Health pulse: Hospital expansions, closings and related news from 2025

RENDERING / COURTESY OF SMRT, MDI HOSPITAL Construction of a new emergency department entry at Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor is underway. Seen here is the main entry interior.

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Maine's health care industry continued to see a mix of news in 2025, with new construction and services countered by closures and restructuring. Direct primary care is a trending sector. Like other industries, workforce training remains a pressing issue.

A financial analysis of the state’s nonprofit hospitals’ finances, released earlier this year by the Maine Hospital Association, found that the state's hospitals are struggling with crippling costs, plummeting revenues and aging infrastructure, resulting in reduced services, delayed critical investments and stretched resources.

Problems are being addressed by individual hospitals and hospital systems trying to figure out how to provide the right amount of services and preserve access to care without going broke.

Here's a roundup of Mainebiz stories on the sector published in 2025.

Hospital restructuring, partnerships and upgrades in the works amid growing financial crisis

Maine hospitals face $66M annual loss from Medicaid cuts, study says

Health care and job training among targets for $20.5M in federal grants in Maine

Northern Light cuts workforce by 3%, closes Bangor clinic

Northern Light’s Waterville hospital set to end clinical services

Northern Light continues to tackle insurance and facility issues

Northern Light’s new CEO says adaptability key to financial turnaround

MDI Hospital is latest to close labor and delivery unit

Three more Maine health services to close amid statewide strain

TV producer Dick Wolf gives $10M lead gift to MDI Hospital upgrade

MaineHealth to invest $70M to create orthopedic hub in South Portland