NATIONAL
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- 6 unique Rural Health Transformation fund proposals
- 5 Stark law cases disrupting physician compensation structures
- After nurses, PA groups sue over ‘professional degree’ loan rule: 7 things to know
- AHA comments on proposed payment updates to skilled nursing facilities for FY 2027
- AHA lays out blueprint to improve affordability, care access and quality
- AHA pushes back on CMS’ 2027 inpatient psychiatric facility proposed rule
- As AI identifies more at-risk patients, health systems face a capacity challenge
- CMS outlines national framework to support rollout of Medicaid work requirements
- Eli Lilly issues data sharing ultimatum to 340B hospitals
- Examples of How Hospitals Are Lowering Costs and Enhancing Value
- Health systems aren’t just killing more AI projects — they’re starting fewer
- High Court Turns Away Health Workers’ Vaccine Mandate Case
- HIPAA rule changes are coming, but can they stand up against AI?
- How Can a Hospital CFO Reduce Bad Debt Right Now? 5 Responses
- How nonprofit hospital strategy is getting tested this year
- Joint Commission launches certification for responsible healthcare AI use
- Microsoft launches preview of Copilot Health tool
- Trump administration reforms surprise billing dispute resolution
- Trump signs AI cybersecurity executive order: 7 things to know
- Trump signs order to use HHS vaccine assessment as federal guide
- ‘We’ve seen some slippage’: Hospitals open a new front in the Medicare Advantage reform fight
- What’s going on at the FTC? 3 notes for ASC leaders
- Why doctors are worried about the patient affordability crisis
- Why physician groups are walking away from Medicare
ALABAMA
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- Alabama system to take over rural emergency hospital
- BCBS Alabama responds to Jackson Hospital’s warning of imminent closure without deal
- 19-year-old Children’s of Alabama employee dies after medical emergency at work
- Alabama expands certified behavioral health clinics model into new regions
- East Alabama Health to operate Bullock County hospital
- Selma partners with LiveHealth Alabama to boost public health and infrastructure
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- AARP calls on Arizona Senate to bring nursing home camera bill to a vote
- Arizona couple ordered to pay $12 million for health care fraud
- Arizona sues MultiPlan, 8 health insurers over alleged price-fixing ‘cartel’
- El Rio’s largest Tucson health center set to open
- HonorHealth completes $170 million expansion at Deer Valley Medical Center
- How Bandera Works With Partners to Expand Nursing Home Service Lines
- Mayes sues health insurers over alleged Arizona price-fixing plot
- Ranking Arizona: Top 10 hospitals for 2026
- Tribal leaders protest plans to close Tucson health care facility
- Tucson hospital worker accused in patient’s sexual assault
- Workforce health is critical to Phoenix’s tech boom
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas Children’s taps chief research officer, institute president
- Arkansas hospital CEO to step down after 11 years for new role
- Baptist Health to cut 70 more jobs at Arkansas hospital
- Baxter Health seeks federal rural health funds with first of four planned applications
- CHS exits Pennsylvania, Arkansas
- Conway Regional CEO Matt Troup Stepping Down After Decade of Growth
- Dr. William Jones Named Market President of CHI St. Vincent
- Missouri hospital system completes deal to enter Arkansas
- North Little Rock Surgery Center Brings $4.5M Sale
- UAMS Ends Proton Center Service Agreements Over Unpaid Bills
- Freeman Health completes $110 million purchase of Northwest Health
- Incura Treatment Centers Expands With New Rodney Parham Location
- New assisted living facility breaks ground in Springdale
CALIFORNIA
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- Additional Emergency Medicine Physicians Begin Working at Palo Verde Hospital
- Antibody-drug therapies linked to ‘serious’ infection risks
- California hospital CEO to step down
- California psychiatric staffing law takes effect: 8 notes for health systems
- California university to open $150M medical school
- Californians spend less share of income on out‑of‑pocket health care
- Chabria: California is teetering on a health care cliff, but few are paying attention
- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles cuts spinal fusion recovery time
- Dignity Health Folsom Ranch project advances with $42 million in new building permits
- From Hospital to Homes
- ECRMC Awarded $11 Million California Distressed Hospital Grant
- Ensign buys two healthcare facilities in Iowa and California
- Here’s what Kaiser’s new S.F. hospital will look like
- How older Californians can utilize resources to prioritize mental health, meaningful connections
- Kaiser joins $100M funding round for care navigation startup
- Kaiser Permanente names Emily Holliman president of Mid-Atlantic States region
- Kaiser Permanente taps soccer star for nationwide brand campaign
- Measure ER aims to fund health services through an Los Angeles County sales tax increase
- Monterey hospital works to improve patient safety after “C” grade from watchdog group
- Physician fired for refusing PE firm’s order heads to California appeals court
- Scripps CEO receives healthcare leadership award
- Soria bill to expand Distressed Hospital Loan Program advances to Senate
- ‘The need has not magically decreased’: John Muir temporarily closes 21 psych beds amid California’s staffing order
- What will Watsonville Community Hospital’s next chapter be?
