NATIONAL
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- CMS Medicaid fraud unit flags 50 providers, $203M in payments
- CMS’ proposed remote patient monitoring ban, explained
- D.C. appeals court sides with HHS in 340B drug discount program rebate challenge
- Federal rural maternal health program logs care gains for mothers, infants: 6 details
- HHS appeals decision vacating provisions of 2025 ACA marketplace rule
- Pharmacy advocacy group urges 340B oversight shift to CMS
- Ransomware attack at health IT vendor exposes 442,000 patients’ data
- Rural hospitals build scale to stay independent: Commonwealth Fund
- Medicare finalizes hospice, rehab and psych pay hikes
- Court denies Democrats’ move to pause Medicaid work requirements
ALABAMA
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- Direct-pay healthcare facility opens in Springville
- UAB Medicine CEO named to national medical association board
- 2 Alabama birth centers can remain open, circuit judge rules
- Lack of access to adequate healthcare impacts Alabama infant mortality rates
- Life Saver Upgrades Central Alabama Air Ambulance Fleet With New Helicopters
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Arizona physician’s clinic closes amid $50M bond, Medicaid fraud charges
- Community Medical’s CEO on Medicaid cuts: ‘It’s not something that keeps me up at night’
- Abrazo Health hospitals donate 3,300 pounds of cereal to Valley food banks
- Phoenix Business Journal 2026 Healthcare Heroes finalists
- TMC moves beds from children’s unit to ER, cites decline in younger patients
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas hospital furloughs nearly 50, cuts pay amid bankruptcy
- Arkansas Shelves Specialty Drug Law After Court Challenge
- Cuts, expansions, acquisitions: Northwest Arkansas’ health care landscape changing amid region’s rapid growth
- Eureka Springs Hospital is making healthcare more affordable with a new model
- Ex-Northwest Arkansas hospital employee awarded $105,000 in discrimination case
- Facing financial headwinds, rural Arkansas hospitals turn to partnerships
- Jury: Arkansas hospital blocked surgical tech from duties due to his sex
- National Park Medical Center closes labor and delivery program
- Northwest Arkansas hospital ordered to pay $105K in federal sex discrimination lawsuit
- UAMS Researcher Wins Up to $1.05M to Study Disfiguring Parasitic Disease
CALIFORNIA
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- AI chip demand is driving up El Camino Health’s tech bills
- California-based nursing home chain settles lawsuit for $15M
- California reaches settlement with skilled nursing facility chain
- ECRI names Cottage Health winner of 2026 tech excellence award
- Kaiser mental health workers bring contract fight over AI to San Francisco City Hall hearing
- Kaiser Permanente invests $10 million to expand youth mental health peer support
- Keck Medicine CHRO exits
- Latest Sutter Health permit details $62.1M renovation at 660 J St. medical office
- Major Sacramento Railyards projects move forward as hospital, stadium and concert venue take shape
- Pinnacle Counseling Group opening second local office as demand for in-person therapy grows
- Risant Health CEO Dr. Jaewon Ryu stepping down
- Santa Clara Family Health Plan CEO to retire
- ‘The financial threat is real’: Los Angeles hospital braces for HR 1 Medicaid cuts
- Valley Children’s reports nearly $76M in community benefit investments for FY 2025
- Why this ASC chose Amsurg over private equity
- Woodland’s Cottonwood Post-Acute Rehab to lay off 158 workers during roof repairs
- American Indian and Alaska Native Adults In California Struggle With Chronic Disease and Substance Use, UCLA Study Finds
- Cedars-Sinai appoints inaugural chief physician
- CEO convicted of conspiracy in Medicare home healthfraud scheme in California
- Dominican Hospital Welcomes the Next Generation of Internal Medicine Physicians
- Former Epic employee sues over noncompete
- FTC sues Hims & Hers over health data sharing, billing practices
- Huntington Health taps chief medical officer
- Kaiser faces complaint over automated behavioral healthtriage system
- Kaiser used an algorithm — not clinicians — to triage mental health patients, a union alleges
- Keck Medicine CHRO exits
- Loma Linda University Health reports AI platform data exposure
- Nearly 10,000 UC attending physicians launch union drive
- Registered nurses at Adventist Health St. Helena vote overwhelmingly to join California Nurses Association
- UC Doctors Seek to Unionize 10,000 Colleagues in Massive Campaign
- Xtract One Technologies Expands California Healthcare Footprint With Multiple Deployments Across the State
- ‘We’re a vital lifeline’: South LA providers react to Trump administration’s cuts to Medicaid funding
- Covered California rates to jump nearly 10% as thousands struggle to afford coverage
- Healthcare fraud in California has made Medi-Cal “fiscally unsustainable”
- California unveils $109M for behavioral health supportive housing
- St. Helena Hospital nurses to join California Nurses Association
- OneLegacy Partners with OrganOx to Transform Liver Transplantation, Offering Advanced Medical Solutions to Transplant Centers in Southern California
- California sees summer uptick in COVID-19 cases. Here’s what we know
- Effort to Unionize 10,000 Attending Physicians Gets Underway
- UCI Health – Irvine Hosts Ribbon Cutting for New Rehabilitation Hospital
COLORADO
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- 5 states restrict AI therapy chatbots in 2026
- Colorado opens 3rd medical school
- Denver Health‘s 166-year mission threatened as federal cuts loom
- Intermountain, AdventHealth to borrow from Henry Ford-Ascension playbook
- New CEO takes over two hospitals in Denver-metro’s largest healthcare system
- Colo. Hospital Patients In Gender Care Suit Seek Class Cert.
