NATIONAL
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- 96% of hospitals plan to keep investing in ASCs: 5 things to know
- 15 Joint Commission moves in 2026
- AbbVie wins drug price control lawsuit against HHS
- AMA lays out who should be liable when clinical AI harms patients
- As the uninsured rate rises, hospitals deal with more bad debt
- CMS cuts Medicare physician payments for 2027
- CMS deepens 2027 physician pay cut to 2.31%: 10 things to know
- CMS delays third-party remote patient monitoring ban
- CMS expands authority to exclude providers from Medicare
- Court voids CMS’ Medicaid medical frailty work requirement policy
- CVS to split into 2 companies
- Election ‘doesn’t change’ hospitals’ 2027 challenges, some CEOs say
- FTC issues warning letters over deceptive marketing as ACA enrollment opens
- FTC warns 25 health plan marketers over deceptive claims
- Helpful, not yet transformative: Leaders weigh $50B rural healthfund
- Here’s what to expect on healthcare from a Democratic Congress
- Hundreds of small, rural hospitals could close. Many are in big states.
- Joint replacement registry tops 5.2M procedures
- Labor Department to release rule requiring PBMs to disclose payment details
- Nearly 1 in 8 U.S. Private Hospitals Are Now Owned by Private Equity
- Nonprofit hospitals set similar free care cutoffs in high-, low-need areas: Study
- Patient access to physicians keeps slipping as appointment waits grow and coverage losses mount
- PBM crackdown enters new chapter as new mandates approach
- Post-midterm healthcare stock report
- Rural Health Transformation funds year 1: Lots of approvals, little cash
- The CMS 2027 payment bombshell looming for physicians
- Two New Lawsuits Challenge Administration’s Drug Pricing Policies
- ‘We are physicians, not chatbots,’ medical society president says
- What the 2026 midterms put in play for physicians
- Why a Senate report on nursing home oversight raises concerns for senior living providers
ALABAMA
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- ‘Access, access, access:’ How 4 rural health CEOs promote growth
- Alabama’s top employer joins prestigious association
- Helen Keller Hospital, SCA Health open multispecialty ASC in Alabama
- Huntsville-area voters say rural hospital trouble would hit home, new poll finds
- Metro physical therapist leaves Homewood gym space, opening new location
- Alabama medical marijuana dispensaries get DEA registrations
- Alabama Mental Health Department Lists Dec. 15 Renewal Deadline for Behavior Analysts
- Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences names academic center after Governor Kay Ivey
- Audit finds repeat violations at Alabama Board of Pharmacy
- UAB Dentistry breaks ground on 7.2K-square-foot clinic
ALASKA
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- Bartlett Regional Hospital launches baby box project for SE Alaska families
- Ketchikan Medical Center leadership shares challenges and guiding priorities at annual town hall
- Unalaska’s clinic expansion nears completion, but emergency care funding remains a challenge
- For Alaska moms, addiction can mean choosing between treatment and their kids
- Unalaska opens first community pharmacy to improve access to prescriptions
ARIZONA
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- Walmart expands central fill pharmacy network with Arizona hub
- Why Arizona’s independent physicians struggle with the business of medicine
- Arizona ACA enrollees weigh coverage choices as premiums climb
- Banner Health CEO Amy Perry says headwinds demand new solutions
- Copper Point medical office building sells in Gilbert
- Healthcare drives Arizona’s job growth, but can employers keep up?
- Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center Plans $250M Replacement Hospital In Safford, Arizona
- Nearly 600,000 lose coverage in Arizona
- Premier Health COO to take on Arizona hospital CEO role
ARKANSAS
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- $10M Emergency Hospital Planned on Chenal Parkway
- Blytheville Native Gives $1.25M to NYITCOM at A-State for Physician Training in Mississippi County
- DEA Approvals Could Bring Big Tax Benefits for Medical Marijuana Businesses
- Arkansas system ends anesthesia contract, moves to employed model
- Facing financial headwinds, rural Arkansas hospitals turn to partnerships
- NIH Awards UAMS $2.2M to Study Ventilator-Assisted Pneumonia
- Trump administration grants 6-month reprieve for Arkansas Medicaid expansion
CALIFORNIA
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- California cosmetic dermatologist convicted in stunning case of Medicare fraud
- California physician gets 15 years for $45M fraud
- CMS Touts $233 Million for California Rural Health Care, but State Says No Additional Federal Dollars Have Arrived
- El Camino Health reports patient data breach involving 4 employee accounts
- Every Bed, Every 15 Minutes: ReddiNet Launches HBEDS for Near Real-time Hospital Capacity Across California
- Hill Physicians to buy HCA-owned MSO
- How 4 health systems are tackling growth on 2 fronts
- Inside Stanford’s decade-long hospital modernization project
- Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital names finance executive
- Moody’s flips Integris’ outlook to positive on Risant deal
- Prop. 38: This billionaire-backed measure would approve $8.4 billion for health research
- Prop. 44 fails: Clinics defeat measures that would have restricted their spending
- Serious nursing citations nearly doubled since 2019, and California is a big reason why
- Sierra Donor Services starts $2.3M headquarters renovation in North Natomas
- Some aren’t sad to see Sutter step away from $1 billion Emeryville hospital plan — ‘It just didn’t make any sense’
- Sutter shifts East Bay project amid hospital regulatory hurdle
- Sutter Health abandons Emeryville hospital plan after spending $450 million
- Sutter Health Plans Expansion Of Memorial Medical Center Campus In Modesto, California
- ‘There’s no putting the genie back in the bottle’: 5 months into California’s psychiatric staffing mandate
- WellSpace Health files $5.47M demolition permit for $34M Sacramento treatment center
- WellSpace finalizes plans $5.5M expansion of Rancho Cordova behavioral health
- California employers are undergoing a shift in healthcare benefits, and the status quo can’t keep up
- California health care REIT buys Oak Creek senior living community for $50M
- Days before midterm election, Trump administration announces millions in rural health funds for California
- Doctors warn of severe flu season after pediatric death in California
- Health insurers leave millions unpaid for mental health crisis care in California
- Newmark Arranges $130M Sale of NorthBay Healthcare Portfolio in Northern California
- Nurses at 2 Providence California hospitals ratify 3-year contract
- Rady Children’s CEO to step down once successor is in place
- Residents looking for government to address health care costs
- Struggling California hospital starts closure process for labor and delivery, NICU
- Sutter hospital to get $189M expansion
