NATIONAL
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- 19 states, DC sue HHS over gender-affirming care restrictions
- 6 new care and payment models CMS introduced in 2025
- 14 Epic updates in 30 days
- 39 hospital M&As finalized in 2025
- 5 financial metrics health system leaders are targeting next year
- 11 states plan post-acute initiatives with CMS’ rural health fund
- 10 most expensive EHR projects of ‘25
- AHA Statement on Temporary Restraining Order Granted in 340B Rebate Model Litigation
- Appeals court says Medicaid funding cuts for Planned Parenthood can stand while lawsuit proceeds
- Change Healthcare cyberattack lawsuit withstands dismissal bid
- CMS approves rural health awards for all 50 states
- CMS awards 400 residency slots to combat physician shortage
- CMS creates office to oversee rural health funding
- CMS delays start of value-based purchasing validation audits
- CMS proposes new price transparency rules
- CMS proposes ‘most favored nation’ Medicare drug price models
- CMS proposes two new medication payment models
- CMS rolls back equity, SDOH reporting for dialysis centers
- DEA renews remote prescribing flexibilities for fourth time
- FDA clears Walgreens in drug listing violations case
- Federation of American Hospitals names CEO to replace retiring veteran
- Health care is the ‘engine’ of the job market — and that’s risky for the economy
- Healthcare services M&A could rise in 2026: PwC
- Health systems expand Amazon One Medical partnerships
- HHS aims to accelerate healthcare AI adoption
- HHS targets information-blocking, certification cuts in new rule
- HHS to announce overhaul to child vaccine schedule, aligning with Denmark
- Hospital, private equity M&A expected to rise in 2026
- Hospital groups call on Elevance to rescind ‘punitive’ 10% hospital penalty for using out-of-network providers
- Hospitals faced tariff risk, rising supply costs in 2025
- How health systems can prepare for the next phase of AI adoption
- How Trump’s HHS transformed health regulation in 2025
- Judge blocks HHS’ 340B rebate pilot at 11th hour
- Notable healthcare policies taking effect in 2026
- Pediatricians sue US government to restore $12M in grants amid vaccine policy clash
- Senators raise concerns over VA Oracle Health EHR rollout
- Supply chain issues to monitor in 2026
- Texas, Alaska top CMS rural health transformation fund award list
- The top-recommended hospitals in every state
- Trump administration inks pricing deals with 9 drugmakers
- Trump administration nixes Biden-era health IT policies, including AI ‘model cards’
- UnitedHealth releases company-wide policy audit report: 10 things to know
- What CMS’ new rural health office means for states, hospitals: 8 notes
- Where the PA title change process stands: 5 notes
- Why 2026 could be a comeback year for healthcare deals
- White House to overhaul H-1B selection process
- Why noncompetes are ‘quietly worsening’ the physician shortage: Viewpoint
ALABAMA
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- 3 states plan cancer initiatives with CMS’ rural health fund
- 11 states plan post-acute initiatives with CMS’ rural health fund
- Alabama county declines added funds for struggling hospital
- Alabama secures $203M for statewide rural health program
- Alabama system names interim chief medical officer
- Andrews Sports Medicine to open orthopedic clinic at Alabama mall
- Birmingham health care entity to open second local clinic
- Boutique dental practice comes to Five Points South
- Hospital sues BCBS of Alabama over reimbursement amid bankruptcy
- New program supports rural hospitals
- REIT invests $89M in senior housing, including Alabama site
- State approves operator for surgery center at 90-acre Riverwalk Village health development
- Vestavia Hills council rezones 4 lots on Dolly Ridge Road for medical offices
ALASKA
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- 11 states plan post-acute initiatives with CMS’ rural health fund
- Alaska could see up to $1.36 billion for rural health over the next 5 years
- Juneau child’s clinical trial set to proceed in new year after community raises more than $1 million
- New mammography coach brings early detection tools to Alaska’s rural communities
- Potential data breach at Fairbanks health clinic, officials say
- Texas, Alaska top CMS rural health transformation fund award list
ARIZONA
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- AI + the return to joyful medicine: Lessons from Banner Health & Hudson Physicians
- Arizona ASC surpasses 6,000 cardiovascular procedures
- Arizona man sentenced to 15 years for $1B telemedicine fraud scheme
- Arizona market CEO heads to UCSF Health
- Arizona erases $642M in medical debt
- Arizona senator revives bill requiring hospitals to check immigration status
- Arizona to get less US aid than sought for rural health
- Arizona to receive $167M for rural health care. Some worry there are strings attached
- Feds shortchanged state on rural health, Gov. Hobbs says
- Mesa Community College opens behavioral health program, lab
- Phoenix bans syringe access, limits medical events in city parks
- Phoenix Children’s lands $3M to advance pediatric care
- Phoenix Children’s Research Institute secures spine research grant
- ‘Physicians are your heartbeat’: City of Hope Arizona CFO champions clinician partnerships
- Rural hospitals get lifeline from $50 billion fund
- Who’s Who in Arizona Healthcare for 2026
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas Awarded $208M in Federal Funds to Strengthen Rural Health Care
- Arkansas Children’s Gets $50M Gift From Billionaire Philanthropist
- Arkansas’ maternity ward shortage sometimes leads to births in ambulances, paramedics say
- Baptist Health Arkansas adopts Amazon AI: 3 notes
- Brian Hyatt Mental Fitness Hearing Set in Fraud Case
- Ex-nursing home magnate calls to delay 1-year Arkansas prison sentence, says state can’t provide his kosher diet
- Longtime Arkansas chief medical officer to exit, successor named
- Nursing home fraud defendant begins Arkansas sentence
- Nursing home owner pardoned by Trump ordered to serve state sentence
- Pharmacies shutter in rural Arkansas as PBM’s complicate access to essential medications
- St. Bernards Healthcare inks management deal for 2 Arkansas hospitals
CALIFORNIA
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- Arizona market CEO heads to UCSF Health
- CA’s Best Hospitals For 2025: See Full List
