NATIONAL
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- 8 “Cs” drive physician buy-in to high-value patient care
- 14 payers recently fined by states
- Aetna fined $550K for mental health parity violations
- AHA warns of Cisco cybersecurity vulnerability
- AMA creates new maternity care coding system
- Amazon launches Amazon Connect Health
- Amid fast-moving Medicaid changes, CMS vet offers providers and states advice
- Antikickback limits defined for MSO-backed lab operations
- Children’s Hospital Association creates public health department, taps leader
- CMS’ fraud crackdown and musculoskeletal care
- CMS receives record comments on controversial Medicare Advantage payment proposal
- CMS releases toolkit for children’s behavioral health services
- CMS to freeze Elevance Health Medicare Advantage enrollment
- DoseSpot, Arrive Health merge to combine prescribing tools with pharmacy, medical benefit data
- HHS finds up to $600m ‘improper’ payments for autism services, errors on every bill checked in four states
- HHS Secretary RFK Jr. appoints two physicians to Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
- Hospitals are making cuts after ‘big beautiful bill,’ fueling Democrats’ midterm attacks
- Hospitals decry drugmakers’ expanded claims reporting policies for 340B
- Hospitals urged to review cybersecurity amid Iran conflict
- How 3 insurers are trying to tighten E/M billing oversight
- How a change in the tax law could lure hospitals to housing
- How 10-minute procedures and routine scans become five-figure medical bills
- How healthcare organizations can build ransomware resilience
- Lawmakers extend CMS hospital-at-home waiver for five years
- Lawmakers, health groups resist their states’ rural health fund plans
- Lawmakers introduce bill to reverse Medicaid cuts, expand Medicare benefits
- Nation’s 2 largest patient-assistance charities merge
- Physician staffing lawsuit adds to BCBS antitrust saga
- Private practice’s quiet comeback
- Report: Most states investing in value-based care with Rural Health Transformation Program
- Senate Health Cyber Bill Clears Committee Hurdle
- The hidden cost of uncompensated work on physician burnout
- When EMTALA collides with hospital anti-violence signs
ALABAMA
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- 6 health systems land on Fortune’s most-admired companies list
- 2 dead, 2 wounded in separate hospital shootings in Alabama, Wisconsin
- Church closes $15M hospital site acquisition
- Inside Children’s of Alabama’s approach to de-escalation training
- Local practice plans to convert Family Dollar into chiropractic center
- Northwestern University graduates open prosthetics lab in Birmingham
- Why Alabama doctors are choosing consolidation over independence
ALASKA
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- HCA Alaska Hospital Appoints 4 New Leaders
- Psychedelic medicine task force recommends ways to make future care in Alaska accessible
- Unalaska’s rural healthcare could get national spotlight with new documentary series
- House Labor and Commerce Examines Soaring Health Care Costs and Key Workforce Bills
ARIZONA
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- Arizona bill would let families place cameras in assisted living rooms
- Arizona House passes vaccine mandate ban; Senate, voter approval needed
- Dumas Hospital Expands Obstetrics to Meet Rural Needs
- Here are the 9 safest hospitals in Arizona
- Northern Arizona Healthcare hosting open house to introduce new primary care providers in Flagstaff
- OASIS hospital settles alleged kickback scheme
- Who’s Who in Arizona Healthcare for 2026
- Woodside Health acquires Arizona facility
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas Methodist Finalizes Merger With Baptist Memorial of Memphis
- Baptist Memorial Health Care adds 25th hospital
- Billing failures by hospital total $800K, CEO says
- Construction Begins on $1B Mixed-Use Neighborhood in Fayetteville
- Dumas Hospital Expands Obstetrics to Meet Rural Needs
- Former Simmons CEO Gifts UAMS $200K for ALS Research
- Mitchell Williams, Rock Region Metro, Conway Regional Announce New Hires (Movers & Shakers)
- Moody’s downgrades Arkansas system’s credit rating
- Rising Uncompensated Care Challenges Arkansas Hospitals
- St. Louis Fed Reports Rising Prices & Cautious Consumers in Arkansas, Surrounding Region
- Tafta McCain Named CFO of Community Health Centers of Arkansas
- Tennessee hospital system seals deal to add Arkansas hospital
- UAMS names new director of cardiovascular medicine division
- ‘We would be going out of business if we didn’t’: 4 leaders on converting to rural emergency hospitals
CALIFORNIA
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- 2,400 Kaiser mental health workers to hold 1-day strike
- Adventist Health Tulare Medical Center
- Adventist Health in Reedley moves closer to seismic upgrades ahead of 2030 deadline
- California AG challenges Trump proposal to roll back healthcare AI transparency requirement
- California awards $291M to expand behavioral health housing, services
- California hospital opens pharmacy
- California system moves to delay layoffs
- California health plans unite to support career program for Black women
- California hospital taps new chief operating and strategy officer
- California hospitals dominate Newsweek’s 2026 ‘World’s Best Hospitals’ list
- Californians are staying insured — but settling for health coverage they may not use
- California’s Prescription for Healthcare Investors: New Restrictions, New Reporting
- Cedars-Sinai AI tool predicts best chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer patients
- Freshpaint elevates marketing chief to CEO
- Fresno County sees a rise in tuberculosis cases, health officials report
- Health Plans Lack Expert In Avandia MDL, 3rd Circ. Told
- How Sutter Health is turning AI into a people-first transformation engine
- Kaiser behavioral health workers plan 1-day strike
- Kaiser hospital project advances on California Street
- Kaiser Permanente gets green light for 160K-square-foot ASC
- Kaiser Permanente files plans for larger sports medicine facility in Downtown Sacramento
- Life sciences real estate developer plans expansion as venture funding jumps 35%
- Los Angeles hospital promotes nursing chief to COO-CNO role
- Medical Board of California Responds to the Public’s Request for Maternal Mortality Project Announcing Plan for Maternal Mortality Task Force, Say Consumer Watchdog
- Michael Sarian Leads Acquisition and Revitalization of Southern California Hospital at Culver City
- Moody’s downgrades Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles’ credit rating
- Nurses at Providence hospital plan 5-day strike
- Organ procurement nonprofit to move HQ from West Sacramento to North Natomas with $2.3M remodel
- Pockets of unvaccinated communities are driving measles outbreaks in California
- Reedley Hospital in healthy spot for seismic compliance
- RivCo Board Set To Take Further Action To Assist Bankrupt Hospital
- Russell Wilson & Ciara Announce $2M Gift for Children’s Healthcare in Baja California Sur, Mexico
- San Diego County supervisors vote to overhaul safety net health program
- Scripps honors San Diego district attorney for efforts to curb hospital violence
- Shriners Children’s Northern California to open Folsom clinic near Mercy Hospital campus
- Southern California Hospital at Culver City Changes Hands to NOR Healthcare
- Struggling California hospital charts financial path forward
- Supervisors OK Actions to Assist Bankrupt Blythe Hospital
- Sutter launches neonatal transport program with $10M gift
- UC Los Angeles Health surgeon pioneers tendon-sparing shoulder replacement
- UCSF Health, GE HealthCare enter 10-year care alliance
- UCSF is on an expansion tear to meet a revolutionary moment in health care
- U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren secures $900K grant for Encompass health center in Watsonville
- What’s new with Kaiser Permanente?