- VisiQuate acquires Artiva HCx from Finvi to expand revenue cycle tools
- Why Rady Children’s CEO ‘can’t wait’ to meet her successor
COLORADO
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- Banner Health taps Northern Colorado CEO
- Children’s Hospital Colorado expands south with orthopedic and sports medicine center
- Colorado AG seeks public input about Denver-area hospital merger
- Health tech co. moves HQ from Albuquerque to Denver
- Report: Montrose hospital isn’t alone with financial challenges
- Pension Plan Says Denver Health Is Delaying $2M In Payments
- Thousands more Coloradans may lose Medicaid as hospitals struggle with charity care surge
- UCHealth Begins $436M Expansion Of UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central In Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Colo. Co. Accused Of Misusing $400K Loan For HHS Deal
- Colorado families weigh health insurance costs as ACA enrollment opens
- Colorado governor puts adult Medicaid dental coverage on the chopping block: 5 notes
- Colo. Justices Won’t Review Hospital’s Injunction Compliance
- Details of CommonSpirit plans for Colorado Springs hospitals released
- Jared Polis proposes $600M in cuts to Medicaid to address state budget crunch
- Youth File Fresh Appeal In Colo. Hospital Gender Care Suit
CONNECTICUT
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- 20,000+ square foot medical office property in CT sells for $2.1M
- Connecticut Children’s celebrates $50M donation, fundraising campaign
- Former CT Forum leader joins Hospital for Special Care as chief development officer
- Hartford HealthCare buys former Manchester Sam’s Club for $17.4M
- Hartford Hospital plans outpatient ‘Community Corner’ near main campus
- How CEOs of competing hospitals build partnerships — and resolve trust issues
- New rehab hospitals reshape CT market as providers compete for patients, workers
- Reports: CVS Health plans breakup that would separate Hartford-based Aetna from drugstore chain
- Serial entrepreneur Rosow takes the helm of a health tech company he didn’t start
- 41,000 Connecticut Medicaid Recipients Affected by DHS Data Incident
- Connecticut Children’s hospital getting a new name
- Connecticut records first flu deaths of the season
- CVS Health will split into two new companies. What does it mean for Hartford-based insurer Aetna?
- Hartford HealthCare taps rev cycle leader from Memorial Hermann Health System
- Hartford Healthcare working to connect veterans with life-saving resources
- Shelter-in-place lifted after shooting near Yale Health Center
- What CT family caregivers should know about new Medicaid work rules
DELAWARE
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- A Prescription for Understanding: Delaware Council Takes On Health Literacy
- ChristianaCare residents press for improved pay, working conditions
- ChristianaCare to outsource palliative care to AccentCare
- Delaware hospital leaders discuss cost of care at healthcare summit
- Flashpass to bring $2.3 million in healthcare support education to Delaware
- Nemours names Michael Puchalski to lead pediatric cardiology in Delaware
- Viewpoint: Want More Doctors in Rural Delaware? Train Them Here
- Delaware urges insurers to replace medications lost in Lulu M. Ross Elementary School fire
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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- Cedar Hill Medical Center losing $10M a quarter amid physician staffing woes
- D.C. attorney general once again delays decision on GWU physician group transfer
- Health systems promised Epic would pay for itself. Did it?
- Shades of Wellness Expands Health Care Access for Women of Color
- “The system’s broken, and we all know it”: As D.C. care facilities close, residents fall through the cracks
FLORIDA
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- After clinical trial results, Miami biotech firm explores sale or merger
- Baptist acquires two pediatric offices, bolstering network coverage
- Baptist Health expands hospital at home after 300-plus transfers
- Baptist Medical Center Clay planning a campus expansion
- BayCare taps CFO for 5 hospitals
- BayCare to Become First Health System in Florida to Pilot Robotic Blood-Draw Technology
- Coral Gables acquires building for $24M
- Florida health system launches meds-to-beds service
- Florida hospital names CEO
- Florida system CEO to retire in 2027; successor named
- Fort Lauderdale telemedicine company owner gets 20 years for $46M Medicare fraud scheme
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s seeks to narrow ‘Netflix’ lawsuit
- Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Raises Record $102 Million in Single Fiscal Year
- Lee Health Expands Access to Advanced Cardiothoracic Care with New Chief and Surgeons
- Moffitt-led coalition lands $47M for radiopharmaceutical hub
- Orlando Health buys $10M building on main campus near downtown
- Senior living is reshaping downtown Sarasota. Here’s what’s coming
- Take a look at HCA planned $300M hospital in Cape Coral with tax support
- Tampa General Hospital and the Health Care District of Palm Beach County Share Updates on Partnership to Enhance Rural Health Care
- Tampa General Hospital Expands Advanced Image-Guided Care in Clinical Hybrid Operating Room Setting With GE HealthCare Allia Moveo
- Tampa General Hospital promotes leader to CFO
- UF Health acquires Clermont freestanding ER site
- Why this private practice orthopedic surgeon went months without pay
- $30M expansion to grow specialized heart procedures at Baptist South
- Eastern Florida State College Names Dr. Sharon Grason Dean of Nursing
- Good Samaritan Medical Center is First Hospital in South Florida to Perform Innovative SELUTION Treatment for Patients with Recurrent Coronary Artery Blockages
- Hospital In ‘Maya’ Case Acted In Good Faith, Fla. Court Told
- Nursing home obtains $42M construction loan for expansion
- Parkview Dental Partners appoints new CEO
- PBM Says Fla. Collusion Suit Belongs In Federal Court
- UHealth acquisition brings 3 gastroenterologists to North Miami
- Where patients with UnitedHealthcare insurance can still get care if Lee Health goes out of network
- Zaby and Suree Vyas’s gift shapes new healthcare leaders
GEORGIA
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- 6 cancer centers win ACCC Innovator Awards
- Atlanta health system, Ensemble ink RCM partnership
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta expands pediatric care across rural Georgia
- Emory Healthcare CFO to retire, chief strategy officer named interim finance chief
- Emory’s quality chief on earning physician trust: ‘Show the case, not just the rate’
- Georgia neurosurgeon wins US House seat
- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Announces Agreement with Brokers Holding Group to Expand Reach in Georgia’s Small and Mid-Markets
- Four new health and wellness concepts, plus one upgraded spa, are set to open around Atlanta
- Ga. Court Affirms Toss Of $7.5M Verdict In Patient Death Suit
- Georgia faces one of the nation’s largest nursing gaps. Atlanta employers can start closing it from within.
