A practical step toward faster care in Ohio By Rachael Carl Key Points The Florida Senate approved a bill requiring certain able-bodied Medicaid recipients to complete at least 80 hours of work per month, targeting individuals witho... Read more U.S. drug overdose deaths fall for second year By HPN Staff Key Points Provisional CDC data show approximately 73,000 overdose deaths in the 12 months ending August 2025 a 21% decrease from the prior year, continuing the reversal that ... Read more States tighten kratom regulations as overdose deaths draw scrutiny By HPN Staff Key Points Lawmakers are targeting 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), a concentrated kratom derivative linked to higher overdose and addiction risks. In 2025, at least 34... Read more Advocates in Massachusetts look to reverse recreational marijuana legalization By HPN staff Key Points Massachusetts advocates submitted ~76,000 signatures to advance a proposal banning recreational marijuana, potentially setting up a 2026 ballot question that would ... Read more Judge signs off on $7 billion Purdue Settlement after years of legal fights By HPN staff Key Points The approved $7 billion Purdue Pharma settlement represents one of the largest efforts to hold a pharmaceutical manufacturer financially accountable for its role in... Read more Easing Ohio’s care provider shortage By Rea Hederman Key Points Ohio faces growing provider shortages, especially in anesthesia care, and HB 52 proposes expanding CRNA authority by replacing strict supervision with collaborat... Read more Ohio House passes bill expanding parental access to kids’ medical records By HPN Staff Key Points Ohio House passed House Bill 162 in an 87–6 vote, giving parents expanded access to their children's electronic medical records while still protecting HIPAA-sensiti... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more Driving high study may boost critics of marijuana legalization By HPN Staff Key Points A new American College of Surgeons study found that marijuana-linked driving deaths in the Dayton, Ohio area rose from 42.1% to 45.2% after the state legalized recr... Read more AI use exploding in healthcare industry, as providers gain confidence in its use By HPN Staff Key Points Physician use of AI in healthcare jumped from 38% in 2023 to 66% in 2024, reflecting growing trust and reliance on the technology. AI is now used for dia... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to Ohio MOST VIEWED 1 Rural training is an effective workforce strategy 2 A move is underway to expand doctor supply by cutting licensing barriers 3 Florida Senate approves Medicaid work requirements 4 A practical step toward faster care in Ohio DONATE
U.S. drug overdose deaths fall for second year By HPN Staff Key Points Provisional CDC data show approximately 73,000 overdose deaths in the 12 months ending August 2025 a 21% decrease from the prior year, continuing the reversal that ... Read more States tighten kratom regulations as overdose deaths draw scrutiny By HPN Staff Key Points Lawmakers are targeting 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), a concentrated kratom derivative linked to higher overdose and addiction risks. In 2025, at least 34... Read more Advocates in Massachusetts look to reverse recreational marijuana legalization By HPN staff Key Points Massachusetts advocates submitted ~76,000 signatures to advance a proposal banning recreational marijuana, potentially setting up a 2026 ballot question that would ... Read more Judge signs off on $7 billion Purdue Settlement after years of legal fights By HPN staff Key Points The approved $7 billion Purdue Pharma settlement represents one of the largest efforts to hold a pharmaceutical manufacturer financially accountable for its role in... Read more Easing Ohio’s care provider shortage By Rea Hederman Key Points Ohio faces growing provider shortages, especially in anesthesia care, and HB 52 proposes expanding CRNA authority by replacing strict supervision with collaborat... Read more Ohio House passes bill expanding parental access to kids’ medical records By HPN Staff Key Points Ohio House passed House Bill 162 in an 87–6 vote, giving parents expanded access to their children's electronic medical records while still protecting HIPAA-sensiti... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more Driving high study may boost critics of marijuana legalization By HPN Staff Key Points A new American College of Surgeons study found that marijuana-linked driving deaths in the Dayton, Ohio area rose from 42.1% to 45.2% after the state legalized recr... Read more AI use exploding in healthcare industry, as providers gain confidence in its use By HPN Staff Key Points Physician use of AI in healthcare jumped from 38% in 2023 to 66% in 2024, reflecting growing trust and reliance on the technology. AI is now used for dia... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to Ohio MOST VIEWED 1 Rural training is an effective workforce strategy 2 A move is underway to expand doctor supply by cutting licensing barriers 3 Florida Senate approves Medicaid work requirements 4 A practical step toward faster care in Ohio DONATE
