NATIONAL
- 100 of the largest hospitals and health systems in America | 2020
- 10 hospitals closing departments, ending services
- AHA urges CMS to delay radiation oncology model, changes to BPCI Advanced
- AMA: 4 ways providers can use social media to improve public health
- Amazon eyeing expansion of Amazon Care virtual health care clinics
- Court Denies Requests to Revisit 340B, Site-Neutral Payment Cases
- COVID-19 surges may dull for-profit hospitals’ Q3 finances
- Emergency sick days may have helped flatten the U.S. COVID curve
- Healthgrades names best hospitals for specialty care
- Healthgrades’ best hospitals for cardiac care 2021
- Hospitals denied full court review in lawsuit over 340B cuts
- Hospitals return $2.3B in federal COVID-19 aid
- New AHA emergency guidelines address cardiac arrest recovery, rehab for first time
- The hazy post-pandemic future of telehealth
- U.S. surpasses 8 million coronavirus cases
- Virus spikes have officials looking to shore up hospitals
- ACA plan premiums to fall 2% in 2021, CMS says
- Baffled judges press AHA: Why is an X-ray price ‘unknowable?’
- CMS reports 34.5M telehealth services delivered March through June
- Daily coronavirus case numbers in the US are at levels not seen since the summer, and 14 states recently have set hospitalization records
- The next volley in site neutrality: Elimination of inpatient-only procedures
- States need $8.4B to distribute COVID-19 vaccine, Congress told
ALABAMA
- After improvement, virus cases worsening in Alabama
- Alabama ASC awaits decision on OR conversion
- Alabama hospital first in region to start uterus transplant program
- Alabama hospital to end inpatient pediatric services
- Alabama program providing COVID-19 tests for rural communities
- Alabama system campaigns against competitor’s proposed surgery center
- Dothan’s Flowers Hospital making changes to pediatric services
- How the evacuation of a nursing home in Alabama spread coronavirus
- White House COVID-19 report put Alabama in red zone last week
ALASKA
- Alaska COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force submits draft vaccination plan to CDC
- Alaska projected to see 5.5% job growth over 10 years, with a 10.3% growth rate in health care industry
ARIZONA
- Arizona nursing homes anticipate COVID-19 surge
- Banner Health partners with Innovaccer for data interoperability
- How Banner Health is using AI to keep electives going
- Arizona nursing homes still struggling with adequate PPE supplies
- ‘I would say we are in a surge’: Arizona health experts concerned about fight against COVID-19
- Coronavirus in Arizona is spreading at its fastest rate since June. Here’s what we know
- Arizona reports 994 new coronavirus cases, 5 more deaths
- Coronavirus in Arizona is spreading at its fastest rate since June. Here’s what we know
ARKANSAS
- Rising COVID-19 hospitalizations a concern as winter nears, Arkansas governor says
- Arkansas lawmakers test positive for virus, governor exposed
- Northeast Arkansas officials preparing for possible COVID-19 surge
- Increase reported in nursing home infections
- Coronavirus cases confirmed at 3 nursing homes in Arkansas
- COVID-19 update: State hospitals’ capacity ‘tight’
CALIFORNIA
- 4 California health systems refused or delayed COVID-19 transfers due to patients’ insurance status: WSJ
- 12 people died in a California nursing home Covid-19 outbreak. Other facilities across the US are reporting infections
- Adventist Health launches well-being division
- California nursing home reports 12 virus deaths, 75 cases
- California readies its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan
- Can L.A. County turn around its nursing home debacle?
