NATIONAL
- Compliance with CMS guidance could cost providers $10K more per day
- Coronavirus-related FEMA docs show shortage of medical supplies requested by states
- COVID-19 and its impact on physician compensation
- COVID-19 Crisis Triggers More HIPAA Policy Changes
- COVID-19 pandemic opens up new frontiers for health data privacy
- HHS awards $1.3B to health centers in response to COVID-19
- HIPAA in the time of COVID-19: What information can be shared to keep the public safe? What remains private?
- Hospitals furlough staff, reduce physician salaries waiting for CARES Act funds
- Hospitals Furloughing Staff, Altering Physician Pay Due to COVID-19
- How ASCs can temporarily convert to hospitals under Medicare
- Microsoft exec says coronavirus could spark big shift for AI in health care
- More hospital CEOs elect to donate salaries as revenues plummet due to COVID-19
- National PPE stockpile depleted; CMS updates infection control guidelines
- Nursing home infections, deaths surge amid lockdown measures
- OCR Permits Business Associates to Share Patient Data During COVID-19
- Some ER doctors are losing pay and hours even as coronavirus rages
- States desperate for medical supplies turn to each other for help
- State-by-state breakdown of 354 rural hospitals at high risk of closing
- Updated COVID-19 projections are out: The new peak dates in each state
- US coronavirus fight enters crucial weeks as the number of cases tops 330,000
- $30B in hospital aid will be distributed this week, Verma says
NORTHEAST
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)
CONNECTICUT
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- Children’s hospital delays surgeries, furloughs 400 workers
- Lamont plan for COVID-19 nursing homes includes extra cash
- Yale New Haven Health officials describe COVID-19 impact, other hospitals less forthcoming
- Baker announces $800 million in support for health care system, new test site in Lowell
- ‘We have the right to be safe’: Connecticut healthcare workers voice concerns over a dangerous lack of protective equipment
- Connecticut and its hospitals grapple with possible shortages of a key component of COVID-19 patient care: Ventilators
- COVID-19 cases reach 7,781 and deaths jump up to 227 but hospital admission rates slow as Connecticut flattens its curve
- There’s never been a test like COVID-19. Will the state pass?
- Home health care workers seek protective gear amid coronavirus outbreak
- COVID-only nursing homes planned, workers say they need gear
- Social distancing may be helping Connecticut’s fight against COVID-19, but the surge is still coming
- Connecticut hospitals using anti-malaria drug chloroquine ‘out of desperation’ to treat COVID-19
MAINE
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- At Lewiston hospital, quarantined staff must use own sick time
- Despite pandemic, northern Maine hospitals are cutting pay for staff
- Lapses in hospitals’ reporting left Maine CDC lacking key data
- Lewiston hospital revises coronavirus sick leave policy under pressure from employees
- Maine Acts of Kindness: Portland hotel donates 50 rooms to health care workers
- Northern Light Health officials say mood at hospital is concerned
- Plan to open alternative hospital care sites in Portland, Bangor takes shape
- Governor Mill issues Executive Order to expand healthcare with focus on workforce, alternative care sites
- As protection standards for health care workers fall, Maine unions demand action
- As health care shifts, so do health care employees
- MaineHealth confirms reduction of work hours for some of its staff
- Northern Light offers voluntary furloughs to employees, but wants to keep them working
- Maine opening up temporary medical facilities in arenas to ensure sufficient capacity for coronavirus patients
- Northern Light Health officials say mood at hospital is concerned
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Mass. hospitals getting massive machine that can sterilize 80K N95 masks in a day
- Morton Hospital In Taunton Converting To COVID-19 Center
- Massachusetts hospitals prep for coronavirus surge, convert facilities, reassign docs
- After hospital cuts, Baker administration invests $800 million to health care providers for COVID-19 response
- MGH emergency room doctor explains what he’s seeing on the coronavirus frontlines
- As cases and deaths rise, Baker announces funds for health care providers
- Steward Health Care Initiates New COVID-19 Plan Amid MA Nurses Association Concerns
- Taunton hospital focused on COVID-19 patients
- Walsh recommends curfew for Boston, asks all to wear masks outside home
- Partners Healthcare CEO says its hospital workers not getting hazard pay during pandemic
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital not ensuring nurses have N95 masks, Mass. nurses say
- Nearly 300 Beth Israel Lahey Health employees have tested positive for coronavirus
- Who gets a ventilator? New gut-wrenching state guidelines issued on rationing equipment, ICU beds
- DCU Center field hospital opens; 77 additional COVID-19 deaths, 1,588 new cases announced
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Kamen: PPE shipment delayed but on its way to NH
- New Parkland Medical CEO says Derry provider prepped for pandemic
- LRGHealthcare to furlough 600 employees – almost half its workforce
- NH Experts To Governor: Increase Coronavirus Testing, Treatment, Tracking
- Fury after Cigna drops coverage at Rochester hospital citing HCA takeover
- Burton to donate 500,000 respirator masks across Northeast
- Sununu says 1,600 beds ready as NH prepares for COVID-19 surge
- North Country health workers prepare to deal with COVID-19
NEW YORK
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- Governor to seize ventilators for NYC’s overtaxed hospitals
- New York health department implements Epic EHR at Javits Center field hospital
- N.Y. Virus Deaths Hit New High, but Hospitalizations Slow
- Volunteers Rushed to Help New York Hospitals. They Found a Bottleneck.
