NATIONAL
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- 5 big questions as the 340B rebate pilot nears launch
- 2 organ donation rule changes spark ethical debate
- AMA joins legal challenge to Medicaid work rule ahead of 2027
- CMS funds $275M initiative to recruit nurses for nursing homes
- CMS specialty model could harm rural patients: Report
- Congress members move to offset coming cuts to rural hospital funding
- Congress to probe PBMs over retaliation claims with pharmacy audits
- Doctors’ offices are charging patients 10 times more by claiming to be hospitals
- Eli Lilly’s 340B data policy draws new opposition from Missouri AG, Massachusetts hospitals
- Federal regulators crack down on organ donation groups
- Hackers use Claude Code to target healthcare organizations
- HHS, DOJ announce anti-fraud healthcare self-disclosure pilot program
- HHS finalizes health IT rule projected to save $1.5B
- HHS finalizes rule to ease health IT certification requirements but punts info blocking proposals
- HHS Delegates Permissive Exclusion Authority to CMS
- HHS goes all in on fraud crackdown, launches False Claims Act self-disclosure pilot
- HHS updates national Alzheimer’s plan: 4 things to know
- HHS won’t adjust HIPAA penalties for inflation in 2026
- Labor Department to release rule requiring PBMs to disclose payment details
- Medicaid cuts put 300+ rural hospitals at risk of closure: AHA
- Mergers and Acquisitions: An Overview of Notable Healthcare M&A Activity in 2026
- Optum Rx, Express Scripts, CVS Caremark face House probe
- RFK Jr. bypasses NIH director’s pick to lead mental health institute: Report
- Senators probe 10 insurers over role in terminating ACA coverage for 760,000 people
- Updated national plan on dementia focuses on support for GUIDE Model, HCBS
- When health systems merge EHRs, clinical context is on the line
- Where PACE operators see opportunities to win new enrollees
- Will $275M fix nursing home nurse shortages? 2 groups weigh in
ALABAMA
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- Alabama orthopedic ASC to break ground after clearing court hurdle
- Encompass Health declares dividend on common stock
- Over half of Alabama rural hospitals are bleeding money — See which are ‘at risk’ of closure
- UAB Hospital plans CEO change, new market president
- Alabama hospital named among the most beautiful in America
- Alabama nursing board resumes online license renewals after cyberattack
- Former Alabama Corrections healthcare provider says it can’t pay pre-bankruptcy wages
- LewisGale Hospital Montgomery announces $18 million investment to expand emergency care access in Radford
- USA Health CEO Natalie Fox to chair statewide Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences’ board of trustees
ALASKA
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- Alaska Native Communities Get $375K for Health and Wellness
- Juneau health grants fund senior hub plan, childcare project
- Ketchikan Indian Community awarded $5M for addiction healing center
- Rural health grants can’t cover insurance losses, Juneau lawmakers say
- Rural health program will fund $12 million in peninsula projects
- SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium invests additional $375K for tribal-led wellness efforts
- Unalaska gets its first full-service pharmacy
- Homer clinic gets $727K for new postpartum home-visit program
- VA completes 2026 EHR system deployments with final two site go-lives
- AHRQ and Indian Health Service Partner to Strengthen Sepsis Care
ARIZONA
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- Arizona surgeon performs world 1st with Stryker ankle technology
- LifeLock co-founder Todd Davis launches health care venture in Arizona market
- Arizona health workers raise alarm on how GOP Medicaid cuts will crowd ERs & raise costs
- Flagstaff nonprofit offers unlimited therapy for first responders, families to break mental health stigma
- TMC Emergency Room unveils $27M renovations
ARKANSAS
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- Community Clinic CEO talks rural health access, expansion
- Organ Therapy Firm Vantive Plans $100M Expansion of Mountain Home Site
- The Exec: Freeman CEO on Scaling Rural Care While Preserving Local Autonomy
- Arkansas Directs $10 Million Toward Improvements to Rural Emergency Medical Services
- Arkansas Executive of the Year 2026: Large Private Company
- Baptist Health launches statewide-first hub for maternity care
- Fuel Accelerator to Expand to Kansas City, Double Programming
- Howard Memorial Hospital Receives American Hospital Association’s 75-Year Milestone Award
- More mid-tier mental health services needed in Arkansas to limit youth hospitalizations, lawmakers told
- Two Arkansas hospitals recognized for heart attack care
CALIFORNIA
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- 4 charged in $1.6B California SUD treatment fraud case: Justice Department
- California Healthcare Tax Case Would Gut Medi-Cal, State Warns
- California Latest Target In Department of Justice efforts To End Public Benefits Fraud
- California system taps new vice president of finance
- California system taps Walmart leader as chief innovation, physician executive
- Doctors among 15 charged in LA healthcare fraud takedown
- DOJ charges 15 in healthcare fraud schemes totaling $2B
- Financially struggling California hospital weighs maternity unit closures
- How 3 health systems are rethinking high-utilization ED patients
- Kaiser Permanente donates $15M to Oakland children’s hospital psychiatric unit
- Kaiser Permanente scoops up Oklahoma’s largest nonprofit health system
- New Faze’s skilled nursing facility in Elk Grove slated for summer 2027 completion
- Nurses at Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital begin 2-day strike
- Silicon Valley’s multibillion-dollar hospital building wave
- Sutter Health names division president
- The robot said cut — this orthopedic surgeon disagreed
- UCLA Health expansion raises costs and concerns
- UC San Diego gets up to $29.9M to map hospitals’ cyber weak points
- UC San Diego joins $41M hunt for Alzheimer’s treatments
- What a $10.8B spinoff taught Cedars-Sinai about commercializing research
- What California’s new dealmaking rules mean for ASCs
- Where Kaiser’s Risant Health stands after Integris agreement: 6 notes
- Federal cuts put 40,000 on California’s Central Coast at risk of losing health insurance
- How Menifee’s Healthcare Growth Is Reshaping Its Housing Market
- Suffolk sees hospital construction crunch ahead of California’s earthquake rule
- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Partner CIELO Awarded $1.69 Million Research Grant to Expand Precision Medicine for Indigenous and Hispanic Children
- California’s Prop 40 would tax about 200 billionaires to fund healthcare, but critics warn of backfire
