healthcare spending benchmark

State leaders continue to deliberate over a new healthcare spending benchmark formula as hospitals prepare for a new budget review process.

ChristianaCare and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, or CHOP, announce a new partnership beginning in spring 2026 to bring more pediatric services to Delaware and surrounding communities.

Amid funding woes and ongoing litigation, Gov. Matt Meyer taps former Secretary of Finance David Singleton to chair the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board.

The state’s budget-writing committee restores funding to the Hospital Cost Review Board after voting to pause funding earlier this month.

The Delaware Court of Chancery denies the state’s motion to dismiss ChristianaCare’s lawsuit against a newly created board to review and approve hospital budgets.

Delaware nearly triples its intended healthcare spending goal for 2023, marking the third year in a row the state has outpaced its benchmark.

The controversial Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board holds its first meeting as it awaits legislative and legal decisions.

Gov. Matt Meyer appoints the two final members to the new Hospital Cost Review Board amid ongoing legal challenges and pushback from Republican legislators around the creation of the body.

Five of the seven politically appointed members of the controversial Hospital Cost Review Board are confirmed by the Delaware Senate.

The Delaware Healthcare Association is requesting Gov. John Carney leave Hospital Cost Review Board appointments up to the next administration.