NATIONAL
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- 59% of cyberattacked healthcare orgs were hit via vendors: Moody’s
- ACOs are ‘the best way to deliver health care,’ CMS chief Dr. Oz says
- Aging global workforce could squeeze US’s foreign-trained clinician pipeline
- AHA expresses support for House bill that would delay 340B rebate model
- AHA launches prior authorization website
- Alignment Health again sues CMS over Medicare Advantage star ratings
- American Medical Association rolls out governance framework for agentic AI solutions
- Birth center use has nearly tripled in 20 years, but access varies: 6 things to know
- Cencora to acquire majority stake in $2.4B American Oncology Network
- CMS Issues First Annual Rural Health Transformation Program Report
- CMS’ Medicare, Medicaid exclusion powers may cost hospitals
- CMS official wants to quadruple provider suspensions in 6 months
- Drugmakers, PhRMA seek to join hospitals’ 340B rebate lawsuit
- Epic explores AI agents for routine visits
- Health care costs expected to rise by over 8% next year
- Healthcare Stocks Are Rallying, and Flashing a Warning for the Rest of the Market
- Hospitals are selling their real estate. The deals may prove costly
- Hospitals ask court to block drugmakers’ request for 340B intervenor status
- Hospitals brace for FTC price transparency probes
- Insurance agents sue to block rule limiting new ACA marketers
- Michigan Medicine taps AI chief
- Most private equity hospital owners exit within 5 years: Study
- OpenAI model breached government site to pull hospital-bed data
- Oracle Health data breach exposes nearly 20 million patients
- Organizations look to consultants for help with tax law
- Patients, physicians form coalition on specialty pharmacy access
- Private equity owns less than 4% of U.S. hospitals, study finds
- Spending Data on CMS Rural Health Program Released
- Supreme Court allows gender transition care for federal prisoners for now
- The hospital finance divide: 15 things to know
- The Stark red flags in inherited physician contracts
- Trump signs an order aimed at boosting women’s health research, a plan backed by the first lady
- Where hospitals’ 340B claims data lawsuits against Lilly stand
- Where PA scope policy may shift next
- Why health systems, payers back a PACE-like program for kids
ALABAMA
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- Air Force veteran opens physical therapy practice in Hoover
- Newsweek names Encompass Health America’s Most Awarded Leader in Inpatient Rehabilitation for seventh consecutive year
- Alabama physician closes practice after nearly 50 years
- Alabama’s specialty schools have opened admission
- Auburn to establish Kay Ivey Institute for Civic Leadership with $22 million state investment
- Callan JMB Targets Strong Revenue From New IV Bags Alabama Plant
- Head of Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission to retire, says Commission Chair
- Talks on Montgomery health care authority continue
- UA project to help rural EMS treat some patients at the scene
- USA Health plans anesthesia residency program, names department chair
ALASKA
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- AMC Health and Norton Sound launch remote care for 500 patients in rural Alaska
- Juneau nonprofit gets $3.6M to transform historic building into senior care center
- Alaska Woman Admits Posing As Licensed Social Worker to Bill VA for Millions
- Drug Enforcement Administration seeks input from Alaskans at Elders and Youth
- State of Alaska Department of Revenue Acquires 197,500 Shares of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated $HR
- Unalaska’s free wellness vending machine is part of an effort to fill rural health gaps
ARIZONA
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- Flagstaff Hosts Major Summit on Tribal Healthcare
- How Connected Care Networks Are Strengthening Rural Maternal Care
- Alleged fraud scheme redirected $12M meant for Phoenix Children’s Hospital
- Arizona woman’s 3-year wait for an intestine shows the US organ transplant system’s complexity
- Mom of toddler found alive in hospital morgue questions doctor’s decision
- Why police arrive at this Arizona behavioral health facility almost daily
ARKANSAS
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- A $500M Lawsuit Escalates Arkansas Pharmacies’ Fight With PBMs
- Financial struggles at Camden medical center reflect closure risks for Arkansas’ rural hospitals
- Pulaski Tech Awarded Nearly $3M to Expand Healthcare Training
- Ryan Grady Named UnitedHealthcare CEO for Tennessee, Arkansas
- Two UAMS Researchers Awarded $5M for Cancer Studies
- White River Health Leaving Insurer’s Network in January
- ACHE’s new rural-focused public health doctoral program welcomes first class of 21
- Arkansas Children’s Northwest expands care
- Batesville’s White River Health dropping UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage
CALIFORNIA
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- $21.7M Roseville nursing facility project shows site activity after construction delay
- AI startup Insitro nails deal worth up to $1.4 billion with pharma giant AstraZeneca
- California hospital down to 8 days of cash on hand, faces ‘serious financial gap’
- California hospital performs 1st surgery with expandable spine implant
- California hospital shelves residency proposal amid bankruptcy
- California hospitals seek $275M for Medi-Cal psychiatric rates amid 3,800-bed shortage
- California Settles 23andMe Data Breach Lawsuit for $6 Million
- CRNAs sue California over hospital staffing restrictions
- Groundbreaking to expand healthcare options in Folsom
- How Sutter Health’s ASCs unlocked hidden capacity
- ‘I want to zig when others are zagging’: A Bay Area biotech startup targets a devastating kidney disease
- Inside the integrated spine program taking shape at Sutter’s $500M neuroscience complex
- Kaiser breaks ground: Folsom’s population boom fuels a wave of new medical facilities
- Kaiser Permanente San Diego orthopedic chief to step down
- Kaiser Permanente scoops up Oklahoma’s largest nonprofit health system
- Kaiser to lay off more than 150 workers by Dec. 11
- Sutter completes design for 302-bed Santa Clara hospital
- White House defers $1.2B more in California Medicaid payments
- Endeavor Health has 100+ AI tools and 3-part framework for scaling
- Experian Health buys eInsights as Medicaid eligibility checks ramp up
- Nurse anesthetists challenge state regulations, raising concerns for Valley hospitals
- Prime hospital taps new CFO
- Sutter’s CHRO: ‘Think beyond filling today’s vacancies’
- UC San Diego joins $41M hunt for Alzheimer’s treatments
- UCSD Health to provide psychiatric care at Casa de Amparo
COLORADO
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- 3 major system investments reshaping behavioral healthcare
- AdventHealth Breaks Ground On 375K SF Hospital: The Denver Deal Sheet
- Colorado has a pediatric care shortage. Can lawmakers afford to fix it?
