NATIONAL
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- 3 big questions surrounding the Rural Health Transformation Program
- 15 states sue HHS over childhood vaccination schedule change
- 16 health systems affected by Oracle Health data breach
- ACOG publishes 1st guidance on diagnosing endometriosis
- AHA recommends ‘zero trust’ for cybersecurity
- AHA urges HHS to align AI rules with existing healthcare regulations
- CDC’s No. 2 leader resigns after 3 months
- Change Healthcare breach: The cyberattack’s impact 2 years later
- CMS unveils new initiatives aimed at cracking down on healthcare fraud
- CMS to launch Medicare Advantage directory of hospitals, physicians
- Conduent data breach hits at least 25M individuals
- Encompass Health, Enhabit Secure $43.1M Judgement in VitalCaring Case
- Healthcare leaders should rethink behavioral care delivery: AHA
- Health systems must connect with patients in more meaningful ways
- Healthcare real estate report confirms trend toward outpatient care
- Home-health provider Enhabit to go private in $1.1 billion deal with Kinderhook
- Hospitals urge HHS to extend comment deadline on 340B rebate pilot
- How CMS’ decision to end a primary care program shook rural clinics
- How Congress made it easier to cut hospital outpatient pay
- HRSA extends comment period on 340B rebate proposal
- Medicare GME funding reform debate focuses on rural hospitals
- OB-GYN group withdraws from CDC vaccine committee
- Private equity firm to buy Enhabit in $1.1B home health deal
- RFK Jr. faces lawsuit by 15 states over vaccine changes
- The Stark law dilemma facing physicians
- Trump’s State of the Union: 6 healthcare takeaways
- Why drugmakers and hospitals are fighting over the 340B program
ALABAMA
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- Alabama bill would restrict insurers’ use of AI in prior authorization decisions
- Alabama commits $40M to struggling hospital
- Alabama Hospice Providers Stop Whistleblowers’ Fraud Lawsuit
- Alabama hospital accuses BCBS of withholding $1.4M
- Alabama physician practice to close after 32 years
- Birmingham contractor breaks ground on $50M hospital expansion
- Bradford Health snags Indiana addiction treatment provider in first Midwest deal
- Encompass Health declares dividend on common stock
- Former Ascension St. Vincent’s exec takes helm of national entity
- Huntsville Hospital building new $14 million north Alabama facility
- Strengthening the rural workforce: East Alabama Health tackles nursing shortage
- Alabama Neurodevelopment Center aims to boost mental health resources in Birmingham, the state
- Bill to monitor hospital staffing fails to pass Senate committee
- Alabama hospital to be state’s first to offer new breast cancer treatment
- Can Jackson Hospital be saved? State offers $40 million
ALASKA
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- Alaska hospital gets OK for 45-bed behavioral health facility
- More New Execs Join Alaska Regional Hospital Leadership Team
- More than 9K Alaskans could lose Medicaid access because of new work requirements
- State lawmakers consider bill to increase insurance coverage for prostheses
- Chicago surgeon who oversaw heart operation in Alaska where patient died could now lose Illinois license
ARIZONA
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- Arizona bill would enshrine right to refuse medical mandates in state constitution
- Arizona Surgical Hospital Agrees to Pay $5.6M to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Violations
- Banner Health names chief digital and information officer
- Bill to force Arizona hospitals to ask about citizenship vetoed
- Here are the 16 best home health agencies in Arizona
- Insurer-backed Arizona bill would threaten providers’ licenses over high No Surprises arbitration offers
- Kris Mayes leads new lawsuit challenging RFK Jr.’s changes to childhood vaccine policies
- Phoenix-based OASIS Hospital pays $5.6M after feds allege doctors were paid for patient referrals
- USPI surgical hospital to pay $5.6M to resolve alleged Stark law violations
- Judge orders takeover of Arizona prison health care operations after years of violations
- Here are the 9 safest hospitals in Arizona
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas Set to Become Only State Without Expanded Medicaid for Moms
- Mercy hospitals in Paris, Berryville earn Top 100
- UAMS partners with local food pantries in Food Is Medicine program
- VA names medical center director of health care system based in Fayetteville
- New nonprofit offers mental health lifeline for Northeast Arkansas farmers
- Arkansas DHS prepares revised Medicaid work and engagement rules for beneficiaries
CALIFORNIA
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- 3 recent ASC joint ventures and their industry impact
- 5 hospitals shuttering services in 1 month
- 31,000 Kaiser workers end strike; mental health clinicians back walkout: 6 notes
- Amazon, 2 health systems ID rare diseases with AI
- Ambience Healthcare wins 2026 KLAS/CHIME Trailblazer Award
- Anthem Blue Cross of California to halt E/M downcoding until March, pending review
- As the city’s older population swells, seniors who can no longer live at home face high costs, limited choices
- California county to temporarily oversee hospital ED
- California system scales back layoff plan
- Carbon Health shutters Bay Area clinics amid Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Commission OKs expanded plans for Morgan Hill medical campus
- Hoag to rename pavilion space after Kobe and Vanessa Bryant
- How 5 states are approaching healthcare consolidation
- Judge forces CA hospital to keep trans treatments for minors despite Trump funding threat
- Kaiser sues liability insurers over $556M Medicare Advantage settlement
- Kaiser therapists OK 1-day strike
- Kettering becomes regional campus for California medical school
- Meet the new COO of Sacramento’s Mercy General Hospital
