NATIONAL
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- AHA Comments on CMS’ Inpatient Payment Proposal for FY 2025
- AHA urges CMS to make Transforming Episode Accountability Model voluntary
- AMA adopts new policy to create equity in clinical trials and research
- DOJ loses bid to toss Humana Medicare Advantage case
- Drug shortages hit highest number since 2001, impacting patients, hospitals and pharmacies
- Elevance Health gets partial victory in star ratings lawsuit
- HHS warns hospitals of DDoS cyberattacks
- Health economics and outcomes research: Biopharma and the shift to value-based care
- Healthcare construction continues shift from inpatient care
- Hospital spending is projected to grow 5.7% a year
- In sweeping change, Biden administration to ban medical debt from credit reports
- IRS Plans More Nonprofit Hospital Audits as Scrutiny Heats Up
- Joint Commission allows texting of patient orders
- Lawmakers: UnitedHealth is violating HIPAA
- Medicare Advantage prior authorizations targeted in new bill
- Meet AMA’s new president-elect
- Microsoft to help rural hospitals defend against rising cybersecurity attacks
- ‘Moment of decision’ appears near on nursing home staffing rule
- New drug pricing dispute resolution rule to take effect: 7 other 340B hospital updates
- Private equity, consolidation divide aging services sector as multi-agency effort gets underway
- Proposed legislation hopes to remove healthcare ‘corporate greed’: 7 things to know
- Sanders calls vote to subpoena Novo Nordisk president
- SCAN Health Plan wins Medicare Advantage Star Ratings lawsuit
- Supreme Court decision a win for Tribal health finances
- Supreme Court to hear challenge of DSH payment calculations
- Supreme Court upholds access to mifepristone abortion pill in unanimous decision
- URAC launches accreditation for community health worker programs
- What a cyberattack in London means for US hospitals
ALABAMA
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- Alabama-based physical therapy company opens location in Hoover
- Alabama hospital considers private equity deal
- Court battle over Alabama ASC certificate of need continues
- Encompass nurses, supply teams sync care strategies
- Local licensed psychologist opens new mental health care company
- Veteran-owned Birmingham wellness brand raises $2.2M in funding
- Alabama climbs to 39th in overall child well-being
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Arizona proposed budget brings the pain to hospitals, water supplies and universities
- Arizona due more than $15M from national Johnson & Johnson settlement
- Best Regional Hospitals in U.S. list includes 3 from Arizona
- Medical mobile clinic to be deployed to underserved Yuma schools
- Phoenix Children’s taps COO
- TAVR system used in Arizona the first time, Abrazo Health says
- Yuma Regional Medical Center unveils its new mobile health clinic
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
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- 17 LA Hospitals Closed Their Labor Wards. Inside The Fight To Keep One Open
- 4 CFOs’ keys to improved operating performance
- California health systems have their eyes on ASCs
- California bill requires AG approval of private equity healthcare deals
- California system CEO confronts pay criticism
- HCA California hospital appoints new CEO
- Hospital cited for ‘immediate jeopardy’ for CRNA use in sedations
- How 1 California system channels younger workers’ candor
- Kaiser continues investing to support community health
- Labor union ordered to pay $6M+ to California HCA hospital
- Los Angeles hospital on ‘brink of closure’
- Planned Parenthood Los Angeles pays $6M settlement over data breach
- California Dabbles With Reining in Health Spending
- Trinity Health appoints new market president, CEO
- California hospital zeros in on potential buyer
COLORADO
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- Colorado health agencies agree to merge
- Colorado hospital systems’ finances rebound after a difficult 2023
- CommonSpirit taps president for 9 hospitals
- Denver Health turns to voters for help to pay for uncompensated care
- Denver Health pursues city sales tax increase to close funding gap
- Intermountain to open $680M Colorado hospital
- Longs Peak Hospital expansion project reaches halfway point
- New CEOs hired at Colorado Springs hospitals
- The Denver metro area has one remaining independent hospital system. Is a merger in its future?
