NATIONAL
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- 5 fights disrupting the physician workforce
- 4 Joint Commission moves
- 3 million in rural counties lose MA coverage: Report
- A dismantled federal patient care research agency: 9 updates
- AbbVie sues HHS over 340B patient definition
- CDC clears path for 2nd vaccine advisory panel overhaul
- CMS finalizes Medicare Advantage star ratings overhaul, sending billions of dollars more to insurers
- CMS pitches payment rules for 4 care settings: 12 notes
- CMS proposes 2.4 percent hospice pay increase for FY 2027, transparency measures
- CMS tackles big policy changes with diminished workforce
- Congressional Research Service report highlights continued scrutiny of nonprofit hospital tax-exempt status
- Court strikes HRSA 340B policy restricting initial hospital drug purchases through GPOs
- Court vacates 340B policy on hospital drug purchasing: 6 things to know
- DME fraud cases mount as federal scrutiny intensifies
- EEOC secures $15M settlement over COVID-19 vaccine exemption claims
- False Claims Act recoveries hit a record $6.8 billion in 2025
- FDA seeks sweeping policy changes in budget proposal
- Federal agencies to revise mental health parity rule
- Health systems using Epic begin sharing data with Social Security Administration
- Healthcare adds 76,000 jobs in March: 5 things to know
- Healthcare organizations are ‘moving beyond the AI hype cycle,’ HIMSS26 attendees agree
- Healthcare ransomware demands average $18.2M: 7 notes
- Hospital CEOs again cite financial, workforce challenges as top concerns
- Hospitals’ net revenue leakage increases 25% due to denied claims
- How the DOJ’s new fraud enforcement division will crack down on ‘national crisis’
- HRSA to dedicate $135M to rural health workforce, nutrition services
- Joint Commission debuts 2 new certifications
- Lawmakers introduce bill to stabilize Medicare physician reimbursement
- Lawmakers introduce bipartisan legislation to help struggling rural hospitals stay open
- ‘Lifesaving’: ACOs laud federal move to address suspect billing
- March M&A surge triggers high expectations for 2026
- Mark Cuban tells us how he’d fix healthcare
- MedPAC: Increase physician pay by 0.5% for 2027
- Megadeals drive Q1 digital health funding
- Patients Are Using Chatbots to Fight Medical Bills, With Mixed Results
- Physicians call for safeguards for small practices amid CMS fraud crackdown
- Providers scramble to expand mental healthcare as access erodes
- Rural hospitals depend on patients for as much as 34% of allowed amounts
- Skilled nursing facilities get a proposed 2.4% increase
- White House seeks 12% funding cut to HHS in proposed 2027 budget
ALABAMA
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- 84% of rural Alabama hospitals operate in the red
- 13,910 Alabama hospital patients caught in debt collector data breach
- 180-bed Alabama hospital taps president after $459M CHS sale
- Alabama system taps chief network development officer
- Encompass taps regional president
- Hoar Construction completes $24M expansion at metro hospital
- Orlando Health to acquire Alabama system, expanding footprint in the state
- Pharma industry’s top lobbyist to exit
- REIT closes $89M deal for prominent medical office building
- Rural Alabama hospitals named in national report, but state association disputes closure risk
- Two West Alabama Rural Hospitals on “Danger of Closure” List
- UAB using $4M grant, AL Medicaid partnership to increase rural health access
- Alabama hospital will join with private, nonprofit health system: ‘This is a complete transformation’
- New health clinic for HIV and STI care opens in Montgomery
- Children’s of Alabama completes 50-bed pediatric ICU expansion
- Crestwood Medical Center’s new president no stranger to north Alabama healthcare
- East Alabama Health Announces New Executive VP
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Arizona cardiology practice paying $3.85M to resolve lawsuit after data breach
- Banner Health reports increasing revenues, operating margins — and expanding access
- Banner spine surgeon leads effort to keep up with patient demand
- HonorHealth margin dropped to -0.2% in 2025
- Montecito Pays A Premium For Fully Leased Gilbert Medical Office Building
- OrthoArizona building sold for $32M
- Answers wanted in death of Bluesky Thomas at AZ hospital
- NAH breaks ground on cancer center
- Plan would allow camera monitoring in Arizona nursing homes
- Ranking Arizona: Top 10 hospitals for 2026
- This week at the Arizona Legislature: Nursing home cameras bill advances despite facility pushback
- Jury rejects $26M GI malpractice case over fatal bowel obstruction
- Kennedy praises Arizona tribe’s health-care success, Gallego warns of looming Medicaid cuts
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas hospital evacuates patients after roof fire
- Arkansas hospital to close after 3 years, transition to psych facility
- Arkansas system names CEO
- Kanis Medical Site Brings $7.12M
- UAMS program targets youth behavioral health, workforce pipeline
