NATIONAL
- 340B discounts apply to contract pharmacies, HHS clarifies
- Amazon moves deeper into healthcare in 2020: 12 things to know
- Amid vaccine rollout, these are the top picks of the best healthcare analysts on Wall Street
- American Hospital Association VP Joy Lewis to lead its health equity, inclusion strategies
- Bill targets healthcare industry PPE shortages
- CMS extends data submission deadline for quality, value-based reporting
- CMS issues final rule to promote value-based purchasing of drugs
- CMS Report Cites Benefits, Challenges for Telehealth in Rural Hospitals
- Congress agrees on $900B COVID-19 relief package, $1.4 trillion funding deal: 7 things to know
- Congress finally moves to stop surprise medical billing as part of spending deal
- Congress passes COVID-19 relief, spending bill: Here’s what hospitals should know
- COVID-19 pandemic ‘not necessarily the big one,’ top WHO official says
- COVID-19 bill to end ‘surprise’ medical bills
- Covid-19 wasn’t the only medical story this year. Here’s what you missed in 2020.
- COVID relief bill passed by Congress to end ‘surprise’ medical bills
- COVID-19 vaccines likely effective against new variant
- ‘Difficult winter ahead’ for hospitals amid COVID-19 surge
- Federal judge blocks Trump administration drug pricing rule
- Google moved deeper into healthcare in 2020: 13 things to know
- HHS Azar: Nursing home vaccinations start Monday
- HHS final rule targets community health centers’ drug discounts
- Hospital CEOs say they expect skeptical employees will want Covid vaccine when they see co-workers getting it
- Hospital finances bleak as 2020 nears end
- Hospital workers upset over COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- Hospitals boost security to safeguard COVID-19 vaccines
- Hospitals grow tense over who gets vaccinated, how it’s decided
- Hospitals lose another attempt to stave off price transparency
- Hospitals lose appeal in price transparency case
- Hospitals grow tense over who gets vaccinated, how it’s decided
- How hospitals use algorithms to prioritize COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- Moderna’s first FDA clearance brings the US a second coronavirus vaccine
- Most physicians now compensated through more than one method
- Nursing homes struggle to obtain resident vaccine consent
- OCR: Healthcare HIPAA Compliance Report Finds PHI Security Failures
- OCR issues guidance on disclosure of protected info using health information exchanges
- Payers Expect Biden to Expand Affordable Care Act in 2021
- PhRMA is granted temporary injunction against favored nation rule
- Record Covid-19 hospitalizations in US could soon force health experts to ration care
- Retailers in mad rush to hire, bring back pharmacists
- Safety net hospitals hit particularly hard by COVID-19, will have to cut future spending
- ‘Slap in the face’: New Medicare rule to cut emergency doctors’ pay amid COVID-19 pandemic
- The 3 Best Healthcare Stocks to Buy for 2021
- The new form in patients’ paperwork: Binding arbitration agreements
- Top issues facing the health-care industry in 2021: PwC
- Trump signs COVID-19 relief, spending bill
- US cut number of vaccines sent to some states due to confusion over FDA rule
- US hospitals facing worrisome shortage of nurses, doctors
- US nursing homes face daunting task of getting consent before they give coronavirus vaccines
- US sees 1M cases in 5 days
- White House wins ruling on disclosing health care prices
ALABAMA
- Alabama’s COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations hit new record highs
- Alabama Department of Public Health launches new COVID-19 dashboard
- Alabama health officials fighting COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on social media
- Alabama Health officials rely on honor system for COVID vaccination phases
- Alabama Hospital Association: COVID Surge Expected in Early January
- Alabama hospital ends elective surgeries over virus spike
- Alabama hospitals face ‘doomsday’ scenario
- Alabama hospitals near capacity as COVID-19 hospitalizations rise
- Alabama hospitals struggle with staffing as nurses find lucrative work in other states
- Alabama’s nursing homes may not receive COVID-19 vaccine until after Christmas
- Alabama’s top health official talks vaccine roll out
- Another record high: 2,526 in Alabama hospitalized with COVID-19
- Cullman hospital ICU hits 150 percent of capacity due to COVID; ‘Getting close to overflowing’
- CVS Health expands COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Alabama
- Health systems with health plans saw less of financial fallout from COVID-19, PwC says
- ‘Like a bathtub filling up’: Alabama is slammed by the virus
- North Alabama hospitals brace for staffing shortages ahead of holiday COVID surge
- Southeast Alabama Hospital Ends Elective Surgeries Over Virus Spike
ALASKA
- 52,900 more doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be headed to Alaska in January
- Alaska front-line health care workers get first vaccinations
- Alaska starting to weather the storm, slowing virus transmission and ramping up vaccinations
- Health care workers are first in line for the COVID-19 vaccine. But who’s next?