- Georgia health insurance premiums increase as much by double-digits for 2nd year in a row
- McMillan Pazdan Smith Hires Healthcare Market Leader In Atlanta
- Pharmacy firm opens Georgia hub, will hire as many as 100 to serve senior facilities
- Thousands in Georgia expected to drop ACA plans as open enrollment begins
- Universal Technical Institute Appoints Joseph Dalto President of New Atlanta Healthcare Campus
HAWAII
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- Hawaii hospital set for comeback after storm damage closure
- Kula Hospital targets late-summer 2027 reopening after storm damage
- Queen’s West Oahu marks milestone on emergency department expansion
- Hawaiʻi Doctors May Soon Start Prescribing Fresh Food
- Kona Community Hospital earns accreditation from country’s largest healthcare accreditor
- More details unveiled about proposed Volcano healthcare clinic
- Queen’s-West expansion reaches major construction milestone
IDAHO
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- 6 cancer centers win ACCC Innovator Awards
- Abortion will stay banned in Idaho, voters decide
- Boise’s Saint Alphonsus reverified as Level II trauma center, 1 of 5 in Idaho
- Federal funding headed to Emmett: Here’s how local providers plan to use millions for rural health care
- Gritman Medical Center Awarded $11.6 Million in Rural HealthGrants
- Kootenai Tribe receives rural health grant
- North Idaho healthcare providers receive millions in rural healthgrants
- Portneuf Medical Center adds AI and robotic tools to detect lung cancer earlier in Pocatello
- Saint Alphonsus in Boise earns trauma center reverification amid rising patient demand
- St. Mary’s and Clearwater Valley Health awarded more than $8 million to strengthen rural healthcare
- Health West welcomes Dr. Wortham to pediatrics clinic
- St. Luke’s nurse ‘lucky’ to have team help after heart attack
ILLINOIS
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- ‘Access, access, access:’ How 4 rural health CEOs promote growth
- Carle Health reports online payment issues
- Chicago-area lab owner pleads guilty in $227M Medicare fraud scheme
- Chicago-Area Mothers Struggle to Find Care as Labor and Delivery Units End Services
- Chicago hospital cafeteria reopens after failed health inspection
- Chicago Native Health Provider Must Repay $100,000 to Indian Health Service Despite Alleged Employee Fraud
- Chicago safety-net hospital files for Chapter 11 protection
- CommonSpirit signs definitive agreement to sell 3 North Dakota hospitals
- Founder automated medical credentialing after her nephew lost access to care on Medicaid
- Healthcare dispute strikes fear, confusion among southern Illinois retirees
- Illinois hospitals drill for AI-driven cyber attack
- Indian Health Nonprofit Can’t Avoid HHS Repayment Demand
- Loyola Medicine plans for two new buildings, at cost of $426 million, as part of larger effort
- Merrill Goozner: How Illinois can take the lead in lowering healthcare costs
- New hospital planned on west side
- New trauma center opens in Marion to meet region’s mental health needs
- Roseland Hospital closes labor and delivery unit amid similar closures across Chicago area
- Southern Illinois hospitals receive $32 M in federal funding
- St. Joe’s Medical Center Named 5-Star Recipient, ‘Upper Echelon Of Hospitals For Specialty Care In Illinois’
- The uneven track record of hospital turnaround operators
- What’s driving Chicago labor and delivery closures?
- 115+ Illinois hospitals simulate AI-powered cyberattack
- AbbVie wins drug price control lawsuit against HHS
- Chicago hospital cafeteria reopens after failed health inspection
- FDA warns of Medline bed risks after 2 deaths, 16 injuries
- Lurie’s plan to build new children’s hospital in Downers Grove approved by state board
- Study identifies barriers to health care for people who use drugs in central Illinois
- UI Health advanced practice providers issue strike notice
INDIANA
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- Cook Medical, IU open center to advance MRI use procedures
- Encompass Health Deaconess Rehab Hospital names new CEO
- Indiana Medicaid chief warns changes needed to avoid ‘catastrophic situation’
- Indiana system taps chief ambulatory officer
- Lilly combines U.S. and international commercial units into single division
- Lilly’s stock hits record high after company posts 3rd quarter earnings
- Marathon Health Data Breach Reportedly Affects 5.7 Million Individuals
- Pharmacy linked to Indiana execution drug invoice faces possible suspension
- What’s in a name? How to tell who’s doing what in Indiana health care and life sciences.
