NATIONAL
- 3 healthcare executive actions expected from Biden this week
- 33% of orthopedic surgeons burned out in 2020: 10 findings
- 1,900 Moderna vaccine doses spoiled at Boston hospital after freezer is unplugged
- Almost half of older adults aren’t using patient portals, prompting concerns for vaccine scheduling
- Biden appoints Rear Admiral Susan Orsega as acting surgeon general
- Biden’s pandemic plan: 10 things to know
- Biden to pick nurse as acting surgeon general
- CMS withdraws 3 proposed health rules
- COVID-19 hospitalizations fall, but deaths rise; US boosts states’ vaccine supplies
- Five New Guilty Pleas In Nationwide Telemedicine Pharmacy Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
- Help With Vaccination Push Comes From Unexpected Businesses
- HHS asks hospitals for feedback on COVID-19 data reporting requirements
- HHS awards nearly $20M in effort to boost immunization data sharing
- Hospitals push CMS to pause ‘most favored nation’ drug-pricing rule
- Hospitals stuck with $660B in uncompensated care since 2000, American Hospital Association says
- Hospitals lost $20B by pausing electives last year
- Hospitals see opportunity, risk in ambulatory surgery centers
- Hospitals urge CMS to withdraw ‘most favored nation’ drug-pricing rule
- If vaccine administration is lagging, why are hospitals, cities and states running out of shots?
- Many health care workers are refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine
- More hospital ICUs edge nearer a breaking point
- Most nursing home workers don’t want the vaccine. Here’s what facilities are doing about it.
- New CMS SDoH Resource: More Memorandum than Roadmap?
- Pfizer says it will fulfill COVID-19 vaccine contract with US 2 months early
- PhRMA sues HHS to overturn dispute resolution rule for 340B program
- Physician compensation slides after COVID-19 slams practices, Kaufman Hall says
- Physician net revenue was down 4.5% in 2020, analysis finds
- Recoveries down under federal False Claims Act but likely to rise again
- Rural hospital closures add at least 20 miles to patient travel, GAO says
- Rural Hospital Closures a Hit to Patient Care Access, Outcomes
- Some states reallocating COVID-19 vaccines meant for long-term care facilities
- States ranked by percentage of COVID-19 vaccines administered
- The Final HIPAA Actions Under Trump Administration
- ‘Tumultuous’ year for hospitals results in 55% drop in median operating margin, Kaufman Hall finds
- US hospitals lost $22.3B delaying elective surgeries, study estimates
- US reports 1st cases of South Africa variant
- What Will CMS Do Under the Biden Administration?
- Where price transparency compliance stands at Mayo Clinic, Providence + 6 other systems
- Why Nursing Homes’ COVID-19 Legal Shields May Interfere With Other Cases
ALABAMA
- Alabama invests more than $4 million in student mental health
- Governor: Alabama to receive ‘slight increase’ in vaccine supply
- $14M expansion doubles size of nursing program at U of Alabama
- Alabama extends mask mandate amid high COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
- Alabama Hospital Association: COVID-19 cases trending in the right direction
- Alabama’s problematic COVID-19 vaccine program leads to a rise of vaccine tourism
- Alabama’s hospital system remains strained as COVID-19 hospitalizations trend down
- What went wrong with the vaccine rollout in Alabama and what happens next
- Alabama becomes latest state to detect COVID-19 variant
- Looking for health policy leadership in Alabama? Choose a nurse
- Alabama hospital offers tickets for COVID vaccine
ALASKA
- Alaska has nation’s highest coronavirus vaccination rate
- COVID-19 variant first detected in U.K. has been found in Alaska
- Alaska rises to No. 1 among states for per-capita coronavirus vaccinations
- Beginning Thursday, thousands more Alaska seniors will be able to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments
- Alaska Governor: Bill to Extend Public Health Disaster
ARIZONA
- Phoenix Children’s Earns Adult Congenital Heart Association Accreditation
- Physician shortage forces Arizona hospital to shut down ICU
- Where Arizona stands 1 year into the coronavirus pandemic
- Arizona Nursing Home Under Scrutiny for Requiring COVID-Infected Employees to Work
- More than 1,000 Arizona assisted living facilities still waiting for COVID-19 vaccines
- Banner Health Arizona hospitals to cautiously resume elective surgeries
- Hospital leaders warn of more COVID-19 deaths if mitigation efforts decrease in Arizona
- Uncertainty marks vaccine rollout for Tucson’s long-term-care facilities
- Chandler expands health care options with new hospital, new hospital tower
- Arizona hospital forced to throw out dozens of COVID-19 vaccine doses
ARKANSAS
- Hospital set to initiate next vaccination stage
- CVS Health finishes first round of vaccinations at Arkansas nursing homes
- Arkansas nursing homes begin offering monoclonal antibody treatment to residents
- Vaccine reaches more in Northwest Arkansas
- 90% of UAMS workforce vaccinated against COVID, chancellor says
- Arkansas health officials say wearing two masks may not be better than one
- COVID-19 in Arkansas: ADH says the state is seeing promising numbers in vaccination management
CALIFORNIA
- Adventist Signs Onto California HIE to Boost Patient Data Exchange
- Blue Shield of California to oversee state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- California hospital COO disciplined over vaccine scandal
- CBS13 Investigates: Where Are California’s Unused COVID-19 Vaccine Doses?
- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles receives $25M gift from anonymous donor
- Exec wasn’t disciplined after California hospital broke vaccine protocol, HCA says
- Los Angeles hospital slated to close may stay open during COVID-19 surge
- California hospital investigating possible COVID-19 vaccine scandal
- UC San Diego nurses raise concerns over hospital staffing after California ends stay-at-home order
- California revamps plan for delivering, tracking COVID-19 vaccines
- It’s a secret: California keeps key virus data from public
- California health system investing $90M in outpatient orthopedic clinic, surgery center projects
- Adventist Health to Connect 21 Hospitals to California Health Data Network
- California Health Secretary On Lifting Stay-At-Home Orders And Vaccinations
COLORADO
- Field hospital at Colorado Convention Center coming down
- Paladina Health Increases Access to Healthcare in Rural Colorado Under Everside Brand with New Location for State Employees and Their Families
- Relatively small number of people from ‘out of state’ get COVID-19 vaccine in Colorado
- State Supreme Court dismisses appeal from Denver hospital being sued for infections
- Steward Health Care names new regional COO
- UCHealth Preparing to Vaccinate 10,000 At Second Drive-thru Event
- UCHealth tells Moderna COVID-19 trial participants if they were vaccinated
- UCHealth vaccinates 1,000 seniors at Coors Field, plans for 10,000 next weekend
- How the VA’s vaccine distribution differs from Colorado’s state plan
- In Denver, getting the coronavirus vaccine may depend on where you live
CONNECTICUT
- Connecticut health system names its first CNO
- ‘We’re Doing Our Best’: CT Hospitals Pushing ICU Capacity
- CT COVID-19 Updates: Positivity rate raises to 4.4, hospitalizations decrease
- Yale New Haven selects partner to improve patient financial experience
- Post University in Waterbury opens vaccination site as distribution continues in CT
- Connecticut hospitals have seen almost no flu cases this season. Experts point to COVID-19 precautions as the reason
- AG says COVID showed Connecticut that it needs a tougher price-gouging law
- The state’s largest COVID vaccine center is up and running — but so far, there’s no formal plan to pay for it
- Vaccinations in nursing homes top 64,000; COVID cases are dropping rapidly among residents
- CVS Health opens first COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Connecticut with more to come as spring approaches
- Partnerships, Pop-Ups Lead New Haven Vaccination Plan
DC
- DC health director: We’re focused on equity in COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- Virginia, D.C. make vaccine distribution changes as residents scramble to find doses
- Some nursing home staff members in the DC region refuse to get vaccine, officials say
- Improved DC COVID-19 vaccine booking site aims to streamline appointments
- D.C. to begin receiving a greater allotment of vaccine doses
DELAWARE
- COVID-19 hospitalizations fall to lowest point in three weeks
- Delaware expanding vaccination efforts, educators may pre-register Tuesday
- National Health Corps Delaware to address COVID-19 pandemic
- Delaware COVID cases reach lowest level in more than month
FLORIDA
- 7 plead guilty in $931M telemedicine fraud scheme
- Baptist Health, Altman Cos. team for Kendall development
- Baptist Health South Florida Names Drew Grossman CEO of Mariners Hospital & Fishermen’s Community Hospital
- DeSantis to feds: Florida wants more COVID-19 vaccine doses
- Drew Grossman tapped as CEO of Baptist Health South Florida hospitals
- Florida allows people ‘extremely vulnerable’ to COVID-19 and under 65 to be vaccinated
- Florida Department of Health reports drop in statewide positivity rate
- Florida governor’s chief of staff a finalist to become Broward Health CEO
- Florida has wasted 0.1 percent of coronavirus vaccines, health department says
- Florida takes over vaccinating long-term care facilities from CVS, Walgreens
- Gov. DeSantis: All nursing home residents, staff members will have been offered vaccine by end of month
- Gov. DeSantis touts success of long-term care vaccinations as supply stream stagnates
- Lee Health opens new 52-bed ICU at Gulf Coast, future home of region’s sole trauma center
- New CEO named for AdventHealth’s multistate division
- Some Florida Long-Term Care Facilities Concerned Over Missing COVID-19 Doses
- Tenet’s Florida hospital to close maternity ward
- Whistleblower’s Kickback Suit Against Health First Tossed
GEORGIA
- Georgia health care workers bear witness to COVID surge
- ‘All of us doing everything we can’: Navicent responds to Biden’s COVID-19 executive orders
- Amid deadly pandemic, Georgia not increasing public-health spending
- COVID-19 in Georgia, South Carolina: Tracking cases, deaths and latest restrictions
- Long-term care facilities get second dose of vaccine after weeks of surging COVID-19 cases
- Georgia cracking down on out-of-state travelers trying to get vaccinated
- Metro-Atlanta health provider mulls Biden’s plan to speed up vaccine supply delivery
- Metro nursing home sees COVID-19 outbreak as residents start receiving first doses of vaccine
- Georgia House plan increases public health spending for COVID response
- Nearly two dozen die in nursing home after repeated health inspection warnings
- Ga. health officials won’t say where the U.K. variant strain has surfaced
- Georgia medical facility that gave COVID vaccines to teachers before state’s OK suspended 6 months
- Georgia expected to receive more vaccines as health departments fall short
HAWAII
- Hawaii health officials report two cases of new variant of COVID-19 — one on Oahu and one on Maui
- Hawaii reports case of coronavirus variant linked to California outbreaks
- Hawaii Pacific Health says so far, over 10,400 people vaccinated at Pier 2
- Hawaii community health centers to receive $1.3M to bolster telehealth
- Shortage forces Hawaii Department of Health to cut vaccines for seniors’ companions
IDAHO
- As COVID-19 filled Idaho hospitals, helicopters and ambulances worked overtime
- Idaho Prepares To Expand COVID-19 Distribution To More Groups
- New bill would trim powers of Idaho health districts
- Idaho public health officials work with healthcare providers to identify additional diagnoses of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
- Could Idaho see mass COVID-19 vaccination sites?
