National
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- 20 largest healthcare data breaches reported in 2026 so far
- 4 healthcare laws, rules taking effect July 1
- 26 states sue CMS over final Medicaid work requirements rule
- AHA comments on legislation adding reporting requirements for nonprofit hospitals
- American Hospital Association taps Steve Walsh as next CEO
- Clinicians’ compensation rose 4.3% across 2025: AMGA
- CMS goes live with GLP-1 Bridge program for Part D beneficiaries
- CMS mulls tougher Medicare enrollment rules to combat fraud as part of 2027 home health payment rule
- CMS proposes 1.1% payment increase for renal dialysis services
- CMS proposes 2.4% Medicare pay increase for home health providers
- CMS shifts Medicare risk to spine, orthopedic surgeons
- CMS targets 340B, site-neutral pay in 2027 outpatient rule — 8 things to know
- CMS unveils aggressive plan to fine, more easily expel noncompliant Medicare providers
- Congress looks to drag healthcare private equity into the light
- Court dismisses PBMs’ lawsuit against FTC following insulin settlements
- Health orgs raise alarm on White House research funding proposal: What to know
- Health systems shift toward outpatient deals as M&A evolves
- Healthcare CEO exits adding up across the industry
- Healthcare spending projected to reach $9 trillion by 2034
- Hospital groups push back on tax-exempt hospital bill: 9 things to know
- How a missing billing modifier triggered a $14.2M Stark settlement
- How states are filling the 340B policy vacuum
- HRSA opens applications for $140M in rural healthcare funding: 4 things to know
- Klomp named to key HHS post
- Provider compensation grew, but productivity outpaced pay
- Senate bill targets rural ER closures with $1M annual payments
- Tax-exempt hospitals targeted in bill demanding more disclosure
- Why CMS is quietly watching 8,600 physicians
Alabama
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- Alabama hospital delays closure amid BCBS Alabama discussions
- Construction begins on new Shelby County inpatient center
- Pharmaceutical company to shutter Birmingham facility by year-end
- Prominent Birmingham family donates $10M to UAB for health program
- Jackson Hospital issues statement days after postponing announcement on its future
- Federal court ruling on Alabama prison mental health care could lower staffing requirements
- Jeff Samz new board chair for Alabama Hospital Association
- Patient sues Huntsville Hospital over data breach
Alaska
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- Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority approves $9.8M in grants
- Bartlett Regional Hospital | Alaska: Mobile Crisis Program Expands Access to Care Across the Community
- Christy Ciambor takes the helm at Cancer Connection as its first Executive Director
- Remote Alaskans bear the brunt of red tape from Medicaid changes
- Opinion: To transform rural Alaska health, we must think bigger than individual projects
- SEARHC opens Sitka hospital to patients
- The Closure of Identity Alaska Underscores the Need for Queer-Focused Care
Arizona
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- 3 industry-backed bills affecting assisted living operations signed into law in Arizona
- Arizona-based HonorHealth is getting a new CEO. Here are some challenges healthcare systems face
- Arizona behavioral health clinic suspended amid Medicaid fraud allegations
- Banner to sell California hospital to Quorum affiliate
- Central Admixture Pharmacy Services closes Phoenix facility
- Dr. Michael White named Valleywise Health CEO
- Former HCA hospital CEO to lead HOPCo’s Arizona market
- Pennsylvania pharmacy shutters Phoenix facility, cutting 116 jobs
- Ranking Arizona: Top 10 hospitals for 2026
- U of A disperses Health Sciences’ functions university-wide
- Valleywise Health acquires system to better treat premature and critically ill infants
- Valleywise Health names new CEO as longtime leader steps down
- Valleywise Health taps chief clinical officer as CEO
Arkansas
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- Angie Longing Named CEO of Conway Regional
- Arkansas DHS behavioral health services under new contracts with statewide coverage
- Arkansas hospital names new CEO
- Baptist Health plans to sell Fort Smith area clinics
- Community Clinic moves to a acquire 4 physician practices
- Financial Woes Continue for Proton Center of Arkansas
- Little Rock Fintech Firm for Doctors Partners with American Medical Association
- Montana, Arkansas to kick off Medicaid work requirements July 1
- Report: Arkansas hospitals pump $19.73 billion into state economy
- State leaders to attend opening of new nursing and rehab facility in Benton
- Trump administration warns nine Arkansas hospitals over federal price transparency rules
- UAMS plans co-management agreement with Arkansas rural emergency hospital
- UAMS to Co-Manage Helena Hospital
California
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- Adventist Health to lay off 132 employees, including 13 at Roseville headquarters
- Anthropic enters drug discovery
- Assort Health raises $120M
- Banner to sell California hospital to Quorum affiliate
- Bay Area hospitals race to rebuild, facing new earthquake standards
- California approves millions in funding for trans health care in state budget
- California gives 23 psych hospitals staffing waivers
- California group fined $4.5M for improper control of physician-owned clinics amid bankruptcy filing
- California Hospital Association, labor unions withdraw executive pay, union spending ballot measures
- California hospital names interim CEO
- California hospitals say new nursing rules are closing psychiatric beds
- California lawsuit claims 23andMe ignored breach warnings for months before disclosure
- California’s school behavioral health reimbursement program stalls
- CalPERS staff recommends replacing UnitedHealthcare with Sutter Health Plan after $167 million premium dispute
- Carbon Health settles ‘corporate practice of medicine’ case
