NATIONAL
- 3 tips for managing physician compensation, coverage in the COVID-19 pandemic
- AHA pleads for HIPAA waiver clarification, extension
- AMA trying to save private practices during COVID-19 & more
- CMS clears way for more nursing home COVID testing, even more telehealth use
- CMS expands Accelerated and Advance Payment Program for Medicare
- CMS granting providers advanced Medicare payments
- How to effectively manage your non-acute care supply chain
- Coronavirus Patients Caught In Conflict Between Hospital And Nursing Homes
- Hospitals can bill for treatment outside their four walls in new regulatory flexibility
- Hospitals, Doctors Feel Financial Squeeze as Coronavirus Sweeps U.S.
- Desperate for medical equipment, states encounter a beleaguered national stockpile
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
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- Governor Lamont stands united with the state’s healthcare system as the state waits for the next surge in COVID-19 cases
- Health care workers falling ill amid lack of protections
- Children’s hospital delays surgeries, furloughs 400 workers
- An infant has died from COVID-19 in CT; state turns gymnasiums into mobile field hospitals
- Southern Connecticut Hospitals Reaching Closer to Capacity for COVID-19
- As coronavirus spreads across Connecticut, hospitals try new treatments
- Conn. Hospitals Come Together to Treat COVID-19 Patients, Plea for More PPE
- CT National Guard starts new coronavirus ‘missions’
- A Connecticut doctor turns to 3D printers to make N95 face masks as need grows amid coronavirus crisis
- Possible grace period for health care premiums next for CT
- Overflow hospital to be set up at Southern Connecticut State University
MAINE
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- InterMed furloughs one-third of its health care workforce
- Fighting coronavirus won’t help struggling Maine hospitals pay the bills
- Community steps up to help hospital cope with health crisis
- EMMC nurses demand more protection to fight coronavirus
- Maine’s rural hospitals preparing for surge in coronavirus cases
- Maine hospitals face financial crunch but remain focused on coronavirus crisis
- Coronavirus tests produced in Maine give results within minutes
- A Maine-made coronavirus test gives fast results, but it has limitations
- Maine scrounges for medical supplies, but little more is expected from feds
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Bon Secours, Boston Medical among hospitals forced to furlough workers due to COVID-19
- Chief executive at Beth Israel Lahey Health taking 50 percent pay cut for three months
- MGH Surgeon Predicts Coronavirus In Massachusetts Will Soon Look Like New York
- Massachusetts’ worst-case scenario includes hospitals implementing do-not-resuscitate orders if system is overwhelmed
- Nursing home, rehab centers eyed for COVID-19 care
- Anticipating surge, Boston area facilities moving residents and patients to set up coronavirus recovery center
- Cape Cod Hospital plans to shutter Falmouth maternity unit
- Boston’s homeless see first case of coronavirus, city adds 550 more beds
- Coronavirus testing booth at Brigham and Women’s hospital reduces PPE, keeps docs safe
- Already taxed health care workers not ‘immune’ from layoffs and less pay
- Middleboro makerspace crafts face shields for hospitals battling COVID-19
- More than 150 Beth Israel Lahey Health employees test positive for coronavirus
- Coronavirus in Massachusetts hospitals: Number of workers with COVID-19 doubles
- More than 600 Massachusetts hospital workers test positive for COVID-19
- Community hospitals in Massachusetts particularly hard hit in coronavirus pandemic
- Coronavirus: Limiting gloves, face masks, other protective equipment at hospitals could prove dangerous, Massachusetts nurses say
- James Taylor and wife Kim donate $350K to Berkshire Medical Center
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- COVID-19 to peak in New Hampshire April 30, according to data projection
- Doctors Say Hospitals Are Stopping Them From Wearing Masks
- A new kind of house call: Coronavirus leads to increased telemedicine use
- LRGH overflow facility set as hospital gears up for surge
- In the Lakes Region, paramedics are in short supply
- National Guard Prepares Littleton Regional Healthcare For COVID-19 Surge
- COVID-19 pandemic cutting wait times at hospital emergency rooms
- A Public Health Update One Month In To Managing Coronavirus In N.H.