- ‘You can’t just flip a switch’: Hospitals warn of fallout from California psychiatric staffing proposal
- UCLA Health receives $100M gift
- U of California offers 32% wage hike in union talks
COLORADO
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- Colorado dermatology practice to open ASC
- Colorado family pushes for change after rare disease clinical trial abruptly ends
- Colorado Medicaid ABA audit finds $77.8M in improper payments
- Denver health tech company acquired
- Feds back AbbVie in Colorado 340B fight
- HHS finds up to $600m ‘improper’ payments for autism services, errors on every bill checked in four states
- Kaiser Permanente opens new Lakewood medical offices
- Lt. Gov. tapped to lead mental health agency after commissioner’s abrupt retirement
- Why this CIO treated an EHR decision as an operating model reset
- Colorado health company expands to Louisiana, aims to speed rare disease diagnoses
- AI in health care, open records rules on docket at Colorado Capitol
- Colorado wrongly spent $78M on autism therapy, Office of the Inspector General says
- Colorado joins effort to limit garnishing wages over medical debt
- Ambulance services would get funding boost while saving Colorado millions under new bill
CONNECTICUT
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- A CT man died not long after starting chemotherapy. What his family believes could have saved him.
- Bloomfield-based health care giant Cigna’s CEO Cordani to retire this year
- Connecticut Launches New Era for Community Hospital Care
- CT health care providers say insurance ‘downcoding’ is bleeding them dry
- Emergency legislation would create acquisition loophole for UConn Health
- Former CT hospital system CEO elected bank board chair
- GOP Sen. Harding assails UConn Health CEO Agwunobi
- Hartford HealthCare Urgent Care center opens in Norwalk
- Hartford-Area Rehab Hospital Earns Key Accreditation
- It’s the ‘best moment’ ever in healthcare, per Hartford HealthCare’s CEO
- Legislators mulling more scrutiny of private equity nursing homes
- New CEO at major health insurer with 3K CT employees. ‘Excited to build on our strong foundation’
- Public Health Committee advances bill banning hospital sale-leasebacks
- Stamford Hospital workers dropped sedated patient on his head, severely injuring him, lawsuit says
- State officials join ceremony to commemorate Waterbury Hospital joining UConn Health
- State Officials Hail $154M Federal Grant To Improve Health In Rural Areas
- State OKs Hartford HealthCare taking majority control of Bridgeport surgical center
- UConn Health launches community network after hospital acquisition
- What to know about Lamont’s “CT option” plan for health care
- Will CT recoup $127M in taxes owed by Prospect Medical Holdings?
