NATIONAL
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- Amazon launches AWS for Health: 5 things to know
- AAMC urges medical schools, teaching hospitals to require COVID-19 vaccination for employees
- How Amazon, Walmart & 7 others are expanding their telehealth business
- As 10% physician pay cuts loom, AMA urges Congressional action
- CMS proposed outpatient payment rule for 2022: 7 things to know
- HHS to invest $1.6B in COVID-19 testing, mitigation in vulnerable communities
- Hospitals Raise $95 Million To Use Patient Data To Improve Medical Treatments
- GAO to HHS: Share plan for $43.7B of unused provider relief funds
- Hospitals tackling gun violence as a public health issue
- ‘It’s an obvious step backwards’: ASC execs pan CMS’ 2022 proposed pay changes
- Life expectancy in US fell 1.5 years in 2020, the biggest single-year drop since WWII
- Pharma companies reach $26B civil opioid settlement
- More infectious Delta variant makes up 83% of new US coronavirus cases as vaccine hesitancy persists
- Nonprofit hospital upgrades outpaced downgrades in Q2, Fitch says
- Nearly all hospitals flout federal requirement to post prices, report finds
- One physician’s perspective on why patients prefer telehealth visits
- The 258 procedures CMS plans to cut from the ASC payable list
- US renews ‘public health emergency’ declaration due to Covid-19 pandemic
- The Untamed Rise Of Hospital Monopolies
- ‘Relentless’ cyberattacks no good for hospital finances, Fitch says
- We have to do something dramatic to protect the US against Covid-19, expert says
- ‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’ burdens busy U.S. hospitals
- Hospital systems to Congress: “Enough is enough” on gun violence
- 94% of hospitals still noncompliant with price transparency rule, study finds
- US renews COVID-19 emergency declaration for 6th time
- American Hospital Association backs vaccine mandates
- Respiratory viruses on rise amid pandemic, per CDC
- US launches ransomware website
- Emory Healthcare, St. Peter’s added to Elekta 170 health system victim toll
- US hospitals in scramble to make room amid rising COVID-19 case count, dwindling bed capacity
ALABAMA
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- New COVID surge begins in Alabama, hospitalizations double in July, positivity rate climbing
- ‘It’s too late’: Alabama doctor shares final moments of Covid patients, urges vaccination
- 9 children in Alabama hospitalized from COVID-19, one on ventilator as Delta spreads
- Alabama hospital sending COVID-19 vaccination team to Peru
- Huntsville Hospital prepared for surge in COVID-19 patients
- EAMC officials see ‘definite concern’ as COVID-19 hospitalizations rise
- Alabama’s COVID New-Case Average Quintuples In 10 Days
- UAB Hospital’s longest-tenured COVID-19 patient goes home
- Alabama counties seek rule change for use of federal COVID funds
- Advocates raise the alarm over low vaccination rates among staff in Alabama nursing homes
- Nurse vacancies at Alabama health system up 5% since pandemic began
ALASKA
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- Alaska health officials seek to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates
- Alaska returns to ‘red’ status as Covid cases climb
- COVID cases rise on peninsula
- Alaska vax rate starting to slow
- Sitka grapples with spread of COVID-19 as Alaska sees continued rise in cases
- Alaska returns to high alert as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations climb
- Alaska’s rare COVID breakthrough cases are far less worrisome than stalled vaccination rate, experts say
- Juneau hospital administrator says Bartlett is prepared to meet spike in COVID cases
ARIZONA
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- Banner Health offers fully vaccinated employees chance to win $10K
- Banner Health will require hospital staff to get COVID shots by November
- Phoenix Hospital System Pleas for Vaccination as Cases Rise
- Tucson nursing home nurse fired after patient sexual abuse allegations
- COVID-19 is surging again in Arizona, ASU disease expert says
- Arizona COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are going up as delta variant spreads
- Virtis Health Unveils Three Ambulatory Infusion Centers in Arizona, Bringing Total to Seven
ARKANSAS
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- Judge blocks Arkansas law banning health care for transgender youth
- A Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Ban On Trans Youth Treatments
- COVID patients are flooding this hospital. Again.