- Morale gets a boost as Alaska medical workers line up for COVID vaccine
ARIZONA
- Banner Health halts elective surgeries
- Hospital bed availability in Arizona low due to coronavirus
- Slow rollout of vaccine in Arizona leads frustrated governor to intervene
- For-profit hospital M&A update: 14 deals involving CHS, Tenet and HCA
- As Hospitals Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines, Health Care Workers Describe Chaos And Anger
- Flagstaff health care workers receive first vaccines
- Arizona hospitals experience influx of patients, begin diverting patients
- Arizona residents 75 or older will be next to receive COVID-19 vaccines
- Arizona health care workers face ‘catastrophic’ conditions amid surge in COVID cases
- Arizona hospital beds 93% full as state reports more than 7,700 new COVID-19 cases, 146 deaths
- CVS, Walgreens begin vaccinating Arizona nursing homes
- Mohave County healthcare leaders say hospital staffing is biggest concern amid influx of COVID-19 patients
- COVID-19 hospitalizations, ICU use again break records as Arizona reports 5,267 new cases, 78 deaths
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas governor extends COVID emergency as deaths spike
- Arkansas starts vaccinations at long-term care facilities
- Over 4,000 Arkansas health care workers vaccinated, governor says
- Arkansas hospital shuts down urgent care app
- Arkansas Children’s names CIO
- Arkansas sets new record for deaths and hospitalizations
- COVID-19 puts the squeeze on Arkansas’ available ICU beds
- COVID in Arkansas: Hospitals seeing capacity pressure after record high hospitalized, 3,184 new cases reported
- Health department and hospital leaders preparing for post-holiday COVID-19 surge in Arkansas
- Nursing home staff, residents receive vaccine
- Arkansas cancer center forgiving $650K in medical debta
- Arkansas nursing facilities to receive second rollout of vaccines
- UAMS adding on to emergency department, waiting room overflow due to COVID-19 surge
CALIFORNIA
- 3 things to know about California’s diminishing ICU capacity
- 75 Air Force, Army healthcare workers headed to California hospitals
- California could see 100,000 hospitalizations in January
- Calif. Doctors Weary As Hospitals Near Capacity
- California becomes first state to hit 2 million COVID-19 cases
- California health plan files for bankruptcy
- California health system buckling under COVID-19 pandemic as state nears 2 million confirmed cases
- California hospital board member must resign, mayor says
- California hospital sets up ‘COVID pods’ and treats patients in hallways
- California hospitals contemplate rationing care as they get more overwhelmed
- California hospitals ‘crushed’ as virus patients flood ICUs
- California Hospitals Face Staff Shortages As Hospitalizations Soar
- California hospitals reach tentative agreement with RNs, avert strikes
- California hospitals struggle as coronavirus cases explode
- California nurses struggle as nurse-to-patient ratios stretched amid COVID-19 surge
- Chief nursing officer at California hospital: ‘It’s a disaster right now for our staff’
- Here’s a look at ICU capacity in California: Where the 5 regions stand
- Increase in coronavirus admissions prompts a Los Angeles hospital to use chapel, gift shop for new patients
- ‘It’s a disaster’: Inside a California hospital running out of beds
- Kaiser to give 85,000 staff ‘hero bonus’
- Kaiser Permanente CEO: ‘We’re at or near capacity everywhere’
- Kaiser Permanente halts elective surgeries at some California hospitals
- Kindred Healthcare and Antelope Valley Hospital Announce Planned Behavioral Health and Rehabilitation Hospital
- Los Angeles hospitals brace for care rationing
- Medical device company CEO charged with fraud in alleged COVID-19 test scam
- Nursing homes suffer COVID surge while awaiting the vaccine
- Nurses at 3 California HCA hospitals set for holiday strike as ICU capacity drops
- Scripps CEO: Care rationing near if Californians ignore COVID-19 mitigation efforts
- Skip line for COVID-19 vaccine and lose your license, California governor warns healthcare providers
- Some California hospitals are running out of ICU nurses. What else can Gavin Newsom do?
- Surrounded by death, nursing home workers battle management and fear to protect patients
COLORADO
- Cardiologist claims Colorado system fired her 1 day after she told CEO concerns of understaffing
- Children’s Hospital Colorado’s telehealth program to “exceed 100,000″ visits in 2020
- Colorado health department to launch vaccine dashboard on Friday
- Colorado health officials are investigating a second suspected case of new Covid strain
- Colorado hospitals are rapidly vaccinating their staff against coronavirus. Questions remain about the timing of who comes next.
- Colorado hospitals caught between local officials with different pandemic philosophies
- Colorado hospitals immunize thousands on frontline, share post-vaccine feelings
- California hospitals reach tentative agreement with RNs, avert strikes
- Colorado moves people 70 and older, teachers and grocery workers to higher COVID-19 vaccine priority
- Colorado to see 30% reduction in second shipment of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
- COVID-19 variant found in Colorado, 2nd case suspected: What we know today
- Denver-based travel nursing company sees record-breaking demand
- Littleton Adventist Hospital distributes food to struggling employees
- Nursing homes in California hit with new surge
- Some Colorado hospitals using lottery system to pick patients for experimental COVID-19 treatment
- Staff shortages, extended lockdowns in coronavirus-ridden Colorado prisons create “tenuous” situations
- State says more than 100 residents sick with COVID-19 at Escondido nursing home
- ‘We need to stay the course’: Denver leaders urge caution as COVID-19 numbers decline
CONNECTICUT
- Field hospital set up in Hartford to prepare for COVID-19 surge
- Connecticut practice settles $2M malpractice charge due to failed test order in new EHR
- FDA OK’s new heart transplant method at Connecticut hospital
- Nuvance To Bring 500 Jobs From Other Locations To New Site In Danbury
- Governor Lamont Commits an Additional $31.2 Million To Support Nursing Homes During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Healthcare leader signs Connecticut’s biggest lease of 2020
- Seven Connecticut hospitals receive top grades from national watchdog organization
- Hartford’s convention center ramps up on the front lines of battle in COVID-19 health crisis
- Connecticut Health Foundation grant to Waterbury hospital targets patient social needs
- His hospital is about 80% full. But he’s not alarmed — yet.
- Residents in more than 100 Connecticut nursing homes have completed their first round of COVID-19 vaccine; state on course to meet mid-January goal