- Bowen Health to mark opening of new Wabash facility
- Braun makes more board, commission appointments
- IBJ honors leaders in health care, higher ed and more with 2026 C-Suite Awards
- Indiana hospitals ranked in Newsweek’s ‘Best-in-State’
- IU Simon Cancer Center director named Watanabe Award winner
- IU Southeast cuts ribbon on lab to help fuel medical laboratory scientist pipeline
- Villages of Indiana expands Healthy Families Indiana services to 20 counties
- Zimmer Biomet, former exec resolve trade secrets lawsuit
IOWA
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- Closed Iowa hospital to reopen as rural emergency facility
- Iowa regional hospital taps inaugural chief medical officer
- Iowa physician practice to shutter, consolidate services
- Mercy Medical Center earns six Healthgrades outpatient awards
- UI Health Care COO: Redesign operations before economics forces you to
- UnityPoint names Schroeder as new radiation oncology director
- Four Oaks receives $50,000 donation from Delta Dental of Iowa
- Iowa hospital expands colon cancer screening with AI technology
- Iowan accused of running unlicensed hospital makes ‘sovereign citizen’ claim
- Plans moving forward to reopen southeast Iowa hospital closed in 2022
- U of Iowa Health Care seeks to rename adult hospital after $70M donor
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
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- $153 million in medical debt erased for 67,000 Kentuckians
- Baptist Health eyes up to $30M Shelby County expansion
- Ignite Louisville names 57 professionals to its 2027 leadership class
- Louisville health systems team with IU Southeast to tackle workforce shortage
- University of Kentucky sues CVS over alleged $41M 340B scheme
- BrightSpring Home Health Revenue Jumps 50% As Company Sets Sights On Primary Care, New ACO Model
- Contractor Chosen for $275M Kentucky Medical Office Building
- How a leading resilience coach tackles the common healthchallenges facing Louisville’s C-suite
- Kentucky wipes $153M in medical debt for 67,000 residents
- Louisville Heart Patients Get Kentucky’s First Photon-Counting CT Scanner
- UK HealthCare opens new Richmond clinic
- Your pharmacist will see you now
LOUISIANA
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- 6 cancer centers win ACCC Innovator Awards
- Louisiana man to pay $7M for fraud scheme involving fake physician orders
- ‘You’ve got to manufacture your own margins’: Cleveland Clinic, Ochsner CFOs’ message to hospitals
- Babies more likely to have heart defects from Louisiana’s areas with industrial pollution, study finds
- Louisiana among states where IVF patients, doctors navigate fetal personhood laws
- Louisiana hospital goes live on Epic through FMOL Healthpartnership
- Louisiana program aims to expand mental health workforce
- What is an ‘innate immunity’ test? Here are the details.
MAINE
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- Ambulance deserts lead to long wait times for rural Mainers
- Independent panel reviewing MaineHealth’s decision to end birthing services at Lincoln Hospital
- Bangor’s Overdose Rate Is Nearly Six Times the Rest of Maine. Here’s How Its Lawmakers Voted.
- Dana Meixell, MD, joins Obstetrics and Gynecology Rockport
- Maine health clinics urge state for cost-of-living increase, predicting loss of services without it
- MaineHealth hires endocrinologist Jacob Quaytman
- Northern Light Health to regionalize services and expand outpatient care
- Northern Light reorganizes services into 3 regions
- Penobscot County HIV outbreak reaches 50 cases
- Wabanaki Public Health to close detox center in Bangor amid funding cuts
MARYLAND
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- Adventist HealthCare taps former Optum exec as chief physician
- Baltimore board to take up $19M in health contracts, some dating back to 2023
- Bon Secours Mercy Health acquires 48th hospital
- Health system breaks ground on $110M Towson project
- Healthcare desert grows as Maryland hospitals close, EMS crews face longer ER runs
- Local healthcare leaders focus on prevention as Medicaid changes loom
- Maryland lawmakers push for stronger nursing home oversight amid Wicomico controversy
- Second indictment follows years of warnings about unlicensed senior homes
- The University of Maryland Medical System is building a $110 million Center for Outpatient Care in Towson
- TidalHealth shutters rural primary care clinic
- Benzodiazepine detections more than double in Maryland drug supply
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Baystate Health completes takeover of Trinity Health hospital
- Beth Israel Lahey Health hospital taps chief nursing officer
- Brigham nurses again put open-ended strike on calendar
- Brown University Health hospital opens new palliative care program
- Diversified Healthcare Trust prioritizes skilled nursing unit conversions to senior living, raises guidance
- Health systems promised Epic would pay for itself. Did it?