- Email analysis shows hospitals cherry-picking for desirable COVID transfers
- UC San Diego and United Health Group get $4 million grant to expand the mental health workforce
COLORADO
- 3 healthcare workers charged in patient death at Colorado nursing home; state shuts down facility
- 3 nursing home workers charged after 90-year-old found dead
- Colorado announces its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan
- Colorado COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes increase, raising concerns
- Colorado has more active COVID-19 outbreaks now than any time since pandemic began
- Colorado Health Experts: Hospitalization Data Mirrors May Numbers
- Colorado hospital expands orthopedic services, seeks new surgeon
- Colorado hospitals are better prepared for COVID-19 than in March, but flu creates uncertainty
- Colorado’s current coronavirus hospitalizations equivalent to 25% of intensive-care capacity as cases continue to spike
- CRMC partners with Children’s Hospital Colorado to elevate neonatal care
- New report warns of possible third wave in long-term care facilities
- Union accuses HealthOne Denver hospitals of aggressive collections, low staffing
CONNECTICUT
- Tentative deal for more than 400 nurses in Norwich hospital
- Backus Hospital nurses reach agreement after 2-day strike
- With COVID cases rising, Norwalk Hospital bans visitors
- Expert: CT’s 3% COVID infection rate ‘a little shocking’
- Connecticut sends COVID-19 distribution plan to CDC
- ‘Out of sight, out of mind’: few testify in Whiting Task Force public hearing
- With COVID-19 cases rising in CT, some nursing homes are now requiring visitor testing
- Unprepared: Lapses in planning, communication and safety left Connecticut’s nursing homes exposed when the coronavirus pandemic struck in force
- CT Breast Health Initiative to Award $80,000 in Grants
DC
- Children’s National Hospital Announces $5 Million Commitment From Boeing In Support Of New Research & Innovation Campus
- DC debuts smartphone-based COVID-19 exposure alert system
DELAWARE
- Cancer is scary – but Beebe Healthcare makes it less so
- Delaware health care providers to receive financial help with new relief fund
- Delaware health system seeing huge demand for flu shot
- Delaware’s Prescription Monitoring Program joins its Electronic Health Record System
- Rate of positive Covid-19 positives remain at 6 percent; hospital stays still above 100
- State’s COVID vaccine plan being developed
FLORIDA
- 8 candidates contend for 4 seats on Sarasota County Public Hospital Board
- Blake Medical Center recognized by Newsweek as one of Florida’s best physical rehabilitation centers
- Florida hospital opens $19M outpatient medical facility
- Jacksonville-based Telescope Health rolls out subscription telehealth service
- Lee Health Announces Organizational Leadership Changes
- Miami Springs nursing home with 52 COVID deaths fined $67,000, but not stripped of license
- Sarasota Memorial Health Care System opens outpatient GI center
- Tampa Bay hospital operator shares pandemic lessons learned and how it’s preparing for Covid surges
- Tampa General, HCA form new HMO for small and midsize Tampa Bay businesses
- U of Florida Health’s newest surgery center to focus on ENT
GEORGIA
- Atlanta-based health tech startup Loyal raises $12.5 million Series A to personalize healthcare
- Caregiver accused of ignoring dying veteran’s pleas wants court to throw out video
- CMS approves Medicaid expansion in Georgia with work requirements
- Evans Memorial Hospital launches new breast cancer program in rural Georgia
- Former Georgia Health Care Executive Headed To Prison For Holding Up PPE Shipments
- Georgia submits vaccine distribution plan to CDC
- Governor Kemp’s Georgia health insurance changes get the federal nod
- Grady hospital CEO says doctors starting to see increase in critical care COVID-19 patients
- He tried to fix America’s ailing nursing homes. Now taxpayers may owe $76 million.
- HHS secretary says widespread COVID vaccine could ready by March
- Hospitalizations in Georgia decrease, as positive cases continue to increase
- Memorial Health celebrates 65 years of service
- Northside Hospital Supports Lung Health, COVID-19 Initiative
- Several big new health-care projects proposed in Atlanta
HAWAII
- Hawai‘i Doctors Talk About Diagnostic Breakthroughs and Practicing in a Pandemic
- Healthcare unions rally to save jobs before Kaiser closes Hawaii ASC
- University of Hawaii receives $14M to address cancer’s impact in the Pacific
- Virus Spikes Have Officials Looking To Shore Up Hospitals
IDAHO
- After Idaho fails to advance in COVID reopening plan for 9th time, governor takes no action
- As Magic Valley Hospitals Fill Up, Health Board Issues Large Gathering Limit, But No Mask Mandate
- Idaho reports record number of COVID-19 ICU patients, passes daily average of 700 cases
- Idaho’s COVID-19 total surpasses 50,000
- Kootenai Health nears capacity amid ‘rapid increase’ in COVID-19 cases
- Hospital metrics are again where Idaho falls short in COVID-19 stage criteria; ‘these folks are the ones getting the brunt of it’
- North Idaho sees highest single day COVID-19 spike with 141 people testing positive
- Northern Idaho may send new virus cases to Seattle, Portland
- “Things Are Going To Get Worse:” Idaho Doctors Brace For COVID-19 Surge
- With 1 in 4 patients sick with COVID-19, an Idaho hospital tries to weather the storm