- California hospital taps 1st chief population health officer
- California system to lay off nearly 300
- California to enact psychiatric hospital staffing rules: 8 things to know
- Cedars-Sinai, University Health Network unite to advance AI
- Cedars-Sinai’s new Marina Del Rey Hospital unwrapped
- Chapa-De Indian Health hits construction milestone on $58M Rocklin health center
- Chronicle launches first-of-its-kind tool to search inspection reports on California hospitals and other health facilities
- CommonSpirit’s path to sustainable financial stability in California
- ‘Emerging best practice’: Prime California hospital creates custody care unit
- Inside Sutter’s plan to make interventional psychiatry the new standard
- Kaiser Permanente Southern California rolls out digital pathology platform
- Kaiser Permanente Presents $12,000 Grant to Bridge to Home
- Kaiser, Providence and more: 6 systems back in the black in Q3
- Kaiser labor talks stall, raising fears of another strike
- Marshall health system secures $3M state loan to replace solar system at Cameron Park campus
- Marshall Medical Center disputes former CFO’s wrongful termination allegations
- Medi-Cal to stop accepting illegal immigrants as of Jan. 1
- MemorialCare names hospital chief executive
- New California law expands Newsom’s mental health court
- New flu variant hits SoCal, raises concerns among public health experts
- Nurses at Sutter Health San Francisco hospital vote to unionize
- One of 8 Kaiser Nor Cal hospitals to meet rigorous standards and demonstrate their commitment to high-quality maternity care
- Physician indicted in $40M fraud scheme
- PIH Health breaks ground on new medical office in Whittier
- Providence hospital to shutter inpatient pediatric unit in March
- Rady Children’s to double children’s behavioral health beds by 2029
- Rudolph and Sletten lands $253M contract to expand UC Davis Health utility plant
- State audit: Healthcare positions must be filled with staff
- Sutter Health partners with California orthopedic practice
- U of California to distribute $3.5M in grants to grow physician pipeline: 5 notes
- UC Davis awards $2M in pediatric health grants
- Vacaville Kaiser named top teaching hospital
COLORADO
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- AstraZeneca Fails to Block Colorado Contract Pharmacy Regulation
- Children’s Hospital CO Fights DOJ Subpoena on Gender-Affirming Care
- Denver health care co. to exit bankruptcy, shedding $1.1B debt
- Denver health systems are adding more than $800 million in new hospital floors, clinics
- Denver’s hospital project boom
- Health company seeking over $130 million in public funds for downtown Denver revitalization
- Wrongful death lawsuit alleges memory care staff left a resident on the ground for hours after multiple falls
- New Colorado law requires insurers to cover mental health like physical illness
- Columbine Health Systems sells 5 facilities for $62 million
- Hundreds of Coloradans hospitalized with flu as numbers explode into record territory
- Colorado gets $200 million from the feds in rural health care “Hunger Games”
- Children’s Hospital Colorado performs region’s first pediatric dual heart‑and‑liver transplant for 11‑year‑old
CONNECTICUT
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- Awash in red ink, Bristol Hospital counts on UConn Health merger to preserve mission
- A CT hospital received a historic $15M gift. Here’s what the donation aims to do.
- Connecticut reaches $455K settlement with Branford nurse over ‘poor record-keeping’
- CT, Hartford HealthCare reach deal to prevent cost hikes, preserve physician freedom in acquisition of hospitals
- CT health system to open new urgent care center. What to know.
- CT man sentenced to 30 months in $7.8M healthcare fraud scheme
- CT to receive $154M from federal government to boost rural health
- ‘Generational moment’ arrives as HHC officially acquires Manchester, Rockville hospitals
- Hartford HealthCare set to acquire Manchester, Rockville hospitals
- Hartford HealthCare, GoHealth open urgent care center in Killingly
- Hartford HealthCare receives $15M for cancer care upgrades
- Historic $15 Million Gift Fuels Breakthrough Cancer Care at Hartford HealthCare St. Vincent’s Medical Center
- Hartford HealthCare sees 82% boost in anxiety scores with integrated care model
- Prospect hospital chain’s bankruptcy fees headed to $120M as CT sales set to close
- Stamford Health buys vacant parcel for $2.5M as part of plan to expand services
- St. Vincent’s Medical Center lands $15M gift to boost cancer care
- ‘Super flu’ or not, new variant fuels rising flu cases in Connecticut, doctors say
- UConn Health plans new services for Waterbury Hospital, promises ‘win-win-win’ for state’s health-care ecosystem
- UConn Health expansion’s effect on healthcare costs for CT residents a matter of debate
- UConn Health to revive Waterbury Hospital, preserve jobs and expand services
- Yale New Haven Health buys Nelson Ambulance Service’s Stratford property for $2.9M
DC
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- Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center hires new COO, rolls out new services
- Children’s National names 2 clinical chiefs
- D.C.-based Vanda gets FDA nod for motion-sickness treatment
- DC hospital names COO
- Nuveen pays $30M for downtown D.C. medical office building
- Flu cases are accelerating in the DC region, but have not yet peaked, health data shows
- D.C. can spend more on housing, rental assistance and health care, CFO says
DELAWARE
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- A $6B merger called off: The week in hospital M&A
- Beebe Healthcare facility breaks ground in Millsboro
- Beebe Healthcare unveils mobile health fleet
- ChristianaCare eyes $355M bond offering to fund capital projects
- ChristianaCare to improve lifesaving care with first-of-its-kind medical helicopter
- ChristianaCare Unveils New LifeNet Helicopter to Expand Emergency Air Medical Care
- ChristianaCare, Virtua end merger negotiations
- Delaware Health Care Providers Offer Hospital Care at Home
- Delaware lawmakers move to revise hospital budget oversight law
- ‘Investing upstream’: Nemours Children’s maternity strategy
- Nemours wins state approval for $22.4M NICU expansion in Wilmington
- TidalHealth proposes new imaging center
FLORIDA
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- 2 cybersecurity specialists plead guilty over healthcare ransomware attacks