- Colorado lawmakers start crafting strategy to manage $200 million in federal rural health funds
- Colorado public health officials alert Coloradans about ‘significant increase’ in Salmonella cases
- Rate reductions force Jefferson Center to close key recovery program as Colorado reimbursement rates change
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut enacts sweeping CON reforms: 10 things to know
- CT Children’s gains 2nd $1M donation in two months
- Doctors pay $3.9M for Vernon medical office building
- Greenwich Hospital gains state approval to expand cardiac procedure offerings
- Hartford HealthCare names new Cancer Institute chief
- Two new rehab hospitals get approval in 1 week
- Loss of Haitian workers will impact CT healthcare, officials say
- Stamford Health Unveils New Unit For Children And Adolescents In Need Of Emergency Behavioral HealthCare
- Why Hybrid Healthcare Is a Business Imperative for Employers in Connecticut
- New CT center focuses on children in mental health crisis. ‘A growing need’: hospital president
- Danbury and New Milford Hospital emergency departments earn national ultrasound accreditation
- Co-founder of high-profile CT addiction treatment firm faces manslaughter, drug charges
- Comparison: Best Medicare Advantage Providers in Connecticut
- Lamont pledges to extend ACA subsidies. His gubernatorial challengers are split
- CT hospitals are redesigning ERs for behavioral healthcrises
- U.S. News ranks Connecticut No. 3 for healthcare, near the bottom for opportunity
DELAWARE
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- ChristianaCare’s Epic go-live set for October
- Delaware Implements Measures to Lower Healthcare Costs and Protect Hospitals
- Delaware facility aims to bridge care gap for medically complex youth
- Meyer appoints Hockstein as Delaware surgeon general
- 4 Delaware hospitals found noncompliant with price transparency rules
- Highmark Awards $350K in Grants to 11 Delaware Nonprofits Aiming to Improve Health Care Across Delaware
- Delaware Recognized Nationally for Hospital Quality and Healthcare Performance
- Delaware facility aims to bridge care gap for medically complex youth
- Delaware launches statewide “Food is Medicine” initiative to connect healthcare with healthy food
- This hotel-inspired hospital is designed to make high-risk pregnancies feel less scary
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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- D.C. attorney general gets final say over GWU physician group transfer to UHS
- Nurses protest postpartum unit closure at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
- OAG probe clouds transfer of George Washington University doctors’ group as deadline looms
- Risant Health CEO Dr. Jaewon Ryu stepping down
- ‘Where are these patients gonna go?’: Medstar Washington postpartum unit closes
- Questions about regulatory authority stall proposed overhaul of GW medical practice group
FLORIDA
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- $824M Fort Myers hospital project: Exterior work nearly done.
- 2 physician staffing giants merge in PE-backed deal
- Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola opens new inpatient rehabilitation facility
- Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside receives recognition
- Baptist HealthPlace at Seven Pines opens
- Baptist Health hospital ends pediatric rehab services at 3 locations
- Florida lab to pay $9.8M in Stark law, kickback settlement
- Florida system 4th to launch Epic ambient AI for nurses
- Global home health company picks Jacksonville as entry point for U.S. market
- HCA Florida hospital taps new CFO
- HCA taps former Oak Hill Hospital exec to lead two Tampa hospitals
- In partnership with Baptist Health, CareSpot Urgent Care launches center in Ortega
- Intermountain, AdventHealth to borrow from Henry Ford-Ascension playbook
- Jacksonville hospital names finance executive to lead operations amid growth
- Medical office building planned on expanded HCA Florida Ocala campus
- Memorial Health System celebrates 80 years of serving the Gulf Coast
- Moffitt to begin treating proton therapy patients at Speros center
- Nicklaus Children’s taps system chief physician executive, chief clinical officer
- Sam Boadi named CEO of South Tampa and West Tampa hospitals
- Tampa General lands $5M gift from Morsanis for Hernando hospital
- Two new rehab hospitals get approval in 1 week
- Fla. DOH Worker Wasn’t Fired For Blowing Whistle, Court Says
- Florida agency halts admissions at crisis unit after patient death
- Florida cardiovascular group expands ASC offerings
- Florida recommends against psychiatric medications for most children with depression, anxiety and ADHD
- HCA promotes new CEO of 2 Tampa hospitals
- UnitedHealthcare, U of Miami Health face network split
- How 3 health systems build and audit their nursing budget formula
