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NATIONAL
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- 22% of Physician Assistants Furloughed, Others Redeployed
- 5 ways rural hospitals can secure PPE
- 20 large hospital networks received $5B in federal bailout funds
- 40% of hospitals say public health agencies can’t electronically receive COVID-19 data
- Clinical leaders worried most about 2nd wave, low patient demand
- Expert: US nursing homes were ‘largely unprepared’ for pandemic
- FCC doles out more than $16M for telehealth funding to 43 providers
- FDA eases regs on certain device changes during pandemic
- FDA launches COVID-19 research initiative
- HHS Releases $4.9B in COVID-19 Relief for Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Hospital CEOs, execs forgo pay amid COVID-19: 33 updates
- Medicare members using telehealth grew 120 times in early weeks of COVID-19 as regulations eased
- More than 62,000 US healthcare workers have COVID-19, CDC says
- New normal for medicine emerges as hospitals return to elective surgeries, non-COVID work
- New numbers for nursing home deaths paint concerning picture for the road ahead
- Optum buys naviHealth
- Physician compensation increased in 2019: 5 things to know
- Provider Compensation Increased in 2019 as Docs Saw More Patients
- State-by-state breakdown of hospital expenses per visit
- The barriers to health data exchange that are exacerbating the coronavirus pandemic
- What hospitals are doing to make patients feel comfortable coming back
- Where Amazon could go next in healthcare
- Which physicians have the most claims denied, resubmitted? A specialty breakdown
- WHO suspends hydroxychloroquine trial over safety concerns
ALABAMA
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- Alabama unable to meet White House deadline for nursing home testing
- Deaths among Alabama’s long-term care residents more than double over two weeks
- UAB Hospital again named to 100 Great Hospitals list
- With just one ICU bed available, Montgomery, Alabama, is sending sick patients to Birmingham
- Alabama hospitals work to reopen safely during pandemic
ALASKA
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- Alabama hospitals work to reopen safely during pandemic
- Anchorage doctors say patients are waiting to seek care over virus fears. Some have died.
- Comparing Alaska and Hawaii on two key COVID metrics
- Nome hospital reopens after positive tests among workers
- Nome hospital shuts down after employee tests positive for COVID-19
ARIZONA
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- Arizona leaders release FEMA model that predicts COVID-19 cases, deaths
- Banner Health invests in firm that gained attention as domestic PPE manufacturer
- Health care workers: Isolation, uncertainty and a risk for burnout during COVID-19 crisis
- COVID-19 cases in Arizona surpass 17,000; deaths increase by 24
- Banner Health, Dignity Health have received $288M in pandemic aid
- Arizona Department of Health Services says FEMA models did not account for stay-at-home order being lifted
- After COVID-19, expect more masks, virtual medicine and worry in Arizona hospitals
- Arizona saw highest single-day ER visits; Yuma sees spike in cases related to COVID-19 over weekend
ARKANSAS
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- Surgery Ban Ends, but Few Go to Hospital
- Ask the expert: What have hospitals learned already about COVID-19?
- Arkansas governor pleads for people to ‘do the right thing’ as virus cases rise
- Arkansas nears peak hospitalizations; spike in Latino cases continues
- Arkansas Health Secretary to start CDC job in August
CALIFORNIA
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- Amid coronavirus crisis, L.A. County may create an inspector general to oversee nursing homes
- California hospital, union settle coercion allegation filed after strike
- California recommends testing all residents and staff at nursing homes
- Coronavirus: California nursing home deaths near 1,700
- How hospital staff are grappling with a pandemic that’s ‘completely changed’ patient care
COLORADO
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- Colorado Hospitals Watching For ‘Little Surges’ As State Starts To Reopen
- Colorado nursing homes to test all employees weekly to try to avert coronavirus outbreaks; residents also will be tested if they have left facilities to get medical care
- Coronavirus deaths at Colorado nursing homes slow, reach 737
- Davita commences with $1.75B debt offering
- First anniversary of Children’s Hospital Colorado in Colorado Springs brings milestones, challenges
- New COVID-19 hospitalizations in Colorado hit lowest point since tracking began
- 3 Ways Children’s Hospital Colorado Battled COVID-19
CONNECTICUT
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- Multiple CT nursing homes cited for infection-control violations amid coronavirus pandemic
- With limited visitors, who’s holding nursing homes accountable?