States tighten kratom regulations as overdose deaths draw scrutiny By HPN Staff Key Points Lawmakers are targeting 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), a concentrated kratom derivative linked to higher overdose and addiction risks. In 2025, at least 34... Read more Advocates in Massachusetts look to reverse recreational marijuana legalization By HPN staff Key Points Massachusetts advocates submitted ~76,000 signatures to advance a proposal banning recreational marijuana, potentially setting up a 2026 ballot question that would ... Read more Judge signs off on $7 billion Purdue Settlement after years of legal fights By HPN staff Key Points The approved $7 billion Purdue Pharma settlement represents one of the largest efforts to hold a pharmaceutical manufacturer financially accountable for its role in... Read more Easing Ohio’s care provider shortage By Rea Hederman Key Points Ohio faces growing provider shortages, especially in anesthesia care, and HB 52 proposes expanding CRNA authority by replacing strict supervision with collaborat... Read more Ohio House passes bill expanding parental access to kids’ medical records By HPN Staff Key Points Ohio House passed House Bill 162 in an 87–6 vote, giving parents expanded access to their children's electronic medical records while still protecting HIPAA-sensiti... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more Driving high study may boost critics of marijuana legalization By HPN Staff Key Points A new American College of Surgeons study found that marijuana-linked driving deaths in the Dayton, Ohio area rose from 42.1% to 45.2% after the state legalized recr... Read more AI use exploding in healthcare industry, as providers gain confidence in its use By HPN Staff Key Points Physician use of AI in healthcare jumped from 38% in 2023 to 66% in 2024, reflecting growing trust and reliance on the technology. AI is now used for dia... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to Ohio MOST VIEWED 1 Rural training is an effective workforce strategy 2 A move is underway to expand doctor supply by cutting licensing barriers 3 Florida Senate approves Medicaid work requirements 4 A practical step toward faster care in Ohio DONATE
Advocates in Massachusetts look to reverse recreational marijuana legalization By HPN staff Key Points Massachusetts advocates submitted ~76,000 signatures to advance a proposal banning recreational marijuana, potentially setting up a 2026 ballot question that would ... Read more Judge signs off on $7 billion Purdue Settlement after years of legal fights By HPN staff Key Points The approved $7 billion Purdue Pharma settlement represents one of the largest efforts to hold a pharmaceutical manufacturer financially accountable for its role in... Read more Easing Ohio’s care provider shortage By Rea Hederman Key Points Ohio faces growing provider shortages, especially in anesthesia care, and HB 52 proposes expanding CRNA authority by replacing strict supervision with collaborat... Read more Ohio House passes bill expanding parental access to kids’ medical records By HPN Staff Key Points Ohio House passed House Bill 162 in an 87–6 vote, giving parents expanded access to their children's electronic medical records while still protecting HIPAA-sensiti... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more Driving high study may boost critics of marijuana legalization By HPN Staff Key Points A new American College of Surgeons study found that marijuana-linked driving deaths in the Dayton, Ohio area rose from 42.1% to 45.2% after the state legalized recr... Read more AI use exploding in healthcare industry, as providers gain confidence in its use By HPN Staff Key Points Physician use of AI in healthcare jumped from 38% in 2023 to 66% in 2024, reflecting growing trust and reliance on the technology. AI is now used for dia... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to Ohio