GEORGIA
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- Cyberattack forces temporary closure of 83 AnMed facilities
- Georgia is one of the nation’s worst states for healthcare, report finds
- Georgia’s only proton therapy center sold to Emory for over $100 million
- Grady-backed charter school opens as prescription for state’s healthcare workforce shortage
- New emergency department opens at Braselton hospital as booming population increases demand
- Wellstar Health System lays off 761 workers
- Former CPA gets 4 years for role in $5.3M Children’s Healthcare email scam
- Georgia’s Rural Center awards $110,038 grant to rural hospital
- St. Mary’s Health Care System named official healthcare provider for Athens Indoor Football
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- After pushback from Idaho insurer, plans for Boise-area ‘micro-hospital’ advance
- Boise VA Medical Center receives federal funding for maintenance upgrades
- Boyd Davis named CEO of Saint Alphonsus Regional Rehabilitation Hospita
- Idaho physician sentenced to 40 months in $4.1M telehealth fraud scheme
- Intermountain Health plans $1.15B deal to expand presence in Idaho
- Intermountain to buy Surgery Partners’ stakes in 2 Idaho hospitals
- Saint Alphonsus announces CEO for rehabilitation hospital
- After pushback from Idaho insurer, plans for Boise-area ‘micro-hospital’ advance
- Idaho’s strict Medicaid work requirements to start next year. Most meet the rules, official says.
- Idaho doctor shortage persists
- Stapilus: The future of Idaho birth care?
- Surgery Partners stock jumps after $1.15 billion Idaho hospitals deal with Intermountain Health
- New work requirements for Medicaid eligibility
- Idahoans who are ‘medically frail’ are exempt from Medicaid work requirements. How do you prove it?
ILLINOIS
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- 3 Illinois behavioral hospitals cited in federal price transparency crackdown
- A new Illinois law keeps hospital finances hidden from the public
- Illinois approves Endeavor Health’s $175M cancer, neuroscience center
- Illinois hospitals must disclose more finances — to the state, not the public
- Illinois replacement hospital to triple psychiatric beds, add adolescent unit
- Illinois to phase down 75 beds at mental health, developmental center
- Rush, Northwestern detail their playbooks for C. auris
- Three Northwest suburban hospitals accused of not properly providing pricing information
- DEA honors Illinois Medicaid fraud investigators in $1 million case
- Deaconess Illinois announces new foundation
- Endeavor Health hospital opens new unit to ease ED crowding
- HHS fines OSF HealthCare $552K over ransomware breach
- Illinois cardiology practice sued over data breach
- Illinois formally recognizes gambling disorder as behavioral health condition under law
- Lurie Children’s operating margin more than doubles to 11.1% through Q3
- State to Lay Off Hundreds at Troubled Southern Illinois Mental Health Facility
- West Frankfort clinic announces phased change in physician services
- Memorial Hospital and McDonough District Hospital announce regional collaboration to expand obstetric and gynecologic care
- HSHS names Central Illinois Market Chief Operating Officer
- New hospital to bring new services to the region
- Three Northwest suburban hospitals accused of not properly providing pricing information
- Elmhurst Hospital Opens 16-Bed Observation Unit As Part Of Centennial Expansion
- Memorial Hospital recognized for excellence in annual wellness visits
- Evanston police, fire, Cook County Bomb Squad investigating suspicious package outside Endeavor HealthEvanston Hospital on Ridge
- Illinois approves $231 million hospital for Cahokia Heights
- State Should Help Reopen Uptown’s Weiss Hospital, Neighbors Say: ‘We Need Affordable Healthcare’
- West Frankfort clinic announces phased change in physician services
INDIANA
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- Couple’s family experience spurs app for caregivers
- Hoosiers may be eligible for compensation as Indiana receives $154K from generic drug manufacturer in national settlement
- Indiana home-based Medicaid provider enrollment freeze on the horizon
- Indiana regions submit program proposals for $120M in rural health funding
- New Grow Rural Health program aims to fix Indiana healthcare gaps
- Parkview to break ground on $200M West Lafayette hospital
- Rural health grants could cover prenatal care, food-as-medicine programs
- Deaconess Memorial Medical Center launches new Pediatric Hospitalist Program, enhancing care for hospitalized children and newborns
- Elevance Wins Initial Toss Of 401(k) Forfeiture Suit
- EMS workers officially join Evansville firefighters’ union
- New grants for rural maternal health in Indiana
- Northern Indiana health care employers report 1,000 vacancies in workforce survey
