NATIONAL
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- AHA urges FTC, DOJ to exclude hospital mergers from premerger notification requirements
- Amazon names former Amwell CEO as head of health services
- Bill proposes counting hospital observation stays toward Medicare eligibility for skilled nursing care
- Dr. Oz taps new CMS chief of staff
- From California to Minnesota, rural hospitals push to keep their doors open
- Hospital at home shows positive results for Medicaid patients: 8 notes
- Hospitals again ask FTC, DOJ for exemption from expanded premerger notification filings
- Hospitals sue CVS Health alleging it redirected $250M in 340B funds
- Hospitals taking fire from all sides in Washington
- House bill excludes labor and delivery beds from critical access hospital 25-bed limit
- House committee advances hospital billing legislation
- House introduces Rural Community Hospital Demonstration extension bill
- How health systems divide claim denials work between AI and humans
- Is the ‘legal dinosaur’ of Stark law doing more harm than good?
- Microsoft thwarts healthcare ransomware threat
- Surgeon group urges Congress to change pay policy
- Teladoc Health debuts clinical services on Walmart’s virtual hub
- Trump administration reforms surprise billing dispute resolution
- What to know about the non-network plans coming to the exchanges
ALABAMA
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- American Family Care names new president
- DSH hospital system has little money to invest in AI
- No Ebola found at Alabama hospital after ER diversion, EMA director says
- Gadsden Regional Medical Center releases statement after community questions about ER patient
- Alabama launches $203 million rural health initiative, two North Alabama workshops set for this week
- Alabama birth centers focus on mission as court battle over state regulations continues
- Grandview Health to gain majority ownership in Vestavia surgery center
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Banner employees sue system over voluntary benefits
- Mayo Clinic taps AI to flag patients needing palliative care
- Medicaid payments fuel Banner Health’s stronger Q1 results — 8 things to know
- Arizona faces worst nursing shortage in the nation. One college is training the next generation, fast.
- Banner Health report shows Arizona research driving national medical innovation
- Mayo Clinic deploys AI to identify palliative care patients
- Northern Arizona VA Health Care System Receives 5-Star Rating
- Ranking Arizona: Top 10 hospitals for 2026
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas healthcare CEO urges lawmakers to act as rural hospitals close services
- Baptist Health Posts $73M Turnaround While Fort Smith Campus Falters
- CHI St. Vincent Names New Market President for Arkansas
- Former CFO of Arkansas Pediatric Clinic Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
- Rogers hospital to be first to use Arkansas’ initiative for doulas in maternal healthcare
- State says Murfreesboro Rehab and Nursing License Revoked for Misconduct
- Washington Regional announces restructuring plan, will cut 86 jobs
- 40 Under 40: The State’s Top Challenges and the Path Forward
- 40 Under 40: Top Book Recommendations
- Arkansas association’s nurse training shines
- Arkansas system cuts 86 jobs, including management roles
- College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Announce New Deans (Movers & Shakers)
- Conway Regional CEO Matt Troup Stepping Down After Decade of Growth
- UAMS, Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas collaborate on doula integration
CALIFORNIA
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- Ascendiun CEO joins CMS’ Healthcare Advisory Committee
- Building permit issued for WellSpace $20 million mental health project in South Sacramento
- California healthcare district dismisses CEO
- California hospital taps new CFO
- California physician convicted in $45M fraud scheme
- California physician specialty MSO inks deal with AI platform
- California State Assembly Passes Groundbreaking Maternal Health Bill by Assemblywoman Celeste Rodriguez
- Cedars-Sinai opens first international outpatient clinic in London
- CMA opposes dangerous ballot measure that could worsen California’s physician shortage
- From California to Minnesota, rural hospitals push to keep their doors open
- Kaiser Asks Court to Rule a $556 Million FCA Deal a Covered Loss
- Kaiser chief supply chain officer tapped to guide national strategy
- Kaiser cancer center receives $5M for expansion
- Kaiser Strike Costs Top $1 Billion in Q1
- Mission Community Hospital Pays $1.55M to Settle Data Breach Lawsuit
- New Report Highlights Healthcare Challenges Facing Inland Empire Residents
