NATIONAL
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- 4 senators push CMS to tackle Medicare Advantage upcoding: Bloomberg
- 7 health systems with boosted outlooks
- 131 hospitals sue HHS over DSH cuts: 5 notes
- ACA plans denied 19% of in-network claims in 2024: report
- AHA urges CMS to limit hospital burden in fraud crackdown, calls for MA scrutiny
- Bipartisan bill would cap Medicare physician pay cuts
- CMS extends Elevance’s Medicare Advantage sanction deadline, exempts some plans
- CMS requests ACOs apply for LEAD model
- CVS Health opens pharmacy-only locations as it rightsizes store footprint
- Elevance Health ‘ghost network’ lawsuit moves forward
- Elevance Health ‘ghost network’ class action lawsuit allowed to proceed
- FTC nears settlement with CVS Caremark
- Group sues CMS for details on Medicare AI prior authorization pilot
- HHS, CMS form healthcare advisory committee
- HHS mobile clinic pilot offers a guide for rural access, revenue
- HHS realigns tech leadership, shifts AI, data roles
- Hospitals in 16 states sue HHS over Medicare DSH payment changes
- Hospitals are facing more bad debt
- Hospitals push back on CMS’ domestic supply proposal
- How the $100K H-1B visa fee will affect hospitals: AHA
- How these providers are building a nurse pipeline to get ahead
- Joint Commission debuts 2 new certifications
- Large health systems tighten grip on cities, leading to less competition
- Leapfrog Group to expand ASC rating system using federal data
- ‘Lifesaving’: ACOs laud federal move to address suspect billing
- Mark Cuban backs bill to break up vertically integrated insurers
- More physicians receive blended compensation: AMA report
- Nearly half of US hospital markets entirely controlled by 1 or 2 health systems: KFF
- Older adults to benefit from Rural Health Transformation Program, foundation says
- Physicians don’t have enough hours in the day as patients balance urgent care options
- Regulators zero in on hospital contracting
- The Leapfrog Group to expand ASC reporting program
- The states pushing hospital price caps despite opposition
- US House responds with its own nursing home staffing bill
- What DOJ’s recent antitrust lawsuit means for health systems
- Where health system compensation dollars are going in 2026
ALABAMA
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- Alabama House passes bill to increase rural emergency healthcare access
- CHS closes sale of Alabama hospital
- Crestwood Medical Center to continue operations under Huntsville Hospital Health System
- 3 rural Alabama hospitals at risk of closing due to Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ report says
- $55 million Birmingham hospital expansion completed
- Alabama bill would require insurance to cover ambulance rides & emergency treatment
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Arizona cardiology group to pay $3.85M to settle data breach lawsuit
- Arizona Sports Medicine Center opens new facility
- Banner Health expands spine, joint surgery services
- Banner Health reports increasing revenues, operating margins — and expanding access
- Copa Health sues former CEO over alleged misuse of funds
- HonorHealth Research Institute adds PerQdisc
- Phoenix-based Cancer Support Community Arizona nonprofit announces new CEO
- Arizona senior care costs surge to record levels
- Arizona’s allied health care workforce could get needed boost from new bill
- GOP lawmakers are trying to stop Arizonans from getting abortion medication by mail
- Kids at Phoenix Children’s hospital go on camera as Kidcasters
- Northern Arizona Healthcare Breaks Ground on New Cancer Center at Verde Valley Medical Center Campus
- Plan would allow camera monitoring in Arizona nursing homes
- Rural patients, doctors and hospitals face affordability, health insurance woes
- Who’s Who in Arizona Healthcare for 2026
- Women’s pain is often dismissed in health care. This Arizona congresswoman wants to change that
ARKANSAS
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- A Bentonville Tech Firm Is Changing How Health Care Workers Get Help
- Catalyst Healthcare Sells Arkansas MOB
- Dr. Steven Wright Named CMO at Jefferson Regional in Pine Bluff
- Ex-Arkansas Medical Board Chair, 7 Others Charged With Trapping Patients for Profit
- Forestry Nonprofit Commits $2.5M to Arkansas Children’s Heart Research
- UAMS Raises Employee Minimum Wage to $16
- Arkansas hospital taps CFO
- Arkansas system CEO to retire, successor named
- Baptist Health Arkansas hospital to end OB services
- Baptist Health closing labor and delivery unit at Fort Smith hospital
- Fort Smith Board holds off on legislative request targeting hospital care cuts
- Fort Smith hospital to close pregnancy, childbirth, NICU services
- Joseph Schwartz, Nursing Home Owner Pardoned by Trump, Owes Patient Families Millions
- Patients face higher costs as White River Health goes out of network with UnitedHealthcare
CALIFORNIA
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- 5 ASC, MOB deals in California
- 9th Circ. Revives Aya Health Arbitrations In Nurses’ Wage Suit
- Adventist Health sees momentum from insourcing revenue cycle operations
- Artera, Atlantic Health deploy AI agents for colonoscopy patient outreach
- California hospital cuts stroke imaging time with AICalifornia hospital’s finances improve, cash position remains ‘dire’
- Calson Management sells two Bay Area memory care facilities for $24.3M
- Colorado state health care chief resigns following billing blunders
- Data Breach Reported by Orthopedic Implant Manufacturer TriMed
- California hospitals laying off thousands as funding cuts trickle down
- CFO Scores $867K Win In Health Device Co. Wage Suit
- Does Sutter owe you money in $21.5M privacy settlement? Here’s what to know
- Kaiser made $9.3 billion last year. Critics say it has strayed from its charitable mission
- Labor deal ratified by nearly 3,000 nurses at 6 Tenet hospitals
- Pfizer to exit South San Francisco space — and with it, the Bay Area