ILLINOIS
- 3 central IL nursing homes facing fines for violations
- 5 things to know about Illinois’ COVID-19 vaccine plan
- As COVID-19 Cases Rise 32% in a Week, Chicago’s Top Doctor Voices ‘Grave Concern’
- Chicago-area hospitals watch surge in COVID-19 patients, brace for things to get worse
- CommonSpirit Health’s CEO announces partnerships with Concert Health, Docent Health
- Cook County Health to add 466 positions for contact tracing, social distancing
- COVID inspection finds southwest IL nursing home’s residents were in ‘immediate jeopardy’
- Hospital rates see jump in Illinois
- How CommonSpirit Is Using AI to Support Holistic Patient Care
- Illinois COVID-19 case count jump worries health experts
- Mercy Hospital’s slated closure among wave of medical centers vanishing from Chicago area
- OSF HealthCare hit by data breach
- UnityPoint Health seeks to sell Iowa hospital to Illinois system
INDIANA
- ‘A harrowing time:’ Indiana among 10 states reporting their highest number of new coronavirus cases
- Gov. Holcomb announces new effort to help protect long-term care facilities from increasing outbreaks
- Indiana drafts plan to give COVID-19 vaccine first to people in health care settings, at risk
- Indiana falters in nursing home oversight
- Indiana is sending coronavirus reinforcements to nursing homes
- Indiana reaches settlement with medical device manufacturer over kickback allegations
- Indiana released a draft of their vaccine distribution plan
- Indy healthcare tech company secures funding
- Lawsuit: Johnson County hospital paid $6M a year in illegal nursing home kickbacks
- Long-term care facilities in Indiana seeing uptick in COVID-19 cases
- National Guard Called for Nursing Home Care
- New $40M VA health clinic under construction in Terre Haute
- New chief nursing officer takes helm at Franciscan
- ‘Racism is a public health crisis.’ Three Indiana health systems address healthcare inequality
- Reid Health deploys germ-zapping robots into COVID-19 fight
- Report shows nursing homes could see third spike of new COVID-19 cases
- Schneck reports more hospitalizations due to COVID-19
IOWA
- 32 Iowans died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, a new daily record
- Sergeant Bluff long-term care facility sees COVID-19 cases double
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is hiring more temporary nurses to help fill gaps left by retention issues
- UnityPoint Health seeks to sell Iowa hospital to Illinois system
- Northwest Iowa hospitals continue to see increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations
- ‘About to get much worse’: Iowa hospitals try to keep up with record COVID-19 hospitalizations
- Reporting error caused some Iowa nursing homes to report no N95 masks to government
- Coronavirus outbreak infects nearly every resident of Amana nursing home
- AARP says new dashboard shows ‘horrifying’ data from Iowa nursing homes
- With Colder Weather, Challenges To Slow Spread Of COVID-19 Will Grow
KANSAS
- Every Resident in a Kansas Nursing Home Has COVID-19—and 10 Have Died
- Hospital puts brakes on some procedures as virus cases climb
- Kansas governor calls for help with statewide mask mandate
- Kansas hospital CEO, employees infected with COVID-19
- Marshall pushed to aid physician-owned hospitals. His wife profited from land under them
- Hopes of ‘a bubble’ gone, COVID-19 expands its footprint in unprepared rural Kansas
- 10 people have died after every resident of a Kansas nursing home got Covid-19
- The Latest: Kansas gov. again urges statewide mask mandate
KENTUCKY
- Baptist Health to pay employees to work the polls in November
- Baptist Healthcare receive credit score upgrades from Moody’s, Fitch
- CEO, CFO of Kentucky medical clinics sentenced for pocketing employees’ benefit contributions
- COVID-19 may have killed twice as many Kentucky residents as counted so far, CDC says
- COVID-19 sweeps through Kentucky veterans nursing home, claiming 6, amid local outbreak
- Gov. Beshear reports escalation in Kentucky’s COVID-19 numbers
- Kentucky Cancer Treatment Providers Must Face False Claims Suit
- Kentucky Facing a Third Wave Of COVID-19 As Cases Rise
- Kentucky health officials say statewide distribution of COVID-19 vaccines could take ‘a year or more’
- Kentucky hospital 1st in US to implant Bluetooth heart device
- Kentucky releases COVID-19 vaccine plan
- Kentucky reports more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for third consecutive day
- Kentucky to resume ‘surge preparations’ as hospital admissions rise
- Lake Cumberland hospital’s new robot named ‘Rosie’
- State submits plan for distributing COVID-19 vaccine
LOUISIANA
- Loyola University, Ochsner Health will team up on new nursing program to fill acute shortage
- What contributes to Louisiana’s high maternal mortality rate? The distance to care, research says
- LaSalle Economic Development District donates $30,000 to support CLTCC Rod Brady Practical Nursing Program
- LSU Health Shreveport leads Louisiana in COVID-19 genome sequencing
- University Medical Center and Humana Sign Agreement, Expanding Humana’s Medicare Advantage Provider Network in New Orleans
MAINE
- Maine Voices: Hospitals and nursing homes need aid from the state
- Portland biotech business wins spot in sport and health incubator program
- Fifty new COVID-19 cases reported as Maine passes 6,000 since pandemic began
