NATIONAL
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- 7 things to know about telehealth, innovation efforts in HHS rural action plan
- Blackbaud security breach hits 11 systems: Atrium, NorthShore University, UK HealthCare & more
- CMS Administrator Seema Verma Talks Testing In Nursing Homes
- CMS consolidates 8 provider comparison tools into a single platform
- CMS launches dashboard of 8 healthcare compare tools under Care Compare
- CMS’ proposal to update MS-DRGS based on market prices
- Dozens of U.S. hospitals poised to defy FDA’s directive on COVID plasma
- The FDA’s new app for frontline doctors could help discover COVID-19 treatments faster
- HHS announces $2 billion provider relief fund nursing home incentive payment plans
- HHS releases plan to strengthen rural healthcare
- HHS will permit pharmacists to give COVID-19 vaccines, surgeon general says: 4 pandemic updates
- Hospitals, nursing homes fail to separate COVID patients, putting others at risk
- Hospitals slam ‘disturbing’ COVID-19 data reporting requirement threatening Medicare funding
- Independence Blue Cross pays $2.3M to settle false claims allegations
- Special oversight of nation’s 88 worst nursing homes delayed amid pandemic
- US sees fewest daily cases in nearly 3 months
- Verma: CMS to Use ‘Enforcement Discretion’ with New Nursing Home Testing Rules
ALABAMA
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- Alabama clinical trial to test possible COVID-19 treatment for outpatients
- Alabama Doctor, Pharmacist Sentenced for Health Care Fraud
- Alabama making plans to distribute vaccine
- Former Flowers Hospital CEO announces retirement from regional president role
- MCE CEO named Chair of Alabama Hospital Association
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- Abrazo Health to open Arizona hospital this fall
- Care for all families: Northern Arizona Healthcare expanding Children’s Health Clinic
- Arizona imaging provider’s EHR hit by ransomware exposing info of 244,800 patients
- How will Arizona distribute a COVID-19 vaccine? Answers and challenges start to emerge
- Arizona reports 198 new COVID-19 cases, 2 fewer deaths on Labor Day
- Feds cited 1 in 4 Arizona nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic
- Inspectors cite Arizona nursing homes for safety errors
- Plans for Arizona nursing homes to reopen for visitation varies by facility
ARKANSAS
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- Pair says nursing-home sales tied to profit-sharing deal
- Arkansas teams up with Baptist Health to increase COVID-19 test processing
- DeWitt Hospital remotely installs cloud-based EHR that helps with COVID-19 care
- Community Hospital Consulting Announces New Hospital Relationships
- HealthTech Arkansas names five early-stage companies for latest cohort
- Northwest Arkansas hospitals continue to use plasma for covid-19 patients, encourage donations
- New COVID-19 cases in Arkansas decrease; extra unemployment benefits reach Arkansans
CALIFORNIA
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- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles launches 26-hospital pediatric digital innovation accelerator
- Some Hospitals Fail To Separate COVID-19 Patients, Putting Others At Risk
- Viewpoint: Relying on physician’s ideas is helping boost pandemic innovations at Kaiser Permanente
- California Health and Human Services Secretary hosts video conference update on COVID-19 in California
- California hospital, Anthem hit roadblock in contract negotiations
- California hospital rebrands, joins Adventist Health
COLORADO
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- Colorado Springs nursing home, where more than a dozen likely died from COVID-19, closing
- Colorado’s Medicaid funding projected at $897 million for 2020-21
- Coronavirus finance issues may force Colorado nursing home closure
- HCA hospital staff link device malfunction, patient death to understaffing
- Johnstown hospitals announce Brenda Simon as new market CEO
- Mother says University of Colorado Hospital cremated baby’s remains without permission
- Medical Center receives $500,000 in grant funding
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut hospital COVID-19 cases tied to nursing home outbreak
- Lawmakers to meet Friday as protests over extended pandemic emergency powers continue
- Lawmakers want to revisit immunity for nursing homes and hospitals
- CT hospital COVID outbreak prompts call to stop reusing masks
- Most CT hospitals finish fiscal ’19 in the black – but Covid’s effects loom
- PPE: A Crisis Within A Crisis
- New Britain-Based ObGyn Group Joins Women’s Health Connecticut
- Report: In pre-pandemic 2019 Connecticut hospitals posted a solid 12% revenue boost
