NATIONAL
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- 4 Joint Commission moves in January
- AMA alters position on gender-affirming surgeries for minors
- Cardiovascular care demand fuels investments from hospitals
- Cigna CEO predicts steady PBM margins amid settlement, health law
- CMS makes ‘huge’ shift emphasizing falls in Special Focus Facility selection process
- CMS proposes paying hospitals that buy US-made drugs, supplies
- CMS updates immediate jeopardy, surveyor guidance: 5 notes for SNF
- DaVita, Elara deal could signal new take on kidney, home care
- FTC, Cigna settle PBM insulin lawsuit
- Google to evaluate conversational AI in virtual care
- Government reopens after partial shutdown: 5 healthcare takeaways
- Health systems bet on AI to curb denials and protect cash
- Healthcare cyberattacks up 21% in 2025: 5 notes
- HHS launches $100M homelessness, addiction treatment initiative
- HHS weighs imaging standards for health IT
- How venture firm Redesign Health is charting its future amid US and global growth
- Labor Department proposes PBM compensation disclosure rule for self-insured plans
- Medical group challenges study on diversity in military healthcare, urges deeper analysis
- More hospital mergers expected in 2026, but uncertainty persists
- More than 75 health systems call for stepped-up oversight of patient data sharing
- One-quarter of Medicaid doctors don’t actually treat Medicaid patients: study
- Patients are being hit with this surprise fee just for seeing their doc
- PBM, telehealth, hospital-at-home measures clear Congress
- Pharmacist groups applaud federal PBM reforms
- Primary care company Carbon Health files for Chapter 11
- Reasons for optimism in hospital finances
- ‘Rural healthcare is in trouble,’ but tech-enabled SDOH strategies can help
- Skilled Nursing Outlook 2026: Nearly 40% of SNF Leaders Plan Acquisitions, With PE Seen as Top Buyer
- Stark law’s most used exception — and where practices get tripped up
- Study: Rural areas heavily depend on foreign-born physicians
- Telehealth flexibilities, hospital-at-home waivers lapse amid partial government shutdown
- The security measures physician workplaces use most
- Trump pitches cuts to labor protections for home health workers: Report
- TrumpRx launch delayed
- Why hospital-owned Medicare Advantage plans are gaining traction
ALABAMA
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- Alabama hospital under new ownership
- Alabama lawmakers tackle rural hospital closures with new initiatives
- Children’s of Alabama appoints C-suite executive
- Construction of Alabama pediatric outpatient clinic completed
- Medical office renovation wraps up in Homewood
- New ownership brings changes to Crenshaw Community Hospital in Luverne
- Prominent Bham health provider taps new director for board
- SCA Health names vice president of revenue operations
- UAB adds specialty clinic to metro footprint
- UAB expands outpatient rehab services
ALASKA
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- Fairbanks Memorial behavioral health expansion gets green light
- New CEO for Providence Alaska
- Alaska has second-lowest child vaccination rate among 48 states reporting results
- Alaska officials uncertain on bills needed to keep $1.36B in health funding
- Anchorage woman fights women’s leading cause of death
- A vision for rural health transformation
- Expanding Access to Cardiac Care: Electrophysiology in the Ambulatory Surgery Center Setting
- ‘Game changer’: robotic device allows more women to get gynecologic cancer treatment
ARIZONA
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- Arizona business leaders champion ACS CancerRisk360™ to mark National Cancer Prevention Month
- Banner Health celebrates opening of rehabilitation hospital in Tucson
- Banner Health taps internal finance leader for strategy and growth
- Banner taps former Providence division CFO as vice president of finance
- Here are the 9 safest hospitals in Arizona
- PMB, Abrazo Health open combination MOB in Arizona
- The 100 Best Doctors in Arizona for 2026
- Who’s Who in Arizona Healthcare for 2026
- Arizona hospital taps president, chief administrative officer
- Dignity medical chief heads to Texas hospital
ARKANSAS
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- Anne Gardner Named Chief Privacy Officer at Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield
- Arkansas Health Network Reports Millions in Savings for CHI St. Vincent
- Arkansas State University System Receives $18.8M for Health Care, Steel Projects
- Boozman secures $9M for healthcare simulation expansion at Arkansas State
- Digital health diabetes education improves health of rural communities across Arkansas
- Legal Dispute Traces Rocky Road to Lyon College Dental School Opening
- Mercy Hospitals in Arkansas Welcome Record Number of Babies
- Sandra McGrew Named Executive Director of ACHI
- UAFS provides detail on a planned $30 million health innovation center
- University of Arkansas at Fort Smith to get $15 million in federal money for center focused on maternal, infant health
CALIFORNIA
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- A value-based care ‘unicorn’ in Southern California
- Amazon One Medical, Reperio Health partner on at-home screenings
- Anthem Blue faces $15M fine in California over appeals processes
- California AG alleges Rady violated merger conditions by ending gender-affirming care
- California fines Anthem Blue Cross $15M over handling of member complaints
- California hospital upgrades radiology services
- Carbon Health files for bankruptcy
- Cedars-Sinai launches virtual second opinion service
- City of Hope names new security chief
- Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula RNs vote to join California Nurses Association
- Failed Talks With Community Health Leave Blue Shield Members Without Care
- Family says they hired their own staff to care for daughter amid San Diego hospital strike
- Guidelight Expands to California with Opening of Los Angeles Clinic
- Hospitals are 24/7 energy hogs. This one just went all electric
- Kaiser Permanente faces largest health care strike of 2026 as 31,000 workers walk out
- Kaiser opens health center in Modesto: adult and pediatric care, plus pharmacy
- Kaiser Permanente names former Sacramento executive Trish Rodriguez to lead new Nevada region
- Nearly 800 California hospital nurses join union
- New California Senate Bill 40 expands access to diabetes healthcare
- Newsom files a civil rights complaint against Dr. Oz over allegations of hospice fraud
- Providence California hospital to end acute care services
- Source Healthcare adds Aclarion AI spine tool
- Sutter Health accelerates outpatient push with $4.75M west Roseville urgent care facility
- Sutter Health breaks ground on $380M cancer center in Modesto
- Sutter hospital taps chief medical executive
- Sutter Health Cases Show Hospitals Are Not Immune From Antitrust Exposure
- Dignity Health Mismanaged Patient Remains, Lawsuit Claims
- Could Seismic Rule Change Save Kaweah Health Millions? CEO Talks Workforce, Future of Health Care
- H.R. 1 will cost California counties up to $9.5 billion a year
- San Diego psychiatric hospitals have more time to meet new state staffing rules
COLORADO
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- AdventHealth hospital launches virtual nursing model
- Boulder biotech SomaLogic acquired in deal worth up to $425M
- Colorado hospital CEO resigns, interim named
- Medical campus planned on land previously eyed as Ikea location
- UCHealth, AdventHealth propose new hospitals at same Broomfield intersection
- A Colorado hospital brought back mask mandates as flu hospitalizations surged. Will others follow?