- Why surgeons are flying across the world to watch this California ASC operate
- Wojcicki family launches foundation to fund early detection research for lung cancer
COLORADO
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- Polis signs bill extending subsidies for Colorado health insurance premiums for another year
- Colorado selected for Medicaid demonstration program
- Colorado confirms first human case of West Nile virus this year
- Local panel held to discuss new findings about youth mental health in Colorado
- 73 people went ‘missing’ from St. Mary’s last year
- Colorado charts its own course on vaccines amid federal pullback
- Pueblo’s Parkview Medical Center ends cardiothoracic surgeries
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut passes law to curb hospital sale-leaseback deals, favored by private equity firms
- Confidia Health Institute Expands Integrated Approach to Preventive and Wellness Care
- Connecticut Enacts Genetic Privacy Law
- CT to cancel medical debt for another 97,000 residents
- Facility of the Month: New $326 Million Tower at Connecticut Children’s Addresses Health While Also Honoring Wellness
- Hartford Healthcare expands services in underserved areas
- Lehigh Acres nurse accused of defrauding Medicaid program in Connecticut
- Nearly 100,000 CT Residents To Have Medical Debt Erased
- New Connecticut private equity law bans hospital sale-leasebacks
- The nightmare for CT residents sued by hospitals for payments. ‘They wanted their money’
- St. Vincent’s Medical Center offering groundbreaking procedure for cardiac patients
- Stamford Hospital Recognized For Nursing Excellence
- Yale New Haven Health awards funding to AI, maternal care innovations
DELAWARE
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- ChristianaCare to open 2nd Pennsylvania neighborhood hospital
- Delaware to establish its first medical school in partnership with Philadelphia-based Jefferson University
- Delaware to launch $78M medical school with free tuition option
- Marins Med provides new technology for amputees
- Nemours Children’s Health scales hospital-at-home as an operating model
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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- A year after opening, does Southeast DC trust Cedar Hill hospital?
- Children’s National launches pediatric AI innovation hub
- Firm sells medical office building outside DC to diversify portfolio
- GWU offloaded its $450M physician group problem — why the industry watching
- How crumbling buildings at DC’s old mental hospital will be revived and repurposed
- Kaiser Permanente names Emily Holliman president of Mid-Atlantic States region
- New Leapfrog report ranks hospitals’ safety grades in DC, Maryland, and Virginia
- What space research is revealing about human health, with the Smithsonian’s Ellen Stofan and a VHC Health OB-GYN
FLORIDA
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- $80M SWFL high-tech cancer treatment center reaches patient milestone
- AdventHealth posts 9.3% adjusted operating margin in Q1
- AdventHealth opens 28th Florida freestanding ER
- Baptist Health opens $40 million facility at Seven Pines ahead of retail development
- Behavioral health hospital operator to pay $32M in Medicare fraud settlement
- BGO Acquires 41,810 SF Medical Office Building in Metro Tampa
- Centerwell opens $83M Orlando distribution center
- FIU, Baptist Health break ground on $200M academic medical center
- Florida hospital partners with Mayo supply chain venture
- Florida hospitals lose $2B opioid lawsuit against pharmacies
- Hot Healthcare Real Estate Market
- Miami Beach biotech lands FDA orphan drug designation for ALS treatment
- Mount Sinai plans new hospital in Miami-Dade
- New York healthcare payments company to open St. Pete office, adding 100 jobs
- Orlando Health names regional CHRO
- Orlando Health orthopedic institute taps director
- Orlando Health posts 1.9% margin, sees ‘early indications’ of payer mix shift
- Orlando Health ramps up expansion with new hospital campus, ER
- Orlando Health unveils details of new hospital plans for Viera
- UM names new leader for Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
- West Boca Medical Center Completes $2.3 Million Labor and Delivery Expansion and Renovation
GEORGIA
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- A new hospital is in the works for Atlanta’s South Side
- After 3 decades at Emory, clinical exec joins Indiana University
- Atlanta mayor pitches new hospital in latest push to pass $5.5 billion neighborhood initiative
- Donna Hyland of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to receive Most Admired CEO Lifetime Achievement Award
- Grady opens new 24-hour emergency department in Union City, expanding healthcare access in South Fulton
- Marietta medical startup gets $1.5 billion investment from Boston company
- New emergency department serving South Fulton opens its doors
- New Grady emergency room opens in south Fulton County ‘healthcare desert’
- Northside Hospital Atlanta begins $48 million emergency room expansion
- Tennessee cracked down on a questionable therapy. Georgia gave its doctors a home.