- CommonSpirit Colorado hospital names president
- DaVita agrees to $15M settlement in data breach lawsuit after cyberattack
- Defense agency taps Aurora medical campus for record research award
- Denver-area healthcare provider buys two properties in Douglas County
- Denver Health needs help supporting rehabilitation program
- Denver Health taps new CFO from Summa Health
- Regional efforts are needed to address longstanding behavioral health challenges on the Western Slope, report shows
- UCHealth breaks ground on $463M hospital expansion project
- UC San Diego joins $41M hunt for Alzheimer’s treatments
- What surgeries would Proposition 135 actually ban? Colorado hospitals either don’t know or won’t say.
- Colorado confirms first pediatric flu death of the season as cases, hospitalizations see early rise
- Colorado dental practice suffers data breach impacting 3,700 patients
- Colorado medical groups, fundraising stack up against proposed ban on gender-affirming surgeries for teens
- Colorado’s public option has some healthcare lessons for America
- Denver’s Project C.U.R.E. airlifts $500,000 in medical aid to Venezuela
- Device Co. Accused Of Shorting Co-Founder’s Payments
- Healthcare system buys mixed-use property in Wheat Ridge
- Montrose Patients Face New Hurdles After Hospital Service Cuts
- Most Colorado kids live in areas without enough pediatric healthcare providers
- New tool available for making sense of Colorado hospital pricing
- Ronald McDonald House Denver reports $8 million in family savings
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut Physician and His Practices Pay More Than $860K to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
- Connecticut woman, 21, dies hours after care for a broken ankle. Parents say cuts left the hospital ‘running on fumes’
- Former operator of CT nursing homes faces possible revocation of Mass. license
- Hartford HealthCare CEO’s top piece of advice: Why you always pick up the phone
- Nurses: Inadequate staffing at CT hospital increases patient safety risk. Concern is anyone ‘getting neglected’
- Rising insurance costs push CT employers to consider ICHRAs
- 90.8%: CT nursing home occupancy hits decade high as new law makes it easier to add beds
- Connecticut to receive $540K from Boston Children’s Health Physicians and XTIUM after data breach
- Stamford medical practices pay more than $866K to settle alleged insurance fraud
- Trinity Health plans $628M bond deal with $34M for CT hospital improvements
DELAWARE
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- Bayhealth unveils ‘next wave’ of statewide expansion projects
- Bayhealth expansion plans in all 3 counties include buying former mall
- ChristianaCare completes next phase of new campus
- ChristianaCare’s downstate hospital plans face challenges
- Delaware allocates $1.38M to attract rural physicians
- Delaware invests more than $1.3 million to build health care workforce in Kent, Sussex counties
- Delaware offers $1.38M in incentives to bring doctors downstate
- Hospital oversight board reviews charity care regulations
- State funds rural health push to grow physician workforce
- Beebe promotes Pickard to advance medical and health education
- Downstate hospitals strengthen opposition to ChristianaCare expansions at public hearing
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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- Cedar Hill, affiliates face $130M lawsuit after allegedly botching appendectomy
- Risant Health to acquire Integris Health
- Bowser Asks D.C. Council for $60 Million to Help Struggling Ward 8 Hospital
- Integris Health to Become Third Health System to Join Kaiser-Backed Risant Health
- New robotic breast cancer surgery offers less visible scarring, better recovery
FLORIDA
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- 3 health systems ending hospital-at-home programs
- BayCare opens proton therapy center at Tampa’s St. Joseph’s Hospital
- BayCare’s $33M proton therapy center opens at St. Joseph’s
- Bone & Joint Surgery Data Breach Affects 5,461 Patients
- Cypress Cove-linked nonprofit buys former Ruby Tuesday
- Diagnostic healthtech firm to relocate after acquiring two Tampa labs
- Florida health system launches meds-to-beds service
- HCA Florida hospital CEO to exit
- HCA opens new $22M Florida freestanding ED
- Historic Orlando hospital site could become affordable housing, health care hub
- Labcorp to buy more Opko Health assets in $722 million deal
- Lee Health, UnitedHealthcare dispute puts patients in limbo
- Kate Sawa on building BayCare’s philanthropy machine
- Moffitt Cancer Center’s operating margin climbs to 6.9% in FY 2026
- South Florida healthcare firm with 4 locations acquired by Texas company
- USF Health reshuffles Morsani College of Medicine leadership
- $400M loan maturity pushed Florida health group to bankruptcy court
- Accused In $91M Health Plan Scam Asks To Halt FTC Suit
- Coast Dental Services agrees to pay $3.8M to settle class-action lawsuit
- Community Health Northwest Florida reopens most sites, three locations still closed
- EKOS Dental Group opens 20th practice
- Florida physician pleads guilty to illegally prescribing opioids, stimulants
- Health Foundation of South Florida Awards $300,000 to Bring Vision Care to Low-Income Schoolchildren in Miami-Dade and Broward
- Holy Cross Health Named Among America’s Best Healthcare Employers and Florida’s Top 100 Employers by Forbes
- Mirra-Access’ Ch. 11 Paused As It Works On $400M Debt Deal
- Tampa General trains Nvidia model to police its own AI traffic
GEORGIA
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- Atlanta senior housing developer Galerie Living breaks ground on first out-of-state project
- Georgia’s largest HMO recorded over 1.3 million enrollment last year
- Hospital Construction Costs Are Climbing. Atlanta’s Healthcare Systems Keep Building
- Local investor buys medical office building near one of Atlanta’s largest hospitals
- More Details Emerge On Grady’s $1B South Fulton Hospital Plan
- Surgeon loses bid to split $6.8M malpractice settlement
- 11Alive investigation into unusually high thyroid cancer rates in northeast Georgia sparks new research
- Atlanta Women’s Health Group loses bid to enforce non-competes on ten doctors
- Black market for unapproved weight-loss drug thrives in Georgia
- Georgia Breaks Ground on $20.7 Million Forensic Restoration Facility
- Georgia poison center reports 4 deaths tied to kratom-like products
- Peach State Health Plan Releases 2025 Community Impact Report
- Protecting patients: initiative aims to keep hackers out of hospital medical devices
HAWAII
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- Centene to leave Hawaii Medicaid program in 2027
- Hawaii kupuna face tough Medicare choices after losing HMSA plan
- Hawaii to pay health career tuition in exchange for 5 years working in rural area
- Maui Health names permanent CEO of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals affiliate
- Exclusive Hawaii Rehab Advances Healing Options With Peptide Therapy
- Hawaii’s first LVAD heart procedure keeps Ewa Beach man home
- Kaiser-affiliated Hawaii system names CEO
IDAHO
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- Idaho’s health agency director to step down by end of year
- Mercy partners with insurance agencies for health coverage help
- ‘Now’s the right time’: Why an Idaho health system is launching a Medicare Advantage plan
- St. Luke’s Health System Selects hellocare.ai for Enterprise AI Assisted Virtual Care Deployment in Southern Idaho
- When Idaho Banned Abortion, OB-GYNs Fled. The Doctors Who Stayed Are Cracking.