ILLINOIS
- Chicago nursing home inspector falsified reports for a year, inspector general finds
- In Illinois nursing homes, tens of thousands still waiting for COVID-19 vaccinations: ‘This is beyond an emergency’
- Lurie Children’s, Rush join forces on pediatric care
- Missouri, Illinois report declines in COVID-19 cases
- Perry Memorial Hospital transferring ownership from city of Princeton to OSF HealthCare
- Rush, Lurie Children’s enter affiliation
- Two hospital systems see Edwardsville as next frontier
- Walgreens And CVS Defend Their Illinois Nursing Home Vaccinations Despite Slow Pace
- Why Chicago Is Emerging An AI-Life Sciences Leader
- Illinois Public Health Association puts out call for partners in Pandemic Health Navigator Program
- 8 new cases of more contagious COVID-19 strain found in Illinois
- Illinois hospital COO named as president of Our Lady of Lourdes
- Coronavirus by the Numbers: COVID-19 Metrics in Each of Illinois’ 11 Health Care Regions
- COVID Vaccination Locations in Illinois: IDPH Launches New Statewide Map
- Illinois Regulators Reject Plans For Outpatient Center That Would Replace Mercy Hospital
- Illinois surpasses 19,000 COVID-19 deaths as state ramps up vaccination efforts
INDIANA
- 7th Circ. Won’t Revive Age Bias Suit Against Indiana Hospital
- Eli Lilly Says HHS Drug Discount Rule Will Cost It Billions
- Hoosier Pharma Company Lands Grant to Fight COVID
- Indiana National Guard is leaving nursing homes. Here’s when they’ll leave your facility.
- Indiana’s life sciences industry rises to the challenge
- Indiana lawmakers push to expand telehealth after pandemic
- Location Key for Indy Life Sciences Plant
- Lilly Completes Deal for Prevail
- More southern Indiana health-care workers opting for COVID-19 vaccine
- Nursing Staff Portal Expands into Northwest Indiana
- Plan advances to continue expanded availability of telehealth services in Indiana
- Reid Health Buys Former Connersville Kmart
- ‘We need more.’ St. Joseph County and Indiana frustrated with vaccine shortages
IOWA
- Clinical trials for 3rd COVID-19 vaccine underway in Siouxland
- Iowa hits almost 1,860 coronavirus deaths in long-term care facilities
- Iowa nurse helps North Carolina field hospital fight coronavirus surge
- Half of Iowa care facility workers refuse vaccination
- Vaccinations in nursing homes nearing completion
- UIHC officials expect to begin vaccinating Phase 1B Iowans next week
- Iowa reports 32 more COVID-19 deaths Thursday
- Blessing Health System to take over Iowa hospital
- Iowa Department of Health says limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines available for Phase 1B
KANSAS
- Kansas moves into second phase of COVID-19 immunizations
- Anonymous donors help pay off more than 400 medical bills in Pratt
- New McPherson Hospital leader selected
- Andover care home failed to check staff backgrounds, suit says. A patient was raped.
- Nurses in Kansas county refuse to give COVID-19 vaccine
- Flu deaths down, but pneumonia deaths spike in Kansas amid pandemic
- Local hospitals stepping up effort to get public vaccinated for COVID-19
- Topeka hospital board, fundraisers get vaccine shots early
- At the urging of nursing homes, a law is amended and COVID court claims are slowed
KENTUCKY
- Beshear opposes bill that would cut out three Medicaid companies
- Gov. Beshear: Up to $1 Billion Available to Aid Kentucky Hospitals
- Humana details 2021 expansion of physician business
- Kentucky has lowest Wednesday virus total in 4 weeks
- Kentucky’s first known UK coronavirus variants are from same NKY county
- Kentucky hospitals agree to higher quality metrics for increased Medicaid payments
- King’s Daughters purchases Bellefonte Pavilion with plan to create 300 jobs
- Spero Health to open in Ashland
- UofL Health opening eye care center in St. Matthews
- Why Humana chose Athenahealth for a new tech collaboration
LOUISIANA
- Louisiana COVID-19 hospitalization figures drop
- Hospitals in Terrebonne and Lafourche deal with shortages, hesitancy in COVID-19 vaccine rollout
- Ochsner LSU Health, Oceans Healthcare open behavioral health hospital
- Coronavirus is rough for all hospitals. Rural Louisiana hospitals are particularly stressed.