- AdventHealth posts 10.3% operating margin in Q3
- Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside removes tumors with new procedure
- Baptist Health sees revenue surge over $7 billion in fiscal year 2025
- BayCare creates new C-suite role
- CMS approves 5 health systems for hospital at home
- Exceptional cancer care expanding to Pasco County: Moffitt at Speros opens January 2026
- Florida bill would expand physician path to licensure
- Florida spine clinic opens with nonsurgical focus
- Florida targets physician shortages with new licensure bill
- Healthcare, finance, real estate companies grew the fastest in South Florida
- How Quest Diagnostics runs a 24/7 testing behemoth from its Tampa hub
- Ideal Image shutters Tampa operations, lays off over 250
- Jags’ team physician joins UF Health, bringing NFL partnership to academic system
- Jury awards $27M to patient left partially paralyzed after spine surgery
- North Florida health care market sees wave of private equity and venture-backed startups in 2025
- Orlando Health buys Brevard County land to build new hospital
- Orlando Health buys land to replace former Steward hospital it closed
- Record-breaking hospital expansions and closures usher Central Florida’s top health care stories of 2025
- Recovery Centers of America to open first addiction rehab facility in Florida
- Tampa General CEO’s plan as ‘barometric pressure dropping’ in 2026
- Tampa Bay’s biggest hospital construction projects signal a new era of growth
- Tampa pharmacist sanctioned for opioid fraud
- Tampa’s BoomRX targets pharmacy bottlenecks with healthtech platform
- Why Orlando Health is moving 4 hospitals to Epic — from Epic
GEORGIA
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- AdventHealth hospital taps operations leader
- CMS approves 5 health systems for hospital at home
- Georgia gets nearly $219 million for rural health care
- Georgia health officials map out $1.4 billion plan for new federal rural health funds
- Georgia requests $1.4B to transform rural health care
- Wellstar Health spins off AI compliance startup
- Wellstar Children’s Hospital of Georgia receives $50 million donation
- More than 20 children abandoned in Georgia hospitals this year is a warning of persistent gaps in mental health care
HAWAII
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- 11 states plan post-acute initiatives with CMS’ rural health fund
- Hawaii health care hindered by ‘certificates of need’ [Opinion]
- Hawaiʻi’s largest multispecialty medical group marks 65 years of physician-led care
- Queen’s Health Systems commits $1M total to St. Andrew’s Schools by 2030
- Queen’s Health Systems names president of its University Medical Group
- Union files labor complaint against Kaiser Permanente over delayed negotiations
- University of Hawaii receives $2.2M for cancer center and medical school upgrades
IDAHO
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- Discussion centers on reasons for increased health care costs
- Idaho court dismisses Elevance lawsuit on behavioral health contract
- Idaho isn’t sure mental health cuts will save money long-term, Medicaid director says
- Idaho Medicaid transition raises questions for providers, recipients
- Idaho’s physician shortage is urgent but solvable [Opinion]
- Idaho’s senior senator has doubled down on brutal cuts to health care in ‘big, beautiful’ tax plan
- Idaho receives $185 million award to bolster rural health care infrastructure
- Idaho, Washington Set to Receive More Than $360 Million Combined in New Rural Health Funding
- Idahoans gather in Nampa to urge extension of health care premium tax credits
- Kootenai Health, Regence reach agreement to continue in-network healthcare
- Medicaid expansion cuts in Idaho threaten access to health care for everyone
- Newport hospital assessment shows need for more space as demand grows
- State mental health cuts trigger emergency response in East Idaho
- ‘Truly an amazing act’: Idaho doctor donates year’s salary to cure blindness
- Undergraduate plan to retain Idaho medical talent accepted by committee
- Why 1 state’s physician shortage is ‘urgent but solvable’
ILLINOIS
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- Advocate Aurora sued by feds over vaccine policy
- Ascension Chicago hospital taps new CFO
- Central Illinois nursing home was fined for failing to prevent burns
- EEOC Sues Advocate Aurora Health for Religious Discrimination
- Former UIC hospital contractor pleads guilty after showing patient gun in facility lobby
- ‘God’s timing’: Palliative care patient against new Illinois Medical Aid-in-Dying law
- HSHS taps market chief nursing officer
- Illinois expands unemployment benefits to cover mental health disabilities
- Illinois hospital to join Mercyhealth; CEO, CFO to depart
- Illinois hospital automates patient communications
- Illinois legislator, physician discusses vitamin K refusals amid new study
- Illinois to get $193.4M in first round of rural transformation funds
- New Illinois laws addressing public health to take effect January 1
- OSF taps interim presidents for 3 hospitals
- SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital among nation’s best for treating heart attacks
- SSM Health of Mt.Vernon to receive Platinum Performance Achievement Award
- The big changes in Illinois health care laws in 2026 and beyond
INDIANA
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- 11 states plan post-acute initiatives with CMS’ rural health fund
- ‘A critical component’: Fishers doubles down on life sciences as success grows
- Beacon Health System signs lab supply deal with Medline
- Clock is ticking: Indiana hospitals under pressure to cut prices by 2029
- Elevance to institute policy cutting hospital reimbursements if out-of-network providers involved in care
- Indiana system upgrades MyChart with new tools
- Syra Health Appoints Healthcare Executive and Former U.S. Marine Gregory R. Alexander as Chief Executive Officer to Drive Growth
- Tariff worries spur growth of Indiana life sciences group purchasing program
- Federal government sends $200 million to Indiana to support rural healthcare
- Indiana will see health program changes in 2026
- Flu cases reach ‘high’ level in Indiana as numbers continue to rise
- Bowen Health Opens Third Fort Wayne Clinic
IOWA
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- 3 states plan cancer initiatives with CMS’ rural health fund