ILLINOIS
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- 15 health systems where Epic is delivering measurable ROI
- $3.5M expansion adds fourth OR at physician-owned Illinois ASC
- Chicago hospital cafeteria license suspended after failed health inspection
- Chicago safety-net networks merge amid federal focus on value-based care
- How CON law forced a $3.5M ASC retrofit
- Prime hospital taps new CFO
- Rush, Endeavor to merge into Illinois powerhouse
- Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center cafeteria fails health inspection; 200 live roaches found in kitchen
- CCRM Fertility & Gynecologic Surgeons of Illinois Chooses iMed Naperville Medical Office for Practice Relocation
- CommonSpirit makes 22 executive moves in 2026
- CommonSpirit’s 452-site virtual hospital is becoming a workforce pipeline
- Illinois Erases $1.4 Billion in Medical Debt for Nearly 700,000 Residents Without Applications
- Memorial Health expands hospital CEO’s role
- OSF Children’s Hospital opens heavy menstrual bleeding clinic for adolescents
INDIANA
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- 15 health systems where Epic is delivering measurable ROI
- Beacon Health to lay off social workers, move crisis screening to telehealth
- Community, Lifepoint planning behavioral health hospital in Fishers
- Elevance reports $1.4B in Q3 profit, names Carelon president
- Indiana ranks 32nd in national Medicaid report, study finds
- Franciscan Health plans new medical office in Michigan City
- IU School of Medicine initiative seeks to expand autism diagnosis training
- Lilly explores aesthetic medicine opportunities as patients cope with effects of GLP-1 weight loss
- Medical offices planned for part of Michigan City’s former Marquette Mall
- Moody’s lowers Parkview Health outlook amid Ovation Healthcare deal
- Parkview Health acquiring shared services vendor Ovation Healthcare
- Parkview Health takes network offline after suspicious activity
- Parkview Health to acquire Ovation Healthcare, expanding services nation wide
- Parkview restores MyChart following network outage
- Skilled Nursing Dealbook: Midwest Nursing Home Deals Mark Owner Exit and Regional Expansion
- 7th Circ. Rejects Removal Of Hospital Patient Privacy Suits
- Federal government sued for withholding medical information of ICE detainee who died at Miami Correctional
- GLP-1 boom fuels dangerous black market for smuggled weight-loss drugs in Brazil
- Indianapolis USDA hub in limbo after federal judge halts agency reorganization
- Muncie man accused of falsely requesting over $1M in COVID tax credits
- Two top IU Health officials depart the company
- Where hospitals’ 340B claims data lawsuits against Lilly stand
IOWA
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- After death and injuries, two Iowa nursing homes added to federal watchlist
- Iowa sues OpenAI over ChatGPT’s ‘dangerous medical advice’
- New UI clinic pilots exercise treatments to improve health of cancer patients, survivors
- DeWolf Family Foundation gives $3.5M to UI student well-being program
- Iowa hospital expands colon cancer screening with AI technology
- Iowa’s OB-GYN shortage forces rural moms to travel far to deliver babies
- Keokuk another step closer to opening rural emergency hospital
- Mercy partners with insurance agencies for health coverage help
- UnityPoint Health expands high-risk pregnancy care through telehealth network
KANSAS
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- Healthcare software company owner sentenced in $1B Medicare fraud scheme
- Union nurses at St. Francis, St. Joseph approve three-year deal through 2029
- Wichita’s Dole VA Medical Center secures federal funding for facility improvements
- Former Kansas system CEO dies after 43 years at helm
- Kansas critical access hospital taps CFO
KENTUCKY
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- Cumberlands’ family nurse practitioner program ranks No. 4 in Kentucky
- Kentucky hospital taps new CFO
- Kentucky lawmaker plans to reintroduce emergency ambulance bill
- New guided search tool helps Kentuckians navigate treatment, mental health and recovery resources
- UK HealthCare breaks ground on $275M Hamburg East medical office building
- Data breach exposes info for nearly 4K Kentucky Medicaid recipients
- Ennoble Care Expands Into 5 New States, Eyes 10 More In Push To Tackle ‘Care Deserts’
- Jeffersontown Memory Care Home Put Up for Sale After Failing Four Inspections
- Lexington Regional Health Center celebrates completion of Labor & Delivery renovation project
- Louisville doctor’s spine surgery robot lands on TIME’s 2026 innovation list
- Pomerene Hospital secures federal funding for local care
LOUISIANA
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- 15 health systems where Epic is delivering measurable ROI
- FMOL Health taps VP of physician revenue cycle
- Inside Ochsner’s $50M bet on an outpatient future
- LCMC Health to offer free genetic screening to 100,000 adults
- Louisiana adds kratom variants to ban
- NAMI to break ground on “tiny village” of clients in Lacombe
- Ochsner joins ‘extremely premature’ infant research network
MAINE
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- Maine Department of Health and Human Services will hold public hearing on Prime Healthcare
- Nurses raise concerns over Houlton Regional Hospital leadership
- Half of emergency room nurses in northern Maine hospital quit
- Tackling the physician shortage in Maine
- How candidates for governor would change Maine health care policy
- Houlton nurses voice no confidence in CEO, say hospital board remains silent
MARYLAND
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- 8 things to know: Howard County hospital to unveil $28M renovation
- Insurer owes orthopedic surgeon $1M for breaching disability policy, judge finds
- Maryland payer laying off 161 across 3 states