- Sanford Medical Center opening psychiatric center to help ease shortage
- Waldo County COVID-19 outbreak grows to 46 cases, including case ‘potentially’ associated with Searsport’s Bayview Manor
- 4 workers at Lewiston rehab and nursing home test positive for COVID-19
MARYLAND
- CareFirst acquires University of Maryland’s health plans and begins partnership
- Changes ahead: Annapolis nursing homes and assisted living facilities promise change with the pandemic
- COVID-19 spikes have officials looking to shore up hospitals with extra beds and staff: ‘I worry this is a ripe situation for us to really bubble over’
- From the basketball court to hospital hallways, UM Capital CEO plays offense and defense
- How 3 Baltimore startups adapted health technology for COVID-19 response
- Kaiser Permanente to build medical center in Maryland
- Maryland releases 2-phase distribution plan for COVID-19 vaccine once it’s available
- Two hospitals resolve religious discrimination complaints over visitation during COVID-19
MASSACHUSETTS
- Chutes & Ladders—Boston Children’s Hospital names new CEO
- 10 best states for healthcare access during pandemic
- Outbreak tied to 57 COVID-19 cases contained, Brigham and Women’s says
- Boston Children’s Hospital is altering approach to certain intersex surgeries for kids
- Massachusetts hospital needs a year to repair flooding damage, Steward says
- Baker Announces $774 Million COVID Economic Recovery Plan
- ‘We’re heading in the wrong direction’: Officials in this high-risk Massachusetts city warn of 2nd COVID-19 surge in months to come
- Experts: Second coronavirus surge in Massachusetts would pose new set of challenges
- Universal masking lowers COVID-19 infections among healthcare workers, Harvard study finds
- Massachusetts reports 646 new COVID cases, 22 deaths on Wednesday as week-over-week numbers rise
- Massachusetts communities with major coronavirus clusters in nursing homes, colleges, jails will get asterisk
- Mass. Residents Worried About Family Members Living in Nursing Homes, Possible Surge
- Here are the groups that get priority under the Massachusetts plan for the COVID-19 vaccine
- Masks, Gloves And Other Protective Equipment In Demand As Mass. Readies For Possible Surge
MICHIGAN
- Ascension Providence Hospital Selects President, CEO of Southfield, Novi Campuses
- COVID hospitalizations low in Greater Lansing despite statewide surge
- COVID-19 cases continue to climb across Northern Michigan
- Feds terminate agreement with Holland nursing home over care, abuse violations
- Health care workers to get first COVID-19 vaccine doses in Michigan
- Henry Ford Health System Raises Hourly Pay to $15 for Some Employees
- Michigan health system building $8M surgery center
- Michigan health system goes offline after malware attack
- Michigan health system with 8 hospitals increases minimum wage to $15 an hour
- Michigan issues emergency COVID-19 regulations
- Michigan lists 110 new coronavirus outbreaks and 283 ongoing clusters in Oct. 19 report
- Michigan Medicine error exposes patients’ email address, health info
- Michigan sets new daily COVID record with 2,030 cases reported
- Michigan specialty hospital to close this month
- Mid-Michigan healthcare expert addresses climbing coronavirus numbers, misinformation
- MidMichigan Health’s financial outlook is stable
- Munson, McLaren prep for possible 2nd wave of COVID-19 hospitalizations
- Nursing home workers at Westland facility walk off job in protest
- Pay raise for Henry Ford Health Workers
- Rogers City nurse disciplined by state
- Trinity Health improves worker benefits, wages
- Trinity Health Michigan raises minimum wage for 2,100 workers
- UP hospital awaiting decision on key federal loan
MINNESOTA
- Minnesota health experts concerned with new daily COVID-19 record
- Children’s Minnesota releases consolidation plan details
- RiverView Health to open $51M hospital Oct. 25
- At 35 COVID-19 deaths, Minnesota ties record on Wednesday
- Minnesota health officials hoping for COVID-19 wake-up call
- Record daily deaths; hospitalizations climb
- Episode 67: Medical racism
- Nursing homes facing staffing shortages amid pandemic
- Mayo clinic researchers develop a potential test for Machado-Joseph disease
- Mayo Clinic’s Sprint To Develop A COVID Vaccine
- Minnesota health officials link rise in COVID-19 deaths, accelerating spread of new infections
MISSISSIPPI
- Oxford’s Baptist Hospital Has Available Beds Despite COVID-19 Increase in Other Areas
- Rural Healthcare Providers in Mississippi Receive Support to Implement Telehealth Services
MISSOURI
- Hospital admissions related to COVID-19 increase in St. Louis area
- Kansas City hospitals overwhelmed, some forced to divert ambulances as COVID-19 cases jump
- Missouri virus hospitalizations hit record; Illinois reports biggest one-day jump in cases
- Nurses continue to be surrogates for family as COVID hospitalizations rise in Missouri; death rates remain low
- Rehab provider plots layoffs at Clayton facility as business line is sold
- SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital named “Best Maternity Hospital” in the country
- Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Microsoft team up on genomics data initiative for cloud
- Missouri submits draft plan for issuing coronavirus vaccine
- Missouri governor calls lawmakers back to work on virus aid