- Ontario-based Prime Healthcare expands by acquiring East Coast system
- Regency Hospital in Meridian to Close by March 13
- Scripps Health posts 4.1% operating margin in Q1
- Startups from UC Berkeley incubator cross $1 billion funding mark
- Sterilization issue temporarily disrupts surgeries at California hospital
- ‘Superheroes’ at a Bay Area company just launched the first clinical trial in an autism spectrum disorder — ‘Our ultimate goal is a cure’
- Sutter Health names new CEO of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
- Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center names new CEO
- UC Davis Health Tops Out California Tower, Marking Structural Completion of $3.7B Hospital Project
- UC Los Angeles Health gifted $100M for mental health campus
- UC San Diego Health innovation chief details enterprise approach to scaling AI
- UCSF Health appoints new applications chief
COLORADO
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- Colorado hospital resolves immediate jeopardy after infection control issue
- Colorado hospital profits rose in 2024, but they’re still far from pre-pandemic levels
- Colorado medical office building sold for $4.25M
- Denver metro hospitals invest millions in new cancer centers as demand surges
- Denver Public School board reverses decision to drop Kaiser Permanente for health benefits after outcry
- How 5 states are approaching healthcare consolidation
- UCHealth selects systemwide AI scribe
- Colorado health officials warn of possible measles exposure at Denver International Airport, Littleton church
- Approved but unfunded study on universal health care in Colorado finds financial support
- Colorado Medicaid spending doubled over the past decade, study finds
- Colorado looks to join WHO Global Outbreak Network
- 10th Circuit upholds violations, sanctions against Colorado Springs psych hospital
- New cancer center opens at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Denver
- Mobile public health clinic coming to Grand Junction
CONNECTICUT
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- 2 Connecticut cities accuse PBMs of ‘insulin pricing scheme’
- A physician’s perspective on 1 state’s private equity pushback
- Connecticut bucks national trend with record ACA enrollment
- Connecticut Lawmakers Take Up Bill To Allow Medical Marijuana Access In Hospitals
- Hartford HealthCare committed to advancing health equity in Connecticut
- Hartford HealthCare signs marketing deal as PeoplesBank Arena’s first ‘Founding Partner’
- ICHRA push reinvigorates employer health market in Connecticut
- Medicaid caps sought for unionized nursing homes that hire family
- New UConn Health network set to take over at Waterbury Hospital on Sunday
- UConn Health to go back in network with Aetna
- UConn Health to acquire hospital March 1
- Yale New Haven Health posts $197M annual operating loss
- Yale New Haven Health sues insurance company for not paying $4M for worker’s bone marrow transplant
DC
DELAWARE
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- Acupuncture Clinics Provide Holistic Healing in Delaware
- ChristianaCare Social Worker Honored for Helping Cancer Patients Navigate Financial Hardship
- ChristianaCare Submits Plan for New Georgetown Health Campus
- Nemours Children’s Hospital Approved to Offer Breakthrough Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
- Surgery center in Christiana listed for $6.5M for investment play
- Delaware reports measles exposure in Wilmington
FLORIDA
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- 3 recent ASC joint ventures and their industry impact
- 5 FL Tenet hospitals sue group rating safety; Saint Vincent scored D
- AdventHealth expands transplant options with 2 procedures
- Baptist Health brings ‘hospital-level care’ to patients’ homes with new program
- Baptist Health rolls out hospital-at-home program in Jacksonville
- Baptist plans $10M office building in eTown
- BayCare moves forward with Valrico freestanding ER
- Blake Hospital expands orthopedic program with new knee replacement robot
- Cleveland Clinic to build 200-bed hospital, ASC in Florida
- Fla. Hospital Blames UnitedHealth In Cyberattack Suit
- Florida ASC real estate sold for $4.6M
- Florida Eye Specialists launches ‘express lane’ for care
- Future of health care in Southwest Florida
- HCA Florida taps new vice president of operations
- IU Health, Tampa General sue Change Healthcare over 2024 cyberattack fallout
- Lee Health partners on older adult care
- Mayo Clinic and Mercy advance collaboration to transform patient care
- ‘Medical Freedom’ bill advances despite GOP concerns
- Medical office building in east Manatee County sells for $3.6M
- Miami biomedical startup launches 1st cancer lab
- Nobis acquires 4th Florida rehab hospital
- Orlando Health raises operating margin to 3% in Q1
- Turner breaks ground on $500M Florida hospital
- UCF Lake Nona Hospital hosts inaugural community health fund grants
- UF Health to shift 299 jobs to outside firm across 4 hospitals
- Wolfson Children’s, Nemours expand clinical partnership: 4 notes
GEORGIA
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- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia names new president
- Elevance names new Anthem presidents in Indiana, Georgia
- Free community health clinic now servicing Atlanta
- Georgia Senate approves $409M for mental health hospital as jails overflow
- Wellstar Health System’s chief data officer departs
- Wellstar’s new CEO wants to expand health system’s national brand, regional partnerships
- Warnock invites South Georgia hospital CEO to State of the Union amid rural health care funding concerns
HAWAII
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- Bill offering relief to primary care doctors fails to advance
- Concerns raised over Hawaii Pacific Health-HMSA partnership’s impact on Native Hawaiian care
- Federal court backs Hawaii 340B contract pharmacy law
- Hale Makua plans $160M health care complex, housing project on Maui