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery names president, 7 other leaders
- Governor Moore Announces $4.7 Million in EARN Maryland Grants to Train Over 1,700 Workers for In-Demand Careers
- Maryland Tech Council Announces NIH Director, Former FDA Leaders, and Bad Blood Author to Headline Bio Innovation Conference
- Harford Mutual EVP Jeff Rink joins Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation board
- Inside Holy Cross Germantown, the Nation’s First Hospital on a Community College Campus
- Judge Hears Group’s Bid to Block HHS Obamacare Broker Moratorium
- Primary Stroke Center at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton earns honors for 11th consecutive year
- Southern Maryland Providers Win $2M in Rural Health Grants
- UMB medical school study trains clinicians on keto diet for mental illness
- TidalHealth to shutter Maryland primary care practice
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Baystate Health hires Boston Children’s exec to lead digital transformation
- Baystate, Mercy Medical Center to finally merge next month
- Blue Cross and Tufts Medicine pilot prior authorization automation using AI
- Boston Children’s leader heads to Rhode Island’s only pediatric psych hospital
- ‘Check dirty utility room’: Messages show RegalCare staff scrambling as inspectors swarm nursing homes in state crackdown
- Dana-Farber breaks ground on $1.7B cancer hospital
- Former Boston Children’s marketing chief joins WellSpan
- In Massachusetts, 6 rural hospitals could get upgrades as $162 million health fund opens
- Mass General Brigham AI trained on 40M faces predicts cancer survival
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan to roll out new product for large employers
- Mass. moves to revoke a dozen nursing home licenses following newspaper report
- MGB hospital to launch metabolic psychiatry center with $20M grant
- Nurse-Led Rounding Leads to Quality Gains Across a SNF Network
- Boston Scientific CEO sees ‘clear way out’ of 2026 challenges
- Dana-Farber, Beth Israel restructure breast cancer services
- Fractyl Health cuts 45% of workforce to focus on Revita
- Marlborough’s CloudWave acquired by healthcare services firm Tegria
- Rezera files for Nasdaq IPO ahead of Phase 3 trial
- Roblox founder’s foundation gives $20M to McLean Hospital
- Voyager Therapeutics CEO Al Sandrock to step down
MICHIGAN
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- 15 health systems where Epic is delivering measurable ROI
- Bronson forms health plan in effort to cut costs for self-funded employers
- Henry Ford hospital nurses strike ends after 411 days
- Michigan hospital names CEO
- Michigan psych hospital has seen 299 first responder dispatches since 2025
- MyMichigan Health investigates data theft claims
- U of Michigan board authorizes 100K-square-foot ASC, sports medicine institute
- Attorney General Nessel sues to raise prices for healthcare
- Constitution Surgery Alliance strikes 2 Michigan ASC deals
- General Motors to transition from BCBS Michigan to Aetna for salaried employees
- Grand Valley, Van Andel Institute leverage AI to speed disease research
- GRCC healthcare trainer identified as victim of hit-and-run crash at GVSU
- Henry Ford hospital nurses strike ends after 411 days
- How groups are combatting Detroit’s high death rate from heart disease
- McLaren Bay Region first in Michigan to use prefab exam rooms
- MDHHS seeking applications to improve nursing homes in Michigan
- Medicare enrollment starts: Cherry Health helps members find options
- Mich. Pharmacist Tells 6th Circ. Feds Silenced Key Witness
- Michigan Medicine taps AI chief
- Michigan erases $21M in 3rd round of medical debt relief
- Michigan needs more behavioral health professionals
- Michigan police search dental office after arresting dentist on drug charges
MINNESOTA
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- CentraCare, Minnesota university launch health system leadership MBA
- CentraCare to add Minnesota medical group
- Hospital mergers in Minnesota: What’s driving deals
- Minnesota may need to claw back Medicaid funds from providers
- Minnesota’s 17 community health centers at risk from One Big Beautiful Bill cuts
- Rural Minnesota hospitals’ operations are withering. They say ‘profiteering’ drugmakers, insurers are to blame
- CentraCare healthcare system to acquire Stellis Health
- Children’s Minnesota names chief education officer
- Emerging Therapy Solutions Inc. lands first Fast 50 award
- Frank Devocelle, former CEO and visionary of Olathe Health, dies
- Mayo Clinic to study theranostics technology
MISSISSIPPI
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- $32M awarded through Mississippi Rural Health Transformation Program
- Coastal counties receive Rural Health Transformation Program grant money
- Gov. Reeves announces $32.6 million awarded to 60 rural healthcare projects in Mississippi
- Rural access, costs remain challenges for Mississippi mothers
- UMMC’s 1st female leader to retire
MISSOURI
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- 3 major system investments reshaping behavioral healthcare
- 15 health systems where Epic is delivering measurable ROI
- 7 ways systems are diverting behavioral health patients from the ED
- Ascension returns to acquisition mode
- Ascension’s CFO on why ‘strategy without data is not a strategy’
- CMS Announces $2.3 Million to Expand Rural Healthcare Workforce and Maternal Care in Missouri
- Missouri center gets $6.4M to expand child psychiatry access
- St. Louis-based healthcare tech firm Lumeris names clinical transformation chief
- UMKC dean explains med school’s role in critical materials grant, research, doctor retention
- UMKC sets opening date for $145M Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building
- BJC breaks from some Anthem, Aetna insurance plans. Will affect thousands of seniors.