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- Coeur d’Alene Tribe receives health service award
- Federal official tells Idaho lawmakers there’s ‘no leeway’ in awarding rural health funds
- Franklin County Medical Center to be featured on national TV after being named one of best rural hospitals in America
- Idaho has the fifth-highest rate of uninsured young kids, report finds
- Idaho Rural Health Transformation grants to go live in June
- Idaho surgery center cuts ribbon on new facility
- Kootenai Health debuts new surgical robot
- Lifepoint completes ScionHealth deal, expands to 68 hospitals
- McCall’s Critical Medical Devices wins Boise startup World Cup qualifier
- Syringa focuses on stability, growth through staffing, technology changes
ILLINOIS
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- Advocate Health Breaks Ground On Hospital At South Chicago Lakefront Megadevelopment Site
- AHA asks court to dismiss website-tracking lawsuit against Endeavor Health
- AI will be central to CommonSpirit’s revenue cycle post-Conifer, CFO says
- BCBS Illinois expands maternal health coverage
- CommonSpirit moves 65% of system to Epic, cuts EHR portfolio to 11
- Construction of new lakefront hospital on South Side considered transformative for Chicago
- Deaconess Illinois Crossroads welcomes new CAO
- HSG Medical, Capital Healthcare Properties close $23.4 million sale of outpatient center in Naperville
- IL advances new oversight of private equity in healthcare
- Illinois health centers receive nearly $70 million in federal grants
- Illinois hospital taps CFO
- Illinois hospitals urge Pritzker to quickly sign bill before Eli Lilly cuts off drug discounts
- Illinois lawmakers pass bill to shield abortion information from digital medical records
- Illinois legislators pass digital abortion record privacy bill
- Illinois parents now have NICU leave, a small step in the right direction
- Mercyhealth opens retail pharmacy
- New behavioral health urgent care center opens in Champaign
- New Mental Health Board convenes
- Nurses at Prime Healthcare Chicago hospital plan strike
- OSF HealthCare’s rural recruitment pitch: Come home
- Rush surgeon 1st to use extended-reality headset in spine surgery
- Shuttered safety-net hospitals’ future unclear after judge rejects leadership change
- Some southern Ill. facilities receive part of more than $69M in health care grants
- Southern Illinois Ob-Gyn Associates Data Breach Lawsuit Investigation
- The ‘secret sauce’ behind Northwestern Medicine’s supply chain strategy
- West Suburban Medical Center owner can keep control of hospital, judge rules
- Morton nursing home fined over $20,000 for violating state regulations
INDIANA
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- After 3 decades at Emory, clinical exec joins Indiana University
- CareSource to exit Indiana ACA marketplace
- Community Health Network unveils Executive Physical clinic
- Dr. Scott Boden named 11th dean at IU School of Medicine
- Eli Lilly gives hospitals 5 days to comply with 340B policy
- Hendricks Regional Health EMS launches initiative
- Indiana pauses autism therapy provider signups
- Indiana’s rural hospitals struggle with finances, workforce needs
- Inova Health associate tech chief joins Beacon Health System
- Inova Health associate tech chief joins Beacon Health System
- Law Firm Asks US to Investigate Eli Lilly’s Drug Discount Policy
- Parkview Health signs affiliation agreement with Indiana hospital
- RayzeBio planning $150M in radiopharmaceutical facilities in Whitestown
- Preliminary data shows Indiana infant mortality remains steady at record low in 2025
- Powers Health to expand outpatient center in Valparaiso
- Reid Health Director of Nursing Receives Leadership Award
- Goshen Health moves ahead with Parkview Health affiliation
- Indiana Medicaid overhaul looks to lower hospital prices
- New HealthLinc clinic expands access to care in Newton County
IOWA
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- Cass Health Earns 5-Star Status from CMS
- Doctor fights sanctions, saying he’ll be ‘run out of practice’ by Iowa board
- Fired Iowa nurse aide wins unemployment benefits after complaints
- Hyper Energy campaign raises over $20,000 for NAMI Iowa
- Iowa hospital opens retail pharmacy
- Meet the Iowans who are fighting to lower cancer rates and increase awareness
- Mercy adds positioning technology to radiation therapy program
- Methodist Atrium Pharmacy opens in Des Moines
- Sharon and Kyle Krause donating $5M for new UI initiative researching environment’s effect on health
- States ranked by nursing home beds per capita
- UnityPoint Health opens new outpatient pharmacy in downtown Des Moines
- University of Iowa launching research initiative to study state’s environmental health risks
- WDM Human Services partners with Broadlawns Women, Infants and Children Program
- Widow defends wrongful-death claim against Iowa nursing home
KANSAS
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- 39 Kansas organizations get $79 million boost from rural health grants
- $29M rural health care grants: Freeman Fort Scott awarded
- Ascension Via Christi searches for executive to lead Rock Regional Hospital site in Derby
- BCBS Medicaid plan in Kansas taps president
- Freeman Fort Scott Hospital receives $2.5M for rural health
- HaysMed awarded rural health funding for PET/CT scanner
- Kansas hospital receives $2.5M in rural health funds to expand surgical capacities
- Kansas launches new online nursing school guide
- Kansas Rural Health Transformation Program grants over $5 million to Stormont Vail Health
- KDHE Awards Nearly $80M to Strengthen Rural Health Care, Area Hospitals Included
- KU pharmacy workers lost a union election by 2 votes. Then dozens of delayed ballots arrived
- Rural Kansas healthcare boosted with $79.1M in grants
- Salina Regional seeking to build brand new surgery center and clinic
- Wesley Medical Center introduces novel treatment for liver tumors, cancer
- Wichita addiction recovery provider says $4 million grant is ‘major step’
KENTUCKY
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- Central Kentucky nursing home tried to falsify time cards to avoid audit, lawsuit says
- Centerwell opens $83M Orlando distribution center
- Heuser Hearing begins $6M+ renovations on Old Louisville clinic
- Kentucky ranks among nation’s most reliant states on public health insurance
- Mental health access is expanding in Kentucky, Governor says