- Why Modern Practices Rely on Technology‑Enabled OBGYN Billing Services in Connecticut
- With fanfare, UConn Health takes control of Waterbury Hospital amid criticism of CEO
- Yale New Haven Health to add specialty pharmacy, medication warehouse in West Haven
DC
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- Howard University’s medical school gets probationary accreditation for first time
- Medstar Washington patient falls down hospital utility shaft, rescued by firefighters
- Risant Health takes Kaiser Permanente’s value-based care practices for a test drive — and likes the ride
- Vanda secures win in regulatory showdown as FDA agrees to review jet lag drug
- Beyond the numbers: How DC-area doctors are addressing challenges for new Black moms
DELAWARE
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- Bayhealth and ChristianaCare collaborate on new med student training program
- Bayhealth Celebrates 33 Nurse Residency Graduates in Dover
- Bayhealth, ChristianaCare partner on workforce development initiative
- Delaware H-1B visas span education, health care and STEM fields
- Delaware launches digital platform to improve behavioral health care
- Lawmakers debate medical school, hear $200M budget increase ask from DHSS
FLORIDA
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- Additional hospital rooms coming to Halifax Health Deltona
- AdventHealth converts former pharmacy in Windermere
- AdventHealth expands transplant options with 2 procedures
- AdventHealth taps regional chief strategy officer
- BayCare hospital taps new operations leader
- Birthing center expansion planned for Ascension St. Vincent’s in St. Johns
- Florida Appeals Court Pulls the Plug on Physician Dispensing in Workers’ Comp
- Florida hospital performs state’s 1st Misha knee implant
- Florida medical center to expand with ASC
- HCA Florida hospital names CFO
- Health First’s new Merritt Island hospital reaches milestone
- Lee Health clinic in Babcock Ranch grows
- Nobis acquires 4th Florida rehab hospital
- Orlando Health elevates leader to CFO role — 6 things to know
- Sarasota Memorial disputes OIG audit alleging $12.1M in Medicare overpayments
- Shriners Children’s taps revenue cycle executive director
- Tallahassee Memorial president: Focus on engagement, and retention will follow
- Tampa General’s M&A playbook and why ‘deeper’ partnerships beat bigger footprints
- UF Health names chief IT business and program management officer
- Outpatient Care Continues to Grow at Florida Coast Medical Center
- Florida Blue, Cleveland Clinic Florida secure new contract before deadline
GEORGIA
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- Aria Care Partners expands reach with acquisition of Georgia company
- Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates to pay $4.75M to settle DOJ allegations
- Georgia community hospital opens rehab center
- Georgia opens 30-bed forensic mental health unit to ease jail backlog
- Georgians in need of at-home mental health services could get reimbursed for cost if bill passes
- How three Atlanta health leaders are closing critical gaps in care
- Piedmont Fayette breaks ground on massive 7-story patient tower expansion
- Wellstar’s new CEO wants to expand health system’s national brand, regional partnerships
- Addiction center expands to treat younger children as Georgia’s mental health care gaps persist
- Georgia Senate leaders push $409M plan for new state mental health hospital
HAWAII
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- Hawaii cancer center data breach affects 1.2 million people
- Keaau health center might be ready by 2028; cost of new facility could reach $90M
- Nearly $800K in new funding from HCF, Kaiser supports UH’s Maui wildfire study
- Officials celebrate first EMT training academy in Leeward Oahu
- UH Cancer Center warns of cyberattack that possibly exposed sensitive data
IDAHO
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- A company wants to build a stand-alone ER in the Boise area. Its charges? ‘Excessive’
- Amid nationwide health insurance woes, is there a ‘biblical solution’ in Idaho?
- Anti-DEI bill for Medicaid health care providers introduced in Idaho Legislature
- Bingham Healthcare expands urgent care in Bonneville County
- Cardiologists start careers together at Saint Alphonsus in Nampa
- Chris Cargill: Idaho bill aims to end the mystery of childbirth costs
- Idaho Gastroenterology Associates Partners With WovenX Health to Expand Access to Timely, High-Value GI Care
- Idaho infant’s death spurs legislation with new Health and Welfare directives
- Micro-hospital CEO says Blue Cross of Idaho allegations ‘categorically false’
- Premier Eye Care to open new location in Pocatello on March 10
- Teleoncology program improves rural access to medical help
ILLINOIS
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- 4 health systems back in the black in H1
- American College of Surgeons releases 1st national workplace standards
- Becker’s names HSHS one of top places to work in health care
- Bill Expanding Access to Discounted Drugs Awaits Action in Illinois House
- Carle Illinois Advances Global Health Care Education through International AI-XR Research Partnership
- CommonSpirit eyes ASC growth to diversify portfolio
- CommonSpirit sells hospital, plans 6 more
- Eight Springfield-area nursing homes fined thousands of dollars
- First license issued in Illinois under new International Medical Graduate Pathway
- Horizon Health in Paris offers low-cost health screenings next week
- Illinois AG joins pushback from states, nurses against federal student loan change
- Illinois bill aims for better mental health resources for coroners, medical examiners
- Ill. Health System Can Take Privacy Case To 7th Circ.
- IL Senate committee discusses downcoding transparency bill
- Insight Hospital and Medical Center Announces Cyberattack & Data Breach
- Medical office deal: Farpoint, Landes snag Class A asset anchored by major hospital
- Medline pilots AI supply chain platform with 10 systems
- Northstar Integrated Health Expands Holistic Services in Lisle, IL
- Serenity Signature Health Expands Skilled Nursing Services to Support Seniors Aging at Home
- UChicago Medicine develops mRNA therapy for Type 1 diabetes
- Why CommonSpirit is exiting Conifer
INDIANA
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- $10M IU Health investment, donor gift aim to boost Indiana nursing pipeline
- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield forms local orthopedic care health network
- HHS finds up to $600m ‘improper’ payments for autism services, errors on every bill checked in four states
- Indiana hospital transitions revenue cycle operations to Revology
- Indiana opens applications for rural health grants in partial offset of federal Medicaid cuts
- Indiana passes bill blocking Elevance’s 10% out-of-network hospital penalty
- Indiana system names CFO
- IU Health consolidates regions, folds 2 hospitals into academic structure
- IU Health surgeon among first to use new shoulder replacement technique
- Parkview Health launched 18 Epic gen AI features — 3 months in, results are staggering
- Southern Indiana doctor accused of sexual misconduct during genital exams has license suspended