- New York hospitals will make unused ventilators available, but voluntarily
- Hotels Open as ‘Comforting Refuge’ for Health Care Workers
- Deaths from coronavirus soar to new distressing record in NY
- Desperate health care workers rally for coronavirus gear at Harlem Hospital
- Travel nurses race to New York and other coronavirus hot spots: ‘They are literally in a war zone’
- Medical Aid Group Helps To Relieve Stress On New York’s Health Workers
- ‘A Tragedy Is Unfolding’: Inside New York’s Virus Epicenter
- Ninety thousand medical workers volunteered to help New York battle coronavirus. Most are sitting idle.
RHODE ISLAND
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- CCRI Donates Thousands of Personal Protective Equipment Items
- Raimondo: The CVS testing site is a game-changer
- 8 more COVID-19 deaths in RI, including young resident of group home
- RI group wants $1K more per week in hazard pay for nursing home workers
- Rhode Island health care workers required to wear surgical masks
- Rhode Island nursing homes hardest hit by COVID-19
- Ties between Lifespan, Chinese hospital give R.I. an edge in coronavirus battle
- In Quonset, converting an old Lowe’s store into a coronavirus hospital
- As coronavirus cases rise, R.I. hospitals prep for the challenge
VERMONT
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- State of Vermont, hospitals, EMT crews scramble for ventilators, N95s and PPE
- Burton to donate 500,000 respirator masks across Northeast
- Scott wears a mask, cases up 30, no deaths
- How To Read Vermont’s COVID-19 Numbers
- Southern Vermont hub hospitals prepare Covid-19 surge sites
- The Vermont National Guard is Building a 400-Bed Hospital at the Champlain Valley Expo
- UVM Health Network launches universal employee masking policy
- Brand-new nurses coming to rescue; jobless claims up to 71K
- Health chief estimates there will be up to 100 coronavirus deaths in Vermont
MID-ATLANTIC/EAST
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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- DC may have already hit its coronavirus peak, research institute says – but the Mayor isn’t convinced
- D.C, Md. to get 250 ventilators from California; coronavirus disproportionately hurting D.C.’s black residents
- D.C. projects about 93,000 people could become infected; coronavirus cases top 5,000 in Washington region
- D.C. Region’s Coronavirus Equipment Shortage Sparks Creative Solutions, Pleas For Donations And Distancing
- Va. picks field hospital sites; DC projects up to 93,000 infections
- Washington, D.C. Needs 3,600 Hospital Beds for Coronavirus Peak: Mayor
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- Bulk of Maryland’s requests for PPEs remain unfulfilled, FEMA documents show
- Coronavirus Latest: UMMS Hiring For Dozens Of Positions In ‘Emergency Staffing Pool’
- D.C. Could See 93,000 Coronavirus Infections With A Mid-Summer Peak, Bowser Says
- D.C, Md. to get 250 ventilators from California; coronavirus disproportionately hurting D.C.’s black residents
- Eight more health care sites join race to add hospital beds amid COVID-19
- Gov. Hogan enacts emergency order to protect nursing home residents, staff during coronavirus
- How are Maryland hospitals handling increased capacity due to coronavirus pandemic?