- Cigna, UC Health extend contract as coverage negotiations continue
- Controversial drug at center of multibillion-dollar Amgen deal faces more questions after paper retracted
- El Camino Health completes $149M expansion of women’s hospital
- EverMint Health launches preventive health platform, plans Sacramento growth
- Dignity Health names Central Valley market president
- Final State Budget Brings $5M for New Behavioral Health Pilot to Central Coast
- Following weeks of buildup, Cigna and UC Health agree on contract renewal
- Former Scripps chief medical officer remembered as advocate, mentor
- Huntington Hospital in Pasadena to Receive $7.2 Million Under Los Angeles County Trauma Center Agreement
- Kaiser Permanente AI tool cuts MRI wait times by 60%
- Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park names new CAO
- Kaiser Permanente to pay $358K in EEOC COVID vaccine mandate settlement
- Kaiser Permanente to pay community hospital over $82M to resolve out-of-network reimbursement dispute
- Kaiser’s health plan to pay $82M in emergency reimbursement dispute
- Keck Medicine of USC Opens New Office Operations in Pasadena
- Mission Healthcare Expands in Oregon, California
- MarinHealth Launches the Haynes Heart & Vascular Institute, Marking a New Era in Cardiovascular Care for the North Bay
- Orca Bio’s CEO treated his father-in-law’s cancer, and now the FDA is giving him the greenlight to treat a lot more people
- Palomar Health, UC San Diego Health finalize JPA, form new system
- Parallel Health Joins Blue Shield of California, Expanding Access to Microbiome Dermatology™ in California
- Physicians leave Dignity Health en masse after contract change
- Prime Healthcare Ranks Among Top 10 Health Systems Nationwide for Patient Safety
- Roseville cardiology practice buys $1.78M office building to expand patient access
- Roseville’s Adventist Health lays off more than 100 employees in California
- Southern California warns of scam targeting hospital patients, families
- This S.F. senior housing project is ready to build. Why can’t it move forward?
- Unredacted comments from California hospital lawsuits show stunning admissions and a ‘forced’ McKinsey collaboration
- Why Cottage Health’s revenue cycle VP looks beyond the numbers
- LA County To Allocate Funding To Support Trauma Centers
- ‘We Just Can’t Sustain That’: Federal Cuts Shake Southern Humboldt’s Healthcare Future
- California Faces Pediatric Specialist Shortage as Children with Complex Illnesses Double
- Calmatters: California Unions, Hospitals Strike Deal– But Billionaire Tax Heads To Ballot
- How Hospital Command Centers Streamline Patient Flow: 5 Proven Strategies
Colorado
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- Clinical trials are reshaping health outcomes for Colorado residents
- Colorado congresspeople, hospital CEOs warn of HR 1’s impacts to health care
- Colorado health officials say federal budget adds pressure to already stressed system
- CommonSpirit makes changes at three Colorado Springs hospitals to prepare for projected growth
- Transgender patients seek to hold Children’s Hospital Colorado in contempt
- UCHealth chief medical information officer retires
- Rural healthcare funding from Big Beautiful Bill Act hits Colorado
- Family hit with nearly $400,000 hospital bill due to Colorado ‘birthday rule’
Connecticut
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- Behavioral health merger creates statewide nonprofit serving 30,000
- Connecticut-Based Nursing Home Operator Settles to Pay $2.75M Over Understaffing, Neglect and Resident Harm Allegations
- Connecticut Expands Penalties for Unlicensed Health Care Operations
- Connecticut spine surgeon treats 11 children in Jamaica
- CT State launches public health training program backed by $4.2M state grant
- Four Connecticut residents charged in largest U.S. health care fraud takedown
- GLP-1 boom reshapes Connecticut’s obesity-treatment industry
- Hartford HealthCare AI chatbot explains lab results, answers patients’ questions using medical records
- OHS disbanded, $25 minimum wage push, housing grants: CT Politics news
- Proposed $69.5M Branford rehab hospital at Hilltop Orchards site well-received at public hearing
- Starting July 1, CT medical program using psychedelics opens to the public. There’s high demand
- Reporter’s Notebook: How will CT enforce restrictions on hospital facility fees?
- Norwalk Hospital First in Connecticut to Offer Histotripsy for Inoperable Liver Tumors
- Trinity Health Of NE seeking to join Dana-Farber cancer collaborative
- Yale New Haven Health CEO steps down
Delaware
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- Delaware hospital reviews security after fatal shooting
- General Assembly passes major healthcare legislation
- Gov. Meyer could sign bill addressing private equity in healthcare
- In a first for Delaware, ChristianaCare, physicians’ union ratify contract
- Pa., N.J. and Del. join multistate lawsuit against Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements
District of Columbia
Florida
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- 38 people displaced after assisted living facility shut down, officials say
- 2 health systems build new call coverage models
- Amid expansion, interim leader named permanent CEO of Ascension’s St. Johns
- Ascension Sacred Heart addresses emergency physician shortage with new residency program
- BayCare Initiatives Receive State Funding to Increase Access to Specialized Care
- BayCare taps San Francisco startup to launch drone delivery network in Tampa Bay
- BCOTB grows, lands on Fast 50, as demand for autism services surges
- Broward Health Reaches Construction Milestone On MOB In Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Florida outpatient clinics lay off 211 due to restructuring, budget cuts
- HCA Florida hospital taps COO
- Healthcare dominates Northeast Florida’s top employers as region’s workforce grows
- How safe are patients in Southwest Florida hospitals?