- Children’s Mercy ACA fight puts healthcare transparency in focus
- DEA serves search warrant at Cape Girardeau health clinic
- Immigrant advocates say federal cuts to Medicaid are creating a healthcare crisis
- Madhusmita Misra named Washington University pediatrics chair
- MU to partner with state agencies to expand maternal health access
- Needed dental care is within reach for more people around KC, but Medicaid cuts loom
- UPMC Enterprises stakes St. Louis-based healthcare staffing firm
MONTANA
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- Montana’s first standalone VA dental clinic breaks ground in Helena
- Montana state health department director to leave for private sector role
- Lighthouse Ranch aims to address youth behavioral health crisis in Montana
- Missoula College receives $2.9 million grant to expand nursing program
- Montana’s $8 Million Emergency Investment Aims To Bridge Massive Rural Health Gaps
NEBRASKA
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- Cyberattack diverts critical patients from Nebraska hospital
- Rural hospital independence depends on making technology count
- CMC in Falls City targeted by Cyber Attack
- Mary Lanning Healthcare Wound Center receives recognition
- Nebraska becomes 1st state to implement Medicaid work requirements
- Nebraska study highlights technology challenges for rural hospitals
- The pilot we killed: Why Nebraska Medicine shelved its AI cancer registry tool
- UNMC awarded nearly $82.5 million in grants for research, public health programs
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- 15 health systems where Epic is delivering measurable ROI
- Dartmouth Health Children’s joins Golisano Children’s Alliance
- Dartmouth Health launches innovative home care initiative with help of $20M gift
- Former New Hampshire physician sentenced for role in $1.9M fraud scheme
- GO-NORTH announces rural EMS program during RFK Jr. visit
- How Connected Care Networks Are Strengthening Rural Maternal Care
- New Hampshire hospital to close physician clinic
- Former hospital CMO sentenced in $1.9M Medicare brace scheme
NEW JERSEY
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- 15 health systems where Epic is delivering measurable ROI
- AtlantiCare CEO: ‘Time to take big swings’ on care transformation
- Capital Health Receives Second Consecutive Platinum Performance Achievement Award for Treatment of Heart Attack Patients
- Dartmouth Health builds at-home caregiver institute
- Hackensack Meridian Health, Hunterdon Health sign agreement to merge
- RWJBarnabas creates new exec role for physician improvement
- RWJBarnabas wrongfully diverted business from Saint Peter’s: Lawsuit
- Saint Peter’s sues physician, rival system over OB-GYN referrals
- Why Atlantic Health’s new CFO visited all 8 hospitals in 6 weeks
NEW MEXICO
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- Genesis Bankruptcy Plan Limits Compensation for Affected Nursing Home Residents
- UNM Health to open $19M primary care clinic on Southwest Mesa
- Bernalillo County reviews 4 potential models for MDC healthcare
- New $19 million UNM Health clinic to open Oct. 26 in Albuquerque
- New Mexico medical malpractice reform leading to lower rates, but full impact years off, experts say
- Presbyterian Hospital plans $1.7M pharmacy upgrade
NEW YORK
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- $6.2M understaffing lawsuit signals new liability risks for nursing home operators
- Behavioral health challenges on the rise in WNY: What CEOs are seeing
- Federal agents searching New York City locations amid Medicaid fraud investigation
- How Connected Care Networks Are Strengthening Rural Maternal Care
- Independent Health, MVP affiliation still waiting on state approval
- Mehmet Oz targets Medicaid fraud at New York adult day care centers
- New York payer says 2027 Medicare Advantage star rating will cost it $380M
- Northtowns surgery center to restructure, add private equity partner
- Northwell completes Epic scheduling conversion for 4 hospitals, 538 sites
- NYC Health + Hospitals SNF taps chief nursing officer
- Physicians accuse health system of weaponizing noncompetes
- Stalled life-sciences building project near Penn Station sued over $54M loan
- Urgent care network in Buffalo rebrands after ownership change
- Why this New York ASC had to drop cases following an anesthesia exit
- Buffalo health plan firm Centivo adds two C-level executives
- Cardiologists accuse system of weaponizing noncompetes, diverting surgical volume
- Ellis secures 22 cardiologists amid noncompete battle
- Enrollment Drops in NYC’s Healthcare Safety Net Amid Immigrant Fears
- Local Hospitals Benefit from Innovative Medical-Legal Partnership
- NUMC names new chair of medicine
- NY to award $32.5M to expand healthcare workforce
- Richmond University Medical Center promotes finance leader to CFO
- State lawmakers, county legislators and advocates discuss the New York Health Act
- Univera Healthcare leaving Williamsville headquarters for smaller space
- University of Rochester plans 172,000-square-foot outpatient clinic
- WNY’s top behavioral health CEOs grapple with rising anxiety, depression in clients and staff
NORTH CAROLINA
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- 3 major system investments reshaping behavioral healthcare
- 3 health systems ending hospital-at-home programs
- 15 health systems where Epic is delivering measurable ROI
- 7 ways systems are diverting behavioral health patients from the ED