- NKY entreprenuer Dave Knox shares his story about beating cancer, thanks to St. Elizabeth care
- Kentucky races to meet federal deadline for $213 million rural healthcare grant
- Kentucky gets “C” for maternal mental health
- Eastern Kentucky addiction, behavior health center owner indicted on federal charges in fraud scheme
LOUISIANA
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- Angel’s Law signed to expand perinatal bereavement care across Louisiana
- Immigrant Medicaid applications chilled by new Louisiana law
- Lawmakers in Louisiana approve psychedelic drug research for addiction, mental health
- Louisiana hospital names chief medical officer
- Louisiana Medicaid roll has fallen by 200,000 over past year
- Louisiana passes bill permitting medical cannabis in hospitals
- Louisiana ranks among worst states for nurses
- Louisiana system cuts sepsis mortality 24%
- Nearly 200,000 Louisianans lose Medicaid coverage
- Ochsner exec joins UMC New Orleans as COO
- Ochsner expands Kaplan healthcare with new medical building
- UMC Names New Chief Operating Officer
MAINE
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- How one clinic is bringing functional medicine to Southern Maine communities
- Independent hospital clears hurdle to joining MaineHealth
- Legislation would extend funding for rural Maine hospitals
- Maine makes progress on mental health services, but rural access gaps remain
- MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital could be closing labor and delivery ward
- New Belfast dental clinic expands access across Midcoast Maine
- UMaine launching 2 doctoral nursing programs
- York Hospital’s merger with MaineHealth one vital step closer
MARYLAND
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- 18 Maryland nursing homes change hands in deals worth $500M
- Kaiser Permanente names Emily Holliman president of Mid-Atlantic States region
- Local hospital names MedStar exec as next president
- Maryland audit finds millions in questionable Medicaid payments
- New Leapfrog report ranks hospitals’ safety grades in DC, Maryland, and Virginia
- Swiss pharma giant launches Baltimore program
- The Cayman Islands helped Maryland hospitals avoid taxes — until a whistleblower got involved
- Maryland enters interstate school psychologist compact to address workforce shortage
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Aerska opens Cambridge site through Bayer Co.Lab partnership
- AG Campbell sues UnitedHealthcare over $100M MassHealth fraud
- Ascidian Therapeutics inks $1.9B deal with Eli Lilly
- Baystate’s CEO: ‘Leadership is not a popularity contest’
- Boston Children’s saves $7M, 60K hours with OpenAI
- Boston Medical Center names CFO of care delivery
- Boston’s next growth engine: The aging economy
- CereVasc raises $85M for eShunt hydrocephalus device
- Former lab CEO, physician to pay $1.2M+ to settle kickback scheme allegations
- Fulcrum Therapeutics seeks merger, acquisition
- Harbor Health receives $9 million in tax-exempt bonds to fund Hyannis expansion
- Heywood names UMass Memorial’s Babu as next chief medical officer
- Mass General program helping cancer patients deal with physical, mental health in remission, “I feel more empowered”
- Massachusetts AG sues UnitedHealthcare over alleged Medicaid fraud
- Massachusetts orthopedic network adds 13-physician practice
- Massachusetts sues UnitedHealthcare over alleged $100M in fraudulent Medicaid payments
- Massachusetts system taps chief medical officer
- Real estate for Trinity Health, Mercy offices sell as part of $6 billion deal
- UnitedHealthcare used false behavioral health diagnoses to defraud Massachusetts Medicaid, lawsuit alleges
- Moderna receives $50M for Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine work
- Nursing Council, ForHealth Consulting launch paid apprenticeship initiative
- Parabilis Medicines plans $450M IPO with Regeneron backing
- Replimune files RP1 resubmission after April rejection, layoffs
MICHIGAN
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- Michigan psychiatric hospitals cut patient injuries 58%
- Munson Medical Center welcomes new president
- Orthopedic practice building new Grand Haven clinic to expand in Ottawa County
- President of 1,000-bed Michigan hospital steps down
- Tenet Michigan hospital names CEO
- U of Michigan Health-Sparrow eyes outsourcing 400 jobs
- Michigan’s mental health boom: Demand access and quality
- Agency handling protections for Michigan’s mental health patients under scrutiny
- Michigan holds B- in maternal mental health report
- Global health leader to lead University of Michigan public health school
- Michigan lawmakers revive push to legalize physician-assisted suicide
- Closing Michigan’s growing healthcare gap
- Health care experts divided over Michigan’s proposed ‘Death with Dignity Act’
MINNESOTA
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- 11 Minnesota Assisted Living Communities Receive Commitment to Quality Award
- Advocates: Thousands of legitimate providers disenrolled from high-risk Medicaid programs
- Ben Nielsen named Ridgeview health system CEO
- HCMC, North Memorial Bulk Up in Health Care Arms Race
- Mayo Clinic’s secret AI weapon — its own nurses
- Minnesota families fight health insurance company over massive disability nursing care cuts
- Microsoft, Mayo Clinic plan to build frontier AI model for healthcare
- Parents Sue Minnesota Hospital to Enforce HIPAA Right of Access for Minor Child’s Medical Records
- Sanford Health Bemidji Names Dr. Joseph Corser as Interim Chief Medical Officer
- Rural hospitals worry about the future of 340B discount drug program
MISSISSIPPI
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- AbbVie Loses Latest Challenge Against Mississippi Pharmacy Law
- Baptist Memorial to take over Merit Health Rankin hospital
- Baptist Memorial Health Care to add 26th hospital, a 134-bed facility
- Expert: Mississippi least transparent on how it’s spending federal rural health money
- First rural health grants in MS include building, technology upgrades
- Mississippi hospital delays potential closure until July 31
- Mississippi is among 10 states in federal program to expand sustainable access to mental health care
- Mississippi lawmakers review Rural Health Transformation Program
- Mississippi prepares to open applications for $206 million in rural health grants
- Mississippi rural health program least transparent in U.S.