- 1% of Louisiana has completed both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine
- Louisiana’s vaccine rollout hampered by supply issues
- Loyola and Ochsner leaders: Joining forces to address nursing shortage
- St. James, hospital set up coronavirus vaccination call center, transportation service
- More than 21,000 in Louisiana forced to cancel vaccine appointment following shortage
- These Louisiana cities are administering the coronavirus vaccine faster than others; see map
- After canceling 21K coronavirus vaccine appointments, here’s how Ochsner will reschedule
- COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force: Changing Vaccination Perception
MAINE
- At Bridgton Hospital, COVID-19 ‘part of everything we do’
- Here’s How Close Portland Area Hospitals Are To Capacity
- MaineHealth announces COVID-19 vaccine rollout for Mainers 70 and older
- Medical, Nursing Students Help COVID-Hit Maine Nursing Home
- Next Maine Medical Center nurses will vote to unionize
- Maine Med. asks nurses to attend training with anti-union consulting firm
- ‘It really takes its toll’ — pandemic brings mental health struggles to light in Maine
- Health care systems open new COVID-19 vaccine clinics, but vaccine supply remains limited
- Maine CDC closes COVID outbreak probe at York Hospital
- Maine CDC launching online vaccination registration system
- Hundreds sign up for shots at mass vaccination clinic in Bangor
- MaineHealth names Virginia medical executive as its next CEO
MARYLAND
- Baltimore nursing home has had 0 COVID-19 cases
- Baltimore will have vaccinated 80% of residents by February 2022 if current pace holds, officials said
- FEMA Awards Maryland $341M Grant For COVID-19 Response
- Meet 1501 Health, the startup incubator from CareFirst’s Healthworx and LifeBridge Health
- Hospital group president says front-line workers are refusing vaccine
- Maryland runs into complications getting people vaccinated because of expanded eligibility
- Maryland Department of Health encourages physicians, patients to consider monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19
- Md. offers COVID-19 antibody treatment to high-risk patients with mild symptoms
- Gov. Hogan: Maryland is not holding back second dose of COVID vaccine
- On coronavirus vaccines, Maryland makes West Virginia look good as pace still lags most states, analysis finds
MASSACHUSETTS
- Massachusetts coronavirus vaccine sign-ups plagued by problems as Phase 2 rollout begins
- UMass to be billed for DCU field hospital
- 1,900 Moderna vaccine doses spoiled at Boston hospital after freezer is unplugged
- Cooley Dickinson CEO Joanne Marqusee leaving for post with Wellforce system, which includes Tufts Medical Center
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute opens new outpatient facility
- Massachusetts dentists can now get COVID-19 vaccine, but industry leader says they need seat at table
- Massachusetts expands COVID-19 vaccine access to more health workers
- “A Long Time Coming:” Massachusetts’ Journey to Full Practice Authority for Nurse Practitioners
- Massachusetts health system to close outpatient center
- ‘They Need To Utilize What They Have’: Massachusetts Pauses COVID Vaccine Distribution To Hospitals, Nursing Homes
- UMass Memorial to pay city for COVID-19 field hospital
- Why Massachusetts Is Vaccinating Young, Healthy Researchers Before Seniors
MICHIGAN
- COVID-19 outbreak at Howell nursing home is ‘really bad’
- Henry Ford Health, Michigan State strike 30-year partnership
- Michigan Health Director Resigns; Whitmer Names Successor
- Metro Health opens new outpatient facility on East Beltline
- Nonprofit used in Michigan’s COVID fight draws oversight abuse fears
- People in clinical trials seek unblinding as they become eligible for other vaccines
- Michigan’s COVID-19 vaccinations surpass 800K in seven weeks
- Mid-Michigan hospitals ease visitor restrictions as COVID-19 cases fall
- Metro Health-University of Michigan Health Opens New Office
- COVID-19 variant cases growing, ‘very concerning,’ Michigan’s medical chief says
- Hospital association: ‘We simply don’t have enough vaccines in Michigan to get to everybody yet’
- 57% of Michigan nursing home staff, residents decline COVID-19 vaccine so far
- Health care inequities focus of Michigan State University, Henry Ford Health System partnership
- Michigan’s top health official abruptly resigns without explanation; replaced by deputy
- Elizabeth Hertel vows open dialogue as new Michigan health chief amid COVID
MINNESOTA
- Delta taps Mayo Clinic exec to oversee airline’s healthcare strategy
- MN nears finish line for long-term care vaccinations, still a long way to go
- More than 200K older Minnesotans pre-registered for vaccine appointment lottery this week
- COVID takes bite out of Minnesota health care labor market
- The daily coronavirus update: 827 new cases; more than 300,000 Minnesotans vaccinated so far
- At some of MN’s large hospital systems, teleworkers, volunteers, construction workers have COVID vaccine advantage
- UnitedHealth must redo 67K claims, judge rules
- Mayo Clinic leader to take on health role at Delta Air Lines
- Children’s Minnesota opens specialty center in Lakeville
- Minnesota health system names chief hospital officer
- Minnesota ‘very close’ to vaccinating all health care workers; feds will send more doses
- Mayo Clinic researches long-term impact of COVID-19 on the human heart
MISSISSIPPI
- Demand for COVID-19 vaccine in Mississippi far outweighs supply
- CHS to end Mississippi hospital lease 14 years early
- Mississippi surpasses 200k vaccinated against COVID-19
- Mississippi again expecting 37,000 vaccine doses from federal govt., health dept. says
MISSOURI
- Missouri, Illinois report declines in COVID-19 cases
- Missouri last in US for COVID-19 vaccine rollout, reports say