- Unity Health-Jacksonville to End Emergency Services, Shift to Psychiatric Care
- Washington Regional President and CEO Larry Shackelford to Retire, Successor Named
- Arkansas system opens heart, vascular clinic
- Baptist Health ending labor and delivery may widen River Valley care gaps
- Indictment details behavioral health unit horrors for patients of former Arkansas Medical Board chairman
- Mercy hospital to invest $60M in facility upgrades
CALIFORNIA
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- As Watsonville Hospital relies on loans to stay afloat, long-term fix still unclear
- Bill aims to eradicate medical debt in California
- Blue Shield says Fresno’s Community Medical Centers turning away patients amid standoff
- California Assembly Health Committee passes ‘Next of Kin Notification’ bill after KCRA’s ‘Dignity Delayed’ investigation
- California introduces conversion therapy bill as legal challenges loom
- California universities to use $110M donation to expand behavioral health workforce
- CommonSpirit’s Dignity Health appoints president for 2 hospitals
- Dignity Health Appoints New President for Dominican, Sequoia Hospitals
- Dignity Health – Inland Empire Hospitals Award Over $400,000 in Grants to Support Local Health Initiatives
- Doctors, nurses arrested in Southern California health care fraud investigation
- ER temporarily closed after fire prompts evacuation of patients at Montebello hospital
- Hims & Hers says limited data stolen in social engineering attack
- Kara Health Builds JV With Loma Linda University Health
- LA County directs health director to aid hospice fraud probe
- Next Health opens Roseville clinic as wellness company builds Sacramento footprint
- New CEO on board at San Ramon hospital
- New Report Shows Valley Children’s Generates $1 Billion in Economic Impact Across Central California
- New Spine Surgery Chief Shapes UCSF’s Status as Global Leader
- NorthBay receives $14.9M for behavioral health expansion
- Pair of New Health Care Initiatives Formed
- Sierra Vista Hospital expansion would add behavioral health beds
- Transforming high-quality care at East Campus Medical Center
- UC Davis lands $15.8M NIH grant to expand Latino brain aging study amid funding uncertainty
- WellSpace starts construction on 13-acre Sacramento campus, led by $24M mental health center
- Advanced Mobile Wound Care Specialists Expanding Access to Care Across Southern California
- Blue Shield of California’s virtual-first plan continues to show lower costs, increased access for members
- California AG Urges Walling Off Medical Practices From Private Equity
- California Cracks Down on Hospice Fraud in Los Angeles, Debunks Viral Claims
- L.A. County Supervisors move to combat Home Health, Hospice fraud amid nationwide crackdown
- Navy targets early-career clinicians in new ad campaign
- Transcure Expands Nephrology Billing Services Across California Healthcare Practices
- Potentially deadly virus on the rise in Northern California. What is rotavirus?
- Stanford Health, Alameda Health System partner to support California hospital
COLORADO
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- Gov. Polis names new leaders for Colorado health agencies in wake of Medicaid turmoil
- Patient protections: How hospital immunity changes your legal rights in Colorado
- How Colorado Prioritizes Public Health Data Modernization
- CommonSpirit Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs on lockdown as police investigate bomb threat
- Colorado is nearing another massive budget cut. Medicaid will take the brunt — and it may not be the last shortfall.
- Colorado HIMSS chapter facilitates health leader-policymaker connections
- Ruling in Colorado conversion therapy case brings up free speech debate
- Major hospital system’s Colorado president steps down
CONNECTICUT
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- ‘A Fate Worse Than Death.’ Controversial bill to ban 24-hour home health aide shifts sparks debate
- Connecticut ED boarding rate falls despite higher volumes
- Connecticut hospital accused of running ‘fake’ telehealth ICU that led to man’s death
- Connecticut hospital workers vote to decertify union
- CT advocates push for passage of health equity bills
- Family of young ICU patient who died while in the care of a ‘teledoctor’ sues hospital
- Fitch downgrades CT Children’s credit rating following $18M operating loss
- Greenwich Cancer Center Construction Begins
- Hartford-Based Hospital Secures $1.5M To Expand Trauma Care
- Hartford HealthCare’s strategic shift to on-demand care
- Medicaid uncertainty looms over new CT hospital tax deal talks
- Middlesex Health receives $5.4M gift, largest in its history
- Windham Hospital clerical, technical workers boot union in decertification vote
- Yale New Haven Health hospital‘s tele-ICU model highlighted in wrongful death lawsuit
- Beanz & Co. opens new location at Hospital of Central Connecticut
- Lawsuit claims 26-year-old died due to substandard care he received at the Milford Campus of Bridgeport Hospital
- Uncertainty looms over CT hospitals. Here’s why, amid impending cuts, need for state deal.