- Local CommonSpirit Health hospitals receive new CEOs
- SLVH, Children’s Hospital Colorado form Care Alliance
- UCHealth gains national recognition for providing care to underserved communities
CONNECTICUT
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- CEO Ricci sets 2025 retirement date; Hospital for Special Care begins search for next chief executive
- CCMC receives $1M grant for program to protect children from gun violence
- Conn. dentists file application to create 6 dental surgery centers in state
- Connecticut Oncology Group partners with national platform
- Cutting-edge cancer care coming to CT with new partnership. It’s the first ever for the world-renowned hospital
- Hartford HealthCare teams with national cancer center, plans facility in Fairfield
- In RI and CT, Owner of Roger Williams and Fatima Hospitals Facing Growing Legal Battles
- Lamont urges YNHH and Prospect to conclude their deal on three CT hospitals
- Memorial Sloan Kettering picks 1st care partner
- Prospect Medical sues Yale New Haven over stalled acquisition
- YNHH partners with Nashville nonprofit to offer free prescriptions
D.C.
DELAWARE
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- Abessinio Foundation makes $1 million gift to ChristianaCare’s Wilmington Campus
- ChristianaCare Builds Community With Habitat for Humanity
- Delaware to receive $4.9 million from Johnson & Johnson talc settlement
- Delaware 2nd in hospital quality, 6th in health care quality: Report
- New report ranks Delaware among top U.S. states for variety of health care figures
- Carney Signs Hospital Spending Oversight Bill in Delaware
FLORIDA
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- App launched in Tampa wants to bring back doctors’ house calls
- AdventHealth to debut ER on former Holy Land Experience site
- AdventHealth University to begin trio of new construction projects
- ASC activity in the South: 3 notes
- Bluestone Physician Services, with offices in Florida, to pay $14.9M to resolve alleged false claims
- Health care group offloads dozens of Florida facilities ahead of $1.2B bankruptcy
- Lawsuit Against LaVie Claims Nursing Home Chain Transferred Ownership to Avoid Dispute Settlement Payments
- Nemours Children’s Health pitches big expansion to Lake Nona hospital
- Orlando Health collaborates with doctors who treated Pulse patients to expand trauma center
- RevDoc reimagines Florida health care with house calls
- Federal judge blocks Florida law restricting transgender health care
GEORGIA
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- Addus HomeCare expands personal care services to 2 new states with $350M deal
- Elevance nabs win in Medicare Star Ratings lawsuit
- How CEO Carol Burrell turned Northeast Georgia Health System into a powerhouse
- Piedmont Atlanta Hospital uses system to protect its campus from major water main breaks
- Georgia investing millions to improve mental health services
- Morris Bank donates $200,000 to Georgia hospitals
- Jenkins County hospital closing
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- 4 CFOs’ keys to improved operating performance
- Feds investigating last year’s data breach affecting the Cook County hospital system
- Lawsuit filed in deadly construction site fall at UChicago Hospital
- Lurie Children’s Hospital expands Streeterville campus by buying its next-door neighbor
- New startup, Stitch PEO, emerges armed with $9M to alleviate pain points for independent medical practices
- Northwestern is so busy it’s cutting back on scheduling patients for induced labors
- OSF HealthCare president dies at age 57
- Planned Parenthood sees ‘unprecedented’ surge in out-of-state patients at Illinois clinics
- Rush’s CEO bases leadership on ‘data and not anecdotes’
INDIANA
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- Indiana aims to keep closer eye on mergers, acquisitions
- IU Health to eliminate noncompete clauses for primary-care docs
- State health department denied first-choice attorneys by AG in abortion records lawsuit
- New council begins work to reinforce Indiana’s health workforce
- Indiana designated mental health pilot program state by Department of Health and Human Services
- IU Health opens westside Urgent Care location
- Indiana ranks 27th for overall child well-being in new report
IOWA
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- Iowa nurse sues care facility, alleges understaffing
- Former Stamats building to become new home of AbbeHealth Mental Health Services
- Iowa hospital CEO retires, new leader named
- Bill to promote stillbirth prevention, supported by Central Iowa advocacy group, heads to Biden
- UI Health Care eyes $74M maternity expansion, complementing $41M NICU expansion
- UI Health Care names Jody Reyes COO of clinical enterprise
- UI Health Care requests approval for 6% rate increase
- UnityPoint Health names new Chief Medical Officer
KANSAS
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- CommonSpirit taps president for 9 hospitals