- Fear, tears and stress: Workers allege toxic culture inside Colorado’s Behavioral Health Administration
- Bennet says he’ll seek public option for health insurance if elected Colorado governor
- Colorado reports season’s 1st child death from COVID-19
- Power outages across southeast Denver metro area impacted airport, hospital
- How one Colorado health system is using genetics to personalize patient care
- Colorado Senate panel OKs legislation on vaccines
- Colorado hospitals recruit foreign workers for hard-to-fill jobs. That won’t be an option with Trump’s new $100,000 fee.
CONNECTICUT
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- 2 Connecticut men accused of years-long doctor impersonation fraud scheme
- A CT hospital treats ‘worst pain you can imagine.’ Why 1,200+ patients need it each year
- Connecticut OHS grants approval of sale of Waterbury Hospital
- CT officials approve UConn acquisition of Prospect-owned hospital
- Hartford HealthCare cancer program earns new designation in MSK partnership
- Hartford HealthCare CEO named Press Ganey Innovator of the Year
- Journey Health Delivers Continuous, Person-Focused Mental Health Care from California and Japan to the World
- Prominent CT hospital president honored as ‘Innovator of the Year’
- UConn Health gets state approval to acquire hospital
- UConn has a very big job ahead of it. How it plans to fill gaps, invest in a struggling CT hospital
- U of New Haven forms medtech partnership
- Immigration enforcement drives health concerns in CT
- CT Health Commissioner Backs Pediatric Group’s Vaccine Recommendations Over CDC’s
- Lamont: Disband OHS, cut hospital taxes, design public option
DC
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- D.C.-area hospitals see ‘snowcrete’ slips, falls, sledding accidents
- Howard University on ‘aggressive timeline’ to find new hospital operator after Adventist exits
- MedStar nurses ratify new labor deal
- Washington Spirit CEO Kim Stone on leadership, club momentum and women’s health — with insights from VHC Health’s Dr. Walsh
- DC leaders grill Cedar Hill board member about problems at hospital
- Former Cedar Hill employee speaks out about conditions inside DC hospital
DELAWARE
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- Delaware’s hospital cost review board will get back to work this month
- Delaware nurse practitioner joins fight against women’s leading cause of death
- Holistic approach needed to address pediatric care gaps in rural Delaware
- New hospital review board bill signed into law
- New Delaware VA clinic opens, bringing vital care closer to 10,000 local veterans
- Delaware House hurries to act on hospital budget reviews, reassessment before break
- Beebe first in Delaware to offer dual chamber leadless pacemaker for atrial fibrillation patients
- Bayhealth, coalition leaders laud new prostate cancer legislation in Delaware
FLORIDA
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- AdventHealth chief AI officer on moving AI from ‘vibes to value’
- Ascension Florida names VP of finance
- Baptist Health Sunrise Hospital Marks Milestone with Groundbreaking
- BayCare names exec to new system finance role: 4 things to know
- Biotech company makes $15 million acquisition
- Cleveland Clinic acquires Florida orthopedic center
- Encompass Health appoints Cain Hayes to its board of directors
- Florida Blue North Florida market president announces retirement following more than three decades
- Florida cardiology group expands with $1.58M deal
- Florida House advances major healthcare bill affecting food stamps and Medicaid
- Florida lab owner convicted for $52M fraud scheme involving buying physician orders
- Florida Nonprofit Hospitals Under Scrutiny for Rising Prices and Lack of Transparency
- HCA acquires 13 urgent care centers, 6 freestanding EDs
- Health First breaks ground on Rockledge freestanding ER
- How Jacksonville became one of few US cities with multiple particle therapy facilities treating global patients
- Jackson Health CEO steps down
- Jacksonville eye clinic installs next-generation cataract surgery system to draw global patients
- Moffitt led the state in NCI funding in 2025
- Moody’s upgrades Lee Health’s credit rating
- Palm Beach County hospital leader spearheads local women’s heart health movement
- Sarasota Memorial to invest $1B in capital projects
- Florida health department retreats on HIV drug program cuts after legal challenge
- Proposed hospital bill could send local tax dollars out of county
- HCA Florida JFK Hospital and HCA Florida JFK North Hospital Welcome Four New Trustees to Shared Board
GEORGIA
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- Arthritis practice settles false claims case for $2.18 million
- Billionaire businessman Rick Jackson joins crowded Georgia governor race
- CommonSpirit, Cigna go out of network in Tennessee, Georgia
- Emory raises systemwide minimum wage
- Georgia behavioral health agency reaches agreement to end federal oversight
- HCA Georgia hospital names VP of operations
- Marketing executive remembers first time he met Bill Foege: ‘Gentle giant’ of public health
- Metro Atlanta arthritis specialist settles false Medicare claims case for $2.18 million
- Regional Georgia hospital taps chief medical officer
- This Georgia hospital was re-verified as a level 1 trauma center
- ‘We have to do better’: Phoebe’s CEO responds directly to residents about cost, quality of care
- Kroger to shutter Georgia health clinics
- Free mobile healthcare clinic serves rural southwest Georgia women
HAWAII
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- Hawaii endorses AAP’s 2026 immunization schedule over new federal guidance
- Hawaii system taps chief people strategy officer
- Kaiser Permanente strike enters 5th day as health care workers walk out
- Kaiser Permanente health care workers enter second week of strike over staffing, wages
- Strengthening Hawai‘i’s Health Ecosystem