- MS State Hospital among failed health inspections in, near Jackson
- Rankin County approves Baptist takeover of Merit Health Rankin with $70 million investment
MISSOURI
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- Ascension completes Amsurg acquisition
- Ascension must sell 7 surgery centers to buy Amsurg: FTC
- Carolyn Kindle’s $10M gift fuels SSM Health fund to address social factors impacting health
- Children’s Mercy partners with NY company to improve access to cell and gene therapies
- CHS sells 4 hospitals to Freeman Health for $110M
- FTC requires Ascension divestitures in $3.9B AmSurg deal
- How 4 systems are breaking the ED boarding cycle
- How Ascension achieved a $2.6B turnaround in nearly 3 years
- Longtime Children’s Mercy executive returns in interim role
- Mercy swings from $57M operating loss to $230.3M gain through Q3
- Midwest Physician Group grows quickly as independent doctors face challenges
- Missouri critical access hospital taps CFO
- Missouri hospital system completes deal to enter Arkansas
- New President to Lead Mercy Southeast Communities
- OSF HealthCare names new leader for its Metro East hospital
- SSM Health radiology tech receives instructor of year award
- Missouri health officials investigate Freeman Health System location
- State leader helps Missouri school nurses improve kids’ futures
MONTANA
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- Montana hurries to adopt Trump’s Medicaid work rules amid budget woes
- Montana secures federal funding for behavioral health clinics
- PacificSource says it will leave Montana’s Affordable Care Act Marketplace
- PacificSource to cut 97 jobs amid market exits
- Rocky Mountain Laboratories researchers charged with smuggling Mpox virus into the U.S.
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
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- Comprehensive Cancer Centers opens new flagship in Las Vegas Medical District
- Federal grant brings mobile dementia screening to rural Nevada
- Nevada faces nearly 5,000-nurse shortage as burnout hits nearly two-thirds, foundation say
- Nevada’s standalone Children’s Hospital begins recruiting 200 doctors ahead of 2030 opening
- Southern Nevada Health District releases 5-year Community Health plan
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Attorney General’s Office: North Country Healthcare breached its fiduciary duties, needs changes
- Cheshire Medical Center Surpasses $42 Million Fundraising Goal for Major Expansion Projects
- Dartmouth Health and reaching rural patients
- Dartmouth Health Muscles Into North Country With Littleton Hospital Deal
- Dartmouth Hitchcock investing $900K to improve treatment of pregnant patients substance use disorder
- VA secretary says upgrades in Manchester remain priority for White House
NEW JERSEY
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- 30-location physician group abruptly shutters, stops paying staff amid financial troubles
- 850 Virtua nurses issue strike notice
- Atlantic Health and the Journey to AI-Native Care
- Atlantic Health to pay Morristown $48M to start hospital expansion
- Cooper plans $300M Gloucester Township campus with 400 new healthcare jobs
- Healthcare jobs are on the rise in Atlantic City
- Jersey City’s only remaining hospital operating at or near capacity after Heights closure
- Johnson & Johnson eliminating 56 positions ahead of orthopedic sale
- Medical treatments advance as hospitals implement groundbreaking technologies.