- How 3 health systems are exploring new AI use cases
- Mass General Brigham closes downtown primary care clinic
- Massachusetts health system CEO steps down; interim named
- SouthCoast Health CEO steps down
- After rejecting offer, Brigham nurses set open-ended strike
- Anna Jaques Hospital Promotes Sekelsky to Chief Nursing Officer
- Bambusa Therapeutics IPO raises $168.9M on Nasdaq
- Boston Children’s taps revenue cycle performance and transformation leader
- Brigham and Women’s nurses announce open-ended strike
- Brigham and Women’s nurses reject contract proposal
- CVS CEO: Breakup comes from ‘position of strength’
- CVS Health to split into two publicly traded companies in 2028
- Karyopharm Therapeutics files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- MGB, Brigham nurses to return to the bargaining table
- Morton Hospital establishes new palliative care consulting program
- Terrestrial Bio opens Boston headquarters at Allston Labworks
MICHIGAN
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- Corewell Health picks new patient tower over $2.2B Butterworth renovation
- Michigan physician practice acquired
- MyMichigan Health warns of scammers impersonating hospital staff
- The uneven track record of hospital turnaround operators
- Trinity Health invests $306M in new Loyola Medicine building
- Trinity Health’s plan to ‘flip’ the patient entry model
- Class-action lawsuit in federal court alleges illegal debt collection scheme by Corewell Health
- Ex-Hospital Worker Can’t Get Out Of Bias Settlement
- Gov. Whitmer issues executive directive protecting reproductive health data
- Healthcare Action Plan ballot proposal passes in Kalamazoo, Portage, despite opposition
- Patient Can Refile Mich. Nurse Assault Suit In State Court
MINNESOTA
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- Fairview starts stripping M Health from its hospitals
- Mayo launches AI-powered clinical decision support tool
- Minnesota ASC acquired for $16.9M
- Q&A: Medical Alley CEO Roberta Dressen on creating new startup coworking space
- Sanford to end labor and delivery services in Luverne
- Measles cases surge in Todd County amid vaccine skepticism
- Medical Alley opens Studio84 coworking space in Golden Valley
- Minnesota provider accused of using AI-generated notes in $3.2M fraud scheme
- Minnesota Supreme Court rules hospitals cannot share room numbers without consent
- Optum targets ASC growth in markets it already serves
- The Best Hospitals In Minnesota: Rankings and Patient Reviews
- UnitedHealth Group in the headlines: 10 updates
- Why Twin Cities: Children’s Minnesota executive on ‘Minnesota Nice’ vs. ‘Minnesota Ice’
MISSISSIPPI
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- Mississippi declares public health emergency over infant mortality rate
- Mississippi Medicaid won’t confirm if it will use federal grant to pay for doulas next year
- Rural Mississippi hospitals struggle to stay open despite federal funding
- American College of Education and the Mississippi Hospital Association Partner to Grow Health Care Leaders Statewide
- ARCare triples nurse capacity by combining RPM and chronic care management
- Mississippi breast cancer survivors push for regular testing, awareness
MISSOURI
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- AdventHealth’s KC patient volume surges 21% as system adds providers
- Ascension chief clinical transformation officer to exit
- Children’s Mercy employees transferred to Ensemble won’t face pay cuts, company says
- Children’s Mercy lays off 115, transfers 473 to outside company
- Federal funding will upgrade 26 rural health providers in Missouri
- Inside BJC Health’s direct-to-employer bet: A 0.5% cost trend
- Judge sides with physician in $1.3M pay dispute with St. Louis eye practice
- Mercy Clinics Move to More Convenient Locations in Farmington
- Mercy to open primary clinic inside a medical school
- Missouri Awards $39.4 million to modernize Rural Healthcare Services
- Missouri rejects abortion ban for second time
- Missouri surgeon forfeits $379K in sham consulting scheme
- St. Louis practice owes physician $1M+ after pay dispute
- Missouri sets 2027 health rates as plan networks change
- New nursery, upgraded delivery rooms part of $2.7M project at Mercy Hospital Perry
- What St. Louis patients should know about their concierge medicine options
MONTANA
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- Benefis Health System to restructure services, citing financial pressure
- Benefis to close clinic in Great Falls, end behavioral healthservices
- Construction begins on Great Falls behavioral health crisis center
- Kidney-transplant evaluation clinic opens in Montana
- Montana system to cut staff, services in December
- Montana system to end outpatient psychiatry, counseling services
- Bozeman Health Launches First Neurosurgery Program Bringing Brain and Advanced Spine Surgery to Bozeman and Southwest Montana
NEBRASKA
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- Applications Open for the Nebraska Rural Health Technology Catalyst Fund
- Bryan Health details plan to move historic William Jennings Bryan House
- Nebraska hospital CEO resigns
- Rural Healthcare Organizations Can Excel in Security Recruitment
- Rural hospitals revamp nurse staffing strategies for 2027
- Bryan Health to move 125-year-old landmark mansion to expand ED, NICU
- Congress gave Nebraska millions for rural healthcare. Most isn’t getting to rural hospitals.
- Great Plains Health leader recognized at Nebraska Hospital Association convention
- Nebraska icon on the move: Relocation set for historic Bryan mansion, to let hospital grow
NEVADA
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- Anthem’s $2 Million Gift Strengthens Rheumatology Training and Care in Southern Nevada
- Bring healthcare to where people live
- New Las Vegas children’s hospital aims to end out-of-state trips for care
- $2M gift aims to address Nevada’s shortage of rheumatologists
- Nevada enshrines abortion rights in state constitution in final statewide vote
- Southwest Medical Adds Two New Healthcare Providers
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Here Are US News Top 3 Best New Hampshire Hospitals For Heart Bypass Surgery 2026
- New Hampshire system walking back merger gets credit rating boost
- Opinion: Dartmouth Health urges investment in youth mental health in New Hampshire
- Parkland Medical Center breaks ground on $16 million freestanding emergency room in Salem
- Dartmouth Cancer Center director elected to National Academy of Medicine
- Endowment for Health appoints three new directors to its board
- Greater Seacoast Health Expands Community-Based HealthServices
- Southern New Hampshire Health is first in nation to be recognized for Age-Friendly Pharmacy care
- Southwest Medical Adds Two New Healthcare Providers
NEW JERSEY
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- 54 NJ Hospitals Face Medicare Payment Cuts In 2027: See List
- $950M in shady Medicaid billing, aides ‘like homeless people’ tied to NJ senior care company: sources
- Bergen New Bridge Breaks Ground On Multigenerational Facility Set For 2027
- Capital Health Opens Heart and Vascular Institute Location in Hamilton
- Health systems promised Epic would pay for itself. Did it?