- Newsom proposal to shift crisis response team costs to counties draws opposition
- ‘Rural healthcare is under attack’: California hospital turns to strategic partnerships to combat Medicaid cuts
- Sutter Health, Minneapolis-based Allina sign definitive agreement advancing merger
- Sutter Health grew its learning program 120% — and isn’t stopping there
- Tens of thousands of U of California workers ratify labor deal
- UC Davis Health hits milestone on $406M utility plant expansion
- Valley health groups make record $150,000 donation to Saint Agnes cardiac rehab program
- As California adopts behavioral health reform, funding for prevention is being eliminated
- Desert Healthcare Fires CEO Chris Christensen
- Innovaccer acquires RCM company
- Kaiser chief supply chain officer tapped to guide national strategy
- UCSF doctor has bold plan to achieve universal primary care in California
COLORADO
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- Aurora VA hospital’s mammogram backlog delayed breast surgeries, inspector general says
- Colorado medical transport companies struggle as state fixes reimbursement errors
- Hospital system to shutter some Denver-area clinics
- Children’s Hospital Colorado and Healthier Colorado launch new plan to improve youth mental health system
- Colorado law targets loophole for offenders with mental health issues
- Colorado midwives sue state, saying regulators are making it harder for them to safely do their jobs
- Colorado hospitals already taxed as Medicaid reform launches later this year, UCHealth officials say
- Say hello to public health’s newest director
- A ‘home-grown’ approach to maternity care deserts
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut Medicaid program hit by data breach impacting 22,500 patients
- Hartford HealthCare patient data accessed in Connecticut Medicaid portal breach
- MinuteClinic(R) and Hartford HealthCare Expand Primary Care Access Across Connecticut
- Nuvance Health brand transitions to Northwell
- UConn medical school tuition to climb roughly 10% over next three years
- Former CT nurse accused of defrauding Medicaid allegedly submitted $1.3 million worth of claims
- Sacred Heart University To Launch CT’s First Doctor Of Medical Science Program
- Unauthorized user gained access to 22,500 Hartford HealthCare accounts, DSS says
DELAWARE
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- ChristianaCare researchers identify genetic drivers of aggressive CRC
- ChristianaCare spins CRISPR analysis software into company
- Delaware healthcare spending explodes yet again
- Delaware reports a zero life sciences real estate vacancy rate
- Delaware healthcare professionals to gather in Dover for geriatric care symposium
- Independent Dental Care Is on the Rise in Delaware
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FLORIDA
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- AdventHealth deploys ChatGPT for Healthcare: 9 things to know
- Baptist Health receives record $100M gift from billionaire
- Behavioral health hospital operator to pay $32M in Medicare fraud settlement
- Florida hospital partners with Mayo supply chain venture
- Humana invests $83M in new Florida pharmacy distribution center
- Jacksonville lung study saves 35-year-old’s life after detecting cancer she wasn’t supposed to have
- Lee Health names clinical chief
- Lee Health to acquire Florida Heart Associates
- Mayo Clinic taps AI to flag patients needing palliative care
- Nemours Children’s Health plans expansion across Northeast Florida as pediatric population reaches 1.3 million
- Oglethorpe Inc. and Top Executives Agree to Pay $32M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
- Orlando Health opens new Apopka behavioral hospital as Longwood campus eyes redevelopment
- Specialty pharmacy opens $83M Orlando distribution center
- U of Florida builds AI platform for hospital pharmacists
- UF Health ER properties hit the market in Mount Dora, Clermont
- Universal Health Services opens 156-bed hospital in Palm Beach Gardens
- Philip Marchesini named HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital chief executive officer
- CVS, Walgreens and Walmart defeat Florida hospitals’ opioid lawsuit
- $1 million helipad opens at HCA Florida Englewood Hospital during EMS week
GEORGIA
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- After the ER, nowhere to go: Children’s hospital models a mental health care network to meet kids needs
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s training ground to host FIFA team
- Georgia senators secure millions for metro Atlanta health care upgrades
- Grady Memorial Hospital hit with lawsuit over website tracking tools
- Grady patient accuses hospital website of sharing private health data with Google