- ‘We’re committed to this region’ | New hospital expands Margaret Mary Health in rural Indiana
- Indiana Medicaid will cover GLP-1s for obesity
IOWA
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- Health IT vendor breach exposes 442,000 patients’ data
- Iowa health system CEO to step down
- St. Luke’s completes $25M Heart & Vascular Center expansion
- UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital earns national stroke care award
- University of Iowa, state’s only burn center, debuts expanded unit
- Iowa launches $10.5M grant program for rural physician training
- Iowa posts $10.5M for 14 new rural medical residency slots
- Mercy Health Sciences announces new strategic plan
- UI Health Care names graduate, postdoctoral studies leaders
- Wellmark ranks first in JD Power study
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
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- Baptist Health La Grange to open $5M NICU with Kosair for Kids support
- Kentucky hospital taps new CFO
- Op-Ed: Why Hybrid Healthcare Must Be an Imperative for Kentucky Employers
- Saint Joseph Health Facilities to become CommonSpirit
- Addiction treatment provider to pay $16.2M in Medicaid fraud settlement
- COO swaps 1 Kentucky hospital for another
- New Louisville mental health center promises no waitlist
- Upgraded services in line for Shelbyville Hospital; No closing, no layoffs, no cuts
LOUISIANA
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- Cardiovascular ASC in Louisiana acquired for $8.8M
- LCMC Health debuts robotic lung cancer surgery
- Louisiana law changes PBM reimbursement for pharmacies
- Metairie man cancer-free after first-in-region robotic lung surgery
- Walker says re-establishing quality hospital and emergency room care is critical to city’s future
MAINE
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- 5 states restrict AI therapy chatbots in 2026
- AstraZeneca Loses Court Bid To Block Maine Contract Pharmacy Law
- Healthcare for All Maine to hold conversation on Universal Healthcare ballot initiative
- How 4 systems are navigating the physician associate title change
- Jury awards $17 million to Maine woman whose bladder was mistakenly removed in surgery
- MaineHealth to cut 83 IT, analytics jobs
- Maine parent coalition pushes to keep birthing unit open
- Preserving the 340B Program is a prescription for Maine’s rural health
- Nurses to demand MaineHealth end contract with Palantir
- Hannah Pingree calls on MaineHealth not to close Lincoln Hospital birthing unit
- Doctor who works at Maine hospital files lawsuit after she was denied entry into US from Canada
- Health Services Foundation to move out of Houlton hospital
- Rural Maternity Care Crisis: Inside A Maine Hospital’s L&D Closure
MARYLAND
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- Baltimore will turn 911 into more than just an emergency number
- LifeBridge Health deploys Prenosis’ FDA-authorized AI tool to speed sepsis detection
- Luminis Health Names Erica Moncrief Chief Information Officer
- Why Johns Hopkins is benchmarking AI agents before deployment
- Bowie State launches Maryland’s first Ph.D. program in nursing education
- ‘I’m allowed to live without pain’: UMMC gene therapy transforms life of sickle cell patient
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Half of all nursing homes in Massachusetts are understaffed
- Western Mass nursing home operator ordered to pay $2.1M
- 500 Merrimack Health workers join union
- Apnimed Inc. to become ninth Mass. biotech IPO in 2026
- Boston Scientific faces Farapulse competition, cuts guidance
- Boston Scientific to cut jobs in new restructuring plan
- Caldera Therapeutics to go public via Synlogic reverse merger
- Ex-Boston Children’s nurse allegedly assaulted 3rd patient at another Massachusetts hospital, prosecutor says
- GSK plans $2.5B cost-cutting program with job reductions
- Kailera challenges Structure patent in GLP-1 drug race
- Mass. Senate passes bill that would allow state to take over Norwood Hospital
- Massachusetts bans certain chemicals in IV medical devices
- Massachusetts funds hospital transitions to home care
- Massachusetts health insurance premiums jump 10.4%
- Novanta completes purchase of Portland’s Riverpoint Medical
- Norwood Hospital eminent domain push gets Mass. Senate approval
- Oak Hill Bio going public via SPAC merger
- Sarepta names Tessera, AbbVie exec as CEO
- Senate authorizes state to take Norwood Hospital by eminent domain
- Treeline Biosciences reveals details on cancer drugs, 163 employees
MICHIGAN
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- Intermountain, AdventHealth to borrow from Henry Ford-Ascension playbook
- Michigan health systems accuse CVS of fraud in drug pricing program
- Michigan needs more nursing homes; why are we still blocking them?