DC
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- Florida’s top healthcare administrator leaves to join hospital lobbying group
- Florida hospital closes Aug. 31
- Florida hospital wants to reopen after ties cut with CHS
- Florida reports lowest daily coronavirus caseload in months
- Former Orlando Health orthopedic surgeon suing health system for $800K
- Nursing homes face new COVID testing rules for employees
- South Florida elder-care facilities say new COVID testing rules are ‘impossible’
- Southwest Florida hospitals allowing patient visitation due to drop in COVID-19 cases
- Volusia/Flagler/St. Johns ER volumes down, Florida hospitals lose $7.4 billion to COVID
GEORGIA
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- Georgia’s oversight of long-term care shaky as COVID-19 cases jump
- Georgia’s rural hospitals continue to face closures, financial pressures amid COVID-19
- Georgia touts promising trends in COVID-19 fight
- Gov. Brian Kemp says its unclear when public health state of emergency can end
- Hospital hires firm for CEO search
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
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- Amita Health adds innovative heart surgery procedure
- Chicago hospital says patients will still have access to care after closure
- Data-sharing lawsuit against U of Chicago Medical Center, Google dismissed
- Illinois hospital expects $30M revenue drop if competitor builds clinic
- Illinois hospital’s plan for new clinic faces opposition
- Mercy Hospital Likely To Sell Building, Says Patients Won’t Be Hurt By Closure
- Northwestern Memorial data hacked, 56,000 individuals exposed
- Second union slated to strike at University of Illinois Chicago
- Southwestern Illinois nursing homes, care centers add 94 new COVID cases in past week
- UIC Nurses Say They Have Felt Disrespected During COVID-19 Pandemic, Plan To Strike
- University of Illinois files lawsuit to stop nurses from striking
INDIANA
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- Coldwater surgeons building surgery center in Fremont, Ind.
- COVID-19 Vaccine Trial on Pause
- HHC’s interim CEO: An opportunity to ‘dig deep and see what’s going on’
- Health & Hospital Corp. Names Interim Leader
- IU School of Medicine to test experimental COVID-19 vaccine
- Lilly Drug Receives Additional FDA Approval
- Parkview Health Working to Speed Up COVID Testing
IOWA
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- UI health officials address decline in COVID-19 cases in Iowa City
- Access Centers present major step forward for behavioral health care in Iowa
- Iowa reports another 20 coronavirus deaths, 819 new positive cases
- Tyson to pilot 7 medical clinics near meat plants
- Gov. Kim Reynolds says Iowa COVID-19 death toll is accurate, despite claims of exaggeration
KANSAS
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- Kansas with $290 million in CARES funding still to distribute
- LMH Health receives $7.5 million in CARES funding
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment identifies 22 COVID-19 clusters in metro area
- FHSU, Colby eye clinic named on initial cluster summary report
- Community Hospital Consulting Announces New Hospital Relationships
- Kansas specialty clinic expands GI services
- Current COVID hospitalizations increase for the first time in weeks in Sedgwick County
- Tyson to pilot 7 medical clinics near meat plants
- COVID-19 vaccine trial halted at KU Health System
KENTUCKY
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- CARES Act delivers another $41M for Kentucky nursing homes
- Health chief says nothing could have fully prepared him for the ‘Groundhog Day’ he’s living
- Hospital Tech Takes On Kentucky’s Top Killer
- KDMC opens new urgent, primary care facility
- A Look at Norton Brownsboro Hospital’s Expansion
- Saint Claire Regional Adapts to Covid-19, Fiscally and Physically
- Some UK HealthCare donor, patient data may have been accessed in Blackbaud breach
- University of Kentucky HealthCare notifying patients of vendor data breach
LOUISIANA
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- Ochsner pressured 8 COVID-19 patients to accept hospice care, families say
- Cyberattack encrypts electronic files at Louisiana clinic, affecting 308,000 patients
- Governor announces state to enter Phase 3
- Start-up soars providing in-home health care, testing in time of COVID-19
- Louisiana Hospital Association creates fund to help hospital workers affected by Hurricane Laura
- LSU Health New Orleans radiologists find chest X-rays highly predictive of COVID-19
- Dr. Alex Billioux, leading health expert against COVID-19, to leave post at the end of the month