DC
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- 3 former employees of DC psychiatric hospital indicted in death of patient
- Fast-growing local physical therapy practice enters D.C. suburbs
- One year in, DC’s newest hospital faces growing pains and public scrutiny
- Universal Health Services vows to stabilize Cedar Hill amid patient safety concerns, staffing woes
- Universal Health Services close in on deal with university, physician group
- DC report cites ‘actual harm’ at new hospital; delayed surgery, patient death, 12-hour care gap
- Hospital leadership questioned on Cedar Hill opening, major improvements happening
DELAWARE
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- CHOP and ChristianaCare partner, provide expanded children’s healthcare services in Delaware
- ChristianaCare Secures $500K Federal Grant to Expand Gene Editing Lab for Students
- ChristianaCare hospital limits obstetric, pediatric services
- Delaware primary care overhaul sparks debate among doctors, hospitals
- Nemours opens doors to new wing, state’s first fetal surgical care center
- Two Philadelphia health giants enter race for Delaware medical school
- YMCA of Delaware opens first-of-its-kind health hub in Wilmington
- Nemours opens Institute for Maternal Fetal Health, a fetal care center
FLORIDA
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- 79-year-old physician group emerges from bankruptcy with a PE owner: 8 things to know
- Ascension hospital names chief medical officer
- BayCare Contributes Half a Billion in Community Benefit in 2025
- Florida brokerage firm pleads guilty in $141M ACA enrollment fraud scheme
- Florida State University set to acquire Tallahassee hospital
- Freestanding emergency rooms draw $200M+ investment from Northeast Florida hospital systems
- Gastro Health inks deal with Virginia practice
- Lee Health breaks ground on 60K-square-foot ASC, MOB
- Lee Health starts work on new south Fort Myers facility
- Ocala assisted living facility sold for $6.3 million
- Orlando Health breaks ground on $13M downtown institute
- Orlando Health paves way for Longwood campus redevelopment
- Orlando Health to acquire Alabama system, expanding footprint in the state
- Pediatric care providers bet big on collaboration
- Private equity-backed teleradiology group continues to grow through acquisition
- UF Health goes live with Epic EHR modernization
- U of Miami Health System names Baptist Health pharmacy leader as CPO
- Woman who posed as nurse and treated 4,000+ patients at Florida hospital takes plea deal
- Florida hospitals charge 380% more than Medicare, report finds
GEORGIA
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- Atlanta’s Advanced Urology to pay $14M for healthcare fraud
- Georgia system expands cardiac imaging capabilities
- Investment partnership acquires medical office building in suburban Atlanta
- Northside Hospital Atlanta begins ED expansion project
- Real estate firm acquires 103K-square-foot MOB in Georgia
- Georgia expands pharmacist prescribing for HIV prevention, birth control in new laws
- Midwifery lawsuit challenges Georgia’s laws amid persistent care gaps
- McCarthy Delivers $90M N. Georgia Hospital
- Birth control could be available at Georgia pharmacies, but not until next year
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- Idaho hospital resumes operations after cybersecurity disruption
- Idaho Legislature approves use of $930M federal rural health care grant
- Increased demand spurs Saint Alphonsus rehab expansion
- Medical office building proposed near St. Luke’s
- Saint Alphonsus Regional Rehabilitation Hospital expands with new beds, dialysis room
- Intermountain Children’s Health Launches the Nation’s Largest Pediatric Telestroke Network
- Kootenai Health crisis center outlines help for families in Coeur d’Alene
- Kootenai Health unveils new surgical robot
- Moscow clinics begin reopening after Gritman systems outage
ILLINOIS
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- Carle Health leader taking new role with Heartland Health in Peoria
- CommonSpirit’s ‘single source of truth’ for patient experience
- Illinois critical access hospital plans temporary staff housing
- Rush nurses file petition for union election
- This Chicago health system uses LotusOne to cut staffing costs
- Vitae Health taps new CEO, shuffles leadership as it looks to scale up in nursing homes
- Former Tenet nursing leader joins Endeavor Health
- Illinois birthing equity initiative saving lives
- Illinoisans paying 26% more for health insurance bought on Affordable Care Act exchange
- Illinois pursues abortion coverage for people with little or no insurance
- Illinois regulators have little power to stop hospital shutdowns. Lawmakers are stepping in.