- Morristown approves $48 million agreement with Atlantic Health as medical center expansion plans loom
- NJ hospitals invest in advanced prostate cancer care
- Optum to lay off 58 in New Jersey amid office move
- Patients stunned as dermatology offices suddenly close amid staffing, pay issues
- Rutgers offers New Jersey’s only forensic nurse examiner course
- RWJBarnabas Health Expands Lifesaving Naloxone Initiative Across New Jersey
- RWJBarnabas hospital chief nurse given inaugural pediatric nurse Daisy award
- Virtua Health’s post-discharge program cuts readmissions, shortens stays
- With $3.5B at stake, Hackensack Meridian races to educate 500,000 patients set to lose Medicaid coverage
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- Bassett Healthcare Network opens new clinic and expands rural healthcare options
- Bertrand Chaffee Hospital’s nursing home to shutter amid mounting losses
- Catholic Health CEO Patrick O’Shaughnessy steps down
- Catholic Health plans to close surgery center in Orchard Park
- Catholic Health Long Island CEO steps down
- Garner Health raises $100M to expand its best-doctor rankings
- How Northwell turned a public health initiative into an Epic workflow
- How NYU Langone is helping modernize a decades-old GI surgery tool
- Jennie B. Richmond Nursing Home in Springville to close
- Kaleida launches unified Epic EHR platform
- Memorial Sloan Kettering sues GE HealthCare over imaging tech
- Montefiore posts -4.5% margin amid nursing strike, winter storms
- Mount Sinai to deploy AI supply chain platform across 8 sites
- New York attorney general opens probe into Nassau University Medical Center
- New York hospital names administrator of long-term care facility
- New York cardiology practice temporarily closes after fire
- New York health system to shutter ASC amid declining patient volume
- New York hospital names administrator of long-term care facility
- New York universities create pharmacy education pathway
- NewYork-Presbyterian CXO Rick Evans to retire after 20+ years in patient experience: ‘It’s been a privilege’
- NewYork-Presbyterian opens $2.1M Community Fund grant cycle
- Northwell built a medical school without grades or class rank. Here’s where it stands, 15 years in
- Northwell completes its largest Epic go-live wave yet
- Northwell develops new tool for Epic users
- Northwell Health operating income jumps from $31M to $144M in Q1
- NYC Health + Hospitals broadens behavioral health support
- NYC Health + Hospitals names systemwide quality chief, SVP of facilities
- NYU Langone cuts nursing support staff turnover 40% in 8 months
- NYU Langone to build multibillion-dollar hospital on Long Island
- NYU Langone expands footprint in Long Island with academic medical center, ASCs
- ‘One of the most ambitious projects ever’: NYU Langone plans Long Island academic medical center
- Rochester nursing home shortage is backing up hospitals and forcing families to choose between low-rated facilities or eviction
- WMCHealth expands post-discharge care coordination
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Advocate Health grows Q1 revenue by 10.8% amid higher volumes, greater efficiency
- Advocate Health partners with Lind for AI platform that connects cancer patients to clinical trials
- Atrium parent explores $850M bond issuance as it pursues WakeMed deal
- Cone Health hospital-at-home program reports 0 deaths, healthcare-acquired infections
- Duke moves forward with large medical campus in Garner
- Guthrie Clinic taps Duke Health executive as security chief
- HCA acquires 17 urgent care clinics in the Carolinas
- Healthcare providers brace for Medicaid cuts. Are layoffs in rural NC next?
- How a new hospital and medical school could change Wilmington healthcare
- How 4 systems are breaking the ED boarding cycle
- NC lawmakers move to scrap key rules governing medical facilities
- NC Senate looks to restrict AI in healthcare billing, insurance
- North Carolina projects $1B autism therapy spending: 6 notes
- North Carolina system names CEO
- Novant Health acquires critical access hospital
- Novant Health buys Hilton Head site for $4.3 million. Here’s what they’ll build
- Novant Health completes acquisition of Stokes hospital, plans to invest $50 million in the county
- Novant Health names presidents for 3 North Carolina regions
- Novant Health posts 3% operating margin in Q1
- Novant, UNC Health Prepare Competing Bids For Hospital Beds
- Patient death draws renewed CMS scrutiny at HCA’s Mission Hospital
- ProKidney names first chief technology officer as kidney therapy nears pivotal trial readout
- Randolph Health appoints new CEO with track record leading major turnarounds
- Some assisted living providers would see streamlined inspections if bill becomes law
- ‘Top-notch care’: WakeMed leaders say Atrium Health merger is best move for hospital’s future
- Trading memories: Former exec proud of Innovation Quarter’s progress, but has a fear
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- 4 charged in $30M behavioral health fraud case
- Cincinnati clinic owner accused of $12 million Medicaid fraud scheme
- Cincinnati behavioral health startup raises $3M as it eyes first expansion outside Ohio
- Dayton Children’s names newest $8.5M urgent care facility after retiring CEO
- Dayton VA set for campus upgrades under record $4.8B national VA investment
- Mercy Health adds New Carlisle practice as Springfield footprint grows
- Mercy Health expands orthopedic, neurosurgery services
- OhioHealth ends merger talks amid ‘regulatory hurdles,’ hospital finds new partner
- OhioHealth taps first chief customer experience officer
- Ohio system pivots to Adena Health after OhioHealth deal falls through
- Startup to Watch begins AI pilot with Columbus Medical Association affiliate
- University Hospitals launches innovation program for startups
- DeWine administration cutting off Medicaid payments to 49 providers
- State suspends dozens of central Ohio Medicaid providers after fraud event
OKLAHOMA
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- 18 Oklahoma senior care communities earn national quality awards