- Hawaii health officials investigate chickenpox outbreak at Kauai school
- Expert says Hawaii should halt export of mental patients
IDAHO
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- Buoyed by Idaho and Kennedy’s success, MAHA groups take aim at state vaccine laws
- Idaho is among the most expensive states to give birth in. Here are the rankings
- Idaho’s health depends on accessible, comprehensive family medicine
- Measles cases resurge in Treasure Valley amid national outbreak
- New Portneuf Health urgent care clinic to open in Chubbuck in February
- North Idaho caregivers concerned about proposed Medicaid cuts
- Nurses Behaving Badly Insult the Profession in Idaho
- ‘Perfect storm’: Why Teton Valley Health Care chose to lay off staff, close infusion clinic
- As Legislature mulls Medicaid cuts, parents and providers face uncertainty
- Lawsuits filed over allegations of dirty surgical tools, patient infections and defamation
- Portneuf Medical Center accused of retaliating against whistleblowers over dirty surgical tools
- Idaho state lawmaker proposes bill to track hospital usage by undocumented patients
ILLINOIS
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- 4 Memorial Health hospitals earn National Recertification for Cardiac, Pulmonary Rehab
- Advocate Health raises minimum wage to $18.85 in $776M workforce overhaul
- CommonSpirit’s AI footprint grows to 242 deployments
- Damon Harbison Elected to Second Term on Illinois Health & Hospital Association Board of Trustees
- Illinois bill would require mental health warnings on social media
- Illinois health care providers prepare for fallout after Affordable Care Act subsidies expire
- Illinois health system to replace 139 ultrasound systems by 2029
- Illinois joining WHO Global Outbreak Alert Response Network, as US pulls out of organization
- Illinois lawmaker proposes bill to combat medical misinformation
- Illinois opens $50M grant to expand community health centers
- Lurie Children’s Hospital announces early plans to develop pediatric hospital in Downers Grove area
- Lurie Children’s review finds gaps in orthopedic equity research
- Memorial Health names Sarah Matlin as new strategy leader
- North suburban hospital named among ‘America’s 50 Best Hospitals’ for 2026: See the full list
- Prime Healthcare, Silver Cross leaders named to Illinois hospital board
- Stroger Hospital bracing for surge in uninsured patients due to federal funding cuts
- What Rush did to plan for ICE, policy volatility
- Woman visiting UI Health fatally shot in UIC parking garage
- West-central Illinois hospitals brace for rise in indigent care costs as Medicaid cuts loom
- Eureka-Goodfield will offer first pre-hospital blood transfusion program in ground ambulances
- Danville’s OSF HealthCare Bobette Steely Hegeler Cancer Center Expands Reach Beyond Cancer Care.
- Iroquois Memorial Hospital Data Breach Exposes Patient Records
- Illinois lawmakers, advocates hope House passes 340B reform plan
INDIANA
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- Doctors navigate era of patients going online for information
- Elevance sues 4 former execs over noncompete violations
- Indiana system names CEO
- Indiana to bid $68 billion in Medicaid contracts this summer
- Lilly earnings continue upward path on growth of Zepbound, Mounjaro
- Lilly to build $3.5B plant in Pennsylvania in 4th of 4 big U.S. investments
- Lilly, IU sign clinical trial, research agreement worth up to $40M
- Medical debt help bill clears Senate, splits GOP caucus
- Moody’s downgrades Parkview Health’s credit rating
- Parkview gets green light for new Indiana hospital
- RadNet enters Midwest, acquiring 6 outpatient imaging centers from 60-year-old private practice
- Analysis of hospital association’s woes finds no ‘uniform narrative of financial distress’
- Indiana Senate passes bill dealing with medical debt
- Lawmakers hope to broaden Indiana’s already near-total ban on abortion
- Health care services firm plans Jeffersonville office, 40 new jobs
- Community Hospital North leads state in births for 11th consecutive year with 4,254 babies
- IU Health names Vasquez new president of north region
- West Lafayette OKs $200M Parkview hospital, adding to health-care boom
IOWA
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- $209 Million Awarded to Iowa for Statewide Health Care Improvements
- Black Hawk County unveils new health improvement roadmap
- Changes to vaccine exemption announcements under consideration in Iowa
- Dr. Timothy Quinn to retire as Mercy Cedar Rapids president and CEO
- Iowa Donor Network reports 376 organ transplants in 2025
- Mercy Medical Center offers focal therapy for prostate cancer
- U of Iowa telehealth program targets adult disability care
- UIHC to pay woman $1.5M after surgical mishap
- UnityPoint at Home agencies score top national rankings
- Iowa first in the nation to award rural health care funding
- Iowa hospital CEO to retire
- MercyOne hospital in Mason City laying off 34 employees
- Nearly 3 dozen employees at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center to be laid off
- Nurse seeks judicial review of disciplinary sanctions
- On With Life hires chief medical officer
- UnityPoint raises $4.1 million to renovate obstetrics unit
KANSAS
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- Kansas hospital implements visitor restrictions due to flu
- Kansas House wants to establish compensation fund for nurses ‘harmed’ by State Board of Nursing
- Kansas insurance commissioner blends personal experience, advocacy on breast cancer bill
- Senator Marshall delivers healthcare wins for Kansas in FY26 appropriations
- University of Kansas Health System leads planning for 600,000+ international fans
- Kansas hospital challenges county’s $1.6M lease default claim
- HCA hospital COO moves to Kansas facility
KENTUCKY
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- A rural health system COO’s mission to improve patient access