- Marine factory making 500,000 face shields for Maryland health care workers in coronavirus pandemic
- Md. hospital system urgently hiring for range of emergency coronavirus positions
- Maryland hospitals allowed to raise rates to pay for surge of coronavirus patients
NEW JERSEY
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- Clinical trial for drug combination to treat coronavirus is fast-tracked by Rutgers
- First New Jersey field hospital opens at Meadowlands Exposition Center
- New Jersey Opens First Field Hospital as Coronavirus Cases Surge
- NJ issues ‘crisis alert’ — Overwhelmed hospitals need volunteers now
- University Hospital expands executive team by three
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Beaver County nursing home now presumes everyone in building may have COVID-19
- Delco hospitals buckle under stress of pandemic
- FEMA documents show shortage of medical supplies requested by Pennsylvania
- Hospital chaplain adjusts to changes during pandemic
- How one Pennsylvania hospital system is navigating the coronavirus
- Medical office building with surgery center sold
- Morgantown trust donates $1.3 million in protective equipment to West Virginia hospitals
- One of Beaver County’s biggest nursing homes hit hard by COVID-19
- Penn State Hershey Med workers told to reuse face masks for 7 days, store in paper bags amid shortage
- Pennsylvania county facing the coronavirus crisis without a health department
- UMMS announces new mask policy for all facilities in response to COVID-19
- UPMC details how COVID-19 testing is being handled
VIRGINIA
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- Death toll at Virginia long-term care facility rises to 28
- Hospital CEO among staff exposed to COVID-19
- Sentara Healthcare, VCU Health System Seal The Deal On Virginia Premier
- Tennessee, Virginia prepare for COVID-19 “surge” with field hospital sites
- Virginia now has more than 2,600 confirmed coronavirus cases, with at least 431 hospitalizations
- Va. picks field hospital sites; DC projects up to 93,000 infections
- Virginia hospitals ask military facilities to open up for COVID-19 care as state selects field hospital sites
- Virginia hospitals have over 5,000 beds available with only 27% of ventilators in use
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Four West Virginia hospitals lay off hundreds because of coronavirus-related shrinking revenues
- Hospital CEO among staff exposed to COVID-19
- Memorial Health System has new unit to treat COVID-19 patients
- Some W.Va. hospitals to get $1.3 million worth of personal protective gear
- St. Francis Hospital in Charleston will now be a surge hospital for COVID-19
- West Virginia investigating Alecto Healthcare’s closure of 2 hospitals
CENTRAL
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
IOWA
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- 23% of positive COVID-19 cases in Iowa are health care workers
- 48% Of COVID-19 Deaths In Iowa Have Been Nursing Home Residents
- COVID-19 cases in Iowa reach 786, FEMA sending $44 million to state
- FEMA Awards $44 million to Iowa for COVID-19 response
- HIPAA overused to hide key COVID-19 data, Iowa journalism group claims
- Deep Concern For Some Iowa Hospitals’ Viability After COVID-19 Crisis
- Iowa hospitals ordered to give daily COVID-19 data to state
- Iowa’s COVID-19 hot spot: A look at the Cedar Rapids nursing home struggling with 84 coronavirus cases
- UI Hospitals and Clinics, patients participating in COVID-19 treatment drug clinical trial
- Mercy opens second clinic dedicated to respiratory illness
- Iowa officials name long-term care facilities with COVID-19 outbreaks
- Gov. Reynolds announces 97 new COVID-19 cases in Iowa; health department shows 1 new death
- Iowa has surpassed 1,000 cases of COVID-19. Here’s what the data tells us.
- More than 12,000 Iowa health care workers laid off, furloughed by coronavirus pandemic
KANSAS
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- An inside look at a rural hospital preparing for the wave
- New Kansas hospital seeks financial help from county, Derby due to coronavirus stress
- Sen. Moran Announces $15 Million in Grants to Health Centers in Kansas to Fight COVID-19
- University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus announces layoffs
- Study shows Kansas and Missouri may need more hospital beds as coronavirus cases grow
- Sedgwick County rejects proposal to help hospital weather coronavirus setback
- 1,106 cases in Kansas, with 4 more deaths; unemployment up across metro
MINNESOTA
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- Minnesota hospitals are losing $31M a day in revenue, state association says
- Nursing Association Leader Alarmed By State’s Mask Inventory
- Minnesota rural hospitals buckle under weight of pandemic
- Governor taps team of experts for help with long-term coronavirus plan
- UnitedHealth will rush billions in payments to cash-strapped health providers
- Gov. Tim Walz extends Minnesota’s stay-at-home order to May 4
- Minnesota police groups: Departments should get addresses of people with coronavirus to keep officers safe
- Minnesota hospital group lauds stay-at-home extension
- Retired Minnesota nurses want to help, but red tape is keeping many on the sidelines during pandemic
- Minnesota medical retirees get back to work during COVID-19 pandemic
- Minnesota names some senior centers with COVID-19 cases
- These are the long-term care facilities in Minnesota with coronavirus exposures
MISSOURI
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- Area’s largest healthcare providers announce creation of task force to combat COVID-19 pandemic