- Navy targets early-career clinicians in new ad campaign
- Northwestern Can’t Escape ERISA Fight Over Health Offerings
- OSF HealthCare welcomes new general surgeon to Peru and Streator
- Rural Health Town Hall Aims to Spark Change in Southern Illinois
- Secret meeting held to oust West Suburban CEO before hospital‘s closure, warnings of dire situation
- Union Health honors nurses at annual excellence awards ceremony
- Veradigm taps CFO
INDIANA
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- Boone County’s Witham Health Services plans to join Parkview Health
- Eli Lilly weight-loss pill Foundayo now available in United States
- Indiana autism therapy provider to shut down after Medicaid ban
- Indiana Planned Parenthood faces clinic closures and state funding fight
- Indiana’s Medicaid program could be ditching popular discount drug program
- Indianapolis startup Ahimsa growing on the national stage
- Marathon Health names new CEO
- Nursing Homes in State Owed Almost $500M in Medicaid Back Payments Due to Managed Care Transition Delays
- Rural Indiana hospital to open women’s health center
- Youth report shows educational gains, health provider declines across Indiana
- Braun administration defends Medicaid proposal expected to cost hospitals and clinics millions
IOWA
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- Iowa AG files lawsuit against Change Healthcare over 2024 data breach
- Iowa bans noncompetes in university health system contracts
- Iowa Medical Society Foundation names 19 medical students as 2026 Global Health Scholarship recipients
- Mercy names new senior director for DeWolf Family Innovation Center for Aging & Dementia
- UI Health Care opens expanded postpartum unit
- University of Iowa pediatric nurse goes for the gold
- University of Iowa nurse anesthesia program No. 1 in 2026 U.S. News rankings
- UI Health Care settles wrongful death suit with Iowa family for $4.5M
- OneroRx completes acquisition of NuCara Pharmacy locations
- UnityPoint Health’s new cardiovascular leader aims to align heart health service across markets
- Accused of stealing patients’ money, jewelry and drugs, nurse faces sanctions
- University of Iowa Health Care noncompete clauses faces end
KANSAS
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- HCA Kansas hospital COO exits for new role
- Kansas law trims requirements for nursing instructors
- Kansas system to phase out pediatric ICU services
- Primary Care Associates files plans for $12.4M clinic on east side
- The ‘grow your own’ mentality at LMH Health
- Governor signs bill voiding certain disciplinary actions at Kansas Board of Nursing
- Kansas governor allows nursing education bill to become law
- Kansas governor signs bill to overhaul state nursing board
- Kansas Hospitals Positioned to Strengthen Rural Care Through Rural Health Transformation Program
- KU Hospital to close pediatric intensive care unit in Kansas City, Kansas
- Parents speak out on KU Health System closing PICU services
- University of Kansas Health System to discontinue pediatric intensive care services
KENTUCKY
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- Construction begins for Chestnut Street transformation at UofL Health Sciences Center
- EKU plans Center for Health Innovation to bridge gaps in Ky healthcare needs
- Humana rebounds on stronger Medicare rates
- Kentucky ASC files for bankruptcy
- Kentucky’s largest addiction recovery center accused of Medicaid fraud
- The ‘grow your own’ mentality at LMH Health
- Kentucky named one of the worst US states for children’s health care
- Kentucky university plans solutions for state healthcare shortages
- Kentucky’s Medicaid budget grows, but concerns remain over care
- Medical transparency company sues KY, argues it’s withholding pricing data
LOUISIANA
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- Governor Landry establishes the Office of Rural Health Transformation and Sustainability at LDH
- Governor Landry signs executive order aimed at strengthening rural healthcare access
- Louisiana lawmakers are unsure of the state’s nursing home needs
- Ochsner Health CEO kicks off LinkedIn leadership series
- A decade in, the Baton Rouge Health District plans its next 10 years
- Five executives sound off on what’s working, what’s not and what’s next for Louisiana health care
- Freedom Behavioral Hospital expands geriatric care in Lake Charles
- Health and health care in the capital region by the numbers
- Medicaid cuts could cut access to care for many Louisiana Native Americans
- Nest Health is reframing health care in Louisiana and beyond
- A Bridge to Treatment in Louisiana Emergency Departments
- Louisiana medical schools embrace simulation tech
- New Orleans East Hospital CEO aims to meet patients ‘where they are’
MAINE
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- 4 states sign healthcare workforce bills into law in 2026
- Gov. Mills signs bill to protect pregnant hospital patients
- Maine nursing homes to be sold to private equity group following bankruptcy
- Maine removes practice requirement for physician associates
- Republican lawmakers accuse Mills administration of jeopardizing federal funding for rural hospitals
- Icelandic firm sets up ‘tapering clinic’ in Maine
- Maine House advances McCabe bill to strengthen cybersecurity at Maine hospitals
- Maine medical debt protection bill signed into law
- MaineHealth to relocate headquarters, citing $1.5M in annual savings
- New Maine law requires 120-day notice before hospital maternity closures
- New Public Health Nurse Joins MaineHealth Waldo Hospital
- Small, free library installed in Beebe Health Center at MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital
- Some mental health centers in Maine face funding shortage
MARYLAND
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- ChristianaCare hospital limits obstetric, pediatric services
- MedStar Union Memorial Hospital surpasses 1,000 robotic spine surgeries
- Shore Regional Health Leader Expands Role