- 2 Arkansas children die from COVID-19
- Arkansas health experts say lawmakers should reconsider ban on mask mandates
- In Undervaccinated Arkansas, Covid Upends Life All Over Again
CALIFORNIA
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- California Updates Health Facility Data Breach Requirements
- Physician pays $2M to resolve allegations of selling ASC, practice above market value
- Prime Healthcare, doctors pay $37M to settle kickback claims
- Concern in California: Is more action needed as Delta fuels COVID surge?
- Half Of California’s Population Moving Back To Masking Indoors In Public, Per Local Health Officials
- Dignity Health, Anthem Blue Cross terminate California contract
- Former San Diego hospital worker accused of stealing patient data for unemployment claims
- See how California COVID-19 hospitalizations have doubled in less than a month
- California Gov. Newsom again pushes COVID shots, but no vaccine passports planned
- Cedars-Sinai, Huntington settle affiliation lawsuit with California
- Los Angeles Dignity Health hospital completes childhood education center
- California health system onboards surgical robot at ASC
- CMA files brief in case that could have far reaching implications on managed care contracting
- Patient data from California practice found in police suspect’s car
- Kaiser Permanente names leader for Panorama City, Antelope Valley
COLORADO
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- Big Pharma Was Colorado’s Top Lobbying Spender During 2021 Legislative Session
- Boulder County long-term care facilities face challenges as coronavirus threat recedes
- Colorado COVID-19 cases, positivity rate tick upward as delta variant remains dominant
- Colorado’s COVID-19 hospitalizations hold steady even as new infections grow
- Colorado’s new laws look to reduce maternal deaths, improve racial disparities
- Denver health care company files for IPO
- Denver hospital medics claim transport decisions favored hospital, not patient
- DaVita, former CEO indicted on labor market collusion charges
- First-Of-Its-Kind Survey Aims To Stop Exodus Of Health Care Workers
- There were just 34 flu hospitalizations in Colorado last year. It could be the lowest seen this lifetime.
- Colorado doctor peer counseling program
- Some rural Colorado health departments turn to ‘influencers’ to combat vaccine hesitancy
- Colorado joins $26B settlement to address opioid crisis
- Colorado’s COVID powers remain despite ‘health emergency’ announcement
CONNECTICUT
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- Fingerprinting Deadline Looms For Nursing Home Workers
- Mount Sinai genomics spinout goes public under $500M merger deal
- ‘There’s still work to be done:’ Higher staffing target in nursing homes remains elusive
- Connecticut health care workers given until Friday to get fingerprinted
- No fingerprints, no direct caregiving in CT nursing homes
- Governor Lamont Provides Update on Connecticut’s Coronavirus Response Efforts
- Connecticut hospitals hope mandates will boost workers’ stagnant COVID-19 vaccination rates
- Help coming for undocumented immigrants trapped in Connecticut hospitals
DC
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- Clinical Data, Precision Medicine to Target Improved Cancer Care
- DC has the highest maternal mortality rate in the country. Here’s how officials are solving the problem
- Healthcare workers in DC-area hospitals must get vaccinated or risk losing their jobs
- DC health care access became easier in COVID. Will it last?
- Nurse shortage one of many contributing factors to long ER wait times in DC area
- Lawsuits challenge legality of DC law allowing minors to get vaccinated without parental consent
- Covid cases are on the rise in the DC region.
- Whitman Walker Health System breaks ground at St. Elizabeths East in Southeast DC
- DC Region Sees Slight Increase In COVID-19 Cases
- Who is providing COVID-19 care in the Washington Metropolitan Area?
- Could indoor mask mandates return to the DMV?