- Providence Mission Hospital Receives $10 Million Gift for New Health Center in Rancho Mission Viejo as Need for Health Services in Orange County Increases
- Sutter ASC to pay $3.2M to settle alleged drug security lapses
- Sutter Health 1st to adopt Epic’s AI chatbot for patients
- Sutter Health affiliate buys medical office building on Roseville hospital campus for $5M
- UC Davis Health remotely monitors 180 patients at a time: 5 notes
- UCLA Health creates leadership role for AI innovation
- UCSF Health names spine surgery chief
- Virtual nursing at UCHealth delivers early detection and safer recoveries for patients
- Enloe Health wins top lactation award in California
- Hoag to launch transplant center in 2027
- How Three Community Health Centers Are Closing Gaps in Care for Black Californians
- Office Ally acquires Jopari Solutions
- Prime Healthcare Invests $104 Million in First Year in Illinois, Strengthening Hospitals, Advancing Quality, Saving 13,000 Jobs, and Expanding Access to Care
- Providence hospital closes inpatient pediatric unit
- Several people arrested for $50M health care fraud across Southern California
- California hospitals laying off thousands as funding cuts trickle down
- Families File Suit to Continue Gender Experiments on Their Children
- ‘Give me another solution.’ Counties resist mental health centers, betraying patients and families
COLORADO
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- Colorado Medicaid leader steps down amid lawmaker scrutiny
- Gov. Polis signs law shielding vaccines from shifting CDC guidelines
- HRRMC and Aspen Valley to partner on EHR
- Why Children’s Hospital Colorado has not resumed gender-affirming care despite a favorable court ruling
- Head of Colorado’s Medicaid program resigns as state Senate was preparing to take “no confidence” vote
- Colorado accepted into WHO response network to stay ahead of infectious diseases after US withdrawal
- Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ kids
- Colorado bill would bar debt collectors from seizing wages, homes over medical debt
CONNECTICUT
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- Hartford HealthCare launches patient AI tool in EHR
- Shuttered Waterbury nursing home property, facing foreclosure suit, goes up for sale
- Study: Health insurance ‘public option’ in CT could mean higher taxes, fewer providers
- UConn Health’s board set to vote on takeover of children’s psychiatric facility
- Will private equity weaken Connecticut’s health care, or save it? Quinnipiac experts debate impact of investors on hospitals, doctor’s offices
- CFO Scores $867K Win In Health Device Co. Wage Suit
- CT hospital system eliminates meal choices to cut costs. Move comes amid staff and safety questions
- Fitch downgrades Connecticut Children’s credit rating
- LiftWell Health Announces Brand Consolidation, Board & Presidential Appointment, In-Network Expansion, and Strategic Advisory Board
- New Windsor Clinic Sets Grand Opening On Broad Street
- RN is the ‘Nurse Next Door’ in western Connecticut
- Sacred Heart University celebrates expanded Center for Healthcare Education
- Two medical-office buildings in Connecticut take bidders’ temperature
- Yale researchers study GLP-1’s potential for SUD
- The essential role of a health plan in Connecticut
- Historic Windsor Lab Getting Major Expansion, Upgrade
DC
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- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield taps Elevance Health’s Kurt Small as CEO
- Children’s National Hospital lands $8.9M gift to create pain management center in Montgomery County
- Howard University fills out hospital C-suite amid continued hunt for operating partner
- VA Doctors in Washington, DC are Recognized as Washingtonian 2025 Top Doctors
- As D.C.’s homeless population faces limited access to healthy food, nonprofits step in to close the gap
DELAWARE
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- Beebe Healthcare launches new governance structure: 3 notes
- ChristianaCare announces new $75M rehab facility in Newark
- New ChristianaCare, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia partnership to expand pediatric services in Delaware
- YMCA of Delaware opens first-of-its-kind health hub in Wilmington
- ChristianaCare, Onix to operate $75 million rehab hospital near Newark
- Nemours’ new Delaware Valley president eyes geographic expansion
- Families, ex-staff allege improper sedation at Rockford psych hospital
- A Look At Encompass Health’s Valuation As It Plans New Bear Delaware Rehabilitation Hospital
FLORIDA
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- AdventHealth CEO brings a cyclist’s mind to healthcare headwind navigation
- AdventHealth rolls out smart rooms
- BayCare, Northwestern Medicine to launch organ transplant program with 2027 debut
- BayCare residency program size doubles on Match Day gains
- BayCare taps inaugural COO of women’s medical group
- BayCare to launch solid organ transplant program
- Florida children’s hospital signs CMS nutrition pledge
- Florida hospital taps Meditech EHR
- Florida man sentenced in $46M DME fraud scheme
- Freestanding emergency rooms draw $200M+ investment from Northeast Florida hospital systems
- HCA Brandon to break ground on freestanding ER in South Hillsborough County
- HCA Florida hospital names CEO
- HCA Florida Palms West names new CEO
- Hospital drops lawsuit against patient who refused to leave after being discharged nearly 6 months ago
- How Orlando Health is reshaping bariatric care
- Jackson Health signs lease for expansion
- Kain Capital Completes Investment in White Wilson Medical Center and Appoints Brad Logan as CEO
- Lakeland Regional Health to invest $55M in two new freestanding ERs in Polk County
- Lee Health Fort Myers Reaches Construction Milestone In Florida
- Meet Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, a 2026 Best Places to Work honoree
- Memorial Regional, Joe DiMaggio Children’s name CFO
