NATIONAL
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- 5 CMS updates shaping outpatient care in 2026
- AHA letter to editor responds to op-ed claiming nonprofit hospitals do not meet community benefit obligations
- CMS pauses home health, hospice provider enrollment into Medicare
- CMS taps 30 healthcare organizations for prior authorization initiative
- FDA chief to depart after Trump signed off on ousting him
- Healthcare’s trillion-dollar private equity conundrum
- Hospital-at-home linked to lower in-hospital mortality, ED use, new major study finds
- How AHA is helping hospitals turn proven tech into practice
- Lawsuit seeks to halt ChatGPT Health
- Makary’s leadership in question at FDA: 5 things to know
- Most U.S. doctors are quietly using this AI tool. Few patients know about it.
- ‘No clear practical pathway’: Where the physician visa fee reversal leaves hospitals
- Nurse turnover remains high even as engagement recovers: Press Ganey
- Payers did pretty well this quarter, but that trajectory could change
- Senators pitch 5-year extension of rural hospital program
- The best CEOs say these 3 words: ‘I don’t know’
- The most urgent care gaps in 2026, per 4 execs
- UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx makeover elicits cautious welcome
- UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx to shift PBM model in transparency push
- Vance demands all 50 states crack down on Medicaid fraud or lose funds — after halting $1.3B to California hospices
- Where struggling rural hospitals are finding capital and stability
- White House unveils maternal health plan: 6 notes
ALABAMA
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- Alabama hospital files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Alabama hospital taps new CFO
- Birmingham firm breaks ground on 56,000-square-foot rehab hospital
- Jackson Medical Center expansion aims to improve rural healthcare access
- Local health entity finishes $4.5M facility expansion
- Medical practice expands with three-story office development
- New medical office building breaks ground in Homewood
- New York, Alabama hospitals plan to end labor, delivery services
- Alabama college receives $1.8 million grant to improve maternal and child health
- Nurse shot, killed during attempted robbery in DCH hospital parking lot
- Baby deliveries to end at Providence Hospital this summer
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Advanced Spine and Pain opens ASC
- At Banner Health, engagement is a clinical strategy
- Northern Arizona Healthcare Breaks Ground on New Cancer Center at Verde Valley Medical Center Campus
- Parents detained after 5-day-old son taken from Phoenix clinic
- Ranking Arizona: Top 10 hospitals for 2026
- The 100 Best Doctors in Arizona for 2026
- UnitedHealthcare fends off billion-dollar fraud claims by Arizona health center
- Arizona nurse practitioner sentenced to prison for health care fraud
- Under Strain: Southern Arizona faces new health care squeeze
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas-based maternal health company launches “Momme: Daily Postpartum Care” app
- Dr. Matthew Hardee Named Chief Medical Officer at CARTI (Super Mover)
- Mercy Waldron earns Top 20 ranking for rural quality care
- Washington Regional Adds Three to C-Suite (Movers & Shakers)
- Arisa Health to exit Arkansas CMHC contract, citing $4.4M funding cut
- Arisa Health to close 26 clinics, cease being state-contracted provider
- Arkansas health leaders push to improve maternal, infant care access in rural areas
CALIFORNIA
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- 18 Legionella Cases Confirmed in California Medical Center
- 3 Pass Area Hospitals Earn High Mark For Patient Safety: Report
- A mystery gift is backing a new UCSF institute for an Avengers-style ‘supergroup’
- Astrana Health partners with California physician group
- Big UCSF gift to ‘supercharge’ two hospitals, cancer research and innovative projects.