- Jerry Rumph Named New President of OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony’s Health Center
- ‘We’ve Erased Every Bit Of Progress’: Coronavirus Admissions Spike In St. Louis
- Health care workers will be first to receive coronavirus vaccine in Missouri
- Kansas City-area hospitals overwhelmed, turn away ambulances
- Northland nursing home company responds to report of COVID-19 outbreak
- Washington University taps former Johns Hopkins CIO for interim job
- Hospital thwarts potential cyber breach
- ‘A Perfect Storm’ Brewing For Missouri’s Metro Hospitals As Rural Facilities Strain To Meet Demand
MONTANA
- Billings hospital staff scrambling as ICU fills with COVID patients
- COVID-19 hospitalization surge: How hospitals in 5 states are responding
- Families Sue Whitefish Nursing Home Claiming Negligence Led To COVID-19 Deaths
- Missoula Co. increases COVID-19 measures in senior living facilities
- Montana Faces Health Care Worker Shortages, Requests Support
- Montana COVID cases threaten to overwhelm health care system
- Montana health care workers stretched thin, governor says
- Montana hospital security guard charged with stealing computer parts: 4 details
- Montana Is Calling For Help As Coronavirus Surge Overwhelms Health Care System
- Montana nursing home sued for negligence in COVID-19 deaths
- Montana prepares vaccine distribution plan as COVID cases climb
- Providence St. Joseph Medical Center receives award
NEBRASKA
- Feds approve Nebraska’s two-tiered Medicaid expansion setup
- Nebraska governor imposes new restrictions as virus surges
- Nebraska had another record week for coronavirus cases; increase among fastest in nation
- CMS approves Nebraska’s Medicaid expansion, work requirements
- CMS approves controversial Medicaid waiver in Nebraska, creating 2-tiered system
- Gov. Ricketts unrolls new DHM for Nebraska to head off ‘dangerous phase’
- Nebraska Governor issues new Directed Health Measure
- Nebraska still has 5th-highest rate of new virus infections
- Lincoln hospitals may have to get creative to keep 10% of beds open
- CHI Health offering premium pay to nurses for extra shifts
- Nebraska better prepared for COVID surge
- As COVID-19 cases increase in Lincoln and Nebraska, so do deaths
- CHI adding traveling nurses but hospital system CEO says numbers have not plateaued
NEVADA
- 6 Las Vegas Valley hospitals resume limited patient visitation
- Nevada Health Response updates COVID-19 dashboard to better follow trends
- Nevada plans no immediate changes as COVID-19 cases spike
- Nevada submits COVID-19 vaccine program to CDC
- Nevada’s COVID-19 Vaccination Playbook for Statewide Operations submitted
- October rise in Nevada COVID positivity after 2-month drop
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Franklin nursing home receives $26 million for new facility
- New Hampshire health system files for bankruptcy
- LRGH files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will stay open as Concord bids on assets
- Long-awaited contract for psychiatric crisis resources released
- Hospitals prepare for surge in COVID-19 cases
- Shaheen listens to concerns from New Hampshire nursing home leaders
- Sununu, Feltes mischaracterize virus toll on nursing homes
- A Storm is Brewing for N.H. Nursing Homes
NEW JERSEY
- CentraState, Atlantic Health System expand partnership
- COVID-19 cases are rising fast in Pa. and N.J., but hospitals are not burdened — yet. Here’s why.
- Head Of University Hospital Says New Jersey’s Second Wave Is Here: ‘This Is About To Get Worse’
- Law mandating flu shots for health workers doesn’t allow religious exemptions
- Maternal mental health gets another boost in New Jersey
- New Jersey hospitals signing advance staffing contracts to prepare for COVID-19 surge
- New Jersey’s coronavirus cases on the rise, sparking concern and action
- New Jersey’s seeing second wave of COVID cases, hospitalizations begin to rise
- N.J. hits ‘moderate’ COVID-19 activity statewide for 1st time since the outbreak peak, health officials say
- Rising coronavirus numbers at schools growing concern in New Jersey
- RWJBarnabas Health Hospitals Top Most Wired List
- This NJ hospital network turns to secret weapon in COVID fight: your data
- Virtua Health to unveil Mobile Grocery Store later this month
NEW MEXICO
- New Mexico sets another one-day COVID-19 record
- ‘Still killing us’: The federal government underfunded health care for Indigenous people for centuries. Now they’re dying of COVID-19
- New Mexico hospitals face staffing shortages as COVID hospitalizations continue to rise
- New Mexico prepares backup hospital as hospitalizations rise
- New Mexico hospitals face massive revenue losses, many primary care services struggling
- Where New Mexico hospitals stand with COVID-19
- New Mexico, Santa Fe County set new single-day highs for virus cases
- New Mexico governor announces further restrictions on businesses to mitigate COVID-19
NEW YORK
- How New York’s nursing homes prep for potential second wave of COVID-19
- NY spine practice to pay $100K patient records settlement
- Large employers want New York City to develop its own GPO for hospital supplies
- Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital nurses threaten strike
- Northwell unveils $500M investment into South Shore University Hospital
- Rural hospitals are closing nationwide, so why is Catholic Health opening one?