- Miami health care company raises $200 million, taps Tom Brady as chief wellness officer
- Nemours Children’s taps regional chief medical officer
- Pensacola’s freeze on Baptist Hospital master plan begins to thaw
- Physician shortage strains Southwest Florida care
- Private equity firm acquires majority stake in independent physician group
- South Florida’s only children’s hospital brings needed relief with new lease in Miami area
- Sunshine Health awards $100,000 in childcare and transportation grants to support workforce access
- Tampa General Hospital Launches Hospital at Home Program in Citrus County
- The Breakers owner purchases former behavioral hospital for $12 million
- USF-led dementia clinical trial secures $2.8 million in NIH funding
GEORGIA
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- A $1B campus, leadership handoff and unchanged mission: Grady’s next chapter
- Atlanta study shows access to healthcare contributes to mental health challenges
- Georgia union reaches new collective bargaining agreement with Kaiser Permanente
- New orthopedic CEO trims $2.5M in costs — 2 targeted areas
- Northside Hospital buys neighboring property on Johnson Ferry
- Southside Medical Center partners with schools to provide on-site healthcare
- The conversation that led to Anthem’s partnership with Athens Orthopedic Clinic
- Bill creating standards for community health workers in Georgia has stalled
- What’s next after a stalled bill to aid health workers in Georgia?
- Major advancements to trauma care across South Georgia
- Georgia bans many midwives from practicing. Now, several are suing the state.
- CommonSpirit Health Facilities in Tennessee and Georgia reach agreement with Cigna
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- Idaho family caregivers provide $6.6 billion in unpaid care annually
- Idaho Senate approves oversight committee of federal rural health care grant
- Idaho Senate committee sends anti-DEI bill for Medicaid providers to floor
- JFAC takes lead on Rural Health Transformation Program after previous bills failed to advance
- McCall hospital district pauses funding on St. Luke’s housing amid legal questions
- Plastic surgery center proposed for Meridian’s Ten Mile corridor
- College of Eastern Idaho launches dental hygiene program
- 1% of health insurance tax could fund medical education amid Idaho doctor shortage
ILLINOIS
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- Closed Illinois hospital owner eyes July reopening
- CVS to open 1st pharmacy-only location in Chicago
- Edward Hospital to expand cardiovascular services with nearly $29 million project
- Former OSF HealthCare CEO Kevin Schoeplein dies
- How Illinois bills could help with mental health services
- Insight Hospital CEO in talks to help West Suburban Medical Center after sudden closure
- Memorial Health CSO: Healthcare strategy requires saying ‘no’
- Oak Park West Suburban hospital closes doors after Resilience Health suspension announcement
- Prime Healthcare Invests $104 Million in First Year in Illinois, Strengthening Hospitals, Advancing Quality, Saving 13,000 Jobs, and Expanding Access to Care
- SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital Centralia Recognized for National Excellence
- Talks Underway To Reopen West Suburban Hospital, One Of Its Owners Says
- West Suburban, Weiss hospitals suspending services due to billing problems: Resilience Health CEO
- West Suburban hospital vows summer reopening after closure, but doubts remain
- Catholic health care’s policies limit reproductive care in rural Illinois counties
- CommonSpirit’s ‘single source of truth’ for patient experience
- Hammond-Henry Hospital Expansion To Add Temporary Housing In Geneseo, Illinois
- Option Care Health (OPCH) lifts revolving credit commitments to $850,000,000
- Northwestern Medicine upgrades mobile stroke unit
- Prime Healthcare Invests $104 Million in First Year in Illinois, Strengthening Hospitals, Advancing Quality, Saving 13,000 Jobs, and Expanding Access to Care
- Rural Illinois Healthcare Providers Grapple with Worst of Physician Shortage
INDIANA
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- Ascension St. Vincent announces new partnership for healthcare training program
- Community Health to make payments in lieu of taxes for Westfield facility
- Construction on $4.3B IU Health hospital campus about 60% complete and on schedule
- FDA grants speedy approval to Eli Lilly’s weight-loss pill for obesity
- Indiana Orthopedic Institute to open outpatient clinic
- Indiana Orthopedic Institute to add new locations, service lines
- Indiana system opens $21.7M outpatient center
- IU Health taps new chief marketing officer
- Lilly asks U.S. Supreme Court to rule part of False Claims Act unconstitutional
- Lilly to acquire UK-based pharmaceutical company in deal worth up to $7.8B
- Noblesville arena to carry Riverview Health’s name in sponsorship deal
- Riley Children’s Foundation, IPS team up for student-athlete mental health
- SpectronRx closes on $85M investment for further growth in Miami County
- Hospital uses Choose Southern Indiana grants to incentivize new hires
- New Procedure Makes Indiana Debut at Powers Health
- Syra Health partners with Nora Mental Health for Indiana telehealth
IOWA
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- Clinton hospital ending many maternal care services
- Iowa hopes to get up to $1 billion to improve rural health infrastructure. Some say it will do little to offset looming Medicaid cuts
- Iowa House panel advances bill to fund pediatric cancer research
- MercyOne Clinton Medical Center ending labor and delivery services
- How River Hills health care workers won their union in Iowa
- Iowa Healthiest State Initiative opens registration for 2026 Workplace Well‑Being Conference
- Iowa hospital accused of ‘persistent pattern’ of inadequate ER care
- Iowa hospital CEO to retire
- Iowa lawmakers may give up to $3M boost to pediatric cancer research