- $100M donation pushes NC’s first freestanding children’s hospital closer to reality
- Atrium Health announces $340 million investment for behavioral health hospital
- Atrium Health plans 168-bed behavioral hospital as part of $340M investment
- Atrium Health’s $340 million behavioral health initiative
- Charlotte foundation donates $100M for North Carolina’s first freestanding children’s hospital
- Duke Health, CaroMont Health seek to jointly build, operate 2 Charlotte-area hospitals
- Duke Health debuts three autonomous delivery robots to help healthcare providers
- Duke takes on Atrium and Novant in Charlotte with $1.2 billion bid for new hospitals
- Duke to add 157 hospital beds in Durham with $63M expansion
- Healthcare firms account for more than a quarter of North Carolina’s largest employers
- North Carolina groups ask attorney general to review the Atrium-WakeMed merger
- North Carolina system names COO
- NYU Langone adds 2,700-square-foot psychiatric emergency unit in Brooklyn
- OrthoCarolina underway on its first standalone ambulatory surgery center in Steele Creek
- Randolph Health names Daniel Bateman new COO
- UNC Health CEO wins AAFP physician executive award
- UNC Health Starts Work on Cary-Durham Campus
- Wake County hospitals are so full that one turned away more than 1,600 transfer requests last year
- What’s next after Triangle drugmakers strike $380M deal to end yearslong legal fight
- Duke initiative aims to bring dementia AI tools into clinical practice
- Guardian Dentistry Partners adds North Carolina practice
Hospital Operator Challenges NC AG’s Power Over Merger - NC flu cases rising, vaccination rate remains low: State health officials
- NC health officials back mental health first aid training at colleges
- NC Senate aims to curb Medicaid costs and allow more insight into hospital charges
- Novant Health launches virtual men’s health clinic
- Staff Cite Supply, Maintenance, and Paycheck Issues at Randolph Hospital
- Three Triangle-area housing pilots offer NC blueprints for adults with disabilities
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Tribal entities in North Dakota to receive $20M in HHS funds
- Fedorchak highlights rural hospital support during Elgin, Bowman visits | The Flag
- North Dakota approves health insurance rate increases for 2027 ACA plans
- North Dakota opens $70 million state laboratory in Bismarck | WDAY Radio
- State leaders celebrate ribbon cutting for new North Dakota State Laboratory
OHIO
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- 15 health systems where Epic is delivering measurable ROI
- 368-bed Ohio hospital expands Oracle beyond the EHR
- 3 nurses sue Warren nursing home, alleging retaliation over patient care complaints
- Christ Hospital scores $50M donation to expand Mount Auburn facilities
- Cincinnati hospital receives record $50M donation
- Cleveland Clinic to acquire Ohio orthopedic practice amid legal battle
- Columbus doctor, clinic manager plead guilty to Medicaid scheme
- Denver Health taps new CFO from Summa Health
- DeWine announces $92M healthcare expansion in rural Ohio
- Justice Department finds 7th medical school discriminated in admissions
- Local hospitals receive rural healthcare funding
- OhioHealth tops $7B revenue in first year with new CFO
- OhioHealth’s new CFO brings diverse ‘healthcare-adjacent’ experience
- Utah-based dental surgery center snags $650K Fairborn office in potential Ohio expansion
- AmeriHealth Caritas to join Ohio Health Insurance Marketplace in 2027
- Centene to expand CHOICE program to its Ohio, Oklahoma employees
- Data breach of physician-led group impacts 1.4 million individuals
- MetroHealth AI chief joins Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
- OhioHealth posts 8.2% operating margin in FY 2026
- Ohio physician pleads guilty in $1.6M Medicaid telehealth fraud
OKLAHOMA
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- 20 Oklahoma Nursing Homes among America’s Best ranked in 2027
- Kaiser Permanente scoops up Oklahoma’s largest nonprofit health system
- Muscogee Nation launches unprecedented Medicare Advantage plan
- Muscogee Nation opens enrollment for first tribally owned Medicare Advantage plan
- Oklahoma lawmakers plan to revive epilepsy coverage bill in 2027
- Oklahoma ranks second in pregnancy-related prosecutions, report finds
- OU mHealth Project Aims to Address Native Americans’ Pain Disparity
- Risant Health to acquire Integris Health
- SSM Health St. Anthony ranks No. 1 in OKC in US News hospital rankings
- A rural Oklahoma hospital is bringing back maternity care. Can it survive healthcare cuts?
- Integrating age-friendly principles into behavioral health treatment at an Oklahoma VA health system
- Integris Health to join national network backed by Kaiser Permanente
- OU gets $2.9M grant to study multiple myeloma treatment
OREGON
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- Oregon approves rural hospital network
- Oregon hospitals’ charity care spending more than doubles in 1st year of screening law
- Oregon made it easier to get help with hospital bills. Then lawmakers loosened the rules
- Oregon Rural Hospitals Get Green Light to (Sort of) Join Forces
- PacificSource announces layoffs affecting employees in four Oregon cities
- PeaceHealth‘s proposed Timber Springs Behavioral Health Hospital clears key hurdle
- PeaceHealth‘s Timber Springs hospital clears key state hurdle
- Samaritan clinicians unionize weeks before MultiCare deal
- States Are Forcing Hospitals To Offer More People Financial Aid. In Oregon, It’s Working.