- HealthCore Foundation Announces Nearly $250 Million Real Estate Transaction with Northbay Health to Support Outpatient Expansion in Northern California
- Sutter Health Expands Remote Monitoring Program to Patients with Heart Failure
- Snapchat co-founder and billionaire Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr help erase $550 million in medical debt for 261,000 Californians
- Watsonville Hospital considers closing mother-baby services, as possible closure within one year looms
COLORADO
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- Colorado AG seek public input about Denver-area hospital merger
- Denver Health Medical Plan Discloses Vendor Breach Affecting 238K Members
- Denver home healthcare co. pivot includes new CEO, reported layoffs
- Thousands more Coloradans may lose Medicaid as hospitals struggle with charity care surge
- Area utilities, medical facilities sustain damage
- Colo. AI Rules Face Calls For Longer Compliance Window
- Colo. Staffing Cos. Settle Travel Nurses’ OT Suit For $7M
- Colorado high school students get a head start on healthcare careers
- DispatchHealth Names New CEO Amid Operational Reset: Inside Its Pivot To Health System Enablement
- Espire Dental adds 3 Washington partners
- It’s OK not to be OK. Colorado groups work to close postpartum gaps
- MSU Denver Senior Builds His Own Campus Classroom, Earns Site’s Only Internship
- Patients Tell Colo. Justices Hospital Defied Gender Care Order
- Radiology Co. Strikes Deal In ESOP Fight Ahead Of Trial
- Vendor Key Leak Puts Data of 238,000 Denver Health Plan Members at Risk
- Denver judge says Children’s Hospital complied with order that it offer gender-affirming care
- Delta Health announces CEO after nearly one year
CONNECTICUT
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- CT health information exchange names interim executive director
- Middlesex Health faces class-action lawsuit over time-keeping policies, unpaid wages
- Trinity Health plans $628M bond deal with $34M for CT hospital improvements
- Yale New Haven age bias case over physician testing heads to trial
- Open enrollment is here, but federal cuts have changed health care in CT
- Hop on the bus, get a free mammogram: Why this CT program is serving uninsured people this October
DELAWARE
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- ChristianaCare hospital names president
- ChristianaCare palliative care founder blasts outsourcing
- ChristianaCare plans to expand south uncertain, pushback from southern hospital systems
- Delaware hospitals debate downstate ChristianaCare proposals
- Southern Delaware hospitals say proposed ChristianaCare campuses will negatively impact region
- Rural Health Transformation Program’s first year fully allocated– key spending to workforce development
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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- Health system closes National Landing urgent care, West Springfield primary care location
- Howard University extends hospital partner search as hunt for president continues
- Where Kaiser’s Risant Health stands after Integris agreement: 6 notes
- AIDS Healthcare Foundation to open new healthcare center in D.C.
- Overdose prevention vending machine faces community opposition in D.C.
- Reservoir District Developer Ditches DC Medical Hub for Housing, Hotels, Maybe Offices
- Team From Howard University Wins Grand Prize in 2026 DC Public Health Case Challenge
FLORIDA
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- 5 Big Tech health system partnerships
- Ascension St. Vincent’s builds Nocatee primary care office
- Baptist Health expands hospital at home after 300-plus transfers
- Baptist Health hospital to open $700M patient tower
- Boca Raton Nursing Home Sued Over Alleged Neglect In Man’s Death
- Cape Coral approves $31M in incentives for $300M HCA hospital
- Doctor performs surgery on patient at hospital 35 miles away using robotics
- Healthcare firm buys 4.6 acres in Palm Beach County
- Hospital to collaborate with Health Care District on new cancer center
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s joins $52M NIH-backed consortium
- Orlando Health hospital near former Tupperware HQ takes step forward
- Orlando Health marks two years on the East Coast with facility upgrades, new equipment and long-term investment plans
- Partners behind pediatric clinic gardens seek funding for larger Jacksonville agricultural project
- Pioneer Medical Group is looking beyond Florida after decades of growth
- Tampa General’s statewide push continues with cancer center in rural Palm Beach County
- UF Health acquires Clermont freestanding ER site
- UHealth taps health system-founded specialty pharmacy group
- USF Health reshuffles Morsani College of Medicine leadership
- Why Nemours’ CFO is ‘never concerned about making the right investment’
- Florida Blue Foundation awards grants to strengthen mental health support in Florida communities
- Florida DME owner convicted in $8.6M Medicare orthotic brace fraud
- Florida man sentenced 20 years in $46M Medicare fraud scheme
- Geico Says Fla. Cos. Owe $4M For Fraudulent Billing Scheme
- HCA Florida Healthcare Advances Plans For New Hospital In Cape Coral, Florida
- JTCHS Celebrates Ribbon-cutting for new Liberty Square Facility
- Lee Health Foundation Announces Board of Trustees
- Sage Dental continues expansion with addition of Florida practice
- Sofia Adams rejoins SalusCare as director of acute care services
- Trump administration awards Florida $193.7M for rural healthcare
GEORGIA
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- $4M malpractice verdict hits Atlanta hand surgeon, practice
- AdventHealth Gordon remains focused on expanding advanced newborn care as state review continues
- Atlanta-based healthcare providers demand better treatment for in-custody patients
- CMS Announces Nearly $219 Million to Expand Rural Healthcare in Georgia
- Former nurse sues Georgia’s largest pediatric healthcare system over alleged unpaid overtime
- Georgia gets $219 million federal investment to improve rural healthcare
- New arrivals in the ER? Georgia gears up to solve rural maternal health crisis
- Piedmont Healthcare raises $1.4 million to expand cancer research
- UPS builds out healthcare logistics business with $1.6B deal
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta among four Georgia hospitals with highest level of neonatal care
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta initiative targets four causes of preventable child deaths
- Ga. Children’s Hospital System Hit With Time-Shaving Suit
- Ga. University System On Hook For $3M In Child Death Suit
- Georgia’s first health care-focused charter school opens in Atlanta with hands-on medical training
- Georgia Southern University professor appointed to Chatham County Board of Health
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- Rural Idaho doctors cite abortion ban impact as voters weigh Prop 1