- Cancer advocates urge lawmakers to take action to reduce the burden of cancer
- Christ Hospital to expand NKY presence with Union outpatient center
- Kentucky eyes expanding prior authorization exemptions
- NorthKey Community Care names Rob Vonckx chief of operations and strategy
- State lab, kinship care and more: What KY’s health cabinet is asking the legislature to fund
- Kentucky health cabinet secretary sounds alarm on U.S. split from WHO
- Stroke survivor in Kentucky regains movement with help from pioneering implant at UofL Health
- Future professionals: UK internship lets students sample medical paths before college
- KY lawmaker wants EMS reimbursements increased to address shortages
- New NKY clinic to offer cardiology, women’s health, labs and primary care under one roof
LOUISIANA
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- Louisiana hospital doubles endoscopy capacity with $5M expansion
- Baton Rouge General’s Verity transforms health care’s ‘dirty little secret’ into savings
- Kennedy delivers another $122 million for Louisiana special projects in spending package
- Louisiana hospital earns pediatric trauma designation
- Louisiana ophthalmology practice acquired
- Superior Health Acquires Pulse Home Health and Hospice
- Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine secures $1.75M grant
MAINE
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- Maine’s hospitals chase financial stability as Medicaid cuts loom
- 12 Northern Maine General staff to lose their jobs as programs shut down
- Castine group will try to open direct primary care clinic after Northern Light departure
- Challenges ahead for Maine’s healthcare systems
- Committee unanimously advances Graham bill to support Maine public health initiatives
- Maine hospital allegedly failed to test pregnant woman for infection that sickened twins
- Maine indigenous organization trained 30 new doulas
- Purdue Global relocates simulation center to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
- MaineHealth Urgent Care opens in North Conway
- Maine lawmakers consider medical cannabis testing bill
MARYLAND
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- Aeroflow is new resource for Maryland Medicaid recipients under Hopkins’ Priority Partners plan
- Global Medical REIT in Bethesda rebrands as Chiron Real Estate
- Healthcare Technology Company Discloses Ransomware Attack
- Johns Hopkins University research staff begin unionization effort
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans exec tapped as Medicare Advantage compliance forum chair
- Johns Hopkins taps interim radiology director
- Baltimore City Health Department held racially segregated equity meetings, records show
- Health official warns that future Medicaid cuts could lead to $2.7 billion loss in federal funding
- MD opens applications for health care workforce grants
- One in 3 Maryland families skipped or delayed needed medical care in 2025, poll finds
- Getting the right message to the right caregiver saves health system millions
MASSACHUSETTS
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- AI Proteins moves HQ to Boston’s Kenmore Square
- Alexandria ditches Fenway office-to-lab conversion amid glut
- Biotech nonprofit Nucleate launches hub near South Station
- Boston physician convicted of IRS, insurance fraud
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute receives largest ever gift
- Harvard Bioscience closing Holliston manufacturing facility
- Healey takes Action to keep ICE Out of Schools, Hospitals, Courthouses, and Places of Worship
- Mass General Brigham cancer APPs push for unionization
- Mass General Brigham receives $35M gift for cancer facilities
- Massachusetts joins 42 states in suing pharma giant over price fixing scheme
- UMass performs 1st minimally invasive tumor resection
- Massachusetts sues Novartis, Sandoz over generic drug price fixing
- Officials say loss of immigration status for Haitians could devastate Mass. health care
- State: Saint Vincent Hospital failed to properly staff ICU patient
- Thermo Fisher to lay off 100, close Franklin facility amid executive shakeup
- UMass Memorial to restart hospital-at-home admissions as shutdown ends
MICHIGAN
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- After years of mystery, Saginaw’s ‘medical diamond’ is taking shape: Here’s what we know.
- Michigan hospital adds lumbar disc replacement
- Michigan hospital adds telestroke service
- Michigan hospital president exits
- Michigan Medicine names 1st chief digital and information officer
- MyMichigan Health taps COO, advances leadership plan: 5 things to know
- Michigan scraps planned $4.9B Medicaid behavioral health system overhaul
- Ohio system names former Corewell exec as physician chief
- Richard Whitmer, longtime Blue Cross CEO and governor’s father, dies at 85
- Michigan quietly kills effort to restructure mental health care system
- Planned Parenthood of Michigan begins providing vasectomy services in Grand Rapids
- Half of Michigan’s new jobs are in health care as the state’s population gets older and sicker
- Michigan health insurer faces criticism over $800 refund delay for Oakland County couple
- Desperate for doctors: Michigan looks to expand who can provide care
- Michigan nurses’ strike at Henry Ford Genesys may be nearing resolution
MINNESOTA
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- Mayo Clinic’s top execs continue to see pay raises of 13% to 24%
- Sanford Health to build a clinic in Hawley
- University of Minnesota, Fairview to retire M Health brand under new agreement
- Why winter resilience is becoming a strategic priority for Minneapolis healthcare campuses
- ‘Bullying and blustering’: MN AG Ellison goes after RFK after Children’s Minnesota pauses gender-affirming care
- Children’s Minnesota will pause some pediatric gender health care due to federal government
- Essentia Health announces plans to develop family medicine clinic in downtown Moorhead, Minn.