- UPMC Chautauqua withdraws plans for methadone program
- Bassett Healthcare Network names 1st chief people and diversity officer
- Saratoga Hospital Medical Group Names Executive Director
- New York will attempt Rensselaer County nursing home inspection a third time
NORTH CAROLINA
- Burlington nursing home has 147 COVID-19 cases, the worst Triad outbreak to date
- COVID-19 hospitalization surge: How hospitals in 5 states are responding
- COVID-19 Overwhelms Nursing Staff In North Carolina
- Founder of Randolph Health’s new successor has deep record of saving troubled health systems
- Nashville firm buys Morrisville health care company in $32M deal
- NC’s average daily cases back to July peak with no signs of slowing
- New Hanover Regional plans $210M hospital
- North Carolina reports drop in new daily COVID-19 cases
- North Carolina unveils plan to deploy coronavirus vaccine
- North Carolina’s new COVID-19 cases are among the highest in the country, data show
- Novant Health opens 2nd medical clinic in partnership with Michael Jordan
- Paused in Phase 3: Cooper asks local leaders to do more to contain coronavirus spread
- The Latest: NCarolina virus numbers head in wrong direction
NORTH DAKOTA
- North Dakota sets another record for active COVID-19 cases; 11 more deaths reported
- North Dakota’s active cases more than double since last month; Bismarck down to 1 staffed ICU bed
- Sanford Health, Essentia Health see increase in patients
- If North Dakota were a country, it would have the world’s worst confirmed COVID-19 outbreak, one analysis shows
- Overwhelmed by cases, North Dakota tells residents with COVID-19 to do their own contact tracing
- North Dakota’s rural areas are being hit hardest by COVID-19, according to the state
- Spectra Health moves forward with nod to past ties
- COVID-19 Surges In Rural Communities, Overwhelming Some Local Hospitals
- North Dakota nursing homes using technology to help residents communicate with loved ones
OHIO
- Blue Ash nursing home owner to plead guilty in $59M bank fraud scheme
- Bob Dyer: Nursing home rules loosened, but some families still upset
- Cardiology leader at Ohio hospital dies of COVID-19 complications
- Christ Hospital opens region’s first Women’s Heart Center
- Cleveland Clinic’s Billing Practices Under the Microscope in Class Action Suit
- Coronavirus: Ohio sees record increase in hospital admissions, southwest Ohio seeing higher numbers
- COVID-19 Hospitalization in Ohio Hits All-Time High
- Mapping Ohio’s 183,624 coronavirus cases, updates and spiking hospitalization trends
- Mercy Health welcomes new nurses with surprise ceremonies
- Ohio has 2,178 new coronavirus cases, setting yet another record: Thursday update
- Ohio hospital officials eyeing coronavirus numbers, concerned about capacity with oncoming flu season
- Ohio outlines plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccine
- Ohio’s four-phase plan to distribute coronavirus vaccine prioritizes health care workers and first responders
- Ohio’s hospitals are working together to end the opioid crisis
- Regional COVID-19 outbreaks strain Lima’s hospital system
- Seven months into pandemic, local hospitals see highest number of COVID-19 patients as state sets record
- These Ohio health system non-CEO executives made more than $1M in 2018
OKLAHOMA
- Mercy Hospital acquires established campus for $106M+
- Oklahoma seeks to privatize care to most Medicaid recipients
- With new joint venture, CareSource eyes bid for Oklahoma’s Medicaid program
- Oklahoma Hospital Association working to implement new surge plan
- OU Health undergoes rebrand, retools website to give patients better access
- Stitt, Oklahoma health officials provide update on COVID-19 hospital surge plan
- Oklahoma health leaders push state leaders to be transparent about hospital conditions
- Health department looking for volunteers during pandemic
- Oklahoma in red zone for new COVID cases after latest White House coronavirus report
- State officials unveiling new hospital surge plan as Oklahoma shatters hospitalization records
OREGON
- How Covid contributed to Oregon’s ‘excess deaths’ since onset of pandemic
- Kaiser blasts 30% price hike sought by Oregon system
- Longtime Head Of Providence St. Vincent Retiring
- Oregon health care systems created plans for surge in cases
- Oregon State Hospital to test all staff members after 3 patients contract coronavirus
- Oregonians Will Vote On 3 Health Care Measures This Election
- Pre-Covid, many Oregon hospitals were in solid shape financially
- Providence St. Vincent CEO to retire
PENNSYLVANIA
- $327 Million Riddle Hospital Modernization Project Breaks Ground
- COVID-19 cases are rising fast in Pa. and N.J., but hospitals are not burdened — yet. Here’s why.