- New study predicts New Hampshire’s coronavirus peak, death toll
- New Hampshire gets $147 million in latest virus aid package
- Concord Hospital revenue is down $20 million a month as it prepares for COVID-19 surge
- National Guard setting up care facility at Keene State
NEW YORK
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- Coronavirus inspires NY hospital system to make backup ventilators from sleep apnea machines
- Inside a NYC hospital on the front lines of outbreak
- U.S. Navy hospital ship heading to NYC for coronavirus aid
- Nurses Die, Doctors Fall Sick and Panic Rises on Virus Front Lines
- ‘Thousands of People Will Pass Away’ From Virus, Cuomo Warns
- Navy Hospital Ship Comfort Arrives in New York City
- Hospital Safety Rules Are Relaxed to Fight Coronavirus
- New York state overrules a hospital policy saying mothers must give birth without their partners
- 76,000 Healthcare Workers Have Volunteered To Help NY Hospitals Fight Coronavirus
- Inside a Brooklyn hospital that is overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients and deaths
- Army Corps of Engineers convert New York City’s Jacob Javits Center into hospital
- An emergency field hospital to treat COVID-19 patients is opening in NYC’s Central Park
RHODE ISLAND
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- R.I. tightens restrictions after 2 virus deaths
- Rhode Island COVID-19 testing limited, plans to expand this week
- Do RI healthcare workers have enough PPE? A local doctor weighs in
- RI healthcare workers ordered to wear facemasks while tending to patients
- As coronavirus cases rise, R.I. hospitals prep for the challenge
VERMONT
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- Licenses allowed for out-of-state, retired health workers
- At Least Three Dozen Vermont Health Care Workers Have Coronavirus
- Police make compliance checks to see if local lodgings are harboring out-of-staters
- UVM Health Network shuffles staff in preparation for COVID-19 case surge
- Vermont Health Connect opens enrollment to expand insurance coverage
MID-ATLANTIC/EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NEW JERSEY
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- Geisinger, New Jersey health system say they are dissolving relationship
- New Jersey couple donates $50,000 to Beebe Healthcare for coronavirus testing
- NJ health care facilities to report daily PPE inventory, bed capacity
- New Jersey Devils make a major donation to health system
- We were going to run out of ICU beds on Wednesday, Murprhy says
- 7 hospitals in North Jersey had to divert patients after reaching capacity
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Geisinger, New Jersey health system say they are dissolving relationship
- Geneia promotes Heather Lavoie to CEO
- Local nursing homes saw violations in past three years
- Pennsylvania hospital facing April 1 shutdown gets support from governor
- Pennsylvania hospital overbilled Medicare by $3.3M, inspector general finds
- Pennsylvania rushes to relax health care regulations ahead of coronavirus peak
- Pennsylvania seeking retired healthcare professionals
- Pennsylvania to allow retired health care professionals to assist COVID-19 response
- Philadelphia unable to use local hospital for coronavirus patients due to steep rent cost
- Steps a Philadelphia nursing home is taking to keep residents safe
- ‘This is healthcare’s Amazon moment’: Dr. Stephen Klasko’s 5 predictions on healthcare delivery post-COVID-19
- With an eye on ICU beds, Pa. hospitals prep for surge in coronavirus patients
VIRGINIA
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- Fredericksburg-area hospitals prepare for ‘rapid increase in positive cases’
- Hospitals prepare for overflow, but state leaders won’t disclose key planning details
- Northern Virginia hospitals preparing for coronavirus surge
- Virginia hospitals prepare for overflow, but state leaders won’t disclose key planning details
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Beds empty, revenues slowed at hospitals in West Virginia; CAMC announces hours reduction measures
- CAMC cutting hours; hospitals having revenue flow issues
- Hard hit West Virginia nursing home reporting 28 virus cases
- West Virginia Hospital Announces Closure Amid Pandemic
- West Virginia hospitals prep for virus surge
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
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- Internal coronavirus report says some Iowa hospitals are not sharing enough information
- Iowa governor signs new public health emergency declaration
- Thousands of health care workers are furloughed, laid off in US as routine patient visits drop during coronavirus pandemic
- Gov. Kim Reynolds urges Iowans to sew masks as state is in dire need of supplies
- Doctors Say Hospitals Are Stopping Them From Wearing Masks
- University of Iowa Health Care pushing toward COVID-19 treatments
- Coronavirus peak expected in Iowa in 2-3 weeks, public health officials say
KANSAS
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- Health official expects coronavirus to peak in Kansas in mid-to-late April
- Sen. Jerry Moran announces grants to help treat, prevent COVID-19 in KS
