some Vermont rural Medicare patients paying more than patients at bigger hospitals?
VIRGINIA
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- 3 new malpractice laws in 2026
- Fraud – False Claims Act suit over Medicaid rebates may proceed
- These are the safest hospitals in Maryland and Virginia: report
- Two new hospitals set to open in Chesterfield County by 2030
- UVA Health debuts centralized pharmacy services site
- VCU Massey names interim director
- Virginia hospital boosts workplace safety reporting 245% with 3 strategic shifts
- Virginia’s General Assembly passes legislation supporting maternal health and family care
WASHINGTON
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- Kootenai Health, MultiCare to break ground on medical campus, ASC
- MultiCare opens new adult primary care clinic in Spokane, teaching up to 24 student doctors by 2030
- Providence explores sale of health plan
- Providence saves $2.3M through device reuse strategy
- Washington hospital charts path to preserve primary care
- Federal judge sides with Washington in case over transgender youth health care
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Vandalia Health restructures, eliminates regional CEO roles
- West Virginia can’t afford to fund fake health clinics
- WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals Opens New Cardiac And Pulmonary Rehabilitation Center In South Charleston, West Virginia
- Health Officials Provide Guidance On Rural Health Transformation Funding
WISCONSIN
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- Banner executive to lead Aspirus Wisconsin, Michigan markets
- Marshfield Clinic’s home-delivered meals program serves seniors, disabled people
- Wisconsin bill to help free up hospital beds passes, but worries disability groups
- Wisconsin expands breast cancer screening access
- Wisconsin woman sentenced to 5 years for $2.5M Medicaid fraud scheme
- Ascension Wisconsin CEO Daniel Jackson to step down in April
- Baldwin, Markley, Moore introduce legislation to address maternal healthcare crisis
- Concordia University Wisconsin plans new nursing wing
- Evers signs breast cancer screenings bill named ‘Gail’s Law’ for Wisconsin woman
- Federal judge sides with Wisconsin in transgender health care suit
- Gov. Tony Evers signs bill expanding postpartum care through Medicaid program
- Western Wisconsin Health earns Gold Level Well Workplace Award
WYOMING