- California creates $25M fund for at-risk hospitals
- California health system works to ensure access
- California hospital fined $43K for error that prompted immediate jeopardy
- California hospitals sue Anthem over policy that cuts payments when doctors are out-of-network
- California initiative to limit compensation for healthcare executives qualifies for the ballot
- California physician, practice to pay more than $6.7M for billing fraud
- California system to open academic rehab hospital
- California’s unexpected job growth driver: healthcare
- California to award $111M for behavioral health supportive housing
- California to provide free diapers to newborns at more than 60 hospitals
- California’s uninsured population may double by 2030: Report
- Former California hospital CEO surrenders medical license after corruption case
- Healthcare is carrying California’s labor market: 5 things to know
- How Keck’s CFO leverages his Optum experience
- Johnese Spisso’s Mission in Medicine
- Kaiser Permanente’s operating margin slips to 2.1% in Q1
- Keck Medicine broadens orthopedic care footprint in California
- Major strike averted at UC hospitals and campuses as deal reached on pay, affordability
- Methodist Hospital Recognized for Excellence in Patient Safety
- Modesto hospital fined for medication error. Emergency department cases scrutinized
- NeuroVision buys Alzheimer’s detection diagnostics company
- NorthBay Health CEO’s investment rule for hard times
- Nursing home destroyed by 2025 Eaton wildfire sues utility
- One Bay Area company scored $800 million around its heart drug. Here’s another targeting the same condition
- Physician and his practice to pay $6.7M for allegedly performing unnecessary vascular procedures
- Prime acquires 55th hospital
- Providence taps clinical exec from Sutter
- Sacramento Kings name Sutter Health as official healthcare partner
- Stanford Health Care surpasses 1M notes with ambient AI tool
- Sutter Health, NBA’s Kings ink jersey patch deal
- Sutter Health invests $2M in Sierra College healthcare training expansion
- Tentative agreement averts strike by U of California healthcare, service workers
- The ’10-5-2′ rule behind Scripps Health’s drop in workplace violence injuries
- These are the Sacramento area’s best hospitals, 2026 report says. See the list
- Tri-City Medical Center debuts Mako spine robot in California
- UCSF receives $100M gift: 4 things to know
- Vance demands all 50 states crack down on Medicaid fraud or lose funds — after halting $1.3B to California hospices
- Vance says $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California will be deferred over fraud concerns
- UCLA study says telemedicine did not increase health care cost — or help more people
- UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx sues California over PBM law
- University of California Strike Avoided in Last Minute Deal
- White House freezes $1.3B in Medicaid payments to California
COLORADO
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- Colorado enacts new laws on nursing home staffing, housing eligibility
- Healthcare giant expands Parker footprint with purchase of 44 acres
- Hospital adds massive land buy to $300M building expansion in Denver suburb
- How 5 health systems are getting ahead of pending Medicaid cuts
- Major medical provider breaks ground on new campus
- Colorado is short thousands of mental health workers. A nonprofit is working to close the gap.
- Colorado teaching hospital providing mental support for resident doctors
- Colorado Behavioral Health Administration to share addiction recovery resources in Grand Lake
- Taking care of the caretakers: Colorado medical school increases access to mental healthcare for newest doctors
- Colorado nonprofit works to help with state’s mental health worker shortage
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut confirms first Mpox virus case
- Connecticut hospitals get funding boost as federal Medicaid cuts loom
- CT nursing home oversight bill clears final hurdle
- CT orthopedic group appoints new CEO
- Connecticut orthopedic practices merge
- Griffin Health Earns an “A” Hospital Safety Grade
- Inbox Health CEO Blake Walker on simplifying patient billing
- MinuteClinic, Hartford HealthCare expand primary care across Connecticut
- Physicians fueling rise in patient debt lawsuits: Report
- Sharon Hospital extends ‘Straight A’ patient safety streak
- SVMC Earns Seventh Consecutive Top Hospital Safety Grade
- Waterbury Hospital expands its NICU, offering care for critically-ill babies closer to home
- Why Hartford HealthCare’s CEO is bucking the status quo
- Yale New Haven Health partners to enroll patients in Medicaid
- Connecticut leaders launch statewide women’s health initiative
DELAWARE
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- ChristianaCare taps oncology chief, clinical trial director
- ChristianaCare to expand its Middletown campus
- Delaware doctor who ordered tests for people she didn’t examine to pay feds $180,000
- Delaware eases PA supervision rules, adopts ‘physician associate’ title
- Delaware House passes insurance mandate for vaccines, considers constitutional right to abortion
- Delaware leaders unveil healthcare bills aimed at lowering costs, expanding charity care
- Delaware primary care reforms held up in negotiations for months
- Healthcare spending benchmark missed for fourth year in a row
- Lawmakers to reform free hospital care rules following Spotlight Delaware investigation
- Report: Delaware healthcare spending climbed by more than $800M last year
- ChristianaCare Advances New Health Campus in Camden, Delaware to Close Care Gaps
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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- Local Health Care Tech Helps Abolish $12M in Medical Debt for D.C. Residents
- Suburban, Sibley hospitals to shutter D.C.-area home health services
- Universal Health Services wants to shift control of ER project from Cedar Hill to GWU Hospital
- Mayor Bowser’s budget proposes sweeping changes to mental health services in D.C. schools, raising concerns
FLORIDA
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- 3 Ascension CFO moves in 2 days
- AdventHealth to build first hospital in The Villages as part of massive mixed-use project
- Ascension Florida hospital taps new CFO
- Assisted living facility serving The Villages sold for over $9 million to healthcare real estate group
- Baptist Health Care names new CIO
- Baptist Health’s Ana Lopez-Blazquez on real estate, healthcare affordability
- BayCare Elevates Sara Seifried to Vice President of Real Estate as System Expansion Accelerates
- Bonita Bay Community raises $474K+ for Lee Health Cancer Institute
- ‘ChatGPT for doctors’ platform moves to modernize cancer surgery care
- ‘ChatGPT for doctors’ OpenEvidence exits Mass., expanding in Fla.