- Gov. Laura Kelly signs bill with $65 million for virus response; state reaches 130 cases, 3 deaths
- Kansas hospital cuts pay as coronavirus strains providers
- Kansas health officials confirm another Life Care Center coronavirus outbreak
- Kansas health providers face financial strain from COVID-19. ‘We need help now’
MINNESOTA
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- Minnesota resident, former Medicare director says battling coronavirus could take 6 to 10 weeks
- Essentia laying off 500 employees
- Here’s why Minnesota doesn’t have enough hospital beds right now
- 1 in 5 COVID-19 cases in Minnesota are health care workers, MDH says
- State shops for temporary hospital space
- Children’s Minnesota will take young adults during COVID-19 fight
- Hospitals moving to protect frontline care workers
- Minnesota rushes to add new hospital beds for COVID-19 surge
- Hospitals begin to cut staff, cut hours before patient surge
- MNA raising concerns about healthcare working conditions
- Tri-County Health Care suspends new hospital project
- 9 questions with a rural hospital CEO
MISSOURI
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- As virus spreads, STL area hospitals ration protective gear for health care workers
- Boone Hospital, BJC set plans for transition to independent status
- Catholic Hospitals Celebrate New CEO, New Awards
- Doctors Say Hospitals Are Stopping Them From Wearing Masks
- Health care workers union sends demands to Gov. Parson
- Hospital-poor rural Missouri braces for the coronavirus
- Here’s when COVID-19 could peak in Missouri and Illinois
- Hospitals accused of firing health workers who speak on COVID-19 equipment shortages
- Missouri COVID-19 case count grows by triple digits
- Kansas City Health Care Workers and Hospitals Struggle to Prepare As COVID-19 Ramps Up
- Missouri DHSS speeds up testing for health care workers
- Missouri hospital system responds after purported nurse ‘painted a disturbing picture’ about conditions
- Nurses At Kansas City’s HCA Hospitals Say They Aren’t Getting Enough Protection From COVID-19
- SSM Health continues to hire through crisis
- SSM responds to claims that COVID-19 cases are overwhelming SLU Hospital, ER doctor dying
- Telehealth program connects Missouri doctors in the fight against COVID-19
- ‘They’re scared’: Doctors lack safety gear in fight against coronavirus in KC region
- While hospitals brace for heavy demand, Missouri’s community clinics are losing revenue
NEBRASKA
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- Temporary surge tent at Nebraska Medical Center just one of the ways hospitals prepare for virus
- Ricketts Loosens Requirements On Hospitals, Nursing Homes To Fight Coronavirus
- Local hospitals prepare for potential surge of patients and need of hospital beds
- New Executive Order Assisting Healthcare Facilities
- Bryan Health Utlizes ‘Germ-Zapping’ Robots For Coronavirus Cleaning
- COVID-19 model for Nebraska shows range of deaths and health care demands
- ‘Our members are at war with COVID-19’: Nebraska health care workers ask for cooperation
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Rural critical access hospitals in North Dakota face ‘daily struggle’ to make ends meet, and coronavirus isn’t helping
- With low numbers of ventilators in North Dakota, medical officials worry about resources
- Three Sanford Fargo Employees Test Positive for COVID-19
- Researchers: North Dakota has adequate hospital bed capacity for virus; 171 deaths anticipated
- Sanford Health takes more safety precautions as three employees test positive for COVID-19
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- COVID-19 cases rising in South Dakota, Wyoming
- South Dakota gets new COVID-19 testing equipment
- A look at the patchwork regulation across South Dakota to combat COVID-19
- Projections show South Dakota peak a few weeks away; 200+ deaths possible if strong social distancing measures are enacted
- Sanford Health COVID-19 employee aid plan includes cash payments
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- CMS approves expansion of Illinois health services
- Here’s when COVID-19 could peak in Missouri and Illinois
- Illinois Gov. Pritzker says feds sent wrong health equipment in latest PPE order
- Illinois to reopen Sherman Hospital
- Shuttered Elgin hospital could reopen to treat coronavirus patients
INDIANA
- Holcomb Details Plan for COVID-19 Spike
- Hospitals ‘burning through’ protective gear to fight COVID-19 turn to ‘extreme measures’
- Indiana, hospitals preparing for surge of COVID-19 patients in weeks ahead
- Indiana, Michigan officials seeking help from licensed healthcare professionals
- Indiana not detailing ICU capacity as coronavirus cases grow
- Lilly to Delay New Clinical Trials
- Local hospitals look at opening extra facilities to prepare for possible surge of patients
- Riley Hospital Creates Relief Fund
- Telehealth Helping to Examine Rural Patients for Virus
KENTUCKY
- 45 Norton Healthcare employees have tested positive for coronavirus
- Beshear signs more than 35 bills amid pandemic, many related to health care
- Coronavirus surge: How ready are Kentucky’s hospitals to handle the coming storm?