- Hospital visitor bans fail disabled patients, complaint says
- Yale New Haven Hospital Gets $114.7M In Covid-19 Relief
- Connecticut Facilities Tackle Backlog Of Postponed Surgeries, Procedures After Pandemic Peak
- As Connecticut nursing home deaths mounted, months passed without broad testing
- Connecticut reports 34 new COVID-19 deaths as hospitalizations continue to drop
DC
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- D.C.’s Clinics Have Taken A Financial Hit During The Pandemic
- FCC awards Children’s National $928K for regional pediatric telehealth consortium
- Stretched D.C.-Area Hospital Workers Say They Need More Protective Gear — And Hazard Pay
- White House coronavirus task force leader says D.C. region has highest rate of positive test results in U.S.
DELAWARE
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- Delaware Hospitals Lead The Way In COVID-19 Testing
- Delaware one of least costly states for hospital expenses
- Delaware to require universal coronavirus testing at long-term care facilities, staff to be tested weekly
- The changing landscape of health care in Delaware
- Will the coronavirus pandemic change the landscape of health care in Delaware?
FLORIDA
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- AdventHealth, Orlando Health get millions in federal COVID-19 relief funding
- AdventHealth sees $578M loss in Q1
- As Florida nursing home deaths tick upward, widespread testing stalls
- Florida long-term-care facilities’ resident deaths from coronavirus jump by 199 (23.9%) in past week
- HCA Healthcare plans hospital layoffs, nurses say
- Lee Health CEO says care won’t suffer as system struggles financially
- Lee Health prepares for possible uptick in COVID-19 cases at nursing homes
- Nicklaus Children’s Hospital unveils new part of ICU for patients with condition linked to COVID-19
- Telehealth services, once rarely used by Southwest Florida patients, has exploded in popularity amid coronavirus pandemic
GEORGIA
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- Emory Healthcare to furlough, cut hours of up to 1,500 workers
- Financial pain from COVID-19 hits Georgia health agencies, hospitals
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center is first health system in Georgia to hold Emergency Cardiac Care Center designation
- Report: Albany nursing home fined $186K following unreported allegations of sexual abuse
- Second shipment of COVID-19 drug heading to Georgia hospitals
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- 4 Chicago hospitals scrap tentative $1.1B merger plan
- Funding to fuel 4-hospital merger in Chicago falls through
- Heartland Health Centers CEO retiring after decade of growth
- Illinois changes way it reports nursing home virus cases
- Illinois Hospital Fighting To Serve COVID-19 Patients Amid Financial Struggles
INDIANA
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- Data on Indiana nursing homes incomplete
- Fairbanks CEO Barb Elliot to Retire
- HHS Releases Millions to Rural Health Clinics
- Indiana health systems to combine, develop surgery center
- More than a dozen Indiana nursing homes cited for infection control deficiencies during pandemic
- St. Elizabeth taking over Highpoint Health
- Some families pull loved ones from nursing homes as deaths, cases rise
- State acknowledges gaps in nursing home stats
IOWA
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- The Sanders Trust expands footprint with new Iowa facility
- Federal aid heading to Iowa hospitals will cover only half of COVID-19 losses
- COVID-19 deaths hit 500 in Iowa Thursday
- Iowa sees record 24-hour period for COVID-19 deaths, tests taken
- N’West Iowa hospitals resume services
- MercyOne North Iowa’s federal relief money won’t cover its COVID-19 losses
- COVID-19 has clinical and financial implications for Iowa hospitals
- Rebuilding America: As health care industry reopens, telehealth more than convenience
KANSAS
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- Kan. nursing home aide allowed to work despite virus symptoms
- Kansas Health Infrastructure Ranks 8th in the Nation for COVID-19
- Virtual visits rebuilding health care in COVID world