- Grady South emergency facility to open June 2 in Union City
- Wellstar’s answer to pharmacy tech shortages: AI across 3 workflows
- Georgia leaders look to expand mental health care access as demand rises
- New North Georgia hospital awarded nearly $1M in federal funds
HAWAII
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- ARDA-Hawai‘i donates $4K to support Kona Hospital Foundation efforts
- Hawaii’s affordable housing crisis portends issues for older adults, workers who care for them
- Hawaii Isotope Technology opens $20M cancer-imaging drug facility
- HMSA’s Latest Move Could Worsen Doctor Shortage
- Kula Hospital’s future uncertain amid ongoing post-storm closure
- PharMerica to close Kaneohe facility after losing contract
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- Abortion advocates urge additional reproductive health support from Illinois
- BCBS Illinois shifts more employees to fully remote work amid report of 3rd office closure
- Chicago’s top doctor resigns, mayor’s office says
- CommonSpirit’s Earnings Send a Clear Warning to CFOs
- From O’Hare to the hospital, here’s how Chicago is preparing for Ebola
- HSHS names system director of operational advancement
- Northwestern Medicine to Pay $325,000 to Resolve EEOC Religious Discrimination Charges
- Peoria skilled nursing facility fined $25,000 by the state
- Safety-net hospitals, programs for homeless people could face cuts by Illinois
- Sparta Community Hospital highlights $111.7 million economic impact during National Hospital Week
- Historic Belleville farm being transformed into mental health treatment center
- Illinois gets $82.5M settlement from Epipen manufacturer
- Illinois healthcare bills at stake as spring session enters final week
- Illinois HIV advocates seek $6.5M funding boost as Trump cuts threaten medication access for thousands
- New dean and provost selected for the SIU School of Medicine
- Nurses at St. Mary of Nazareth push back against firings amid unionization effort
- OSF HealthCare celebrates 2000th TAVR procedure
INDIANA
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- Bloodgood donates $1 million toward on-site PET/CT scanner at Hancock Health
- Health care summit uses IMS to draw together leaders from across sector
- Hendricks Regional earns national recognition for patient care
- Indiana Supreme Court declines to hear Planned Parenthood’s challenge to pro-life law
- IPS students earn health care credentials before college
- IU School of Medicine names Emory University veteran as new dean
- LaPorte County deputy Jon Samuelson shot, critically hurt at Franciscan Health hospital in Michigan City
- Lilly goes on $21B buying spree to build drug pipeline
- Optum to shutter Indiana practice
- Red Ribbon Recovery Indiana reports strong patient outcomes in first year of operation
- Trilogy Seeks to Evolve Memory Care With New Center of Excellence
- Shooting reported at Franciscan Health hospital in Michigan City, Indiana
- Preliminary data shows Indiana infant mortality remains steady at record low in 2025
IOWA
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- Iowa hospital CFO promoted to CEO
- MercyOne Will Have A New President Next Month
- State reduces fine for nursing home charged with ‘life-threatening’ injuries
- University of Iowa AirCare opens new helipad in Davenport
- Broadlawns hospital brings Iowa’s first mobile memory and wellness unit to Polk County
- Dr. Mehmet Oz talks about Medicaid, Medicare funding at Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City
- Dr. Oz visits University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, touts rural health program
- Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, Kernels to host prostate cancer awareness game June 7
- Iowa nursing home fined after painkillers were replaced with vitamins
- Medicaid cuts threaten 3 Iowa hospitals and rural health care
- New Council Bluffs mental health facility set to open in June
- Lawsuit against UI Home Care alleges chemo toxicity
KANSAS
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- AdventHealth launches neurosciences institute
- Growing Wichita medical supply company tackles ‘abuse’ in healthcare costs
- 3 people released from KCK hospital after hantavirus exposure
- Governor Kelly tours Kansas’ first new mental health hospital in 100 years
- Hospitals sue CVS Health alleging it redirected $250M in 340B funds
- KU Hospital Authority says CVS stole nearly $62 million in prescription drug savings
- New training opportunity could alleviate Kansas nursing shortage
- Rural hospitals could see relief under bipartisan proposal co-sponsored by Kansas reps
KENTUCKY
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- A UK LLC wants to build a rehab facility in Lexington. Its future is uncertain.