- Einstein warns of cuts, ‘death spiral’ without Jefferson merger
- Experts: cybersecurity threats against Pa. hospitals intensifying
- Hershey Medical Center marks 50th anniversary with lighting of new sign atop building
- Lehigh Valley Health Network plans to open Pennsylvania hospital in 2022
- Micro-Hospital Planned for Patton Township
- Nurses at 2 Prime-owned Pennsylvania hospitals reach labor deals, avoid strike
- Nurses At Montco Hospital Avoid Strike, Agree To New Contract
- Pennsylvania nursing homes brace for more covid outbreaks amid supply shortages
- Pennsylvania ranks among states with best access to health care, new study finds
- Pennsylvania reports 2nd-highest COVID-19 total of pandemic
- Riddle Hospital starts work $327M renovation project delayed by Covid pandemic
- Russian hackers charged in 2017 malware attack against Pennsylvania health system: 4 details
- UHS names new CMO for behavioral health division
RHODE ISLAND
- Here’s why RI’s daily coronavirus case totals keep getting adjusted up
- Rhode Island reports 471 new cases as it marks 1 millionth COVID-19 test
- Coronavirus Cases Jump—Rhode Island Continues to Have Highest Spread in Northeast
- Lifespan nurses’ union blasts management bonuses, asks hazard pay for members
- Care New England says it unknowingly purchased counterfeit N95 masks
SOUTH CAROLINA
- DHEC weekly nursing home data shows mixed access as human consequences play out
- Hospital bed occupancy currently high in the Lowcountry
- MUSC makes $5.6 billion economic impact on state
- Roper St. Francis names new president and CEO
- SC nursing home COVID-19 death rate tops nation, new AARP study finds
- Several South Carolina hospitals at 100 percent capacity, others more than 90 percent
- South Carolina hospital billing error mixed up addresses for 12,636 patients
- South Carolina releases plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccination
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Avera, Sanford shift surgeries to fulfill staffing, patient needs amid COVID-19 surge
- COVID-19 hospitalization surge: How hospitals in 5 states are responding
- Sanford Health donates $3 million to area food banks, including Feeding South Dakota
- Sanford Health: Hispanic heritage in healthcare
- Sanford Health not scheduling additional elective surgeries with overnight stay for next week
- Sanford Health Plans New Behavioral Health Center in Bemidji
- South Dakota healthcare systems limit surgeries to increase capacity for COVID-19 patients
- South Dakota Reports 332 COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- White House report: High community coronavirus spread hurting state’s nursing homes
- South Dakota hospitals have open beds. The trick is staffing them.
- Rural Midwest hospitals struggling to handle virus surge
- Rural South Dakota Doctor On His Town’s Struggle With Coronavirus Surge
- 7 additional COVID-19 deaths reported in South Dakota Tuesday
- How the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have spread coronavirus across the Upper Midwest
TENNESSEE
- Available ICU beds falls to critical level as COVID-19 cases continue rise in Nashville
- COVID cases are exceeding Ballad’s capacity to provide care
- CHS in the headlines
- Coronavirus cases in Tennessee nursing homes are spiking: ‘Something needs to be done’
- Department of Health releases plan for distribution of COVID-19 vaccine when available
- ‘Dramatic rise’ in COVID-19 hospitalizations, Tennessee health officials say
- Eastern Tennessee nursing home reports 17 deaths
- Envision, Cigna sign multiyear agreement in Florida
- Former Tennessee hospital manager charged with stealing nearly $800K in supplies
- HCA to help Belmont University open medical school
- Long-term care facilities continue battling COVID outbreaks as community spread rises
- Methodist Le Bonheur accused of paying kickbacks to physicians
- Middle Tennessee hospital warns residents after 50% increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations
- Nashville firm buys Morrisville health care company in $32M deal
- New COVID-19 Website Launched by Tennessee Department of Health
- Seventeen dead in one of East Tennessee’s deadliest nursing home COVID-19 outbreaks
- Tenn. Health Commissioner: COVID-19 hospitalization rate up ‘over 50 percent’ since October 1
- Tennessee COVID Hospitalizations Reach New High With 30% Jump In October
- Third-party biller boosts physician revenue by 7% with RCM and mobile pay
- Tennessee sees COVID-19 rise, from rural areas to Nashville
- Vanderbilt Adult Hospital names new COO
TEXAS
- 4 healthcare execs charged in $55M scheme after Texas hospital CEO pleads guilty
- HCA Houston Healthcare plans $60M expansion project at Museum District hospital
- Memorial Hermann expands its cardiac rehab gym in The Woodlands
- Nursing home visits off-limits in El Paso; to concern of some families
- Tenet reports $197M loss in Q3
- Four more Texas health care executives charged in multimillion-dollar billing scheme
- Texas is on the cusp of another COVID-19 surge. Is the state better prepared to handle it?
- ‘In many ways more challenging:’ Tenet loses $197M in COVID-19-slammed Q3
- CHI St. Luke’s severs deal with Molina in 2nd break with an insurance carrier
- UT Austin, MD Anderson’s cancer data partnership names first 5 projects
- CommonSpirit, BCBS of Texas split to affect thousands
- Texas Nursing Homes Face Inquiry for IV Drips Done Without Doctor’s OK
- Health officials predict most Texans won’t have access to COVID-19 vaccine until July at the earliest
- Texas Launches PULSE Platform for Emergency Health Data Exchange
- COVID-19 updates: North Texas hospital region has more patients than any other part of state
- Texas Medical Center seeing more COVID-19 cases in younger age groups
- Texas Nursing Homes Have Higher Rates Of COVID-19 Cases, Deaths
UTAH
- Another Utah hospital fills its ICU, with 1,168 more coronavirus cases reported Monday
- COVID-19 hospitalization surge: How hospitals in 5 states are responding
- Dixie Regional ICU passes capacity, immediately activates additional beds
- Hospital over capacity in ‘unsustainable’ coronavirus spike
- Intermountain Healthcare seeing more COVID-19 patients than ever before
- Intermountain’s AI system helps surgeons reduce costs, improve outcomes
- Northern Utah hospital filled to capacity as Southern Utah sets another 1-day high for COVID-19 cases
- Southern Utah hospital opens ‘surge ICU’ as COVID-19 spike shows no sign of leveling off
- ‘This is a real disease’: Hospital giving behind-the-scenes look at intensive care in the COVID-19 era
- U of U hospital ICU is over capacity
- University of Utah Hospital overcapacity as the ‘unsustainable’ coronavirus outbreak continues
- Utah County terminates mask mandate amid surge in COVID-19 cases
- Utah Ready To Open Temporary COVID-19 Hospital
VERMONT
- What happens if OneCare fails?