- 11 states plan post-acute initiatives with CMS’ rural health fund
- Coverage worries abound after Sioux City healthcare giants merge
- EveryStep announces minimum wage increase for hourly, entry-level employees
- Iowa hospital taps chief clinical officer
- Iowa surgeon fined $2,500 for medical-records issue after patient’s death
- Mercy Medical Center receives dementia-friendly designation
- Myrtue Medical Center moves behavioral health onsite to integrate care
- Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Group announces new organizational structure
- Polk County Health Department hosting public forum on local cancer data
- SD, Iowa to get combined $398M in health care money
- UnityPoint Health names Dr. Peter George as cardiovascular chief medical officer
- Variety radiothon raises over $221,000
KANSAS
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- AdventHealth South Overland Park names new chief nursing officer
- CommonSpirit market CFO named CEO of Kansas clinic
- How Wichita’s health-care landscape shifted in 2025
- Kansas hospital taps COO, privacy officer
- Kansas hospital taps interim leadership during CEO search
- KU Cancer Center could use $36M in new federal funding to recruit researchers
- Optum closes 3 community centers in Kansas, Missouri
- Plans, cost for KU Cancer Center expand
- U of Kansas Health’s St. Francis Campus to stay in BCBS of Kansas network
- Via Christi growth, hospital bankruptcy, KansasCOM resignations: 2025’s health-care news
- Wesley Medical Center plans $120M renovation with new beds, helipad and parking garage
KENTUCKY
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- Advanced ENT & Allergy sells 3 Louisville-area properties for $14M+
- Baptist Health pharmacy braces for tech, policy shifts
- Kentucky’s $212.9M Rural Health Transformation approved, funded by Trump administration
- Kentucky’s Make America Healthy Again Task Force approves legislative recommendations
- Markey study finds key pathway in prostate cancer bone metastatic progression
- More Kentucky kids struggle with obesity, poor nutrition
- New data shows Kentucky physicians rank #6 on salaries; specialists paid even more
- New president named at UofL Health – Frazier Rehabilitation Institute
- Saint Joseph Health launches Community Paramedicine Program
LOUISIANA
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- Louisiana extends UnitedHealthcare Medicaid contract in reversal
- Louisiana gets $208M to help rural health care
- Manning Family Children’s names chief medical officer
- Ochsner, Allegiance partner to expand access to rural care
- Ochsner and Louisiana-based HMO announce partnership to boost rural hospital care
- Ochsner Health’s approach to AI ROI
- Ochsner LSU Health–Regional Urology reports data breach
- Ochsner Health innovation lead steps into vice chair role
- Ochsner Medical Center Kenner Recognized as Top Maternity Hospital
- These new Louisiana laws will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026
MAINE
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- Central Maine Healthcare is the state’s first recovery-friendly hospital system
- Maine hospitals may be forced to abandon gender-affirming care for youth, per proposed federal rules
- Maine stops payments to embattled health care provider facing fraud allegations
- MaineHealth Promises to Work to Circumvent HHS Changes Protecting Children from Transgender Surgeries
- Maine hospital taps successor for 30-year CEO
- Maine to get $190M in federal funding to improve rural health care access
- More direct primary care clinics keep opening in Maine
- Northern Light Health lost $15M in 2025, audit shows
- State suspends MaineCare payments to Portland provider over suspected fraud
- Thousands cancel Maine ACA plans over rising costs
MARYLAND
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- Baltimore system taps SVP of safety and quality
- Easton hospital costs soar $125M above expected
- How physician leadership shapes ASC strategy
- Johns Hopkins Hospital names associate chief medical officer
- Johns Hopkins medical school taps AMA leader as dean
- Maryland system temporarily closes ED after water main break
- Maryland using $168M of federal funding to expand rural health care access
- Md. assisted-living facility with 78 residents shutting down, laying off 74 employees
- What 2 health system strategic leaders are doing differently to address drags on margin
MASSACHUSETTS
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- 2 states aim rural healthcare funds at hospital at home
- 2026 Economic Forecast: Fresh faces to lead health care
- Aktis Oncology files for IPO as biotech market thaws
- Beth Israel Lahey Health back in the black in FY 2025: 4 things to know
- Beth Israel Lahey Health back in the black in FY 2025: 4 things to know
- Biogen co-founder Charles Weissmann dies at 94
- Blue Circle Health offers free type 1 diabetes care in Massachusetts
- Boston biotech files for Nasdaq listing as Mass. biotech IPO activity stirs
- Boston CEOs say biotech could turn a corner in 2026
- Dana-Farber to invest in AI research and rare disease drug development ahead of major expansion
- Dana-Farber’s Benjamin Ebert targets AI, drug development in 2026
- Eight months after UMass Chan layoffs, NIH to review delayed funding applications
- How two Boston-area nursing schools are weathering federal graduate loan reductions
- Ironwood settles suit against its $1B biotech acquisition
- Layoffs, financial losses and Medicaid cuts plagued Mass. healthcare in 2025
- Lifeward names pharmaceutical firm executive as new board chair
- Marlborough Hospital to become official UMass Memorial site
- Mass. biotech industry pushes for reinstatement of federal SBIR funding
- Mass General Brigham, Dana-Farber develop AI cancer prognosis tool
- Mass General Brigham posts $59M FY25 operating gain; CFO: ‘Helping define what’s next’
- Mass General Brigham reports profit after previous year’s loss
- Mass General Brigham’s playbook to expand access to behavioral health patients
- Mass. research institutions face crisis from federal funding cuts
- Massachusetts health insurers post record losses in 2024
- Massachusetts hospital to become a UMass Memorial campus Jan. 1
- Massachusetts hospital wraps major phase of $215M expansion
- Moderna CEO bets on stock recovery, holds expiring options
- Moderna, Sarepta lead 4,600 life sciences layoffs in Mass.