- Indiana first to pass bill that stops penalization for out-of-network care
- Indiana puts legislative stop to Elevance’s out-of-network hospital care penalty
- Gift to IU Health aims to bolster Indiana’s nursing workforce
- Marion County survey reveals top 5 urgent health concerns
- Indiana court blocks abortion law in ACLU religious freedom case
IOWA
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- Bill to double number of state psychiatric facility beds passes Iowa House
- IDT unveils next-generation sequencing tools aimed at advancing cancer research
- Iowa Hospital Association to host health sciences career day
- Iowa moves forward with bill to ban some physicians’ noncompetes
- Judge allows Mercy Iowa City’s $55M lawsuit to proceed. What to know
- Moody’s downgrades Iowa hospital’s credit rating, citing ASC joint venture
- Novy launches Syncra, AI-based scheduling platform for independent emergency medicine groups
- Proposed Iowa rules on insurance for some mental health care in Iowa
- Sioux Center Health & Orange City Area Health Named Among Iowa’s Best Hospitals
- Surgery center fund drive exceeds goal
- UI now uses robots for more precise transplant surgeries
- UnityPoint Health hospital names market chief nursing officer
- UI Health Care opens expanded NICU space to serve more critically ill newborns
- University of Iowa Health Care expands NICU
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
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- Beshear joins group to stand up against federal rule limiting student loans for health-care workeers
- Humana Foundation gives $5 million to veterans organization
- Mercy Health hospital invests in future physicians program
- UK researchers spot Alzheimer’s protein disrupting sleep before memory issues surface
- UofL cancer researchers among top 1% most-cited in the world
- Kentucky Voices for Health raises concerns over Medicaid copays in House Bill 2
- UofL Health CEO supports measure to find better ways to staff, serve rural areas
LOUISIANA
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- Clover, a service organization in New Orleans, is expanding
- LCMC Health invests $14M in women, newborn care at Lakeside Hospital
- Louisiana clinic performs 1st Barricaid spine procedure
- Ochsner taps new chief supply chain officer
- Manning Family Children’s Hospital becomes first level I pediatric trauma center in Louisiana
- New program to tackle Louisiana physical therapist shortage unveiled in Lafayette
- Our Lady of Lourdes Lafayette NICU expands. What it means for families
- Colorado health company expands to Louisiana, aims to speed rare disease diagnoses
MAINE
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- Aroostook agency will absorb 75 Northern Maine General clients and 4 staff
- Fort Kent nurses demand a contract in Saturday rally
- HHS finds up to $600m ‘improper’ payments for autism services, errors on every bill checked in four states
- High hospital bills: Leading cause of Mainers’ medical debt
- Inside Maine’s Best Health & Wellness: Expanding care close to home
- Jury awards $750K to Maine woman over botched hip surgery
- Lawmakers look to address healthcare challenges on multiple fronts
- MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals receives grant to expand access to lung cancer follow-up screenings
- Maine hospitals introduce post-birth alert bracelets to help rural maternal care challenges
- Maine jury awards $750K to woman after surgeon leaves a gap in her femur
- Maine’s rural health care players confront challenges while trying to stay afloat
- MaineHealth protests bill to cap hospital procedure costs
- Northern Light Health pushes back on insurance cost-cutting bill
- Parathyroid surgery now offered at MaineHealth Waldo Hospital’
- Penobscot Community Health Care names new chief medical officer
- Two bills before Legislature aim to ease municipal costs for emergency services, shelters
- Washington County healthcare companies announce merger
- York Hospital losing millions, future hinges on MaineHealth merger
MARYLAND
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- 4 health systems back in the black in H1
- Behavioral health advocates seek ‘sensible’ provider payment boost amid workforce shortage
- Can Howard County get a second hospital? The answer is not so simple.
- Caregiver at Potomac senior living facility shot, killed 87-year-old man, police say
- Maryland hospitals spend billions on ‘community benefits.’ Lawmakers want more oversight.
- TidalHealth rebrands Atlantic General Hospital
- Meritus Health Executive Appointed to Maryland Rural Health Committee
- Maryland AG Brown announces $1.99M settlement with LifeBridge Health over hospital fees
MASSACHUSETTS
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- $32M deal closes on Boston-area medical center
- Allurion faces potential NYSE delisting, plans to appeal decision
- ARPA-H awards $235 million to Boston, Cambridge research teams
- BCBS Massachusetts posts $223M loss in 2025
- Beth Israel Lahey Health back in the black in Q1
- Beth Israel Lahey Health CEO to step down after 15 years at the helm
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mass. faces second year of record losses
- Boston-area hospitals rank among the world’s best, Newsweek says
- Cognito Therapeutics raises $105M for Alzheimer’s device
- Disc Medicine cuts 20% of workforce following FDA rejection
- FDA flags safety risk with Boston Scientific stents
- FDA recalls Boston Scientific stents, following three deaths, 160+ serious injuries
- Fear and anxiety at Mass. health centers amid federal funding cuts
- Framingham biopharma looking for new merger after San Diego deal terminated
- Framingham healthcare firm sued over IPO promises
- Former CEO of Non-Profit Nursing Home Pleads Guilty to Misapplication of Property
- Lawmakers advance bill to let state seize Norwood Hospital property
- Massachusetts board votes to eliminate GLP-1 obesity coverage amid budget crisis
- Moderna agrees to pay nearly $1B to settle Covid vaccine patent battle
- Point32Health narrows operating loss to $301M amid cost cuts, layoffs
- Jabil to shutter Clinton facility after 60% companywide workforce reduction
- Kevin Tabb steps down as Beth Israel Lahey Health CEO
- Somerville biotech Generate Biomedicines IPO nets $400 million
MICHIGAN
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- Blue Cross Michigan posts $246M loss, cuts new CEO pay in 2025
- Blue Cross reduces its losses under massive cost-cutting program
- Children’s Hospital of Michigan taps new CFO
- Corewell Health posts 1.6% operating margin, grows revenue to $17.6B — 7 things to know
- Henry Ford hospital nurses strike hits 6-month mark: 4 notes
- McLaren Health Care acquires Clarkston physicians group
- Michigan offers $5 million in grants for nursing home quality improvements
- UM-Board of Regents Approves $143M Behavioral Health, Ambulatory Surgery Centers in Lansing
- Blue Cross, Michigan Medicine dispute leaves 300,000 patients in lurch
- Bargaining between Michigan Medicine and nurses’ union hits snag one month before contract expiration