- The Cayman Islands helped Maryland hospitals avoid taxes — until a whistleblower got involved
- Rising hospital costs are fueling Maryland’s affordability crisis
- Violence against healthcare workers on the rise, Maryland nurse fighting for protections
- Maryland lawmakers question pause on collecting hospitals’ offshored insurance tax
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Almeida named CEO of Hologic after Blackstone, TPG buyout
- Birth centers slow to develop despite 2024 law
- Construction begins on Dana-Farber’s $1.7B cancer hospital
- Cybersecurity incident disrupts Signature Healthcare systems
- Former Baxter chief takes helm at Marlborough medical device maker
- Healey budget proposes $22.7B for MassHealth while bracing for $3.5B federal funding drop
- Lawmakers urge Mass General Brigham to recognize physician union
- Signature Healthcare continues diverting ambulances amid cyber incident
- Why Mass. keeps blowing past its health care spending goal
- Federal Medicaid cuts threaten Massachusetts health coverage
- Gilead Sciences buys German biotech Tubulis for $3.15B
- Hologic CEO to retire after $18.3B acquisition
- Life Biosciences raises $80M for anti-aging gene treatment
- Lifeward secures $20M days after closing NY medtech acquisition
- Private equity firms finalize $18.3B Hologic acquisition, name new CEO
- Stipple Bio raises $100M for cancer treatment platform
- Tessera, Vertex, Takeda cut jobs as biotech layoffs pick up
- Uli Stilz leaves Novo Nordisk for Flagship Pioneering role
- UMass Chan names next chancellor
MICHIGAN
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- Michigan system acquires 25-office medical group
- MSU doubles down on Michigan’s 2 largest cities as it combines its 2 medical schools
- Munson Healthcare commits $10,000 to Northern Michigan youth mental health services
- Here’s what’s inside new Trinity hospital in Brighton. Howell hospital to close soon
- Franciscan Health Michigan City gives employees awards
- CDC pauses dozens of infectious disease tests, Michigan may not see impacts
MINNESOTA
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- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota posts $353 million operating loss
- Center for Specialty Care’s Fairmont site closes
- Children’s Minnesota resumes gender health services after pause
- Hennepin Healthcare co-administrator resigns after 3 months
- Hennepin taps former interim CEO to lead system
- Minnesota AG losing patience with U of M on Fairview, physician negotiations
- Minnesota system CEO, CFO to retire
- Judge declines to block White House from pausing Medicaid payments to Minnesota
- Minnesota system CEO to retire
- Essentia Health hospital breaks ground on $12M ED
- Some lawmakers see Minneapolis hospital’s funding crisis as a bipartisan issue
MISSISSIPPI
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- Governor vetoes bill meant to oversee Mississippi’s federal rural health care funding
- Lacey Carter selected as CEO for Mississippi County Hospital System
- Mississippi governor vetoes bill he says risks losing $1 billion in rural healthcare funding
- Mississippi hospital cuts 17% of staff, eliminates multiple services
- Mississippi lawmakers send bill that criminalizes abortion-inducing medication to governor
- Greenwood Hospital Cuts Jobs, Services in Survival Bid
- How pharmacy benefit managers gained control and why Mississippi pharmacies want reform
- State’s top health leaders meet to discuss the future of Mississippi’s health
MISSOURI
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- Aetna names Missouri, Pennsylvania Medicaid CEOs
- Ascension names post-acute chief clinical officer
- BJC executives: Key questions shaping value-based care strategy
- BJC HealthCare plans new outpatient center in St. Louis County
- Boone Health sues Missouri Heart Center for breached contracts, data misuse
- Carroll County Memorial Hospital selects new CEO
- Centene names 2 executives to new leadership roles in restructuring
- Commentary: Missouri’s rural hospital bill grants antitrust immunity without oversight
- How SSM Health revamped workforce, RCM to boost its bottom line
- Missouri’s health challenges reflect larger systems
- New Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital slated to open next year
- Rolla-based medical drone program will start flying with big plans to expand
- Swope Health adds COO amid $126M campus project and expansion plans
- The legislation that could upend 1 state’s healthcare market: Viewpoint
- What Ascension’s CEO says is central to healthcare’s future
- Missouri Seeks Stable Funding for 988 Mental Health Helpline
- Missouri House approves ‘Food is Medicine’ bill aiding Medicaid patients
MONTANA
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- Big Sky voters to decide Hospital and Wellness District in May Election
- Montana hospital launches ASC expansion project
- Intermountain Health Unveils Renovated Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic
- Laurel hearing set on proposed mental health facility site
- Montana halts doula funding amid budget shortfall, Medicaid cut fears
- Sustaining Accreditation: How Montana and Southern Nevada Are Building Resilient Public Health Infrastructure for the Long Term
NEBRASKA
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- Concerns over a Nebraska hospital show how a $50B rural health fund is coming up short
- Nebraska hospital taps new CFO, chief strategy officer
- Providers fret over Nebraska’s May 1 Medicaid work requirements
- Rural hospitals face closures despite $50B health fund
- Julie Murray named executive vice president for Methodist Hospital and Methodist Women’s Hospital
NEVADA
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- CCSD renames health services building after former chief nurse
- Nevada’s Healthcare System Searches for Solutions to Shortages
- Southern Nevada Health District deploys outreach units to overdose ‘hot spots’ across Las Vegas
- Nevada Health Centers’ Mammovan expands rural mammograms, seeks licensed drivers