- Baptist Health La Grange earns 5-star CMS rating, 1 of only 5 in Kentucky
- Centerpoint Health debuts MaxMoreSpine endoscopic system in Kentucky
- Former St. Elizabeth Healthcare CEO John Dubis, 71, dies in St. Louis surrounded by family
- Kentucky Christian University announces new Doctor of Nursing Practice program
- OneQuest Health launches employee assistance program, partners with SHP Architecture for pilot test
- PC3 Health hires new CFO as it scales nationally
- UK wants $580M in new power utilities infrastructure to support Chandler Hospital expansion, campus growth
- Kentucky Voices for Health advocates for equitable healthcare policies
- Americans are dropping out of Obamacare, especially in Kentucky
- Six Kentucky hospitals to receive $105 million in COVID funds
- UK hospital expansion plans to meet growing healthcare needs in Kentucky
- Kentucky ranked third-worst US state for senior care
LOUISIANA
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- Gov. Landry, state leaders announce new rural healthcare initiative
- Louisiana has until the end of the summer to invest $20M in rural health innovation
- Louisiana universities partner on pharmacy training pathway
- New fund aims to transform rural healthcare in Louisiana
- Advanced cancer treatment tech at New Orleans hospital
- Landry’s healthcare initiative impact on NELA
- Louisiana hospital names new CEO
- Our Lady Of Lourdes Women’s & Children’s Hospital Completes Mother-Baby Unit Renovations In Lafayette, Louisiana
- The state has $20M to invest in rural health innovation
MAINE
MARYLAND
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- Expectant moms in Cecil County will soon have to leave the county to give birth
- Gov. Moore signs Maryland emergency abortion care bill
- Maryland Hospital Safety Grades Released for All 41 Hospitals
- Maryland psychiatric hospitals strained at 95% capacity: 5 things to know
- Maryland system taps VP of revenue strategy and operations
- Maryland’s ‘aging workforce’ in healthcare presents challenges, opportunities
- Maryland Medicaid payments under scrutiny after audit
MASSACHUSETTS
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- 4 Massachusetts hospitals, universities to offer nurse apprenticeships
- Brown University Health restructures Massachusetts leadership team
- Home care clinicians at Mass General Brigham authorize seven-day strike
- How a shuttered hospital site in Lynn is being transformed into affordable housing for seniors
- Mass. launches $3.5M program to boost biomanufacturing as biotechs eye cheaper states
- Rhode Island operations stay profitable while Massachusetts hospitals drag down Brown Health
- Samsung, Massachusetts General Hospital test wearable tech for GLP-1 patients
- SouthCoast Health posts $23M operating loss as expenses outpace revenue growth
- Apogee Therapeutics secures $1.3B from Blackstone Life Sciences
- Brown Health shakes up leadership of underperforming Mass. hospitals
- Brown Health shakes up Mass. leadership team
- Health insurers back in the black, but at what cost?
- Lantheus explores $7B sale: report
- Massachusetts hospitals send Brown Health millions into the red
- Massachusetts Life Sciences Center launches BioBoost biomanufacturing program
- Novartis, PathAI among firms terminated from state incentive
- Pulmatrix pauses R&D as merger becomes critical
- UMass Chan granted $1.6M to study safer gene therapy delivery methods
MICHIGAN
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- BCBS Michigan, Michigan Medicine to maintain in-network status
- Henry Ford Health surgeons perform first GammaTile procedure on spinal tumor
- Henry Ford Hospital Reaches Construction Milestone On New Patient Tower In Detroit
- Hospitals find themselves in the hot seat to reduce healthcare expenses statewide
- Trinity Health credits pay rates, cost management for its steady 1% operating margin
- Trinity Health posts $200M operating gain, 1% margin through Q3 of fiscal 2026 — 8 things to know
- Michigan hospitals in the hot seat as healthcare costs soar
MINNESOTA
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- Children’s Minnesota taps Fairview exec as chief medical officer
- Feds announce charges in ‘unprecedented’ Medicaid fraud scheme in Minnesota
- From California to Minnesota, rural hospitals push to keep their doors open
- Mayo Clinic taps AI to flag patients needing palliative care
- Mayo Clinic to build 128K-square-foot surgical center
- Medtronic to pay $650M for Cleveland pain therapy company
- Nursing home chain fights ruling saying it has to restart $100K bonuses
- Plymouth medtech startup names new CEO as it prepares first commercial launch
- Sutter Health, Allina sign definitive agreement advancing merger
- “The Fraud Here In Minnesota Is Shocking”: 15 Charged In Minnesota Autism Scheme
- UnitedHealth’s PBM names CFO
- Allina, Sutter Health formalize merger agreement
- HCMC bailout saves a critical physician training program
- Mayo Clinic deploys AI to identify palliative care patients
- Minnesota hospital health unit coordinators reach tentative labor deal ahead of strike
- Peytant Solutions names Tom Douthitt CEO ahead of commercial launch
- South Minneapolis Native American clinic and housing set to open in September
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
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- Children’s Mercy partners with NY company to improve access to cell and gene therapies
- Mercy Southeast names new president
- Missouri creates health care ‘community hubs’ for rural areas
- Missouri critical access hospital taps CFO
- Missouri freezes CMP spending, cuts off access to nursing home training tool
- St. Louis Character: Former medical billing president turns childhood murder mystery into novel
- The great hospital sell-off: How major health systems are betting big on ASCs
- Rural hospitals in Missouri warn $50B grant funding won’t offset looming federal cuts