- NJ hospitals contribute $7.8B in community health benefits
- NJ hospitals gave $7.8 billion in free care, services, report says
- NJ family’s fight over organ donation raises questions | Investigation
- N.J. hospitals commit $7.8B to community health, unmet needs: NJHA report
- The uneven track record of hospital turnaround operators
- University Hospital taps chief technology officer
- 3 New Jersey Jefferson Health hospitals could leave Horizon BCBS
- Hackensack Meridian 1st in Northeast to offer brain cancer imaging drug
- Hunterdon Health recertified by American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Jefferson Health will leave Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey’s network on March 1 without a new contract
- New N.J. clinic opens to treat young patients battling mental illness
- The Valley Hospital Recognized by Healthgrades for Orthopedic, Stroke, and Neuroscience Care
NEW MEXICO
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- $7 million for senior housing on Las Cruces council agenda
- Health tech co. moves HQ from Albuquerque to Denver
- Memorial Medical Center invests $10M in emergency department, parking, exterior upgrades
- Holy Cross will absorb Taos Whole Health patients
- New Mexico Medicaid changes to bring work rules, shorter renewals
NEW YORK
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- Albany Med CEO dismissed after independent review
- Albany Med board votes to part ways with Dan Pickett as CEO
- Cognitive Health Technologies Data Breach Affects 49,500 Individuals
- Heart care that stands apart: Mercy Hospital of Buffalo nationally recognized for cardiac care
- How CEOs of competing hospitals build partnerships — and resolve trust issues
- Mount Sinai’s GLP-1 volume doubled. Here’s how its pharmacy kept up.
- New York reports 1st measles death in 30 years
- Nursing home appeals for right to jury trial over NLRB penalties
- Radiology practice, former physician end court dispute over $20M private equity deal
- Southtowns Radiology legal dispute reaches an end
- The ‘culture of exceptionalism’ driving NYU Langone’s top quality rankings
- Dan Pickett out as Albany Med Health System CEO
- Largest memory care facilities in Buffalo, 2026
- New York Medicaid spending balloons $45 billion over five years
- New York physician, former practice end $20M PE deal dispute
- NYC dropped record $10.3B on healthcare last year
- Weill Cornell’s plan to save an ‘endangered species’: Physician-scientists
NORTH CAROLINA
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- AdventHealth hospital cuts 63% of anesthesia emissions
- Atrium Health tops out $130M expansion at Cabarrus County hospital
- Cone Health taps chief technology officer
- Delta Dental launches North Carolina foundation as membership soars, premiums top $190M
- Eastern NC cancer facility sold for $6M to national investor
- HealthSource secures financing for $60M Clermont County medical facility
- Health system CEOs close margin gaps with operational redesign
- Here are the highest-paid leaders of OSU Wexner Medical Center
- New report highlights the challenges of growing North Carolina’s health workforce
- North Carolina awarded an initial $100 million to support rural healthcare
- Novant Health acquires rural Mount Airy hospital with $200M decade-long investment
- Novant Health Prepares For Major Expansion In 2027
- Primary Health Solutions plots $25M investments as it targets underserved regional gaps
- Staffing improves for NC health care providers, but long term shortages continue to threaten stability
- Gaston County health official works to expand mental healthresources for teens
- How UnitedHealthcare is investing in North Carolina’s workforce development and health care access
- New report shows slow progress to fill statewide nursing shortages
- Scaled-back version of NC’s rural health pilot will return next year
- State Launches New Rural Health Transformation Program Dashboard
NORTH DAKOTA
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- ‘A robot cannot take care of a resident’: A case for investing in nursing homes
- CommonSpirit signs definitive agreement to sell 3 North Dakota hospitals
- Sanford Health acquires new surgery robot
- Sanford showcases new da Vinci 5 Surgical System
- Sanford Health surgeon weighs in on AI in surgery
- Senator requests phasing Medicaid changes in ND
- Altru Health System reaches agreement to acquire CHI St. Alexius facilities in North Dakota | The Flag
- CommonSpirit Health to sell 3 hospitals to Altru Health
- ‘Definitive agreement’ signed, pushing forward Altru’s plan to acquire Bismarck hospital and 2 others
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to visit North Dakota, participate in agriculture, health discussions
OHIO
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- Akron General doctor named AAP community pediatrician of the year
- Bon Secours’ $5.7B Surgery Partners deal, by the numbers
- Columbus-area hospital inks definitive agreement to join Kettering Health
- Health systems promised Epic would pay for itself. Did it?
- How 3 health systems are exploring new AI use cases
- Knox Community Hospital and Kettering Health Sign Definitive Agreement
- Ohio gets $17M to improve access to dental care services
- Ohio hospital to join Kettering Health
- OU Health opens 72-bed pediatric behavioral health center
- Rural Ohio system waiting on $80M in CMS payments
- Surgery Partners’ $5.7B sale puts a spotlight on physician control
- The uneven track record of hospital turnaround operators
- University Hospitals faces lawsuit over cybersecurity incident
- University Hospitals still has no timetable for IT restoration
- ‘You’ve got to manufacture your own margins’: Cleveland Clinic, Ochsner CFOs’ message to hospitals
- CareSource names 2 market presidents
- Cleveland Clinic surgeons break a core orthopedic implant rule
- HealthSource of Ohio, UCHealth to open $60M medical office
- Ohio Judge Strikes Down Remainder Of 6-Week Abortion Ban
- UnitedHealthcare, Ohio Chamber settle member poaching dispute
OKLAHOMA
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- Aetna names Oklahoma Medicaid CEO
- How a VA hospital cut behavioral incidents 35% without medication
- Mercy Hospital OKC named among America’s most beautiful hospitals
- Moody’s flips Integris’ outlook to positive on Risant deal
- OHCA opens applications for rural healthcare data assistance
- OSU Medicine treats addiction inside OB-GYN clinic for pregnant women
- Oklahoma hospital CEO resigns
- OU Health earns investment-grade bond rating from Moody’s
- McCurtain Memorial Hospital CEO Brian Whitfield resigns; CFO Kena Allen named interim CEO
- New data shows 44 Oklahoma rural hospitals face closure
- New Oklahoma Children’s OU Health center to expand pediatric behavioral healthcare in state | KGOU
- Oklahoma health system goes out of network with Aetna
- OMRF researchers identify protein that may protect heart from diabetic disease
OREGON
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- How 4 health systems are tackling growth on 2 fronts
- MultiCare closes merger with Samaritan Health Services
- Providence, Compassus complete home care joint venture in Oregon
- Senate investigators allege nursing home profit motives compromise patient safety
- Declining influenza vaccinations continue among health care workers
- Estacada’s Wade Creek Clinic gets top-tier recognition
- Oregon’s largest addiction center for moms to close after 37 years
- Oregon to increase 2027 payments to care organizations for Health Plan members
- Providence finalizes home care joint venture with Compassus in Oregon
- Top Oregon health official skipped report warning long-term seclusions had become common at state hospital
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Allegheny County health director talks paid parental leave law
- Health systems promised Epic would pay for itself. Did it?