- Cleveland Clinic medical office project moves forward in Florida city
- Cross Country Healthcare to be acquired for $437M
- European company to acquire Miami pharma business for $4.1 billion
- How 5 health systems are getting ahead of pending Medicaid cuts
- ‘It’s no longer a theory. It’s here’: Tampa General’s revenue cycle chief on the age of AI agents
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s $300M pediatric hospital in Wesley Chapel tops out
- Lee Health CEO: Listening as a leadership imperative
- Next phase at Dania Pointe planned
- New Lake Nona medical office building listed for sale
- PathPoint Health expands to Florida after Tennessee launch
- Primera Specialty Infusion delivers specialty health care with purpose
- Real estate platform acquires Florida MOB for $28.5M
- Tampa Bay physicians are ditching insurance, building concierge practices from the ground up
- When your AI agent goes off script: What Moffitt Cancer Center caught early
- With renovated $6M ENT center, Nemours signals bigger footprint ahead
GEORGIA
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- Advanced Urology Agrees to Pay $14 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
- Advocate Heath’s Georgia area taps new associate vice president of people and culture
- Burke Health continues to expand rural health care
- Children’s Healthcare expanding services in southwest metro Atlanta
- Hantavirus outbreak: 2 patients being monitored at Emory Hospital in Atlanta
- Healthcare access expands in underserved metro Atlanta area
- Here’s how long you’ll wait at metro Atlanta hospitals
- Nursing home owner sells two Georgia properties in bid for survival
- Georgia opens new behavioral health crisis center in Augusta
- Georgia Gov. Kemp signs law adding 988 mental health hotline to student IDs
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- Contract dispute between PMC and Regence insurance could raise members’ health care costs
- Encompass Health announces plans to build a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Post Falls, Idaho
- Idaho hospice agencies react to nationwide Medicare enrollment freeze
- Idaho’s rural hospitals grapple with insurance denials, employee housing shortages, Medicaid changes
- Madison Memorial celebrates first helicopter stationed at hospital
- Many in Idaho overlook eye health despite vision needs
ILLINOIS
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- Bureau County clinic creating blueprint to address gaps in rural women’s healthcare
- Carbondale Mother’s Day rally highlights healthcare, financial struggles facing Southern Illinois
- Carle Health approves Illinois outpatient expansion
- Carle Richland Memorial Hospital approves $45 million expansion
- Excellence awards highlight Blessing Health System National Nurses Week celebration
- Health care needs in Chicago are shaping a new kind of medical school
- How Chicago’s healthcare workforce needs are shaping a new kind of medical school
- Illinois Blue Cross, Prime Healthcare reach agreement to continue patient coverage
- Illinois fines multiple Springfield-area nursing homes
- Illinois health officials investigating possible hantavirus case in Winnebago County not linked to cruise ship
- Illinois hospital safety grades for spring 2026 are out. See where your hospital ranks
- Illinois payer to shutter Medicare Advantage business in 24 days
- Inside Northwestern Medicine’s battle against surgeon burnout
- Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Opens Center For Advanced Endoscopy In Winfield, Illinois
- OSF announces split from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- OSF hospital president to step down
- Prime Healthcare Closes Olympia Fields Hospital Acquisition After Unanimous Illinois Approval
- Resilience Healthcare CEO accused of moving millions from hospital fund to private account
- Some Central Illinois hospitals rank among state’s shortest ER waits
- St. Joseph Medical Center To Remain Under Blue Cross Blue Shield Umbrella
- The Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network Joins National Discussion on Rural Health Transformation
- Why Cook County Health’s Medicaid coverage loss strategy is drawing attention
- Illinois hospital, university offer nursing students up to $50K in tuition assistance
- Loyola Medicine CEO: Demand hospital boards prioritize safety, quality
INDIANA
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- Community Health Network taps new CFO from Aspirus Health
- Congress considers $2.1B to replace nearly 75-year-old Roudebush, add med center in Fishers
- Historic Crispus Attucks High School to get health care lab space, new gym through $44M expansion
- Indiana regulators awaiting final federal marijuana action as lawmaker drafts legalization bill
- Lilly CEO David Ricks keeps eye on future while company celebrates history
- OrthoIndy receives grant for OrthoIndy Foundation YMCA
- PatientRightsAdvocate.org Launches Indiana Hospital Price Finder
- Tax Indiana’s ‘nonprofit’ hospitals like a business | Opinion
- Patient armed with gun injured in police-involved shooting at Methodist Northlake Hospital in Gary
- Parkview Health Highlights Strong Performance in State’s First Review of Direct-to-Employer Arrangements
- Reid Health, Reid Health Connersville Honored for Stroke Care
- Community Health Network’s RISE team helps medical professionals through stressful events
- Powers Health begins construction on 5-story Munster building
- Evansville hospital adds 2 ambulances to cut patient wait times
IOWA
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- Cedar Rapids nursing home resident dies after being ejected from wheelchair inside a van
- How Will Iowa’s Healthy Hometowns Initiative Transform Rural Healthcare?