- Two east Idaho hospitals launch program to improve cancer biopsy testing
- Syringa receives conditional $4.84 million award for upgrades
- Idaho allocates its entire $186 million in federal grant to improve rural health access
- Idaho’s health agency director to step down by end of year
ILLINOIS
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- CommonSpirit rebrands St. Joseph Health in Texas
- Duly Health acquires Illinois outpatient center
- Endeavor nurses push to unionize amid Rush merger plans
- Endeavor Health to launch daytime memory care center
- How 3 health systems are rethinking high-utilization ED patients
- How CON law forced a $3.5M ASC retrofit
- Illinois hospital loses trauma status as state cites ‘lack of clear communication’
- Illinois hospital’s trauma status in limbo amid anesthesia pay dispute
- Illinois revokes trauma status for north suburban hospital for 2nd time in 3 years
- Illinois says it will keep 25 mental health beds at Choate, expand regional jobs
- International fugitive sentenced in $365M Medicare telehealth scheme
- Lawmakers, nurses rally as Roseland Community Hospital is set to end labor and delivery services
- Loyola, Trinity Health move forward with $120M ASC project
- Northwestern Medicine establishes transplant institute
- Nurses at Endeavor Health’s hospitals in Evanston, Glenview, Skokie, Highland Park move to unionize
- Proposed Rush, Endeavor merger credit positive for both systems: Moody’s
- Rush’s operating margin rises to 1.3% in FY 2026 ahead of planned Endeavor merger
- Why 1 independent owner worries more about hospitals than private equity
- OSF Saint Katharine hosts doula meet and greet to boost support for birthing families
INDIANA
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- Appeals court: Parties not liable for malpractice in organ donor mix up
- Community Hospital First in Indiana to Offer Newly FDA-Approved Treatment for Recurring Coronary Stent Blockages
- IU Health’s growth gameplan, 14 months from its $4.7B campus
- IU Health’s new downtown medical campus has a name and an opening date
- Judge won’t block Lilly ads for weight-loss drugs in ruling against Novo Nordisk
- Lilly embraces AI in $50B manufacturing expansion, but faces workforce, infrastructure hurdles
- Lilly reports nearly 80% of patients saw ovarian tumors shrink in clinical trial
- Lilly’s stock hits record high after company posts 3rd quarter earnings
- More Hoosier women are delivering at home. Is it safe?
- New IU medical campus enters final stretch of construction
- Parkview Health keeps securing more partnerships
- Trilogy Health Services Brings Dementia Support Model To Expanded Paddock Springs In Warsaw
- Artificial intelligence to be key focus of BioCrossroads Life Sciences Summit in Indy
- As feds cut key fee, Indiana Medicaid chief warns changes needed to avoid ‘catastrophic situation’
- Eli Lilly Toughens Legal Game Plan Over Next Weight Loss Drug
- Indiana unveils medical frailty exception to upcoming HIP work requirements
- Inside IU Health’s new downtown medical campus
- Lilly CEO David Ricks leads second cohort of IBJ CEO of the Year honorees
- One Health Research Institute central to life sciences plan
- Shortage in chemotherapy drug impacts Indiana and nationwide hospitals
- South Bend Chamber CEO: ‘We don’t want to be complacent’
- Thousands already off Indiana’s Medicaid rolls, before work requirements take effect
- Tissue Donation Suit Not Subject to Indiana Malpractice Law
IOWA
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- Decorah hospital gets $700K robot surgery upgrade
- Iowa nursing homes lead the nation in short-staffing violations
- 10 states with the most nursing home staffing citations
- ChildServe Names First Chief Medical Officer
- FCMC CEO Willis Elected to Iowa Hospital Association Board
- Iowa hospital expands colon cancer screening with AI technology
- Surgeon accused of ‘perverted’ conduct faces Iowa licensing-board charges
- The Iowa Clinic concerned about physicians’ access to resources at UnityPoint
- The Iowa Clinic threatens to end UnityPoint partnership
- UI Health Care COO: Redesign operations before economics forces you to
KANSAS
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- 14 hospital beds stolen from Wichita nonprofit
- Ascension Via Christi shuffles executive ranks as southwest Kansas official joins St. Francis
- How blame for Children’s Mercy insurance gap became issue in Kansas governor’s race
- Newman Regional Health launches remote patient monitoring program
- 27,000 Kansans are getting medical debt forgiven. Some worry it’s not a real fix
- Ascension Via Christi names Anita Toussi CMO at St. Francis
- Children’s Mercy insurance loss calls attention to struggling Kansas hospital system
- Rice Community Hospital looks to bring MRI services in-house, fundraiser set Saturday to help
KENTUCKY
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- Baptist Health to receive $3 million to expand Shelby County health care
- Forefront Dermatology hires former Kindred president as CEO
- Humana eliminates some positions
- Inside the Trilogy Health Services strategy that cut hospitalizations by more than half
- UK investing $5M into new partnership for nursing facility at new Hamburg campus
- UK, Signature HealthCARE partner on 105-bed nursing facility at Hamburg East
- Bath County measles cases rise from one to 11 as outbreak spreads across Kentucky
- Dialysis center to pay $175K after deaf Lexington patient denied interpreter
- Health experts gather in Corbin to answer community questions about rare childhood brain cancer DIPG
- Hospice of Western Kentucky offers care and comfort beyond medical needs
- Lexington announces recipients of opioid abatement grants
- Lexington eliminates nearly $8M in medical debt for more than 4,100 residents
- Lexington Regional Health Center receives audit findings, improved financial position
- Louisville launches mobile vaccine clinic as flu activity rises
- Louisville police to get real-time guidance from psychologists during behavioral health crisis calls
- Louisville doctor vetted new blood test that screens for 50+ cancers
- Over 130 residents evacuated from Lexington nursing home after a building power failure
- UK HealthCare making outreach to women
- UK sues CVS, accuses the pharmacy of RICO. University says it’s owed $41 million
LOUISIANA
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- Louisiana health system closes surgery center
- Louisiana’s $20M rural health tech fund is taking extra time to name its debut awards
- FMOL Health unveils new mobile mammography unit
- Minden, Ruston hospitals to be put up for sale
- New radiation oncology department, an honored pharmacist and a gut-brain study
- U of Minnesota Medical School CFO joins Tulane School of Medicine
- Why FMOL Health tracks 2 safety metrics CMS doesn’t require