- How CEOs of competing hospitals build partnerships — and resolve trust issues
- Lehigh Valley Health Network pays $800K in HIPAA settlement over ransomware attack
- Nearly one year in Hanover Hill is filling strong need in behavioral health services
- New Medical Neighborhood Takes Shape At UHS Delaware Valley Hospital
- Pennsylvania hospital pauses inpatient care after payroll struggles
- Pennsylvania hospital to suspend all services
- Pennsylvania system files for bankruptcy
- Redeemer Health files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as talks with other health systems continue
- Rothman Orthopaedics expands walk-in care footprint
- Tower Health posts first full-year operating profit since 2017 launch
- UPMC Children’s expands in Lawrenceville
- Biotech leaders say Philly has all it needs to rival Boston
- Central Pa. health care service ranks No. 3 in Pa. on Newsweek list
- ‘Flip that around’: Why Jefferson wants to build its own AI apps
- In Warren County, a reflection of rural healthcare’s turmoil
- Inovio gets FDA clearance for Voceryq, its first approved drug
- Inovio sets Voceryq price at $115,000 per dose
- Inside the 1st-year priorities of a new pharmacy director
- Madrigal’s MASH drug Rezdiffra blows past $1B in sales
- Medicus Pharma to take SkinJect public via SPAC merger
- NRx Pharmaceuticals wins first FDA approval; shares tumble
- Penn Medicine AI trained on 400K CT scans spots hidden disease
- Pennsylvania health system names supply chain director
- Sharon Regional Health System suspends operations
- UPMC Children’s opens new Express Care clinic at hospital
- UPMC CIO: You have to ‘slow things down to accelerate’ on AI
RHODE ISLAND
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- CVS to split into two publicly traded companies in early 2028
- Morton Hospital establishes new palliative care consulting program
- Neronha proposes two big fixes for Rhode Island’s healthcare crisis
- SouthCoast Health CEO steps down
- Genesis Center opens renovated healthcare training classrooms in Providence
- Neighborhood Health promotes 2 employees to VP roles
- Rhode Island Hospital asks Fifth Circuit to axe DOJ subpoena for trans patient records
- SPH Medicaid fellows program aims to help Rhode Islanders navigate changing regulations
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Rhino Medical Supply grows from Columbia startup to national brand
- Shriners Children’s and MUSC Health open pediatric burn outpatient clinic in Charleston
- Construction update: Upstate SC growth driving a healthcare building boom
- Goodwill, CVS launch pharmacy technician training in SC
- Investors buy North Charleston office portfolio for $21M
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- ‘Access, access, access:’ How 4 rural health CEOs promote growth
- How Sanford Health makes mergers succeed
- Monument Health expands into Wyoming with new Gillette clinic
- Monument Health opens second Community Heart Hub in Sturgis
- Sanford Health awarded $2.3M grant from NIH
- South Dakota voters reject Medicaid expansion repeal trigger
- Brookings Hospital Earns Newsweek Best-In-State for 4th Year
- Voters reject measure that could have triggered repeal of Medicaid expansion in South Dakota
TENNESSEE
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- $24M surgery center planned for Germantown
- 6 cancer centers win ACCC Innovator Awards
- Ardent Health operating margin rises to 5% in Q3: 5 things to know
- Ascension Saint Thomas names first CEO for new Clarksville hospital
- Ballad Health cut nursing turnover below 12%. Better finances followed
- CHS offloads 10 hospitals, exits 2 states in 2026
- CHS’ payer payment slowdown holds steady, CFO says
- Community Health Systems logs $86M net loss in Q3, hopes for return of ‘pent-up’ electives in 2027
- Community Health Systems falls short of Q3 expectations
- Encompass Health, nation’s largest rehab hospital group, proposes Clarksville location
- HCA data breach hits 55,000 people
- HCA Healthcare to have 10,000 physicians using ambient AI by year-end
- Mayor creates committee to explore Nashville General Hospital relocation
- Nashville General Hospital’s future to be studied by new committee
- Physician group to pay $2.8M over use of physicians’ billing IDs
- Surgery Partners’ $5.7B sale puts a spotlight on physician control
- Tennessee cites Chattanooga assisted-care facility after memory-care resident left unit
- Tennessee Hospital Association names next leader, following CEO’s retirement
- Minnesota ASC acquired for $16.9M
TEXAS
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- 6 cancer centers win ACCC Innovator Awards
- Baylor College of Medicine chief says AI will reshape medical education
- Baylor Scott & White, Arianna Huffington aim to make healthy habits stick through ‘microsteps’
- Dallas group buys Baptist-anchored Boerne medical tower
- How MD Anderson’s Nobel Prize winner Jim Allison plans to make cancer drug research faster
- Journal Profile: Retirement is on the horizon, but David Huffstutler has a bigger focus
- Methodist Healthcare Ministries plans $86M hotel and park in San Antonio’s Medical Center
- Methodist Healthcare recruits Central Florida hospital CEO to lead San Antonio system
- Physician accused of billing $19M for nonexistent orthopedic care
- Pinecroft Realty acquires 40,268-square-foot medical office building in Bryan
- Tenet posts 31.1% Q3 operating margin, raises 2026 outlook
- Tenet’s plan to outflank ASC megadeals
- Texas Has 84 Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closing, Most in the Nation, and 26 Face Immediate Risk
- Texas nurse anesthesia program sued over alleged over-enrollment
- USPI’s total joints jump 12.8% without ‘gangbusters’ demand
- UTHealth Houston opens $298M School of Public Health tower near TMC Helix Park
- Why Tenet’s CEO sees nonprofit health systems buying ASCs as allies
- Lincoln, PGIM acquire Texas surgery center building
- NorthStar’s case against getting complacent with anesthesia stability
- Q&A: Outgoing St. David’s HealthCare CEO David Huffstutler
- San Antonio nonprofit plans $86M Medical Center development
- USPI revenue climbs 7.5% in Q3 as surgical cases slip
- What MD Anderson’s Nobel Prize winner is working on next
UTAH
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- Donna Roach named University of Utah’s 1st enterprise CIO
- Las Vegas children’s hospital groundbreaking brings hope to southern Utah family
- SLC wants a new hospital to welcome pedestrians. Its designers fear retail spaces might also invite security threats.