MAINE
MARYLAND
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- AAMC recognized as leader in LGBTQ healthcare equality
- Carroll County announces another dozen COVID-19 cases; Sykesville nursing home is fined $315K
- Health innovation insider: 11 rapid-fire Qs with LifeBridge Health’s innovation chief Dr. Daniel Durand
- Mercy Health opening $30M Stella Maris rehab, nursing center in Timonium
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Boston Children’s Hospital CEO to retire
- Sale nears for proposed behavioral health hospital property in Holyoke
- Massachusetts’ top-paid hospital CEOs saw compensation rise 95% in 5 years
- Boston lab halts COVID-19 testing after nearly 400 false positives
- Baker: COVID precautions driving down health care costs
- Coronavirus in Massachusetts: 8,937 deaths, 121,396 COVID-19 cases total
MICHIGAN
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- Beaumont hospital settles anti-union allegations
- Health Care Firm to Pay $104,707 to Settle EEOC Equal Pay Discrimination Suit
- Health system deploys new robotic surgery equipment
- McLaren Health Care ups investment in new Lansing health campus to $600 million
- McLaren Healthcare boosts funding by $150M for Lansing health campus
- Michigan coronavirus increase stays below 700 cases for 4 out of 5 days
- Michigan Supreme Court to hear Whitmer’s emergency powers argument Wednesday
- New report suggests more changes needed for Michigan’s COVID-19 response in nursing homes
MINNESOTA
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- Minnesota hospital terminates CEO’s contract after six months
- Minnesota launches COVID-19 testing of nursing home inspectors months after outbreak
- Minnesota starts testing nursing home inspectors before entering facilities
- Hospital employees wrongly viewed George Floyd’s medical records: 4 details
- N95 masks being rationed at Minnesota hospitals, six months into pandemic
- Several Allina healthcare workers at 2 hospitals file notice for strike
- BCEN 2020 National Certification Champions Recognized for Commitment to Emergency Nursing Excellence
- Allina, Minnesota Blues enter into sweeping value-based pact
MISSISSIPPI
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- Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi Recognized for High-Value Healthcare
- Children’s hospital expansion named for Kathy and Joe Sanderson
- COVID-19 hospital patient numbers below 700 in Mississippi for the first time in months
- Hinds County nursing home experience one of worst COVID-19 outbreaks in state. 27 residents died
- Mississippi COVID-19 numbers drop over weekend
- New healthcare reimbursement program launched in Mississippi
MISSOURI
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- Missouri hospital CEO resigns; interim named
- St. Louis area hospital named best physical rehabilitation center in Missouri
- St. Louis doctor among the first to test COVID-19 vaccine
- Workers at St. Louis nursing home say they were fired for seeking union representation
- Blackbaud security breach hits 11 systems: Atrium, NorthShore University, UK HealthCare & more
- St. Louis hospital makes list of best facilities for maternity care
- Parson defends out-of-state firm’s role in Missouri’s COVID-19 response
- Missouri reports 1,116 new coronavirus cases Thursday
- New White House report lists Missouri 7th in nation for highest virus case rate
MONTANA
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- Billings hospitals cope with surge in cases, St. V’s brings in extra nurses
- Health official feeling ‘pretty good’ about Montana State case numbers
- Telemedicine and Montana’s digital divide
- Northern Montana Health Care using UV robots in fight against COVID-19
- St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings flies in additional staff to care for rising number of COVID-19 patients
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- Atlantic Health System Moves To Bridgewater Medical Building
- Houston’s US Med-Equip acquires New Jersey medical equipment rental company
- New Jersey nursing home where authorities found 17 bodies sued for alleged failures during Covid-19
- RWJBarnabas Health, Saint Peter’s Healthcare to merge
- Saint Barnabas Medical Center Named a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality
- Whistleblowers charge CEO of NJ firm with inflating AI capability, calling employees “dirty Indians”
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
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- Bassett Healthcare Network announces COO, other members of the network’s leadership team
- Families fight to visit NY nursing home residents: ‘What did I do to suffer like this?’
