Health and wellness

The funding will help facilities in the state deal with the nurse and doctor shortage, and increase IT projects to bolster its Medi-Cal system.

Hospital margins ticked up in November, but 2022's bruising will linger well into this year straining some ratings.

A third of states lost population in 2021, a trend that is likely to continue and one that will have significant impact on the way in which state finance officials operate in the years to come.

North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell talks with The Bond Buyer's Chip Barnett about how the state's economy has remained in financially good health despite dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic as well how the state deals with troubled municipalities. As chair of the debt affordability commission, he chats about bond issuance. He also discusses the ways to reform healthcare and increase transparency. (15 minutes)

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear talks with Chip Barnett about economic progress the Commonwealth has made this year and how the state-local government partnership strengthened during the pandemic. He describes the heartbreaking human cost of the virus, the deadly toll it took on residents and why the Delta variant is a continuing cause of concern. (14 minutes)

California voters have approved a second infusion of bond funding for stem cell research.

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Palos Health are the latest Midwest systems exploring a merger.

The numbers were not as bad as first forecast, with sales tax revenues, which account for 59% of the budget, inching up.

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which has been on life support for years, is expected to close if the measure fails.

Officials at the country's largest municipal healthcare system are tracking COVID-19 costs as they face headwinds from the state and federal governments.

The White House has shortened the enhanced Medicaid formula funding to two years from a proposed four years and continues to stall on publication of a Federal Register notice about the availability of the disaster aid.

The taxing and regulating of a new product that's ingested into the lungs to deliver nicotine is dealt with under federal, state and local laws. William Cox explains Kroll Bond Rating Agency's thoughts about vaping and the associated revenues for governments. John Hallacy hosts.

With closure of Hamlin Memorial Hospital, Texas has lost 19 rural hospitals since 2010, the most of any state.

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that Macomb County is not contractually bound to provide lifetime healthcare benefits to retirees.

Expect to see the dirt flying within the next month at West View Healthy Living.

Gov. Pete Ricketts, who won re-election last Tuesday, has said that expansion costs will be covered by existing revenue.

New Jersey’s health benefit agreements with public sector unions mark an important step toward managing a growing expense, according to Moody’s.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says the state will save $497 million over two years.

More than a decade after voters created the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas with $3 billion of bond funding, the state is nearing that goal with a $322 million deal this week.