- Southern NV Health officials mark declining overdose deaths, new primary care outreach for unhoused
- Sustaining Accreditation: How Montana and Southern Nevada Are Building Resilient Public Health Infrastructure for the Long Term
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- 4 states sign healthcare workforce bills into law in 2026
- RWJBarnabas Health hospital taps Ohio system leader as medical chief
- RWJBarnabas Health hospital gains psychiatric emergency designation
- South Jersey hospital employee accused of stealing millions in medical supplies
- Summit Health performs 1st robotic shoulder replacement in ASC
- Bayonne Hospital Faces 967 Layoffs as Owner Transitions Operations
- Former New Jersey hospital employee accused of stealing $2.5 million worth of medical supplies
- Layoff notice issued to nearly 1,000 N.J. hospital employees, but owner says they shouldn’t worry
- New Jersey Community Capital provides $2.3M loan to Newark Community Health Centers
- New Jersey hospital worker charged in $2.5M medical supply theft
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Designated as Psychiatric Emergency Screening Services Provider for Somerset County
- Rutgers and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Welcome Dr. Ashley Roman as New Obstetrics/Gynecology Chair
NEW MEXICO
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- 4 states sign healthcare workforce bills into law in 2026
- Lovelace closes New Mexico clinic 1 year post-acquisition
- CHRISTUS Health among first for trial treatment of atrial fibrillation
- Lawmakers spent big to give New Mexico health care system shot in the arm
- U.S. N.M. Sen. Luján unveils new MRI scanner for University of New Mexico researchers
NEW YORK
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- Agency faces another lawsuit after closing skilled nursing facility
- Buffalo Bills, Kaleida Health extend naming rights partnership
- Buffalo medical device maker calls it quits a decade after launch
- Elevance to expand out-of-network penalty policy to New York
- Facing disparities, rural NY health providers await transformation funds
- Hospital for Special Surgery, UFC extend partnership
- Lawsuit seeks $5M+ as data breach puts LTC pharmacy customers at risk
- Man was trying to get brother out of hospital when he pointed gun at staff, police say
- Multi-million project improves access to rural health care at Central New York hospital
- New York system names medical director of ambulatory services
- NYC Health + Hospitals CEO: AI could replace many radiologists
- NYC Health + Hospitals opens 104-bed therapeutic housing unit
- OrthopedicsNY settles data breach lawsuit for $1.45M
- Southtowns Radiology doctors sue former colleague, saying his legal fight delayed $2M payout
- Dr. Adnan Siddiqui leads Jacobs Institute in Buffalo
- Heritage Ministries faces new lawsuit after closing Heritage Village Rehab
- Lifeward secures $20M days after closing NY medtech acquisition
- Mount Sinai 1st in world to use FDA-cleared liver cancer treatment system
- StimMed shuts down operations, a decade after launch
- Benjamin Landa sells stake in Pinnacle Multicare Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community battles Maimonides’ merger with city public hospitals
- City opens first outposted therapeutic housing unit at Bellevue Hospital
- H+H adopts AI to monitor maternal health
- Mount Sinai launches heart valve disease institute
- New York City Council raises concerns about public hospitals’ limited reserves
- New York for All could encourage 911 calls, lawmaker says
- New York physician countersued by ex-colleagues
- NYU Langone petitions to strip Arnold and Marie Schwartz’s names from hospital
- Stony Brook Medicine receives $150k grant to expand Parkinson’s care
- UFT warns members could lose New York-Presbyterian coverage
- Weill Cornell Imaging plans new Bay Ridge clinic
- Yuzu Health nabs funding from General Catalyst, Chemistry
NORTH CAROLINA
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- AdventHealth Weaverville breaks ground after CON delay
- Advocate Health raises operating margin to 4% in 2025
- Cape Fear Valley celebrates opening of new orthopedic clinic
- Compass Surgical’s 3 ASC joint venture non-negotiables
- Could a $5M Fort Mill property deal point to a new hospital? Here’s what we know
- ECU Health’s plan to reopen hospital offers hope to Martin County
- Mission Hospital ‘merry-go-round’ sparks call for regulatory change
- Mission, Novant win beds in North Carolina CON competition
- NC Children’s Buys $90M, 200-Acre Apex Parcel for Hospital
- NC Children’s forms leadership team as construction nears for hospital campus
- North Carolina children’s hospital takes leap forward with $90M land deal
- North Carolina system opens orthopedic spine clinic
- Novant Health wins approval for $322M hospital in Asheville after two rejections
- Rural health care in focus: NC lawmakers raise concerns over shortage of nurses, doctors
- Rural hospital system asks NC lawmakers for help in the face of federal cuts
- Sale of ECU Health unit impacts 160 jobs
- UNC Health loses bid for $700M Asheville hospital
- UNC Health, UNC-Chapel Hill debut platform for AI development
- NCDHHS awards $5.7M to 12 community groups to expand access to substance use services
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- CareSource secures second Wisconsin-based affiliation
- Hamilton-based health care nonprofit adds Mercy Health leader to C-suite
- Moody’s upgrades Kettering Health’s credit rating
- Ohio hospital adds telehealth hospitalists
- Ohio hospital to pay $1.7M to resolve Stark law allegations
- Ohio OKs $404M to aid rural health, including money to boost maternity care, vision programs
- Ohio State Wexner Medical Center communications chief steps down
- Ohio system reduces clinician burden with AI
- Ohio updates CRNA laws
- OSU Wexner Medical Center reports 25% drop in safety incidents: 5 notes
- Trilogy Health breaking ground on 30 patio homes in Tiffin
- What does the future hold in health care?