MAINE
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- 2 Maine healthcare providers accused of violations by state
- Maine’s Highest-Billing Home Healthcare Provider Indicted for Fraud Following a Visit from The Maine Wire
- MaineGeneral says it addressed fumes at Waterville hospital
- Maine Hospice Council closes after decades of service
- Six people charged in alleged MaineCare fraud scheme
- Your Choice, Your Voice: Where the candidates for office in Maine stand on healthcare
- 6 people accused of conducting years-long healthcare fraud scheme in South Portland
MARYLAND
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- ‘A story that it knows is untrue’: Optum moves to get Maryland’s behavioral services lawsuit tossed
- Johns Hopkins alerts 3,000+ patients after data sent to AI tool
- Johns Hopkins data exposure caused by employee using unauthorized AI tool
- Johns Hopkins president to retire next year
- Maryland woman indicted in alleged $109,000 Medicaid fraud scheme
- MedHaven Health Reopens in Glen Burnie Following Empire Towers Emergency Closure
- New unit at Howard County hospital looks to ease overcrowding, wait times
- EMS crews face longer ER runs as hospitals close
- Frederick Health brings to western Maryland region innovative cancer treatment breakthrough
- Two Maryland Health Systems Rank Among America’s Top 30 “Dream Employers”
- Why Maryland is writing prescriptions that come in a grocery bag
- Alleged unlicensed assisted home operator indicted following Spotlight on Maryland reports
- 8 things to know: Hopkins plans 12-story dorm in Charles Village
- Clinical lab acquires saliva testing company
- GBC names prominent founder, investor as top tech leader
- Howard Co. Health Officer Reflects Upon Career After Announcing Retirement
- Maryland system acquires 8-physician orthopedic practice
- U of Maryland Medical System ties nurse readiness tool to $3.8M in savings
- TidalHealth annual operating margin slumps to -3.8%: 4 things to know
MASSACHUSETTS
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- 5 Big Tech health system partnerships
- ‘Administrative savings alone will not be enough’: Mass General Brigham cuts more jobs amid $300M budget shortfall
- Baystate names hospital president, COO
- Beth Israel hospital promotes leader to CFO
- BILH launches center for AI in medicine and surgery
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts CEO says ‘unpopular’ cost controls will continue
- Boston Medical Center’s health plan restructures teams
- Brigham and Women’s nurses reject contract offer
- Dana-Farber names 1st chief AI officer
- eClinicalWorks expects $1.3B in revenue as AI and new business lines fuel growth
- Heavy AI scribe users at Beth Israel Lahey cut note time 2.5 minutes
- JLL sues former life sciences leader for breaching noncompete, transferring confidential information
- Major life sciences landlord unloads Fenway property as vacancy rates climb in Greater Boston
- Mass General Brigham eliminates programs as financial situation ‘continues to deteriorate’
- Mass General Brigham to restructure hospital-at-home program
- Massachusetts AG Settles HIPAA & MassHealth Fraud Allegations with Transformative Healthcare
- Regal Care nursing home conditions are ‘unacceptable,’ says Mass. public health chief
- Boston Scientific CEO: 2027 will be ‘trough’ year for medical device maker
- Brigham nurses reject Mass General Brigham contract offer
- Healey admin. fails to disclose recent hospital layoffs in WARN layoff notification system
- Mass General Brigham hospital president exits, interim named
- Mass General Brigham layoffs reportedly underway, along with Home Hospital program cuts
- Regulators eye broader medical marijuana access as sales decline
- Tango Therapeutics cuts 14% of workforce to focus on clinical trials
- Two Central Mass. hospitals join suit alleging Eli Lilly & Co. puts patient privacy at risk
MICHIGAN
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- 3 Michigan physicians charged in cash-for-pills scheme
- Loyola, Trinity Health move forward with $120M ASC project
- Marketlab acquires Rhode Island manufacturer, moves jobs to West Michigan
- Molina Healthcare awards $15,000 grant to expand tribal cultural wellness initiative
- Trinity Health’s plan to ‘flip’ the patient entry model
- Blue Cross Says National TM Link Dooms Ford Antitrust Suit
- Detroit Medical Center may be dropped from massive health insurer’s network amid contract dispute
- How Wayne State is building Michigan’s workforce talent pipeline
- Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan expands wellness initiative with new grant
- Michigan honors 360 schools for cardiac emergency readiness
- Michigan Medicine’s new AI chief joins a fast-growing club of hospital executives
- Mich. Panel Backs $9.7M Negligence Verdict Against Hospital
- Michigan ranks near the top in ranking of states most prone to seasonal depression
- Patient dies after ambulance hit, rolls over in this Michigan city
- University of Michigan nursing gets 2 national accreditations
MINNESOTA
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- CentraCare healthcare system to acquire Stellis Health in merger of central Minnesota providers
- Essentia Health to cut the ribbon on $50M orthopedic center
- Essentia’s FY26 margin dips to 1.2% ahead of HealthPartners merger
- How a Beatles song guides 1 rural hospital CEO’s leadership style
- U of M fellowship aims to boost rural obstetrics training and keep labor and delivery units open
- 62 staff injuries, $900K in damage: Hospital sounds alarm over caring for man linked to Hastings home invasion
- EMS workers at North Memorial organize for better support
- Human Powered Health expands Edina lab to meet growing demand
- Mayo selects 31 digital health companies for largest accelerator cohort
- Medicaid cuts may cripple Minnesota community health clinics
- Minnesota AG launches project to protect rural maternal health care
- Minnesota effort aims to address gaps in rural maternal health care
- Rural labor and delivery units to get boost from University of Minnesota Medical School fellowship
- Sanford commits to strengthening medical services in rural Minnesota in merger with North Memorial
- Sanford Luverne to end labor and delivery services in April 2027
- U of Minnesota Medical School CFO joins Tulane School of Medicine
- Why Minnesota seniors face the nation’s biggest Medicare Advantage shake-up
MISSISSIPPI
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- $3.6 million in rural health awards headed to East Central Mississippi
- Assisted living tragedy offers critical safety lessons for providers
- Mississippi’s maternity deserts deliver a political crisis
- Wicker touts Mississippi’s health care ambitions
- Mississippi declared infant mortality a public health emergency a year ago. What have officials done since then?