- Once-troubled St. Louis hospital gets new name, owner
- St. Louis County tops Missouri virus vaccination numbers, says new state data
- St. Louis hospital gets new owner, name
- CoxHealth to open Missouri hospital Jan. 22
- Missouri scrutinizes need for nurses
- Missouri health officials respond to state being last in COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- Monett nursing home forced to evacuate [asbestos]
- Those who inspect Missouri’s long-term care facilities not vaccinated for COVID-19
- Two hospital systems see Edwardsville as next frontier
- ‘We just can’t get vaccine.’ St. Louis area health departments see huge demand for vaccine, little supply
- St. Louis City receives first COVID-19 vaccine shipment, urges pre-registration
MONTANA
- Montana Oncologist Fired for Misdiagnosing, Overtreating Patients
- Montana House votes down health bill
- St. Peter’s oncologist incorrectly treated patient for lung cancer for 11 years, hospital says
- Montana COVID dashboard adds vaccination tally
- Some Montana counties scale back vaccine plans over low supply
NEBRASKA
- Procedure Marks Milestone for Heart Transplants in Nebraska
- Some Nebraska counties prepare to vaccinate seniors Thursday
- Nebraska Methodist College accepts nearly 200 students into CNA program for free to fill health care gap
- New website helps victims track sexual assault kits in Nebraska
- More health districts shifting to Phase 1B vaccination; Lancaster & Douglas Counties shift likely next week
- Vaccine efforts continue to move forward in Butler County
NEVADA
- Nevada health exchange enrolls nearly 82,000 for 2021 coverage
- Nevada not ‘hoarding’ vaccines, state health officials say
- Las Vegas hospital now performing augmented reality surgery
- Nevada’s test positivity continues steady decline, now below 20%
- Nevada hospital to begin COVID-19 vaccine clinics
- Nevada COVID positivity rate dips again
- Carrum Health Expands into Nevada Through Partnership with Crovetti Orthopaedics
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Dover long-term care facility vaccinates all residents for COVID-19
- Nursing home deaths on the decline as vaccination progresses, but hurdles ahead
- Federal grant aims to help boost health care workforce in rural New Hampshire
- Nashua to provide transportation to vaccine clinics
- New Hampshire bans vaccines for out-of-state homeowners
- COVID-19 causes 12 resident deaths at Pheasant Wood Center in Peterborough
- Vaccination site confusion leads to canceled appointments for some
NEW JERSEY
- New Jersey governor blames CVS, Walgreens for slow vaccine rollout
- Thousands of Pa. and N.J. nursing home residents and staff still haven’t had COVID-19 shots
- Hospital Capacity In The Ocean City Area: See Latest Numbers
- New Jersey hospital to establish robotic surgery institute for spine, orthopedics
- New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy Unveils Groundbreaking Plan to Eliminate Racial Disparities in New Jersey’s Maternal and Infant Mortality
- COVID In New Jersey: More Vaccine Is Coming And Total Inoculations Pass Confirmed Cases Of COVID-19
- NJ hospital let wealthy donors, execs skip COVID-19 vaccine line: report
- Report: New Jersey hospital gave vaccine to donors, execs’ relatives
NEW MEXICO
- New Mexico consumer and health advocates call for passage of Prescription Drug Affordability Act
- New Mexico leads nation in Medicaid health care enrollment
- New Mexico officials point to vaccine supply chain issues
- New Mexico hospital administrators address COVID-19 vaccine rollout
- Union promotes vaccine as some New Mexico health workers decline shots
- New Mexico hospitals continue to be tested by demands of COVID-19 pandemic
- NM ready to expand vaccinations—if feds send more supply
- All New Mexico nursing homes, assisted living facilities distribute first dose of vaccine
- New Mexico seeing downward trends for virus metrics
- New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 755 New Cases, Totaling 171,047, Including 27 Additional Deaths
NEW YORK
- Cuomo: 72% of Nursing Home Residents Vaccinated in New York
- Families complain about lack of communication during COVID outbreak at Carthage nursing home
- FEMA to pay NY $934 million for vaccine distribution
- New York City temporarily closes 15 COVID-19 vaccination sites due to lack of vaccines
- N.Y. Severely Undercounted Virus Deaths in Nursing Homes, Report Says
- New York COVID-19 nursing home deaths undercounted by as much as 50%, state AG investigation finds
- New York’s Cuomo lifts Covid restrictions but worries new strains could undermine progress
- 72% Of NY Health Care Workers Received Coronavirus Vaccine
- Governor Cuomo Updates New Yorkers On State Vaccination Program
- Reps. Delgado, Stefanik Want Help for Rural Hospitals in New York
- COVID hospitalizations drop in Western New York, Finger Lakes regions
- Health Care Unions Find a Voice in the Pandemic
- NIH, NYU Langone launch database on COVID-19-related neurological issues
- COO named for Northwell’s science arm
- NYU medical school launches virtual reality research project
- Nurse at New York hospital killed in snowplow accident
NORTH CAROLINA
- Atrium Health deploys mobile hospital to help increase access to care in the Charlotte area
- Field hospital in North Carolina easing medical facility burden amid COVID crisis
- Gov. Cooper extends North Carolina’s modified stay-at-home order
- Iowa nurse helps North Carolina field hospital fight coronavirus surge
- North Carolina field hospital helps fight coronavirus surge
- NC hospitals are canceling appointments as state routes vaccine doses to mass events
- New strain of coronavirus confirmed in Mecklenburg County
- Fact check: How many of North Carolina’s covid vaccines are spoiled?