- Dozens of local hospital staffers testing positive for coronavirus
- Eastern Kentucky hospital system furloughs 500 workers amid coronavirus outbreak
- Federal legislators: $1.7M awarded to Kentucky health centers to address coronavirus
- Hospital system furloughs 500 workers amid financial strain
- How this Kentucky outpatient clinic is readying for the expected spike of COVID-19
- Let’s discuss hospital readiness in Louisville
- Louisville hospitals face ‘serious situation’ of keeping supplies of protective gear
- Norton execs say 45 employee virus infections in line with system’s size
- Norton Healthcare isolates 282 workers exposed to coronavirus
- A letter from a Michigan hospital system details who would get life-saving resources if equipment runs short during the coronavirus pandemic
- Beaumont Health CEO describes coronavirus pandemic as ‘our worst nightmare’
- Beaumont Hospital in Wayne closing ER, non-coronavirus patients to be moved as cases surge
- Beaumont Wayne emergency room closing as hospital system prepares for more coronavirus (COVID-19) patients
- Detroit hospital systems and WSU collaborate to bring COVID trials to southeast Michigan
- Facing shortages, Michigan asks feds for experimental coronavirus drugs
- Furloughs, pay cuts, benefit trims hit Michigan hospitals during COVID-19 outbreak
- Greater Lansing hospitals say they are prepared for coronavirus patients from outside region
- Henry Ford Allegiance Health accepts coronavirus patients from other hospitals
- Henry Ford Health letter on rationing ventilators is for ‘worst-case scenario’
- Henry Ford hospital reports 19 positive coronavirus cases as of Sunday
- Here’s Why Beaumont Hospital’s Emergency Room In Wayne Is Closing
- How Beaumont Health is using patient data, tech to manage COVID-19: 4 Qs with CIO Hans Keil
- McLaren Northern Michigan to expand isolation units in case of COVID-19 patient surge
- Michigan and Louisiana are becoming virus hot spots — their governors warn supplies are already running out
- Michigan health leaders plea for ventilators, saying hospitals need thousands more
- More Michigan healthcare workers are getting sick. What happens when there’s a shortage?
- Report: Michigan Hospital ICU At Capacity Due To Coronavirus
- Scramble underway to find more space, staff as southeast Michigan hospitals near their limits
- Spectrum Health looks to hire ‘hundreds’ to prepare for coronavirus surge
- Trinity Health to furlough 2,500 employees in Michigan
- West Michigan’s largest hospital system could exceed capacity in early May, CEO says
- 16% of Ohio’s coronavirus cases are healthcare workers
- 26% of Cuyahoga County’s coronavirus cases are health-care workers
- Columbus Hospital Systems Announce Joint Surge Location for Coronavirus Response
- Coronavirus in Ohio: Meet UC Health doctor on front line of hospital response to COVID-19
- Coronavirus: Health care workers fear protective gear shortage as Ohio cases climb
- Is Toledo prepared to handle a potential overflow of Michigan patients?