DC
- CVS To Begin Vaccinations At DC Long-Term Care Facilities
- D.C.-area hospitals grapple with Covid vaccine logistics
- DC health care workers can now schedule COVID-19 vaccinations
- DC Health Launches Portal for District Workers in Health Care Settings to Schedule Vaccination Appointments
- Leaders in Washington region pledge to increase speed of coronavirus vaccine rollout
- Maryland, Virginia donate vaccine doses to Washington, DC
- Moderna vaccine given to DC healthcare workers
- Some Of D.C.’s First Healthcare Workers To Get The COVID-19 Vaccine Share Their Experience
- Staff at hospitals in DC, Texas turn down COVID-19 vaccine
- Washington region records most daily virus deaths since start of the pandemic
- With few takers for Covid vaccine, DC hospital CEO takes ‘one for the team’
DELAWARE
- Bayhealth facility still on despite Beebe opposition
- COVID hospitalizations reach high in Delaware; nine new deaths reported
- Delaware company gains insight into COVID-19
- DPH Finalizes Recommendations For Next Groups Eligible For COVID-19 Vaccine
- Here’s how Delaware will spend an opioid payout from Big Pharma
- How Delaware is using the money from its opioid impact charges
- New Report Outlines Plan for Strengthening Primary Care in Delaware
- Plan for affordable health care for Delaware residents
FLORIDA
- COVID-19 vaccination information for Central Florida
- Florida Department of Health announces all vaccination sites are at full capacity
- Florida Gov. DeSantis urges patience amid high demand for vaccinations
- Florida physician pleads guilty to $29M fraud
- Florida public health experts say state must do better on vaccine, but be patient
- Forbes names Florida ‘whistleblower’ Rebekah Jones named ‘Technology Person of the Year’
- Health First workers’ spouses vaccinated ahead of general public, sparking anger for some
- How Jacksonville helped contribute in clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines
- Miami-based health care firms CareMax, IMC to be acquired for $614M, taken public
- South Florida seniors jam phone lines, and Broward appointment website crashes, in the rush to get COVID vaccines
- Steady rise in COVID-19 patients not overwhelming Florida ICU’s
- ‘We have been skipped’: Health care workers voice frustration over governor’s decision to vaccinate seniors ahead of health care workers
GEORGIA
- As COVID-19 cases rise across Georgia, so does demand for more nurses in metro hospitals
- As Ga. hospitals begin vaccinations, state learns it will get fewer doses
- Atlanta hospitals prepare for first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
- COVID hospitalizations hit new record in Georgia
- COVID-19, of course, is 2020’s top health story for Georgia
- Deluged hospitals in Georgia warn of rationing care, beg revelers to stay home
- Elite Primary Care Pays OCR $36K for HIPAA Right of Access Violation
- Georgia governor commits nearly $70 million more for healthcare staff augmentation amid COVID-19
- Georgia hospital reports 550 daily cyberattack attempts on its Epic MyChart system
- Georgia rolls out COVID-19 vaccine to health care workers
- ‘Granny cam’ footage allowed under Ga Supreme Court ruling
- Kemp says Georgia will keep paying for nurses in pandemic
- More than 600 nursing home and long-term care facilities to begin administering vaccines in Georgia
- New Atlanta startup Rialtic raises $16.2M for health-care payment accuracy platform
- Overall Hospitalizations Up 145% In Georgia Since Thanksgiving
- Piedmont Healthcare plans $13 million expansion at Rockdale hospital
- Several metro Atlanta hospitals start vaccinating frontline workers
- State to reopen coronavirus field hospital in Atlanta as hospitals see record surge
- State wants health insurers to stop clogging hospital space
- ‘We’re full’: Central Georgia hospital issues dire warning as COVID hospitalizations hit new peak
HAWAII
- Approximately 20,000 COVID-19 vaccines administered in Hawaii
- CVS pharmacists to launch mass COVID-19 vaccination effort at Hawaii care homes
- Hawaii sees 38% increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations; State receives 16.3K more vaccines
- Hawaii to receive $1.7B in new federal Covid relief bill
- More than 2,200 healthcare workers with Hawaii Pacific Health receive COVID-19 vaccines
- Nursing homes begin vaccinations, but who’s next?
- Over 600 frontline workers at Queen’s Medical Center get COVID vaccines
- This New Ad Campaign Aims To Win Over Hawaii’s COVID-19 Vaccine Skeptics
IDAHO
- Idaho COVID-19 vaccine allocation cut by 44%
- Idaho Governor Brad Little Directs Department of Health to Hold Weekly Press Briefings on COVID-19 Vaccine
- Idaho health care in 2021: A light at the end of the tunnel?
- Idaho hospital pauses inpatient, outpatient elective surgeries
- Idaho hospitals report record COVID-19 cases in ICUs as state begins vaccinations
- Long-Term Care Facilities in Idaho Begin Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine, State Has Received Over 56,000 Doses So Far
- Signs suggest Idaho’s COVID-19 surge may be slowing as state adds 800 new cases, 24 deaths
- Long-term care residents, staff begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine as Idaho receives more doses
- St. Luke’s Health System frontline workers get Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
- Vaccine rollout in rural Eastern Oregon and Idaho poses unique challenges
- Viewpoint: Idaho COVID-19 vaccine rollout and hospital capacity
ILLINOIS
- Advocate Condell Medical Center to resume vaccinations after temporary pause due to COVID-19 vaccine side effects
- As Pandemic Rages On, Illinois Delays Fines For Understaffed Nursing Homes
- Can Illinois force Mercy Hospital & Medical Center to stay open? It’s complicated
- Chicago-area hospital to resume vaccinations after 4 workers experience adverse reactions: report
- Chicago-based primary care company adds second Cincinnati location in three months
- Chicago Hospital Prepares for Arrival of Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine
- Chicago’s Mercy Hospital remains committed to closure plan despite rejection by state board
- CVS Health preparing its COVID-19 vaccination program in Illinois
- Illinois board rejects plans to close essential South Side Chicago hospital
- Illinois Hospitals Focus On COVID-19 Vaccine Education, Not Mandates For Employees
- Illinois says 63,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered
- Illinois Surpasses 900,000 COVID-19 Cases
- Illinois system to merge with Northwestern Medicine
- In the midst of a long decline, new coronavirus cases spike in Missouri, Illinois
- Inside a Chicago nursing home hit hard by virus as vaccinations begin