- North Carolina promises more vaccines for providers hit by shortfalls
- North Carolina health system CEO apologizes for COVID-19 vaccine sign-up problems
- North Carolina hospitals share frustration over covid vaccine shortage
- Cohen: North Carolina has administered 95% of available COVID-19 vaccines
- In the midst of the pandemic, a public hospital is gobbled up
- North Carolina Health Provider Partners with Medicom Health to Lower Medication Cost for Patients
NORTH DAKOTA
- Sanford Health, Dakota Lions Sight & Health partner to create birth tissue donation program
- Gov. Doug Burgum drops North Dakota’s COVID-19 risk level to ‘low’ as cases continue to decline
- ‘Crippling’ scarcity of COVID-19 vaccine hampers rollout in North Dakota, Minnesota
- Coronavirus protocols being further eased in North Dakota as COVID-19 cases drop
- COVID-19 data remains stable as North Dakota prepares to move to ‘low’ risk
OHIO
- Cleveland Clinic, Doctors Hospital team up to improve care in the Bahamas
- Less than 50% of nursing home workers vaccinated, according to state
- Ohio reports 177 nursing home coronavirus deaths; cases down sharply amid vaccination effort
- Here’s How Close Dayton Area Hospitals Are To Capacity: Weekly Update
- Healthcare provider makes headway on proposed rehab hospital in Miamisburg
- New clinic to open at one of Greater Dayton’s largest hospital campuses
- Hospital Capacity In The Cincinnati Area: See Latest Numbers
- Cincinnati health tech lands new funding to fuel its fast growth
- Office building that counts Mercy Health as a tenant sells for $32.5M
- Ohio plans for second phase of vaccine distribution
- Yes, out-of-state residents can receive COVID-19 shots in Ohio, but not a lot of them are
- Two universities to lead major health initiative in Ohio
- In Ohio, putting boots on the ground to overcome inequities in vaccinations
- University Hospitals: COVID-19 variants present in lab samples as early as December
- OSU Wexner blames scheduling issue on canceled COVID-19 vaccinations for frontline workers
- New hospital in Mason to fill growing healthcare needs of southwest Ohio
- Ohio nursing homes face bleak financial future as result of COVID-19
- Health departments ask for patience in vaccine distribution
- Ohio hospital says some of its N95 masks were counterfeit
- Reports say former Ohio Health Director Amy Acton considering Senate run
- Some Ohio hospital workers got COVID vaccine even though they didn’t fit rollout guidelines
- West Virginia health system, Ohio surgery center partner
OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma doctor urges COVID-19 precautions as number of hospital beds dwindle
- Pauls Valley Hospital Targeted To Reopen In Next Two Months
- Oklahoma chief hospital executive resigns
- Health Care Authority moves forward with $2B plan to privatize Medicaid
- ‘We’re doomed’: How the CARES Act forgot America’s most vulnerable hospitals
- Rural vs. Urban: Per capita mortality rate from COVID-19 continues to ravage rural Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Children’s Hospital At OU Health Opens State Of The Art Nutrition Center
- Metro nursing home employee accused of using residents to steal drugs
- Oklahoma trying to return its $2m stockpile of hydroxychloroquine
- Arms Race: Why 62,000 Doses of COVID Vaccine Sit Frozen in Oklahoma
- Citing slow vaccine rollout, Oklahoma pauses distribution to CVS, Walgreens
- Oklahoma health leaders expect to receive more than 103K COVID-19 vaccine doses next week
OREGON
- 4 Portland health systems gear up for mass vaccination clinic at Convention Center
- 3rd Oregonian confirmed to have more contagious UK variant of COVID-19
- Conversa Health snags another $8M from investors
- Hospitals push back on new OR vaccination timeline
- Oregon House Behavioral Health committee hears updates on Measure 110: “The Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act”
- Oregon enters Phase 1b of vaccination distribution plan
- Portland area counties announce boost in vaccine doses from state
- Oregon puts national debate over race in vaccine rollout to test
- Portland healthcare startup Conversa completes $20 million investment round
- ‘Sharp declines in daily COVID cases’ in Oregon over week
- Thousands of Portland’s health care workers not vaccinated
- The Oregon Health Authority Now Limiting Information The Public Sees Regarding COVID-19
- Oregon Hospital Association Sounds Warnings About the Governor’s Vaccine Timeline
- Most of Oregon still sits in ‘Extreme Risk’ category
- Oregon Health Authority no longer reporting details about individual coronavirus-related deaths
- Oregon health workers administer Covid-19 vaccines in snowstorm to stranded motorists
PENNSYLVANIA
- COVID-19 vaccine mandatory at Bucks County nursing home
- Einstein Healthcare Network Notifies Patients of Privacy Incident
- Frustration grows with Pennsylvania’s ‘confusing’ vaccine rollout
- Nursing Home Aides Try To Exit Wage Suit After DOL Steps In