- USDA opens grants to improve rural economics, education, healthcare in Missouri
MONTANA
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- Bozeman Health recognized for hospital safety
- Legacy Health-backed insurer PacificSource to exit ACA market, pull out of Montana entirely
- Missoula nonprofit expands mental health services for children
- Montana VA Health Care System warns veterans of fraudulent scam
- PacificSource exits ACA exchanges, Montana amid financial strain
- PacificSource to exit ACA market, pull out of Montana entirely
- A conversation about the future of healthcare in Carter County
- Mobile healthcare training coming to Rawlins
- Montana Hurries To Adopt Trump’s Medicaid Work Rules Amid Budget Woes
- Montana libraries receive AEDs and other life-saving supplies
NEBRASKA
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- Children’s Nebraska wants all clinicians vibe coding by 2027
- Arapahoe homecare cooperative now accepting clients
- Methodist Healthcare System’s mobile ECMO is saving lives in New Mexico and Mexico as demand surges after COVID
- The most underrated threat in digital health
- UNMC named in discrimination, retaliation lawsuit: 5 things to know
NEVADA
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- Hospitals, clinics want Nevada to bolster protections for discount drug program
- Nevada Heart & Vascular Center opens imaging facility in Henderson
- Nevada’s first standalone children’s hospital moves forward in southwest Las Vegas
- Nevada ranks last in nation for mental health care access, UMC doctors warn crisis growing
- Sunrise Hospital celebrates trauma survivors, Level 1 trauma center certification
- Renown Health partners to launch first OB/GYN residency in Northern Nevada
- University launches mobile healthcare through partnership with Washoe County
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Cottage Hospital CEO’s tough decision reversed a -16% margin
- Federal government to give New Hampshire $500 million for program to improve rural healthcare access
- How Dartmouth Health Is Using Telehealth to Keep Complex Births Close to Home
- AG Report Finds Governance Failures At North Country Healthcare, Orders Outside Oversight
- Dartmouth Cancer Center community walk raises critical funds for cancer services in Southern New Hampshire
- NH lawmakers fail to reach deal on children’s behavioral health bill
NEW JERSEY
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- A Medical First For New Jersey Was Launched This Week By RWJ Barnabas Health
- Atlantic Health announces leadership changes at medical centers
- Atlantic Health hospital names orthopedics chair
- Jersey City Medical Center Recognized for 75 Years of Membership in the American Hospital Association
- Nurses Authorize Strike At Hospitals In NJ
- Report: 48 N.J. hospitals have emergency room wait times above national average
- South Jersey native uses mental health expertise to bring people closer
- St. Luke’s Named One of the Nation’s 15 Top Health Systems® by Modern Healthcare and Premier
- 48 New Jersey Hospitals Report ER Wait Times Above National Average
- Hunterdon Health Urgent Care centers receive UCA Accreditation
- NJ defends record on uncovering Medicaid fraud in response to White House criticism
- N.J. residents spend fourth-lowest percentage of income on health care
- NJ Senate approves bill to protect reproductive, transgender healthcare
- Physician network Privia Health enters New Jersey
- RWJBarnabas Expands Maternal Health Aid In Underserved NJ Communities
- RWJBarnabas Health invests $1.5 million in local organizations
NEW MEXICO
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- Eden Pharmacy’s Albuquerque expansion to create 56 jobs
- Lovelace Health System, Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico reach deal ahead of June 1 deadline
- Methodist Healthcare System’s mobile ECMO is saving lives in New Mexico and Mexico as demand surges after COVID
- Ardent’s Lovelace, BCBS New Mexico face split
- Eden Pharmacy to add 56 jobs with $2.7M Albuquerque expansion
- ‘Future of medicine in New Mexico looks great’: Program expansion promises to fill doctor shortage
- The state giving the most physician loan debt relief
NEW YORK
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- Mount Sinai estimates $50M ROI from AI portfolio
- MVP Health Care hires former CDPHP executive for new C-suite role
- Nuvance Health brand transitions to Northwell
- NYC Health + Hospitals adds 2nd behavioral health housing site
- NYU Langone cuts nursing support staff turnover 40% in 8 months
- See Westchester Medical Center’s latest plans for $260M patient tower
- When stress turns orange, physicians and care teams get help sooner
- Dr. Elizabeth Warner joins MVP Health Care’s C-suite
- New budget details as New York offsets some federal cuts to hospitals
- Northwell Health’s annual walk raises record $1.32M+ to improve health in local communities
- Pioneer of sight-giving surgeries, ambulatory leader dies at 94
- State budget includes $1.5B for hospitals and nursing homes
- Their Finest Hour: How St. Vincent’s Hospital Met the AIDS Crisis
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Advocate Health’s operating margin improves to 3.7% in Q1
- Coastal North Carolina medical building sold for $3.4M
- Cone Health raises minimum wage to $18 an hour
- Delayed, denied, diffused: Families face an uphill battle in nursing home cases
- Duke Health faces soaring costs for Cary GI center after years-long delay
- NC lawmakers move to scrap key CON rules
- North Carolina Behavioral Health MCOs Vaya Health, Partners Health Management to Merge
- North Carolina eyes CON repeal
- Raleigh Radiology secures MRI expansion after vendor exit displaced 5,000 patients
- UNC Health cuts chart review time by 50% with AI: 5 notes
- UNC Health Sent WakeMed an Offer. The Raleigh Hospital Says It’s Sticking with Atrium.