- Hawaii district court upholds state 340B contract pharmacy law
- Hawaii Pacific Health snags final land parcel for $1B hospital redevelopment
- HMSA Proposal: Hawaiʻi Health Care Could See Radical Transformation
- Kaiser Permanente nurses announce end to strike with plan to return to work
- OHA weighs in on proposed health care merger between HMSA and Hawaii Pacific Health
- Time to tackle Hawaii’s healthcare crisis
IDAHO
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- 5 hospitals shuttering services in 1 month
- A third patient has died after Idaho cut a Medicaid mental health service
- Bingham Urgent Care Coming to Ammon
- Idaho health system awarded first SHIF grant for supportive housing
- Idaho lawmakers may cut Medicaid home care services, repeal expansion
- Idaho providers link patient deaths to behavioral health program cuts
- Syphilis drug shortage adds urgency to free STD testing in eastern Idaho
- University of Idaho expands medical education to meet physician demand
- University of Idaho, University of Utah Partner to Expand Medical Training in Idaho
- Third death of Idaho ACT patient reported
ILLINOIS
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- AbbVie reveals blueprints for two new manufacturing sites in Chicago
- Advocate hospital taps new COO
- CommonSpirit’s Q2 revenue by region
- Deaconess Illinois breaks ground on new Marion EMS facility to boost rural care
- Duly Surgeon First in Illinois to Use Tumor-Illuminating Technology for Ovarian Cancer Surgery
- Hillsboro Health Breaks Ground On New Building
- Hospital leader rejoins Ascension from Prime
- Illinois erases $1.1B in medical debt for more than 500K residents
- Illinois officials decry proposed cuts to HIV care
- Illinois system taps new CEO
- SIU, Deaconess sign healthcare workforce partnership
- OSF HealthCare set to expand Cancer Institute in Peoria
- UChicago Medicine, Taiwan partner to train next-gen health IT leaders
- UChicago hospital CEO steps down
- UCSF Health, GE HealthCare enter 10-year care alliance
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Researchers Explore Collaboration on Innovative Skilled Nursing Model
- Walgreens launches $49 virtual weight management visits
- Groundbreaking celebrates new EMS building at Deaconess Illinois Medical Center
- Illinois officials decry proposed cuts to HIV care
- Chicago Strengthens Role in Medical Research
INDIANA
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- 5 hospitals shuttering services in 1 month
- Ascension Medical Group opens Westfield care hub
- Bradford Health snags Indiana addiction treatment provider in first Midwest deal
- Elevance names new Anthem presidents in Indiana, Georgia
- Indiana hospital group launches campaign ‘to expose abusive insurer practices’
- Indiana physician owner sentenced for $50M fraud scheme
- IU Health files lawsuit against firm hit by 2024 ransomware attack
- IU launches umbrella group for real estate, research and life sciences work
- IU Health taps communications chief
- Lawmakers amend bill to tax nonprofit hospitals on nonmedical property
- Rokita touts Indiana Medicaid provider fraud successes
- San Diego-based sleep health company plans $30M distribution center south of Indianapolis
- Indiana House supports an extension of the syringe service programs with new requirements
- Police investigate bomb threat at Saint Joseph Plymouth Medical Center
- Heather Perry named CEO of Cancer Support Community Indiana
- Sleep health company plans $30M distribution center south of Indianapolis
- Organization calls on public officials to help tackle the mental health crisis
- Carelon president to exit Elevance Health in C-suite shakeup
IOWA
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- AI ‘game changer’ for health care, five hospital leaders weigh in
- Delta Dental of Iowa invests $2M in new revolving loan fund
- DMU hosting open house for regional simulation center
- Bill would ban noncompete clauses for University of Iowa Health Care physicians
- Iowa nurses sanctioned for alleged identity theft, fraud and incompetence
- Linn County approves rezoning for memory care unit near Hiawatha
- New Iowa Clinic CIO talks innovation, AI and how to get creative
- Numbers don’t lie: Iowa has a cancer crisis
- OpenLoop Health faces lawsuits over alleged data breach
- UI Health Care performs first robotic living donor kidney removal
- UI seeks $28M to enhance research, modernize radiology and sleep labs
- University of Iowa proposes $12M radiology department renovation
- University of Iowa researchers use electrochemical, biomedical engineering expertise to develop new health care technology
- University of Iowa researchers create tools for cancer tracking in different states
KANSAS
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- Ascension Kansas executive departs amid Via Christi leadership shakeup
- Downtown osteopathic school seeks construction bids on $1.5M biomedical lab
- KansasCOM $1.5M biomedical lab to begin construction
- Kansas health officials warn of retail IV therapy clinics
- KU Health System announces purchase of Great Bend Regional
- McCarthy Completes Construction of $105M Hospital in Colby, Kansas
- Newton Medical Center named among top 100 rural hospitals for ninth time
- NMC Health’s Newton Medical Center named top 100 hospital
KENTUCKY
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- $1.34 Million in laboratory equipment donated to UKY
- BrightSpring Health Services’ CFO emphasizes focus on core growth
- Humana sells Hikes Lane medical office building for $2.5 million
- Humana sets quarterly dividend
- Humana’s CenterWell acquires Florida primary care network
- Interventional cardiologist Dr. William Dillon honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
- Kentucky hospital disputes closure rumors
- Spalding U adds 3 healthcare programs in response to regional workforce needs
- Yung Family Foundation invests $1 million in OneQuest Health