DELAWARE
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- Beebe first in Delaware to offer hospital at home program
- Wilmington, Delaware officials provide new COVID-19 restriction updates beginning July 26
- COVID update: Health officials in New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania warn about Delta variant as cases begin to rise
- Delta variant now ‘predominant’ COVID strain in Delaware
- Partnership to bring rapid coronavirus testing to Delaware schools
- Delaware to see more than $100M in sweeping opioid settlement with J&J, distributors
- This three-way collaboration will strengthen Medicare in Delaware
- Highmark teams with ChristianaCare, Bayhealth for Medicare Advantage plan in Delaware
FLORIDA
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- Florida nursing home workers lag in vaccinations
- Lee Health sees 300% spike in COVID-19 cases since May
- Ocala Doctor agrees to pay settlement after accusations of Medicare fraud
- Northeast Florida hospitals returning to COVID-19 peak amid delta surge
- Rapid rise in COVID patients leads Florida hospitals to limit visitors, prepare for worst
- Florida not sharing which nursing homes have COVID-19 as overall cases rise
- Inside a Florida hospital facing a record surge of Covid-19 patients
- A look at how Southwest Florida is handling health worker burnout
- Florida hospital loses organ meant for biopsy, patient says
- 1 in 5 new COVID-19 cases last week came from Florida, health official says
- Florida doctors face new rules for smokable marijuana
- AdventHealth considers mandating staff COVID-19 vaccinations, limiting visitors as hospitalizations rise
- Encompass Health (EHC) Continues to Boost Presence in Florida
- Florida Hospital Association President meets with DC legislators to discuss issues facing the state
- Florida leads the nation in new HIV cases
- Florida 2nd worst in U.S. for vaccinating nursing home staff
- AARP: 42% of Florida nursing home workers vaccinated as cases increase
- The trends driving boom in Northeast Florida health care projects
- Florida medical marijuana deal has some questioning ‘5 percent’ rule
- Florida providers want proposal for orthopedic hospital rejected, citing financial hit
- Florida averages 6,515 cases per day as health officials say misinformation could create ‘unvaccinated pandemic’
- Central Florida hospitals close to ICU capacity as COVID-19 cases increase
- Lee Health reactivates COVID-19 team as hospitalizations rise again
- Florida hospital CEO to retire after 25 years with HCA
GEORGIA
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- Piedmont Atlanta Hospital appoints chair of the Board of Directors
- Piedmont’s acquisition of 11 hospitals needs FTC scrutiny, nurses say
- What a controversial list says about nonprofit hospitals’ charity record
- Public health expert: Georgia can expect severe COVID-19 outbreaks plaguing other states
- Over 110,000 unused COVID-19 vaccine doses destroyed by Georgia health officials since December
- South Georgia COVID Surge Worries Health Officials
- As COVID cases climb, EGRMC adjusts policies
- Atrium finalizes its latest deal with Georgia health system
- Another COVID risk: Home health care workers who are not vaccinated
- 4-OR ASC proposed by Georgia health system awaits state decision
- Northeast Georgia Health System passes this hurdle for new surgery center at Braselton campus
- North Carolina-Based Atrium Health Clinches Deal For Another Hospital System
- Medical cannabis panel to reveal license winners
- Emergency wait times surging in Georgia as pandemic continues
- ONC asked to investigate Meditech over alleged information blocking
HAWAII
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- While some vaccination holdouts remain, ‘We’ve done really well,’ long-term care administrator care says
- Health Department revising school guidance with COVID-19 on the rise in Hawaii
- Hawaii health system plans $500M expansion
- Spike in Vegas COVID-19 cases prompts concern in Hawaii
- 20% of new COVID-19 cases in Hawaii are people 18 and younger
- Hawaii races to get more vaccinated against COVID-19 as delta variant continues to multiply
- Queen’s Health to quadruple size of Ewa medical center
- High vaccination rates at some Hawaii health facilities
- Rural hospitals across Hawaii set to receive $2.5m in federal funding
- Return of restrictions not planned as coronavirus infections surge in Hawaii
- Hawaii coronavirus hospitalizations jump to 70; Highest since January
- In their own words: Hawaii health care providers address rise in cases, vaccine hesitancy
- Report Finds That Most Hospitals Aren’t Complying With Price Transparency Rules
IDAHO
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- Idaho COVID-19 update: ‘We are now headed in the wrong direction’
- Idaho Senate Majority Caucus wants hospital, vaccine issue resolved without regulation
- New plan sets Idaho’s steps to improve behavioral health care
- Protesters target St. Luke’s in Meridian over employee-mandated vaccines
- Providence-backed Kno2 raises $15M for healthcare communication tech
- ‘A turn for the worse’: Idaho health officials warn public of rising COVID-19 cases
- Amid protests, will Idaho hospitals stand firm on COVID-19 vaccine mandates?