- Lawsuit Alleges NY Hospital Withheld EHR Access, Violating HIPAA
- Northwell records $329M loss in first half of 2020
- Woodstock widow accuses Kingston Hospital of withholding husband’s medical records
- Former Zocdoc CEO sues execs over 2015 ouster: 6 details
- New York health system clinics still offline after July ransomware attack: 4 details
- New Ti Health Center opens
- ‘Predator in a white coat:’ Feds arrest former Columbia OB-GYN on suspicion of long-running sexual abuse of patients
- Blackbaud security breach hits 11 systems: Atrium, NorthShore University, UK HealthCare & more
- How peer-to-peer insights at Intuitive 360 helped Northwell Health enhance its robotic-assisted surgery program
- BCEN 2020 National Certification Champions Recognized for Commitment to Emergency Nursing Excellence
NORTH CAROLINA
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- 2 North Carolina hospital systems can’t report COVID-19 data due to tech issues
- All eyes on Asheville nurses’ union campaign
- Atrium alerts patients of ransomware data breach at one of the hospital’s vendors
- Atrium Health fights to open hospital in North Carolina county
- Bladen County Hospital removes interim tag, names Fife to CEO post
- CaroMont Health, Belmont Abbey College take another step in Gaston County partnership
- Chatham Hospital opens new maternity center in Siler City
- Duke researchers seek FDA approval for solution to split ventilators between patients
- Families finally able to visit loved ones in North Carolina nursing homes
- For the first time in 28 years, Chatham County has its own maternity center
- From battlefield to ER: Health care worker at Raleigh hospital draws on combat experience
- HHS plan to improve rural health focuses on better broadband, telehealth services
- Lake Norman area still awaiting decision on Atrium Health’s proposed hospital
- NC COVID-19 update: Incomplete hospital numbers reported due to continued issues
- N.C. hospital investigating after patient falls from window
- NC’s rural provider shortage persists despite decades of efforts
- North Carolina hospital opens maternity unit after 28-year closure
- Why aren’t NC long term care facilities requiring staff to wear masks?
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Fargo nursing home has dozens of citations and is on federal waiting list for improvement program
- Sanford sees record inpatient volumes even as COVID-19 admissions drop
- Sanford Health, UND announce behavioral health collaboration
- So many medical students, so few clerkship sites
- Sanford Health and the University of North Dakota announce behavioral health collaboration
- Godfread Presents First-of-its-kind Health Care Study to Health Care Committee
- Top North Dakota doctors say Bismarck area should mandate masks: ‘We are doing insanity’
- North Dakota reports decrease in active COVID-19 cases, but Williston area hot spot grows
- 3 deaths, 337 new cases of COVID-19 in ND; active cases statewide are 2,353
OHIO
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- Akron Children’s Hospital gets creative to offer flexibility for employees
- Akron Children’s, other area hospitals get creative to help employees work smart while their kids take classes online
- Aultman Hospital among nation’s top performing hospitals for treatment of heart attack patients
- Case spike in S. Ohio nursing homes
- COVID costs squeeze Ohio nursing homes
- Enquirer investigation: Ohio’s nursing home deaths clustered in 25% of facilities
- Ground broken on new healthcare facility in Monroe County
- Ohio nursing homes struggle to keep up financially in fight against COVID-19
- Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, One Medical Announce Partnership
- With EHR integration, TriHealth gets data flowing smoothly between acute and post-acute care
- With skyrocketing demand for telehealth, Ohio Medicaid to make option permanent
OKLAHOMA
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- OK Dept. of Health will combine ‘confirmed’, ‘probable’ COVID-19 cases in data reporting
- Scientists expand testing capabilities as active virus cases nears 10,000 in Oklahoma
- OSDH: 771 more COVID-19 cases, 13 additional deaths, including 2 in Garfield County
- Stillwater nursing home latest in Oklahoma to have COVID-19 outbreak
- Coronavirus in Oklahoma: Nursing homes to get rapid coronavirus testing machines
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 22-physician group to begin practicing at Pennsylvania hospital
- Another local nursing home facing resident claims of COVID-19 false reporting, care issues
- CEO of $11.4 billion Universal Health Services steps aside for son in ’long-planned succession’
- Einstein’s flagship hospital at risk without merger, Jefferson and Einstein say
- FBI raids Pennsylvania nursing home where hundreds caught coronavirus, dozens died