- Campaign launches in opposition of health insurance caps in Kentucky House budget plan
- Kentucky Nurses Association expresses safety concerns following incident at St. Matthews hospital
- New construction aims to double enrollment for health care colleges
LOUISIANA
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- Dr. Ralph Abraham steps down from CDC post
- Louisiana reaches $45M settlement with CVS
- Ochsner Health rolls out M7 platform to streamline nurse staffing
- Ochsner Rolls Out Workforce Platform Across 47 Facilities
- Ochsner CFO: Industry inefficiencies create ‘unlimited opportunity’
- Ochsner’s virtual ED had a big year one
- Return of the House Call: New Orleans Nurses Visit Postpartum Patients and Babies at Home
MAINE
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- Bill seeking to lift supervision period for nurse practitioners signed in to law
- Maine health system leaders warn price cap bill could force cuts, closures
- Maine hospitals, health reform advocates spar over bill to regulate health care prices
- Maine suing Trump Administration over its overhaul of the childhood immunization schedule
- Mercy Medical Center’s Nursing Excellence Again Honored with Prestigious Magnet® Recognition
- Ontario-based Prime Healthcare expands by acquiring East Coast system
- Red Cross to end mobile blood drives in several northern Maine counties
MARYLAND
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- 5 hospitals shuttering services in 1 month
- Baltimore hospital to build $250M care center
- LifeBridge Health shuttering Ellicott City surgery center
- Maryland proposes changes to CON laws: 5 things for ASCs to know
- State bill limits SNF medical director coverage, adds training rules
- Lawmakers, advocates push Maryland General Assembly for more mental health funding
- From four cases to 26: The alarming mumps spike raising red flags in Maryland
MASSACHUSETTS
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- 3 recent ASC joint ventures and their industry impact
- Activist investor prompts sale of Charles River CDMO business, U.S. and European sites
- Boston Scientific adds Starbucks CFO and biopharma giant CEO to board
- Boston selected for World Economic Forum food-health hub
- CHIA: Southern Worcester County among state’s strongest nursing workforces
- ‘Deeply difficult’: Doug Ingram to exit Sarepta CEO
- Former Massachusetts hospital CEO dies
- Generate:Biomedicines plans $400M IPO, largest since 2023
- Healey opposes GIC health cost shift to state workers
- Johnson & Johnson to build $1B facility in Montgomery County
- Long-term Worcester senior living executive director retires
- New England Baptist Hospital taps chief nurse
- Novo Nordisk partners with Boston biotech Vivtex on oral drugs
- Worcester’s St. Vincent Hospital may be in for yet another investigation
MICHIGAN
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- Beacon Health invests $3.5M to revive Kalamazoo ER
- Corewell Health East to pay $30K to settle disability discrimination suit
- Great Expressions Dental Centers adds VideaHealth AI platform
- Henry Ford Health CEO on the ‘permanent reset’ healthcare economics needs
- Henry Ford Health delivers Michigan’s 1st hemophilia gene therapy
- McLaren Health Care acquires Clarkston physicians group
- Michigan hospital taps new CFO
- Munson Healthcare opens ASC in Michigan
- Reporter’s series on Michigan nursing homes spurs legislative action
- Rural Michigan hospitals worry federal funding cuts could impact key services
- The ‘reset’ behind a Michigan hospital’s leadership transformation
- Trinity Health posts 1.2% operating margin in H1
- Trinity Health to open $229M Michigan hospital — 5 things to know
- UM Health-Sparrow plans $60M ASC
- UM Health investing $143M in Lansing mental health hospital, surgery center
- U of Michigan Health to build $83M behavioral health hospital
- Why a hospital wants to help develop housing near downtown Kalamazoo
- Pressure mounts on Michigan health department over mental health hospital safety, transparency
- Report: Michigan lags in preparing students for mental health careers
- West Michigan mental health organization celebrating 15 years
MINNESOTA
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- CMS freezes $260M in Medicaid funding to Minnesota, citing fraud concerns
- Commissioner says Hennepin County Medical Center could close as expenses continue to rise
- Fairview bets big on robot specialty pharmacy
- Hennepin County Medical Center leaders plead with lawmakers for financial help
- Mayo Clinic, Mercy launch 10-year data collaboration
- Official urges stadium tax shift to avert Minnesota hospital closure
- Sanford Health regional CEO takes helm
- Sanford Health’s new mobile mammography truck expands care to rural regions
- Two Harbors nurses picket Aspirus Lake View Hospital over contract talks
- What Hennepin Healthcare’s struggles mean for patient care
- HCMC at “real risk of closing” without additional 1-cent sales tax, Hennepin County claims
- New bill carves out public gift rule exception for first responders and mental health resources
MISSISSIPPI
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- 2 hospital closures in 1 week
- Expert says UMMC could face ‘weeks to months’ of recovery after cyberattack
- How North Mississippi Health Services strengthened leader accountability and frontline engagement
- Mississippi health department goes old school at clinics in wake of UMMC cyberattack
- Mississippi health system shuts down clinics statewide after ransomware attack
- Mississippi hospital to close in March
- Mississippi hospital named one of the best in America
- Mississippi Medical Center Clinics Still Closed After Attack
- NMPHC announces $4.7 Million expansion to strengthen healthcare services in northeast Mississippi
- Wayne General Hospital Partners with Eko Health to Deploy AI-Assisted Cardiac Detection in Rural Mississippi
- What is the Mississippi Legislature doing for rural hospitals?