- Southeast Kansas Mental Health Agency receives funding to aid in its covid-19 response and recovery
- Coming weeks crucial as Kansas looks ahead to second wave of COVID-19, top health official says
- County health officers urged to monitor hospital bed capacity
KENTUCKY
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- $130 Million in CARES Money Headed to Nursing Facilities
- Clark Regional Medical Center names CEO
- Coronavirus cases spike at Louisville nursing home. And more increases are expected
- Kentucky hospital building $1B medical campus with surgery center
- Kentucky Hospitals preparing for ‘trauma season’
- Kentucky is testing every nursing home for the coronavirus. Here’s what you need to know
- Kentucky’s Rural Health Clinics Will Receive $13 Million For COVID-19 Testing
- Louisville to launch widespread study of COVID-19 and its antibodies
- Louisville’s Avista Adventist Hospital receives top safety rating in new rankings
- Most Kentucky nursing homes have passed COVID-19 inspections despite widespread outbreaks
- New medical center coming to Lexington
- Residents transferred from Nazareth Home’s Clifton Campus after spike in COVID-19 cases
- University of Kentucky reduces number of expected furloughs
LOUISIANA
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- Virus deaths edge up in Louisiana, hospital cases dropping
- Which Louisiana hospitals are receiving coronavirus relief funds? And how much?
- Louisiana hospitals got massive payouts for coronavirus — but it might not be enough
- 13 cases of MIS-C confirmed in the state of Louisiana
- Remdesivir, the newest scarcity of coronavirus, now at Louisiana hospitals. How will it be used?
- Safeguards stay in place in healthcare through initial reopening phases
MAINE
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- MaineHealth establishes safety protocols, sets priorities for bringing back some services amid COVID-19
- Maine’s largest hospital labs see progress amid coronavirus testing struggles
- MaineHealth CIO death reported
- More Maine hospitals, practices resume elective procedures amid coronavirus, COVID-19
- More Mainers are delaying medical care because of the coronavirus
- Maine DHHS expands COVID-19 contact tracing
- Maine sees sharp increase in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
- Portland’s major hospitals see sharp increases in COVID-19 hospitalizations
- Cary Medical Center transitions to in-house security force to enhance safety
- Maine closes emergency operations center after 7 employees show virus symptoms
MARYLAND
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- Faced with millions in coronavirus costs, Anne Arundel Medical Center turns to furloughs, layoffs and benefit cuts
- Garrett Regional Medical Center again named Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital
- Johns Hopkins steps in to help shelters, communities ravaged by Covid-19
- Maryland hospital becomes nation’s first to install STAAT to care for COVID-19 patients
- Maryland Hospital First In Nation With New ICU Inpatient Wing To Care For COVID-19, Critical Patients, Gov. Hogan Announces
- Planned Maryland pharmacy school loses state funding
MASSACHUSETTS
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- All But One Danvers Nursing Home Fail First State Inspections
- All But 1 Newton Nursing Home Pass First State Inspections
- Arlington Nursing Home Comes Up Short In First State Inspection
- Beth Israel physicians: Hospitals are paid wrong, and it’s leading to financial ruin
- Massachusetts AG Investigates Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak At Littleton Facility
MICHIGAN
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- 1,500 tested for coronavirus at Kalamazoo County nursing homes in a single day
- As hospitals walk the tightrope of patient data-sharing, one system offers a new balance
- Backlogged surgeries from coronavirus shutdown could take months to reschedule
- BCBS of Michigan to issue $100M in rebates
- Coronavirus patients under 100 at Henry Ford Health System
- COVID-19 Patients Under 100 at Detroit-Area Hospital System
- Doctors and patient team up in lawsuit against Governor Whitmer
