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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will visit the Bismarck area Thursday for three roundtable discussions with North Dakota state and tribal leaders, according to the offices of U.S. Sens. Kevin Cramer and John Hoeven. Topics include regenerative agriculture, tribal health, the Rural Health Transformation Program and regulatory burden on long-term care providers.
CommonSpirit Health signed a definitive agreement on Nov. 4 to transfer three North Dakota hospitals, CHI St. Alexius Health in Bismarck, Turtle Lake and Garrison, to Grand Forks-based Altru Health System. The deal follows a nonbinding letter of intent signed in January and Altru's March 1 acquisition of CHI St. Alexius Health Devils Lake.
The Associated Press projected Republican U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak as the winner of North Dakota's at-large U.S. House race Tuesday night, defeating Democratic-NPL candidate Trygve Hammer 60% to 34% in early results. The race was a rematch of the 2024 contest, in which Fedorchak became the first woman elected to represent North Dakota in Congress.
North Dakota Health and Human Services has appointed Stephanie Bates as executive director of its Medical Services Division. Bates brings more than 25 years of experience to the role, which oversees Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, autism services, and other state health programs. The appointment places her in charge of policy and operational decisions affecting the state's Medicaid beneficiaries, providers, and managed care arrangements.
Why it mattersProviders, health plans, and advocates working with North Dakota Medicaid now have a new senior decision-maker to engage on program policy, provider payment, and CHIP administration.
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