- University of Michigan Health-West boosts safety with weapons detection system at ER
- Michigan paid consultants $2.9M for failed mental health redesign
- Construction on Michigan’s newest psychiatric hospital on track for patients this fall
- Whitmer talks literacy, housing and health care in 2026 State of the State address
MINNESOTA
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- HCMC on ‘life support,’ risks closure without state help, Hennepin County official says
- HCMC closure would cause patient deaths, Minnesota Senator says
- Hennepin County Medical Center faces closure without tax approval
- Inside Mayo Clinic’s newest startup cohort
- Mayo Clinic posts 6.8% margin in 2025
- Measles cases in Minnesota and North Dakota
- Medicaid service providers say federal funding freeze is cause for concern
- Minnesota hospitals generate $1B+ in 340B revenue
- Minnesota hospitals received more than $1B selling discounted drugs for full price
- Minnesota sues to block Trump administration’s withholding of $243 million in Medicaid funds
- Walz unveils anti-fraud package after Trump administration threatens to halt Medicaid funds
- Rep. Reyer says her bill will add transparency to private purchases of nursing facilities
- UnitedHealth pay raises not to exceed 2% amid layoffs: Bloomberg
- White Earth Nation first Minnesota tribe to receive national accreditation for health care
MISSISSIPPI
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- Behind the scenes of a hospital’s 9-day cyberattack response
- Columbus-Area Children’s Healthcare Provider Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
- Delta Health System Continues Partnership With UMMC
- Encompass Health announces plans to build a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Flowood, Mississippi
- House seeks to allow proton radiation therapy in Rankin County, addresses other CON provision
- Mississippi hospital adopts AI-assisted cardiac detection
- Mississippi hospital names COO
- Mississippi’s Rural Hospitals Are Facing Challenges Head On
- Sen. Chassaniol says she is likely to kill prison health care reforms
- South Central Unveils New First West Wing with Ribbon Cutting and Open House
- U of Mississippi Medical Center restores phone lines after cyberattack
- U of Mississippi pharmacy program targets maternal health crisis
MISSOURI
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- 4 health systems back in the black in H1
- Ascension expands free medication program to 35 pharmacies
- Children’s Mercy raises $150M for mental healthcare
- CoxHealth switches to Epic
- HCA, Ascension target high-growth market with ER builds
- Health care consultancy Navvis names second new CEO in 2 years
- How a $12.1B health system selected a new brand
- How MU Health Care cut ED walkouts, specialty wait times
- Kirkwood urgent care building sells for $3.13M
- Mercy nurses cut note time by 85% with Epic AI
- Missouri system taps chief medical officer
- Missouri nurses are done normalizing violence
- Missouri bill looks to nurses to address health care shortage
- Legislation would clarify Missouri law on sales tax exemption for medical devices
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
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- Hospital leaders against Medicaid proposal
- Bridges to Mental Health Event Unites Regional Leaders in McCook
- Maternity care access declining, rural Nebraska hospitals struggling to keep up
- Panhandle trauma center lowers designation, reducing 24/7 availability of some specialists
- UNMC creates new scholarship program to help address rural nurse workforce woes
NEVADA
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- Boulder City Hospital layoffs, service cuts coming as facility shifts to rural emergency designation
- Intermountain Health names leader of Nevada children’s hospital
- Kaiser Permanente enters Nevada with Renown deal
- Las Vegas provider opens southern Nevada’s 1st crisis stabilization center
- Las Vegas ranks among nation’s lowest for seniors in assisted living, report says
- Layoffs hit Boulder City Hospital with change in provider type
- Nevada hospital to downsize, switch to rural emergency status
- Nevada officials want to keep childhood vaccine rules intact after feds relax them
- New program aims to bring healthcare providers to underserved areas in Nevada
- Preventative Health Care available through NRMC
- Renown, UNR Med team for obstetrics and gynecology residency
- The Center’s mobile medical clinic brings healthcare services to communities across Nevada
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- $773M for NH rural health care contracts tabled
- NH to issue $641M in first contracts for rural health initiative
- The essential role of a health plan in New Hampshire
- Executive Council pauses $773 million federal rural health spending, requesting details
- Bill seeks to address abuse and neglect in New Hampshire’s disability care system
NEW JERSEY
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- AHA urges HHS to block Novo Nordisk’s 340B data demand
- Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, Eastwick College launch workforce partnership
- Camden Healthcare Workers Confront the Barriers Holding Back Their Neighbors’ Health
- Capital Health revives stalled hospital project next to Oxford Valley Mall
- Clover 1st payer live on CMS-aligned network for interoperability
- FDA sends Novo Nordisk 2nd warning over GLP-1 ads
- Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Introduces High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Prostate Cancer Treatment
- Heights hospital ER faces closure in Jersey City
- How 1 New Jersey hospital boosted HCAHPS scores 300%
- Hudson Regional Health to close Heights University Hospital’s ER; will stay open until March 14
- New Jersey system closing hospital ED after $30M loss
- Nine N.J. hospitals earn places on Newsweek’s list of World’s Best Hospitals 2026
- NJ hospital using AI, cutting-edge imaging for clearer heart screenings
- St. Joseph’s Health taps Oracle Health AI and analytics to unite patient data
- Three RWJBarnabas Health Hospitals Named to Newsweek’s 2026 World’s Best Hospitals List
- Struggling N.J. emergency room will remain open another 2 weeks after public outcry
- University Spine Center suffers data breach
- U.S. News & World Report chooses Hunterdon Health as a Best Home Health provider
- Local New Jersey Physician Featured in Groundbreaking Menopause Docuseries Released for International Women’s Day
- Town Physical Therapy Expands to Jersey City with Opening of 6th New Jersey Location
- Wellness Hills Launches High-Acuity Mental Health Program in Chester
- Top N.J. health official blisters HRH for Heights hospital flouting closure rules
- Hospital In Jersey City To Close In 2 Weeks, Rather Than Saturday
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- $22M expansion in the works for Olean hospital
- 2 hospitals receive presidential quality award
- Albany Medical Center names new hospital CEO
- Calvado Care buying 5 Absolut nursing homes as RCA Healthcare opts out
- Catholic Health to outsource Epic support to Nordic
- Dan Pickett takes over leadership of the region’s largest health system with one aim in mind.