- Why Cincinnati Children’s shares its specialists
- Health care job gains couldn’t offset Northeast Ohio’s losses in manufacturing, other sectors
- ‘He could have killed me’: Ohio State nurse speaks on workplace assault
- Cleveland Clinic launches Hospital Care At Home program in Northeast Ohio
OKLAHOMA
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- Integris opens Deer Creek primary care clinic in Edmond
- LifeShare reports a record-setting March for organ transplants
- Oklahoma GOP opens door to reversing Medicaid expansion
- Oklahoma optometry group names 2026 award winners
- OU Hudson Fellows mark 10 years with AI health symposium
- Oklahoma autism documentary Surviving the Spectrum streams free April 17
OREGON
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- Kaiser breaks ground on Oregon’s first fully electric hospital
- Kaiser Permanente breaks ground on replacement hospital in Happy Valley
- Lake Oswego business is turning former Mexican restaurant into clinic
- Legacy, Regence Health split over rates; Oregon families scramble for healthcare
- Most Oregon hospitals exceed spending on charity care, but an increasing number fall short
- Oregon hospital names chief medical officer
- Oregon lawmakers pass mobile pharmacy bill
- OHSU CEO out after 3 months
- PeaceHealth rehab hospital will be first of its kind in Oregon
- Physicians group accuses OHSU of stacking its Primate Center oversight committee
- Portland’s Legacy Health taps Providence executive as new CEO
- Nurses say patients at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem still at risk
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 120,000 Pennsylvanians have dropped ACA health insurance since the loss of federal subsidies
- Aetna names Missouri, Pennsylvania Medicaid CEOs
- Calvin Knowlton eyes major growth after starting his 12th company at age 76
- Cardiologist alleges UPMC retaliation after raising CEO conflict of interest
- CHOP and ChristianaCare partner, provide expanded children’s healthcare services in Delaware
- Crozer-Chester Medical Center’s new owner plans town hall at Widener University
- Inside Rothman Orthopaedics’ physician growth
- Jefferson Health sues Aetna over ‘downcoding’ policy
- Pennsylvania hospital acquires 2 physician practices
- Pennsylvania private radiology practice exits ownership stake in hospital joint venture
- Public hearing requested on Geisinger-Risant’s request to modify $100M insurance conditions
- Safety concerns stall Geisinger plans for pharmacy distribution center
- Top shareholder says Neuronetics has ‘chronically underperformed,’ pushes sale review
- Two Philadelphia health giants enter race for Delaware medical school
- UHS’ 5 highest-earning executives in 2025
- Universal Health Services close in on deal with university, physician group
- UPMC hospital union decertification bid dismissed
- WellSpan Health President and CEO Roxanna Gapstur to retire
- Baudax Bio still seeks buyer after 2 years, 10 deadline extensions
- Former Tabula Rasa CEO has ambitious plans for his new company
- Geisinger receives $1.25M gift to support initiatives at 2 hospitals
- Neuronetics shareholder pushes board to review sale options
- AI could cause healthcare costs to soar: Penn researcher
RHODE ISLAND
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- Care New England hospital to kick off $97M expansion
- Governor McKee Submits Budget Amendment for Federal Award to Transform Rural Health Care in Rhode Island
- Newport Hospital birthing center will stay open. But it needs another $4.9M a year to survive.
- Rhode Island allots $32.9M to rural health IT, hospital at home
- Rhode Island hospital birthing center to remain open amid funding push
- Brown University Health taps chief philanthropy officer
- Care New England names Cotton chief of endocrine surgery, head of new Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Program
- Does Rhode Island need a multiyear primary care transformation plan with measurable goals and annual public reporting?