- Nursing home worker faces third round of disciplinary charges
- Sanborn Nursing Home and Daycare plan intergenerational programming for residents and children in the former memory care space
KANSAS
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- Kansas Legislature passes PBM bill to protect pharmacies, patients
- McCownGordon Construction adds Via Christi ER to growing health-care portfolio
- Riordan Clinic names Wichita native as its chief medical officer
- Topeka hospital sued low-income single mom who qualified for free care
- Drew Rose named chief medical officer at Riordan Clinic
- Kansas lawmakers pass nursing reform bill, overhauling the state’s board
- Kansas Legislature imposes overhaul of state nursing board, voids 20 years of disciplinary actions
KENTUCKY
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- 2nd part of Kentucky audit reveals missed nursing home inspections, Medicaid eligibility issues
- Becker’s Hospital Review lists 22 strong health systems, St. Elizabeth is only Kentucky hospital included
- BrightSpring closes $835M ResCare sale after FTC hurdle
- HealthSpan Center opens in Louisville to help patients put health plans into action
- Kentucky-born company to sell in $5.6B deal
- Ky legislature sends measure to modernize physician assistant practice to governor
- Lifepoint Health to acquire 8 ScionHealth hospitals
- Moody’s upgrades UK King’s Daughters’ credit rating
- Some health-related bills await final passage, others still on the move, as clock winds down
- Proposed Kentucky budget slashes funding for drug, mental health and veterans courts
- Senate panel backs Kentucky Medicaid changes, lowers copays
- Kentucky Hospital Association gives annual quality awards to 7 hospitals and 1 health system
LOUISIANA
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- Louisiana’s Medicaid contract with UnitedHealthcare ends
- Hospitals preach health. What happens when a Louisiana hospital practiced it in the cafeteria?
- LCMC Announces Wage Increase for Healthcare Staff in Louisiana
- Louisiana hospitals launch program to support pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorders
- Louisiana lawmakers are unsure of the state’s nursing home needs
- Manning Family Children’s Hospital expands NICU
MAINE
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- Central Maine Healthcare CEO quietly replaced after acquisition by nonprofit
- Lawmakers approve bill requiring hospitals to announce birthing center closure 120 days in advance
- New Report Ranks Portland, Maine, as One of America’s Healthiest Cities
- Prime replaces Maine system CEO 1 day after acquisition
- Proposed Maine bill would allow optometrists to perform eye surgeries
- MaineHealth Waldo Hospital named Maine’s most socially responsible critical access hospital
- Penobscot County sees sharp rise in HIV cases, public health officials urge crisis response
- State of Maine drops autism care provider’s contract after alleged health and safety violations
- Susan Collins Preserves $190M in Federal Funding for Maine’s Rural Hospitals
- Hospital pricing bill could save Mainers $200 million over 5 years
- The essential role of a health plan in Maine
- MaineHealth Waldo Hospital named Maine’s most socially responsible critical access hospital
MARYLAND
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- Ascension St. Agnes to open new site in West Baltimore
- CareFirst names new CEO
- Hospital continues suburban push with new primary care center
- Johns Hopkins affiliate names new CEO
- Johns Hopkins, telemedicine group partner on improving care access
- Maryland eye practice acquired
- Maryland physician to pay $500K+ to settle false claims allegations
- New analysis shows 270,000 Maryland residents could lose Medicaid in near future
- Senate eyes pause on collection of tax on hospitals’ offshore ‘captive’ insurance
- Bipartisan Effort Targets Maryland Health Care Cost Drivers
MASSACHUSETTS
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- A monthly meeting that changed Mass General Brigham’s culture, budget
- Beth Israel campus president to step down
- EMT-certified executive takes over as CEO of Chelmsford medical device maker
- Four Flagship biotechs leaving Boston, Cambridge for new Watertown digs
- Merrimack Health to consolidate maternity, neonatal services
- Sales of Boston medical office buildings rebound from five-year low in 2024
- Southcoast Health creates 12-officer force to combat workplace violence
- Biogen acquires Apellis Pharmaceuticals for $5.6 billion
- Blackstone closes new $6.3 billion life sciences fund
- Groton medtech firm raises $3.5M for cancer-focused AI platform
- Insulet adds second former Johnson & Johnson executive to C-suite
- Insulet resurrects chief commercial officer role
- Kailera Therapeutics files for IPO after $900M funding
- Korsana Biosciences goes public via reverse merger with Cyclerion
- Lifeward completes $47M acquisition of NY protein drug therapy firm
- Mass. wants to transform rural health care. But it needs the feds to help fund it
- Massachusetts hospital EDs have a mental health ‘boarding’ problem
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals to cut 247 Massachusetts jobs
- The Davis Cos. sells Rhode Island biotech facility for $68 million
- Tom Brady joins GLP-1 digital prescriber as chief wellness officer
- UMass names three finalists to replace Chancellor Collins
- VNA Care selects former Nashoba Valley Medical Center president as next CEO
- Worcester biotech startup 3X Genetics raises $3.16M
- Zoll Medical appoints new CEO; Knudsen takes helm April 1
MICHIGAN
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- Data Breaches Announced by Corewell Health & Rocky Mountain Care
- Henry Ford Health adds medical group
- Michigan physical therapy company settles suit over fraudulent billing
- Michigan practice to close
- Munson Healthcare Provides $10,000 Contribution to Northwest Michigan Supportive Housing