- Minnesota expands review of 6,000 Medicaid providers amid fraud concerns
- Public health crisis unfolding in Minneapolis as residents avoid healthcare
- U of M, Fairview partnership will get more distant
- M Health Fairview selects ambient AI for systemwide deployment
MISSISSIPPI
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- Federal judge strikes down Mississippi moratorium on new home health agencies
- Federal lawsuit questions Mississippi’s limited access to nurse midwives
- Judges and lawmakers move to remove restrictions on health care in Mississippi
- Mississippi to launch obstetric system of care. But experts say it is a piece of the puzzle for moms, babies
- Patients, providers struggle to reach health services amid icy conditions in North Mississippi
- Bill reforming Mississippi’s CON laws heads to governor’s desk with unanimous support
- Mississippi lawmakers advance health, insurance bills as fourth week of 2026 session ends
- Governor signs bill for hospital improvements as lawmakers work to boost rural facilities
- House passes pharmacy benefit manager reform bill in Mississippi
- Lawmakers push bills to heighten transparency for rural health federal funding
- Legislation to increase access to nurse midwives died in committee. Now, Mississippi faces a federal lawsuit
MISSOURI
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- Ascension CEO ‘taking a closer look’ at Medicare Advantage plans
- Breaking the boarding cycle: SSM Health reimagines psychiatric care flow
- Mercy hires Google veteran as chief product officer
- Missouri behavioral health hospital taps new CFO
- Mercy taps new vice president of supply chain
- Startups to Watch 2026: Buck Surgical raises $4.2M to advance device that performs vascular surgery in 2 minutes
- Startups to Watch 2026: St. Louis biotech startup adds environmental chemical testing to its research services
- Startups to Watch 2026: St. Louis drone startup Avol raises $3.8M to deliver organs and blood to hospitals
- Startups to Watch 2026: St. Louis diabetes tech startup SweetSpot hits $2M in revenue, enrolls 3,000 patients
- Startups to Watch 2026: Varro Life Sciences builds breath-based biosensors to identify diseases in under one minute
- Startups to Watch 2026: Women-led Armor Medical secures $2.5M in funding to advance childbirth safety technology
- Mercy taps new vice president of supply chain
- A dangerous, drug-resistant fungus is spreading in Missouri health care facilities
- More than 500 Missourians await court-ordered mental health services, languishing in jails
- Missouri’s $216M rural health award draws praise and caution from rural hospital leaders
- Missouri lawmakers advance proposal to make nonopioid pain treatments more accessible
- Missouri House passes ‘born alive’ bill that also targets medication abortions
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
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- A Closer Look at Nebraska, the First State Planning to Implement a Medicaid Work Requirement
- Appropriators deny NU regent claims to state AG about Nebraska Medicine
- Flatwater Explains: What is Nebraska Medicine — and how is it different from UNMC?
- Luzerne County woman’s nursing qualifications scrutinized in Nebraska
- Nebraska Medicine requests dismissal of lawsuit against Board of Regents, Clarkson Health
- Nebraska Medicine takeover coming as university health systems across the US eye expansion
- Nebraska Medicine to toss lawsuit against NU Board of Regents, Clarkson Health
- Nebraska reports first pediatric flu death of the season
- Senator Fischer Secures $3.5 Million For Avera St. Anthony’s Upgrades
- University of Nebraska Medical Center Expands Nursing Partnership With the University of Nebraska at Omaha
NEVADA
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- CareSource Invests $300K in Community Health Initiatives in Nevada, Partnering with UNLV on Innovation Grant Challenge
- Franklin Pierce University’s new graduate center in Lebanon focuses on rural health care
- HRC Fertility Expands Beyond California With Las Vegas Site
- Kaiser Permanente enters Nevada with Renown Health joint venture
- Kaiser Permanente names former Sacramento executive Trish Rodriguez to lead new Nevada region
- Las Vegas Recovery Hospital opens as first integrated medical and addiction facility
- Nevada is one of the least healthiest states in the country, study says
- Nevada seeking bids for dual-eligible special needs plan
- New Henderson hospital brings addiction, medical care under one roof
- Serenity Mental Health Centers Expands Psychiatric Services in Las Vegas
- UMC opens new East Charleston clinic, expanding healthcare access in East Las Vegas
- New recovery space for pediatric patients opens at Siena Hospital in Henderson
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Investigators probe New Hampshire mental health center explosion
- Why Dartmouth Health won’t ‘do AI for the sake of AI’
- Southern New Hampshire Health taps VP of revenue cycle
- Gas explosion in New Hampshire sparks a fire at a mental health facility
- New Hampshire must get serious about health care costs
NEW JERSEY
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- $4.5M Capital Health data breach class action settlement
- 12 New Jersey hospitals make Healthgrades Best Hospitals list
- AtlantiCare Appoints New Trustees
- Atlantic Health Appoints New System Medical Director For Women’s Health