- WakeMed CEO clarifies merger as partnership, not takeover by Atrium
- WakeMed declined offer from UNC Health in midst of Atrium deal
- WakeMed says no to UNC Health merger proposal
- WakeMed said no to UNC’s $5 billion offer
- Lawmakers target hospitals – and Atrium Health in particular – in reform bills
- Small eastern North Carolina hospital receives big national honors for how it treats patients
- New Cone Health program addresses nurse shortage
NORTH DAKOTA
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- BCBS North Dakota lays off 45 employees amid Cambia affiliation
- Cramer, Klobuchar Introduce Bill to Modernize Physician Workforce Program, Strengthen Access to Care Across the Nation
- Essentia Health Wahpeton employees honored for patient care
- JRMC’s Mike Delfs recognized as CEO to know
- Sanford Fargo Recognized as One of the Top Pediatric Hospitals in the United States
OHIO
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- Amazon Pharmacy expands same-day delivery in Ohio
- CareSource pauses behavioral health Medicaid clawbacks
- Cincinnati biopharma firm helmed by Medpace founder makes commercial debut
- Cleveland Clinic tops MyChart organ donor registration: 6 notes
- Cleveland pain therapy company SPR Therapeutics to be acquired for $650M
- Dr. Mehmet Oz addresses Medicaid fraud concerns in Ohio
- Eight Indicted in Medicaid Fraud, Nursing Home Theft Cases
- Equity closes lease of 3,370-square-foot medical office building in Columbus market
- Medtronic to pay $650M for Cleveland pain therapy company
- Ohio legislature targets healthcare noncompetes
- Senate bill seeks to curb noncompete agreements that doctors say limit their practice
- Summa Health acting CEO looks to AI to ease workforce shortages
- Wright State, Premier Health secure $2.5M grant for expansion of healthcare program
- Ohio lawmakers push for behavioral health checks, pursue regulations on health plans, insurers
- Man learns punishment for assaulting nurse at Ohio hospital
OKLAHOMA
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- New Oklahoma law makes dealing abortion pills a felony
- OKC Council approves $12.27M mental health crisis center plans
- OKC teachers to staff new OU Health pediatric behavioral health center
- Oklahoma Insurance Department promotes Medicare fraud prevention week
- $129 million, 72-bed behavioral health center brings hope for Oklahoma kids in crisis
- Final plans approved for Oklahoma City mental health crisis center
OREGON
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- Running to recovery: Portland-area nonprofit partners with treatment centers
- PeaceHealth, emergency room physicians bury hatchet
- Providence announces it will exit its health insurance business in 2027
- A unique Oregon law allows it to block healthcare deals. In five years, the state hasn’t done so once
- Small Doses: Oregon’s top health official calls for postpartum care reform
- Telling the Hospital Story: Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Oregon hospital finds that stronger NICU measures lower infant infections
- Vaccination rates among Oregon students have reached a new low, OHA reports
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Allegheny Health Network trains surgical AI to identify organs, blood vessels during operations
- CHOP reported $271 million in operating profit for the nine months ended March 31
- Jefferson Health Plan records $111.9M loss through Q3
- Jefferson Methodist Hospital in South Philadelphia reopens after power outage, evacuations
- Penn Medicine joined a nurse retention effort that pays up to $40K in student loan debt
- Penn State Health’s margin increases to 2.1% through Q3: 5 things to know
- Philadelphia correctional health workers go weeks without pay after YesCare bankruptcy
- Phoenix firm buys Bucks County office building with surgery center for $12M
- UHS behavioral health president resigns
- UPMC hospital pauses some outpatient services after fire
- UPMC operating income rises
- UPMC Presbyterian president says new Oakland bed tower will enable reimagining of entire hospital campus
- Bath & Body Works CFO Eva Boratto to join pharma giant Cencora
- CtiBiotech launches U.S. operations in Philadelphia; 35 jobs planned
- Highmark Health posts $216M operating income gain in Q1
- Penn Medicine to deploy AI clinical agents
- Tower Health’s Pottstown, Phoenixville hospitals narrow losses
- UPMC reports higher operating revenue in Q1 2026
RHODE ISLAND
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- 7 hospitals in R.I. earn 4-star rating from federal health agency
- As Brown Health operating losses deepen, pressure mounts to save Newport Hospital birthing center
- Brown Health proposes $30M cardiology wing at St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River
- Brown University Health restructures leadership, 1 leader exits
- Care New England to lay off more than 30 leadership, nonclinical roles