- Jupiter Medical Center is eyeing a major expansion with the construction of a second campus
- Jupiter Medical Center To Build New Hospital In Avenir
- Lakeland’s newest hospital is opening soon. Take a look inside
- Lee Health CEO: ‘Resilience cannot be viewed as an individual responsibility alone’
- McAfee named president, CEO of Ascension St. Vincent’s St. Johns County
- New Florida ASC targets complex spine procedures
- Orlando Health plans Viera hospital, medical office building
- Orlando Health to expand freestanding ER into hospital near former Tupperware HQ
- Orlando Health, Watson Clinic to open $500M Lakeland hospital
- Osceola County couple accused of running unlicensed assisted living facilities
Georgia
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- Anchor Health Properties Continues Long-Term Campus Expansion Strategy in Lawrenceville with Third MOB
- Atrium Health plans new Atlanta hospital
- Georgia system promotes leader to vice president of revenue cycle
- Holy Cross breaks ground on $57M health center, emergency care facility
- Investment firms scoop up medical office across from Piedmont Newnan Hospital
- Local nursing home investigated after death of resident, report shows
- Physicians, nurses clash over rule that could shutter rural Georgia clinics
- Nurses warn that new interpretation of Georgia law will mean less care for rural communities
- Retiring Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta CEO on her 40 years of prioritizing the needs of children
- South Fulton leaders hopeful new investment will address crucial healthcare gap on Atlanta’s south side
- Georgia falls to 39th in senior health rankings in new report highlighting mental health, social isolation
- WCGB Donates $40K to Upson Regional Through Georgia HEART Hospital Program
Hawaii
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- First cohort graduates from Kauai Medical Training Track
- Hawaiʻi Is Losing Therapists Before They Even Start. A New Law Could Help
- Kaiser Permanente buys fire-destroyed Lahaina shopping plaza for $15.5M
- Kaiser Permanente and Maui Health come together to expand access to care in West Maui
- Shriners Children’s Hawaii to bring specialized care to Guam from July 8 to 11
- Kula Hospital reopening remains uncertain due to storm damage
Idaho
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- Healthcare workers turning Idaho cancer clinics into places of hope
- Inside the ‘Pushes and Pulls’ of Cascadia’s Field-Driven Model – and How It’s Shaping Its Growth Strategy
- Lewis-Clark State College Nursing Program Leads Region in NCLEX Pass Rates
- Saint Alphonsus Breaks Ground on Major Nampa Hospital Expansion
- St. Lukes’ $1.1 billion Boise expansion reaches milestone, with years still to go
- ‘Watershed moment:’ Final beam placed on new St. Luke’s Boise hospital tower
- Rubber meets the road when it comes to recruiting more doctors to Idaho
- 50-bed rehabilitation hospital planned for Post Falls with 2028 opening
- Idaho Behavioral Health Council asks lawmakers to prioritize rural communities with opioid funding
- ‘They’re always there’: The healthcare workers turning Idaho cancer clinics into places of hope
- Idaho’s ambulance agencies are stretched dangerously thin as state grows
Illinois
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- Chicago hospital offering specialized care for children celebrates 100 years
- Deaconess Illinois Crossroads announces new Procedure Center
- Illinois expands birth control access at pharmacies
- Illinois Expands Blood Screening to All Young Children
- Illinois Expands Implicit Bias Training Requirements for Maternal Health Providers
- Lurie Children’s files CON for $480M hospital
- Maintenance workers at six Illinois Prime Healthcare Hospitals could strike
- Memorial Health names Jen Boyer chief nursing executive
- OSF taps foundation president
- Planned Parenthood of Illinois calls on fundraising veteran to return as chair
- Pritzker signs bill protecting medical records for abortion patients in Illinois
- Radiology group makes impact at SSM Health in Southern Illinois Breast Care
- Regional healthcare facilities work toward price transparency
- Rosecrance opens behavioral health urgent care to provide immediate help in Champaign
- Rural hospitals look for innovation to address provider shortages
- Shuttered Chicago hospital plans mass layoffs
- Strike averted after skilled maintenance workers at Prime’s Illinois hospitals reach contract agreements
- Surgery ‘temporarily’ paused at Central Illinois hospital due to ‘extreme heat’
- ‘The ice is cracking around our feet’: Inside a Chicago hospital’s fight to stay open
- Trump tells Springfield hospital it needs more price transparency
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth named official healthcare provider of Chicagoland Speedway
- West Suburban hospital sends permanent layoff notices to about 500 furloughed employees
- What’s next for Rush’s retiring CEO
- Illinois sees dramatic drop in opioid overdose deaths
- HSHS Names First Chief Administrative Officer for St. John’s Children’s Hospital
- HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois partner on Ronald McDonald House Family Room
Indiana
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- Deaconess CFO to retire, new leader named
- Fishers corridor is home to a host of health care providers. More are on the way.
- Indiana Caps Prices Hospitals Charge Employers, With Tax Exemptions on the Line
- Indiana looks to artificial intelligence to root out Medicaid fraud
- Indiana pharmacy director becomes hospital CEO
- Indiana practice closes amid physician shortage
- IU Health’s 3D printing studio helps surgeons prepare and educate patients
- IU Health lands $1M gift toward clinical program for treatment-resistant depression
- Nurses in Carmel, Indy, Brownsburg charged with fraud, stealing meds
- How Indiana is capping hospital prices for employers
- Report: Indiana leads nation in decline of children insured through Medicaid
- 34 Indiana Hospitals Face Federal Warnings for Hiding Healthcare Costs
- NexusPark: Innovative partnership transforms Columbus’ Midtown into wellness hub
- Kelsey Cook brings holistic health to Hoosiers with KC & Co.
