Arielle Zionts
✏️: Rural Health Reporter @KFFHealthNews.org
📍: Rapid City
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- "Next door (to a synagogue), the owner of a tiny neighboring plumbing supply shop says he is happy that Syria is helping Jewish citizens return. "They were our friends," says Abu Alaa al-Muhandis, 75. "We hope they will come back, they will bring life back to the city.""
- The Syrian government recently transferred its ownership of Jewish religious properties to a new Jewish nonprofit. The org is also interested in helping to return Syrian Jews' private property. www.npr.org/2026/02/03/n...
- The Syrian government recently transferred its ownership of Jewish religious properties to a new Jewish nonprofit. The org is also interested in helping to return Syrian Jews' private property. www.npr.org/2026/02/03/n...
- The 2 largest health providers in Rapid City — Monument Health + Rapid City Medical Center — are merging as an even larger competitor — Sanford — is set to arrive. RCMC, which is physician-owned, will be part of Monument, a nonprofit. RCMC had rejected offers to merge w/ Sanford, sources told me.
- One thing this means: Patients who saw RCMC providers will now be able to qualify for charity care. rapidcitymedicalcenter.com/rcmc-signs-l...
- Also ... while RCMC is merging with Monument, 16 RCMC physicians are joining Sanford. The merger and Sanford news were both announced today via press releases. I haven't received any notification about this news as a patient who sees Monument and RCMC providers, including one moving to Sanford.
