South Region

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Mergers & Acquisitions
Ochsner Health eyes another merger less than a year after Lafayette deal
Arkansas to submit new Medicaid expansion plan next month
Medicaid
Arkansas to submit new Medicaid expansion plan next month
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Finance
RIP Medical Debt to buy and eliminate $278 million of Ballad Health patient debt
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Primary care provider Cano Health acquires University Health Care for $600 million
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Medicaid
Centene to pay $143 million in Medicaid drug overcharging settlements
Judge rules on Houston Methodist Hospital workers' vaccine requirement challenge
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Legal
Judge rules on Houston Methodist Hospital workers' vaccine requirement challenge
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Cybersecurity
COO of network security company charged with hospital cyberattack
Five years after Pulse shooting: Providers focus on staff mental health
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Physicians
Five years after Pulse shooting: Providers focus on staff mental health
Houston Methodist suspends 178 workers for two weeks for failing to get vaccinated
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Hospitals
Houston Methodist suspends 178 workers for two weeks for failing to get vaccinated
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Politics & Policy
New Louisiana law bans insurer practice known as white bagging