Iowa
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- 13 Iowa hospitals gets $50M to expand physician residencies
- Health care systems sue over Lakeview Surgery Center sale
- Iowa health system, physician group sue each other over $12M ASC valuation gap
- Iowa physician group’s ASC real estate changes hands
- Iowa surgeon faces $2.4M in alleged inflated Medicare reimbursements
- LCS names Tom Mathisen new senior vice president, chief development officer
- New MyChart integration expands organ and tissue donor registration across Iowa
- Nursing home cited for violations tied to three deaths and alleged abuse and neglect
- Ottumwa physician agrees to surrender his medical license
- Sen. Grassley stops at Sioux Center Health
- UI to pay Iowa couple $300K for ‘botched’ eye surgery
- University of Iowa Health Care settles negligence lawsuits
Kansas
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- 2 health systems tap chief revenue officers as their next CFO
- Ascension acquires former Rock Regional Hospital, plans to reopen as Via Christi St. Peter
- Ascension nurses at 3 hospitals plan strikes
- Ascension Via Christi plans to bring in temporary nurses for four days for one-day strike
- Ascension Via Christi acquires former Rock Regional Hospital
- Ellen Borst opens Wichita weight loss clinic as GLP-1 demand surges
- Governor Kelly and KDHE Announce Increased Medicaid Funding for Rural and Critical Access Hospitals
- Healthcare union fight: Ballots delayed in the mail must be counted
- HFG Architecture CEO on healthcare design and partnerships
- Judge blocks new law capping nursing student loans in Kansas
- Kansas hospital taps CEO
- Kansas rural hospitals to receive $72 million more per year in Medicaid funding after CMS approval
- Kansas sues Aetna, alleging insurer diverted millions from State Employee Health Plan
- Kansas system’s chief revenue officer promoted to CFO
- Rural Kansas hospitals face urgent closure threats
- Via Christi’s purchase of shuttered Derby hospital is done
- Wichita physician launches boutique clinic as GLP-1 demand fuels weight loss industry surge
Kentucky
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- Humana Foundation awards $12M to combat loneliness among seniors
- Kentucky AG exposes $10.8 million in health care fraud
- New 60,000-s.f. VA clinic breaks ground in Hardin County
- New Kentucky Medicaid law goes into effect in mid-July
- Kentucky doctor awarded $3.5M in lawsuit over hospital’s handling of patient complaint
- New Kentucky law expands mental health treatment oversight
- Louisville hospital brings AI heart mapping to Kentucky
- New law reforms involuntary hospitalization process in Kentucky
- New Elizabethtown VA clinic breaks ground, will bring care closer to Kentucky veterans
- Flu cases surge in Kentucky as new strain spreads
Louisiana
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- 130-bed Louisiana hospital could lose Medicare funding
- Louisiana hospital was able to successfully cure patient of sickle cell
- Louisiana joins national movement to study psychedelics
- Man whose family allege neglect at Abbeville nursing home dies
- Neglect allegations prompt renewed complaints against Abbeville nursing facility
- No nurses, dirty rooms and broken equipment; dozens of alleged violations found at Northern Louisiana Medical Center
- Ochsner’s chief physician executive to retire
- St. Helena voters decide to renew property tax to support local hospitals
- This Ochsner Health “intrapreneur” has tips for innovating in-house
- Tulane University Plans Heath And Research Center In New Orleans
- UHS Louisiana hospital names new CEO
- U.S. Orthopaedic Partners Names Dean Brown Regional Director of ASC Operations
Maine
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- 6,000 Maine students could lose mental health services as federal funding held up in legal standoff
- A new simulation ambulance is helping healthcare workers prepare to care for rural Mainers.
- Damariscotta community members fight to keep birthing center open
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital Of Bangor Set To Open In Maine
- Maine petition aims to put universal healthcare on 2027 ballot
- Maine targets three initiatives for initial use of federal rural health funds
- MaineCare changes aim to provide more support for high-needs children
- Northern Light Health introduces mobile simulation training ambulance
- Sweetser to open youth residential psychiatric center in Saco
Maryland
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- Ascension nurses at 3 hospitals plan strikes
- Baltimore hospital opens $95M cancer center
- Baltimore’s new cancer center was designed with patients in mind: “It represents hope”
- Maryland Oncology Practice Agrees to Pay More Than $1.4M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of Fraudulent Billing
- St. Agnes hospital plans to bring in replacement nurses during 1-day strike
- UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown earns designation as Critical Access Hospital by Becker’s Hospital Review
- Maryland health insurers propose 13.4% premium hike for ACA plans
Massachusetts
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- 4,500 Mass General Brigham clinicians plan state’s largest healthcare strike
- AHA taps state advocate as new CEO
- Alloy secures $1B valuation, plus Biogen, AbbVie deals in big 2026
- Alopexx Inc. files for NYSE American IPO; Cambridge biotech seeks $30M
- American Hospital Association names Steve Walsh as next CEO
- Beth Israel Deaconess residents ratify first union contract
- Beth Israel resident physicians ratify 1st contract
- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals to close Alabama research facility
- Boston Bone & Joint Institute opens largest orthopedic ASC in region
- Cambridge Health Alliance reopens birth center near Inman Square
- Flush with GLP-1 cash, Eli Lilly is on a shopping spree in Mass.