- North Mississippi Medical Center expanding unit
MISSOURI
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- 5 Massachusetts hospitals sue Eli Lilly over 340B data demands
- BioNexus KC initiative Digital Health KC promotes new president in planned transition
- Centene records $263M in severance costs as buyout program cuts personnel
- Centene subsidiary partners with developer on North St. Louis housing, health initiative
- Centene sues federal health agencies over Medicare Advantage star ratings that could cost it $448M
- Missouri AG orders pharmaceutical company to stop unlawful prescription pricing conditions
- Missouri attorney general orders Eli Lilly to end 340B claims data requirement
- Missouri center gets $6.4M to expand child psychiatry access
- Missouri hospitals help twin sisters begin new chapter following rare separation surgery
- Settlement reached three years after north St. Louis nursing home’s abrupt closure
- The next health system redesign is taking shape
- To keep rural healthcare workers, Missouri is helping cover their childcare costs
- Visitor fatally shot at HCA Missouri hospital; patient charged
- BJC HealthCare, Saint Luke’s to leave Aetna Medicare Advantage
- Centene Lifts 2026 Guidance as Medicare Cost Controls Offset Lower Membership
- Centene progresses on profit recovery, drops 6,000 employees
- Kansas City organization works to close maternal healthcare gaps
- Missouri director: Children’s Mercy, insurers talking, but no quick fix to coverage issues
- Missouri Spark Prize honors 12 leaders advancing community health
- Mizzou expands Family Impact Center through virtual model
- MU Health Care expands pharmacy network with acquisition
- Nurses call for safety changes after deadly shooting inside hospital
- SEMO, Saint Francis Healthcare System announce partnership to expand education opportunities
- Spine surgeon, distributor sentenced in spinal implant kickback scheme
- St. Louis nursing home owners to pay ex-workers after chaotic 2023 closure
- Visitor fatally shot at HCA Missouri hospital; patient charged
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
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- Fitch upgrades Children’s Nebraska to ‘AA’
- Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition marks 40 years serving Native communities
- ‘This money is a band-aid’: Hospital leaders unhappy with rural healthcare fund uses
- Nebraska basketball team visits Grand Island VA Medical Center
- Nebraska hospitals warn of Medicare Advantage concerns during open enrollment
- 43% of hospitals are losing money. Here’s how 3 systems stay profitable
NEVADA
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- Carson Tahoe Health reaches deal with UnitedHealthcare
- Developers break ground on $110M senior housing complex in Henderson
- Intermountain breaks ground on $1B Nevada children’s hospital
- Intermountain Health gets $150M for Las Vegas children’s hospital
- Kaiser network changes trigger Medicare special enrollment period in Nevada
- Las Vegas children’s hospital project lands $150M gift
- Northern Nevada Public Health reports first flu-related death of the season
- Renown Health names interim security, technology chief
- Nexcore Healthcare Development Planning 23KSF Hospital in Sunrise Manor
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Dartmouth Health transplant team awarded $375K to create new program
- Dismas Home NH names Angel Colarusso philanthropy director
- Ex-NH doctor sentenced for role in $1.9 million Medicare fraud scheme
- Humana, Dartmouth Health look to hash out Medicare Advantage agreement
- NH healthcare providers see patient stress over looming Medicaid work requirements
- ‘This is not sustainable’: Goodlander hears concerns from stretched NH trauma doctors
- New carrier named for Medicare Advantage in Carroll and Coos counties
- ‘It’s not sustainable’: Dartmouth Health faces deficits, cuts jobs in 2026
NEW JERSEY
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- 5 Big Tech health system partnerships
- Capital Health’s Trenton Neighborhood Initiative Awards Improvement Grants to Local Businesses
- Horizon BCBS to acquire Summit Health’s New Jersey business
- New Jersey bill would require at least 1 year of health benefits for public employees displaced by AI
- Novant exec heads to Atlantic Health
- Quest restores lab ordering platform as patient data probe continues
- The $28M physician poaching fight that started in the boardroom
- Why Atlantic Health’s new CFO visited all 8 hospitals in 6 weeks
- NJ’s low-cost health clinics see rising demand as insurance gaps widen
- Nearly 40 NJ hospitals earn 2027 Healthgrades specialty awards
NEW MEXICO
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- A cybersecurity issue forces a major New Mexico hospital to divert patients and close clinics
- Dr. Steve McLaughlin named CEO of UNM Hospital, first physician to lead facility
- Rural hospital chain Quorum Health nears $1.3B bond sale
- UNM Health restores systems, reopens clinics after cyber incident
- New Mexico system taps new chief legal officer
- UNM Health System warns public not to engage with groups claiming responsibility for cyber incident
- UNM Hospital names first physician CEO
NEW YORK
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- Catholic Health planning $28.5M Northtowns medical hub
- Centivo adds two C-level executives as company grows
- How this Northwell hospital cut inpatient admissions 79% among frequent ED patients
- Inside the new NYU Langone CEO’s plans for growth
- Independent Health, MVP affiliation still waiting on state approval
- NYC hospital earns 8-year pharmacy residency accreditation
- Redesign Health, ARC Global plan merger to build innovation network across 100+ health systems
- Rochester Regional names hospital president
- Spine surgeon cooperates in racketeering case
- The ‘culture of exceptionalism’ driving NYU Langone’s top quality rankings
- The pilot we killed: Why Northwell physicians balked at a unified communications platform
- When health systems merge EHRs, clinical context is on the line