MISSOURI
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- BJC boosts margin to 3.8% after St. Luke’s merger
- Future of Des Peres Hospital site still unclear as sale price is revealed
- How Ascension is improving maternal outcomes at scale
- Mercy back in the black in H1: 5 notes
- Missouri grant funds new rural physician training at MU Health Care clinics
- Missouri hospital upgrades its pharmacy
- New Missouri Grant Helps Train Doctors in Rural Clinics, With Early Success
- Rural Health Transformation Program targets structural barriers across Missouri
- Rural Missouri health care isn’t just a crisis story. It’s also a comeback story
- SSM Health launches intensive outpatient program to help struggling teens
- SSM Health’s community-first solution to behavioral health boarding
- St. Louis Nurses Erupt Over ‘Dangerous’ Staffing At SLU Hospital
- Where Ascension’s $3.9B AmSurg deal stands as closing nears
- Wide-ranging healthcare bill being considered by Missouri Senate committee
- Missouri and Kansas families pay nearly 10% of income on work-provided health insurance
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
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- Battling the clock: Nebraska lawmakers hit roadblock debating budget for UNMC biomedical research
- Bill to protect Nebraska physicians recommending medical cannabis advances to floor
- CHI Health to build kitchen in North Omaha feeding hospitals
- Nebraska has a billion-dollar opportunity to invest in rural health care. Here’s how the money will be spent
- Skilled Nursing Dealbook: 280 Beds Realigned in Ohio as 80-Bed Nebraska Nursing Home Changes Hands
NEVADA
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- 3 recent ASC joint ventures and their industry impact
- $150K in funding aimed at improving healthcare access, outcomes in Southern Nevada
- Mobile clinic serving women in Carson, Lyon and Churchill counties
- Nevada weighs fines for insurers that violated mental health parity law
- New president named for Nevada’s future children’s hospital
- REMSA Health to continue regional service with Washoe County agreement renewal
- Reno VA hospital to begin major health care infrastructure upgrades
- Universal Health Granted New Trial in Nevada Verdict
- Why Washoe County is building a new youth mental health center
- Nevada County Honored for Innovative Approach to Expanding Health Care Access
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- BioNJ urges Gov. Sherrill to boost biopharma startups, talent and manufacturing after J&J snub
- ‘Clinical reasoning isn’t going away’: How Hackensack Meridian teaches AI
- Englewood Health Welcomes New Leaders to its Boards of Trustees
- Hackensack Meridian Health Researchers Awarded Nearly $1.1 Million from New Jersey Health Foundation for Crucial Projects
- Health Department Slaps Heights Hospital Operator with $128K Fine
- Inspira Health revamps leadership to drive ‘systemness’
- New Jersey system names AVP of denials management and revenue integrity
- NJ Lawmakers Advance Bill to Protect Nursing Home Residents’ Finances
- Palvella shares surge 35% after rare skin disease drug meets trial goals
- Press Ganey names CNO of the year
- RWJBarnabas raises operating margin from 3% to 6.4% in 2025
- RWJBarnabas to open multispecialty ambulatory care center
- RWJBarnabas Raises the Final Beam for New Multi-Specialty Center in Howell
- The Valley Hospital announces acquisition of da Vinci 5 Surgical System
- Jefferson hospitals earn care designation
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- Catholic Health, Buffalo Medical Group advance oncology program
- Catholic Health System & Northwell Health Settle Pixel Lawsuits
- CEO tapped to lead 3 New York City hospitals post-merger
- Egret Healthcare Ventures taps former Catholic Health exec as CEO
- EmblemHealth to pay $2.5M to settle mental health ‘ghost network’ violations
- Glen Cove Hospital earns U.S. Congress-established quality award
- Historic New York City nurses strike ends after 41 days
- Kaleida Health sued by vaccine supplier for $522K
- Mount Sinai selects Clear for interoperable identity platform
- Mount Sinai researchers raise safety concerns about ChatGPT Health
- New York allocates $6M for behavioral health crisis pilots
- New York hospital clears site for ASC in $1B plan
- New York man to pay $17.5M for physician kickback scheme
- NewYork-Presbyterian nurses strike nears end with tentative deal
- New York system taps system strategy, patient experience leaders
- Northwell buys Merrick medical office property for $9.5M
- NY home care providers seek equitable funding in state budget
- N.Y. long-term care providers fight for share of $1.5B
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue taps CNO
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst taps chief nurse
- NYC Health + Hospitals opens $10M orthopedic clinic
- NYC nurses end strike, but staffing fight is unresolved
- NYC nurses strike ends after 41 days
- NYS cites Williamsville nursing home for roof leaks, safety violations amid ongoing concerns
- Post-acute company buys 2 New York nursing homes for $84M
- The biggest behavioral health workforce mistakes, per this NYC Health + Hospitals chief
- The question driving Mount Sinai’s pharmacy AI strategy
- Weinberg Campus online auction pushed back at least 3 months
NORTH CAROLINA
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- A bold new weapon to fight cancer
- Atrium buys Greensboro property from Kotis Holdings for freestanding emergency department
- How 5 states are approaching healthcare consolidation
- North Carolina dumps incentives after companies fail to create 400 jobs
- North Carolina hospital taps new CEO
- Novant Health outlines $1 billion expansion in southeastern North Carolina
- Novant plans $1 billion Wilmington expansion as coastal NC booms
- Raleigh pharma launches with $130M for migraine treatment
- Triad home health agencies rank among nation’s best in new U.S. News & World Report ratings
- Triad life science sector grows to 9,500 jobs as Winston-Salem expansion accelerates
- Triangle’s largest health systems compete for cancer equipment