- Joint venture orthopedic ASC opens in Massachusetts
- Martha’s Vineyard Hospital launches community-funded housing solar model
- Mass. loosens nursing home room limits after lawsuit
- Massachusetts AG announces $2.75 million settlement to resolve allegations nursing homes across the state, including Fall River, Boston areas, knowingly understaffed resulting in resident neglect
- Massachusetts biotech IPOs near 2020, 2021 record pace
- Massachusetts sees fewest biotech job cuts since early 2024
- More than 4,000 Mass General Brigham nurses to strike on July 8
- Nurses call for safety measures after survey highlights increasing reports workplace violence
- Nursing home to pay multimillion-dollar fine for understaffing, patient harm
- Steve Walsh to exit MHA to become CEO of American Hospital Association
- Tenet Massachusetts hospital names 2nd new CEO in 2 years
- UMass Memorial nurses authorize 14-day strike
- Washington Trust finances largest ambulatory surgery center in Greater Boston
Michigan
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- 2 health systems build new call coverage models
- Beacon says Borgess turnaround gains momentum after first profitable month
- Choosing ‘we before me’ | Lessons for Leaders
- Former Sparrow hospitals see improved finances 3 years after UM merger
- Granger family gift fuels $70.5M UM Health-Sparrow psychiatric hospital
- Michigan hospital group warns of nearly 22,000 lost jobs from GOP bills
- Michigan hospitals denounce legislation to cap prices, limit mergers
- MyMichigan Health expands access to women’s health care with new St. Ignace office
- New MyMichigan OB-GYN clinic begins seeing patients in St. Ignace
- Trinity Health outsources IT service desk, applications support
- U of Michigan Health-Sparrow receives record gift for behavioral health hospital
- Cyclospora illness counts spike in Southeast Michigan, health officials investigating cause
- This historic donation will help transform mental health care in Mid-Michigan
Minnesota
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- Acadia co-owned psychiatric hospital staffs fewer than 50 of 144 beds: Report
- Allina hospice workers plan strike
- Allina hospital doctors vote to authorize strike at Mercy and Unity hospitals
- Capitol Park Hospital Under Fire Over Care And Security In St. Paul
- CentraCare invests $194M in orthopedic, ASC expansion
- Debates over strategy, governance continue at North Shore Health board meeting
- Fatal, disabling falls occur at record number in MN hospitals
- Fosston moves to regain control of hospital from Essentia Health
- Mayo Clinic links innovation exchange with business development division
- Mayo Clinic pushes past prediction toward AI decision support
- Mayo reviews 100+ AI tools to guard against oversight gaps
- Minnesota court sends Fosston-Essentia hospital dispute to arbitration
- Minnesota pursues Medicaid behavioral healthcare coverage for incarcerated individuals
- Mayo Clinic reviews 100+ AI tools amid oversight concerns
- Minnesota’s ‘sprint medic’ pilot program aims to get paramedics to rural emergencies faster
- UnitedHealthcare CEO: AI-driven cost inflation not ‘going to be persistent’
Mississippi
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- Amy Carruth named director of Mississippi State Hospital
- Judge orders state Medicaid officials to pay Greenwood Leflore Hospital to prevent imminent closure
- Mississippi judge orders state Medicaid officials to pay hospital $2.4 million, keep it open through July
- Mississippi lawmakers uneasy about transparency around money for Rural Health Transformation Program
- Mississippi State Hospital names new Director
- Mississippi’s rural hospitals continue to face challenges
- Northeast Health Sciences says 98% of graduates work in their field
- Two Mississippi pharmacists sentenced for healthcare fraud scheme
- On Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, a community network steps up to increase Vietnamese language access to healthcare
- Lafayette Pediatric to become Children’s of MS
Missouri
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- Ascension nurses at 3 hospitals plan strikes
- Children’s Mercy’s first chief people officer accepts buyout
- Children’s Mercy makes three board changes as it starts $1B-plus renovation
- Children’s Mercy takes on bonds for multiphase $1.7B campus revamp
- How senior housing can unlock St. Louis growth | Opinion
- Jury awards $6.8M to urologist who alleged retaliation after patient care complaints
- New Mercy Southeast president Mandy Shelast puts trust at center of care
- Physician gets $6.8M verdict in lawsuit against former employer
- U of Missouri cuts health affairs leadership role
Montana
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- Montana, Arkansas to kick off Medicaid work requirements July 1
- Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center Announces Plans for New Urgent Care Center in Thatcher
- Murdock Trust awards $550,000 grant for Providence St. Joseph Medical Center expansion
- New health care system director appointed at Montana VA
- Nursing Home Giant PACS Acquires 34 Facilities From Eduro Healthcare, Expands Into 4 New States
- Owner of Great Falls substance abuse treatment facilities charged with Medicaid fraud
- Western Montana Clinic Data Breach Settlement
- As Medicaid work requirements loom, questions about system gaps remain
Nebraska
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- 4 charged in Nebraska as part of DOJ national health care fraud takedown
- 49 states allow nurse midwives to deliver your baby inside your home. Not Nebraska.