- Coronavirus notebook: 3 health systems to split $500,000 gift, hospital staff tests positive for COVID-19
- Missouri hospitals on a financial brink now face coronavirus
- Parkland Health Center announces new president
- Rural Hospital CEO Preps For Rise In Covid-19 Cases
- SLU offering health care workers housing amid COVID-19 pandemic
- SSM Health Kidney Care begins serving patients in the St. Louis community
- St. Louis area hospitals form coronavirus task force, prepare for ‘surge’ in cases
- St. Louis area’s major healthcare systems announce joint pandemic task force
- Ascension CEO donates half his base salary to kick off employee relief fund
- How a Missouri health system is boosting its IT infrastructure to support remote employees
- Missouri seeks retired medical staff, others to fight virus
- 3 health systems to split $500,000 gift, hospital staff tests positive for COVID-19
- More than 40 COVID-19 patients released from St. Louis hospitals in 1 day
- ‘The next couple weeks are going to be extremely difficult’ | St. Louis healthcare leaders say COVID-19 peak is yet to come
- 2 out of 3 hospital beds in Missouri already taken
- In COVID-19 Pandemic, One North St. Louis ZIP Code Outstrips The Rest In Case Numbers
- Up to 80,000 people in the St. Louis area could get COVID-19, many might not even know it
- Parson announces first overflow health care facility will be in St. Louis area
NEBRASKA
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- New Grand Island hospital addresses questions of opening during pandemic
- Bryan Health Redeploys Workers With Little To Do During Pandemic
- Nebraska Medicine adds another surge tent for possible COVID-19 patients, just in case
- National Guard to collect specimens for COVID-19 testing in Nebraska Panhandle
- Ricketts says Nebraska won’t ease restrictions all at once
- Lincoln hospitals well-equipped to handle growing coronavirus cases
- Gov Ricketts: Nebraska’s Directed Health Measure ‘more restrictive’ than shelter-in-place order
- Lincoln resident is Nebraska’s 13th coronavirus-related death; state cases total 519
- How Many Hospital Beds Will Nebraska Need At Peak COVID-19 Infection? Estimates Vary Widely
- CHI Health says it’s having no issue getting PPE
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Elective surgeries continue in North Dakota despite federal calls to stop during crisis
- Sanford, Essentia accepting face masks, other items
- 5th North Dakotan dies as coronavirus cases climb across the state
- North Dakota’s largest stadium preparing for virus patients
- 14 new cases of coronavirus in North Dakota
- North Dakota residents returning from Minnesota now required to quarantine
- ND health costs rising
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Monument Health develops way to safely sterilize, reuse protective masks
- South Dakota will be ready when COVID-19 peaks
- 447 COVID-19 cases in South Dakota, with 15 new recoveries reported
- Noem: Stronger orders necessary to delay surge of COVID-19 patients at hospitals
- More than 80 employees test positive for COVID-19 at Smithfield Foods plant in Sioux Falls
- South Dakota’s recoveries from COVID-19 are based on patients no longer showing symptoms
- Sanford Health, Good Samaritan Society implement universal masking of all caregivers, providers
- Sanford Health sets up ‘Emerging Threats’ fund
- Sanford Health using rapid COVID-19 tests in Sioux Falls, Fargo
MIDWEST
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)
ILLINOIS
- Chicago Hospital Braces for Surge of COVID-19 Patients as Staff Logs Grueling Hours
- Cook County Public Health Officer Fired Amid Coronavirus Response
- Illinois Hospitals Strained But Largely Coping Ahead of Anticipated COVID-19 Surge
- Lurie Children’s Hospital Loaning Out Ventilators For Adults With COVID-19
- McCormick Place’s first 500 beds are ready as Illinois expands hospital capacity
- More than 10% of Kentuckians Who’ve Tested Positive For Coronavirus Are Health Care Workers In Jefferson County
- More than 200 employees laid off from Kentucky hospital
- Provident nurses, healthcare workers demand hospital’s ER remain open: ‘We are in emergency’
- Shuttered Blue Island Hospital To Reopen For COVID-19 Patients
- Southern Illinois health centers receive over $6.2 million in funding
- SSM Health creates a ‘surge plan,’ provides free virtual visits
- University of Illinois Hospital, union agree on differential COVID-19 pay for nurses
- Westlake Hospital to Re-open as Coronavirus Pandemic Continues to Spread
INDIANA
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- Company, county clash over Washington, Ind., nursing home and possible COVID-19 center
- Indiana health chief says 11 nursing home residents dead from COVID-19
- Indiana health workers likely won’t get more protective gear from federal government
- Indiana getting huge shipment of medical supplies
- Indiana nursing homes’ COVID-19 deaths rise to 5 after 3 die in Lawrence County
- Indy Tech Company Creates Tool to Track COVID-19
- Nursing home hospital deals are common in Indiana
- Terre Haute native named Terre Haute Regional Hospital COO
KENTUCKY
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- Field hospital to be set up at University of Kentucky
- Here’s what Kentucky will get out of the $2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill
- How a shortage of face masks at KY hospitals makes some nurses feel like ‘collateral’
- Kentucky nurse heading to New York to help with COVID-19 crisis