- Resthaven invests $44M to expand Holland senior living amid surging demand
- Trinity Health executive returns to Henry Ford Health
- 10,000 Corewell Health nurses reach tentative agreement
- BCBS Mich. Unit Must Face Wesco ERISA Suit
- Cyclosporiasis Cases Top 10,000 in Michigan as Parasite Spreads
- Michigan governor signs law targeting surgical smoke
- Michigan hospital promotes leader to COO
- Munson Healthcare opens $15M ASC in Michigan
- No COVID Immunity For Mich. Hospitals In Malpractice Revival
MINNESOTA
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- Allina Health to open 620,000-square-foot surgery center
- Aspirus to close Silver Bay clinic, forcing Lake County residents to travel farther for care
- Boston Scientific cuts guidance, plans cost cuts
- Breaking down barriers to dental care
- Dementia care violence erupts repeatedly despite warnings, inspections show
- Gravie expands focus to larger employers; eyes 50% growth
- Lake Region Healthcare Named to Forbes’ Top Hospitals by State
- Minnesota Ranked Second in the Nation for Best HealthCare
- Rural hospitals build scale to stay independent: Commonwealth Fund
- Silver Bay clinic closure highlights rural healthcare challenges
MISSISSIPPI
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- Mississippi Health Department Turns to Communities to Address Infant Mortality
- Mississippi revokes licenses of 59 insurance agents over ACA fraud
- North Mississippi Wound Center in Amory earns national recognition
- UMMC to take over Mississippi hospital Aug. 1
- Memorial Health System celebrates 80 years on the Gulf Coast
- Jackson Free Clinic logs a record number of patient visits
- Back to Rosedale With Rural Clinic
- Still no report: Lawmakers question why firm hasn’t provided review of prison health care
- Statewide nursing externship program strengthens Mississippi hospital pipeline
MISSOURI
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- Ascension’s telehealth strategy: Building an enterprise, not a program
- Centene posts $1B profit, up from $253M loss a year ago
- Intermountain, AdventHealth to borrow from Henry Ford-Ascension playbook
- Kansas City healthcare real estate heats up with $1 billion project, clinic openings and sales
- Longtime MLB orthopedic surgeon sues Mercy over unpaid contract
- Missouri hospitals implement new worker safety sign requirements
- Missouri hospitals seek to address workforce challenges as turnover rates rise
- Missouri uses federal grant to address rural healthcare gaps
- Woman gets prison for defrauding Medicaid through her home healthcare firm
- Abortion returns to southwest Missouri after more than two decades without local access
- Healthcare sales tax isn’t off the table in Missouri Amendment 5 proposal
- Missouri launches $6.5 million push to expand mobile health care in rural areas
MONTANA
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- Billings Clinic sued over alleged sharing of private healthinformation to third parties
- Montana’s plan to become an experimental medical hub just pushed forward
- State releases $4 million in federal money for rural emergency services
- Abortion care grew in Montana after loss of federal protections, researchers say
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
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- As Las Vegas grows, urgent cares and freestanding ERs expand access to healthcare
- HCA Las Vegas children’s hospital taps COO
- Henderson Hospital nurses say NICU uncertainty is driving staff changes
- Nevada invests $50M in rural healthcare with workforce grants
- People: John Manfredo, Antony Sebastian named COOs
- Kaiser Permanente Expands in Nevada | More Primary Care, Telehealth & Medicare Access
- Sunrise Children’s Hospital expands pediatric brain and spine care in Las Vegas
- Sunrise Children’s Hospital welcomes former Nashville executive as chief operating officer
- Southern Nevada medic group bridges gaps in homeless community with ‘Sidewalk Sundays’
- American Red Cross Declares National Blood Crisis as Southern Nevada Supplies Drop to Critical Lows
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Dartmouth Health drops Taylor Farms products amid cyclospora outbreak
- Dartmouth Health gets grant to study needs of people aging with serious illness
- Dartmouth Health opens mammography center
- How 4 systems are navigating the physician associate title change
- New $11.8M federal grant will launch Dartmouth Health’s aging research center
- New Hampshire Hospital Sues Lilly Over Demands Under Drug Plan
- Process For Proposed LRH-Dartmouth Health Affiliation Extended
- What’s driving the federal probe of Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine?
- 9 sickened by cyclospora from contaminated lettuce at NH hospital
- Concord to keep 16 mental health beds after state backs off relocation and foundation steps in to fund services
- Dartmouth Health provides updates on produce sourcing after reported cyclosporiasis cases
- 61 Years of Medicare and Medicaid in New Hampshire: New from NHFPI
- Healthy Streak: NH Earns Another No. 1 National Ranking
NEW JERSEY
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- Capital Health Participates in National Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative
- Cooper University Health Care gets $100M from NJ power broker George Norcross
- Hackensack Meridian 1st system to earn Joint Commission AI certification
- Hackensack Meridian taps hospital president
- Inspira launches Epic EHR with 50 AI suite tools
- RWJBarnabas Health AI system cuts patient deaths by 18%
- Sanofi reports ‘intermittent supply’ of insulin pens
- South Jersey physician group sells two locations after merger with hospital system
- University Hospital’s new CIO lays out first-year IT priorities
- Jersey City Health Director Details Budget Cuts, Layoffs Before City Council
- RWJBarnabas Health Sees Improvements Using Epic Deterioration Index
- Becker’s Hospital Review Names Four RWJBarnabas Health Executives as Women Hospital Presidents and CEOs to Know
- New Jersey Spends More on Healthcare Per Person Than Almost Every Other State
- Imagine Pediatrics Reaches More Than 100,000 Children with Expansion to Tennessee and New Jersey
- Funding gap leaves NJ’s new mental health crisis centers in limbo
- Hunterdon Medical Center earns New Jersey Influenza Honor Roll recognition
- RWJBarnabas Health Programs, Clinician Honored by New Jersey Hospital Association
- N.J. sees largest drop in death rate in the U.S.