- Iowa governor signs law to reform prior authorization, out-of-network penalties
- Iowa hospital accused of harvesting patient’s organs without Nebraska family’s authorization
- Surgeon accused of ‘perverted’ conduct faces Iowa licensing-board charges
- Three Iowa healthcare providers fired for alleged patient-privacy law violations
- Years after teaching license is suspended, Iowan’s nursing license is suspended
- Governor signs bill eliminating need for health insurance companies to authorize cancer screenings
- River Hills Community Health Center announces closure of two Iowa clinics
KANSAS
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- As maternity deserts grow in America, rural hospitals train for deliveries
- HCA Kansas hospital COO steps down
- HCA Midwest hospital taps medical chief
- Kansas state employees retain choice of Blue Cross, Aetna for health insurance
- More Kansas babies can get critical donated breast milk thanks to a collaboration with Oklahoma
- NRH officially signs on as Kansas Rural Health Transformation Anchor Hospital
- Three Kansans being monitored for hantavirus after contact with infected cruise ship passenger
KENTUCKY
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- 2 area hospitals receive ‘A’ grades in latest Leapfrog safety report
- Humana poaches Starbucks data chief for C-suite role
- Ky hospitals generate $34B in annual economic activity, thousands of jobs across state
- New survey shows healthcare costs are top of mind for voters as November’s midterm elections approach
- To improve access, Norton Children’s, Norton Leatherman Spine launch pediatric spine program
- Construction incident impacts sterile unit at Kentucky hospital
- UofL breaks ground on $280-million facility for health education and collaboration
- Incident involving sterilization unit affects some surgical procedures at UK Hospital
LOUISIANA
MAINE
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- 5 Maine hospitals score ‘A’ grades for patient safety
- Maine behavioral health provider cites industry pressures in merger
- MaineHealth awarded $2M to open state’s first clinical research unit in Biddeford
- MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Biddeford to open state’s first clinical research unit
- MaineHealth Waldo Hospital earns top pediatric designation
- Maine ophthalmology practice to close
- Merger makes Sweetser Maine’s largest Certified Community Behavior Clinic provider
- Nurse practitioners warn of AI misinformation in healthcare
- MaineHealth to open Maine’s first clinical research unit
MARYLAND
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- Biocontainment unit at Johns Hopkins Hopsital prepares to help in response to hantavirus
- Bon Secours breaks ground on $200M hospital expansion
- Former pro lacrosse player expands physical therapy firm to Baltimore
- How Johns Hopkins flips the script on a hospital budget
- Luminis Health Nurses Raise More Than $80K For Grow A Nurse Scholarships
- 3 people in Maryland and Virginia are being monitored for hantavirus
- How Maryland is spending $168M in rural health funds from ‘One, Big Beautiful Bill’
MASSACHUSETTS
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- 2 execs, 5 physicians changed Baystate CEO’s mind on AI
- Amid pending closure and layoffs, future of Community Healthlink programs remains cloudy
- Beth Israel Lahey Health hospital taps CFO
- Boston Scientific recalls pacemakers after 4 deaths, 2,500 injuries
- ‘ChatGPT for doctors’ OpenEvidence exits Mass., expanding in Fla.
- Dana-Farber gets approval for $50M proton therapy center
- French biotech Cilcare opens U.S. hub at CBSET Waltham
- Gary Glick’s Odyssey Therapeutics raises over $300M in IPO
- Hebrew SeniorLife CEO: Dementia care system failing families
- Human service providers seek more funding for rental aid
- Mass General Brigham expands 24/7 virtual care: 5 notes
- Mass General Brigham’s $1.9B construction: See inside
- Mercy Medical was ‘months away’ from closing without Baystate takeover
- Northpond Labs expands Harvard funding beyond Wyss Institute
- Novanta to close Seattle-area plant, lay off 83 employees
- Nursing survey calls attention to care quality, safety, AI concerns
- Werewolf Therapeutics vacates Watertown headquarters
MICHIGAN
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- Henry Ford Health to receive $12M suicide prevention grant
- Michigan may force hospitals to disclose savings from drug cost program
- Michigan sends 152 youths out of state for mental healthcare: Report
- Rural Michigan may need more medical helicopters. Can it afford them?