- As Nebraska Medicine-Clarkson deal closes, NU Regents make Omaha nonprofit equal partner
- Bellevue University battles Nebraska nursing shortage
- Chadron hospital launches postpartum alert initiative
- Bryan Health marks 100th anniversary with time capsule at east campus
- Fitch Affirms Bryan Medical Center, NE’s IDR at ‘AA-‘; Outlook Stable
- Former Lincoln orthopedic surgeon accused of sexual harassment faces discipline
- NU Board of Regents unanimously approves Nebraska Medicine buyout
- Omaha dental school gets $4.6M nibble of $50B federal rural health fund
- The ‘biggest shifts’ this Nebraska system CFO is seeing in revenue cycle
- UnitedHealthcare Nebraska invests $385,000 in programs
Nevada
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- Kaiser Permanente opens first northern Nevada medical offices in joint venture with Renown
- Mountainview Hospital launches monthly farmers market in northwest Las Vegas
- Nevada healthcare moratorium to only affect providers
- Nevada Medicaid expands dental benefits for 374,500 adults
- Nevada starts six-month effort to tackle Medicaid fraud
- ‘Difficult and daunting’: Nevada prisons struggle to address inmates’ medical needs
- UHS Nevada Health System Expands Use of Cloud-Native Radiology Platform
New Hampshire
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- Ambetter Health is pulling out of New Hampshire’s ACA marketplace in 2027
- Dartmouth Health names Geisinger executive COO
- Donor gives Dartmouth Health $10M to launch new home care program
- Report card reflects New Hampshire’s maternal mental health improvements, room for growth
- Report says many in rural New Hampshire use emergency departments for primary care
- The $10M gift that’s helping launch a hospital-at-home program
- CMC to open new Nashua ER to meet growing demand for Emergency Care
New Jersey
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- 2 physicians pay $2.2M to settle claims of medically unnecessary surgical procedures
- 2 health systems tap chief revenue officers as their next CFO
- $3.6B in Medicaid cuts will force program shutdowns in South Jersey, health system execs say
- Advocare, Cigna reach last-minute deal keeping 900 doctors in-network
- Atlantic Health honors four longtime trustees for years of service
- AtlantiCare launches next wave of Oracle transformation
- How Rutgers Cancer Institute cut wait times, doubled infusion appointments
- Hudson Regional Health names chief marketing officer
- New Jersey builds on legacy of leadership in life sciences
- New Jersey co-leads lawsuit challenging Trump administration Medicaid work requirement rule
- New Jersey Finally Passes Trans Care Shield Law, The Last Blue State Left To Do So
- New Jersey is set to charge companies with workers on Medicaid. Other states may follow
- New Jersey remains among the nation’s most expensive states for long-term care
- NJ hospital sets national standard with blood transfusion program
- NJ lawmakers approve new protections for transgender and reproductive healthcare
- NJ Sen. Andy Kim pitches ‘MediKids,’ health care for kids
- Pa., N.J. and Del. join multistate lawsuit against Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements
- Saint Clare’s Health Named Among the Nation’s Most Socially Responsible Hospitals
- Singer Bill to Protect Telehealth Costs for Patients Passes New Jersey Senate
- Three RWJBarnabas Health Hospitals Recognized Among Newsweek’s Best Hospitals for Specialized Care for 2026
- Shore Medical Center first in N.J. to offer VELYS robotic tech for spinal procedures
- Guided with precision: Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center is 1st in NJ to zero in on tumors with new imaging device
- NJ lawmakers approve new protections for transgender and reproductive healthcare
New Mexico
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- At one rural New Mexico hospital, doctors turn to AI tools
- New Mexico opens door for doctors with tort reforms, other fixes
- New Mexico probes claims DEA knowingly allowed fentanyl distribution
- New Mexico’s plan to rebuild behavioral health creating clashes, confusion in some communities
- State claws back $22.5M from primary care clinic project
New York
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- 2 physicians pay $2.2M to settle claims of medically unnecessary surgical procedures
- 86,000 downstate New York healthcare workers reach labor deal
- 300 Catholic Health nurses prepare to strike
- 19,000+ Novant Health team members now use AI in EHR
- $4.1M awarded to expand caregiver training on Long Island
- Allied expands with Medford allergy practice
- Construction begins on $50M multispecialty ASC in New York
- Downstate investor buys Williamsville medical office for $3.4M
- Ellis Medicine’s CEO on why it’s pushing to find a new merger partner
- Health + Hospitals begins work on River Commons in Morrisania
- Kaleida Health’s Epic-first strategy takes shape after go-live
- Medicaid lawsuit, Essential Plan cuts, staff shortages, and insurance delays
- New York state announces $212M annual rural health care funding program
- NewYork-Presbyterian software error misdirects pharmacy letters
- New York’s Medicaid fraud unit faces funding freeze
- Northwell Health’s gun safety screening goes national
- Northwell, Fidelis face network split affecting 240,000 patients
- NYC Health + Hospitals deploys home aides for unhoused patients
- Trump administration withholds funds from New York’s Medicaid fraud unit
- U of Rochester Medical center taps GI surgery chief
- Why Northwell didn’t rush the Nuvance rebrand
North Carolina
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- 19,000+ Novant Health team members now use AI in EHR
- Advocate creates workforce pipeline with nation’s largest nursing school
- AI answers the call
- Atrium files plans to build acute-care hospital on $70M Atlanta site
- Atrium Health cuts ribbon on $163M ASC, MOB
- Cape Fear Valley Health to eliminate 200 positions
- CaroMont Health Announces Plans for New Hospital in Cleveland County
- Cone Health Plans To Build Hospital In Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Duke Health eyes $32M Garner expansion as demand for care soars
- FDA picks three Triangle drug developers for fast-track program
- Gaston County EMS receives $300K grant for mental health crisis response
- Texas healthcare design firm Guide Architecture names new leader for growing Charlotte office
- The murky future of Mission. Will Western NC hospital face ‘immediate jeopardy’ again? Will it matter?