- Why Michigan Medicine says it deserves more money from Blue Cross
- Food as Medicine: How Trinity Health Is Advancing Health Through Nutrition
- Michigan Medicine study shows emoji usage increasing in electronic health records
- Ohio, Michigan strive to overcome shortage of mental health care workers
- Trinity Health Cuts Ribbon On Replacement Livingston Hospital In Howell, Michigan
MINNESOTA
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- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota posts $353 million operating loss
- Children’s Minnesota taps new vice president of finance from Optum
- Grainger family gifts $75 million to Mayo Clinic for AI-powered logistics facility
- Hennepin Healthcare warns of closure without legislative funding
- Mayo Clinic joins $575M investment in wearables company Whoop
- Mayo Clinic receives $75M gift for logistics hub project
- Minnesota health system considers EHR switch
- Minnesota system faces uncertainty amid Medicare delays
- Why an $8B health system recommitted to its original name
- Why HealthPartners won’t get ‘caught up in the race’ on AI
- Allina clinicians reach tentative union contract
- Allina Health doctors, clinicians reach tentative first contract agreement
- Family of man killed at St. Peter psychiatric hospital sues state
- Health care workers warn clock is ticking for legislative action to save ‘Minnesota’s safety net’
- Hennepin Healthcare workers push lawmakers to shore up support for hospital at risk of closure
- Interim Hennepin Healthcare leader steps down
- Lawsuit: State hospital patient played violent video game before killing roommate
- Medicare payments set to flow again to Minnesota rural hospitals
- Mille Lacs Health System on brink of closure: Medicare owes $3M, UCare owes $1M
- Minnesota physician practice to close after 36 years
- Minnesota still waiting on $243M in Medicaid funds despite federal approval
- Rural Minnesota hospitals running out of money thanks to federal payment glitch
- UnitedHealthcare rolls out AI assistant to simplify care navigation
MISSISSIPPI
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- How rural Mississippi plans to put federal funds to work addressing health IT needs
- Mississippi health system goes ‘all in’ on Epic with $115M investment
- Hyde-Smith backs bill to improve rural emergency care services
- Independent pharmacies push for reform as PBM bill stalls in Mississippi legislature
- Lawmakers pass Mississippi opioid settlement reform bill without local provisions
- Mississippi confirms first pediatric flu death this season
- Mississippi lawmakers send bill that criminalizes abortion-inducing medication to governor
- Senator Hyde-Smith pushes rural health bills
- State funding for Mississippi Medicaid tops $1 billion
- UMMC nursing students to benefit from $5M Johnson family gift
MISSOURI
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- Arbor Fertility addresses rising infertility with lower-cost IVF model
- Children’s Mercy executive leaving Kansas City for CEO role in Ohio
- Mercy hospital taps chief medical officer
- Missouri seeks stable funding for 988 mental-health helpline
- New senior living facility OK’d on site previously reserved for high-tech district
- Organ transplant nonprofit to use drones to transport donors’ blood samples
- Rolla-based medical drone program will start flying with big plans to expand
- The 2026 guide to St. Louis health care training and education services
- What Ascension’s CEO says is central to healthcare’s future
- Lawsuit Filed as Missouri Heart Center and Boone Health Prepare to Split
- Boone Health sues cardiology group; coverage change to affect over 20K patients
- Missouri bill would require citizenship proof for food stamps, health care
MONTANA
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- Federal funding could trigger service cuts in Montana
- Montana will implement Medicaid work requirements ahead of federal deadline
- Abortion Clinic Licensing Law Blocked by Montana’s Top Court
- Bitterroot Health offering $4,000 scholarship for students pursuing medical careers
- Pharmacists Weigh the Impact of TrumpRx for Patients in Northwest Montana
NEBRASKA
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- How Nebraska’s Medicaid work rules may strain health centers
- Methodist taps leader for 2 Nebraska hospitals
- Nebraska DHHS seeking rural health experts to join federal program advisory group
- New program to help rural Nebraskans in the Central District Health Department
- Nebraska hospital opens unique youth mental health facility
- Nebraska legislature advances bills on medicaid program and penalties for violating protection orders
NEVADA
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- Nevada opioid overdose deaths increased, while other states decreased
- Carson Valley Health celebrates medical diagnostics landmark
- Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Champions Sustainability Initiatives in Nevada County
- Groundbreaking for Deer Creek Behavioral Health Center
- Nevada hospital names COO
- Nevada ranks 6th worst state for stress; wellness workers react
- Vivos Therapeutics’ Supported Practices Achieve In-Network Status in Nevada
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- CHOP to Open New Outpatient Cardiac Center in Somerset
- New Jersey eliminates practice restrictions for most APNs
- New Jersey expands authority for advanced practice nurses
- Artera, Atlantic Health deploy AI agents for colonoscopy patient outreach
- CentraState Healthcare System CEO To Resign
- Fines weren’t enough to keep Jersey City hospital open, so lawmakers aim to get tougher
- Jersey City takes first step toward seizing shuttered hospital that closed after 150 years of service
- Hospital study finds N.J. cancer mortality fell 18.8% during pandemic
- Nemours’ new Delaware Valley president eyes geographic expansion
- New Jersey expands authority for advanced practice nurses