- BCBSM, Michigan Medicine contract talks put thousands of patients at risk of coverage changes
- University of Michigan Health-Sparrow expands panic button program to home care workers
- Shortage of beds, staff force Michigan kids out of state for mental health treatment
- Nurses allege toxic workplace under Michigan county medical director
- 16 improved, 12 got worse: How safe is your Michigan hospital?
- Planned Parenthood of Michigan seeks $5M in state aid to avoid clinic closures
- 5 hospitals seek input on healthcare needs in southeast Michigan
MINNESOTA
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- As Ranks of Uninsured Grow, Minnesota’s Hospitals Are Among Least Charitable in Nation
- ‘Gone are the days’: Optum Rx to delink drug prices from fees
- Maple Grove Hospital nurses holding strike authorization vote
- Mayo Clinic CEO announces plans to retire
- Minnesota monitors resident potentially exposed to hantavirus cruise outbreak
- MN Hospitals call for action on bill to expand 340B enforcement as legislative session nears end
- Rural physician residency program at University of Minnesota expanded to Staples
- Sanford Health, North Memorial Health agree to combine
- Sanford, North Memorial planned combination adds to Minnesota healthcare deal wave
- Why rural is the perfect setting for innovation: Mayo Clinic Health System President
MISSISSIPPI
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- Mississippi hospitals vital to state’s well-being, economy
- Mississippi rare disease task force is formed as families travel out of state for care
- Mississippi will audit Medicaid providers as a part of federal fraud probe
- Transforming rural health in Mississippi: Hospital shares what they would use new grants for to better patient care
- Ben set to become Mississippi’s first Choctaw pharmacist
- Free Tdap vaccinations, medical records available to Mississippians impacted by tornado outbreak
MISSOURI
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- 3 Ascension CFO moves in 2 days
- CoxHealth changes service lines, leadership structure
- Freeman Health sets Epic go-live date
- How Ascension taps nurse scientists for patient care wins
- Judge enters $1M default judgment against imprisoned urgent care operator
- Missouri ‘born-alive’ abortion bill heads to governor after contentious House debate
- U of Missouri opens $54.8M autism care facility
- Healthcare bill expanding maternal care, contraception access heads to Missouri governor
- Central Missouri’s Fitzgibbon Hospital files bankruptcy, highlighting growing strain on rural hospitals
- Thompson Center expansion to be ‘stepping stone’ for advancing Autism care in Missouri
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
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- Iowa hospital accused of harvesting patient’s organs without Nebraska family’s authorization
- Hantavirus outbreak: Nebraska’s role in quarantine response
- US passengers of hantavirus cruise ship being monitored in Nebraska
- Nebraska Medicine/UNMC asked to monitor U.S. citizens from cruise ship hantavirus outbreak
- Education, tuition support help Nebraska nurse couple grow their health care careers
- Nebraska universities open largest rural health teaching complex in Kearney
NEVADA
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- Cancer center with clinical trial options celebrates Medical District grand opening
- First Thai-owned direct primary care clinic opens in southwest Las Vegas
- Intermountain lands $20M gift to expand Nevada pediatric behavioral health
- Kaiser Permanente doubles down on Reno with new medical office
- Las Vegas medical district housing project aims to address healthcare worker shortage
- Las Vegas hospital touts new surgical system as major innovation for patients’ well-being
- New housing planned in Las Vegas medical district for healthcare workers
- Reno hospitals score high in latest national safety report
- UNLV graduates more nurses to workforce, but Nevada still needs many more
- UNR expands healthcare outreach with mobile unit partnership
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- 2 N.J. residents may have been exposed to hantavirus
- Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center cardiologists introduce new tool to reduce blood pressure by calming renal nerves
- Controversial transgender healthcare bill clears key vote in NJ
- Cooper University Health Care’s operating income jumps 45% on patient surge, FEMA payout
- Inspira Health to fully develop 5-story Mullica Hill hospital wing to handle growing patient demand
- New Jersey emerges as a hub for high-tech brain and spine care
- New Jersey Hospital Association announces strategic alliance with Jade Global
- New Jersey hospital names director of pharmacy
- N.J. acts to protect access to abortion, transgender health care in Trump era
- NJ ER wait times rank among longest; some exceed 4 hours
- NJ hospital revenue has soared since pandemic, and so has CEO pay
- NJHA Partners with Jade Global for Hospital AI Solutions
- NJHA taps AI partnership to ease administrative burdens
- Seven N.J. hospitals earn five stars from hospital rating system
- New Jersey system, university create college of community health
- NJ transgender healthcare bill amended to avoid mention of ‘gender-affirming’ care
- Pharmacy owner gets 2 years in prison for defrauding Medicare of $2.5M
- SciTech Scity, RWJBarnabas Health and Flourish Care partner to launch community-based doula program
- Solis Mammography opens 4 new imaging centers
- Urologic Health Raises $11M In Seed Funding
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- An early tragedy led to a major career change for this exec
- Buffalo home care agency shifts focus, hits $15M in revenue
- Gig Healthcare surpasses $5M in revenue with plans to quadruple