- $2M gift creates permanent nursing scholarships at OCU
- After daughter’s cancer diagnosis, Oklahoma family lobbies for research funding
- Assault investigation underway after family alleges abuse at Midwest City nursing home
- Edmond warns dialysis patients of possible water treatment change
- Integris to host cancer survivors celebration at Scissortail Park
- Oklahoma Children’s OU Health, OKCPS partner to staff pediatric behavioral health center
- OMRF marks World MS Day with patient art event
- Saint Francis named Oklahoma’s first blood clot center of excellence
- What OU Health’s founding CEO learned building a new health system
- Your next urgent care visit may be diagnosed in part by AI
OREGON
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- Judge sides with PeaceHealth in religious discrimination COVID-19 lawsuits
- McKenzie-Willamette poised for nonprofit ownership as Medicaid cuts loom
- More than 20 rural Oregon hospitals will receive millions from state and feds for maternal health
- Oregon lands $37.5 million in federal-backed funding to keep rural maternity care open
- PacificSource to cut 97 jobs amid market exits
- St. Charles Health System helps patients stay healthy beyond the hospital
- Judge’s order limits who can go to Oregon State Hospital, county leaders warn of ripple effects
- ‘Extremely shocking blow’: Judge limits stays at Oregon State Hospital, sparking concern
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Advocates gather at the Pennsylvania Capitol to address senior care crisis
- Bill to provide grants for hospital security upgrades advances in PA House
- Bucks County’s Chandler Hall selling operations
- Bucks County nursing home announces sale, staff layoffs
- ChristianaCare unveils new Aston micro-hospital
- CHS exits Pennsylvania, Arkansas
- Delaware to establish its first medical school in partnership with Philadelphia-based Jefferson University
- Ex-Kimmel Cancer Center chief seeks $10M for AI cancer venture
- Gemma Bio takes space at Lilly Gateway Labs in Center City
- Guthrie Clinic taps Duke Health executive as security chief
- Highmark Health posts $216M operating income as health plans division bounces back
- How 4 systems are breaking the ED boarding cycle
- Jeffrey Bednarski to lead Mario Lemieux Institute at UPMC
- Nurse practitioners renew push for independence from physician oversight in Pa.
- Pa. nursing homes hope the state budget will settle a 20-year fight over funding
- St. Luke’s Hospitals feed the spirits of seniors with unique meal program
- Tower Health’s Pottstown, Phoenixville hospitals narrow losses amid restructuring
- UPMC Children’s Hospital names new leader for merged cancer and blood disorder division
- WellSpan Health, Philips launch 7-year AI, imaging partnership
- WellSpan taps physician executive from HSHS
- West Pharmaceutical Services names outsider as next CEO
- Why Mount Nittany Health chose to implement Epic independently
- WVU Health System, Independence Health System merger expected to close in the fall
- WVU Medicine, IHS ink definitive agreement to merge
- WVU Health System to complete Independence Health acquisition by early October
- WVU Medicine to acquire 5 Pennsylvania hospitals in $800M deal
RHODE ISLAND
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- CVS challenges Tennessee law banning PBMs from owning pharmacies
- Five Questions With: Carolyn Jackson
- Last-minute budget cut axes program helping older adults avoid RI nursing homes
- Newport Hospital birthing center nets $1.6 million state investment
- OHIC report finds primary care gaps, spending lag in Rhode Island
- PBN announces 2026 40 Under Forty honorees
- Rhode Island budget proposal grows by $523 million as spending debate intensifies
- R.I. Life Science Hub partners with Pawtucket Foundation for healthcare career pathways program
- R.I.’s first apprenticeship program for surgical technologists launches
- RIDOH awards $32K in grants to encourage physical activity among youths and families
- Scotland’s Tartan Army donates $10K to Hasbro Children’s Hospital
- ‘We’re kids’: R.I. trans youth push back as DOJ seeks hospital records
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Addressing growing OBGYN shortage
- HCA acquires 17 urgent care clinics in the Carolinas
- Hilton Heads sells land to Novant Health for $4.3M
- How 4 systems are breaking the ED boarding cycle
- How Prisma Health turned data into a frontline care strategy
- MUSC Ambulatory Surgery Center opens in West Ashley
- New Galen College of Nursing campus aims to reverse the region’s nursing shortage
- Novant Health buys Hilton Head site for $4.3 million. Here’s what they’ll build
- SCRA launches rural health tech startup funding
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- A flaw in AI medication monitoring software comes to light after drug diversion in Tennessee hospital
- Ardent Health CEO steps down, COO takes helm
- Ascension Tennessee hospital taps new assistant CFO
- Ballad Health names 4 nursing, physician leaders at 6 hospitals
- Baptist Memorial Health Care to add 26th hospital, a 134-bed facility
- Campbell Clinic partners with health system to expand orthopedic access
- Centerstone begins CEO transition
- CEO Bonick Leaves Hospital Operator Ardent
- CHS exits Pennsylvania, Arkansas
- CHS sells 4 hospitals to Freeman Health for $110M
- CVS sues Tennessee over its PBM law as Rhode Island mulls its own reforms
- Family Safety Center opens medical exam clinic for abuse survivors in South Nashville
- HCA acquires 17 urgent care clinics in the Carolinas
- HCA Healthcare, Ascension Saint Thomas land approval for freestanding ERs
- Health Care Notes: Nashville hospital systems rapidly scale clinical AI deployments
- Lifepoint completes ScionHealth deal, expands to 68 hospitals
- Major local health system names new CFO
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare taps new CFO
- New $11M crisis facility serves West Tennessee youth
- Tennessee cracked down on a questionable therapy. Georgia gave its doctors a home.
