September 11, 2026
Federal hemp ban delayed by a month
The House last week passed a short-term government funding bill that will give the intoxicating hemp industry more time to fight a looming crackdown on its products
September 11, 2026
Graphic of the week: Ohio has fewer independently-owned outpatient facilities than most other states
Data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows that the percentage of outpatient healthcare facilities in Ohio that are independently owned is lower than in all but five states
September 11, 2026
Report: 1/2 of U.S. hospitals complying with price transparency rules, Ohio lags behind
Even though compliance rates have reached a record high, only about half of U.S. hospitals are fully complying with federal price transparency rules, according to a report released this week
September 11, 2026
Report from former EPA officials warns of public health threat from AI data centers
A group representing more than 800 former employees of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday sounded the alarm over the health consequences of data centers
September 11, 2026
Ohio sees growth in new behavioral health crisis centers, but access barriers persist
New behavioral health crisis centers are opening across Ohio, in part because of $90 million in COVID-relief fund spending. But some facilities are struggling with staffing challenges and other barriers to care created by federal policy changes.
September 04, 2026
Doctors report increase in misinformation from patients
Doctors say they have been seeing more misinformation from patients in recent years, and the problem is getting worse, according to a new survey of physicians
September 04, 2026
Employers brace for more health cost spikes in 2027
Healthcare spending isn’t just skyrocketing for U.S. companies. It’s also getting more difficult to predict, complicating efforts to keep cost growth in hand, according to new research
September 04, 2026
Survey: Most Ohioans at foodbanks must choose between buying food or medicine
More than half of people who visited an Ohio foodbank in the last year had to choose between paying for medicine or buying food, according to a report released this week
September 04, 2026
Drive times to maternity care likely to increase for rural residents with Medicaid, study finds
While Ohio Medicaid enrollees who live in rural areas have a shorter drive time to maternity care than those in most other states, recent federal policy changes are expected to lead to longer driving times , a new study found
September 04, 2026
Graphic of the week: Suicide rates across Ohio
September is Suicide Prevention Month, and data shows that suicide death rates vary widely across Ohio, with large differences between counties in the same region
August 28, 2026
Graphic of the week: Ohioans across political spectrum support policies to slow healthcare cost grow
Data included in a keynote presentation at HPIO’s 2026 Health Policy Summit shows that Ohioans across the political spectrum are overwhelmingly in favor of government action to lower healthcare costs
August 28, 2026
Indiana only state to join federal program to offer GLP-1 drugs through Medicaid
President Donald Trump’s pledge to make new but pricey weight-loss drugs widely available for low-income Americans isn’t panning out as planned