NEW MEXICO
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- Christus Health expands services to Los Alamos hospital, Albuquerque clinic
- UNM Health Sciences launches healthy aging app for older adults
- New Mexico confirms 2 new West Nile virus cases
- New Mexico Medicaid extension in 2022 doubled postpartum medical visits, state officials say
- New Mexico Supreme Court bars Alexee Trevizo hospital statements from murder trial
NEW YORK
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- Bankrupt New York system plans partnership with Rochester Regional Health
- Catholic Health reports $9.1M deficit amid volume, payment issues
- Jacobson Properties Arranges $13M Sale of Medical Office Building in Liverpool, New York
- Niagara Falls Memorial begins multimillion-dollar transformation
- Weill Cornell to launch $30M safety institute in deal over former urologist’s abuse
- Albany Med CEO’s 2-track plan for growth
- Mount Sinai chief heads to Northwell Health hospital
- Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center plans $9M renovation
- Northwell’s Lenox Hill Hospital Brain Tumor Center Gala raises $1.6M
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County performs 1st breast cryoablation
- NYU Langone posts 3.7% operating margin in Q3
- PE firm acquires Midwest physician practice
- Thompson Health names diagnostic imaging director
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Duke Health brings new outpatient clinic to an underserved city
- Duke Health’s answer to EHR information overload
- How Risant-owned Cone Health plans to grow under new CEO
- Jury awards $18.2M after baby permanently injured at North Carolina hospital
- Interrupted meal breaks lead to $502K overtime settlement
- Raleigh Medical Group CEO eyes $100M in revenue while staying independent
- Residents fired up at town hall on proposed WakeMed-Atrium Health merger
- WakeMed merger concerns raised at community forum
- Atrium plans response to State Health Plan this week
- ECU Health CFO exits, new leader named
- Fresh off a $3.9B close, Amsurg adds 5 GI centers in North Carolina
- Heat-related hospital visits at near-record high in NC this summer, state reports
- NC Attorney General’s Clash With HCA Cleared For Trial
- North Carolina maternity deserts get much-needed help
- Novant Health hospitals pause elective surgeries due to water main break
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- Cincinnati Children’s sells AI platform to other pediatric hospitals
- Cincinnati Children’s reopens Centerville facility after yearlong closure for repairs
- Community West Foundation commits $1 million toward Fairview Hospital expansion
- Kettering Health eyes statewide expansion with Columbus-area hospital; letter of intent signed
- Knox Community Hospital looks at joining Kettering Health
- Marcus & Millichap Brokers $9.9M Sale of Cincinnati Medical Office Building
- MetroHealth opens 300K-square-foot outpatient center
- Ohio hospital signs letter of intent to join Kettering Health
- Ohio nursing home cited after resident was discharged without required notice
- Skilled Nursing Dealbook: 13 Facilities in Pennsylvania Get $80M in Financing; 5-Facility Portfolio Changes Hands in Ohio
- Cleveland Clinic taps former MetroHealth director to lead trauma care
- How Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center is expanding to Powell, and elsewhere
- Ohio State gets $1.2M grant to study spinal cord immunity
- Specialty1 Partners enters joint venture with Ohio periodontal practice
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
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- Hospitals say state delays threaten merger, viability
- Novanta completes $1B acquisition of Portland medical manufacturer
- Oregon lifts supervision order on Medicare Advantage insurer
- Salem Health-Santiam Hospital merger needs public input, Oregon DOJ says
- 2 Portland hospitals identified as measles exposure locations
- Oregon ASC completes region’s first outpatient robotic prostatectomy, saving $20K per case
- Oregon psychiatric hospital cuts 34 beds, to lay off 45 employees
- Physician seeks $2.1M from university after alleging retaliatory pay cuts
- Providence Health Plan to end most insurance offerings starting in 2027
PENNSYLVANIA
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- AHN promotes West Penn Hospital COO to president
- Grand View Hospital slashes operating loss by 65% in first year as part of St. Luke’s
- Jefferson Health sues Independence Blue Cross over nearly $100M in disputed payments
- Main Line Health awarded nearly $5M in state grants for expansion projects
- Pennsylvania awards $42M in rural health grants as part of five-year transformation plan
- Pennsylvania Biotech Center pauses expansion amid funding crunch
- Pottstown Hospital to lay off 160 employees and expand ER as part of turnaround plan
- Risant Health CEO Dr. Jaewon Ryu stepping down
- Skilled Nursing Dealbook: 13 Facilities in Pennsylvania Get $80M in Financing; 5-Facility Portfolio Changes Hands in Ohio
- Temple Hospital becomes ‘home court’ for Exton firm’s medical technology
- Tower Health enters affiliation with Jefferson
- Tower Health hospital to lay off 160 employees