- Health care in Michigan dramatically changed because of COVID-19
- MA long-term care facilities under testing deadline to receive state funding
- McLaren Central Michigan nurses plan picket for better coronavirus protection, transparency
- McLaren Health Care’s too secretive about finances, PPE, Michigan nurse union says
- Michigan Gov. Whitmer considers major change to COVID-19 nursing home policy
- Multiple healthcare systems commit to advancing the region’s medical care
- Orthopedic backlogs mount in Michigan — Here’s what 4 organizations are up against
MINNESOTA
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- DHS, Allina emphasize telemedicine amid pandemic
- Essentia Health will lay off 900 employees as losses pile up
- Four Minnesota nursing homes with COVID-19 outbreaks cited for serious infection-control violations
- Nursing home inspections find residents in ‘immediate jeopardy’
- Minnesota ICU beds in use for COVID-19 patients reach new high
- Nurses expected to picket Sanford policies in Bemidji
- Minnesota nearing 1,000 COVID-19 deaths
- Storm chasers: A Minnesota clinic races from one epidemic to another
- Altered by COVID-19, Minnesota hospitals and nursing homes remain cautious as state reopens
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
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- Hospitals, a buffer for St. Louis in last recession, now share economic pain
- How SSM Health is responding to Covid-19 by thinking globally and reopening locally
- Mercy health system workers wear N95 mask three shifts in a row, defying crisis guidelines
- MHA: Hospital budget cuts continue as hospital revenues fall daily by about $32 million
- Ascension reports $2.7B net loss in Q3
- Field hospital suspends admissions; New COVID-19 cases fall
- Hospitals count on deferred care to rebuild revenues
- Rural hospitals see big financial hit from COVID-19
- Number of COVID-19 patients in St. Louis hospitals reaches new low
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska officials watching Omaha for strain on hospitals
- Nebraska Medicine reports COVID-19 inpatients at an all-time high
- 22 people hospitalized overnight for COVID-19 in Omaha-metro hospitals
- Group testing for COVID-19, used in Nebraska, seen as ‘promising way’ to conserve testing supplies
- Coronavirus hospitalization eases in Omaha, stable in Lincoln
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Most New Hampshire hospital overflow sites closing
- Nursing homes might soon have access to surveillance testing for COVID-19
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock takes out $125M loan
- Man considered near death from COVID-19 leaves NH hospital after receiving plasma
- A look at who is getting and dying from COVID-19 in NH
- First responder bonus checks spark controversy
NEW JERSEY
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- Atlantic Health System looking at a ‘new normal’
- Hudson Regional-CarePoint deal throws wrench in other New Jersey hospital talks
- More NJ Nursing Home Failures: 92 Have No Coronavirus Test Plan
- New Jersey Hospital Association charts rise and fall of COVID-19 hospitalizations
- New Jersey hospital opens Institute for Robotic Surgery
- Westminster nurses’ experience in NJ ER offers perspective on COVID-19
NEW MEXICO
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- COVID-19 cases in New Mexico top 7,000
- New Mexico records 107 additional COVID-19 cases
- New Mexico studies single-payer care amid coronavirus pandemic
- New Mexico Dept. of Health bought masks at increased price
- Telehealth could help some rural New Mexicans even after the COVID-19 pandemic
- New Mexico hospitals may resume elective surgeries
NEW YORK
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- $21 million hospital built for coronavirus victims in New York closes without ever seeing a patient
- Health Department hits NYC nursing home with violations after Post report
- State: Nursing homes can’t put testing burden on employees
- New York pharmacist arrested in N95 profiteering scheme
- 10 Weeks Into New York Area’s Lockdown, Who Is Still Getting Sick?