- UNC Health eyes more hospital beds in JoCo as population races toward 250,000
- UNC Health seeks bed count increases at 2 hospitals
- What’s driving Novant’s ASC expansion
- NC lawmakers wrestle with broken mental health system, ask public for input
- Inside the state lab guiding North Carolina’s measles response
- ACA enrollment dropped sharply in North Carolina. More people across the state are expected to lose coverage
- Gov. Josh Stein signs order to improve behavioral health in criminal justice system
- S.C. reports 11 more measles cases, inching closer to 1K; N.C. remains at 22
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- 2 children’s systems partner on pediatric heart care
- DOJ sues OhioHealth for alleged anticompetitive contracts
- Federal, state antitrust officials sue OhioHealth over contracts with insurers
- Feds, Ohio sue OhioHealth alleging anticompetitive tactics
- HealthSource CEO Jody Prather expects more expansion in 2026 as group enters 50th year
- Hospital to close ASC, cut jobs ahead of OhioHealth acquisition
- Kettering Health details $25M Greene County facility construction, improvement plans
- Kettering becomes regional campus for California medical school
- Kroger closing multiple Little Clinic locations, including three in Greater Cincinnati
- Ohio hospital launches Epic after $6M IT investment
- Ohio hospital launches spinal cord stimulator program
- OhioHealth taps new CFO
- Ohio hospital taps clinical affairs leader
- OSU Wexner Medical Center opens $1.9B hospital
- Recovery homes face tighter rules under bill advanced by Ohio House
- Skilled Nursing Dealbook: 280 Beds Realigned in Ohio as 80-Bed Nebraska Nursing Home Changes Hands
- The Renaissance MD
- UC, UC Health open final phase of $131M Blood Cancer Healing Center
- UH joins coalition boosting rural specialty care
- U.S. News names 5 local providers among top home health agencies
OKLAHOMA
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- Cherokees plan to break ground this year on expanded Claremore health center
- New Saint Francis program brings hospital-grade treatment into patients’ homes
- Oklahoma Voice: Members of health care sharing ministries would get tax breaks under Oklahoma bill
- Oklahoma woman in need of transplant faces insurance uncertainty
- OU Health CEO is retiring, and a new leader is named
- Saint Francis introduces in-home hospital care for northeast Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Children’s Pathway to Home program teaches parents how to care for child with complex medical needs
- Oklahoma ranks 47th in the nation for women’s health. See the numbers.
- Specialized care at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital helps baby born 18-weeks early survive
- Oklahoma Children’s OU Health performs first intra-arterial chemotherapy for eye cancer in state
- Oklahoma panel advances bill to allow over-the-counter ivermectin sales
OREGON
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- Embezzlement case involving Hillsboro children’s clinic to be dismissed
- Hospitals’ push to curb charity care sparks opposition
- How 5 states are approaching healthcare consolidation
- Oregon hospitals’ push to curb charity care sparks opposition in 2026 Legislature
- Oregon joins lawsuit challenging RFK Jr.’s changes to childhood vaccine schedules
- Oregon provider opens housing with behavioral health services
- Oregon offers 74 strategies to tackle behavioral health workforce crisis
- PeaceHealth medical staff issue vote of no confidence amid ApolloMD shakeup
- Salem Health, Santiam Hospital await state approval on proposed merger
- Top Providence cardiac doctor on why the Knights’ $75M donation matters
- Unpacking Oregon’s ‘first-in-nation’ healthcare consolidation law
- Oregon health officials declare measles outbreak with five confirmed cases
- ‘No confidence in leadership’: PeaceHealth Medical Staff vote is official
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 2 hospital closures in 1 week
- 2026 net revenue outlooks for HCA, Tenet, CHS and UHS
- Aro Biotherapeutics expects to double headcount with new strategy
- Butler nurse attacked by patient he was trying to calm down, court records show
- Bradford hospital submits closure notice to end emergency, inpatient and long-term care services
- Geisinger Health Plan taps Humana exec as president
- Geisinger settles disability discrimination lawsuit for $450K
- Greater Pittsburgh Orthopedic Associates reports data breach
- How 5 states are approaching healthcare consolidation
- Inadequate Pennsylvania funding leads to hospital closures
- Inside CHOP’s enterprisewide digital care strategy
- Lehigh Valley opens 5th orthopedic site following hospital fire
- Main Line Health back in the black in H1
- Obesity drug startup raises $197M, moves HQ to Philadelphia
- Orchard Park Hospital merges with WVU Medicine Wheeling
- Palvella Therapeutics shares surge 35% on drug trial results
- Penn Medicine raises operating margin to 2.8% in H1
- Penn Medicine virtual care program ends after-hours call duty for PCPs
- Pennsylvania Hospital to transform building into museum
- Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios
- Protecting Hospital Stability Takes Center Stage during Pa. Budget Hearing
- Telehealth costs 5 times less than office visits: Penn Medicine
- ‘The best ideas come from the front lines’: Why Penn State Health’s CEO still practices medicine
- UHS expects $35M earnings hit from California psychiatric staffing mandate
- UHS posts 11.5% operating margin in 2025 as net income jumps 30%
- UMMC extends clinic closures after cyberattack, launches triage line
- UPMC Cole solar farm to open in 2027
- UPMC gets $3.26M to combat maternal mortality
RHODE ISLAND
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- Brown University Health adds Diebo as co-director of Spine Center
- Former R.I. deputy health director heads to Worcester
- How Care New England is embedding Epic training into nursing education
- Is the planned conversion of the former St. Joseph Hospital property to housing the best use of the Providence property?