- UHS posts 11.1% operating margin, trims 2026 forecast
- WellSpan Health Awarded $2.8 million to Strengthen Care at Rural Hospitals
- WVU, Independence Health executives say planned acquisition is a win for all
- 950 Mount Nittany workers begin 1st strike since 2004: 6 things to know
- A new museum about medicine opens at Pennsylvania Hospital
- Doug Johnston named president of West Penn Hospital
- Five-day strike begins at Mount Nittany Medical Center as workers seek larger pay raises
- Jefferson names Eagles’ Saquon Barkley brand ambassador
- Lungpacer Medical’s AeroPace system deployed at Temple Hospital
- Main Line Health chief clinical officer to exit
- Nearly $3M in federal grants heading to three Schuylkill hospitals
- Nonbinary patient sues Penn State Health over canceled gender-affirming surgery
- Pennsylvania hospitals receive $2.8M grant for rural health upgrades
- Pittsburgh pharmacies face estradiol patch shortage
- UPMC adds lung cancer biopsy robots at 6 hospitals
- How 3 health systems build and audit their nursing budget formula
RHODE ISLAND
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- 5 states restrict AI therapy chatbots in 2026
- CVS asks federal judge to consolidate four lawsuits challenging Tennessee PBM breakup law
- Blue Cross, Greater Providence Chamber announce 2026 Worksite Health Awards
- Care New England’s CEO turned a $55M loss into profitability
- CVS Health fights Tennessee PBM breakup law in federal court
- E.G. chiropractor ordered to pay $74K in Medicaid fraud case
- Five Questions With: Dr. Heather A. Smith
- McKee holds signing ceremony celebrating approval of veterinarian telehealth
- Rhode Island Medical Imaging donates $5.5K to breast cancer foundation
- Trump administration demands hospitals share emergency room records
- Where Rhode Island Ranks For Emergency Medical Care
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Beaufort Memorial Hospital invests in second workforce housing initiative
- Cyberattack forces temporary closure of 83 AnMed facilities
- Erlanger Health System signs letter of intent to join Prisma Health
- Nationwide search for new president of MUSC begins with first meeting
- Novant Health opens emergency department in Bluffton
- Octapharma to invest $1.5B in York County facility
- Prisma Health donates $7,500 to Midlands Technical College Foundation to support Maverick Market
- Prisma to become 27-hospital system, expand deeper into Tennessee
- SC health officials monitoring Mount Pleasant assisted living facility over HVAC failures
- What MUSC’s outgoing president would tell 1st-time CEOs
- AnMed: 13 services still closed 4 days into cybersecurity incident
- AnMed closes offices, imaging after cybersecurity disruption
- AnMed reopens physician offices amid cybersecurity disruption
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- How a rural health merger brought more care closer to home
- Monument Health breaks ground on $48M children’s expansion in Rapid City
- Monument Health Sturgis Hospital unveils healing outdoor space for patients, families and caregivers
- Sanford Health Opens Eye & Optical Center at Park Rapids Clinic
- Artificial intelligence in the exam room
- How Denny Sanford Turned Wealth into Regional Healthcare Significance
- Sanford Westbrook recognized for enhancing care of stroke victims
TENNESSEE
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- 9 Nashville area hospitals found not in compliance with price transparency
- 5 states restrict AI therapy chatbots in 2026
- Ballad Health purchases land for replacement Tennessee hospital
- CVS asks federal judge to consolidate four lawsuits challenging Tennessee PBM breakup law
- Erlanger Health System signs letter of intent to join Prisma Health
- HCA posts $1.7B net income, cuts 2026 profit outlook: 8 things to know
- HCA turns physician control into competitive edge
- How much Williamson Health has paid for consulting firm Kaufman Hall
- Inside Vanderbilt Health‘s pediatrics deal with Williamson Health
- Prisma to become 27-hospital system, expand deeper into Tennessee
- Sunrise Children’s Hospital welcomes former Nashville executive as chief operating officer
- Tennessee practice closes 2 years after MSO acquisition, citing insurance pay cuts
- TriStar Health prepares to open East Nashville emergency room
- Vanderbilt Health, Siemens Healthineers ink $87M partnership
- Vanderbilt Health warns about ‘data security incident’ potentially involving patient info
- Vanderbilt Health says patient data possibly exposed after employee clicks malicious link
- Williamson Health CEO could make up to $1.2M if he’s terminated after sale
- Cardiovascular clinic opens in Fayetteville
- Tennessee mayor signs off on $305k grant for new ambulance to serve rural counties
TEXAS
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- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital Completes Expansion In Katy, Texas
- Healthcare startup Harbor Health expands again
- Tenet’s ASC buying spree to push 2026 M&A spending past $300M
- University of Houston lands $18.8 million chronic disease and public health grant from National Institutes of Health
- Could the 340B/HOPD rule ripple into ASC reimbursement?