- Why a Portland facility’s life-saving care for moms is going away
- Designing Oregon’s Healthcare Future: Pacific University Professor Joins State Board
- Kotek signs order to protect Oregon healthcare access
- Oregon launches new Explore Health Plan Guide to preview 2027 coverage
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 7 ways systems are diverting behavioral health patients from the ED
- Ahead of midterms, Pennsylvania candidates back NP independence in survey
- Allegheny General Hospital nurses authorize potential strike as contract deadline looms
- Allegheny Health Network recruits Miami surgeon as first surgeon-in-chief
- Aston Micro-Hospital Outpaces Projections as ChristianaCare Fills Post-Crozer Gap
- Cencora making $2.4B acquisition as diversification push continues
- Chariot Allaire enlists Penn Medicine for help studying options at Crozer-Chester hospital campus
- CHOP plans to expand Soar autism centers to Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester counties
- ChristianaCare expands Delco footprint with $19.3M multi-specialty center
- ChristianaCare opens health center at new Aston, PA campus
- City Council backs sweeping overhaul of Pennsylvania healthcare
- Ex-NFL player sues Jefferson Health, Vincera Institute for $300M over alleged career-ending surgery
- Former Boston Children’s marketing chief joins WellSpan
- Jefferson Health prepares for potential end of Wills Eye partnership
- Net Health CEO Ron Books steps down after three years, returning to former firm
- Pennsylvania sues drugmakers, PBMs over insulin pricing
- Police: patient barricaded himself in ER and attempted to harm staff at St. Luke’s Bethlehem
- Redeemer Health hit with steep credit downgrades after missed debt payments
- Tower Health’s CEO ready to move ‘from turnaround to sustainable growth’
- UPMC welcomes Ohio health system into its growing fold
- WVU Medicine to base $10.7M medical helicopter in Westmoreland County
- WVU Medicine to open outpatient center at Southpointe on Nov. 30
- Hershey Medical Center enacted measles ‘precautions’ overnight
- Regent Surgical’s multipart plan to grow ASC use
- Tower Health CEO: ‘Culture isn’t a soft thing, it’s a strategy’
- Tower Health CEO on payer strife: ‘We have no choice than to push back’
- UPMC expands to fourth state with Trinity Health purchase
- US records 4,410 measles cases: 4 outbreak updates
RHODE ISLAND
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- Bradley Hospital names new chief medical officer
- Brown Health projects deficit of $64 million for FY2027
- Brown University physician denied return to US after deportation
- CharterCARE CEO is Out, Former McKee Appointee Taking Over, Neronha Raises Conflict Issue
- RI Health and Human Services head to replace Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals CEO
- Why a new CEO of two RI hospitals is seeking an ethics opinion
- Boston Children’s leader heads to Rhode Island’s only pediatric psych hospital
- Bradley Hospital awarded $10M to study relationship between sleep and children’s mental health
- Care New England opens 45,000-square-foot ASC
- CEO of Rhode Island Blood Center operator stepping down
- Rhode Island Medical Imaging donates $15K to state’s breast cancer screening program
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- 7 ways systems are diverting behavioral health patients from the ED
- MUSC psychiatry chair leads $7.5M youth substance use research program
- Nephron Pharmaceuticals names interim CEO after Kennedy exit
- Prisma Health taps new vice president of strategic growth
- AnMed Medical Center Begins Construction On Training Facility In Anderson, South Carolina
- Comporium sells Rock Hill property for potential Atrium site
- Grand Strand Health becomes SC’s first hospital offering endoscopic mitral valve surgery
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- How Connected Care Networks Are Strengthening Rural Maternal Care
- How one health system is battling rising uncompensated care costs
- Monument Health expanding diabetes care
- Ophthalmology Limited opens expanded, renovated location
- Sanford Health CEO Bill Gassen talks about merger with North Memorial
- Sanford Health Establishes $1 Million Fund for Academic Excellence at Dakota State University
- 10-year vision for 48,000-square-foot hospital in rural South Dakota town takes shape
- Freeman Regional Health Services Begins Construction On Replacement Hospital In Freeman, South Dakota
- Ground breaks for new hospital and clinic in Freeman
TENNESSEE
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- 3 health systems ending hospital-at-home programs
- 7 ways systems are diverting behavioral health patients from the ED
- Ardent Health names chief digital and information officer
- HCA’s TriStar Centennial to invest $90M in women’s, children’s care
- Independent Texas spine practice opens fifth location
- Lexington Walmart pilots new rural healthcare program
- Memphis co. takes first place in $1M competition
- Parkridge behavioral hospital taps new CFO
- Tennessee Nurses Association names next CEO
- The Haven Detox Group opens Tennessee location
- TriStar Centennial Medical Center announces $90M expansion project
- Vanderbilt Health communications chief to retire
- A new Millington VA clinic is providing care. But veterans and officials say rural access remains vital.
- Anthem sued over $501K in No Surprises Act awards
- Ballad Health taps chief medical officer of 3 community hospitals
- Covenant Health taps behavioral health VP
- Covenant Health helicopters take flight to speed up medical transport in East Tennessee
- Former Tennessee mental health center owner sentenced for employment tax fraud
- Healthcare Notes: Healthcare software company opens Franklin office
- Kelsea Ballerini Launches Musicians On Call Program at Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital in Hometown of Knoxville
- Lacuna Health catches gaps in care before patients are harmed
- Local HIV Center Sues Department of Health for Limiting Some HIV/AIDS Services to Noncitizens
- New health science center to be featured at Altrusa Oak Ridge meeting
- Regional One Health doctor presents hospital data showing drop in gunshot trauma after task force deployment
- Roane State dedicates Knox Regional Health Science Education Center courtyard to philanthropist Natalie Haslam
- The Haven Detox Group opens first Tennessee location in Madison
- Union seeks elections to represent nurses at 4 hospitals
- University of Memphis gets new head team physician after 39 years
- University of Tennessee medical school’s new facility breaks ground in Memphis
TEXAS
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- 15 health systems where Epic is delivering measurable ROI
- 7 takeaways from an investigation into financial aid at Texas hospitals
- 3 Houston cancer therapy startups share the lean playbook that landed them VC funding
- Ascension Seton to buy 3 Texas care sites
- Baylor College of Medicine unveils $1B ‘Tomorrow’s Medicine Today’ philanthropic campaign
- Baylor Scott & White taps Arianna Huffington company to support patients between visits
- Central Texas healthcare is booming. Can the workforce keep up?