- Erie County Medical Center goes live on Epic, replaces legacy EHRs
- FTC says New York’s ‘shield law’ is interfering with US transgender care probe
- Home care costs squeeze workers balancing jobs, aging parents
- Largest home healthcare agencies in Buffalo, ranked by FTE staff in 2026
- NYC Health + Hospitals North Central launches first hospital-based rape crisis program in the Bronx
- OpenEvidence expands NYC footprint with NYU Langone partnership
- Study finds hospital consolidation efforts fueled price hikes in NY
- With $1M gift, LI hospital opens cardiac imaging center
- Zuckers commit $10M match to Long Island NICU
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Atrium, North Carolina State Health Plan end standoff over healthcare costs
- Cary firm recalls GLP-1 injections following FDA scrutiny
- Cone Health to acquire 3 pharmacy businesses
- Duke Health and CaroMont take on Atrium, Novant in Charlotte with $1.2 billion bid for new hospitals
- Duke takes on Atrium and Novant in Charlotte with $1.2 billion bid for new hospitals
- Duke University Hospital is getting full. The fix: a new $575M hospital near RTP
- Greensboro recommends annexation, rezoning for Atrium Health’s emergency department on South Elm-Eugene
- Health systems race for beds in Charlotte region
- How 3 health systems are rethinking high-utilization ED patients
- IRCAD North America partners with surgical oncology organization at The Pearl
- Labcorp adds San Diego toxicology lab in sixth acquisition this year
- NC Children’s Hospital receives major gift
- New executive director takes helm at N.C. Pediatric Society amid doctor shortage
- North Carolina physician’s 6-year CON faces new opposition
- North Carolina Supreme Court cases could make CON awards easier to challenge
- Novant exec heads to Atlantic Health
- Novant Health, Mount Zion Development Co. break ground on $20M medical plaza in SE Greensboro
- Top NC court takes two cases that could clarify CON legal disputes
- UNC Health seeks to shift cancer care toward Cary with new radiation center
- Wilmington Health Facility Sells For $9.4M
- 4th Circ. Judge Wary Of NC Abortion Drug Law Challenge
- Cleveland Clinic digital marketing leader to join Duke Health
- NC MedAssist brings free mobile pharmacy to Swannanoa
- NC State Health Plan, Atrium strike deal after bitter dispute
- Raleigh addiction recovery program to open apartments for mothers and children
- UM Health-Sparrow offers $40,000 in loan repayment to nursing, respiratory therapy students
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Sanford opens new Minot clinic
- Birth centers are linked to better health outcomes, research shows, but 10 states have none
- Hoeven highlights rural hospital support, potential $1 billion health care investment
- North Dakota Health and Human Services responds to 2025 biennial audit
- North Dakota’s Impressive Stockpile of Emergency Medical Supplies
- Northwood Deaconess Health Center Completes $39.6M Renovation And Expansion In Northwood, North Dakota
OHIO
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- Bon Secours’ HealthSpan to buy Surgery Partners in $5.7B deal
- CareSource announces new Ohio market president, promotes predecessor
- Charity care rises at OhioHealth’s Mansfield, Shelby hospitals
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Institute establishes AI task force
- Leader of General Catalyst’s Summa Health deal steps down
- Non-profit sues Insight for alleged breach of residency program agreement
- OhioHealth’s new CFO brings diverse ‘healthcare-adjacent’ experience
- Premier Health taps new president, CEO from out-of-state
- Summa Health taps former Optum CIO to lead digital transformation
- Surgical distributor plans Westerville training lab to support national expansion
- University Hospitals says most appointments proceeding amid cyber outage
- Holzer Health System marks 2026 with national recognitions, expanded treatment options
- Medical debt hit 1 in 4 Americans and 1 in 5 Ohioans last year, even the insured, study shows
- Montgomery County ADAMHS board withdraws job offer to executive director candidate
- Ohio awards $92 million to strengthen rural health care
- Ohio faces projected doctor shortage as local partnership works to train next generation
- Ohio hospital to close labor and delivery unit, consolidate services
- Ohio job growth highlights demand for tech, construction, healthcare workers
- Ohio surgeon performs region’s 1st rotator cuff-sparing shoulder replacements
- University Hospitals takes IT systems offline after ‘unusual activity’
- VA deploys electronic health record system to hospitals in Cleveland, Anchorage
OKLAHOMA
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- Doctor left thriving practice to follow new vision for rural healthcare
- Kaiser Permanente scoops up Oklahoma’s largest nonprofit health system
- Oklahoma’s first Safe Haven baby surrendered at Tulsa hospital
- OU receives more than $5M for maternal health research
- Presbyterian Health Foundation raises its investment in OU Health center to $1M
- 12 Oklahoma landmarks to light up teal for Alzheimer’s awareness
- Moody’s flips Integris’ outlook to positive on Risant deal
OREGON
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- OHSU to receive $8M to build out state-of-the-art lab for infectious disease study
- Enterprise corporate philanthropists, gave over $87M to Portland-area charities in 2025
- For Portland Seniors Seeking Medical Care, Fewer Paths Lead to Providence
- Hope is just a phone call away (again) for LGBTQ+ Oregonians in crisis
- Lawsuit: Portland nail salon gave a customer herpes for second time in two years
- Layoffs, closures tracker: PacificSource to lay off 134 workers
- OHSU swings operating margin to 2.2% in FY 2026
- Oregon will pay PacificSource more next year to deliver Medicaid in Marion, Polk
- Pediatric ICU Closures in Montana, Oregon and Missouri Leave Critically Ill Children Traveling Farther for Lifesaving Care
- States are forcing hospitals to offer more people financial aid. In Oregon, it’s working.