- How HCA, Tenet, CHS and UHS performed in Q2
- ‘It can literally automate or replace work’: Inside Tenet’s AI cost strategy
- Tenet’s ACA exchange revenue falls 17% as uninsured volumes rise
- Texas Children’s caps off 5-year, $200M hospital expansion
- Texas lab, CEO to pay $36.2M to settle physician kickback, fraud allegations
- Texas physician group to pay up to $600K in DEA settlement
- Texas ranks as 4th worst state for healthcare in 2026, WalletHub study finds
- UHS Texas hospital names CEO
- USPI’s ‘robust’ M&A outlook jumps to $300M+
- Why doesn’t Collin County have a public hospital?
UTAH
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- Intermountain expands radiation oncology services
- Intermountain to buy Surgery Partners’ stakes in 2 Idaho hospitals
- Waystar names new CFO
- Utah received millions to transform rural health. Will it work?
- Utah-based health network expanding in eastern Idaho
- As 2026 US measles cases surpass 2025 total, Utah healthofficials report 6 cases in last 3 weeks
- Memorial Hospital launches TeleNICU program
- 3D scanning technology enhances cleft palate care at Intermountain Health Primary Children’s Hospital
- What’s going on at the old Sears site in Salt Lake City?
- Epitel raises $26M to expand wireless EEG monitoring
- Map: See where measles is hitting Utah the hardest
- Logan Regional Hospital unveils major cancer center expansion
VERMONT
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- 5 states restrict AI therapy chatbots in 2026
- Brattleboro holds meeting on the fate of its hospital birthing center
- Inside UVM Health’s affordability-centered response to a $220M revenue hit
- Owen Foster is stepping down as Vermont’s top healthcare regulator
- Vermont drops ‘AHEAD’ healthcare model; shifts to $195M rural health fund
- Vermont hospital names CEO
- Vermont withdraws from AHEAD, commits to rural healthtransformation
- Four Vermont health centers receive federal certification to expand mental health, substance use services
- Selectboard explores tax hike to save Brattleboro Memorial birthing center
- State officials say regional solutions are being explored for maternity care in Brattleboro area
- Brattleboro drops idea of tax hike meant to aid its hospital’s endangered birthing center
- A pharmacy chain in Vermont implemented AI for efficiency. It’s led to delays, incorrect information and privacy concerns.
- Vermont ends yet another healthcare reform experiment
VIRGINIA
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- Inside 1 health system’s ‘spine center without walls’
- Uninsured ER visits hit four-year high in Virginia
- Nursing home oversight officials vow stronger enforcement as complaints surge, inspections lag
- Virginia among states leading U.S. measles cases surge
- Virginia funds more than $6 million to support HIV care, other services
- Virginia launches new unit targeting illegal vapes and intoxicants
- How 3 health systems build and audit their nursing budget formula
- Mary Washington Healthcare’s chief medical officer to depart
WASHINGTON
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- MultiCare, Premera reach deal to keep coverage for over 100K WA patients
- Seattle Children’s creates chief nursing informatics officer role
- Seattle Children’s taps new leader from Providence
- Swedish Medical Center, UNOS sued over race-adjusted kidney transplant scores
- Albertsons Pharmacy Work Was ‘House Of Cards,’ Judge Told
- Former medical chief of Intermountain hospital exits ‘semi-retirement,’ joins PeaceHealth
- PeaceHealth to outsource some IT services
- Planned Parenthood Lab’s $6.1M Breach Deal Gets Initial OK
- PRH says its first phase of expansion project approved
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Almost $2M Invested in WV Healthcare Workforce Shortage
- Gov. Morrisey announces $500K investment in rural workforce health program
- Independence Health System affiliation with WVU Medicine draws strong support at public hearing
- Morrisey announces $10M for rural health care, substance use treatment efforts
- WVU, Independence Health executives say planned acquisition is a win for all
- WVU Medicine gave $25K in cash to hundreds of aspiring nurses. Did it work?
- Gov. Morrisey: $10M value-based care funding to boost rural health care
- WVU Medicine Jefferson Medical Center breaks ground on new ambulatory building
- Higher healthcare education expands to Sophia with WVJC ribbon cutting
WISCONSIN
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- Aurora Sinai Medical Center earns Magnet designation for nursing excellence
- Blood supply hits critical shortage levels for 44 hospitals in Wisconsin
- Epic to build Wisconsin’s statewide EHR system
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital Opens in Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Medical College plans Wisconsin’s first trauma recovery center at ThriveOn King
- SSM Health to build $42 million senior living campus on Fond du Lac’s east side
- Wisconsin hospitals rank among best in nation for healthcare quality
- Wisconsin receives $10.6 million in grants for healthimprovement projects
- At UW Health and other hospitals, apprentices are increasingly common
WYOMING