- Kentucky Nurses Association launches campaign supporting healthcare workers
- Kentucky weighs using hotel rooms as hospital rooms during COVID-19 outbreak
- KY National Guard to collect protective equipment donations for health care workers
- Louisville field hospitals for non-COVID patients? We’re getting one at Fairgrounds soon
- McConnell announces Kentucky receives $21.7 million to help fight coronavirus
- Northern Kentucky University donates ventilators, PPE to area hospitals
- Nurse says she was suspended after refusing to treat coronavirus patients without a mask
- Rural Ky. hospitals to get ‘hundreds of millions in damages’ from old lawsuit with the state, with federal government paying the bill
- UK HealthCare to construct field hospital on university’s campus in response to COVID-19
- 700 workers in Detroit hospital system test positive for COVID-19
- 1,500 symptomatic Beaumont Health workers staying home
- As Crisis Worsens, COVID-19 Strains Michigan’s Health System
- Beaumont chief blasts Michigan for lack of hospital data during coronavirus
- Beaumont doctor: ‘Concerns about staff burnout have been amped all the way up’ amid coronavirus pandemic
- Beaumont has 1,500 workers with coronavirus symptoms, including 500 nurses
- Beaumont Health caring for 1,074 COVID-19 patients, urges health systems to prioritize transparency
- Beaumont Health CEO criticizes lack of data sharing among hospitals
- Beaumont Health develops technology to disinfect N95 masks
- Beaumont hospital system implements two-step process to clean used N95 masks
- Borgess nurses say they are targets for mandatory reassignment to COVID-19 hotspots
- Bronson Healthcare releases COVID-19 testing statistics
- Detroit hospital systems and WSU collaborate to bring COVID trials to southeast Michigan
- Detroit hospitals ‘getting crushed’ as Michigan coronavirus cases surge
- McLaren Health Care expands telehealth practice during coronavirus pandemic
- Mercy Health, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System to furlough 2,500 employees
- Metro Detroit hospital systems running low on masks, gowns and face shields
- Michigan nurses, doctors pushing for Defense Production Act to increase hospital supplies
- Nearly $3 Million awarded to accelerate telehealth treatment in Michigan
- New data shows how many beds, ventilators are available by region in Michigan
- New ProMedica hospital expected to open Aug. 27
- Outstate hospitals asking nurses to volunteer to relocate to southeast Michigan
- Over 2,200 Michigan health system workers test positive or have coronavirus symptoms
- Some northern Michigan hospitals prep for coronavirus transfers from downstate
- Spectrum Health to start disinfecting PPE to conserve supplies
- Spectrum Health will take southeast Michigan COVID-19 patients
- Stryker announces new hospital beds to aid healthcare facilities during COVID-19 pandemic
- Study: Michigan hospitals overwhelmed and peak is still coming
- Thousands of metro Detroit health care workers sickened in coronavirus pandemic
- West Michigan health care workers going to Detroit to help fight COVID-19
- West Michigan healthcare leader calls coronavirus defining challenge of our time
- 6 Ohio venues have been selected so far as part of buildup to create more hospital space for coronavirus surge
- Akron Children’s Hospital temporarily closing Montrose, Boston Heights urgent care locations
- Christ Hospital covers 75% of April pay for workers not reassigned
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has notified those at risk after workers test positive for COVID-19
- Coronavirus in Ohio: What are the rules if hospitals face the nightmare scenario?
- Dayton Children’s Hospital prepares for surge of COVID-19 cases
- Enquirer investigation: Cincinnati area nursing homes struggle on basic infection control
- Ford donates 3,000 face shields to Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
- Health centers share $3.2M for coronavirus efforts
- Healthcare workers’ rights in question as coronavirus pandemic pushes hospitals, staff to unheard limits
- Hilliard senior-care center becomes hot spot with 10 confirmed cases
- Local hospitals preparing for projected surge of COVID-19 patients
- Mapping Ohio’s 4,043 coronavirus cases, daily increase slows
- OhioHealth employee sounds alarm about coming patient surge: ‘I don’t think we’re ready’
- Ohio hospitals keep bed and ventilator counts secret during coronavirus crisis
- Gov. Evers issues emergency orders regarding health care licenses, nursing home residents
- HHS awards $14M to Wis. in response to COVID-19
- Marshfield Clinic furloughs noncoronavirus staff, cuts wages as health systems nationwide scale back
- Milwaukee leaders plan ‘alternative care facility’ for COVID-19 patients at State Fair grounds
- Minocqua Hospital Opening Delayed
- SSM Health consolidates eye care services to 5 clinic sites amid coronavirus pandemic
- Tom Still: Healthy rural hospitals could give state edge
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
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- 60% of Florida’s ICU beds already taken
- Ahead of peak in coronavirus cases, here’s where Florida’s hospitals stand on preparedness
- Brevard health care facility has enough supplies for 10,000 coronavirus tests, medical director says
- Central Florida Doctors Say More Resources Needed as Coronavirus Peak Nears
- Central Florida nurses are fighting the pandemic with very little personal protection
- Coronavirus deaths may be undercounted in Alabama, doctors say
- Coronavirus: How full are the hospital beds in South Florida?