- This clinic provides pelvic floor therapy for mothers
- Wallowa Memorial to join new rural hospital network
PENNSYLVANIA
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- After $80M court judgment, Inovio could get even better news from the FDA
- AHN Grove City hospital to drop trauma center designation, leaving gap north of Pittsburgh
- Allegheny General Hospital nurses approve new contract with 16% wage increases over three years
- Chariot Allaire enlists Penn Medicine for help studying options at Crozer-Chester hospital campus
- Jefferson breaks ground on 5th neighborhood hospital
- Lehigh Valley hospital execs see pay soar over five years, latest tax records show
- Local officials want funding in Big Beautiful Bill to be used for paid ambulance workers
- Owners of former Crozer hospital enlist Penn Medicine for planning
- Pennsylvania becomes 30th state to join PA licensure compact
- Pennsylvania hospital misses payroll twice in October
- Philadelphia health system to acquire 48-year-old physician-owned practice
- Surgery center profit margins were highest at nonprofits
- Thomas Jefferson University set to acquire Montco physician group out of bankruptcy
- Tower Health’s path out of years of losses: The CEO’s 3 moves
- UHS posts 9.6% operating margin in Q3: 8 things to know
- UHS reaches tentative settlement in patient abuse lawsuits
- Wayne company raises $50M to fund drug development
- Aclaris, a Wayne biotech firm, raises $50M to fund drug pipeline
- Ambient AI cut chart closure time up to 39% at Jefferson Health
- Crozer-Chester hospital: Chariot Allaire hasn’t found operator yet
- Emmy-winning ‘The Pitt’ returns to Allegheny General for season 3
- Health network adding helicopter in rapid Pennsylvania expansion
- Inovio could get milestone FDA approval this week
- Jefferson Health Begins Construction On Lehigh Valley Hospital-Coopersburg In Pennsylvania
- Jefferson set to acquire Montco physician group out of bankruptcy
- Tenor Health faces mounting financial struggles at Sharon Regional Health System
- UHS surgical volumes dip as procedures migrate to ASCs, physician offices
RHODE ISLAND
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- Cambridge biotech eyes Rhode Island brain health collaboration with no funding or jobs
- CharterCARE Health implements new cancer-targeting robotic system
- Community health centers brace for possible funding upheaval
- Rhode Island seeks Alzheimer’s research boost through Massachusetts biobank partnership
- Bradley Hospital taps Boston Children’s director for chief medical officer role
- Brown University Health renames Saint Anne’s cancer institute
- Care New England Medical Group opens East Greenwich ambulatory care center
- CharterCARE announces former R.I. EOHHS Secretary Richard Charest as new CEO
- Neronha proposes two big fixes for Rhode Island’s healthcare crisis
- Rhode Island Hospital has turned over 112,000 pages of gender affirming care medical records to Texas federal court
- R.I. Life Science Hub moves to establish regional biobank
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Rhino Medical Supply grows from Columbia startup to national brand
- S.C. launches cybersecurity pilot program for rural hospitals
- White House, South Carolina launch free cybersecurity pilot for rural hospitals
- Newberry hospital picked for free federal cybersecurity pilot program
- Rural SC hospitals to join tech partners against cyberattacks
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Freeman Regional Health Services Begins Construction On Replacement Hospital In Freeman, South Dakota
- Sanford Health says it will end contract with Wellmark insurance
- South Dakota ranks 9th nationally for elder care in new study, while Wyoming places 42nd
- Sanford commits to strengthening medical services in rural Minnesota in merger with North Memorial
- Sanford Health issues notice of contract termination with Wellmark, effective mid-2027
- South Dakota task force recommends bills to move toward ambulance service regions
- 43% of hospitals are losing money. Here’s how 3 systems stay profitable
TENNESSEE
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- Ardent Health cancels former CEO’s severance after board finds undisclosed outside pay
- Ascension Saint Thomas names Clarksville hospital CEO, advisory board
- Bon Secours’ HealthSpan to buy Surgery Partners in $5.7B deal
- Community Health Systems falls short of Q3 expectations
- Former Ardent Health CEO Marty Bonick loses his golden parachute
- HCA expects flat 2027 earnings, up to $650M less in Medicaid supplemental payments
- HCA Healthcare shares slide following third-quarter earnings call
- HCA takes $400M hit from rise in uninsured patients
- Health-tech firm Azra AI makes second buy in six months
- Tennessee Phases Out Hospital Certificate of Need Rules as Federal Rural Health Grants Reward States That Loosen Them
- Thrive Therapies raises $7.7 million for national expansion
- 10 CEO moves at HCA
- CHS offloads 10 hospitals in 2026
- CHS Q3 revenue falls 11% as divestitures reshape portfolio
- First Horizon Names Jeffrey R. Balser, M.D., Ph.D. to its Board of Directors
- Health insurance premiums jump across Tennessee for 2027
- Healthcare Notes: Tennessee Nurses Association names CEO
- Healthcare security expert weighs in on escaped inmate at Nashville hospital
- New bilingual clinic hopes to address lack of Spanish-speaking medical providers
- Nashville judge temporarily blocks immigration status checks in HIV/AIDS program
- Tennessee’s 1st CAAs tackle anesthesiologist shortage
- VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Receives funding for continued infrastructure improvements
- 43% of hospitals are losing money. Here’s how 3 systems stay profitable
TEXAS
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- Ascension Texas taps chief HR exec
- Central Texas healthcare is booming. Can the workforce keep up?