- Philadelphia ends vaccine registration partnership over possible sales of patient data
- Philly hospitals have started vaccinating their patients against COVID-19. Here’s how it works
- Thousands of Pa. and N.J. nursing home residents and staff still haven’t had COVID-19 shots
- Pennsylvania’s health indicators brace for impact from COVID-19
- ‘I feel paralyzed’: Primary care doctors wait for COVID vaccines as patients seek answers
- New Pa. report offers county-by-county look at Covid admissions during early months of pandemic
- Some Pa. health care workers still can’t get vaccinated
- Anesthesia group joins Pennsylvania hospital
- Vaccine doses coming to Pa. hospitals ‘don’t match up’ to increased demand, health leaders say
- Pennsylvania’s health secretary nominee isn’t a physician. Why that doesn’t matter.
- New Pa. health secretary’s goals: Improving vaccine rollout communication and pushing feds for more doses
RHODE ISLAND
- Rhode Island physician deliberately exposed patients, staff to COVID-19, health director finds
- AG seeks information about hospital vaccine plans
- Rhode Island Department of Health releases updated vaccination timeline
- R.I. nursing home staff in a coronavirus hotspot reluctant to get COVID-19 vaccine
- Here’s why Rhode Island’s vaccine rollout is lagging other states
- Rhode Island investigates whether hospital officials jumped line for vaccine
- Mahoney: ‘We’ve lost way too many people’
- Attorney General, RIDOH Delay Review of Prospect CharterCARE Hospital Conversion
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Bill Tweaking Governor’s Emergency Powers Heads to SC House
- COVID-19 in Georgia, South Carolina: Tracking cases, deaths and latest restrictions
- SC lawmakers advance $208 million for vaccine rollout
- SC’s neighboring states all report cases of COVID-19 variant
- McMaster has issued 21 emergency orders since COVID began. Lawmakers want to change that.
- MUSC launches five-year strategic plan: OneMUSC
- Prisma Health, state partners open regional COVID-19 recovery units
- Prisma hospital no longer taking walk-ins because of dwindling COVID vaccine supplies The State
- SC will begin getting 10,000 more weekly doses of COVID-19 vaccine starting next week
SOUTH DAKOTA
- South Dakota COVID-19 vaccine allocation to increase next week
- COVID Update for Jan. 27: South Dakota Records 34 New Deaths
- South Dakota Department of Health reports 34 new COVID-19 deaths
- South Dakota Health Leader On How The State Has Gotten Its Vaccine Out
- Questions swirl around who qualifies next to get COVID-19 vaccine in S.D.
- Retired nurses come back to administer COVID-19 vaccines in South Dakota
TENNESSEE
- Ballad Health: Southwest Virginia, Northeast Tennessee in a ‘really bad place in this pandemic’
- CHS supersizes debt sale to nearly $1.8B
- CHS to end Mississippi hospital lease 14 years early
- A look at one university’s key role in COVID vaccinations
- COVID-19 update: Hospitalizations down 32% in week
- HCA to Share COVID-19 Hospital Care Data With Researchers
- HCA enters joint venture with medical equipment manufacturer
- Knoxville-based biotechnology firm launches novel quantification tool for COVID-19 providers
- Nashville health leaders confident in handling faster vaccination pace
- Spiras Health names Scott Bowers CEO
- Tennessee updates its COVID-19 vaccination plan
- With Vaccine In Short Supply, Tennessee Favors Health Departments Over Hospitals
- Weekly Update: See Which Nashville Area Hospitals Are Nearing Capacity
- Adjust your expectations: State extends vaccination timetable into indefinite future
- COVID-19: Tennessee sets new monthly death record
- Tennessee health officials confirm two cases of a new coronavirus strain
TEXAS
- 2 dead in hostage situation at Texas medical office
- Arrington says healthcare bill will save some rural hospitals
- Baylor Scott & White to cut, outsource 1,700 jobs
- COVID-19 vaccine theft charge dismissed against Texas doc
- Nursing home owner charged in misuse of Housing and Urban Development funds
- Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to fall
- Why some rural North Texas COVID vaccine providers are still waiting for first doses
- Baylor Scott & White Health targets 1,700 more jobs to reduce costs in non-core areas
- Christus St. Michael Health System names new president
- Facing A Crush Of COVID-19 Patients, ICUs Are Completely Full In At Least 50 Texas Hospitals
- Judge dismisses vaccine theft charge against Texas physician
- Texas physician charged with theft of COVID-19 vaccine
- 60 OB-GYN practices remain in BCBS of Texas’ network
- Nurse shortage impacting Rio Grande Valley as pandemic rolls on
- Texas hospital to provide second round of stipends to employees
- State Adds New Hubs in North Texas to List of Vaccine Providers
- ‘Increased Deaths Always Follow Increased Infections;’ Dallas County Posts Record 40 COVID-19 Deaths
- Not all public vaccine hubs in the Houston area are available to the public