- Coronavirus Florida: Nurses protest ‘unsafe working conditions’
- Coronavirus Florida: State prepares for surge in cases with makeshift hospitals
- Fayetteville hospital system furloughs more workers during coronavirus pandemic
- Fight against COVID-19 taking its toll on Northeast Florida health care workers on the front lines
- Florida hospitals are asking Gov. DeSantis for more Medicaid funds
- Florida launched a real-time hospital bed capacity tracker. Here’s how many are available in Lee, Collier.
- Hospital CEOs in Northeast Florida create Virtual Community Command Center
- Lee Health makes plans for alternate healthcare sites
- New shoes for Southwest Florida healthcare workers
- Nursing homes struggle to find masks amid the coronavirus outbreak
- Okaloosa has plan for additional hospital beds
- Sarasota Memorial Hospital furloughs staff after $16 million decline
GEORGIA
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- Aflac CEO donates $1M to convert Georgia hospital floor into COVID-19 ward
- Atlanta Hospital to Open Space Early; 329 Virus Deaths in GA
- Augusta University Health to extend COVID-19 testing to rural hospitals
- Buckhead’s Piedmont Hospital tower to open early to accommodate coronavirus cases
- Do Georgia hospitals have enough beds to handle the surge?
- Georgia hospitals prepare for surge of COVID-19 cases
- Georgia spending $72M to add 296 hospital beds, staff in advance of expected patient surge
- How Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is communicating COVID-19 information
- MiMedx Group Inc. Agrees to Pay $6.5 Million to Resolve False Claims
- State spends $72 million for extra hospital beds, staff around Ga.
MISSISSIPPI
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- $17.25 million approved for Mississippi health centers
- How telehealth is being used in Mississippi
- Mississippi doctor loses job after sharing false information, hospital says
- Mississippi working to expand hospital capacity for virus
- State medical board loosened telemedicine rules — then quietly changed some back
NORTH CAROLINA
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- 10 things to know about Atrium Health’s coronavirus response
- As vital as ever, hospitals face financial strains, make cuts as COVID outbreak grows
- Cape Fear Valley Health Announces Second Round of Furloughs
- Charlotte hospitals ask to build field hospital to treat coronavirus patients
- Coronavirus: Filing reveals Mission has over 120 patients ‘under investigation’ for COVID-19
- Could shuttered rural hospitals reopen to treat pandemic?
- Equipment shortage puts Triangle home health care workers in danger during coronavirus outbreak
- Fayetteville hospital system furloughs more workers during coronavirus pandemic
- Fear on the front: Health workers adapt and brace for surge
- Field hospitals, staff training, more protective gear part of UNC Health’s virus preparations
- Hospitals continue to sue patients as the coronavirus spreads
- Hospitals worry about staffing as providers prepare for surge of coronavirus patients
- Massive UNCC field hospital could treat COVID-19 cases this month – if it’s built at all.
- Mission announces ‘pandemic pay’ policy
- More Deaths Spur New North Carolina Nursing Home Directives
- N.C. hospital reopening to alleviate expected surge in COVID-19 patients
- N.C. hospitals are changing operations and procedures, adapting to COVID-19 spread
- NC leaders say they’re struggling to get equipment for patients, health care providers
- North Carolina health systems call off partnership talks
- Novant Health initiates Phase 2 trials with COVID-19 treatment
- Nurses’ union battle continues on at Mission Health as coronavirus cases climb
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Conway Medical to furlough some employees not on the ‘front lines’
- More than 50 employees at Lowcountry hospitals have tested positive for coronavirus
- MUSC cutting salaries, laying off approx. 900 staff members over COVID-19 financial strain
- MUSC Health in Charleston is first hospital/medical center in state to do its own COVID-19 testing
- SC health officials defend limited COVID-19 data release
- Senator: MUSC would have faced $100 million shortfall by June if layoffs didn’t happen
- Several counties in South Carolina have no ICU beds or hospitals
TENNESSEE
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- Ballad Health announces furloughs of 1,300 employees in response to COVID-19
- Brentwood hospital operator files for bankruptcy
- Coronavirus is spreading in Texas nursing homes. But the state won’t share the details.