- Officials: Atrium Medical Center set for potential patient surge due to coronavirus
- Ohio community centers, hotels, dorms could be used to increase hospital capacity
- Ohio company providing housing for Cuyahoga County health care workers to avoid exposing family to coronavirus
- Ohio hospitals facing $1.2B monthly revenue drop from suspending elective procedures during pandemic
- Ohio is divided into 8 hospital regions, but what if your coronavirus hospital is outside your insurance network?
- UTMC CEO accepts job with Mercy Health
- Ascension Wisconsin won’t bill uninsured for COVID-19 tests, treatments
- How ready are Appleton’s hospitals for a surge of coronavirus patients? Here’s a look at their plans
- Madison hospitals add COVID-19 capacity to ERs
- Marshfield Clinic Health System to play role in COVID-19 lab testing
- Wisconsin gets critical supplies from National Stockpile
- Wisconsin physician assistants want to ‘step up’ to fight coronavirus. State regulations may be getting in the way.
- Wisconsin’s nursing shortage in the spotlight as hospitals face influx of COVID-19 cases
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
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- Alabama hospitals need personal protective equipment as COVID-19 surge approaches
- Alabama nursing homes seeing increase in COVID-19 cases
- Apple CEO Tim Cook donates 200,000 masks to Alabama’s health care workers
- As COVID-19 cases increase, medical staffing shortages a concern
- At least 6 Alabama nursing homes have coronavirus patients, report says
- Huntsville Hospital CEO: Busiest hospital in the state, can’t get access to testing materials
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- ‘Absolute unknown territory’: Alabama hospitals brace for coronavirus onslaught lacking resources
- Ascension plans new hospital in Florida
- After years of focus on profits, South Florida hospitals face biggest challenge in a generation
- Federal inspectors eye Florida long-term care facilities
- Florida’s long-term care facilities face big worries and few answers about coronavirus testing
- Four Tallahassee doctors reflect on local coronavirus fight before the expected ‘surge’
- In the face of a pandemic, Miami’s hospitals are going from competitive to cooperative
- Lee Health reports Gulf Coast Medical Center expansion will open Thursday
- Some Northeast Florida hospitals cutting back hours after order from Gov. DeSantis
- Nurse at Jackson Memorial Hospital Dies From Coronavirus
GEORGIA
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- Atlanta hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients
- Feds charge Georgia man with orchestrating COVID-19 billing fraud scheme
- Georgia hospital worker with coronavirus found dead at home with her child by her body
- Georgia’s hardest-hit hospital says its intensive care units are filled with ‘critically ill’ coronavirus patients
- HCA West Florida names new Palms of Pasadena CEO
- Hospital works to support rattled health care workers
- How coronavirus infection rates may squeeze Georgia’s ICU hospital beds
MISSISSIPPI
NORTH CAROLINA
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- As coronavirus threatens NC nursing homes, have they planned for the worst?
- Asheboro seeks new hospital suitor after Cone rejection
- Blue Cross names Anthem health exec as new CEO
- Cone Health ends talks to take ownership of Randolph Health
- Duke Health Shares Some Plans for COVID-19 Surge
- Duke lands $50 million to focus on protection for health care workers
- Duke University Health System Issues Public Comment on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed Rule
- Hospital leaders tell legislators about revenue challenges
- Mission, area hospitals share plans
- More than 5,000 surgery centers can now serve as makeshift hospitals during COVID-19 crisis
- NC executive order aims to get equipment to health care workers, schools, local governments
- North Carolina governor signs order for health workers, schools to get protective equipment
- North Carolina health system furloughs 300 employees
- Pandemic puts extra financial strain on rural North Carolina hospitals
- Rural hospitals facing issues much bigger than ventilators
- Rural hospitals preparing for delayed spike in COVID-19 cases
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- 34 MUSC Health employees have tested positive for COVID-19
- Bon Secours beginning to redeploy, temporarily furlough employees amid virus outbreak
- How many SC hospital workers have coronavirus? State officials don’t know
- MUSC hires Zaas to lead new division; Summerville Medical hires CEO
- Roper St. Francis sees largest one-day spike in COVID-19 cases since testing started
- Study ranks South Carolina 14th-worst for worst hospital capacity
TENNESSEE
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- As coronavirus spreads, Tennessee looks to shuttered hospitals as unlikely saviors
- Hardin Medical Center to open external ER to screen for COVID-19, reduce potential spread
- How COVID-19 has affected Envision Healthcare
- Nashville’s largest hospital is seeking temporary nurses