- More than 4,600 Massachusetts biotech workers lost jobs in 2025 as industry contracts
- Nido Biosciences to shut down after drug trial fails
- Nonprofit that offers free diabetes care expands in Massachusetts
- SBIR funding loss threatens Massachusetts life sciences startups
- Small nursing programs like Endicott’s avoid federal funding impact
- Southcoast Health builds data-driven culture, earns 2 CMS star upgrades
- State receives $162M from feds for rural health
- UMass Memorial ER nurses union demands new safety plan by Jan. 1
- WBJ’s 10 bold predictions for 2026
MICHIGAN
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- Bronson avoids care disruption with new United Healthcare contract
- Judge sets deadline for Trump administration response to Michigan’s transgender care lawsuit
- Michigan Medicine’s ‘transformative’ tech
- MyMichigan Health CEO plans to step away
- UM Health-West to use elite nursing award to attract new nurses
- Health insurance 2026: What Michigan residents need to know about expiring ACA credits
- How family says Michigan hospital lost portion of loved one’s skull
- Michigan receiving over $173 million to improve health services in rural areas
- Soaring costs could push Michigan’s health care sector to the edge in 2026
MINNESOTA
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- Children’s redesign seeks to speed up Minneapolis ER, reduce walkouts
- Fairview seeks intervention in UCare rehabilitation
- Half of $18B in federal funds for Minnesota-run programs may have been defrauded, official says
- Hospital violence in Minnesota highlights safety risks for EMS and health care workers
- Mayo Clinic advances 3D modeling for surgical prep
- Mayo Clinic closes 6 rural Minnesota health clinics, more may follow
- Minnesota assumes control of UCare
- Minnesota hospital worker dies after patient attack
- Minnesota lawsuits highlight growing fight over noncompetes
- Minnesota judge slammed for overturning conviction of pair involved in Medicaid fraud
- Minnesota nursing home workers will have to wait for raises because state dropped ball on paperwork
- Minnesota pays millions to assisted living facilities linked to fraud defendant
- UnitedHealth Group’s Stephen Hemsley faces growth challenges in 2026
- Vyriad, startup from Mayo doctors, raises $25M for trial of multiple myeloma treatment
MISSISSIPPI
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- 11 states plan post-acute initiatives with CMS’ rural health fund
- Mississippi health system IDs cyber incident in ‘early stages’
- Mississippi hospital avoids closure threat amid Medicaid dispute
- New Smith Co. Emergency Hospital sees 3,000 patients in 2025
- Singing River Health System Investigating Cyberattack
MISSOURI
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- Blue KC, Highmark face lengthy regulatory process before approval
- Children’s Mercy hires new chief compliance officer
- Closed St. Louis hospital sold to new owner
- Former workers at north St. Louis nursing home waiting on compensation
- Mercy back in the black in Q1
- Missouri hospital under new ownership to close surgery center
- Rural Missouri faces a healthcare crisis
- Saint Luke’s names new top executive for its Plaza-area hospital
- Why Anthem is investing in the future of downtown St. Louis
- As Missouri stares down Medicaid cuts, it seeks federal rural health funding
- Missouri wins $216 million from feds to close rural health gap
- Missouri Highlands Health Care acquires Saint Francis’ Poplar Bluff clinic
- SSM Health and UnitedHealthcare Reach Temporary Deal to Keep Missouri Patients In-Network
- Missouri in top 10 in first rural hospital funding allocation
- Planned Parenthood Great Rivers to close Rolla health center
- Health officials report spike in flu cases across Missouri
- Missouri hopes federal funds can ease strain on rural hospitals amid looming Medicaid cuts
- More services at central Missouri hospital fall victim to economic pressures
- Missouri suffers doctor shortage — various state agencies, groups working to address need
MONTANA
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- State announces $233 million in federal healthcare funds
- Can the Montana State Hospital regain federal standing without electronic health records?
- Montana receives investment to stabilize, modernize rural health care delivery
- Alaska, Montana, Oklahoma crack top five in first rural hospital funding allocation
- Montana revokes Dr. Weiner’s medical license
- Flu case numbers rise sharply across Montana; Deer Lodge Medical Center issues guidance
- Montana receives investment to stabilize, modernize rural health care delivery
NEBRASKA
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- 11 states plan post-acute initiatives with CMS’ rural health fund
- Families fear ‘devastating’ changes to Nebraska program serving people with disabilities, elderly
- Nebraska Hospital CEO: Tyson’s “Spreadsheet Decision” Will Devastate Health Care
- Nebraska hospital CEO warns of ‘ripple effects’ of Tyson plant closure
- Nebraska receives $218M in Rural Health Transformation Program dollars
- Nebraska orthopedic project gifted $100K from payer
- States ranked by physician communication
- Wyoming nonprofit receives $3.4M of Nebraska’s opioid settlement funds to build Nebraska clinic
NEVADA
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- HCA Nevada hospital taps new CEO
- Housing project aims to meet demand in growing Las Vegas healthcare hub
- Las Vegas behavioral health owner ordered to pay restitution for Medicaid fraud
- Las Vegas hospital performs state’s first complex aortic aneurysm surgery
- Nevada awarded nearly $180 million for first year of rural health program
- Nevada in bottom 10 of One Big Beautiful Bill’s rural hospital funding allocations
- Nevada to receive $180M to help bolster rural health care system
- New Las Vegas-area hospital to treat addiction, health issues
- Woman’s heirs claim nurses gave her morphine despite allergy
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- Are NJ nursing homes doing proper background checks on staff?