- Highmark’s Jessica Cox talks loss, leadership and Buffalo’s potential
- Independent hospital prepares for $17.6M overhaul
- Islanders Children’s Foundation donates $150K to create child support center for Northwell Health
- Leadership takes center stage
- Long ER stays driven by capacity limits, hospital leaders say
- New C-suite hire for Albany Med Health System
- New York, Alabama hospitals plan to end labor, delivery services
- New York expands behavioral health data access in EHRs
- New York hospital system receives subpoena over trans youth healthcare
- Northwell launches direct healthcare partnership with 32BJ Health Fund
- New York ASC settles data breach lawsuit for $527K
- New York system names physician-in-chief
- Nursing home operator buys troubled Coney Island adult home
- NYU Langone Hospital Is Subpoenaed Over Youth Trans Care
- NYU Langone, Metro PT enter strategic alliance
- Optum-affiliated New York practice to close
- Perry Ciambella’s FirstLight Home Care franchise hits $15M revenue
- These Buffalo healthcare leaders aren’t leaving the future to chance
- U.S. attorney for Northern Texas demands gender care records from NYU Langone
- Western New York healthcare leaders adapt to industry shifts
- Why the CEO of America’s top orthopedic hospital thinks the future is bigger than surgery
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Advocate Health speeds up prior authorizations with AI: 5 notes
- AHWFB buys Winston-Salem site from board member Don Flow for $6.75M for freestanding ED
- Atrium Health affected by Oracle Health breach
- Atrium’s new $893M bed tower at main campus to add much-needed capacity as Charlotte grows
- Cancer drug startup gets funding boost as it prepares for Phase I clinical trials
- Car crashes into WakeMed Raleigh campus building
- Certificate of Need filed to move 28 nursing facility beds from Rowan County to Kernersville
- Durham startup raises $16M to help providers find buried patient data
- Forsyth Tech, Novant Health partner to open free on-campus clinic for students
- Greensboro clears rezoning near Moses Cone Hospital for future institutional expansion
- Inside Advocate Health’s plan to scale hospital-at-home
- New York expands behavioral health data access in EHRs
- OrthoCarolina to grow its ASC capacity by 150%
- Novant Health seeks approval for freestanding emergency department in SouthPark
- Novant hospital’s pediatric behavioral ED stays drop from 6 weeks to 2.11 days
- Outer Banks hospital seeks approval for MRI scanner
- Raleigh Orthopaedic joins NC State Health Plan program
- UNC Health plans coastal expansion with new Wilmington hospital
- UNC Health plans community hospital in Wilmington, public hearing could come this summer
- UNC Health taps clinical data intelligence platform
- Wake County delays vote on Atrium Health’s $2 billion merger with WakeMed
- WakeMed enters proposed Atrium Health deal after years of rising patient demand
- With WakeMed deal, Atrium revives its push for Triangle foothold
- Woodside Health acquires 40K-square-foot MOB
NORTH DAKOTA
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- How BCBSND uses personalized digital tools to help members navigate high health care costs
- Tareen family gives $5 million to UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences
- How BCBSND uses personalized digital tools to help members navigate high health care costs
- Additional $20 million in federal rural health grants announced for North Dakota
OHIO
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- Akron Children’s chosen for former Ohio college campus site
- Cleveland Clinic CEO joins Oracle board
- Cleveland Clinic’s quantum system hits 90% capacity
- Former surgeon sues U of Toledo over alleged forced retirement
- Lindner Center of Hope adds to C-suite in effort to expand national reach
- Nationwide Children’s hits $4.3B revenue milestone as workforce swells by 1,100
- OhioHealth says DOJ lacks evidence it blocked lower-cost health plans
- RFK Jr. visits Summa Health
- Sotera Health taps medical industry veteran Alton Shader as next CEO
- Xavier University names health center after retiring local executive
- Rural Ohio hospitals feel brunt of noncompete clauses as legislators eye ban
- Bomb threat prompts lockdown at ProMedica Flower Hospital
- OhioHealth seeks dismissal of DOJ lawsuit, says feds lack evidence
OKLAHOMA
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- Biozen in OKC wins FDA clearance for cuffless blood pressure device
- Hospital Week: Memorial Health System of Southwest Oklahoma
- More Kansas babies can get critical donated breast milk thanks to a collaboration with Oklahoma
- OKC mental health team responds to over 5,000 calls in 10 months
- Oklahoma adds alpha-gal syndrome to its list of tick-borne illnesses
- Oklahoma Complete Health serves over 300 families in OKC event
- Oklahoma law expands access to Type 1 diabetes screening
- OMRF study reverses heart disease in diabetic mice
- Staff recognized at Lawton Country Club event during Hospital Week
- UTulsa researchers file patent for potential brain cancer treatment
OREGON
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- How the PeaceHealth physician dispute became a national test for corporate medicine
- Legacy back in network with Regence
- Oregon ASC to close after acquisition collapses amid state review
- Oregon governor signs behavioral health workforce expansion bills amid shortage
- Oregon law limiting corporate control in medicine passes first test
- Oregon system CEO to retire; successor named
- PeaceHealth, Eugene Emergency Physicians reach agreement after rancorous dispute
- Portland ER doctor sentenced to 13 months for leaving Woodburn fatal crash scene
- Portlanders still can’t find doctors. Is there any hope that will change?