- Heroes Ball raises nearly $1.3M for Hasbro Children’s Hospital
- Lawmakers seek permanent funding for referral hotlines connecting families to mental health care
- McKee calls for $10 million in budget to support hospitals with uninsured patients
- New York real estate firm acquires Organogenesis property for $68M
- SouthCoast Health to demolish buildings for Fall River expansion
- The Miriam Hospital celebrates 100 years of care
- Women & Infants recognized as top U.S. hospital for perinatal care
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Bluffton’s new hospital brings care closer to home
- Encompass Health offers Parkinson’s resources in Bluffton
- MUSC Children’s Hospital debuts imaging machine for spinal conditions
- Prisma Health patients can now register as organ donors through the MyChart app
- Rep. Nancy Mace vows to rid hospitals of junk food if elected governor of South Carolina
- South Carolina launches online portal for reporting health care facility issues
- South Carolina mother sues Sentara Healthcare, claims sponge left inside her after childbirth
- Why $50 billion in rural health care funding could lead to cutting services
- Tappan named SCHA chair
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- 5 CFO job openings with HCA
- CHS boosts performance-based exec pay
- COO swaps 1 HCA Tennessee hospital for another
- FTC urges Tennessee to preserve Ballad Health’s COPA
- FTC warns Tennessee of coming price hikes if it rushes to remove restrictions on hospital chain
- HCA names chief nursing transformation officer
- Healthcare Hollow: Linden hospital reopening shows hope for rural health
- Inside Surgery Partners’ 5-year strategy pivot
- St. Jude influenza pioneer named fellow of world’s largest scientific society
- St. Jude launches data-sharing platform for blood cancers
- Tennessee House passes legislation to dissolve Ballad COPA; moves to Senate
- Vanderbilt Medical Center Faces Scrutiny Over Titans Deal
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University received fewer NIH grants in 2025, Meharry received more
- What drives Lifepoint Health’s acquisition strategy
- Travel nurse who worked at East TN hospital arrested after diverting pain medication: TBI
- Free pop-up health clinics opening up across Middle Tennessee this year and next+
TEXAS
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- Buckner acquires its first independent-only senior community
- Eli Lilly’s $6.5B Houston plant will make its new FDA-approved GLP-1 weight loss drug
- Harris County unanimously approves Ben Taub Hospital expansion plans
- Houston Methodist names hospital CEO
- Medical City Healthcare taps new regional vice president of HR
- HCA’s Medical City Plano taps chief nurse
- Memorial Hermann Health System, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas fail to reach contract deal
- New Children’s Health, UT Southwestern hospital receives another $100 million gift
- SA hospital system owner to invest nearly $240M in region
- Texas physician group joins lawsuit against MultiPlan
- Texas Surgery Practice Resolves False Medicare Bills Lawsuit
- UTMB launches long-term heart study in Galveston led by newly created Sealy Institute
- Eli Lilly’s Houston plant to make GLP-1 pill Foundayo ingredients
- Encompass Texas hospital names CEO
- Medical City Healthcare taps new regional vice president of HR
- Methodist Healthcare Ministries to invest nearly $240M in region
- New UTMB institute launches long-running heart study in Galveston
- Texas physician indicted for selling prescriptions
- What’s new with Tenet?
- East Texas leaders discuss bringing small town healthcare into modern era
- Nurses may no longer qualify for higher student loan limits. It could worsen Texas’ nursing shortage
- Proposed 2027 federal budget includes $30 million for new veterans medical center in San Antonio
- Texas lawmakers hold hearing on ‘epidemic’ of social services fraud as state increases scrutiny
- Texas Tech Health El Paso, UMC earn level 4 epilepsy center certification
UTAH
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- 4 states sign healthcare workforce bills into law in 2026
- $500M in Utah Medicaid funds used for SNF admin fees: Report
- New report highlights growing health care affordability concerns across Utah
- University of Utah Health names 1st AI chief
- Utah Charts a New Path for Regulating Mental Health AI
- Utah has the second-highest count of measles cases in the country so far this year
- Utah physician indicted on drug charges
- A Utah doctor put fake labels on popular peptides made in China and sold them to patients, prosecutors say
- Confirmed Utah measles cases reach 559 during current outbreak; 362 cases in just 2026
- Intermountain Children’s Health Launches the Nation’s Largest Pediatric Telestroke Network
- More help & hope for Utah children: Intermountain Health Primary Children’s Hospital is first hospital in western U.S. selected to join national network to strengthen trauma and grief care for kids
- Utah Invests $450K in Proxima Careers to Boost Healthcare Workforce
- Utah Is Giving Dr. AI the Power to Renew Drug Prescriptions
- Utah State Auditor identifies nearly half a billion dollars in diverted Medicaid funds
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- 10 Virginia hospitals at risk of closure or reductions after federal health program cuts
- Federal Medicaid cuts create uncertainty for local Virginia hospitals, report states
- Gastro Health inks deal with Virginia practice
- Medical Office Building Sells in Virginia Beach
- Virginia ASC expands services with total ankle replacements
- Virginia hospitals filed more than 1 million medical debt lawsuits since 2010
- Virginia system consolidates physician management, closes observation unit
- Medicaid cuts put 10 Virginia hospitals at risk, report says
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
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- West Virginia hospital inches closer to critical access status
- Delivery unit closure causes concern for Greenbrier County families
- Fourth Circuit sides with West Virginia in religious challenge to vaccine mandates
- Memorial Health System receives $80K to expand free breast cancer screenings for West Virginia patients
WISCONSIN
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- Ascension Wisconsin plans renovations in ICU at St. Joseph
- UW Health inks 1st-of-its-kind jersey patch sponsorship
- As CDC pauses some disease testing, Wisconsin lab leader says states are ready to fill the gaps
- CareSource secures second Wisconsin-based affiliation
- Children’s Wisconsin embracing AI applications in health care, leader says
- Hospital costs in Wisconsin rising faster than incomes, report finds
- Rogers Behavioral Health uses pharmacogenomics to help patients find the right medication
- RSV remains at high levels in northeast Wisconsin
- Wisconsin announces plan for $31 million in opioid settlement funds
- Wisconsin involvement in WHO network crucial for public health in the state
- Wisconsin is among at least 18 states cutting HIV safety net programs
WYOMING