Judge signs off on $7 billion Purdue Settlement after years of legal fights By HPN staff Key Points The approved $7 billion Purdue Pharma settlement represents one of the largest efforts to hold a pharmaceutical manufacturer financially accountable for its role in... Read more Easing Ohio’s care provider shortage By Rea Hederman Key Points Ohio faces growing provider shortages, especially in anesthesia care, and HB 52 proposes expanding CRNA authority by replacing strict supervision with collaborat... Read more Ohio House passes bill expanding parental access to kids’ medical records By HPN Staff Key Points Ohio House passed House Bill 162 in an 87–6 vote, giving parents expanded access to their children's electronic medical records while still protecting HIPAA-sensiti... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more Driving high study may boost critics of marijuana legalization By HPN Staff Key Points A new American College of Surgeons study found that marijuana-linked driving deaths in the Dayton, Ohio area rose from 42.1% to 45.2% after the state legalized recr... Read more AI use exploding in healthcare industry, as providers gain confidence in its use By HPN Staff Key Points Physician use of AI in healthcare jumped from 38% in 2023 to 66% in 2024, reflecting growing trust and reliance on the technology. AI is now used for dia... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to Ohio
Easing Ohio’s care provider shortage By Rea Hederman Key Points Ohio faces growing provider shortages, especially in anesthesia care, and HB 52 proposes expanding CRNA authority by replacing strict supervision with collaborat... Read more Ohio House passes bill expanding parental access to kids’ medical records By HPN Staff Key Points Ohio House passed House Bill 162 in an 87–6 vote, giving parents expanded access to their children's electronic medical records while still protecting HIPAA-sensiti... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more Driving high study may boost critics of marijuana legalization By HPN Staff Key Points A new American College of Surgeons study found that marijuana-linked driving deaths in the Dayton, Ohio area rose from 42.1% to 45.2% after the state legalized recr... Read more AI use exploding in healthcare industry, as providers gain confidence in its use By HPN Staff Key Points Physician use of AI in healthcare jumped from 38% in 2023 to 66% in 2024, reflecting growing trust and reliance on the technology. AI is now used for dia... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to Ohio
Ohio House passes bill expanding parental access to kids’ medical records By HPN Staff Key Points Ohio House passed House Bill 162 in an 87–6 vote, giving parents expanded access to their children's electronic medical records while still protecting HIPAA-sensiti... Read more Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more Driving high study may boost critics of marijuana legalization By HPN Staff Key Points A new American College of Surgeons study found that marijuana-linked driving deaths in the Dayton, Ohio area rose from 42.1% to 45.2% after the state legalized recr... Read more AI use exploding in healthcare industry, as providers gain confidence in its use By HPN Staff Key Points Physician use of AI in healthcare jumped from 38% in 2023 to 66% in 2024, reflecting growing trust and reliance on the technology. AI is now used for dia... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to Ohio
Ohio bill among several in the nation seeking to expand the role of optometrists By HPN Staff Key Points Senate Bill 36 would allow Doctors of Optometry (ODs) in Ohio to perform minor surgical and laser procedures, remove benign lesions, and expand their prescribing au... Read more Driving high study may boost critics of marijuana legalization By HPN Staff Key Points A new American College of Surgeons study found that marijuana-linked driving deaths in the Dayton, Ohio area rose from 42.1% to 45.2% after the state legalized recr... Read more AI use exploding in healthcare industry, as providers gain confidence in its use By HPN Staff Key Points Physician use of AI in healthcare jumped from 38% in 2023 to 66% in 2024, reflecting growing trust and reliance on the technology. AI is now used for dia... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to Ohio
Driving high study may boost critics of marijuana legalization By HPN Staff Key Points A new American College of Surgeons study found that marijuana-linked driving deaths in the Dayton, Ohio area rose from 42.1% to 45.2% after the state legalized recr... Read more AI use exploding in healthcare industry, as providers gain confidence in its use By HPN Staff Key Points Physician use of AI in healthcare jumped from 38% in 2023 to 66% in 2024, reflecting growing trust and reliance on the technology. AI is now used for dia... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to Ohio
AI use exploding in healthcare industry, as providers gain confidence in its use By HPN Staff Key Points Physician use of AI in healthcare jumped from 38% in 2023 to 66% in 2024, reflecting growing trust and reliance on the technology. AI is now used for dia... Read more 1 2 Subscribe to Ohio