- Inside a South Side nursing home hit hard by virus as vaccinations begin
- Memorial Health System expects to get ‘significantly higher’ vaccine amounts in second week of shipments
- Missouri, Illinois report uptick in COVID-19 cases
- More Illinois hospitals begin vaccinating health care workers as state and federal officials clash over size of future shipments
- State Regulators Vote to Keep Mercy Hospital Open, For Now
- University of Illinois, partner in UW spring testing, surpasses 1 million COVID-19 tests
- Vaccinations at Chicago-area hospital to resume after 4 workers experience adverse reactions
- What’s at stake if Mercy Hospital, Chicago’s oldest, closes
INDIANA
- Anthem Names Chief Health Officer
- COVID-19 BEDS: Federal data show pandemic’s impact on Indiana hospitals
- Gov. Eric Holcomb says he wants to reform Indiana’s long-term care, but details are scarce
- Governor Lifts Restrictions of In-Patient Elective Surgeries
- Half of Indiana counties labeled high-risk for virus spread
- Here are five takeaways from IndyStar’s 18-month nursing home investigation
- Holcomb extending National Guard deployment at Indiana nursing homes to combat COVID-19
- Hospital CEO’s response to Black doctor’s COVID-19 death prompts backlash
- Indiana hospitals work with limited Pfizer supply; health officials say hope on horizon
- Indiana virus hospitalizations down but deaths remain high
- Indiana’s virus deaths rate still up as hospitalizations dip
- IU Health CEO calls for external review after Black doctor alleges racist treatment
- IU Health CEO demands external review after Black physician alleges racist treatment
- Lutheran Health Network names CEO of downtown hospital
- More Indiana health care workers receive COVID-19 vaccinations
- More northeast Indiana hospitals begin administering COVID-19 vaccines
- New dashboard shows how many Hoosiers have been vaccinated
- Nursing home outbreaks flare in LaGrange, DeKalb counties
- OrthoPediatrics Expands Internationally
IOWA
- Iowa hospitals’ financial losses mount amid COVID-19
- Iowa long-term care facilities awarded for keeping COVID-19 out
- Over 3,000 University of Iowa Health Care staff get first COVID-19 vaccine dose
- Iowa’s hospitals lost $433 million during pandemic
- COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Iowa care facilities, which have been slammed by deadly outbreaks
- Some Iowa nursing homes await word on vaccination schedule
- Man with MRSA reportedly flings blood at Bellingham nurses
- In a tough year for the Iowa health care system, rural hospital delivers record number of babies
- Iowa reports 69 additional COVID-19 deaths, more than 280,00 total cases
KANSAS
- Saint Luke’s closes 2 Kansas hospitals
- OIG tags Kansas hospital for erroneous billing
- Kansas has 41 new COVID deaths, 144 more hospitalizations in first report since Christmas
- Saint Luke’s closes 2 Kansas hospitals
- Kansas nursing home residents begin getting vaccinated for COVID-19
- COVID-19 vaccines are coming to Kansas nursing homes soon, but family visits likely remain months away
- COVID vaccine on its way to 900+ assisted living facilities in Kansas, Missouri as soon as today
- Health care workers fight on despite staffing shortages, overwhelming death, fatigue
- Kansas sees 6,000 new cases as health care system ‘holds its breath’
KENTUCKY
- ‘A very exciting time:’ Kentucky finishes distribution of first vaccine doses to hospitals
- Another coronavirus pandemic breakthrough: Moderna vaccines arrive in Louisville
- CHI Saint Joseph Health to install Epic EHR
- First vaccines arrive at Kentucky’s long-term care facilities
- Kentucky Health Officials Brace for Flu Cases Alongside COVID-19
- Kentucky health officials lay out phases of state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- Kindred Healthcare and Antelope Valley Hospital Announce Planned Behavioral Health and Rehabilitation Hospital
- Kindred Healthcare names a new company president
- King’s Daughters Medical Center begins vaccinating team members against COVID-19
- Louisville long term care facilities receive first COVID-19 vaccine doses
- Mercy Health-Lourdes Hospital, UKHC’s Gill Heart & Vascular Institute announce affiliation
- New program develops drone program to deliver PPE to Eastern Kentuckians
- Sale of old Shriners Hospital to Kentucky Easter Seal Society finalized
- Southern Kentucky hospital seeing surge in COVID-19 patients
- St. Elizabeth keeps its A safety-grade ranking from Leapfrog for fifth straight year; most get in state Cs
LOUISIANA
- 208K added to Louisiana Medicaid rolls in COVID-19 pandemic
- La. high court returns virus rules dispute to lower court
- La. Supreme Court refuses to rule on governor’s COVID order
- Nursing home vaccinations begin in Louisiana
- The Latest: Louisiana hospitalizations highest since summer
- Cerner signs 4 new rural hospitals for cloud-based EHR
- Why state auditor says Louisiana’s coronavirus data for positivity rates may be incomplete
- For-profit hospital M&A update: 14 deals involving CHS, Tenet and HCA
- LDH: 3,900 new cases of COVID-19 reported Tuesday; nearly 1,700 hospitalized
- Richard Tanzella leaving as CEO of Piedmont Rockdale Hospital for new position in Louisiana
- Who’s next in line for Louisiana’s coronavirus vaccine after Phase 1 rollout? It’s complicated
- ‘A Superstar of a vaccine’ | Coronavirus vaccines rolling out across Louisiana
- Louisiana to begin vaccinations for residents 70 years and older along with emergency service workers
- New Orleans residents taking part in Novavax COVID-19 vaccine study
- Louisiana to offer limited vaccine doses for people 70-years-old and older next week
MAINE
- Maine hospital emerges from bankruptcy
- Maine hospitals get extra vaccine doses in first shipments
- Virus outbreak at Deer Isle nursing home has become Maine’s 4th largest
- Maine CDC investigates 38 COVID cases at Kennebunk nursing facility
- Bangor hospital reports highest week of hospitalizations yet, but patient counts stable elsewhere
- Central Maine Healthcare starts administering Moderna vaccine to hospital staff
- Deadly coronavirus outbreaks in long-term care facilities getting more frequent
- Independent Health Providers ‘Feel A Little Forgotten About’ In Maine’s Vaccination Plans
- Volunteers answer staffing shortage for vaccination clinics, expose growing need
- COVID-19 outbreaks at 3 Aroostook County nursing homes leave 3 dead
- Maine long-term care facilities start vaccinating residents
- Thirteen more deaths, 702 new COVID-19 cases reported in Maine
MARYLAND
- All Maryland hospitals set to get vaccine within 2 weeks
- By this week, 90% of Maryland’s front line hospital staff should have access to first dose of Moderna or Pfizer vaccine
- Does This Nursing Home Ignore COVID Mask Safety?