- KU Health expands Southern JoCo services with $90M clinic and surgery center
- U of Kansas Health System partners with Hurt! mobile app
- Technology restored at all Via Christi hospitals in Kansas after cyberattack
- Faces of Biomed: WSU Tech president sees ‘all kinds of possibilities’ for downtown campus, NICHE collab
- Freeman is taking over ER and hospital in Fort Scott
KENTUCKY
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- Baptist Health opens inpatient behavioral center in Oldham County
- Kentucky’s certificate of need law on interim legislative committee’s June 20 agenda
- Louisville otolaryngologist becomes president of American Medical Association
- Waystar raises $968 million at IPO
- Hospital celebrates 20 years of service in western Kentucky
- Kentucky to receive over $9M from Johnson & Johnson settlement
LOUISIANA
MAINE
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- Skowhegan hospital looks to build medical office building
- New device, medication help Maine paramedics improve baby delivery
- ME health advocates tout benefits of expanded Medicare Savings Plans
- St. Joseph Hospital introduces new robotic surgery device
- While Maine businesses remain concerned about paid leave proposal, key supporter says system needs funds to be solvent
- MaineHealth celebrates RN staffing victories through international channels
MARYLAND
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- 8 things to know: Two Baltimore hospitals make list for equity, access
- Adventist HealthCare’s longtime CEO prepares to step away. But he’s not done yet.
- Ellicott City senior living community plans $78M expansion
- In Baltimore, nurses go door-to-door to bring primary care to the whole neighborhood
- Maryland finalizes switch of medical care for state-run prisons, jails
- New community health clinic in Clear Spring helps bridge healthcare divide in rural communities
- Prince George’s nonprofit rolls out apprenticeship program to address nursing shortage
- UMMC health care workers to vote on forming union
- Baltimore hospital sues patient for trespassing to empty a bed
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Blue Cross partners with Folx Health to expand access to LGBT-affirming care
- Common heart medication could help prevent cancer: Mass General Cancer Center
- Bob Langer startup launches with potential GLP-1 drug alternative
- Fenway Health names new CEO
- Firm grows local presence with $10M upgrade to drug testing facility
- Growing green: BMC opens second rooftop farm
- Health system to merge with 500-person mental care provider
- Healthcare firm with three Central Mass. nursing homes to pay $4M over claims of substandard care
- Mass. officials take aim at anti-abortion centers with new public awareness campaign
- Massachusetts, DC loosen CRNA supervision requirements
- Nursing home chain with 3 Central Mass. locations reaches $4 million settlement with AG
- Pfizer, Flagship to focus on obesity drugs under $100M collaboration
- Steward secures additional financing days before it was set to run out
- Physician sentenced to 8 years for $19M fraud scheme
- Spine surgeon to pay $200K for receiving devicemaker kickbacks
- Two new Worcester healthcare buildings totaling $475M aim to improve quality of and access to health care
- What’s taking Brockton Hospital so long to reopen?
- UMass Chan receives $2.2M for research into rare genetic disorder Cockayne syndrome
MICHIGAN
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- BCBS Michigan to drop weight loss drug coverage
- Michigan medical office building sells for $9M
- State House committee considers drug pricing legislation
- UM Health plans new $97.2M psychiatric facility near downtown Lansing
- U-M Health-Sparrow proposes new psychiatric hospital at former Lansing high school site
- U-M Health Sparrow addressing mental health crisis
- Van Andel departs UM Health-West board for regional director role
- West Michigan pain management medical practice files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Four Tops singer sues Michigan hospital for racial discrimination, says they didn’t believe his identity
- State invests $17M to address racial health disparities through wellness centers in Michigan
- New report shows progress, challenges in Michigan senior health
MINNESOTA
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- Allina Health’s new CFO is getting back to the basics
- Change Healthcare loses bid to keep cyberattack lawsuits in Tennessee
- CEO pay up at Duluth-based Essentia, down at St. Cloud-based CentraCare
- Construction of Abbott Northwestern Hospital’s 10-story addition hits milestone
- Mayo Clinic faces worker distress as employees bargain, unionize
- Minnesota Community Debuts New Specialty Health Center
- Needed: more rural nurses equipped to treat victims of sexual assault
- Minnesota is 7th state to approve 340B contract pharmacy protections
- St. Luke’s hospitals rebrand after Aspirus merger
- Workers at a dozen Twin Cities nursing homes struck in March. One is still waiting for a contract.