- No place like home for blood cancer care. Fate of only RI bone marrow transplant unit rests on sale.
- Report: Family suing Rhode Island Hospital, funeral home for burial of wrong body
- Rhode Island Public Health Institute appoints Chowdhry as medical director
- Roger Williams Medical Center, Fatima Hospital face a pivotal week. So do 2,400 workers
- Thundermist Health Center joins Community Care Cooperative
- Westerly Hospital earns pediatric emergency medical services designation
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- 3 recent ASC joint ventures and their industry impact
- Hospitals Fighting Measles Confront a Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It Before
- ‘I don’t have time to wait’: Daniel Island woman among thousands in SC seeking aid for at home care
- Leaders to celebrate new MUSC Health facility in St. George
- MUSC hospital 1st in South Carolina to adopt rapid bedside heart attack test
- MUSC Health chief sees promise in EmPATH model
- Prisma Health and Atlas Healthcare Partners Launch Joint Venture to Expand Outpatient Surgical Care Across the Southeast
- SC health officials report 11 new measles cases, bringing total to more than 970
- S.C. reports 11 more measles cases, inching closer to 1K; N.C. remains at 22
- South Carolina measles admissions ‘vastly underreported’: ProPublica — 3 updates
- USC Dance Marathon raises over $700,000 for local children’s hospital
- Why South Carolina Hospitals Have Reported Few Measles-Related Admissions Despite Growing Outbreak
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Built to Last: SDAHO Marks 100 Years as South Dakota Healthcare’s ‘Unified Voice’
- Sanford Health deploys mobile mammography
- For Sanford Health, virtual care is essential, and expanding
- Sanford Health Leaders to Discuss Next Generation of Care at National Health Care Conference
- Sanford Health reaches virtual care milestone, strengthening access, affordability and the future workforce
- South Dakota governor signs rural healthcare recruitment bill
TENNESSEE
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- 3 recent ASC joint ventures and their industry impact
- 2026 net revenue outlooks for HCA, Tenet, CHS and UHS
- $810M tower to rise in Pinch District
- Acadia posts Q4 loss in wake of $996.2M goodwill impairment charge
- Ascension hospital CEO heads to Ballad Health
- Ascension Saint Thomas, Dickson Medical Associates announce new medical development in Fairview
- Brookdale to spend up to $195M on upgrades as it sheds dozens of communities
- CHS posts $509M net income as hospital sales boost 2025 results
- Community Health Systems’ hospital divesture streak likely isn’t over
- Debra Osteen back at Acadia helm with focus on ‘missed details’ and execution
- East Tennessee Children’s Hospital to be renamed Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital
- Former HCA division CIO joins software company
- Many in TN can get free health services but don’t bother. What to know
- Nashville logs 27 deals over $1 million in 2025 with insurance overtaking health care sector
- Nashville medical school works to diversify health care for 150 years
- St. Jude CEO Dr. James Downing to step down
- St. Jude plans $810M research center
- UTHSC seeks tenant for Plough Center pharma facility
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center ends transgender surgery for adults
- Vanderbilt uses EHRs to flag Alzheimer’s risk factors
- West Tennessee Healthcare Agreed to Pay $340,000 for Allegedly Violating Patient Dumping Statute by Failing to Provide Appropriate Medical Screening Examinations and Appropriate Transfers
TEXAS
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- 2026 net revenue outlooks for HCA, Tenet, CHS and UHS
- Ascension Texas taps new chief advocacy officer
- Baylor Scott & White Health posts 10.7% operating margin in H1
- Community Hospital Corp. taps hospital CEO as COO
- Cook Children’s interim CIO retires
- Cook Children’s Prosper NICU marks six months, treats more than 130 newborns
- HCA Houston hospital taps chief nurse
- Houston among top 10 in US News’ new Best Home Health ratings
- How Methodist notched 84th percentile in retention
- Keeping healthcare local: Baylor Scott & White hopes expansion will make Brenham a rural medical hub
- Living donors help Texas hospital break records
- MD Anderson opens colorectal cancer clinic as disease increases
- Methodist Healthcare overseeing largest expansion in 30 years
- Mobile pediatric clinic rolls into Odem to expand rural healthcare access
- Novartis to build $280M cancer drug plant in Denton
- Orthopedic surgeon sentenced to 8+ years for $145M healthcare fraud scheme
- San Antonio’s largest health care system is racing to keep up with growing demand
- Steward can’t close bankruptcy cases
- Tenet deal could merge Texas hospitals
- Tenet’s portfolio ‘is now more predictable’: CEO
- Texas A&M program targets rural health care through value-based care model
- Texas Health plans 3rd new hospital build