- Capital Health Data Breach Litigation Settled for $4.5M
- RWJBarnabas opens OR simulation lab for nurses
- Generic drugmakers settle inflated prices claim in 10-year lawsuit
- Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Group Welcomes AnnGene Anthony, M.D. to Lead New Menopause Care Clinic
- N.J. health system agrees to pay $4.5M in data breach settlement
- NJHA appoints Bergen New Bridge Medical Center CEO Visconi to board chair
- RWJBarnabas hospital names radiology chair
- The College of New Jersey earns CAAHEP accreditation for kinesiology and health sciences program
- New Jersey Ranks Top 10 For Women’s Health In 2026
- NJ residents can claim up to $5,000 after Capital Health data breach — here is how
- NJ Attorney General Joins Suit Alleging Rx Price Fixing by Novartis, Sandoz Pharma Companies
- Report: N.J. hospitals responsible for nearly $35B in economic impact and 162,000 jobs
NEW MEXICO
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- House panel passes medical malpractice bill — without protections for corporate hospitals
- MountainView welcomes new CEO
- New Mexico AG decries feds’ rule slashing long-term care standards
- New Mexico ASC performs state’s 1st cardiac ablations in setting
- NM AG pushes back at federal repeal of long-term care staffing standards
- Texas hospital CEO heads to New Mexico
- Presbyterian Healthcare Services expands clinical AI platform
NEW YORK
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- $42M TLC hospital conversion wins county incentives
- Buffalo hospital to lay off 150, impose furloughs
- Buffalo health center plans $12 million facility
- Heritage Village to close skilled nursing home
- Hometown Health Centers names new CEO
- Manhattan-based VNS Health expands Western New York footprint
- New CEO for Aptihealth
- New York jury delivers 1st malpractice verdict against pediatric gender-affirming surgeries
- New York practice to shutter after 25+ years
- One Brooklyn Health cuts 50 roles, including in leadership
- Pain Management NYC adds Discseel spine procedures
- What’s next for NYU Langone? New CEO helms a system built for bold change
- Long Island Hospitals ranked among Healthgrades’ best
- Mother Cabrini Health Foundation awards $16M on Long Island
- Neighborhood Health proposes $12M medical office on West Side
- New York nursing homes push for half of $1.5B Medicaid boost
- NYC Health + Hospitals AI chief to depart
- NYC nurses, hospitals to huddle Monday to try to finally end historic strike
- NYCHHC officer and security guard arrested for obstructing NYPD officers at BK psych ward
- NYU Langone shakes up its recipe for hospital meals
- Striking NYC nurses have been out 23 days. Here’s where things stand.
- VNS Health expands in Western New York with iCircle member takeover
- Why this Mount Sinai leader is cautious toward Trump’s drug pricing reforms
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Advocate Health invests $776M in workforce compensation
- Advocate Health turns to neuroscience for its next challenge
- Bethany Medical Center pays $8.8M to settle NC fraud allegations over urine drug tests
- CEO of Holly Hill Hospital in Raleigh announces resignation; moving back to hometown for ‘personal reasons’
- Cone Health selects longtime employee as site administrator of Annie Penn Hospital
- Co-owner of Winston-Salem medical supply company sentenced to prison for $2.4M Medicaid fraud scheme
- Duke Health plans $150M cancer center for proton therapy
- Eye doctor continues NC Certificate of Need law challenge despite court setback
- Inside WakeMed’s 7-on, 7-off clinician staffing model
- Mission Hospital in immediate jeopardy for 3rd time in 2 years
- North Carolina CROs unite to boost oncology capabilities
- North Carolina health system CEO to retire after 18 years
- North Carolina hospital taps post-acute leader
- North Carolina orthopedic practice to join health system
- North Carolina physician to pay $550K for False Claims allegations
- OrthoCarolina CEO and CGO on expanding healthcare access and driving strategic growth in 2026
- Private hospital in Durham part of $75M real estate deal
- Raleigh hospital’s attempt to expand cancer services leads to revealing CON law dispute with neighboring systems
- The leverage Duke Health is using to grow pharmacy
- Why a $650M health care program in North Carolina is faltering
- NC Medicaid leaders seek funding strategy as federal work requirements — and their costs — loom
- State investigates Mission Hospital over patient concerns, senator says
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Bismarck clinic director earns nursing leader fellowship
- Elgin’s Jacobson Memorial Hospital reflects on special session, works to secure loan and stay open
- How Williston State College is building the future of North Dakota healthcare
- Nursing, medical technology programs in Grand Forks growing post-pandemic with Lake Region State College
OHIO
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- Amazon One Medical, Cleveland Clinic open Shaker Heights clinic
- CareSource’s $110M Tricare work grows with $25.2M option-year win
- Christ Hospital acquires historic 1800s-era building near Mount Auburn campus
- Christ Hospital to open $16M ambulatory outpatient center
- Christ Hospital embeds AI pilots into governance
- Cincinnati Children’s builds upstream behavioral health model to ease ED pressure
- Cleveland Clinic exceeds 2025 revenue goals