- Prisma Health’s North Greenville Hospital temporarily closing emergency department to shift staffing
- Rep. Jim Cooper says Tennessee is 22 days away from peak hospital rescue use
- Tennessee hospital to temporarily close
- Vanderbilt Medical Center confirms 86 employees have tested positive for COVID-19
SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARKANSAS
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- More health care providers shifting to telehealth to help stop the spread of coronavirus
- Severe coronavirus cases on pace to overwhelm ICU availability in urban and rural areas
- Baptist Health prepares for furloughs amid COVID-19
- Private lab in Arkansas offering COVID-19 testing through drive-thru clinic
- Unity Health Medical Center prepares for infected patients with 32 bed COVID-19 unit
- Rural hospitals benefit from Arkansas House bill
ARIZONA
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- National Guard airlifts resupply to Kayenta as Arizona prepares for surge of COVID-19 patients
- Coronavirus in Arizona now ‘widespread,’ could peak in late April
- Rural residents’ access to hospitals is already a problem. Coronavirus could make it worse
- Flagstaff Medical Center makes room for COVID-19 care
- Winslow Doctor Speaks About Coronavirus On Navajo Nation
- Banner Nurses, Docs on COVID-19 Frontlines Say They’re ‘Treated As Expendable’
- Nursing homes are coronavirus risks. In Arizona, about half have been cited for past infection control issues
LOUISIANA
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- $8.9 million in funding for medical services, research headed to Louisiana
- Michigan and Louisiana are becoming virus hot spots — their governors warn supplies are already running out
- Now 28 long-term care facilities in Louisiana identified as COVID-19 clusters, LDH says
- Governors warn that state healthcare supplies and hospitals could be overwhelmed as soon as early April
- Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon issues rule on medical surge-related patient transfers
- Local healthcare workers fighting more than just COVID-19
- Another avalanche of new Louisiana coronavirus cases, deaths reported Wednesday
- New Orleans doctors scramble as coronavirus deaths, cases soar
- In Louisiana’s coronavirus fight, everyone from doctors to crafters needed as volunteers
- New Orleans convention center being turned into coronavirus recovery center
- Scammers attempting to bilk hospitals during trying times
- 47 Louisiana long-term care sites seen as virus ‘clusters’
- Mourning one of their own, Louisiana nurses must protect themselves, advocate says
- Facing surge of patients, New Orleans VA transfers veterans to Mississippi
- Baton Rouge General Mid City opens as coronavirus surge center, needs doctors and nurses
- Louisiana Gov. Edwards plans to extend ‘stay at home’ order to April 30
- As death toll grows, coronavirus hits home in East Baton Rouge; ‘our lives will never be the same’
NEW MEXICO
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- New Mexico hospitals dealing with national shortage of medical supplies
- New Mexico hospitals prepare for ‘tsunami’
- CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System Finalizes CTMC Acquisition
- Las Cruces mayor Ken Miyagishima asked to declare state of emergency
- Getting ready for outbreak’s peak in New Mexico
- UNM students launch website to connect volunteers to healthcare workers
OKLAHOMA
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- Tulsa’s St. John Hospital Says It Is First In Oklahoma To Begin Research Trial For COVID-19 Treatment
- Gov. Stitt amends executive order to require travelers from 6 states to self-quarantine
- Local health care pros deal with national PPE shortage
- Already Taxed Health Care Workers Not ‘Immune’ From Layoffs And Less Pay
- COVID-19 expected to peak in Oklahoma in 6 to 8 weeks
- Oklahoma hospital workers claim they’re not allowed to wear masks amid pandemic
TEXAS
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- Dallas nursing homes and assisted living centers are the new coronavirus battleground
- Is Dallas ready for a spike in COVID-19? ‘We’ve got the manpower now’
- Dallas ‘Curve Rising’ With 100 New COVID-19 Cases; Two More Deaths Wednesday
- ‘The time has come’ | Texas health care organizations urge Gov. Abbott to issue statewide stay-at-home order
- El Paso Children’s Hospital employee becomes 2nd local healthcare worker diagnosed with virus
- Houston hospitals ‘running down every lead’ to procure medical supplies
- COVID-19 In DFW: How The Spread of Coronavirus Is Affecting North Texas
- Arlington senior living facility upset hospital didn’t share COVID-19 test results
- Texas expands travel restrictions, launches pop-up hospital as coronavirus spreads
- Toyota begins making face shields to send to Texas hospitals
- Gov. Abbott To Open Dallas Convention Center As Healthcare Facility, Halt Release Of ‘Dangerous Criminals’ Due To COVID-19
- DFW Providers Prepare for Patient Displacement
- Amid coronavirus pandemic, will retired nurses and new nursing grads offset shortage?