- Children’s Wisconsin CFO heads to Texas system
- Christus Health taps new vice president of operations
- Harris Health bumps up planned northeast Houston cancer center cost to $150M as caseload rises
- Las Vegas Trail health center sees more than 20,000 patient visits in first year
- Longtime St. David’s HealthCare CEO to retire
- Medical Informatics Corp. opens demo center in TMC to showcase patient-monitoring platform
- Memorial Hermann Health System taps new CFO
- Moody Children’s Hospital Reaches Construction Milestone In Dallas
- Nearly Half of Texas Nonprofit Hospitals Bill Before Screening for Aid, and Most Won’t Fully Refund Earlier Payments
- St. David’s HealthCare CEO to retire
- Texas to award $8 million in grants to rural healthcare providers
- United Therapeutics opens xeno-organ facility in Generation Park, marking Houston’s continued pharma growth
- University of Houston breaks ground on $77.5M Medical Research Building as UH Health initiative gathers steam
- Face Off: Capital flows into North Texas healthcare
- Mass casualty drill to test San Antonio-area hospitals, EMS response
- Medical Informatics Corp. opens TMC showroom for Sickbay platform
- Methodist Texas hospital taps new COO
- Nursing shortages threaten Central Texas healthcare expansion
- Texas Health Fort Worth Begins Four-Story Justin Tower Expansion
- Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Breaks Ground On Expansion
- Texas HIE partnership aims to boost data sharing for critical care
- UT Southwestern reported 18 retained object errors in 18 months
UTAH
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- How Intermountain Health plans to nearly double nurses’ time at the bedside
- Senior campus planning aims to help older residents stay in Moab
- University of Utah Health receives board approval to acquire land at Salt Lake City’s Power District for new Redwood Health Center
- Utah-based dental surgery center snags $650K Fairborn office in potential Ohio expansion
- How Intermountain embodies a growing M&A trend
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- 15 health systems where Epic is delivering measurable ROI
- 7 ways systems are diverting behavioral health patients from the ED
- Concentra opening health clinic near Reagan National Airport, plots further N. Va. expansion
- Rapides Regional Medical Center named one of nation’s Top Cardiovascular Hospitals
- Sentara hospital opens outpatient pharmacy
- Sentara Health deploys new AI case management tool co-developed with Regard
- VBCF partners with Riverside Health to help cover breast cancer screening and diagnostic testing
- Virginia mental health provider to settle Medicaid billing allegations for $1.8M
- ‘We’re not going to talk about that’: Kiggans and RFK Jr. hold roundtable on healthcare workforce shortages in Virginia Beach
- Healthcare firm agrees to pay $1.8M+ in settlement for alleged fraud
- New coalition aims to keep Virginians covered as Medicaid rules tighten
- Transgender care for young patients remains on hold at Virginia hospitals
- Virginia Department of Health confirms measles case in Harrisonburg
- Virginia’s flu-related ER visit rates are up fivefold from last year
- Virginia lawmakers seek more scrutiny after audits flag millions in questionable nursing home costs
WASHINGTON
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- 7 ways systems are diverting behavioral health patients from the ED
- Cascade Medical CEO Diane Blake earns WSHA’s Joe Hopkins Award
- MultiCare launches refocused philanthropic series
- Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists names COO
- Outgoing MultiCare CEO receives lifetime achievement award
- PeaceHealth’s former president dies
- Providence taps new chief real estate officer
- Providence to pay $42.7M to settle 401(k) mismanagement lawsuit
- Samaritan clinicians unionize weeks before MultiCare deal
- Seattle Children’s network reports more than 10% improvement in preventive care measures
- Washington autism therapy provider files Chapter 11
- WA hospitals anticipate losing billions in revenue from Medicaid cuts
- Washington recovery center closes detox, residential programs
- 5 from UW Medicine earn prestigious appointment
- Aetna Drops Medical Billing Suit Against Acupuncture Clinic
- OB-GYN Not Covered In Abortion Mishap Suit, Insurer Says
- PeaceHealth’s 89-bed psychiatric hospital clears regulatory hurdle
- Statewide exercise simulates health response to catastrophic Cascadia quake
- Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, UW Medicine named to Becker’s 2026 Great Heart Programs List
- WA Department of Social and Health Services eyes cuts, modernization for 2027
- Washington recovery center closes detox, residential programs
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Charleston announces Vandalia Health naming rights deal for Coliseum & Convention Center
- Eastern West Virginia Behavioral Health Provider Receives $500,000 State Award
- Governor Morrisey announces $2 million for specialized eye care in West Virginia
- Health care providers, lawmakers debate future of Certificate of Need in West Virginia
- Vandalia Health Center naming rights agreement expected to eliminate city subsidy, board chair says
- West Virginia’s CON repeal faces new opposition
- WVU Medicine to base $10.7M medical helicopter in Westmoreland County
- Hundreds seek free health services during WeCareWV Day in Charleston
- Peak Health expands coverage options for West Virginians with 2027 ACA Marketplace launch
- West Virginia Hospital Association warns of cherry-picking as its members already do it
- West Virginia invests $2.2M to cut paperwork and boost health care access across state
- West Virginia oral health advocates push for law allowing dentists, hygienists to administer HPV vaccine
- WVU dental school lands $15M in federal funding
- WVU Medicine expands community pharmacies to fill healthcare gaps in West Virginia
- WVU School of Nursing ranked No. 1 nurse practitioner program in West Virginia
WISCONSIN
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- Ascension Wisconsin opens two new pharmacies in Oshkosh
- Children’s Wisconsin CFO heads to Texas system
- Medical College of Wisconsin receives $50 million gift to advance precision medicine program
- Moody’s upgrades ProHealth Care to ‘Aa3’ with 562 days cash on hand
- Six Milwaukee biohealth startups land commercialization support
- SSM Health gives $10K to Marian single-parent program
- VA Medical Center lands millions of dollars in federal funding for maintenance projects
- 3 times Judy Faulkner urged caution amid Epic’s AI push
- Epic explores AI agents for routine visits
- Epic takes aim at ‘swivel-chair’ work with AI Connectors
- Judy Faulkner on Epic’s ‘BFF’ role: 1 staffer for each customer
- UW Health hospital to open $140M expansion
- Wisconsin hospital to borrow $25M for EHR as Emplify ends Epic access
- How Alzheimer’s and dementia patients teach Wisconsin’s next generation of health care workers
- Wisconsin’s seasonal migrant workers lack access to healthcare — until a mobile clinic pulls up to the farm
- New $3.5 million oral health program comes to Wisconsin Rapids
WYOMING