TEXAS
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- ACA enrollment is dropping nationwide, but not in Texas.
- Ascension Seton uses a new surgical approach to improve precision, outcomes
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Lakeway marks 10 years of community care
- Biote CEO steps down, interim leader named
- Carbon monoxide leak at Terrell nursing home sends three to hospital, authorities say
- Ex-FDA commissioner talks Houston life sciences competitiveness amid global growth
- HCA Healthcare to buy the College of Health Care Professions
- HCA Texas hospital names COO
- Houston biotech could be key in global arms race, experts say
- Inside Cook Children’s sound lab where music becomes healing for families
- Mercy Texas ministry names president
- New CEOs tapped to lead $1.4B multi-hospital expansion
- New details released on Texas Children’s Hospital’s planned detransition clinic
- Stephen Love Helped Unite North Texas Hospitals. Now He’s Preparing to Step Away.
- St. Luke’s Health breaks ground on rehab hospital
- Texas Biomed launches $83M center to triple its biosafety research capacity
- Texas surgery center to double in size, add 2 ORs
- Texas system CEO steps down
- UHS Texas hospital taps new CFO
- University Health begins construction on first milk bank in South Texas
- UT Health San Antonio gets $3M in cancer research funding
- What an AI-native hospital could mean for Austin patients
UTAH
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- Bringing autism care closer to home: Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital Specialized Autism Clinic in Riverton celebrates one-year of service for patients and families
- Community Health Centers provide family health care whether you have insurance or not
- Here’s the latest on BYU’s new medical school, including when it’s likely to open
- Intermountain Health AI Tech. Study is a ‘Game Changer’ for Treating Two Common Pulmonary Conditions
- Intermountain Health helps patients navigate cancer care with more clarity
- Maternal mental health is focus of Intermountain Behavioral Health Access Centers
- Med-Metrix to acquire Vitalware from Health Catalyst
- Utah health system names radiology chair
- Utah Medical Board scolded for going rogue with AI criticism
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- Carilion behavioral health role cuts staff injuries 70%-90%
- Inova Health associate tech chief joins Beacon Health System
- Kaiser Permanente names Emily Holliman president of Mid-Atlantic States region
- New Leapfrog report ranks hospitals’ safety grades in DC, Maryland, and Virginia
- UVA Medical Center COO to lead UNC Hospitals
- Virginia system CEO exits amid negligence lawsuit
- Virginia system lays off 90 employees amid restructuring
- Aging at home drives growing demand for Virginia caregivers
- Virginia Tech, Children’s National create pediatric AI innovation hub to speed research, care
- Virginia health systems guide employee-inventors to launch
WASHINGTON
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- Allen Institute launches brain health program with $400 million in funding
- High Court Turns Away Health Workers’ Vaccine Mandate Case
- PeaceHealth St. Joseph’s donor milk program supports hundreds of newborns
- Philips puts 57-acre campus in Bothell up for sale
- Providence tracked 1,547 clinicians using ambient AI — here’s what the EHR data showed
- Washington seniors face denied, delayed care under AI Medicare review program
WEST VIRGINIA
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- $3.4 million statewide local health challenge funding opportunity announced by West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey
- Encompass Health to build 36-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Bridgeport, West Virginia
- Governor Morrisey announces latest Rural Health Transformation grant; praises work requirements
- Vandalia Health CFO begins new role as CEO
- West Virginia announces $3.4M grant opportunity to combat chronic disease
- WVU Health System, Independence Health System merger expected to close in the fall
- WVU Medicine, IHS ink definitive agreement to merge
- WV chosen as one of 10 states to broaden behavioral health access through a federal program
WISCONSIN
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- 1 in 10 Wisconsinites skipped needed health care due to cost
- Advocate Health partners with AI platform that connects cancer patients to clinical trials
- Epic dismisses SelfRx from patient records lawsuit
- Former employee speaks out as Eau Claire assisted living facility set to close after license revoked
- Health officials report 5 mpox infections in Wisconsin
- Lifepoint completes ScionHealth deal, expands to 68 hospitals
- Marshfield Clinic honored for partnership with UW-Stevens Point
- Marshfield Clinic invests $90K in community health through United Way
- Marshfield Clinic: Marshfield Clinic, Boys & Girls Clubs announce $84,000 investment to support healthy initiatives for kids across central and northern Wisconsin
- Med-tech firm invests $1.8M in Wisconsin facility, creating 46 jobs
- More than 800 SSM Health St. Mary’s nurses seek to unionize
- Opening doors at MCW
- People rally in support of union for SSM Health Saint Mary’s nurses
- Report: 1 in 10 Wisconsinites skipped needed health care due to cost
- SSM Health leader over Waupun, Ripon hospitals earns rural health award ahead of retirement
- SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital named among 508 U.S. hospitals with zero CAUTI rate – one of only 10 in Wisconsin
- UW Health speeds prescription delivery to patients
WYOMING