- Oregon doctor says he has tested positive for hantavirus
- PeaceHealth parts ways with James McGovern
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 235 Butler Memorial Hospital workers plan strike: 4 notes
- Butler Memorial Hospital union workers threaten strike if deal isn’t reached
- CHOP’s crisis center brings hope for children’s mental health
- Cooper University Health Care operating income jumps 45%
- Hantavirus treatment move sends Traws Pharma stock soaring
- Health care workers assess the state of nursing in Pennsylvania
- How 5 health systems are getting ahead of pending Medicaid cuts
- How Bill Gates-backed TerraPower will turn Cold War uranium into a cancer-fighting tool in Philadelphia
- Inspira Health expands scope of $250M Mullica Hill project
- LifeScan names new CEO months after exiting bankruptcy
- Penn Medicine expects $105M ROI from AI
- Penn State Health taps ambulatory leader
- Pennsylvania hospital saves 1.3 FTEs with radiology AI platform
- Pennsylvania supports its mothers with 5-year maternal health strategic action plan
- Public transit company discusses rural transit and healthcare in Central Pennsylvania
- ‘Quickly unfolding healthcare catastrophe’: What Medicaid cuts are doing to Pennsylvania
- UPMC provides free RN-BSN degree to its nurses
RHODE ISLAND
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- 3 Top RI Healthcare Leaders Warn “We’re in a Crisis, We’re Going to a Disaster.”
- 3 R.I. Hospitals earn ‘A’ grade in spring 2026 Leapfrog ratings
- Five Questions With: Dr. Sapna Chowdhry
- HopeHealth, URI College of Nursing partner on new hospice training program
- Newport Hospital’s safety rating slips in latest survey
- RI attorney general makes final push to boost enforcement powers against pharmaceutical middlemen
- RIDOH Cites Two Rhode Island Dentists
- RIDOH issues second statewide overdose spike alert of 2026
- State health office, Thrive dispute Medicaid billing status
- TO THE RESCUE? Centurion’s effort to save 2 safety-net hospitals just getting started
- Two years after Steward’s collapse, Brown University Health seeks $6M from its estate
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Clemson Rural Health receives $7.7M maternal grant
- Hospital safety report shows gains, but no A grades locally
- McLeod Health Clarendon announces new CEO
- Novant ECMC celebrates 40 years
- Prisma Health foundation launches giving campaign for new behavioral health hospital
- Safest and most unsafe South Carolina Lowcountry hospitals
- These are the safest and most unsafe SC Lowcountry hospitals, new report shows
- Hospital safety report shows gains, but no A grades locally
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- North Memorial and South Dakota-based Sanford Health merging
- North Memorial Health plans merger with Sanford Health
- Sanford Health Continues M&A Push with North Memorial Health Deal
- Sanford Health, North Memorial Health plan merger with $600 million hospital investment
- SDAHO Leadership in D.C.: 2026 Federal Priorities Now Available
- Western Dakota Tech uses high-tech mannequins to address nursing shortage
TENNESSEE
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- Acadia Healthcare cuts jobs, restructures leadership
- Ascension Saint Thomas to break ground on Clarksville hospital, health campus
- Erlanger East Hospital embarks on $122M expansion to serve growing area
- HealthStream ramps up hiring and tech spending after strong Q1
- How 5 health systems are getting ahead of pending Medicaid cuts
- How high-risk pregnancies are saved at one Nashville hospital
- PathPoint Health expands to Florida after Tennessee launch
- Second not-for-profit hospital suing thousands of patients in Tennessee
- Tennessee eliminates certificate of need for acute care hospitals
- Tennessee optometrist pleads guilty to $6.9M Medicare fraud
- Unlock Health names Greg Walsh CEO
- Vanderbilt Health rolls out 1st patient-facing AI tool at scale
- Construction Begins On Baptist Memorial Hospital-Fayette County In Somerville, Tennessee
TEXAS
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- 3 Ascension CFO moves in 2 days
- Ascension Seton Hays names Drake new president
- Ascension Texas hospital names chief clinical officer
- Ascension Texas hospital taps new assistant CFO
- Atrium Health & Interim HealthCare Affected by Business Associate Data Breaches
- CHRISTUS Health earns national distinction for heart valve replacement in Tyler
- CMS cuts funding for Texas psychiatric hospital
- Conifer automation helps Tenet offset Q1 headwinds
- Far West Side draws new medical development
- Harris Health sues insurer for millions over alleged underpayments
- Houston hospitals accuse insurer of underpaying Medicare claims