- Gov. Cuomo’s controversial order requiring nursing homes to admit COVID-19 patients was reportedly removed from New York’s health website
- As Covid-19 Cases Wane, A New York Hospital Prepares For A Second Wave
- ‘It’s the Death Towers’: How the Bronx Became New York’s Virus Hot Spot
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Asheville lab to pay up to $43 million to resolve unnecessary test claims
- Atrium Health debuts mobile emergency department at Coca-Cola 600
- Atrium, Novant compete for new partnership in eastern North Carolina
- Carteret Health Care invests in new tech for detecting diseases
- Cone Health reports slight revenue increase in first half of 2019-20, warns of COVID-19 impact
- Coronavirus: More than 40 cases reported at North Carolina nursing home
- COVID-19 ravages Asheville nursing home
- Mission Health confirms ‘small number’ of employees tested positive for COVID-19, hospital notifying anyone who has been in contact
- NC hits hospitalizations high for second time this week
- Novant offers $5B+ bid for North Carolina hospital
- Six Mission Hospital staff test positive for COVID-19
- Southeastern Health plans for new normal in days after COVID-19WNC hospitals phasing back in some elective surgeries and other services
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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- Columbus hospitals receive $150 million in government relief funds to help with COVID-19 losses
- DeWine announces efforts to address racial disparities in healthcare
- Healthcare worker tests positive at Ohio long-term care facility
- Hospital system rolls out relaxation rooms for staff to practice self-care
- Mapping Ohio’s 33,439 coronavirus cases, updates, trends
- New East Ohio Regional Hospital Owner Wants Tax Benefit to Help Sustain Facility
- New study shows Ohio ranks No. 12 in the United States for most expensive hospital stay
- Nursing home deaths nearly 70% of Ohio’s overall total
- Nursing homes among groups seeking increased protection against COVID-19 lawsuits
- Ohio Hospital executive accused Battelle of price gouging, but later withdrew complaint
- Parents of terminally sick child changing policy at Ohio hospital
- Protesters outside Youngstown hospital demand healthcare changes
- St. Luke’s Hospital appoints interim president
- What you should know as Cincinnati health care shakes off the halt to nonessential care
OKLAHOMA
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- Oklahoma pharmacy owner to pay $1M for Medicare fraud scheme
- COVID-19: Four more deaths reported with 41 new cases across Oklahoma
- ‘I Was Never Trained To Fight A Patient’: New Law Focused On Reducing Hospital Assaults
- Rebuilding America: Coronavirus causes health officials to open a new playbook
- Oklahoma’s Health Infrastructure ranked 5th best in nation for Coronavirus pandemic
OREGON
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- Coronavirus death toll at senior care homes represents nearly 6 in 10 deaths in Oregon tied to disease
- Nursing Homes and Hospitals Have Asked Gov. Kate Brown for Protection Against COVID-19 Lawsuits
- Oregon healthcare workers say improper PPE data tracking is causing shortages
- Portland VA Hospital makes changes after COVID-19 outbreak
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 4 startups win Jefferson-Israel $1M innovation competition
- 8 Out of 10 Nursing Homes in Philly Region Cited Before Coronavirus Struck
- Errors persist in Pa. nursing home numbers
- Lancaster General Hospital uses a cleaning robot
- Long term care facility operators question PA data on COVID-19
- Nursing home testing a massive challenge for Pennsylvania
- Pa. Health Department Files Sanctions Against Nursing Facilities, Penalties Total $93,000
- Pa. health officials quietly alter erroneous nursing home case, death counts as providers cry foul
- Pa. Hospital Association Projects $10B Deficit For State’s Hospitals
- PA hospitals projected to lose billions of dollars due to COVID-19, state agency says
- Pennsylvania’s Largest Nurses’ Union Meets With State Health Secretary About Lack Of Access To PPE
- Philadelphia is still waiting in line for critical PPE ordered months ago
- State Releases Data On COVID-19 Cases And Deaths In Long-Term Care Facilities
- ‘We’re still here’: Pa. hospitals start to rebuild after coronavirus losses
- Wolf announces $324M in funding to hospitals to assist in fighting coronavirus
RHODE ISLAND
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- Rhode Island’s nursing homes thought they were prepared for the coronavirus. They weren’t.