- New Jersey Just Completed a Mental Health Crisis System Most People Don’t Know Exists
- New state mental health center set to open doors in Newark
- NJ Cancer Mortality Declined 18.8% During Pandemic
- Officials launch new mobile health clinic to serve Burlington County, New Jersey
- RWJBarnabas Health, Partners Celebrate South Ward Wellness Center Groundbreaking in Newark
- Sherrill signs advanced practice nurses reform bill
- The way NJ patients get their prescription meds is about to change
- Valley Health System Announces Three Fellowship Programs
NEW MEXICO
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- Santa Fe hospital faces EEOC lawsuit for disability discrimination
- Christus St. Vincent sued for firing disabled employee
- How Tribes Could Expand Health Care Services Under Haaland’s ‘Public Option’ Pitch to New Mexico Voters
- NM governor candidate Haaland plans to ‘work toward’ public health care, fight Trump Medicaid cuts
NEW YORK
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- Amherst dentist countersues landlord after failed venture
- Bristal forms partnerships to boost resident lifelong learning, cognitive wellness
- DOJ sues NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital over alleged anticompetitive contracts
- Greenport nursing home fined for failing to report abuse allegations
- Hixny CEO Mark McKinney on 25 years of change — And what’s next for healthcare
- Hospital for Special Surgery opens 12-story Kellen Tower
- Hospital System Beats Most Of REIT’s $50M Floodwall Suit
- Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield Medicaid in NY names new plan president
- CEO of America’s largest public hospital system says he’s ready to replace radiologists with AI
- Excelsior Orthopaedic, General Physician settle cyber breach suits
- Independent Health reports $64.2M loss despite revenue growth
- Major Buffalo medical organizations settle cyber breach lawsuits for $5M
- Memorial Sloan Kettering posts $48M operating loss in 2025
- Mount Sinai inks 1st enterprise deal with OpenEvidence
- Mount Sinai launches digital-1st hospital quality effort in Guyana
- New York ASC to pay $2.4M to settle data breach lawsuit
- New York system medical chief to exit role
- NewYork-Presbyterian named in antitrust lawsuit
- Northwell Health acquires Long Island medical office building
- NYC Health + Hospitals to end $4M Palantir contract
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull names COO
- Skilled Nursing Dealbook: New York Nursing Home Receives $84M in Financing
- Upstate New York WMCHealth nurses OK 3-year labor contract
- URMC Clinical Research Center reopens more than 3 years after flood
- Why ASCs are watching NewYork-Presbyterian’s anticompetitive lawsuit
- Lifeward completes $47M acquisition of NY protein drug therapy firm
- New York medical society demands physician privileges be protected in Maimonides merger
- New York Nursing Home Receives $84M in Financing
- New York system names medical director of ambulatory services
- NYC Health + Hospitals rolls out AI tool to boost maternal safety
- NYC’s merger with Brooklyn’s Maimonides Medical Center delayed
- Stony Brook Medical Group expands
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Advocate Health taps Epic’s AI Agent Factory
- Advocate Health to deploy prescription delivery drones in Charlotte starting in 2027
- Advocate plans largest US hospital drone delivery network
- Alamance Community College eyes expansion in Mebane as health care ecosystem grows
- Locke backs doctor’s CON challenge in new NC Supreme Court filing
- Mission Hospital ‘merry-go-round’ sparks call for regulatory change
- New chief executive officers named at Duke Health, Cape Fear Valley
- North Carolina practice to close after 40+ years
- Novant Health to build $251M hospital, $24M freestanding ED
- Novant Health’s Bovio heading back to UNC Health
- UNC Health brings back veteran leader to guide coastal expansion
- UNC Health hires Novant leader for new regional role
- Why Advocate Health called 15,000 patients in 12 days with AI
- Durham family turns leukemia journey into mission to house pediatric patients’ families
- AdventHealth Begins Construction On New Hospital In Weaverville, North Carolina
- North Carolinians find common ground on health care costs, Medicaid, poll shows
- With stricter laws across the Southeast, NC remains an access point for abortion care
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Becker’s Healthcare Names Sanford Bismarck’s DJ Campbell a Top Chief Human Resources Officer
- North Dakota expands medical cache to stabilize supply chain
- Bridging Systems: Health Care and Public Health Collaborate on Emergency Preparedness in North Dakota
- Buyer of nursing home undecided on its future
- Drug companies, North Dakota argue over state law meant to promote health care access
- New state hospital construction on time and on budget
- Ransom County reports first measles case of 2026, increasing North Dakota total to 27
OHIO
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- Cleveland Clinic expands 2 executives’ roles
- Cleveland Clinic expands hospital at home in Ohio
- Cleveland Clinic lands $50M grant to boost access
- Cleveland Clinic names London president
- Cleveland Clinic pilots EHR-integrated AI for inpatient nursing
- CoverMyMeds shutting product lines, cutting jobs across the country
- Dayton Children’s names new CEO
- Delivering advanced, multidisciplinary cancer care for patients across the Cincinnati region
- Human-centered, tech-powered: Kettering Health’s approach to local, next-generation cancer care
- Jury unanimously rejects $20M fall-related lawsuit against nursing home
- Lodge Retirement Community’s Shaun Wittrock found her calling with senior-focused care
- Mandel Foundation gives Cleveland Clinic $50 million for trauma center, new initiative
- Nationwide Children’s to invest $100M+ in outpatient expansions
- New leadership: Dayton Children’s Hospital selects next CEO