- CMS approves 5 health systems for hospital at home
- Controversial plan to move N.J. hospital clears major hurdle despite continuing concerns
- Cooper University hospital CEO steps down
- Horizon says St. Joseph’s Health is leaving network
- How Virtua Health scaled robotic surgery into a systemwide growth engine
- Hudson Regional Health finds academic partner
- New Jersey invests $22M in reproductive care access, workforce
- NJ board recommends Monmouth Medical move, if it follows these rules
- Nursing Home Transparency Bill Draws Interest but Remains Stalled in State Senate
- RWJBarnabas hospital names chief academic officer
- Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, Epic to launch centralized electronic health record system
NEW MEXICO
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- Judge in nursing home bankruptcy case gives families fresh hope of compensation for injuries, deaths
- New Mexico hospital to acquire orthopedic practice
- New Mexico OB/GYNs struggle under weight of malpractice insurance cost
- New Mexico lands $211M federal boost to shore up rural healthcare; details and timing still unclear
- Volunteer tries to ‘bring a little joy’ to New Mexico nursing, assisted living residents
NEW YORK
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- 20,000 nurses vote to authorize strike across 12 NYC hospitals
- A Syracuse nursing home rates among nation’s worst just as another escapes the dreaded list
- Catholic Health CEO’s fast-slow approach to AI
- Flu admissions jump 91% in 1 week; New York sees record cases — 5 updates
- Flu visits hit decade-high in New York City: 3 updates
- Hacker tries to reroute funds at New York hospital
- Hospital CEO appointed New York City deputy mayor of HHS
- Hospital for Special Surgery taps chief strategy officer
- Maimonides Health to join NYC Health + Hospitals
- Maimonides Health to merge with NYC Health + Hospitals, city announces
- Mercy Flight to grow revenue by $7 million through acquisition
- Mount Sinai develops AI model to predict ICU nutrition risks
- New York City Takes Over Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn
- New York City unveils new tool to help New Yorkers compare health care prices, estimate out-of-pocket costs
- New York governor vetoes health information privacy act
- New York hospital receives $20M grant to upgrade EHR system
- New York hospital taps new CFO
- New York hospital to pay $6.8M for alleged improper payments to oncology practice
- New York Home Healthcare Provider Identifies Email Account Breach
- New York hospital to pay $6.8M for Stark law violations
- New York system names chief quality officer
- Niagara Falls Memorial recruits C-level exec from Long Island
- Northwell to launch pancreas transplant program
- NYC Health + Hospitals CEO reappointed
- NYC Health + Hospitals to move forward with Maimonides merger
- Orthopedic practice pays $500k fine over data breach
- Parker Jewish Institute launches bedside blood transfusions
- Rochester Nursing Home Aide Pleads Guilty to Stealing $60K From Resident
- Stony Brook Medicine gynecology practice opens in Mattituck
- Tom Golisano invests $100M in two children’s hospitals, expands national alliance
- UR Medicine launches hospital at home
NORTH CAROLINA
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- 3 states plan cancer initiatives with CMS’ rural health fund
- Advocate Health taps CVS exec as new chief marketing officer
- Advocate Aurora sued by feds over vaccine policy
- After another escape from Holly Hill hospital, CEO declines questions about patient protections
- Atrium Health expands efforts linking housing and health
- Billion-dollar weight-loss drug made in North Carolina now comes in a pill
- Charlotte’s innovation district looks to add next med tech company
- Cone Health $4 million medical office buy tops commercial transactions for week of Dec. 26
- Cone Health names new CEO
- Eastern NC hospital, already at full capacity, seeks $138M expansion
- How OrthoCarolina is taking advantage of CON law changes
- Novant Health denied approval for major expansion in Charlotte but gains OK for 33 new beds
- Novant Health posts 4.1% operating margin through Q3
- Novant to develop new MOB in South Carolina
- She takes charge at UNC’s $6B health system
- State rejects MRI proposals in Wake County
- Triangle loses public company
- UNC, Duke chase dollars for children’s hospital
- UNC Health taps director of finance for service lines
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Bill to improve rural veteran health care sees support from North Dakota providers
- CHI St. Alexius Health in Dickinson celebrates a successful year, looks forward to 2026
- CommonSpirit to sell hospital to Altru Health in March: 4 things to know
- Groundbreaking for new North Dakota State Hospital top news story of 2025 for Jamestown area
- ND Hospital Association president happy about the $199 million award to strengthen rural healthcare
- ND rural hospitals stay alert as national measles numbers rise
- North Dakota receives $199 million in federal grant for rural health care
OHIO
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- 6 Northeast Ohio health systems construction projects to watch in 2026
- 11 states plan post-acute initiatives with CMS’ rural health fund
- Bon Secours Mercy Health back in black in Q3
- Christ Hospital acquires suburban OB-GYN group from rival
- Cleveland Clinic CNO: 5 tips for nursing leaders
- Cleveland Clinic taps AI to streamline medical coding
- Columbus health systems to add nearly 1,000 hospital beds through new towers
- Construction of $600M OhioHealth Women’s Center at Riverside is 50% complete
- Inside ProMedica’s path back to investment-grade status
- Major health nonprofit COO reveals retirement plans just before year’s end
- Mercy Health rural hospitals recognized for performance leadership
- Nonprofit to operate Oklahoma County jail’s behavioral care center
- OhioHealth brings addiction medicine program to rural communities
- Ronald McDonald House CFO finds meditative calm in daily swim
- Trilogy Health Services acquires Kingston HealthCare Company, adds 16 communities
OKLAHOMA
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- Care+ Pediatrics opens third urgent care clinic in Oklahoma City
- Citizen Potawatomi Nation offers scholarships for CRNA certification
- CMS approves 5 health systems for hospital at home
- Forbes names these Oklahoma hospitals among the best in the US. See list
- Forbes Top Hospitals list names 16 Oklahoma facilities among top in US
- Lawmakers to consider funding options for mental health help line
- Oklahoma patients caught in the middle of INTEGRIS, UnitedHealthcare contract dispute
- Oklahoma sees progress in obesity rankings for adults and youth
- Oklahoma Spine Hospital reaches $1.1M data breach settlement