- Johns Hopkins develops COVID-19 vaccine data dashboard: 4 details
- Maryland Doctors Are Struggling to Get Vaccinated for COVID-19
- Maryland’s hospitals ‘not in crisis mode’ at this time
- Maryland receives enough vaccines for 90% of front line healthcare workers
- Maryland, Virginia donate vaccine doses to Washington, DC
- Maryland’s Alternate Care Sites Provide Expert Care And Surge Capacity For COVID-19 Patients
- MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center Issues Its First Vaccinations to Associates
- More than 80% of vaccines on hand in Maryland not administered
- University of Maryland taps leading pediatric surgeon to head children’s heart program
MASSACHUSETTS
- Massachusetts home health agency to pay $10M to settle false claims charges
- Massachusetts hospitals file merger plan
- As Hospitals Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines, Health Care Workers Describe Chaos And Anger
- Hospital capacity in eastern Massachusetts filling up quickly
- ‘Hallelujah’ Campaign to vaccinate Massachusetts long-term care residents for COVID-19 begins
- Health care system in Massachusetts under immense pressure, Gov. Baker says
- COVID-19 vaccinations to begin at Massachusetts nursing homes
MICHIGAN
- AP: Michigan spent $136M on medical gear early in pandemic
- Beaumont appoints 3 doctors to board amid staff criticism
- Covenant HealthCare treating most COVID-19 patients in Michigan for fifth week
- Doctor charged in $120M fraud scheme in ‘dire’ condition after contracting COVID-19
- Doctor drives three hours to get Covid-19 vaccine to rural Michigan hospital
- ICUs at Sparrow, McLaren Greater Lansing see dip in patients, but can adapt if needed
- McLaren St. Luke’s granted preliminary injunction against ProMedica
- Michigan health department says 23% of vaccine doses delivered have been administered
- Michigan health officials wrestling with who will get COVID vaccine next
- Michigan’s COVID-19 Status: The Numbers at Individual Hospitals
- MidMichigan Health physician driving COVID-19 vaccines between hospitals in his car
- New noninvasive heart procedure at Beaumont Health shortens recovery time
- Nursing homes bear brunt of pandemic deaths, cases in 2020
- The COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan in Michigan
- Whitmer rips federal government for ‘slow walking’ vaccine distribution in Michigan
MINNESOTA
- ‘A ray of hope’: Vaccines should roll out soon in Minnesota long-term care facilities
- Mayo Clinic returns nearly half its federal COVID-19 aid
- Minnesota hospital to close ER Dec. 30
- Mayo Clinic adds hot spot data to its COVID-19 map
- First doses of coronavirus vaccine arrive at Minnesota nursing homes
- ‘It shouldn’t be an afterthought’: Mayo Clinic’s 1st chief digital officer on the importance of equity, inclusion in digital health
- St. Joseph’s ER in St. Paul closes Wednesday morning
- Minnesota reports 61 more COVID-19 deaths, 2,204 new cases
- Minnesota health system deploys Epic EHR at local practice: 3 details
- COVID-19 claims 66 more lives in Minnesota
- Minnesota nursing homes see large-scale vaccination effort
- Fergus Falls health system’s computer network disrupted after ransomware attack
- Mayo Clinic buys empty Days Inn lot for $10 million
MISSISSIPPI
- As Covid surges in Mississippi Delta, food banks and hospitals are stretched thin
- COVID-19 treatment in Mississippi: Hospital tries new device with positive results
- Mississippi hospitals overwhelmed by surge in COVID-19 cases
- Mississippi hospitals overwhelmed as new year approaches
- Mississippi hospitals to accept new patients even if at full capacity
- Mississippi to begin drive-thru vaccinations for health care workers next week
- Mississippi’s frontline healthcare workers line up for COVID-19 vaccine
- Rural hospitals are working with less, but facing the same challenges as bigger facilities
- Tennessee, Mississippi health officials will begin administering Moderna vaccine next week
MISSOURI
- CVS: 100000 nursing home vaccinations next week in Missouri
- In the midst of a long decline, new coronavirus cases spike in Missouri, Illinois
- Long-term care facilities in Columbia get first coronavirus vaccinations
- Missouri, Illinois report uptick in COVID-19 cases
- Missouri’s 2nd batch of vaccine smaller than anticipated
- MU Health Care will not participate in state’s Vizient partnership
- St. Louis-area hospitals struggle as COVID cases remain dangerously high
- COVID-19 vaccinations roll out to 120,000 in Missouri nursing homes. ‘I’m hoping that it means change is coming’
- BCBS of Kansas City subsidiary buys stake in value-based care firm
- University of Missouri system settles patent lawsuit
- Missouri reports 1,451 new COVID-19 infections, three deaths
- Missouri hospitals see glimmer of hope in COVID-19 stats
- Barnes-Jewish St. Peters and Progress West Hospitals’ New President Calder will begin in February
- Hundreds of local healthcare workers say they are still waiting on the COVID-19 vaccine
- UNMC participating in test of new COVID vaccine candidate
- Vaccine distribution lags in Kansas City and across the US, slowing progress health leaders hoped for
- Missouri begins vaccinations at long-term care facilities
- Missouri distributes 23,000+ COVID-19 vaccines to frontline workers, nursing home residents ahead of Christmas
MONTANA
- Health providers first to get COVID-19 vaccine in Montana
- Memo details phased approach to COVID-19 vaccinations in Montana
- Montana hospitals rapidly working through first supply of COVID-19 vaccine
- Montana’s vaccine allocation to drop 20% through end of year
- Nearly 17,000 health care workers vaccinated in Montana
- Nonprofit ranks Montana hospitals
- Providence St. Patrick Hospital begins COVID-19 vaccinations for frontline caregivers
- Rural hospitals, beyond the rhetoric
- Western MT rural health care facilities begin COVID-19 vaccinations
NEBRASKA
- Nebraska’s COVID-19 restrictions will ease ahead of Christmas; Lincoln restrictions remain in place
- Cerner signs 4 new rural hospitals for cloud-based EHR
- South Heartland tallies of new COVID-19 cases continue downward trend
- Vaccinations can’t come too soon for hard-hit Nebraska nursing homes
- Ricketts: Nebraska will ‘bank’ vaccine doses to administer to nursing homes
- Vaccines delayed at nursing home due to outbreak
- Ricketts eases Nebraska’s COVID pandemic restrictions just before Christmas
- Nebraska hospitals administer state’s first COVID-19 vaccinations
NEVADA
- CVS to start giving COVID-19 vaccinations at Nevada long-term care facilities
- Hospitalizations rise again in Nevada as record set for ICU patients
- Nevada COVID-19 reports show decline in cases, hospitalizations, deaths
- Nevada expects 42% cut in COVID-19 vaccine doses next week
- Nevada has highest COVID-19 hospitalization rate per capita in the US
- Nevada hospitals continue to fill up amid a steady rise in COVID-19 cases
- Nevada Revises Vaccine Plan but Assures Delivery Is Smooth
- Nevada updates COVID-19 vaccination tier structure to prioritize those 75 and older
- Southern Nevada passes 500,000 COVID-19 test milestone
- Staff shortages, lack of beds bring hospitals closer to ‘breaking point’
- Test positivity drops below 20% as Nevada reports 2,000+ COVID-19 cases
- Virus is pushing rural Nevada hospitals to the brink
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- New Hampshire health system sells for $30M
- NH accepted more than $134 million in federal disaster relief from FEMA
- For-profit hospital M&A update: 14 deals involving CHS, Tenet and HCA
- Hassan heads effort to ban surprise medical bills
- State health officials believe toughest weeks ahead for COVID-19 hospitalizations
- Health care experts urge New Hampshire to be more like Vermont with COVID-19 prevention
- New Hampshire ranks No. 1 — in COVID-19 nursing home deaths