- Vermont received 21,000 antigen tests. The state isn’t using them.
- VT Health Commissioner on COVID response, racial disparities
- Testing site gives UVM medical students hands-on experience
- Black Staff Say Burlington Nursing Home Failed to Protect Them From Abuse
- Rutland Regional Medical Center unveils new medical office building
- Vt. Health Commissioner: Remdesivir still effective after recent study
- $76M available in third-round of small business grants
- Vermont nursing home residents cope with isolation during pandemic
VIRGINIA
- 80 additional COVID-19 patients discharged in Virginia; hospitalizations tick down
- $127 million lawsuit claims years of abuse at children’s hospital in New Kent County
- COVID cases are exceeding Ballad’s capacity to provide care
- Chippenham Hospital reaches Level I trauma status
- COVID-19 hospitalizations drop in Virginia; new-case positive test percentage rises
- COVID-related hospitalizations down in Virginia; positive test percentage also drops
- Long-term care facilities continue battling COVID outbreaks as community spread rises
- Two hospitals resolve religious discrimination complaints over visitation during COVID-19
- UVA Health seizing patients’ home equity to cover old hospital bills
- Virginia begins planning for eventual COVID-19 vaccine
- Virginia hospital installs AR surgery tool
- Virginia sees drop in new COVID cases; percentage of positive new tests holds steady
WASHINGTON
- ‘Alarming’ Washington COVID-19 case rate could signal fall surge, officials say
- How Providence’s remote prescribing capabilities have increased security, streamlined clinical workflows
- How Virginia Mason is using lessons learned from COVID-19
- Seattle hospital: COVID-19 outbreak killed 1, infected staff
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
- A record 1,192 patients currently hospitalized due to COVID-19 in Wisconsin
- A Q&A with Jonathan Baran, CEO and Co-founder, Carebot Health Inc.
- A look inside the COVID-19 ward at Wisconsin’s largest hospital
- A wave of hospitalizations across Wis. ups the stress for rural hospitals
- Bellin doctor says hospital is very close to running out of space as WI sees record cases
- COVID-19 reporting system being upgraded by DHS this weekend, temporary outage in state numbers
- COVID-19 hospitalization surge: How hospitals in 5 states are responding
- COVID-19 units full at Wisconsin hospital
- Developer proposes Children’s Wisconsin clinic in $5.4M project on Milwaukee’s south side
- DHS reports 33 new deaths Tuesday, 2nd highest ever on record
- Doctor On Wisconsin Hospital Preparation Amid Coronavirus Surge
- First patient admitted to Alternate Care Facility at State Fair Park
- HSHS limiting visitors at Eastern Wisconsin hospitals
- Hospital systems feel pressure as COVID-19 cases rise
- Madison hospitals adopt policies on patient discriminatory behavior
- Madison hospitals give updates on staffing, bed capacity
- Madison-area hospitals create no-tolerance outline for discriminatory behavior
- Marshfield Clinic Research Institute receives $4 million for rural community COVID-19 study
- More than 1,000 remain hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wisconsin
- ‘People are dying every night’: Staff at overwhelmed Wisconsin hospital urge people to take coronavirus seriously
- Soaring coronavirus cases overwhelm Wisconsin hospitals
- Wisconsin halts COVID-19 reporting to upgrade computer system
- Wisconsin hospitals ‘on the brink’ as field hospital opens
- “Wisconsin is in Crisis”: State’s COVID-19 Numbers are Reaching New Heights
- Wisconsin judge reimposes COVID restrictions as U.S. nursing homes sound alarm
- Wisconsin’s Rural Hospitals Weather Pandemic Better Than Most, But Warning Signs Remain
- With record COVID-19 hospitalizations, Wisconsin opens overflow facility
WYOMING
- 15 Wyoming long-term care facilities now have ongoing situations involving COVID-19
- COVID spreading faster in Wyoming than in all but one state
- CRMC partners with Children’s Hospital Colorado to elevate neonatal care
- Number of COVID cases confirmed in Wyoming since March tops 7,000
- Wyoming COVID-19 hospitalizations hit new high
- Wyoming hits all-time single day high for coronavirus cases
- Wyoming submits COVID vaccination plan to CDC; vaccine expected to be free to all