- Envision cuts salaries as ER visits fall 30%
- Governor Lee announces $10M in rural hospital readiness grants during COVID-19 pandemic
- Metro Health Dept. reports 1,034 cases of COVID-19 in Nashville
- Molina Healthcare donates $26K to Mississippi nonprofits for COVID-19 relief
- Predicted COVID-19 peak bed shortage eliminated, ventilator shortage decreases in Tenn.
- Quorum Health files for bankruptcy
- Tennessee dedicates $10M in grants for small, rural hospitals
- Tennessee fails to provide nursing home COVID-19 data as hot spots emerge across state
- Tennessee hospital to close April 15
- Tennessee setting up makeshift hospitals in case of expected surge in COVID-19 patients
- Tennessee, Virginia prepare for COVID-19 “surge” with field hospital sites
- Vanderbilt geospatial researchers fill unmet need for real-time maps of COVID-19 spread in Tennessee, Peru
SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST
(Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
ARIZONA
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- More than 300 Arizona hotels have signed up to house health care workers, emergency responders
- Ducey issues new orders in efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Arizona
- Federal grant awards Arizona health centers over $24M in virus aid
- Arizona hospital employee arrested, accused of stealing protective equipment
- Hospital in Southern Arizona says it’s on the brink of closure because of COVID-19 costs
- Arizona Hospitals To Receive Emergency Advance Payments From Medicaid
- First signs of hope in Arizona’s coronavirus crisis as data shows impact of social distancing
- Dignity Health offering free virtual care for Arizona patients
ARKANSAS
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- Efforts paying off, Hutchinson notes; state to send ventilators to Louisiana
- Health Officials Report 1,000 Coronavirus Cases In Arkansas
- Extra pay for Arkansas healthcare workers not yet approved; COVID-19 cases rise above 1,000
- Arkansas nursing homes struggling with PPE shortage and lack of coronavirus testing
- COVID-19 surge prediction diminished, but PPE remains a worry
- Arkansas Rural Health Partnership members earn awards
LOUISIANA
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- Edwards sees signs of hope in latest Louisiana COVID-19 numbers
- HHS awarding over $30M in federal funding to La. healthcare facilities
- To fight coronavirus, Louisiana inks $500M-plus in contracts for rooms, equipment; see breakdown
- ‘All hands on deck’ for doctors on the front lines of COVID-19 care
- Doctor warns of deadly consequences as elective surgeries delayed for coronavirus
- Hospital requests help from graduating nursing students, some seniors wary
- Universities and colleges pitch in supplies, time and expertise to aid coronavirus battle
- Acadiana health care workers share coronavirus stories of ‘the calm before the storm’
- State officials report 17,030 coronavirus cases in La, 652 deaths
NEW MEXICO
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- NM Supreme Court rules against nursing home’s requirement for resolving claims by arbitration
- Lovelace, Presbyterian issue mandate that authorizes health care workers, employees to wear masks
- UNMH COVID-19 nurses start petition demanding hazard pay, financial assurances of safety
- New Mexico Governor Officially Extends Emergency Order To April 30
- New Mexico health investigators hunt for virus sources
- NMSU donating protective gear to local hospitals
OKLAHOMA
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- OSU for Health Sciences launches telehealth service at rural hospital to help patients during coronavirus pandemic
- Oklahoma hospitals in ‘critical condition’
- Hospital challenges include equipment, cash flow
- Double-whammy: Hospitals face dilemma of furloughs amid COVID-19 needed care
- COVID-19: A Look At Oklahoma By The Numbers
- Stitt says Oklahoma is close to hitting peak number of coronavirus cases
TEXAS
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- Coronavirus: More than 140 infected at Texas nursing homes
- Expecting a rush of COVID-19 patients, hospitals prepare their most important resource: health care workers
- Paris mayor: Failure of nursing home staff to wear face masks at all times could result in misdemeanor fine
- Texas City nursing home at center of coronavirus outbreak recently cited for health inspection violations
- “Seismic Financial Shock” brings furloughs to Tenet and Steward Health Systems
- County leaders OK $60M for field hospital at NRG Park
- Houston Hospitals Prepare For Face Mask Shortage As COVID-19 Spreads Across Region
- Rice University will open its residence halls to health care workers fighting the coronavirus
- Rural Texas hospitals ‘desperate’ for medical supplies needed to fight coronavirus
- 11 Victoria health-care workers test positive for COVID-19
- Less Invasive, Less Painful Test Coming To Dallas County
NORTHWEST
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
ALASKA
IDAHO
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- Boise hospitals prepare to add beds in hotels, arenas as cases of coronavirus grow
- More than 380 people have signed up for temporary Idaho nursing licenses to fight COVID-19
- Saint Alphonsus announces pay cuts, furloughs for some hospital employees
- Saint Alphonsus in Boise using telemedicine for geriatric and palliative care
- Saint Al’s, St. Luke’s hospitals open mini-grocery stores to protect health care workers
- There’s No Crisis Care Plan In Idaho, But Officials Are Working On One
MONTANA
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- Coronavirus cases in Montana increase to 281, deaths rise to six
- For rural hospitals facing COVID-19, crimped cash flow and staffing challenges
- Montana companies tap unique resources to help during COVID pandemic
- Montana pediatric telehealth clinic sees increase in calls during pandemic
- Montana’s senators secure over $12 million for Montana’s health centers
- Waiting on the surge: Montana’s rural hospitals gear up for COVID-19
OREGON
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- Coronavirus infections among healthcare workers keep climbing in Oregon, SW Washington
- Oregon has fewest hospital beds per capita in U.S.