MISSISSIPPI
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- ASC activity in the South: 3 notes
- Latest hospital safety grades show big drop for one Jackson hospital
- Microsoft cybersecurity program to help Mississippi’s rural hospitals
- UMMC establishes multidisciplinary teaching campus in Ridgeland
- Mississippi Blood Services experiencing critical shortage
- Mississippi one of unhealthiest states in nation: report
- For some rural communities, a stripped-down hospital is better than none at all
MISSOURI
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- Billions at stake as national battle over drug pricing plays out in Missouri
- Ascension says personal data may be compromised in cyberattack
- BJC/Saint Luke’s work on combining six months into merger
- Feds reach $1.2M settlement with doctor accused of making false claims
- Five years in the making: MU Health Care opens new children’s hospital in Columbia
- Former Express Scripts exec can’t take CVS job, appeals court rules
- HCA Midwest Health names chief medical officer
- Missouri hospital jobs report shows vacancy and turnover rates still high
- Missouri women’s hospital to close, transition services to new facility
- Ascension works to update patient portal following cyberattack
- Missouri medical office building sells for $3.8M
- New program helping Ozarks healthcare providers fend off cybersecurity attacks
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
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- Intermountain Health breaks ground on new facility in southwest Las Vegas valley
- New Clark County medical center will offer mental healthcare, addiction support to homeless
- Nevada ranks low in children’s health, academic outcomes, new study finds
- A new mobile clinic will serve about 2,000 Tribal patients in rural Nevada
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- NAI James E. Hanson negotiates sale of Teaneck medical office building
- NJ’s life sciences sector ‘at the forefront of innovation’
- Virtua adds another vehicle to its mobile health care fleet
- NJ health care, pharmaceutical companies cutting jobs as tech disrupts industry
- The Institute for Nursing Excellence gives New Jersey nurses hands-on experience
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- As another WNY hospital plans to close, redevelopment plans vary
- Catholic Health gets another ratings booster
- Inside NYC Health + Hospitals behavioral health blueprint
- Memorial Sloan Kettering picks 1st care partner
- Mount Sinai taps OSU exec as CFO
- MVHS suspends physician assistant invasive procedures at Wynn Hospital
- New York’s handling of COVID nursing home deaths at center of Congressional hearing. Read former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s full opening statement.
- Niagara Falls nursing home strikes tentative deal with union
- NYU Langone AI 99% accurate in differentiating between cancers
- Ophthalmologist to pay $2.4M to settle false claims allegations
- Roswell Park renewed for national designation, multi-million-dollar grant
- Roswell Park taps inhouse surgeon as new chief strategy officer
- San Antonio cancer research company launches New York expansion
- Teladoc names new CEO
- After White House meeting, Northwell team rallies against gun violence
- Mount Sinai taps Penn Medicine leader as emergency medicine chair
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Asheville nurses rally for change at Mission Hospital ahead of union contract renegotiation
- Cone Health executes $100M turnaround
- FTC seeks immediate order blocking Novant-CHS deal
- Judge denies another FTC request to block Novant-CHS deal
- NC Hospital accused of sharing private data settles with patients
- Novant-leased medical office building breaks ground in North Carolina
- Novant Health settles with patients after being accused of sharing private data
- Raleigh investor cashes out with $100 million sale
- Legal challenges keep NC abortion law in flux
- North Carolina lawmakers approve reworked mask bill allowing for health exemption after pushback
- North Carolina ranks 37th in mental health care deserts
- Charlotte-area urgent care center stays open late to help patients avoid the ER
- Law enforcement, armed security coming to North Carolina hospitals as violence increases
NORTH DAKOTA
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- 4 CFOs’ keys to improved operating performance
- Altru on list of best regional hospitals for equitable access in the U.S.