- UNC Health targets Wilmington, sets up healthcare showdown
- Stein creates bipartisan commission to address rising North Carolina health care costs
- Martin County residents keep pressing state officials for funding to reopen hospital
North Dakota
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- Mako knee replacement robot joins McKenzie Health in Watford City
- North Dakota justices hear arguments on gender-affirming healthcare ban
- North Dakota opens wellness funding for rural hospitals
- Rural Health Transformation Program Hits Snag In Ordering New Ambulances
- North Dakota’s new Rural Health Transformation Program is not limited to hospital upgrades and medic
- Sanford Bismarck Medical Center Named Among America’s Best Hospitals for Specialized Care in 2026
- State officials outline $1 billion Rural Health Transformation Program in Hankinson
Ohio
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- 2 health systems, 2 paths to stronger margins
- Akron Children’s closes Notre Dame campus deal, weighs Regina sale
- Cleveland Clinic gets conceptual OK for emergency building expansion
- DeWine awards funds to Ohio University to support rural health programs
- Ohio system to close freestanding ED, open primary care hub
- Wilson Health names CFO
- Baby boom! 17 nurses in Ohio hospital’s labor unit are expecting
- Governor DeWine announces $10 million award to Ohio University to tackle rural healthcare shortages
Oklahoma
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- Former Oklahoma hospital CEO pleads guilty to $30M in Medicare fraud
- In reversal, Oklahoma Medicaid agency plans $218 Million in provider cuts
- Oklahoma Children’s OU Health opens new concussion clinic
- Oklahoma Health Care Authority board approves balanced budget despite funding gaps
- Oklahoma surgeon completes world’s 1st knee procedures with Lantern ASC system
- OU emergency physicians to lead medical direction at Oklahoma Poison Center
- SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital leads Oklahoma in new aortic aneurysm treatment
Oregon
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- Madras among 17 rural Oregon counties to receive maternity care funding
- Oregon hospitals to get $37M to preserve rural maternity care
- Oregon joins multi-state lawsuit challenging federal Medicaid rule
- Providence Health Foundations appoints Sokolow as its new leader
- Oregon Health Authority director Dr. Sejal Hathi resigns
- Oregon Health Authority layoffs spark concern
Pennsylvania
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- Advocare, Cigna reach deal keeping 900 doctors in-network
- Allegheny Health Network closes deal to buy Heritage Valley
- Central Admixture Pharmacy Services closes Phoenix facility
- How hospitals in Philadelphia region are preparing for patients with heat-related illnesses
- How UPMC, Highmark Health CEOs got together for more than just a photo op
- Lawsuit claims Pa. health system ignored nurse’s drug use and actions that killed 2 patients
- Main Line Health Plans Tower Expansion At Paoli Hospital In Pennsylvania
- New legislation, tech look to counter rising healthcare workplace violence
- New Pa. bill aims to protect preventive care coverage from federal changes
- Select Medical goes private in $3.9B deal
- The road to merger: How Butler’s hospital may join WVU Medicine
- Union of 1,200 nurses at Jefferson Einstein Hospital ratify new contract, avoiding strike
- Nurse at Heritage Valley Health System accused of causing 2 deaths
Rhode Island
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- Care New England CEO on his exit: The system is ‘here to stay’
- Care New England CEO to step down in 2027 to become board chair
- Neronha joins lawsuit challenging new Medicaid work requirements
- New state law enables insurer reimbursement of public health dental hygienists
- PACE-RI appoints new chief medical officer
- Protection of consumers’ genetic information is focus of new R.I. law
- Rhode Island Hospital files $24M plan to demolish four buildings
- Rhode Island passes AI scribe disclosure bill for patient visits
- Southcoast Health’s EMS Support Program awards grants to 11 municipalities.
- The doctor will not see you now: 1,900 seniors, disabled residents to lose Brown Health providers
- URI trustees approve next phase of public medical school development
- Washington Trust finances largest ambulatory surgery center in Greater Boston
South Carolina
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- Cigna, MUSC Health extend contract through August
- MUSC Health Marks Construction Milestone For Indian Land Medical Center
- MUSC president to retire in 2027
- New $180 million medical park in southern Greenville County starts construction
- Novant plans new hospital in Nexton near I-26 interchange, documents show
- Prisma Health breaks ground on $180M, 50-acre Fountain Inn medical campus
- Prisma Health Receives Pro Patria Award for Support of National Guard and Reserve Members
- South Carolina behavioral health agency cuts 47 filled positions
South Dakota
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- Good Samaritan highlights rural access, safety gains in 2025 report
- New Sanford Health clinic in Dakota Dunes to offer expanded specialty care
- Sanford Health announces new research president, leadership restructuring
- Highmore Health provides update after hospital was damaged in storm
- ‘How do I keep going:?’ Farmer mental health solutions
Tennessee
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- 2 health systems, 2 paths to stronger margins
- 2 new state noncompete laws take effect July 1
- Ascension Seton cuts ribbon on new state-of-the-art Women’s Hospital
- Cumberland Pharmaceuticals closes $100 million sale of drug portfolio
- Five Middle Tennessee hospitals named in report over federal price transparency rules
- HCA TriStar division taps new CFO
- Highpoint Health receives approval for $59.3 million Gallatin hospital
- Mental Health Cooperative CEO’s tenure ends
- Michelle Schafer out as Mental Health Cooperative CEO, nonprofit names interim
- New CEO Veronica Elders ready to ‘turn the page’ at Nashville General Hospital
- Veronica Elders Recommended as Next CEO of Nashville General Hospital
- What other health systems could borrow from HCA, per an incoming hospital CEO
- Women of Influence: Kelly Nye, HCA Healthcare Inc.