- Campus development, hospital challenges: Looking ahead with Rob Marmerstein, CEO of HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball
UTAH
- CEO of Intermountain’s health plan resigns
- Intermountain Healthcare general counsel to retire
- Steward Health Care names new regional COO
- Utah is about to run out of COVID-19 vaccines — again
- Mental health EMTs a step closer to reality after Utah Senate passes bills on training
- Utah will take over incoming COVID-19 vaccine doses that had been assigned to CVS and Walgreens for nursing homes
- Salt Lake County rolls out ‘mobile health centers’ to boost COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- COVID-19 variants “are already here,” U of U doctors say
VERMONT
- Approximately 860 COVID-19 vaccines spoiled at Vermont hospital
- What happened in Springfield? State in talks on fate of 860 doses of vaccine
- Several hundred doses of Moderna vaccine may have spoiled at Vermont hospital
- Hospitals, doctors willing to give the vaccine — but say they’re operating blind
- Vermont Opens First COVID Vaccine Clinics For Residents 75 And Older
- UVM Medical Center pharmacy program improves patient care and safety
- Elderwood Cited for Poor Patient Care During COVID-19 Outbreak
- 268 new cases of COVID-19, one death reported in Vermont over two days
- VDH COVID-19 Update: Spoiled doses questioned, case count down, vax 75+ begins
- Fifth hospital staffer at RRMC tests positive for COVID-19, access restricted
- Mandatory Covid shots? Vermont employers don’t expect it to come to that
VIRGINIA
- Virginia confirms first case of U.K. coronavirus variant: Health officials say they’re monitoring it closely
- Central Virginia Health District receiving 3% of state’s COVID-19 vaccine allocation
- Bon Secours will close Norfolk’s DePaul hospital building in April
- Why is Virginia falling behind? Johns Hopkins professor explains COVID-19 vaccine rollout issues
- Virginia shifts vaccine distribution strategy, triggering thousands of canceled appointments
- Virginia has 9th highest number of new COVID-19 cases per capita, White House report shows
- VCU reverses decision to delay thousands of second-dose vaccinations as Virginia unrolls new allocation strategy
- Virginia hospitals asked to reallocate second dose vaccines for those who still need first dose
- Virginia Department of Health launches text-messaging service to streamline positive COVID test reporting
- Virginia getting 16% increase in vaccines from feds, new guidance on 1b, restrictions to stay through February
- County-by-county look at COVID-19 cases in Virginia; which areas saw biggest jumps Thursday
- Virginia, D.C. make vaccine distribution changes as residents scramble to find doses
WASHINGTON
- Demand for COVID-19 vaccines floods Washington health systems as federal supply remains limited
- 2,000 people vaccinated through Amazon, Virginia Mason partnership
- Amazon, Seattle health system create vaccination pop-up site
- Hospital system rebuked after offering vaccine to donors
- Many of the earliest COVID ‘long-haulers’ still suffer; Seattle researchers are trying to figure out why
- Mass vaccination sites set up around Seattle: Goal is 45,000 shots per day in state
- Nursing home chain CEO received $5.2M ‘retention’ bonus amid COVID-19 surge, resident deaths
- Providence updates leadership to streamline clinical care, population health
- Washington state taps Starbucks, Costco for help with COVID-19 vaccine rollout
- Washington hospital leaders worry of surge in cases from new COVID-19 variant
- Washington health care purchasers unify in support of primary care transformation
- Washington state hospital system apologizes after offering COVID-19 vaccine to big donors
- Washington state hospital apologizes for prioritizing top donors for COVID-19 vaccine
WEST VIRGINIA
- Here’s why West Virginia leads in rolling out the Covid-19 vaccine
- See Which Charleston Area Hospitals Are Nearing Capacity
- West Virginia health system, Ohio surgery center partner
- WVU Health System, Mon Health System partner for West Virginia mass vaccination site
- Mon Health System reporting declining coronavirus cases
- West Virginia governor claims if his state had enough doses by Valentine’s Day, ‘every person over 65 would be vaccinated’
WISCONSIN
- County, health system partners eye near north side site for Milwaukee mental health emergency center
- Wisconsin Assembly Approves More Changes To COVID-19 Response Bill
- Wisconsin’s COVID-19 death rate rises slightly as new cases remain low
- Wisconsin’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Has Been Rough. Will New Plans Turn That Around?
- WI Senate votes to repeal public health emergency order, mask mandate
- Wisconsin vaccine rollout critiqued amid slow distribution complaints
- Wisconsin has decided who’s next in line for the COVID-19 vaccine — but they may have to wait until March because of low supply
- Wisconsin would join minority of states with no mask mandate
WYOMING