- Columbus woman shares how primary care was essential to her cancer journey
- Greater Cincinnati’s first longevity clinic opens at Montgomery Quarter
- How St. Elizabeth is proving not all “minimally invasive” heart surgeries are created equal
- Kettering Health taps hospital president
- Life sciences lab to double size of city of Cincinnati HQ, create 30 jobs
- Mason-based medtech startup backed by Mark Cuban, CincyTech exits
- MetroHealth CEO urges Cleveland Clinic to reconsider level 1 trauma center plans
- Moody’s upgrades Christ Hospital’s credit rating
- Ohio owes up to $1B in Medicaid funds for nursing homes
- Ohio system names former Corewell exec as physician chief
- OSU Wexner plans for largest facility patient move in 2026
- Shuttered Hicksville hopsital could soon have new owners
- Central Ohio dad sues Nationwide Children’s Hospital after infant fatally falls from crib
- Kettering Health named a top 50 cardiovascular hospital
- Advocates call on Ohio nursing board to require human trafficking training
OKLAHOMA
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- Medical Facilities Corporation sells Oklahoma Spine Hospital for $46M
- Oklahoma hospital completes $357M expansion
- American Oncology Network adds first Oklahoma partner
- Federal loan caps could deepen Oklahoma nursing shortage, experts warn
- Gov. Stitt asks voters to roll back Medicaid increases over spiraling costs
- Nonprofit builds ‘villages’ of help in Oklahoma Black community
- Oklahoma program aims to fill long-term care shortages by certifying high schoolers
- Oklahoma governor proposes four state questions on Medicaid, marijuana, taxes
- Oklahoma health department reports measles exposure at Norman bar
- Stitt wants ‘adjustments’ to Oklahoma Medicaid expansion. Health care leaders are concerned
- Warnings prove true as Medicaid expansion strains Oklahoma state budget
OREGON
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- Cascade AIDS Project chooses new CEO from within its own ranks
- Oregon health care providers, lawmakers introduce bill to limit ICE access in hospitals
- Oregon lands 19th in America’s Health Rankings report, UnitedHealth doctor explains
- Oregon’s medical interpreters say middlemen pocket public dollars for their high-stakes work
- PeaceHealth replaces local emergency doctors with Atlanta-based ApolloMD
- Salem Health buys former restaurant and brewery land in online auction
- Kotek calls telehealth pressure campaign ‘misleading’
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 3 area health systems shuffle C-suite with promotions, new hires
- Allegheny Health Network moves cancer clinic to North Fayette pavilion in multimillion-dollar expansion
- CHOP celebrates placing of final beam for Roberts Children’s Health expansion
- Eyeing 2028, Dem Gov Shapiro leans into fraud crackdown, boosting tough-on-crime image
- After shedding 3 properties, hospital operator exits Pa. market
- AHN Cancer Institute relocates to North Fayette wellness pavilion
- C-suite changes at Inspira, ChristianaCare and RCA
- CHS sells 3-hospital Penn. system to Tenor Health Foundation
- Deal closes for three hospitals in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre
- Fox Chase Cancer Center hires COO away from Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center
- How UPMC, O’Connor got together on the $10 million gift to buy ambulances
- Jefferson Abington Hospital kicks off $30M campaign with gift from developer, wife
- Lilly to build $3.5B plant in Pennsylvania in 4th of 4 big U.S. investments
- Orchestra Life Sciences expands overseas with hire of European leader
- Penn State sues insulin makers, PBMs over pricing scheme
- Recovery Centers of America taps CMO
- St. Luke’s doubles cardiology team at Grand View campus in Bucks County
- Temple Health taps Epic to fast-track disability claims
- Tenor Health Foundation receives state approval to acquire PA hospitals
- Union expresses cautious optimism about Wilkes-Barre General Hospital sale approval
- UPMC donates $10M to Pittsburgh for new ambulances and rescue trucks
- Lehigh Valley Health Network Opens LVH-Pocono Creek In Bartonsville, Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County’s Third Arc Bio raises another $52M
- NEPA hospitals sale: Staff, community leaders cautiously optimistic as deal nears
- Penn State Health taps new vice president of facilities
- PHCA launches initiative to strength long-term care workforce
- UHS hospital CEO targets freestanding ED growth, provider group acquisition
- Inside WellSpan Health’s plan to move all IT infrastructure to the cloud
RHODE ISLAND
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- German biotech Repairon picks Providence for U.S. HQ
- Legislative hearings scheduled on bills to rescue Roger Williams and Fatima hospitals
- Rhode Island MOB sold for $4.7M
- Rhode Island proposes sale deadline for 2 hospitals
- Bradley Hospital launches revamped website
- Brown University Health opens new Cancer Institute in Foxborough
- New federal student loan rules remove nursing’s ‘professional’ status reclassify nursing
- New substance withdrawal program proves to be success story
- Rhode Island ASC 1st in state to onboard Mako robot
- Rhode Island Medical Imaging to open new facility in Pawtucket
- RI lawmakers consider $18M backstop for sale of struggling hospitals
- UNAP urges state leaders to back Centurion in buying Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals
- Who’s On the Board?