Texas
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- As physician AI usage increases, Harris County Medical Society focuses on educating doctors
- Ascension Seton cuts ribbon on new state-of-the-art Women’s Hospital
- Ascension Seton to open $362M women’s hospital in Austin
- AstraZeneca to pay Texas $34M over alleged Medicaid kickbacks
- Aurora Health Care taps national physician leader to head clinical strategy in Wisconsin
- Community Healthcore opening new primary care clinic in Jefferson, Texas
- Driscoll Children’s Hospital’s success fuels greater ambition for surgeons
- Federal government’s new drug development plans could boost Houston academic centers and companies
- Guide Architecture names Charlotte leader to steer Southeast growth
- Healthcare Briefs: Parkland Health Takes Top Spot in Texas for Community Benefit
- HHS Operation Trialblazer drug trial plans could boost Houston
- How 2 Texas health systems are complying with new AI disclosure law
- Inside the Texas ASC boom: 5 developments to know
- McKesson exec to retire in another C-suite change for pharma giant
- Memorial Hermann names chief nursing informatics officer
- Methodist Healthcare building emergency center near Loop 410
- Primate research center lands nearly $40M from feds
- South SA lands multimillion-dollar medical center
- Tenet names COO of 2 hospitals
- Texas Biomed gets $37.5M NIH grant for primate center
- Texas doctors can use AI, but what does that mean?
- Texas hospital taps CEO
- University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston faces federal lawsuit for alleged pay discrimination
- UT Dell Medical Center aims to transform health care access, training in Central Texas
Utah
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- New state law to establish standard of care for pregnancy loss in Utah health care facilities
- Nursing Home Giant PACS Acquires 34 Facilities From Eduro Healthcare, Expands Into 4 New States
- ‘Proud of what we’ve built together’: St. George Regional Hospital celebrates a 50-year legacy of service
- University of Utah Health names chief health informatics officer
- Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital expands Behavioral Health Services to support Utah families, with tips for summer break and back-to-school
- ‘It felt like extortion’: A Utah man was quoted $2,200 for an MRI with insurance or $1,600 without. Then he found the same scan for $399
Vermont
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- Brattleboro Memorial Hospital says it plans to close its birthing center
- Nurses and advocates decry planned closure of the Adirondack Blood Donor Center
- SVMC CEO says hospital planning to become a medical training facility
- To reduce wait times, UVM Health is demanding its docs see more patients
- UVM druggist solves perplexing health mystery
Virginia
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- 2 health systems, 2 paths to stronger margins
- 2 new state noncompete laws take effect July 1
- Centra Health reveals vision for Virginia Baptist Hospital campus reuse
- Centra to close century-old hospital in 2028, transition services
- Virginia system confirms CEO terminated without cause
- Virginia Baptist Hospital To Close In 2028
Washington
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- 50-bed rehabilitation hospital planned for Post Falls with 2028 opening
- 5 more lawsuits filed against Kaiser Permanente over pediatrician linked to child molestation case
- Former Washington health care executive pleads guilty to $24 million wire fraud scheme
- Samaritan Health executives ask bond holders to end default notice so merger with Washington nonprofit can proceed
- WashU Medicine neurosurgery chair elected society president
West Virginia
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- Johns Hopkins and WVU launch research partnership to advance joint solutions for shared challenges
- New EMS Program Aims To Expand Rural Healthcare Access In W.Va.
- The road to merger: How Butler’s hospital may join WVU Medicine
- WV Department of Health issues a call for proposals for the Rural Health Transformation Program
Wisconsin
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- Ascension nears opening of $10 million behavioral health expansion at St. Francis Hospital
- Aurora Health Care taps national physician leader to head clinical strategy in Wisconsin
- Children’s Wisconsin issues urgent asthma warning to parents
- Construction wrapping up on Southwest Health outpatient medical suite, childcare center
- How personal waivers impact Wisconsin’s vaccination numbers
- Lacey Crabb named new hospital administrator for Ascension Calumet Hospital
- Personal info may have been exposed in Wisconsin Medicaid mailing error
- Postpartum Medicaid extension to reach 16,000 Wisconsin moms, according to DHS
- Rice Lake, Wisconsin health clinic in lockdown amid ‘active situation’
- SRS Real Estate Brokers $39.1M Sale of Office Property Leased to University of Wisconsin Health
- ThedaCare becomes first in northeast Wisconsin to use new robotic surgery system
- ThedaCare welcomes first graduate medical education residents in Neenah
- Trump administration ends $1.2M in federal grants for Wisconsin teen health programs
- Vivent Health celebrates 40 years of HIV/AIDS care in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin moms on Medicaid now get 12 months of coverage
- Wisconsin rehab hospital names nurse exec as CEO
- Wisconsin rolls out new rural healthcare workforce grants
- How AI is shaping medical research in Wisconsin
Wyoming
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- Billings Clinic saved $700,000 in a year after bringing AR in-house
- Cody police investigating bomb threat at Cody Regional Health
- Internist Dr. Michael Menolascino retiring
- Measles confirmed in Wyoming’s Teton County as summer crowds flock to national parks
- Memorial Hospital of Carbon County to save millions by bringing AR in-house
- Monument Health Takes Over Gillette’s Hoskinson Clinic, Which Was Losing Millions
- St. Helena voters approve tax renewal for local hospital services