- Utah’s rural hospitals to receive nearly $50 million in federal funding
VERMONT
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- Gifford Health Care raises rates and reduces hours on its employee daycare center
- New program visits rural Vermonters to keep them from needing the hospital
- Rutland Regional Medical Center proposes pediatric redesign
- Vermont has assigned its $195 million in federal rural healthdollars. Here’s where it’s going.
- ER visits related to tick bites rising in Vermont, according to health officials
- New program visits rural Vermonters to keep them from needing the hospital
- Vermont hospital proposes moving pediatric beds into ED
VIRGINIA
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- 3 former OneGI practices join UVA Health
- Bon Secours completes Fauquier Health acquisition
- Bon Secours Mercy Health acquires 48th hospital
- Carilion buys part of Virginia town park for $5Mc
- Goodwin Living breaks ground on $360M retirement community in Alexandria, VA
- Health system closes National Landing urgent care, West Springfield primary care location
- UVA Health buys former State Farm site to expand outpatient care
- Virginia seeks stronger nursing home oversight
- Why big mergers aren’t in Inova’s playbook
- Three Northern Virginia gastroenterology practices join UVA Health
- UVA establishes $6M biotech innovation fund
- Va., Mo. Voters Deliver Wins For Abortion Rights
- Virginia launches $150 million health insurance savings program during open enrollment
- Virginia Tech leads women’s health research project
WASHINGTON
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- How Providence’s strategic reset fueled a financial turnaround
- MultiCare breaks ground on new primary care clinic in Grand Mound
- MultiCare Names New Cancer Institute President
- MultiCare names new CIO
- MultiCare closes merger with Samaritan Health Services
- PeaceHealth’s $82M behavioral health hospital clears annexation vote
- Rural health grants to fund specialized dementia services
- Seattle nurses picket Virginia Mason over severe staffing shortages
- Albertsons, Safeway Owe Wash. $900M Over Opioid Diversion
- HHS Says Wash. Has No Stake In Noncitizen Medicaid Fight
- Inside Providence CEO’s Capitol Hill push to ‘save rural healthcare’
- Medicare Advantage plans owe Providence $1B, CEO says
- Washington Poison Center sees 433% jump in kratom-related calls
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Drug pricing program changes worry West Virginia clinic
- West Virginia expands rural health training, access to care with $3.9 million
- West Virginia health system names chief pharmacy officer
- Fairmont State, West Virginia Primary Care Association partner to expand healthcare training
- ‘Full-time job to keep up with it’: Drug pricing program changes worry WV clinic
- Mon Commission opens bids for health department project
- The hospital hiding in a strip mall
- West Virginia health system names chief pharmacy officer
- West Virginia state workers see moderate rise in health care costs with new PEIA plan
WISCONSIN
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- ‘Access, access, access:’ How 4 rural health CEOs promote growth
- Beaver Dam now part of UW Health
- Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative Plans Full-service Hospital In Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
- Infant dies from measles amid ongoing outbreak in Wisconsin: health officials
- Madison dental group acquires three Milwaukee-area practices
- Marshfield Children’s Hospital raises $12.5M to build new NICU
- Marshfield Medical Center-Beaver Dam joins UW Health system, gets new name
- Report Finds More Care Is Going Unpaid at Wisconsin Hospitals
- Report: More care is going unpaid at Wisconsin hospitals
- Senior living facility in Oak Creek sold for $50 million
- UW Health completes acquisition of Sanford Wisconsin hospital
- WHA report: Cost of delivering hospital care increasing for Wisconsin facilities
- 3M reaches $7.35B settlement over PFAS; some in Wisconsin may qualify for compensation.
- Beyond screening: How a UW study revealed persistent racial disparities in Wisconsin cervical cancer rates
- California health care REIT buys Oak Creek senior living community for $50M
- Epic to maintain AI transparency despite federal rollback
- Free online tool aims to simplify healthcare power-of-attorney process for Wisconsin residents
- Infant’s death from measles is first in Wisconsin since 1990
- Wisconsin system taps chief quality officer
WYOMING
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- Monument Health expands into Wyoming with new Gillette clinic
- Sheridan Memorial Hospital seeks funding to sustain obstetric care
- Teton County’s 94-year life expectancy tops U.S.
- Teton County supports hospital’s property tax increase
- MHSC Approves Audit, Expects $1.5 Million in Rural Health Care Funding
- More states are reimbursing doulas through Medicaid. But not Wyoming