- Associations for Texas hospitals, nurses urge Abbott for statewide stay-at-home order
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
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- An Alaska hospital executive downplayed the COVID-19 threat in an email to staff. She’s no longer on the job.
- ‘Numerous’ health care workers among Alaska’s confirmed COVID-19 cases as tally rises by 10
- Planners in Anchorage brace for surge of COVID cases with more hospital space, mortuary preparation
IDAHO
MONTANA
OREGON
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- 12 OHSU staff test positive for coronavirus, more tests pending
- Bright.md raises $8M for virtual healthcare service that can help with COVID-19 related care
- FEMA shipment of masks, gloves due for Oregon distribution
- Health officials confirm 69 new coronavirus cases in Oregon, state total at 548 patients
- Oregon hospitals say there’s no surge in COVID-19 patients, yet
- Oregon nurses worried about lack of personal protective equipment
- Portland ICU nurse fears hospitals are being dangerously stingy in an effort to preserve PPE
- Providence, Legacy report 18 health care workers test positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON
WYOMING
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
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- California inks $30M lease deal to add 486 hospital beds for COVID-19 patients
- California now says it needs 50,000 more hospital beds to meet coronavirus surge
- In California, protective equipment shortage pushes nurses to consider drastic action
- Coronavirus hospitalizations have doubled in California over last three days
- Three fundamentals of the hospital ‘surge’ in California
COLORADO
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- Bay Area hospital desperately needs coronavirus supplies: ‘I see a disaster on the brink of happening’
- Colorado doctors turning to telemedicine as coronavirus concerns keep patients away
- Colorado hospitals are preparing their doctors and nurses for an all-hands-on-deck coronavirus fight
- Denver Emergency Physician On Coronavirus: ‘Chasing Our Tails Trying To Catch Up’
- Fresno’s doctor shortage just cost the county 100 coronavirus emergency hospital beds
- ICU beds in Colorado: Report shows hospital totals as of 2018
- ‘If they have enough, where are they?’ Colorado nurse worried about hospital’s mask supply
- More than 50 infected with virus at California nursing home
- Mountain hospitals “in good shape” with absence of tourists
- These nine Colorado nursing homes have coronavirus outbreaks. A 10th has not been identified
- UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital could be days from PPE shortage, doctor says
HAWAII
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- Hawaii Doctors Battle State Health Department Over COVID-19 Testing
- Hawaii health director says some physicians ‘closing up their practices’
- Hawaii to get at least $4B in federal coronavirus aid
- North Hawaii Community Hospital seeks masks, other gear
- University of Hawaii researchers identify drug that may help COVID-19 patients
NEVADA
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- Freestanding ER set to open this fall in southeast Las Vegas
- Las Vegas health care workers share the good, the bad and the worst to come
- Las Vegas’ shortage of acute care beds in hospitals points to looming crisis as outbreak spreads
- Nevada still struggles to secure healthcare supplies, relying on private donors
UTAH
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- Are Utah hospitals ready for coronavirus? Here’s why we don’t know.
- Did Intermountain Healthcare employees get pay cuts?
- Does Utah have enough hospital, ICU beds to treat projected COVID-19 patients?
- Intermountain Healthcare to cut pay for some medical staff amid coronavirus pandemic
- Retired general now leads Utah’s coronavirus response; health director reassigned over medical concerns
- Utah health officials looking at possible sites for temporary hospitals
- Utah leaders are exploring pop-up hospital sites as coronavirus cases top 400