- Ohio, Michigan strive to overcome shortage of mental health care workers
- Three Cincinnati companies among the nation’s most innovative, according to Fortune
- University Hospitals swings from loss to 2.6% margin in 2025
- UToledo Health scales ambient AI in Epic
- 9 Ohio hospitals at risk of closing under Medicaid cuts, report finds
- Ohio House once again passes 24-hour waiting period bill for abortion care
OKLAHOMA
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- Ascension to shutter Oklahoma clinic
- OMRF researcher earns NIH grant to study skull bone marrow
- OMRF scientist receives $240K American Heart Association grant
- Choctaw Nation Labor & Delivery unit joins statewide TeamBirth initiative
- Delta Dental of Oklahoma offers free mouthguards to youth athletes statewide
- Experts warn of new synthetic opioid linked to death in Oklahoma
- Hunger Free Oklahoma report finds growth and gaps in Food is Medicine programs
- Oklahoma lawmakers advance measures that could undo Medicaid expansion protections
OREGON
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- A state policy required hospitals to offer more financial assistance—medical debt plummeted
- Health care workers overwhelmingly ratify Kaiser Permanente contract
- Kotek signs law to restrict federal immigration in hospitals, protect patient info
- Legacy Health taps Providence executive as CEO
- Major Oregon hospital system settles antitrust suit with independent medical practice
- Oregon, SW Washington healthcare workers vote to ratify contract with Kaiser Permanente
- Orthopedic physician group acquires Oregon physical therapy clinic
- OHSU opens $650M cancer pavilion
- Ratings agency revises OHSU debt rating outlook to negative on operating losses
- This region’s growing physician exodus
- Oregon whistleblowers say culture of silence creates ‘risk of another death’ at state psychiatric hospital
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 2 Bucks County life sciences firms raise $119M amid industry momentum
- Activist investor urges Teleflex to explore sale, oust Stephen Klasko from chairman role
- Allegheny Health Network preps mobile clinic, extended hours for NFL Draft crowds
- Highmark Health posts $674M operating loss in 2025
- How UPMC is gearing up for NFL Draft medical response
- Nemours’ new Delaware Valley president eyes geographic expansion
- New ChristianaCare, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia partnership to expand pediatric services in Delaware
- NIH director says funding reforms could bring Pittsburgh more research dollars
- Pennsylvania hospital cited for restraining patient with pepper spray
- Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania appoints new CEO
- St. Luke’s Medical Office Project Advances in Lower Saucon
- UPMC Children’s opens expanded cardiology clinic in Wexford
- Inadequate Pennsylvania funding leads to hospital closures
- Investor urges Teleflex to explore sale, oust Stephen Klasko
- Lehigh Valley Hospital cited for failing to hand pepper-sprayed patient over to police
- New money for rural health care isn’t easing closure worries
- Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health taps associate COO
RHODE ISLAND
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- CharterCARE to pay Providence $3.7M under tax agreement
- Lightstone buys Rhode Island biomanufacturing facility for $68M
- Smiley: $10 million in back taxes owed for Roger Williams Medical Center
- Thundermist CEO: Community health centers face federal funding crisis
- Brown Health to host free screenings for breast, cervical cancers
- Bryant, Brown create pathway program for Master of Public Health degree
- CVS Health to open more stores than it closes in 2026
- Five Questions With: Michael Sroczynski
- Ninth annual R.I. Trans Health Conference to take place May 30
- PBN health care summit: Multifaceted approach needed to repair R.I.’s ailing system
- Resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what’s coming
- R.I. report finds ‘Food is Medicine’ could cut healthcare costs
- SEC filing of the week: Retired health executive joins CVS board
- State Senate introduces legislation aiming to increase primary care providers, support mental health hotlines
- URI honors pharmacy dean emeritus with ethics, excellence award
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Hospitals Expanding Facilities, Offerings to Keep Pace with South Carolina’s Growth
- Roper gets to work on Mount Pleasant ‘Health Pavilion’
- South Carolina ASC becomes 1st in world to use Stryker’s Mako robotic power system
- South Carolina system centralizes OB delivery services
- Prisma Health patients can now register as organ donors through the MyChart app
- SC House approve bill banning noncompete clauses for doctors
- South Carolina system centralizes OB delivery services
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- HealthEquity appoints Sanford Health CEO to board of directors
- Inside Sanford Health’s Orthopedic Hospital And Hotel In Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- New law to address EMS funding in South Dakota
- Sanford reaches beyond the Dakotas to provide care
- DOH unveils 5-year infant, maternal health plan
- South Dakota launches new maternal health plan
- South Dakota rolls out plan to reduce infant deaths, support mothers after birth
- State Opens Applications for Rural Strong Health Grants
- With newly offered building space, USD Sanford School of Medicine accelerates transition to Sioux Falls
TENNESSEE
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- American Health Companies agrees to pay $2 million to resolve liability involving Tenn. nursing home
- Ardent Health hospital services president exits
- Blackburn backs trio of bills targeting Tennessee’s rural health struggles
- CHS sells 180-bed hospital for $459M: 6 things to know
- CommonSpirit awards nearly $220k in health grants to local nonprofits
- HCA moves to block disclosure of physician, patient outcomes post-hospital acquisition