- Dr. Jason Mouzakes named Albany Medical Center Hospital CEO
- Guthrie opens New York outpatient orthopedic, spine center
- Highmark ends 2025 with net gain of $101M on $3.1B in revenue
- Hospital for Special Surgery by the numbers
- Judge Upholds $5M Verdict Against Nursing Home in Veteran’s Death Case
- Kaleida Health in talks with potential buyer of closing hospital site
- Maimonides merger ‘not a takeover,’ Health+Hospitals CEO says, and will bring millions in cash
- Mount Sinai out of network with Anthem
- Mount Sinai, Saudi university partner on familial IBD research
- New York system leader joins WellSpan
- New Albany Med CEO Dan Pickett on his goals for the health system
- New York hospital to undergo $22M expansion
- New York physician sentenced to 7 years for unlawful drug distribution
- New York safety-net hospital board chair to resign after 10 months
- New York surgery center inks anesthesia deal
- New York system leader joins WellSpan
- N.Y. Attorney General Orders Hospital to Resume Youth Transgender Care
- NorthStar names interim CEO, dismisses 3 leaders
- Nursing home hit in first PDPM audit sues over OIG effort to ‘rewrite history’ with $31M recoupment
- NYC Health Center Sues HHS Over $31M Medicare Repayment
- NYC Health + Hospitals advances behavioral health strategy: 4 things to know
- Orthopedic Surgery Center opens in Johnson City
- Rochester Regional Health to lay off coders at 2 hospitals: SEIU
- Roswell Park plans to buy four Cheektowaga properties for possible expansion
- State orders NYU Langone to restore gender care for youth
- The question driving Mount Sinai’s pharmacy AI strategy
- Univera parent Excellus Health Plan reports $150M net margin on revenue of $7.5B
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Atrium Health’s “hospital room of the future” enables virtual bedside care in real time
- Building a healthier future: Novant Health makes a landmark investment in facilities, talent and care
- Chief nursing officer named next CEO of Holly Hill Hospital in Raleigh
- CMS lifts Mission Hospital’s immediate jeopardy status
- Duke to raise systemwide minimum wage
- ECU Health opens 2 gastroenterology clinics following practice acquisition
- ECU Health to sell home health, hospice services
- Life sciences heavyweight pays $145M for European drug discovery sites
- Medical startup founded by OrthoCarolina surgeons finds promise in VR treatment for phantom limb pain
- Novant posts 4.8% operating margin in 2025
- Tech to tackle cancer side effects
- UNC Health Rex to implement new policy, pay $150K to settle COVID-19 vaccine discrimination lawsuit
- What’s driving Novant Health’s ASC expansion
- After transforming and expanding the program, NC Medicaid director steps down
- North Carolina public health officer hired to run Spokane Regional Health District
- North Carolina launches program to bolster social work workforce across the state
- Some lawmakers push to restore funding for program aimed at improving infant, maternal health
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- 44 lawsuits target Kettering Health as patients claim injuries from cybersecurity attack
- Cleveland Clinic posts $913M operating income, 5% margin — 7 things to know
- Cleveland Clinic’s digital chief builds culture to support AI ambitions
- Dayton Children’s names new CFO as predecessor retires after decade of service
- Five Rivers Health Centers expands footprint with modern Xenia ‘one-stop shop’ for care
- Hospital to close ASC ahead of OhioHealth acquisition
- Mercy Health affiliate seeks $3 million for Clark County facility as regional providers slash services
- OhioHealth builds well-being programs to reshape caregiver culture
- TriHealth names chief people officer
- U.S. News names 5 local providers among top home health agencies
- Amid drastic Medicaid cuts, Ohio Department of Health director lays out rural program funding plans
- Teacher, health care unions push back on Ohio legislation aiding ICE
- Bipartisan bill would expand access to maternal behavioral health care in Ohio
- Major abortion provider in Ohio to expand services via telehealth
- What role is AI playing in Northeast Ohio hospitals? Experts weigh in:
OKLAHOMA
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- 3 years after opening, Oklahoma rehab hospital adds more beds
- Bethany Children’s Health Center to host 5th annual Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Conference
- New mental health facility set to open in south Oklahoma City
- Oklahoma bill advances to oversee $223 million in federal rural health care funds
- Oklahoma City Behavioral Health Campus Begins Phased Opening
- Tribe increases investment in Claremore Outpatient facility as it sees rise in patient numbers
OREGON
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- A major step forward for Oregon healthcare: Inside OHSU’s new Vista Pavilion
- Asante says Atrio is delinquent nearly $60M
- ER doctors balk at loss of contract at PeaceHealth hospitals
- Oregon Health & Science University Hospital Completes Expansion In Portland, Oregon
- Oregon House passes bill restricting immigration authorities in hospitals
- Oregon Senate passes bill to regulate ICE in hospitals
- Oregon Senate passes ‘Healthcare Without Fear’ bill
- The Death of a Portland Clinic
- Vancouver Clinic hires Texas health care veteran as new CEO
- Lawmakers push Oregon Health Authority to probe telehealth provider
- 1st-in-the-nation Oregon law capping state employee hospital payments is working, study says