- Rhode Island operations stay profitable while Massachusetts hospitals drag down Brown Health
- SouthCoast Health posts $23M operating loss as expenses outpace revenue growth
- Slater startup fund has placed bets on 140 firms over 25 years, with R.I. the big winner
- Brown Health physician to lead international cardiology society
- Massachusetts hospitals send Brown Health millions into the red
- More than 33 PACE organizations adopt IntusCare platform
- Report: Rhode Island leads U.S. in lung cancer survival, screening efforts
- WalletHub: R.I. 7th lowest in nation for resident healthcare spending
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Avera Health transitions to Epic
- Prairie Lakes begins transition to Sanford Health in June
- Sanford Health regional president heads to Mercy
- Sanford Health to share perspectives on AI, workforce transformation and the future of care delivery at Reuters Digital Health Summit
- South Dakota begins rollout of $189 million rural health care initiative
- South Dakota system to rebrand post-Sanford Health merger
TENNESSEE
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- 12 CFO moves at HCA in 2026
- Acadia in the headlines: 6 things to know
- Ascension Saint Thomas, Lifepoint Health propose $90M rehabilitation hospital
- Clearwater Security plants flag in Nashville with first physical office, grows local workforce by 50%
- Covenant Health taps regional CFO
- CVS sues Tennessee over PBM law
- Freestanding EDs, urgent care acquisition opportunities abound for HCA Healthcare
- Gov. Bill Lee signs landmark bill prohibiting PBMs from owning pharmacies in Tennessee
- HCA bolsters workforce pipeline with healthcare professional college acquisition
- HCA Healthcare to acquire medical imaging training institute
- HCA Tennessee hospital names COO
- HCA to acquire 8,000-student healthcare college
- Middle TN city that currently has no 24/7 ERs gets state approval for two facilities
- Mosaic Health names new CEO
- Quorum Health transitioning to nonprofit for financial pickup
- Tennessee launches first grants under $207M rural health transformation fund
- Tennessee system plans $23M ASC after joint venture falls through
- The great hospital sell-off: How major health systems are betting big on ASCs
- This Tennessee town’s only hospital closed without warning. Two years later it still hasn’t reopened
- TriStar Horizon freestanding Fairview ER asks community support ahead of Certificate of Need hearing
- Vanderbilt Health names AVP of revenue integrity
TEXAS
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- Driscoll Children’s Hospital purchases 140 acres in Portland, Texas for major healthcare campus
- Judge dismisses BCBS Texas’ surprise billing lawsuit against HaloMD
- Laredo reactivates physician recruitment committee to address doctor shortage
- Longtime DFW Hospital Council CEO to retire after two decades
- Mariposa Medical Office Building expands specialty care access in major health corridor
- MD Anderson Cancer Center gets approval for $2.9B expansion, planning one of TMC’s largest buildings
- Methodist Healthcare System’s mobile ECMO is saving lives in New Mexico and Mexico as demand surges after COVID
- New medical suite building to be constructed on Loop 337
- Oorja Bio launches with $30M in funding to tackle rare lung disease
- Pillr Health adds downtown San Antonio company to its portfolio
- Texas Biomed launches $83M center to triple its biosafety research capacity
- The great hospital sell-off: How major health systems are betting big on ASCs
- Why so many pharmaceutical giants want to invest billions in Houston
- 20 most trusted health system brands
- Austin psychiatric beds shrink as demand for mental health care grows
- Bristol Myers Squibb’s $1B Houston proposal lands recommendation
- Camp Mystic health officer barred from direct patient care
- Camp Mystic health officer may practice nursing again under limited Texas license, board says
- CaptureRx acquisition expands Pillr Health’s pharmacy reach
- Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council CEO Steve Love to retire in 2027
- HCA Texas hospital taps COO
- National health system buys the College of Health Care Professions to recruit new staff in Texas
- San Antonio’s Texas Biomed breaks ground on BSL-4 facility
UTAH
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- How Utah’s AI refill pilot is performing so far
- Intermountain Health to cut 93 roles amid clinic changes in 2 states
- U of Utah Health taps ambulatory chief
- Utah parses AI physician experiment: 6 updates
- A new standard of care: How Harper Clinic’s IOP is changing the face of mental health treatment in Utah
- Physicians mostly agreed with AI in Utah’s AI prescribing pilot
- Telehealth in Utah Reflects a Shift in Everyday Care
- Utah cases are slowing, but measles isn’t done with us yet, says health expert
- What do early data from Utah’s Doctronic AI pilot show?