- New Legislation Proposes To Study Whether NH Should Appoint Nursing Home Inspector General
- N.H. Long Term Care Facilities Begin Vaccinating Staff and Residents
- Second family accuses New Hampshire Veterans Home of not doing enough during COVID outbreak
NEW JERSEY
- 1 In 4 Ocean County Hospital Beds Occupied By COVID Patients
- A health care system that buckled but held: NJ 2020, the year of COVID-19
- CarePoint inks deal to sell 2 New Jersey hospitals
- How New Jersey Is Distributing the COVID-19 Vaccines
- More of N.J.’s healthcare workers to receive COVID-19 vaccine this week
- NJ Gov. Murphy reports 5,184 new COVID-19 cases Sunday
- N.J. hospitals, nursing homes could soon be required to report COVID-19 cases, fatalities among workers
- NJ’s Incoming Vaccine Orders Cut by 100K Doses, Murphy Says
- N.J. launches website for COVID-19 vaccine news and how to register
- NJ is setting up 6 ‘megasites’ where more health care workers can get COVID-19 vaccine
- NJ launches 2 helplines for healthcare workers and first responders
- NJ nursing home vaccinations delayed over missed deadline with feds
NEW MEXICO
- Cerner signs 4 new rural hospitals for cloud-based EHR
- New Mexico judge sides with man who sued state for blocking nursing home visits with wife
- New Mexico nursing homes begin distributing coronavirus vaccine
- Investigation continues into outbreak at New Mexico mental hospital
- Moderna vaccine distribution underway at New Mexico nursing home, assisted living facilities
- COVID-19 vaccines trickling into New Mexico
- New Mexico hospitals expecting most staff to receive COVID-19 vaccine within 2-3 weeks
NEW YORK
- Drug clinic admits phony billing scheme, agrees to pay NYS $6 million
- Independent NYC doctors ‘livid’ that they’re left out of COVID vaccine plan
- New York hospital exec disappointed after staff cut the line for COVID-19 vaccine
- New York Nursing Home Residents and Staff Are Now Being Vaccinated for COVID-19
- New York pushes forward vaccinating the most vulnerable
- New York to Penalize Health-Care Providers $1 Million for Covid-19 Vaccine Fraud
- NY hospitals to test for new COVID variant
- Suburban New York hospital latest to cancel elective procedures in state
- How Mount Sinai’s central billing office boosted efficiency, cash flow
- Eli Lilly to buy New York drugmaker for up to $1B
- Mount Sinai vaccination of marketing staffer raises flags at state health department
- ‘Once again, we’re not prepared’: New York hospital nurses say lack of staff, resources maches spring surge
- When COVID-19 is not a shared experience: Suggestions from NewYork-Presbyterian’s CXO on how to deal with fatigue and denial
- NY health care provider may have fraudulently obtained Covid-19 vaccines, state says
- New York hospital CEO disappointed after staff cut the line for COVID-19 vaccine
- Memorial Sloan Kettering paid $1.5M severance to CMO forced out over disclosure failures
- New York pharmacy owners charged in $30M COVID-19 scam
- New York hospitals now testing for new COVID-19 variant
- Deal between United Healthcare, Montefiore not settled
- New York attorney general investigating whether clinic fraudulently obtained Covid vaccine doses, Cuomo says
- Independent NYC doctors ‘livid’ that they’re left out of COVID vaccine plan
- As Hospitals Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines, Health Care Workers Describe Chaos And Anger
- Northwell Health launches medical training app for faculty, students
NORTH CAROLINA
- 2020 in review: In health care, it wasn’t only about COVID
- As Vidant Health system capacity hovers around 92%, concern is high for employee well being
- Duke Health, Geisinger sue HHS over Medicare payments
- Duke University takes federal agency to court over Medicare payments
- Federal authorities raising concerns about NC hospital staffing
- Gov. Cooper visiting Duke University Medical Center for first-hand look at COVID-19 vaccinations
- How much will a hip replacement cost? UNC Health has a new estimator tool for that.
- ICU bed capacity low in Triangle
- ICU beds still available in North Carolina hospitals but COVID-19 hospitalizations not slowing down
- ‘It is filling up:’ Nearly 1 in 5 NC hospitals at least 90 percent full, federal data show
- NC nursing homes prepare for vaccination effort as state’s hospitalizations, death toll climb
- NC is running out of hospital beds ahead of Christmas
- North Carolina health system scrutinized over vaccine priority
- North Carolina prepares to vaccinate nursing home workers
- ‘Our beds are very full’: Duke ICU running out of beds as COVID-19 numbers rise
- Outer Banks Hospital disputes federal report on weekly capacity, number of COVID patients
NORTH DAKOTA
- Tour of Bismarck COVID-19 unit shows the myriad challenges
- North Dakota reports lowest COVID-19 case count since September on low testing day
- North Dakota’s active COVID-19 cases drop below 2,000 for first time since early September
- North Dakota records 10 COVID-19 deaths, increase in active cases on last day of 2020
- After grim year, arrival of COVID-19 vaccine spurs ‘burst of energy’ at North Dakota nursing homes
- North Dakota to resume contact tracing as COVID-19 case count shrinks
- North Dakota virus cases, hospitalizations continue plunge
- COVID-19 hospitalizations dip below 100 in North Dakota
- 2 North Dakotans have suspected allergic reaction to vaccine
OHIO
- Chicago-based primary care company adds second Cincinnati location in three months
- Christ Hospital Health Network names heart institute leader
- Cincinnati hospital CEO will chair Ohio Hospital Association board in 2021
- Cleveland Clinic Akron General receives $700,000 to help with facility upgrades
- Cleveland Clinic resuming nonessential surgeries as COVID-19 hospital admissions plateau
- Cleveland Clinic to resume elective surgeries in Ohio
- Coronavirus: Ohio posts lower numbers for COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
- How this health care company helps meet Ohio’s health, economic challenges during Covid-19 crisis
- Lake Health to become part of Cleveland’s University Hospitals
- MetroHealth and Cuyahoga County launching pilot for COVID-19 rapid testing of essential workers
- More rehab hospitals popping up locally, nationwide
- Local hospitals running at full capacity with COVID patients
- Ohio governor on coronavirus numbers: ‘Nothing to be happy about’
- Ohio Hospitals Have a Plan to Work Together to Ensure Capacity for COVID Surge
- Ohio spent $55M on hospital gowns at start of pandemic
- Strained Ohio Hospital Capacity is Not Keeping COVID Patients from Being Admitted, Officials Say
- Summa Health and minority owner HealthSpan ending relationship Jan. 1
- ‘There needs to be patience’: Here’s what’s new with Ohio’s vaccine rollout
- Vaccinations begin at Ohio nursing homes
OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma hospital begins giving COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare workers
- $120M Veteran’s Hospital To Be Built In Downtown Tulsa
- State health officials say it’s likely that we will soon see new COVID-19 variant in Oklahoma
- SSM Health St. Anthony asking for “Oklahoma Standard” as COVID-19 pandemic rages on
- New data: Oklahoma remains near top for COVID-19 hospitalizations, cases
- Oklahoma’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan
- Oklahoma’s first nursing home residents, staff members receive COVID-19 vaccine
- Doctors discuss new COVID strain, warn of holiday surge
- Oklahoma County could move to tier 4 of hospital surge plan soon
- Oklahoma hospitals move to Tier 3 amid influx of COVID-19 patients
OREGON
- Gov. Brown extends state of emergency declaration in Oregon until March 2021
- Hospitals, health workers stressed by Oregon’s recent surge in COVID-19 cases
- ‘I do not envy OHA’: After healthcare workers, who gets vaccinated next in Oregon?