- Transgender healthcare law still active, but judge rules children who were receiving care still can
- Dakota Credit Union Foundation pledges $200K to Children’s Miracle Network hospitals
OHIO
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- Dayton medical start-up to present findings at international event
- Kettering Health expands mental health services in Miami Valley
- Mercy Health hospital project cuts behavioral ED lengths of stay by 64%
- Mount Carmel Health’s new CEO embraces ‘transforming, healing’ legacy
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital to open care center in Grove City
- Nurse sabbaticals pay off for Nationwide Children’s
- OrthoCincy joins PELTO Health Partners
- Premier Health signs $4 million deal with Dayton schools to provide athletic services
- Mt. Carmel Health System’s new CEO a historic choice
- Equitas Health to lay off dozens of staff across Ohio in restructuring
- Ohio nurses, doctors call for legislation to prevent violence in health care settings
- Ohio Senate passes hospital price transparency bill
- Streamlining Behavioral Health: Mercy Health Cuts ED Stays in Ohio by 64%
- Ohio bill puts $35M toward infant, maternal health
OKLAHOMA
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- Enid Integris hospital, local systems see major rebranding, name change
- CVS Health launches first workforce training centers
- Norman Regional opens new Behavioral Health Center to meet growing need
- World’s first robotic DBS surgery on child performed in Oklahoma
- Oklahoma system 1st to perform robotic pediatric deep brain stimulation treatment
- OUHSC receives grant from Research to Prevent Blindness
OREGON
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- Court rules Oregon violated hospital patients’ rights
- Federal regulators put Oregon State Hospital on notice after patient death
- Hospitals’ lawsuit against Oregon State Hospital revived after appeal
- OHSU prepares to lay off at least 500 employees
- OHSU to end 142 employee contracts in 1st wave of layoffs
- Over 3,000 Oregon nurses at 6 Providence hospitals plan to strike
- Trinity Health appoints new market president, CEO
- Feds place Oregon State Hospital on ‘immediate jeopardy’ status
- Oregon’s new nurse staffing law leads to flood of complaints to state health agency
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 4 CFOs’ keys to improved operating performance
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Abu Dubai partner on innovation
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Tops Out $480M Healthcare Facility
- For-profit hospital M&A ramps up
- Inside Lehigh Valley Health Network’s new $40M Montco micro-hospital
- Philadelphia home health care company MARSCare files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
- Philly’s largest LGBTQ+ center is receiving $400K to provide better healthcare
- “The best is yet to come:” UPMC and Washington Health System officials celebrate affiliation
- UHS to sell 80-bed Texas hospital
- WellSpan Health starts first day of construction for new hospital and medical campus in Carlisle area
- WellSpan to build 3 microhospitals over the next 2 years
- Bankruptcies, closures rock senior care across Pennsylvania
- Doylestown Hospital Ranks Among Best In U.S. News Rankings
- Pa. Health System Shakes Meta Data Sharing Row For Now
RHODE ISLAND
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- Care New England reports 14th month of black-ink bottom line
- In RI and CT, Owner of Roger Williams and Fatima Hospitals Facing Growing Legal Battles
- Judge orders owner of two Rhode Island hospitals to pay $17 million
- R.I. Department of Health gets $5.4M for statewide emergency response
- Patrice Milos tapped as R.I. Life Science Hub interim president
- Lifespan behind on financial goals; capital improvements to come
- Hebert nursing home sexual assault leads to ‘nightmare’ for RI woman
- Threat against worker prompts partial lockdown at Rhode Island Hospital
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Charleston among fastest-growing metro hubs in life sciences — here’s why
- Prisma uses VR tech to bring outdoors to hospice patients
- Prisma Health’s Camp Kemo celebrates 45th anniversary
- What can solve South Carolina’s rural health care crisis?