- Oklahoma to get $223M from Rural Health Transformation Program
- OU Health to acquire eye institute
- State Farm dodged billions in 2018 settlement, now faces fresh RICO charges in Oklahoma
OREGON
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- Advanced practice providers reach tentative deal with Legacy Health
- Layoffs, closures tracker: Oregon specialty hospital to close
- Legacy Health providers reject deal to end strike
- Legacy strike continues after Oregon, SW Washington health workers reject deal
- New health care laws in Oregon will add protections for patients, providers
- Oregon awarded nearly $200 million for rural health care
- Oregon county OKs $2.4M to backfill Medicaid provider’s behavioral health cuts
- Oregon critical access hospital’s road back to profitability
- Oregon health workers await national Kaiser deal before ratifying local agreement
- Oregon leads 18-state lawsuit over Trump Administration health care policy
- Oregon Nurses Association rejects contract offer, extends strike against Legacy Health
- Oregon spine group suffers data breach
- Oregon system to explore affiliation with hospital
- Orthopedic group to close amid Asante Ashland Community Hospital transition
- Salem Health in talks to acquire Stayton hospital
- Striking health care workers reach tentative agreement with Legacy Health
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 2 dead after Pennsylvania nursing home explosion
- 2025 in Review: Bankruptcies shake up Philadelphia-area health care landscape
- 2025 in Review: Health System mergers continue
- AHN’s CEO predicts the biggest challenges in health care in 2026
- Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center property sells for $30 million
- Chester County angel investor group launches to fund regional startups
- CMS approves 5 health systems for hospital at home
- Coriell Institute lands $48M NIH contract for psychiatric research
- Epic collaborates with Penn Medicine on ‘smarter’ outpatient clinic
- Geisinger residents explore AI: 3 things to know
- Guthrie cuts patient falls by 87% with virtual care
- Guthrie names chief digital officer
- Highmark Health’s newly promoted president talks about navigating change
- How NeuroFlow is integrating behavioral health into all aspects of medical care
- Inovio stock drops 25% after FDA denies accelerated drug review
- Kaiser, Providence and more: 6 systems back in the black in Q3
- New Adagio Health CEO takes over at pivotal moment for women’s health
- New owner of Brighton nursing home faces relicensure hurdle after troubled operator exits
- New UPMC Hillman Cancer Center director wants to reduce patients’ need to travel for care
- Penn Medicine doubles operating income in Q1
- Pennsylvania nursing home ranked among best in the country
- Temple University Hospital is being investigated by CMS over its care of a homeless patient who died
- The top stories of 2025: No. 5, health care affiliation agreements
- UHS extends CEO’s term through 2028
- UPMC Health Plan CEO foresees high medical cost trend continuing into 2026 (Newly Minted)
- UPMC invests $23M in wage increases for thousands of nonunion nurses
- Venatorx Pharmaceuticals ‘winds down’ operations with equipment auction
- WellSpan taps chief accounting officer
- What Rothman Orthopaedics achieved in 2025
- What UHS’ CEO is excited for in 2026
RHODE ISLAND
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- 2 states aim rural healthcare funds at hospital at home
- 11 states plan post-acute initiatives with CMS’ rural health fund
- Brown Health appoints Ventetuolo as head of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine
- Brown Health reaches $50M loan agreement with Citizens Bank
- CODAC Behavioral Health Care wins ACAP honor
- CVS sues Bausch, Teva in RI District Court
- Data breach exposes patient information of closed E.P. sports medicine practice
- Drugstores unify PBM-GoodRx lawsuits; CVS Caremark asks R.I. judge to toss case
- Five Questions With: Dr. Theresa Williamson
- HealthSource RI enrollment rate decreases ahead of surging premiums
- Newport Hospital to open new behavioral health unit for adolescents next year
- RIC dean named American Academy of Nursing fellow
- RICARES appoints Brown dean and former board president as executive director
- Rising insurance costs tied to health system consolidation
- South County Hospital appoints Boston Medical Center leader as new CFO
- State, regional health officials urge continued hepatitis B vaccination amid change in federal recommendations
- Universities stocking naloxone on campus to prevent overdoses
- URI Counseling Center earns international accreditation
- URI researchers build low-cost device to reveal hidden damage from brain injuries
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Beaufort presses developer for more info about clinic plans
- End of Affordable Care Act affects more than 500K in SC
- Feds cite Beaufort hospital with violation after woman gives birth in parking lot
- Inside OrthoCarolina’s ASC expansion strategy after CON law changes
- MUSC Health Marion Medical Center is 1 of 16 rural hospitals to earn top honor
- MUSC quickly closes on $83.5M Charleston mall deal
- Novant to develop new MOB in South Carolina
- Novant Health to transform former Modern Classic Motors site into new healthcare facility
- Prisma Health restricts children from visiting hospitalized patients as flu rates rise
- Sen. Scott touts the over $200 million secured for rural healthcare in South Carolina
- SC hospital settles case of alleged patient dumping for $100K
- South Carolina hospital adds $1.9M psychiatric care unit to ED
- South Carolinians lose healthcare as ACA subsidies expire
- Spartanburg Medical Center Settles Alleged EMTALA Violation for $100,000
- Virginia woman accused of stealing from South Carolina nursing home resident
- ‘Widespread’ flu activity in SC prompts local hospital restrictions
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Avera, South Dakota clinic partner to improve access, recruitment
- Federal government awards $189 million to South Dakota from new rural health fund
- Sanford Health Completes Combination With Black Hills Plastic Surgery
- Sanford Health CEO recognized as one of Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People
- Sanford Health Set To Open Orthopedic Hospital Tower In Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- SD, Iowa to get combined $398M in health care money
- South Dakota independent physician group partners with Avera
- South Dakota secures federal funding to strengthen rural healthcare
TENNESSEE
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- Apparent suicide at TriStar Centennial prompted police presence
- BCBS of Tennessee settles COVID-19 vaccine mandate lawsuit
- Bradley Medical Center petitions against Parkridge ER in Cleveland
- CHS in 2025: 10 things to know