- Lifespan reports $43.1-million operating loss for April; says it needs more federal and state aid
- Federal aid helps Lifespan offset some of $43M operating loss in April
- Rhode Island Lawmakers Look to Make Telehealth Coverage Permanent
- Some R.I. doctors, battling coronavirus, also face pay cuts
- Hopeful signs emerge in R.I. on the healthcare front
- CVS Health opens 10 new COVID-19 drive-thru test sites in Rhode Island
- Rhode Island CIO Departs for Washington Hospital System
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- MUSC Health authority sues Community Health Systems over Medicare payments
- MUSC sues firm it bought rural hospitals from, cites $3.5M in Medicare charges
- Some SC nursing homes couldn’t contain coronavirus outbreaks. Residents paid the price.
- York, Chesterfield residents among new COVID-19 deaths in South Carolina
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- Ballad Health lifts visitation restrictions at hospitals
- Children’s healthcare company executive charged with stealing half a million dollars
- Hospitalizations rise in Tennessee, leaving hospitals in money-losing stasis
- Large Tennessee insurer makes telehealth coverage permanent
- Life Care Athens deaths rise to 14 amid coronavirus outbreak
- Publicly traded Franklin company hires Walgreens president to be its CEO
- Tennessee nursing homes to get $93M to help combat COVID-19
- Tennessee will stop providing COVID-19 patient data to law enforcement, first responders
- West Tennessee Healthcare loses millions, renames local hospitals
TEXAS
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- A new way to fight COVID-19 in Texas: positive-only nursing homes
- Houston Methodist returns to UnitedHealth network after impasse
- San Antonio hospitals, practices land $154 million in bailout funds
- Texas to spend $3.6 million to buy tablets so nursing home residents can connect with loved ones
- Another pandemic casualty: Baylor Scott & White will lay off about 1,200 and furlough others
- Texas Health posts operating loss, gets $93M in federal relief aid
- Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission announce $3.6 million to help nursing home residents during COVID-19 pandemic
- Jacksboro’s ‘lifeblood’ rural hospital feels abandoned during pandemic
- Some Texas hospitals continued to sue patients for unpaid medical bills during the coronavirus pandemic
- Here’s how the El Paso health care industry is carefully reopening
- South Texas hospitals rebuilding amid COVID-19 through creativity, technology, community
- East Texas hospital successfully treats COVID-19 patient using telemedicine
- Stress slamming medical staffs amid COVID-19. This Texas counseling group offers help
UTAH
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- Intermountain Healthcare eases hospital visitor guidelines
- Utah has not spent $1.5M on rooms, overflow center for virus
- 41 residents, 17 staffers at veterans home test positive for COVID-19 as state reports 2 additional deaths
- Utah health leaders were at odds over anti-malarial drugs for COVID-19, emails show
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
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- Inova plans new hospital in Springfield
- Sentara nixes annual salary increases, reduces doctor pay as company forecasts $778M drop in revenue due to COVID-19
- Some Virginia nursing homes still struggling to get PPE: ‘It’s unacceptable’
- UVA Medical Center ranks among America’s great hospitals
- VCU Medical Center named top hospital, gifted $1M donation
- Virginia Ranks 41st Nationally in Nursing Home Ratings
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
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- Advocate Aurora invests in firm that gained attention as domestic PPE manufacturer
- Advocate Aurora invests in Texas-based PPE manufacturer
- CEO Of Nursing Homes: ‘We Are At Center Of This Storm. We Need Help’
- Children’s Wisconsin gifted $2.5 million grant to provide mental health services in the ED
- Health Care Field Isn’t Spared In Wisconsin’s Coronavirus Job Losses
- Linda Newberry-Ferguson named CEO of Village at Manor Park
- Marshfield health officials provide ‘house calls’ to businesses
- North Shore CEO: More nursing homes will close because of COVID-19
- State announces $100M in aid for nursing homes, other health services
- Wisconsin making progress toward testing everyone in long-term care
WYOMING