- HCA names new CEO for TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center
- Inside Surgery Partners’ 5-year strategy pivot
- Lifepoint Health to acquire 8 ScionHealth hospitals
- Maryville could soon approve construction of surgery center at former golf course
- New Vanderbilt Hospital Headed to Rutherford County After Court Victory
- Primary care group inks $50M PE investment
- Prisma outsourcing two BMH departments, lays off 85 with most expected to be hired by new vendors
- Prisma to seek variance for 129k sq. ft. surgery center on former Royal Oaks Golf Course property
- Tennessee Builds Data Dashboard to Shape Rural Investments
- Tennessee orthopedic practice closes abruptly
- Tennessee physician practice acquired
- Tennova Jefferson Memorial reports $89 million impact to Lakeway Area
- TN-based nursing home company to pay more than $2M to settle substandard care allegations
- TN House kicks CON law repeal to next week
TEXAS
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- BCBS Texas, Memorial Hermann near contract deadline
- Cyberattack hits Texas hospital
- Dallas company secures FDA approval for pediatric cancer drug trial
- HCA Houston Healthcare hospital taps new CFO
- Houston medical office building trades in value-add deal
- Memorial Hermann Health System names new CIO
- Memorial Hermann Health System and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas cut ties
- New Children’s Health hospital campus receives another $100 million gift
- Oak Street Health reopens clinic in Pasadena years after fire forced relocation
- St. David’s advances expansion of South Austin hospital
- Texas A&M, University Health partner on medical hub
- Texas Children’s Hospital pharmacies save $14 million annually with RFID
- Texas Health Resources CEO to retire, successor named
- Texas hospital dismisses CEO
- Texas man sentenced in $61M DME fraud scheme
- UT Southwestern, Children’s Health land $100M gift for Dallas pediatric campus
- Barclay Berdan to step down as CEO of Texas Health Resources
- Greth Foundation donates to new Children’s Health, UT Southwestern campus
- Lantern Pharma subsidiary receives FDA OK for new drug trial
- San Antonio Business Journal announces 2026 Health Care Heroes
- Tenet taps controller, principal accounting officer from LifePoint
- UT Health San Antonio launches workforce program with $6.5M gift
UTAH
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- Data Breaches Announced by Corewell Health & Rocky Mountain Care
- Intermountain Health outpatient building acquired by real estate firms
- Intermountain Health Primary Children’s Hospital Among First in the West to Join National Trauma & Grief Network
- Intermountain joins national trauma, grief network
- University of Utah Health names 1st AI chief
- Intermountain Health Research Studies Enable Patients to Access Vital Medical Research and Cutting-Edge Treatments Close to Home
- Newborn screening update in Utah could change outcomes for rare disease
- Southern Utah physician launches retreat to help doctors combat ‘almost inevitable’ burnout
- Utah AI prescription pilot faces scrutiny after researchers identify vulnerabilities
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- Cardiology practice teams with Lingerfelt for new building in western Chesterfield
- Health systems build out outpatient centers, freestanding ERs
- Inova grows operating margin to 8% in 2025
- Officials recommended denying license to troubled Virginia nursing home, but it remains open
- ‘Our stockholders are the members of our community’: Inside Carilion Clinic’s mission-driven margin strategy
- Virginia hospital boosts workplace safety reporting 245% with 3 strategic shifts
- Virginia nonprofit hospitals dispute new charity care spending report
- ‘We are not enforcing’: Email details Virginia nursing home oversight gap
WASHINGTON
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- Colleges work to respond to nursing shortage and need for training in Yakima Valley
- Columbia Basin Hospital Board reviews rural health funding
- Judge dismisses physician’s wrongful termination suit against staffing firm
- Legacy Health taps Providence executive as CEO
- Old Astria Health Medical Center converting to behavioral health facility
- Oregon, SW Washington healthcare workers vote to ratify contract with Kaiser Permanente
- Pharmaceutical giants sue Washington over new drug pricing law
- Providence narrows operating loss to $486M in 2025
- Seattle Children’s surgeon-in-chief on turning uncertainty into a strategic advantage
- This region’s growing physician exodus
- Washington bans employment-based noncompete agreements
- Yakima Regional hospital building sale complete. Building to be an assisted living facility
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
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- $10M behavioral health unit taking shape at Ascension St. Francis: Photos
- Advocate Health to deploy prescription delivery drones in Milwaukee
- Ascension Wisconsin CEO to step down
- Hospital housing project, Bay View apartments might get city financing
- Three years after Gundersen merger, health system exploring options with Vernon Health
- Wisconsin’s first proton therapy center for cancer treatment opens
- Community Care, a Wisconsin nonprofit, joins Ohio based CareSource
- Emplify, Vernon Health sign letter of intent to explore affiliation
- HPS/PayMedix: Adds Marshfield Clinic Health System hospitals and providers to network in WI and MI
WYOMING
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- BearCare health plan for emergencies dies, for now
- Hospital cuts $4.9 million in expenses
- Judge denies request to add Wyoming’s new anti-abortion law to ongoing lawsuit
- St. John’s defends proposed radiation cancer center
- Teton Valley Health floundering financially
- This hospital is the only one in Wyoming to offer limb salvage procedure for arterial disease