- Idaho Health and Welfare working to step up testing for COVID-19 delta variant
- ‘Not lab mice’: Protesters at Idaho Capitol fight hospitals’ COVID-19 vaccine mandates
- Doctor retires from regional health board. Agency to mull replacement process
- What health leaders are saying about the Delta variant in Spokane, North Idaho
- As acting governor, McGeachin asks if Idaho healthcare providers have federal incentive to require COVID-19 vaccines
ILLINOIS
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- Advocate Aurora, Intermountain latest victims of Elekta cyberattack
- Southern Illinois nurses report burnout after pandemic duty
- COVID by the Numbers: Coronavirus Metrics in Each of Illinois’ Health Care Regions
- Breakthrough COVID Cases in Illinois: What We Know
- 3-surgeon orthopedic practice to join Illinois hospital
- New Illinois COVID Cases Double in Under 2 Weeks, Data Shows
- ‘No Plan’ for More COVID Mitigations in Illinois as Cases Rise, IDPH Says
- Illinois county with lowest COVID-19 vaccination rate faces steep challenges
- University of Illinois health system to require workers to get vaccinated
- Network outage disrupts care at Illinois medical group
- 50% of Illinois residents now fully vaccinated
- Illinois surpasses 13 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered
- Rush taps former Northwell exec as CIO
- Illinois medical group’s computers, phone system restored after nearly a weeklong outage
INDIANA
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- Two Hamilton County Health Organizations Merge
- Lutheran Health Network names new CEO
- New study finds Indiana nursing home workers trailing behind vaccination goals
- Hendricks Behavioral Hospital Expanding Mental Health Access
- New Bloomington Hospital Receives Lead Gift
- Franciscan Health to require employees to get vaccinated
- Indiana expected to get $507 million from opioid settlement
- Baptist Health to open new 24-hour facility in Southern Indiana
- 6 Vaccinated Indiana Nursing Home Residents Get COVID, Less Than Half of Staff Inoculated
- Kentucky, Indiana health experts urge vaccination as Delta variant spreads
- IU Health and Veteran’s Health Indiana partner for veteran care close to home in Martinsville
IOWA
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- AARP: 18% of Iowa nursing homes meet industry benchmark for staff vaccinations
- Iowa drops further behind in the vaccination of nursing home workers
- UnityPoint Health names new CFO
- Remdesivir treatment plan kept COVID-19 patients hospitalized longer, University of Iowa research shows
- University of Iowa Health Care offering ‘success’ payout to workers who lost compensation amid pandemic
- Nurse who gave Iowa inmates vaccine overdoses appeals firing
- COVID-19 cases rise in Iowa, metro hospitals wary of surge in hospitalizations
KANSAS
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- Conflicting lower court rulings issued in staffing disputes at 2 HCA hospitals
- End of long-term care option will relocate about 50 KMH residents
- Kansas nursing homes fall short of staff vaccination goal as COVID-19 outbreaks continue
- New senior-living facility in Topeka offers alternative to traditional nursing homes
- Kansas welcomes new Deputy State Health Officer after she turned down Ohio role for reports of harassment
- University of Kansas Health System employees will receive $1,250 ‘thank you’ bonuses
- Parents hit with $270K medical bill over ‘birthday rule’ inspire changes
- University of Kansas Health System says hospital beds are filling up fast
- Kansas health system declining to take patient transfers
KENTUCKY
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- Nine Kentucky counties back in the COVID-19 red zone, state makes recommendations
- Baptist Healthcare to build $225M outpatient center
- COVID-19 hospitalizations going up in Kentucky
- ‘It seems as though everybody’s competing in the market’: Trilogy Health CEO breaks down $8M increase in wages
- Cameron outlines opioid settlement’s impact on Kentucky
- Kindred Healthcare expands rehab services in long-term acute-care hospitals
- Medicaid contract fight heads to appeals court
- No, there isn’t a new Kentucky mask mandate. Here’s the new COVID-19 mask guidance
- Norton Healthcare touts area-first health program with $250,000 gift
LOUISIANA
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- Louisiana last in nursing home worker vaccinations