- Oregon health care workers begin to receive COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday
- Oregon Hospitals Didn’t Have Shortages. So Why Were Disabled People Denied Care?
- Oregon nursing homes begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines
- Oregon’s next steps in the COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan
- Portland health experts expect mortality rates to drop with vaccine rollout
- Rural clinics fill healthcare gaps across Oregon
- Rural Oregon hospitals receive first shipments of Moderna vaccine
- So. Oregon long-term care facilities hit hard with active, Covid-19 outbreaks
- The biggest health care story of the year in Oregon? Take a wild guess
- Vaccine rollout in rural Eastern Oregon and Idaho poses unique challenges
- Wallowa Memorial Hospital to receive a four-wheel ambulance
PENNSYLVANIA
- 1,200 Pa. health care workers vaccinated so far for covid-19
- After seeing patients and taking risks all year, Pa.’s private doctors have been left out of the vaccination process
- Chester County braces for sale or closure of Tower Health’s Brandywine and Jennersville Hospitals
- COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: Doctor Warns ‘Look No Further Than Your Local Hospital’ To See How Dire Pandemic Is
- Duke Health, Geisinger sue HHS over Medicare payments
- Geisinger employees begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine
- Geisinger expects to vaccinate 3,000 employees by next week
- Gov. Wolf Announces Lifting of Time Limited Mitigation on Jan. 4, Dashboard to Track Progress of COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
- Lawsuit shines spotlight on COVID-19 deaths at Southeastern Veterans Center
- New PA Hospital Safety Ratings: 57 Get ‘A’ Grade, 8 Get ‘D’
- Pennsylvania spent $35M on plastic face shields in early ’20
- Pennsylvania to release COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan
- Philadelphia health system merger clears latest FTC challenge
- Slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Pennsylvania could delay shots for general public
- St. Mary Medical Center Nurses Overwhelmingly Approve New Contract
- St. Mary nurses ratify five-year pact calling for 18% overall increase in pay
RHODE ISLAND
- As Rhode Island nursing home deaths hit 1,000, the state’s staffing crisis worsens
- Rhode Island Nursing Home Vaccination Effort Starts Monday
- Healthcare workers receive COVID vaccines at South County Hospital
- Nursing home vaccinations begin in Rhode Island
- Vaccinations in RI nursing homes and the state prison begin
- AARP Rhode Island Urges Raimondo to Withdraw COVID Immunity for Nursing Homes
- COVID-19 vaccines arriving at Oklahoma nursing homes
- RI Hospital program for people with mental challenges has successfully gone virtual
SOUTH CAROLINA
- CEO of a major Charleston-area hospital owner stepping down in 2021
- Coronavirus cases in South Carolina see record single-day high
- COVID-19 vaccine distribution in South Carolina: How is it going?
- Nursing homes keep COVID-19 spread low despite record-breaking cases across SC
- Recent data show every county in South Carolina at ‘high’ rate of COVID19 activity in all 3 categories
- Record 2,001 COVID-19 hospitalizations in SC, 31.4% percent positive cases
- SC doctors warn of staffing shortages and capacity concerns ahead of Christmas
- S.C. governor extends state of emergency for COVID-19 into 2021
- SC health officials report most hospitalizations, highest percent positivity rate since pandemic began
- SC Hospital Association creating new hospital bed surge plan
- S.C. hospitals planning for post-holiday COVID-19 surge
- SC reserving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for nursing home residents, staff
- S.C. rural hospitals to give COVID-19 vaccine despite a lack of ultracold storage
- Some SC rural counties wait for the coronavirus vaccine to become available
- South Carolina health system CEO to step down after 12 years
- South Carolina hospital CEO says Leapfrog is ‘increasingly irrelevant,’ disputes failing safety grade
- South Carolina lawmakers push for quicker vaccination process
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Sanford Health tries to move beyond month of upheaval
- South Dakota’s COVID-19 death rate highest in the nation according to health professionals
- Cerner signs 4 new rural hospitals for cloud-based EHR
- New cases, hospitalizations increase as active cases decline Tuesday
- Sanford Health updates on COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- COVID-19 vaccine in South Dakota: State receives 14,600 doses of Moderna vaccine
- Sanford Health looking to move on after turbulent month
- Report: SD nursing homes hardest hit by COVID-19
- SD nursing home COVID-19 death rate remains among highest in the nation; while providers await grant money
- South Dakota’s COVID-19 Surge Is Turning Nursing Homes Into A ‘Battle Zone’
- COVID-19 in South Dakota: 24 deaths, 445 new cases reported New Year’s Eve
TENNESSEE
- Billionaire sells $109M of CHS stock
- Biotech firm plans move to Nashville with new 150 jobs
- Clinical vaccine trials continue in Nashville amid vaccine rollout
- Data breach hits members of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee’s vision care vendor
- Emergency room space continues to fill up across Tennessee
- Hospital safety net for millions of Tennesseans vulnerable as coronavirus cases surge
- Hospitals report IT disruption due to Nashville explosion
- In Tennessee, around 1 in 8 long-term care residents diagnosed with COVID-19 are dying from it
- Methodist University Hospital president resigns
- Most Tennessee hospitals at or near capacity ahead of Christmas holiday
- Smaller hospitals across the state to get Moderna vaccine first
- Tenet, Methodist Le Bonheur abandon $350M deal after FTC challenge
- Tennessee back to highest new COVID-19 case rate in the country
- Tennessee Faces COVID-19 Vaccine Delay While Leading In New Case Numbers
- Tennessee Hospitals Are Disturbingly Close To Their Breaking Point
- Tennessee loses 3rd hospital this year
- Tennessee, Mississippi health officials will begin administering Moderna vaccine next week
- TN Health Commissioner: Post-Christmas surge could ‘completely break’ Tennessee hospitals
TEXAS
- Denton nursing home under investigation after nine COVID-19 deaths
- Governor Will Get Vaccine as Hospitalizations Climb Past 10K
- Memorial Hermann among first to receive and administer COVID-19 Vaccine to Frontline Healthcare Workers