- CommonSpirit rebrands St. Joseph Health in Texas
- Harris Health to build Greater Alief Health Center in 2027 through $3.2B strategic plan
- Houston health leaders bet big on data-sharing to reach chronically ill, at-risk populations
- Methodist Healthcare recruits Central Florida hospital CEO to lead San Antonio system
- Physician accused of billing $19M for nonexistent orthopedic care
- SA drug developer to consider acquisition offers
- Texas Children’s opens ‘detransition clinic’ under $10M settlement
- Texas employers lose $353M annually as 340B drug program expands with little transparency
- Texas Injects $8M Into Rural Healthcare, Launching Federal-Backed Wellness and Workforce Push
- UT Health Austin becomes UT Dell Medicine ahead of $5B AI-native hospital
- UTHealth Houston opens $298M School of Public Health tower near TMC Helix Park
- 340B drug program costs Texas employers $353M annually
- Community Hospital Corp. taps SVP of hospital operations
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals to acquire Austin biotech Gameto
- Healthconnect Texas launches Harris Collaborative data initiative
- St. David’s Medical Center names CFO
- Texas hospital names CEO
- Valion Bio interim CEO targets Wall Street valuation gap
- Valion Bio receives acquisition inquiries for Velocity Bioworks
UTAH
VERMONT
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- Inside the confidential contest to lead Vermont’s most powerful healthcare regulator
- Imaging close to home
- Marvin Smoot Named Chief Executive Officer of Missouri Valley Regional Medical Center
- Rockbridge health center offers safe sleep education as part of new perinatal hub
- Vermont health care leaders team up with Community National Bank to support NCCC students
VIRGINIA
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- Inova’s AI project reviews jump from 1 to 12+ a month
- LewisGale Hospital Montgomery announces $18 million investment to expand emergency care access in Radford
- Sentara hospitals are using AI to help monitor patients, determine discharge timelines
- Valley Health consolidates behavioral health services in new pavilion
- VBCF and Riverside partner to expand breast cancer screening
- VHC’s behavioral health hospital delayed until 2029
- Virginia hospital to pay $19.3M in unnecessary surgeries case involving former OB-GYN
- Virginia seeks stronger nursing home oversight
- $11.8 million to expand rural health care access in Virginia
- California, Virginia hospitals debut 3D-printed spine implant
- George Mason Renames its School of Nursing Following a $15 Million Donation
- JMU breaks ground on healthcare education building
- Mary Washington Healthcare named a Forbes best-in-state employer
- Rappahannock General Hospital to get $73.3M in upgrades
- ‘The fight is on, but help is on the way’: Virginia launches health insurance savings program
- Thrive Therapies raises $7.7 million for national expansion plans
- Virginia mental health exec charged in $49M Medicaid fraud case
- Virginia nursing homes rank near the bottom nationally for staffing, study finds
WASHINGTON
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- Fred Hutch director, chair wins mentorship award
- Harborview expansion costs swell to $3 billion, up 70% from 2020
- MultiCare Cancer Institute names president
- MultiCare security manhandled veteran trying to get to sick son, lawsuit alleges
- ‘Not a new AI center’: Seattle Children’s launches $10M pediatric innovation institute
- Providence-supported university to close
- Three Rivers Hospital receives gold award for rural stroke care
- Washington court cuts hospital lawyers off from ex-physicians
- Washington to lose 25% of its long-term psychiatric beds for children
- Washington’s hospitals anticipate losing USD 5B by 2033
- At-Home Virtual Care Startup Kivo Health Secures $10M Series A Financing
- Family of man who died while restrained by police in Federal Way hospital files lawsuit
- Family’s wrongful death lawsuit accuses ChatGPT of giving deadly medical advice to Seattle woman
- Seattle startup Avante raises $30M to bring AI agents to corporate benefits teams
- St. Elizabeth workers to picket for health care coverage
- TB Outbreak In Wash. Prisons Yields $52M Damages Verdict
- Washington dental clinic could be demolished for rail line project
- Washington court cuts hospital lawyers off from ex-physicians
- Tacoma weighs cutting mental health response team during budget shortfall
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Morrisey announces $1.3 million for mobile cancer screenings in West Virginia
- HealthNet Aeromedical Services marks 40th anniversary celebration
- Lewis County Senior Center awaits bids for renovations
- Majestic Care announces trio of skilled nursing facilities representing $50M investment in West Virginia
- On WV’s Affordable Care Act marketplace, Peak Health enters, Caresource exits
- Regeneron, Amgen Further Narrow Lawsuit Over Eylea Biosimilars
- Rivers Health opens expanded Emergency Department in Point Pleasant
- Vandalia Health recognized for digital health achievement
- West Virginia receives $6.4M for jobs, health care, housing and tourism projects
- WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals Expands Women’s Health Team with Four New Providers
WISCONSIN
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- Agnesian HealthCare Foundation donation supports wheelchair-accessible swing at SSM Health St. Francis Home
- Aspirus Health to close Wisconsin hospice house
- SSM Health unveils Fond du Lac clinic lobby upgrades
- Tax fight between Children’s, Wauwatosa to be decided by Supreme Court
- The 5 highest-paid orthopedic surgeons in Milwaukee
- What Epic revealed at its developer conference
- Wisconsin behavioral health provider taps psychiatrist as chief medical officer
- All Saints gained $176 million from Wisconsin’s hospital tax. It admits more than a third fewer patients
- Groundbreaking marks major expansion of healthcare access in Wisconsin Rapids
- Tech Hub projects focus on personalizing medicine
- Immigration crackdown risks adding to Wisconsin’s healthcare woes
- Closing the healthcare gaps in the Chippewa Valley
- Wisconsin’s seasonal migrant workers lack access to healthcare — until a mobile clinic pulls up to the farm
- Wisconsin no longer reports who owns the state’s nursing homes
- How Alzheimer’s and dementia patients are teaching a new generation of Wisconsin’s health care workers
- Marshfield Clinic gets $580k federal grant to improve mental health resources in rural Wisconsin
WYOMING
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- How will Wyoming spend $205M in federal healthcare money? On rural hospitals, first responders and workforce programs.
- Wyoming announces first awards from $205M rural health fund
- Gordon and Barrasso focus on sustainability of Rural Health Transformation Program
- Cheyenne Medical Center’s newly renovated behavioral health services open
- Jackson hospital looks to ballot with federal funds in limbo
- South Dakota ranks 9th nationally for elder care in new study, while Wyoming places 42nd
- Wyoming Supreme Court hears arguments on inmate medical expenses debate