- Women & Infants to help nurses repay student loans
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Horry County leaders give OK to controversial mental health site; targeted 2027 opening
- MUSC Health breaks ground on new Forest Acres primary care clinic
- MUSC Health opens Clements Ferry Pavilion
- New Roper hospital in North Charleston will reshape area and health care
- Prisma Health mandates face masks as SC measles nears 1,000
- South Carolina measles outbreak exposes hospital maternity unit, BMW plant, other states
- URO-1 prostate biopsy devices adopted across Novant Health System as clinical study continues
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Black Hills Health Systems Poised for Major Changes as Sanford Expands and RCMC Eyes Monument Merger
- Medical clinic to join Monument Health
- Rapid City Medical Center to join Monument Health
- Sanford Health Makes Transformation a Rural Priority
- South Dakota lawmakers not ready to call emergency medical services ‘essential’
- Bill protecting doctors who prescribe unproven COVID treatments heads to SD House for a vote
- Sanford Health to add 5 GI physicians
TENNESSEE
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- Ascension Seton and Austin Regional Clinic add spine robot
- Ballad activates emergency operations to manage mass carbon monoxide exposure
- Ballad Health innovation arm names new managing director
- CEO Sam Hazen: HCA Healthcare is ‘all in’ on artificial intelligence
- CHS shed 41 hospitals since 2020
- CommonSpirit, Cigna go out of network in Tennessee, Georgia
- HCA Healthcare adds to its urgent care footprint
- HCA bullish on outpatient expansion amid economic headwinds
- HCA acquires 13 urgent care centers, 6 freestanding EDs
- HCA Healthcare braces for impacts as federal policy shifts take hold
- Newport Healthcare creates chief innovation officer role
- Peregrine Health CEO plans to double revenue, staff in 2026
- Premise Health to merge with California’s Crossover Health
- Vanderbilt Health taps divisional CFO
- Vanderbilt Health completes $632M hospital deal with Community Health Systems
- Vanderbilt Health taps 1st president for newly acquired hospital
- Community Health Systems closes $600M Tennessee hospital sale to VUMC
- US Health Secretary in Nashville to discuss healthy living with lawmakers
TEXAS
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- $108M hospital expansion reaches construction milestone
- Baylor College of Medicine adds veteran investor Gina Luna, Beacon Capital CEO Fred Siegel to board
- HCA acquires 13 urgent care centers, 6 freestanding EDs
- Healthgrades ranks Medical City, Baylor Scott & White hospitals among nation’s top 2%
- Health system to expand via $50M multi-tower deal
- Houston’s cell and gene therapy factories on the rise, with more work to be done on R&D, report says
- Sidecar Health launches employer product in Texas
- St. David’s HealthCare acquires 6 Austin Emergency Center locations
- Tenet regains full ownership of Conifer
- Texas hospital plans transition to rural emergency facility
- Texas hospital taps HCA exec as CNO
- Texas physician practice shutters after bankruptcy filing
- TWU prepares to open $107 million health sciences center
- CEO swaps Houston Methodist hospitals
- Christus Health celebrates new Palestine hospital with ribbon cutting, expanding access
- Christus opens $30M Texas hospital
- HCA’s Medical City acquires 13 CommunityMed urgent care centers
- Houston has big opportunity in life sciences real estate
- McKesson offloads retail, distribution arm
- Medical City Arlington, Baylor Scott & White McKinney named to top 100 hospitals
- St. David’s buys 6 Austin Emergency Center locations
- Texas GI group to consolidate clinics into new location
- Texas Health Resources acquires Mansfield stadium naming rights
- Texas Health Resources inks 10-year stadium naming deal
- Texas hospital CEO heads to New Mexico
- Texas hospital system acquires six emergency centers
- Texas Woman’s University new health sciences center opening
- Titus Regional Medical Center announces partnership after seeking new health system
- For-Profit vs. Nonprofit: How Expensive Are Texas Hospitals?
- Houston Methodist executive named Press Ganey Physician of the Year
- Christus Health plans to acquire 174-bed hospital
- Dignity medical chief heads to Texas hospital
- UT Austin names chief strategy officer
- Lifepoint chief people officer heads to UT Austin
- Community Hospital Corp.’s consulting arm launches rural-focused RCM services
UTAH
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- 2 doctors fled Ukraine for Wisconsin. They’re still trying to get their careers back.
- Intermountain Health to freeze pension plan
- St. George stroke survivor credits stem cell therapy in recovery
- Utah lawmakers leave school vaccine exemption requirement in place
- U of Utah GI physician earns national research award
- Utah’s cumulative measles cases hit 237
- University of Utah suddenly ends all remaining health care for transgender youth, pointing to expected bans
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- Delegate pursues nursing home reforms through workgroup study: ‘Shameful that we have not done a better job’
- The ‘seemingly small’ change with a big effect on VCU Health’s workforce
- VCU Health employees seek administrative pay for storm-related closures
- Virginia bill offers forgivable med school loans for service in state health care deserts
- Hometown Health: VDH reporting over 3,000 ice-related falls in Virginia over 48 hours
- Virginia Chamber elects UVA Health exec as board chair
WASHINGTON
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- Mindful Therapy Group expands mental health access for Washington Medicaid members
- MultiCare Health System to deploy Ambience AI enterprisewide
- MultiCare pays $3.7M to settle medically unnecessary surgery allegations raised in whistleblower lawsuit — 8 things to know
- Seattle Children’s nurses affirm labor deal: 6 things to know
- Washington part of nationwide blood shortage this winter
- WA bill would let heart patients get non‑emergency procedures outside hospitals
WEST VIRGINIA
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- ‘Food is medicine’ and the $800M shortfall: How WV hopes to change rural health care
- Marshall Health Network names chief digital and information officer
- St. Joseph’s Hospital CEO Skip Gjolberg to step down this spring
- WV House passes bills aimed at helping state’s chances for Rural Health Transformation funds
WISCONSIN
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- Emplify Health Certified as a Family Friendly Workplace
- Former UW anesthesiology resident stole patients’ pain meds, used them while on duty
- Froedtert South hospital in Pleasant Prairie plans to build $32 million parking structure
- The Ensign Group Buys Real Estate and Operations in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin hospital president to retire
- Wisconsin man to pay $2M in physician kickback scheme
- Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez introduces health care plan aimed at lowering costs
- Lawmakers approve $10M for western Wisconsin mental health and treatment facility
- Wisconsin lawmakers hear bill to create $1.5 million mental health grant
WYOMING
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- Banner hospital endowed with hospitality center
- Weston County hospital expands security planning among violence concerns
- Banner Health takes ownership of Masterson Place from Health Trust
- As CDC shifts childhood vaccine recommendations, Teton County providers confront confusion
- Hospitals take wait-and-see approach to distribution of $205 million