- Staff at hospitals in DC, Texas turn down COVID-19 vaccine
- Temperature problems delay 144,400 Moderna vaccine doses for Texas
- Tenet Healthcare to sell its urgent care locations to FastMed Urgent Care
- Tenet to sell its 87 urgent care centers to FastMed
- Tenet to sell 87 urgent care centers to FastMed for $80 million as it focuses on ambulatory services
- Texas hospital pays $48M to settle false claims allegations
- Texas’ second round of COVID-19 vaccines earmarked for smaller hospitals and long-term care facility residents
- Texas surgical hospital settles Stark Law violation allegations, whistleblowers get $13.9M
- Tenet, Methodist Le Bonheur abandon $350M deal after FTC challenge
- For-profit hospital M&A update: 14 deals involving CHS, Tenet and HCA
- Texas hospital group disputes concern over unused vaccine
- North Texas hospitals running out of ICU beds for new COVID-19 patients
- Abbott says vaccine doses ‘sitting on hospital shelves’ instead of being given to Texans
- Hospital Capacity Stretched in Parts of Texas
- Texas hospital pays $48M to settle false claims allegations
- Tenet agrees to sell urgent care business for $80M as it pivots to surgery centers
- After decades as a hospital operator, Tenet shifts its focus to surgery centers
- Texas breaks from CDC guidelines on vaccine prioritization
- Pandemic burnout could exacerbate Texas’s nursing shortage
- Who leads Conifer Health: 5 people to know
UTAH
- COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Utah is slower than anticipated
- Intermountain Healthcare doctor describes COVID-19 vaccine as ‘an incredible moment in science’
- Intermountain, UnitedHealthcare launch ACO
- Smaller Utah Hospitals await vaccine as Moderna awaits FDA approval
- Three weeks after Thanksgiving, Utah’s COVID-19 case rates declining
- Utah is nudging hesitant nursing home employees to get the coronavirus vaccine
- Utah ICUs now at 99.4% capacity, as state reports 2,408 new COVID cases and 8 deaths
- Utah Nurses, ICUs stretched, even as hospitalizations stabilize
- Utah reports 1,891 new COVID-19 cases as hospitals receive Moderna vaccine
- Utah to receive 30% fewer coronavirus vaccine doses
- Where is Utah at with distributing the COVID-19 vaccine?
VERMONT
- Inside UVM Medical Center’s ransomware attack: 11 details
- Ransomware downed UVM Medical Center systems, but no payment made
- Certificate of need OK’d for $26M Bennington hospital project
- Bennington hospital closes on $4.6M SVC campus deal
- Vermont Nursing Home Residents Begin Getting Vaccines
- Slow start to vaccine rollout in Vermont
- Vermont hospitals enter second week of COVID-19 vaccinations
- ‘We got taken down’: UVM Medical Center says cyberattackers were likely after money
VIRGINIA
- 18 Virginia hospitals get COVID-19 doses
- Clinical trials testing COVID-19 therapies give UVA medical expert hope
- Hospitalizations Rise in SW Virginia, Ballad Health Extends Pause on Procedures
- In Virginia, slow vaccine rollout frustrates health care providers
- Inova plans $1B Alexandria medical campus
- Maryland, Virginia donate vaccine doses to Washington, DC
- Virginia COVID vaccinations: Half a million for frontline health workers? Not even close.
- Virginia Department of Health says kinks being worked out in vaccine distribution process
- Virginia Health Department looking to get more efficient with vaccine distribution, nursing homes now getting doses
- Virginia hospital workers strained due to post-holiday spike in COVID cases
- Virginia reports highest single-day COVID-19 case increase since start of pandemic; Hampton Roads reports 20% of state’s increase
- Virginia to initially receive fewer COVID-19 vaccine doses than anticipated
- Virginia will receive 23% fewer COVID-19 vaccines than expected before month-end
WASHINGTON
- CDC cuts Washington state’s vaccine allocation by 40 percent
- CHI Franciscan, Virginia Mason ink definitive agreement to combine
- Health department: 356,650 coronavirus vaccine doses delivered to Washington state, but most have yet to find an arm
- Here’s How Full Hospitals In Washington Are
- LifePoint to sell Washington hospital
- Local hospitals overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients
- New WA Sec of Health: 2020 was just the ‘first half’ of this pandemic
- Providence names Michelle L. Edwards as chief experience officer
- Seattle Children’s Hospital loses battle to keep mold outbreak records from public
- Seattle Leans On High Court To KO Health Care Challenge
WEST VIRGINIA
- COVID vaccine distributions for oldest West Virginians taking many forms
- Rural West Virginia hospitals see challenge in convincing public to get COVID vaccine
- Southern WVa hospital enters into management agreement
- West Virginia And Surrounding Area Hospitals Filling Up Thanks To COVID-19 Surge
- West Virginia health officials mistakenly gave 42 people Regeneron IV Covid treatment instead of vaccine shot
- West Virginia hospital opens ophthalmology practice
- West Virginia University Hospitals, Princeton Community Hospital enter management agreement, clinical affiliation
- WVU Hospitals, Princeton Community Hospital enter into management agreement and clinical affiliation
- WVU Medicine makes leadership changes at 2 hospitals
WISCONSIN
- A Wisconsin hospital promised to stop suing most patients during the pandemic. Then it filed 200 lawsuits.
- AP: Wisconsin spent $99M on medical gear early in pandemic
- Dane County hospital staffing improves
- Gov. Evers Delivers Radio Address on COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution in Wisconsin
- How Ascension Wisconsin is Preparing for the COVID-19 Vaccination
- Just under 200 Wisconsin health care workers inoculated against COVID as vaccine reaches Milwaukee VA Medical Center and Ascension Franklin
- New SSM Health to open Feb. 22 in Beaver Dam
- Nexus Pharmaceuticals sets month for $100M plant opening, preps drug for treating Covid patients
- Paramedics partner with Wisconsin hospital to get heart attack patients straight to surgery
- Wisconsin COVID-19 vaccination begins in high-risk setting: nursing homes
- Wisconsin health care company’s community Covid-19 response highlighted nationally
- Wisconsin hospital discards hundreds of COVID-19 vaccines after improper storage
- Wisconsin hospital employee fired for ‘intentionally’ spoiling 500 doses of COVID vaccine
- Wisconsin Hospital Files 200 Debt Lawsuits During Pandemic
WYOMING