- HCA Healthcare buys $14.9M Antioch medical property as Middle Tennessee expansion continues
- HCA Healthcare buys Williamson County property
- HCA names CEO of TriStar Skyline Medical Center
- HCA TriStar hospital taps new vice president of HR
- HCA Virginia hospital CEO heads to Tennessee
- HealthStream acquires MissionCare Collective for up to $40M to expand workforce solutions
- How 2 CFOs are turning healthcare uncertainty into sustainable growth
- Kaiser, Providence and more: 6 systems back in the black in Q3
- Memphis hospital to acquire pediatric group
- More than $200M designated for TN rural health care
- Nashville Health Care Council separates from chamber
- National Health Investors makes nearly $90 million in year-end investments
- Solis Mammography acquires Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center
- Taylor Swift donates to Vanderbilt children’s hospital
- Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance launches joint replacement bundles
- Vanderbilt, Verily partner on NIH-backed healthcare data platform
- Vanderbilt sets world record for heart transplants
TEXAS
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- Ascension, Blue Cross reach last-minute deal on in-network care in Texas
- CMS terminates Medicare Advantage contract in Texas
- Fort Worth family raises questions about death of daughter
- Governor Abbott announces help is coming for rural Texas hospitals
- Harris County leads Texas with 771,858 ACA enrollees facing premium hike as subsidies expire
- HCA grant supports Texas food access
- Houston VC firm The Collectiv adds health care entrepreneur as general partner
- Innovations in ABSN education: hybrid, online and simulation-backed nursing tracks in 2026 Texas
- Memorial Hermann sharpens its value proposition
- Tenet in 2025: 8 things to know
- Tenet makes 14 executive moves in 2025
- Texas, Alaska top CMS rural health transformation fund award list
- Texas behavioral health system says data breached in break-in
- Texas city, DHR Health invest in new hospital
- Texas hospital adds spine surgery program
- Texas hospital taps new CFO
- Texas hospital taps new assistant CEO
- Texas hospital taps nurse as CEO
- Texas hospital taps chief medical officer
- Texas micro-hospital to open in January
- Texas physician practice to pay $13.6M in drug test fraud case
- Texas to receive $281 million in federal funds for rural health care
- The 2 letters driving this Texas finance leader’s strategy
- The Collectiv adds Chantell Preston as general partner
- UT Southwestern to operate new state behavioral hospital
- UT Southwestern Medical Center to run North Texas’ first state-run psychiatric hospital
- What 2 health system strategic leaders are doing differently to address drags on margin
- What a Texas hospital did to cut first-year staff turnover
UTAH
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- Utah to receive $195 million to modernize and strengthen rural healthcare
- Utah health data reveals disconnect between parents and teens over mental health
- Federal funding for states highlights urgent need for rural health innovation
- Utah woman gives birth under Orem hospital’s Christmas tree in the lobby
- ‘Historic’ $195M investment set to reshape health care in rural Utah
- Utah ranks 14th for seasonal depression impact: Mental health experts offer advice
- Voices: Utah’s physician shortage is reaching a breaking point
VERMONT
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- Vermont set to receive nearly $1B over five years for health care reform
- Vermont to receive nearly $200M in federal rural health care funds
- Vermont’s largest health insurer tells you to avoid the state’s largest hospital in new marketing campaign
- Vt. mental health clinic operator to pay $200K in Medicaid fraud settlement
- Flu season ramps up in Vermont as neighboring states see spike
VIRGINIA
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- 9 Inova primary care practices return to independent ownership
- 11 states plan post-acute initiatives with CMS’ rural health fund
- 500 patients sue Virginia hospital, execs claiming unnecessary surgeries
- BCBS of Vermont campaign questions academic medical center pricing
- Centra’s $600M+ capital upgrades include new hospital tower
- Closed Virginia hospital to reopen
- HCA Virginia hospital CEO heads to Tennessee
- HCA, Bon Secours Mercy Health race to grow Virginia footprints
- How 2 CFOs are turning healthcare uncertainty into sustainable growth
- Nine N. Va. primary care practices exit Inova Health System ownership
- Nursing home bailouts. Why Vermont has given millions to keep care centers afloat
- One year after mass arrests at Virginia nursing home: Few convictions, complex investigation continues
- UVA Health names new CIO
- Virginia health centers sue state over 25-year Medicaid underpayment claim
- Virginia system sets opening date for $300M hospital
WASHINGTON
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- Fred Hutch launches colorectal cancer risk calculator
- HHS launches investigation of Seattle Children’s Hospital over transgender youth care
- Idaho, Washington Set to Receive More Than $360 Million Combined in New Rural Health Funding
- Kirkland clinic connects wellness to health care
- Legacy strike continues after Oregon, SW Washington health workers reject deal
- Registered nurses at Seattle Children’s ‘overwhelmingly’ authorize potential strike
- The Washington system tapping retired physicians to improve access
- Virginia Mason Franciscan Health scales AI: 4 things to know
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
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- Aurora Health Care teammates combat hunger in Milwaukee County
- Froedtert ThedaCare to open 20th hospital in January
- Health care construction booms across Southeast Wisconsin
- Marshfield Clinic awards $180K to programs fighting food insecurity
- Marshfield Mayor praises new health system partnership
- Proton therapy center for cancer treatment opening in spring
- Renovations starting as Ascension progresses on $10M project
- Wisconsin granted $203M for rural health program
- Federal government sues Advocate Aurora Health over COVID-19 vaccine policy
- Wisconsin DHS announces initiative to expand access to HIV, STI testing
- Wisconsin man charged with murder after attacking Minnesota hospital security guard
- Wisconsin communities fight to save county-owned nursing homes from privatization
WYOMING
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- Measles cases reported in Fremont, Park counties
- Wyoming nonprofit receives $3.4M of Nebraska’s opioid settlement funds to build Nebraska clinic
- Wyoming hospital taps inaugural chief medical officer
- Wyoming security guard seriously injured after hospital patient escapes
- Wyoming to receive $205M from federal Rural Health Transformation Program