- Houston Methodist hospital employee stabbed in parking garage
- Med center $20M hospital expansion to fill big void
- Meet the minds behind CrossBridge Bio, Eli Lilly’s $300M Houston buy
- Predictive maternal health tool targets Dallas and Tarrant
- Rice University betting on ‘science fiction’ ideas in new lab
- Texas behavioral health operator files for Chapter 11
- Texas systems open 200-bed behavioral health center
- UT Austin launches Epic ahead of new academic medical center
- UTMB gets $4M from Sealy and Smith Foundation to help boost nursing workforce
- UT Southwestern’s plans for Clearfork hospital begin taking shape
- West Texas VA receives funding for continued infrastructure improvements
UTAH
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- Hope & Help for Kids: Intermountain Primary Children’s Gene Kids Initiative makes whole genome sequencing available to children who have a suspected genetic disorder
- In Utah, still a national hotspot, measles cases hit 663
- Intermountain expands brand reach through pro sports partnership
- Mothers’ mental health a top priority for new outpatient program at the University of Utah
- Taylorsville facility specializes in mental health services for Utah youth
- Three Utahns were on cruise ship hit with hantavirus, state health officials say
- Utah physician, 2 nurses charged in $29M fraud scheme
- Utah podiatrist and 2 nurses indicted in $27M Medicare fraud scheme
- What Intermountain’s CEO didn’t anticipate about its Epic EHR launch
- Intermountain Health to build sports performance center next to Jazz, Mammoth training facilities
VERMONT
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- AI is reshaping how Vermont’s doctors care for patients
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont files for rate increases with state
- Final plans released for Vt. hospital transformation
- Senate advances bill to keep private equity out of the clinic
- UVM Health targets $300M in cuts, outpatient overhaul amid $280M deficit
- UVM Health must cut expenses by $300 million in three years, independent liaison finds
- Brattleboro hospital and its support staff avert strike by signing first contract
- New community mental health center planned for Montpelier
- Overdose deaths in Vermont drop by 25% in 2025
VIRGINIA
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- Sentara’s home-based primary care model, explained
- University health system starts work on heart clinic in Richmond
- Virginia nursing home appeared to ‘inflate’ costs to get more Medicaid money, audit suggests
- Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger signs bills to lower health care costs
- Why innovation is a non-negotiable for rural hospitals: Viewpoint
- Radford University, NRV Community Services team up to tackle maternal health crisis in rural Virginia
- Program helps women in Southwest Virginia access maternal health care
WASHINGTON
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- How 5 health systems are getting ahead of pending Medicaid cuts
- MultiCare pilot targets opioid overdoses with 5-day treatment
- Providence hospital to lay off 40 workers amid behavioral health staffing overhaul
- Providence raises $500M in philanthropy in 2025
- Providence sees $360M operating improvement in Q1
- Washington sues Providence over pregnancy accommodation allegations
- GLP1s weight-loss drugs may soon be covered by health insurance under new Washington court ruling
- Washington AG accuses Providence of mistreating pregnant and nursing staff
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
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- 3 Ascension CFO moves in 2 days
- Ascension Wisconsin hospitals partner with hospital association to promote future workforce
- Ascension Wisconsin taps new CFO
- Aurora Health Care earns most “A” hospital safety grades in Wisconsin
- Centene executive to join Froedtert ThedaCare as chief nurse
- Children’s Wisconsin Neenah NICU expands to meet demand
- Community Health Network taps new CFO from Aspirus Health
- Emplify Health by Gundersen Opens Wisconsin’s First Emergency Mental Health Facility
- Marshfield Clinic gifts $85K donation to Feed My People Food Bank
- Marshfield Clinic making a comeback
- Meriter team focuses on organ recovery as donor numbers drop
- Some Ascension ICUs not staffing in-person critical care physicians
- St. Mary’s Hospital nurses allege widespread union busting
- The $227 Million Bet on North-Central Wisconsin’s Healthcare Future
- Two Ascension Wisconsin Hospitals Earn Top Hospital Safety Grades
- Epic, Sanford among companies joining CMS prior authorization effort
- Mount View Care Center in Wausau names new administrator
- Wisconsin surgery center taps Medline as prime vendor
WYOMING