- Oregon healthcare workers seek limited legal immunity in coronavirus fight
- Oregon State Hospital Restricts Admissions, Leaving Some Mentally Ill Inmates Stuck In Jail
- Nearly 1 in 7 COVID-19 Patients in Oregon Are Health Care Workers
- Oregon rural hospitals losing revenue, laying off workers
WASHINGTON
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- Bellingham hospital confirms firing ER doctor who criticized its coronavirus response
- Coronavirus infections among healthcare workers keep climbing in Oregon, SW Washington
- Feds propose $611,000 fine at Seattle-area nursing home
- Fort Carson soldiers turn Seattle stadium into coronavirus relief hospital
- King County facilities readying for COVID-19 peak
- Report: Washington state has 6th fewest healthcare workers per capita
- Reston Hospital Center buys former Korean BBQ restaurant, to become Tysons ER
- Seattle startup NextStep raises $3.6M to train displaced workers for healthcare jobs
- Two Tacoma long-term facilities account for 78 COVID-19 cases, two deaths
WYOMING
WEST
(California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah)
CALIFORNIA
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- Bay Area nursing homes struggle to slow coronavirus spread
- Billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong seeks to reopen Los Angeles hospital as ‘central command’ for COVID-19
- California loosens nursing student rules in response to coronavirus crisis
- Coronavirus outbreak at California nursing home infects more than 2 dozen
- Feds send 250-bed field hospital to Escondido
- Northern California hospital is approved as site for coronavirus drug trial
- San Diego hospital prepares for ‘slow-moving tsunami’ of coronavirus cases as surgical masks, ventilators are in short supply
- St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka to participate in trials of potential COVID-19 treatment
- UCI Health names new CEO
COLORADO
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- Colorado Hospital Association Warns Against Believing Coronavirus Models
- Colorado Plans 12,000 Temporary Beds For Coronavirus Surge
- Colorado officials set guidelines for prioritizing patient care in case of coronavirus surge
- Colorado’s efforts to scale up PPE production are being tangled in federal red tape, certification process
- Colorado to receive nearly $17 million in FEMA grants
- Coloradans misled by COVID-19 prediction model, says Colorado Hospital Association
- DaVita to hire 15,000 employees across U.S. in 2020
- Deaths of at least 32 Colorado nursing home, senior living center residents linked to coronavirus
- Local business owner offers healthcare workers more protection on the front lines
- Many Colorado nursing homes were already struggling to control infections. Then came coronavirus.
- Northern Colorado company finds more than 10K masks, sells them at cost to hospitals
- Rural Colorado Hospital Receives Much-Needed PPE
- Seven more Colorado non-hospital health care facilities added to outbreak list; now 27 in state
- Short on ventilators, Colorado hospitals prepare for a “worst-case scenario” for coronavirus patients
- State Preparing To Set Up 5 Field Hospitals
HAWAII
NEVADA
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- Nevada Health Centers relies heavily on telehealth during the pandemic
- Nurses at Las Vegas hospital worried about safety — PHOTOS
- Nurses cite lack of preparedness amid COVID-19 pandemic, hold survey at MountainView Hospital
- Retired medical professionals sought to help Clark County combat virus
- What will Nevada’s health care worker shortage mean for its COVID-19 response? | KUNR
UTAH
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- Report says Utah has worst hospital capacity in the U.S., but it may miss on some details
- Utah has set up an emergency hospital. This is what it looks like.
- Utah health providers announce pay cuts and furloughs during the coronavirus pandemic
- Utah now has 1,605 coronavirus cases; U.S. surgeon general warns the worst is yet to come