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 4 health systems back in the black in H1
- 6 health systems land on Fortune’s most-admired companies list
- ‘A death spiral’: Why Pennsylvania hospitals are struggling to stay open
- Aetna fined $550K for mental health parity violations
- Allegheny Health Network taps UH exec as chief nurse
- Appeals court could revive cardiologist’s anti-DEI retaliation lawsuit
- Arbutus Biopharma to get $190 million from Moderna settlement
- Capital Health revives hospital project near Oxford Valley Mall
- CHOP acquires former city building for $17.5M in latest real estate play
- First Look: AHN’s new $10 million automated pharmacy in Zelienople
- Fitch raises UPMC’s outlook after $625M operating turnaround
- Former IT contractor pleads guilty to Geisinger data breach
- Geisinger names new CFO
- Pa.’s federal rural health funding doesn’t compare to projected Medicaid loss
- Gov. Shapiro urges Pennsylvanians to report AI chatbots posing as mental health professionals
- Guthrie opens New York outpatient orthopedic, spine center
- Main Line Health names new Lankenau Medical Center president
- Moderna to pay $950M to settle dispute with Bucks County’s Arbutus Biopharma
- Most Philly-area health systems had improved financial results in first half of fiscal 2026
- New York system leader joins WellSpan
- Palvella, Larimar capitalize on soaring stock prices, raise $345M
- Penn Medicine receives $10M gift for Lynch syndrome center
- Philadelphia Planned Parenthood centers say services are at risk following Medicaid cuts
- Select Medical going private in $3.9B deal
- The ‘death spiral’ facing some Pennsylvania hospitals
- UHS posts 11.5% operating margin in 2025 as net income jumps 30%
- UHS to roll out behavioral health revenue cycle AI tools in 2026
- University Hospital COO to lead Main Line Health hospital
- University of Pittsburgh ranks No. 7 in NIH funding in 2025 with over $669M
- UPMC sees $625M operating performance improvement in 2025
- UPMC gifted $1.25M to support care in North Central Pennsylvania
- VA Pittsburgh secures funding for emergency department expansion, clinic upgrades
- UPMC backs AI startup in $13M investment
RHODE ISLAND
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- 4 R.I.-area hospitals among best in U.S., Newsweek says
- Bankruptcy judge agrees to give Centurion till Friday to buy Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals
- Brown University Health names new chief of cardiac surgery, expands cardiovascular surgical team
- DOJ sides with Big Pharma in fight over Rhode Island drug discount law
- Financing a $36M research hub: Health system taps bond market for new East Providence lab
- First-year data signals success at harm reduction center
- HunterSeven receives $100K form Philip Morris International for veteran health screenings
- Irish medtech SymPhysis plans Providence move
- Nonprofit secures funding to buy Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals
- Legislator: State should consider adding a dental school at URI
- Newport Mental Health names new medical director
- Proposed legislation would require schools to print mental health hotline numbers on student ID cards
- South County Hospital operator settles differences with critics
- South Coast Health names seasoned employee executive chief of heart and vascular program
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Avera Grassland marks 10 years of serving patients in Mitchell and beyond
- Hospitals do the math on upcoming ACA coverage losses
- Monument Health expanding care at its Spearfish Clinic
- Sanford Health’s Jac McTaggart honored by Becker’s as Top Critical Access Hospital CEO
- Sanford’s CFO on Building Resilient Scale in an Era of Policy Risk
- South Dakota governor signs rural healthcare recruitment bill
- South Dakota hospital names director of IT, clinical informatics
- ‘Taking the finances off the table’: Sanford COO talks alignment with health plans
TENNESSEE
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- 6 health systems land on Fortune’s most-admired companies list
- AbbVie loses bid to block Tennessee 340B law
- CEO Adam Peebles: ‘We don’t have time for jerks; life’s too short’
- East Tennessee Children’s Hospital officially changes name to Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital
- Elevance names Tennessee Medicaid president
- Erlanger Medical Center Unable to Halt Government’s Fraud Claim
- Erlanger expands system-level leadership roles
- HCA, Ascension target high-growth market with ER builds
- HCA details 2026 exec bonus plan; longtime board member to retire
- HCA Healthcare stock doubles in the three years, hitting new all-time high
- HCA’s TriStar Division eyes Fairview for $21M freestanding ER
- Newport Healthcare taps chief growth and experience officer
- Tennessee hospital system seals deal to add Arkansas hospital
- Tennessee system taps revenue cycle leader from Centra Health
- Tristar announces $21M plans for Middle Tennessee city’s first freestanding ER
- Two new ERs for Fairview? TriStar and Ascension compete
- Vanderbilt Health teams up with Tennessee Titans and Nissan Stadium
TEXAS
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- 6 health systems land on Fortune’s most-admired companies list
- 6 Texas physicians to pay $5M to settle false claims allegations
- Ben Taub hospital expansion proposed in 100-year FEMA floodplain
- Can grade schoolers overcome the state nursing shortage?