- Texas Health Resources to open McKinney hospital campus in 2028
- Texas hospital taps new CFO
- University of Texas OKs $300M League City hospital expansion
- U.S. News ranks Houston as a top-10 city for home health agencies
- UT Health Austin names 3rd new leader in 2026
- UTHealth Houston clinic earns OBS accreditation
- UT System approves $300 million expansion for UTMB Health League City Hospital
UTAH
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- Audit finds $24.3M in unallowable Medicaid payments in Utah
- Intermountain, UH join coalition boosting rural specialty care
- Intermountain names 2nd president for planned children’s hospital in 1 year
- Telehealth program aims to provide quick care for pediatric stroke patients
- University of Idaho, University of Utah Partner to Expand Medical Training in Idaho
- Utah bill to permanently ban hormone treatment for transgender minors advances to Senate
- Utah’s newborn screening test now covers Hunter syndrome, along with 44 other diseases
- Valley Behavioral Health began construction on 68-bed facility
- How a Provo-based graduate school is endeavoring to meet society’s healthcare needs
- Provo Psych Campus Shakeup: Utah State Hospital Maps 15-Year Overhaul
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- Pair of Northside nursing home and rehab facilities sell for combined $82M
- Sentara names 17 leaders under new operating model
- Virginia bill that would’ve set nursing home staffing standard reduced to another study: ‘It’s very hurtful’
- Virginia nurse aide pushes for nursing home staffing standards: ‘We don’t want to work in toxic environments’
- Virginia’s first breast milk depot opens at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
- Virginia health care bills could reshape UVA Health operations
- Virginia bill would ban noncompete clauses for health care professionals
- Nursing home company accused health inspector of ‘bias’ amid serious violations
- Virginia health department defies Trump vaccine changes
WASHINGTON
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- 2 children’s systems partner on pediatric heart care
- CommonSpirit hospital plans 16-bed infusion center
- Jefferson Healthcare earns national recognition for patient care and community responsibility
- MultiCare hospital moves to replace striking workers
- Seattle Children’s develops ‘phone a friend’ AI agent for physicians
- Washington hospital takes steps toward stabilization amid 14 fraud investigations
- Why demand for beds at WA psychiatric hospitals continues to surge
- WSU students lead initiative to address shortage of certified medical interpreters
- ICE presence at Tacoma hospital sparks community outcry at town hall
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Orchard Park Hospital merges with WVU Medicine Wheeling
- Pediatric behavioral hospital to merge with WVU Medicine campus
- West Virginia risks losing $199M federal Rural Health grant, health officials say
- Wheeling inpatient psychiatric facility for youth joins forces with WVU Medicine
- Morrisey urges lawmakers to authorize spending for WV’s Rural Health program
- Anthony Condia: Defining the art of storytelling in West Virginia health care
WISCONSIN
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- After Brutal RSV Seasons, Wisconsin Hospitals See Relief
- Children’s Wisconsin Raises $308 Million through Historic Campaign
- Employees at two Wisconsin mental health clinics seek union representation
- Emplify Health names vice president of operational finance from Banner
- How Meditech helped Epic get its start, per Judy Faulkner
- ‘I’m dying’: Patient’s plea revealed in ambulance theft charges
- Marathon County program connects new mothers with nurses, resources as Wisconsin expands Medicaid
- Marshfield Clinic first in Wisconsin to use new heart arrhythmia technology
- New CEO Scott Polenz to lead OakLeaf Surgical Hospital in Altoona
- Western Wisconsin Health introduces inpatient dialysis, expanding access to life-saving kidney care
- Wisconsin’s hospital workforce growing, but not enough to keep pace with aging population
- Wisconsin joins lawsuit over Trump administration’s changes to childhood vaccine recommendations
- Wisconsin legislators float nurse-to-patient ratios
- Your first look inside the new Marshfield Clinic hospital in WI Rapids
- Eau Claire Lawmakers Introduce Premium Assistance Tax Credit to Protect Affordable Health Coverage
WYOMING
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- Teton County doctors turn to concierge medicine
- Wyoming hospital taps CFO
- Wyoming wants to make five-year federal rural health funding last ‘forever’
- Wyoming Supreme Court Won’t Reconsider Abortion Ruling, Rejects Hail Mary Argument
- Wyo. legislative committee advances Medicaid rate increase to 100% for EMS services
- Smooth sailing so far for bill to address long mental health holds in jails
- Wyoming House committee passes two Medicaid-related bills
- Natrona Collective Health Trust declines Converse County hospital loan request