VERMONT
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- Rockingham hears proposal for mental health case management program
- Brattleboro Retreat earns APA reaccreditation for psychology training program
- How losing rural birthing services affects more than just Vermont
- UVM offers student loan forgiveness to keep primary care doctors in Vermont
- Vermont enacts the country’s first ban on herbicide linked with Parkinson’s disease
- Vermont hospitals need to cut spending drastically — but do their plans deliver?
- Vermont Lawmakers Advance Limits on AI in Mental Health Care
VIRGINIA
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- McLean telehealth company seeks to raise $17.25M in IPO
- Virginia faces mental health provider shortages as Hampton Roads residents struggle to navigate care
- New report highlights mental health care shortages across Virginia
- Virginia Department of Health launches ‘Beyond the Blues’ maternal mental health campaign
- Virginia measles dashboard launched amid outbreak
WASHINGTON
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- Decade-long Washington hospital CEO retires; successor named
- Hospitalists become 1st Providence physicians in Washington to unionize
- Providence leans on Epic to simplify its tech stack
- WA falls to No. 40 in national hospital safety ranking as major Seattle hospitals earn ‘C’ grades
- Washington health insurers request 22% rate increase in 2027
WEST VIRGINIA
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- CMS, West Virginia leaders highlight progress in rural healthcare transformation program
- Most of WV Medicaid recipients aren’t aware that work requirements are coming, survey finds
- WV Announces Nearly $4M For Healthcare Recruitment
- West Virginia Changes Prior Authorization Law After Man’s Treatment Delay and Death
- West Virginia faces lack of behavioral health resources
WISCONSIN
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- Children’s Wisconsin, UW Health under pressure to resume care for transgender youth
- DeAnn Thurmer to retire after decades at SSM Health
- Dr. Bryce Gartland aims to elevate Froedtert ThedaCare to national prominence
- Longtime SSM Health Wisconsin leader to retire after 40 years
- Madison hospital nurses to vote on union as staffing debate intensifies at St. Mary’s
- Millions awarded to local health care systems for Covid-19 pandemic response costs
- SSM Health, Beloit Farmers Market team up for Food Bucks
- “The need is more intense.” St. Mary’s nurses call for major changes at hospital as union vote looms
- Aspirus Health Uses AI Technology to Accelerate Stroke Detection and Improve Patient Outcomes
- Aspirus Wausau Hospital Begins Expansion In Wisconsin
- CORE Behavioral Health in Manitowoc appoints CEO as growth continues
- Free In-Home Asthma Help Is Now Available For Families In Wisconsin
- Nurses at St. Mary’s organize for union, citing loss of local responsiveness
- Over 10% of Wisconsinites skipped a necessary doctor visit in 2024 due to rising costs
- UW-Oshkosh nursing students among first to try new electronic health record platform from Epic
- Wisconsin reports first mpox cases of 2026
WYOMING
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- Feds greenlight Wyoming’s plan to spend $205M on healthcare initiatives
- How $200 million will be doled out to Wyoming health care providers
- How Wyoming Is Bringing Doctors Back Home — And Keeping Them
- Sheridan County Detention Center launches first medication addiction treatment program in Wyoming
- Wyoming irons out length of rural healthcare program spending
- Wyoming physician clinic to shutter
- Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson’s $250M Wyoming Medical Project to Shut Down
- Gillette’s Hoskinson Health Clinic To Close, ‘No Longer Financially Sustainable’
- More OBGYNs licensed, but maternity care disappearing