- South Carolina Uses RPM to Address Maternal Health Concerns
- South Carolina gains web-based tool for population health surveillance
- MetroHealth and MUSC Health launch virtual-first telehealth company
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- Alive Hospice names Kerry Hamilton as next president, CEO
- ASC activity in the South: 3 notes
- Bill Frist’s NashvilleHealth releases report on how employee wellness impacts company’s bottom line
- CHS’ head of innovation Lynn Simon on how they are expanding
- For-profit hospital M&A ramps up
- Nashville General Hospital Announces State Legislation to Expand Healthcare Incentive Program
- Optometric Physicians of Middle Tennessee data breach impacts 29,000 patients
- VUMC taps chief revenue officer from Johns Hopkins
- West Cancer Center physicians advocate for oncology patients at Capitol Hill
- What’s delaying Community Health Systems’ Mark Cuban partnership? The FDA.
- Tennessee ranks #33 in mental health care deserts
- Tennessee doctor shortage worsens after drop in residency applicants
TEXAS
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- Addus HomeCare expands personal care services to 2 new states with $350M deal
- Baylor Scott & White, BCBS Texas facing July 1 split
- Christus Health deploying Abridge’s generative AI tool for clinical documentation
- Closure of home health agency support center to result in 102 layoffs
- Coverage for Blue Cross Blue Shield patients at Baylor Scott and White Health could end on July 1
- DFW Is Home to Texas’ Most Equitable Hospitals
- Feds indict hospital whistleblower for HIPAA violation
- HHSC hosting information session on Panhandle State Hospital project today
- For-profit hospital M&A ramps up
- How Texas Medical Center’s new campus was designed with hurricane readiness in mind
- IMN Enterprises relocates HQ from Portland to Dallas
- MD Anderson accused of cutting off sick 9/11 responders
- Medical expansion in The Woodlands includes Memorial Hermann parking garage, medical plaza
- New $100M tower planned for Medical Center
- SA cancer research company launches New York expansion
- Steward Health lands offer for $225M in bankruptcy financing
- Texas medical center moves to acquire hospital
- Texas stands by its decision not to award major Medicaid contract to Cook Children’s
- Texas rejects Centene, Elevance protests over alleged Aetna leak
- UHS to sell 80-bed Texas hospital
- Why Steward Health Care’s Fate Was ‘So Predictable’
- Westover Hills Baptist Hospital to open in far West San Antonio
- Whistleblower faces federal charges after exposing alleged continuation of gender-affirming care at Texas Children’s Hospital
- Texas health commission rejects Cook Children’s appeal for Medicaid coverage
- Texas rural hospital grant is welcome, but the struggle continues
UTAH
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- Intermountain Health shares proposed plans for downtown hospital complex at former Sears site
- Utah State University opens advanced nursing suite designed to simulate hospital
- Utah to receive $7 million in settlement with Johnson & Johnson
- Doctors at Intermountain Medical Center first in Utah to perform robotic surgery to treat common heart disorder
VERMONT
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- RRMC nurses and OR team honored with 2024 DAISY Award for extraordinary nurses
- Health officials say 2nd Vermont child has died of COVID
- New law could help expand veterans’ health care services to more communities in Vermont
- Vermont to get $3 million from nationwide settlement with Johnson & Johnson
- Vermont considers Medicaid coverage for doula services
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
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- West Virginia Department of Health Facilities joins with lawmakers for next tour of hospitals in the state
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital relocation moves closer after West Virginia Intermediate Court ruling
- West Virginia Department of Health Facilities announces significant progress on staffing
- Mon Health cardiologists install first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker in West Virginia
- New initiative in W.Va. has reduced vacancies at state health facilities, officials say
WISCONSIN
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- Ascension Wisconsin restores access to key patient records five weeks after cyberattack
- GE HealthCare names new CEOs for two major business units
- New Aurora Health Care president tackles role at lightning speed
- SSM Health To Begin Construction On New Outpatient Center In Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
- How federal grants to expand rural health care impacts Wisconsin