- Focus of former St. Joseph Hospital site shifts to planned $90M project after city OKs rezoning request
- Nursing Home COVID-19 Case, Death Data Still Missing From PA’s Public Reports
- Pa.’s Hospital Systems Have Suffered $5B Hit From Coronavirus, Report Finds
- Patient sues after suffering third-degree burns in fire at Pa. hospital operating room
- Penn State Health will open new facility at former Toys R Us building in Lancaster
- Pennsylvania health system installs Epic EHR
RHODE ISLAND
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- Care New England, Lifespan to merge
- Rhode Island hospital groups sign letter of intent to merge
- Running a nursing home in COVID times: An ‘endless marathon’
- Not just numbers: Cutting through the noise about R.I. nursing homes
- Cress Health gets health professionals digital access to mental health care
- How States, Employers Control ESI Healthcare Spending Long-Term
- Town, hospital officials weigh in controversial Encompass approval
- Rhode Island Nursing Home Visitation Policies Updated
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Data Breach at Roper St. Francis Hospital Affects 6,000 Patients
- Mayor extends Myrtle Beach COVID-19 emergency declaration through Oct. 1
- Roper St. Francis Healthcare alerting patients after unauthorized access incident
- Thousands of coronavirus tests from South Carolina health systems missing from DHEC database
- Tidelands Health plans new hospital in South Carolina
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Sanford Health launches first-of-its-kind study of umbilical stem cells as COVID-19 treatment
- South Dakota motorcycle rally a COVID-19 ‘superspreader event’ that cost public health billions, study says; governor disagrees
- White House: South Dakota COVID-19 situation ‘deeply concerning,’ should promote masking, social distancing
- South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem defends coronavirus strategy amid surge
- Promoting masks and social distancing isn’t against Noem’s leadership, health secretary says
- 263 new COVID infections in S.D.; 1 new death in Clay Co.
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
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- Austin doctor’s insurance company billed nearly $11,000 for COVID-19 test from his own company
- Construction of $357M Texas psychiatric hospital begins
- Houston’s US Med-Equip acquires New Jersey medical equipment rental company
- Local nursing home residents continue to lose their battle to COVID-19
- New federal data reveals additional concerns at Texas nursing homes
- Records detail deficiencies in San Antonio nursing home’s COVID-19 control practices
- Texas-Based Partnership Looks to Transform the Way Surgery is Performed
- UT Health San Antonio to build $400M+ hospital
- Violations at nursing home where virus outbreak killed 19 outlined in 450-page report
- Covenant Health to acquire 99-bed New Mexico hospital
- Some Texas Health Care Workers Now Must Learn to Spot Human Trafficking
- Metrocare Is Dallas County’s First Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic
- BCEN 2020 National Certification Champions Recognized for Commitment to Emergency Nursing Excellence
- North Texas Walmarts Are Launching Oak Street Health Clinics
- BSA, TTHSC partner for clinical trial
- ‘I saw the need’: Doctors Without Borders fights COVID in Houston nursing homes
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
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- Report: Hospital procedures may have worsened outbreak
- Seattle health tech startup Optimize.health raises $15.6M for remote patient monitoring service
- Seattle patient receives 181-page, $1.1M bill after COVID-19 treatment
- Virginia Mason Medical Center dealing with COVID-19 outbreak
- Wyoming, Washington, Oregon now lower-risk states
WEST VIRGINIA
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- GRMC named a top hospital by Becker’s Hospital Review
- Local hospitals working hard to replace care that disappeared with closures of OVMC, EORH
- West Virginia hospital settles whistleblower suit for $50M
- West Virginia nursing home virus outbreak stabilizes
- West Virginia hospital to pay $50M to settle False Claims Act violations
- WVU Medicine Children’s performs the first neonatal cardiac intervention in the state of West Virginia
WISCONSIN
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- Ambulance providers worry about budgets, seek funding
- DHS: Record High COVID-19 Numbers On Friday Are Due To Test Reporting Errors
- Wisconsin reports 717 new COVID-19 cases and record positive rate, as Evers asks FEMA not to limit PPE funding
- Anthem, Ascension Wisconsin Partner to Offer ACA Health Plans in 2021
- Wisconsin reports largest single-day increase of COVID-19 cases; 10 more killed
WYOMING