- Changes to visa for skilled workers could create issues for Texas health care, health leaders say
- Children’s Health taps chief investment officer
- Cook Children’s names new chief information security officer
- Flu season becomes an AI stress test at Houston Methodist
- Gatesville ER doctor dedicates himself to serving his community through faith and compassion
- Harris Health works to expand primary care alongside increasing hospital capacity
- Houston sees medical research funding bump amid 2025 cuts
- MD Health Pathways Aims to Expand Affordable, On-Demand Care in North Texas
- Medical City Children’s Hospital completes major expansion
- Methodist Healthcare taps chief medical officer
- Texas Health plans new hospital in north McKinney
- Texas hospital completes 1st TriClip procedure
- Texas hospitals to merge under Tenet deal
- Texas Medical Center’s plan to scale team-based models
- Texas Medical Center board names new chair, adds ex-Shell leader
- UT San Antonio lands nearly $40M in new fed funding
- Why Baylor Scott & White opted for an access redesign
- Why CommonSpirit is exiting Conifer
UTAH
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- AstraZeneca Wins Pause on Utah Contract Pharmacy Law Enforcement
- Bridging the Gap: How the University of Utah’s StrokeNet Is Delivering Breakthroughs to the Mountain West
- Inside Huntsman’s hybrid model boosting social worker capacity sixfold
- Intermountain cuts charting time 27% with AI assistant
- Intermountain Health introduces robotic surgery to improve care for women with endometriosis
- Intermountain Health St. George Hospital Legacy Display Showcases Over 100 Years of Medical History
- Logan Psychiatry and Mental Health Opens in Northern Utah, Now Accepting Patients Across Cache Valley
- Measles cases increase across the Southwestern Utah region as more people opt out of MMR vaccines
- MountainStar Healthcare Expands Cardiology Care, Opens Heart Clinic in Utah County
- U of Utah anesthesia chair to step down
- University of Utah Health helps ‘reimagine’ the EHR
- University of Utah’s StrokeNet Transforms Mountain West
- Utah bill would boost reporting on violence against hospital workers
- Utah reaches 355 measles cases, with TriCounty Health Department confirming first cases
VERMONT
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- BCBS Vermont reports $63.3M in profit for 2025
- This Town Meeting Day, Vermont towns consider calling for universal health care
- UVM Home Health & Hospice volunteers among the longest serving in the nation
- Discussion focuses on the challenge of reducing Vermont healthcare costs
- Blue Cross of Vermont Rebounds After Near Collapse
VIRGINIA
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- Carilion taps 4 new leaders
- Former UVA Health CEO files $34M defamation lawsuit
- Sentara brings in new wave of ambulatory, surgical leadership
- Sentara names 17 leaders under new operating model
- Sentara’s CFO redefines growth
- UVA Health Gynecologic Oncology ranked No. 2 in nation for clinical trial enrollment
- Virginia health systems face $26B in federal cuts
- Virginia physician group acquired after 25+ years of independence
- Virginia’s new public health leaders take the helm as state agencies weather uncharted waters
WASHINGTON
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- Charity costs are up at hospitals in eastern Washington. One reason? Idahoans
- CommonSpirit hospital plans 16-bed infusion center
- Dave Sabey-backed startup is on a mission to prolong healthy living
- MultiCare’s CNO talks about her ‘love’ for the system, top 3 priorities
- Orthopedic group to settle data breach lawsuit for $2.5M
- WA committee advances prescription drug bill critic calls ‘a cash grab’ for hospitals
- WA moves to issue its own guidance for vaccines insurers must cover
- WA passes legislation requiring no-cost insurance for state-recommended vaccines
- Washington hospital deploys AI agents to streamline patient access
- Washington hospital staff vote ‘no confidence’ in management company
- Washington Legislature approves bill shifting vaccine guidance authority to state
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Express Scripts to repay West Virginia pharmacies after state probe
- Orchard Park Hospital signs letter of intent to merge with WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital
- West Virginia Department of Health names advisory panel for $200M rural health transformation program
- WV Department of Health urges for the authorization of nearly $200 million rural health care funds
- WVU Medicine hospital names interim CEO
WISCONSIN
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- 2 dead, 2 wounded in separate hospital shootings in Alabama, Wisconsin
- Aspirus blocked from enrolling Medicare Advantage members as UCare fallout spreads
- Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital Urges Community to Prioritize Screening During Colon Cancer Awareness Month
- Company works to find housing for traveling health care workers
- HHS finds up to $600m ‘improper’ payments for autism services, errors on every bill checked in four states
- INVO Fertility Announces Availability of Advanced Incubation Technology at its Wisconsin Clinic
- Milwaukee police investigate double shooting inside Aurora Sinai Medical Center
- Mobile clinic brings health care to underserved communities in northeast Wisconsin
- Network Health, backed by Cost Plus partnership, posts another year of record Medicare Advantage growth
- New hospital officially opens in Wisconsin Rapids
- RSV cases are down. Health experts are optimistic a new vaccine is behind it.
- ThedaCare Confirms Closure of Weyauwega Clinic
- UnityPoint Health-Meriter names new chief nursing officer
- Versiti Blood Research Institute secures $11.5 million to expand pediatric cancer research
- Wisconsin joins lawsuit over federal changes to childhood vaccine schedule
- Wisconsin legislators float nurse-to-patient ratios
- Wisconsin nurses, lawmakers push for hospital staffing bill
- Wisconsin to add Krabbe disease to newborn screening panel
- Wisconsin Hospital Association report finds health care workforce is growing, but not fast enough
- Milwaukee Bucks Foundation and Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin to make $900,000 investment in health impact
- Wisconsin Reintroduces ‘Nurse Staffing & Patient Protection Act’: What Nurses Should Know
- Aurora Health at Home in Milwaukee named a “Best Home Health” agency by U.S. News & World Report
WYOMING
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- BCBS Wyoming CEO to retire, replacement named
- Home Care Costs Increase 3% Nationally, Wyoming Most Expensive State
- Healthcare bill roundup: Rural Health Transformation funds, Medicaid reimbursement and more
- Heartbeat abortion ban survives in Senate after Wyoming constitutional amendment falters
- Hospital price transparency bill clears Wyoming House committee
- Sweetwater County Public Health confirms continued operations amid nearby closures
- Wyoming hospital under construction names interim CEO
- Wyoming Supreme Court denies petition to reconsider abortion ruling
- Wyoming’s plan for how to use federal healthcare money could spark a special session
- Wyoming could enact more citizenship checks for SNAP recipients, collect hospital data for noncitizens