- Louisiana nursing home residents mostly vaccinated; the workers, not so much
- Percentage of nursing home staff fully vaccinated against COVID-19, by state — Louisiana is last
- Louisiana hospital CEO to step down for Duke role
- Ochsner: COVID-19 Hospitalizations Up 400% In A Month, As Delta Variant Spreads
- As Louisiana COVID hospitalizations rise, doctors brace for deaths: ‘We could have prevented this’
- Ochsner Health president/CEO Warner Thomas: We are in fourth surge at Ochsner
- Only 45% of staff at Louisiana’s nursing homes are fully vaccinated
MAINE
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- Maine hospitals boost wages to attract workers in ‘fiercely’ competitive labor market
- MaineHealth to spend $61M each year on pay boosts
- Report says several Maine hospitals noncompliant with rule mandating they post prices online
- Maine hospitals giving wage increases to address pandemic workforce shortages
- Staff vaccination rates at CMMC, St. Mary’s slowly rise to meet other Maine hospitals’ levels
MARYLAND
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- New Report Examines Health Disparities In Maryland
- State agencies encourage Maryland school systems to set up COVID-19 testing in the fall
- Maryland reports more than 200 COVID cases for the first time since May, but with 30% less testing
- Delta Variant Cases Doubling Every 2 Weeks In Maryland; Some Fear Return To Restrictions
- Proposed opioid settlement could bring Maryland $485 million, Attorney General Brian Frosh says
- VA Maryland Health Care System helps veterans struggling through pandemic
- Could indoor mask mandates return to the DMV?
- Doctors track two other COVID-19 variants as delta continues to spread
MASSACHUSETTS
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- COVID Outbreak Reported at Cape Cod Nursing Home
- Progressive Therapeutics allays telehealth security concerns with EHR integration
- Surgical robot startup partners with Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Cape Cod nursing home reports 33 positive COVID cases, majority of infected people have mild symptoms
- Baystate adds new digital health platforms to Cerner partnership: 5 details
- Hospital discharges inequitable for many, Mass General finds
- 33 people, mostly vaccinated, test positive for COVID-19 at Massachusetts nursing home
- Boston Children’s physicians to service Cape Cod
MICHIGAN
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- 3 top executives to depart Beaumont as Spectrum merger looms
- After failed mergers and employee dissension, Beaumont Health seeks to join a rising star
- Beaumont Health’s bumpy gurney ride to the top
- Delta variant slowly increasing in Michigan as doctors stress importance of vaccine
- Michigan among lowest COVID-19 case rates, but for how long?
- Henry Ford Health System COO: Required employee COVID-19 vaccines is ‘right thing to do’
- Michigan healthcare workers protest vaccine mandate
- Michigan House repeals emergency powers law Gov. Whitmer used to fight pandemic
- Michigan could get $800 million from opioid companies in settlement
- Michigan health system seeks to fill more than 900 jobs
- Spectrum Health expanding access to coronavirus therapy shown to reduce hospitalizations for COVID-19
- West Michigan health care providers plead for donations amid blood shortage
- 25% of Michigan kids age 12 – 15 fully vaccinated
- Michigan Nurses Association calls for safe limits on nurse-patient assignments in hospitals
- Latest effort to reform Michigan’s mental-health system finds critics
- Michigan nurses to strike July 28
MINNESOTA
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- Hospitals blast UnitedHealth profits
- Mayo Clinic: Eli Lilly, Regeneron antibodies help COVID-19 patients avoid the hospital
- Mayo, Kaiser execs detail their joint investment in Medically Home
- COVID In Minnesota: Positivity Rate Inches Up To 2%, With 340 Newly Confirmed Cases
- Delta variant causing 75% of new Minnesota COVID-19 cases
- Minnesota health startups raise record amount due to IPOs, Medical Alley says
- Children’s Minnesota pilot program allows parents to take premature babies home sooner
MISSISSIPPI
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- The Latest: Mississippi hospital to require masks
- Mississippi Health Official: State Seeing Rapid Increase in July COVID-19 Cases
- Mississippi Runs Out Of ICU Beds As COVID Delta Variant Sweeps Through State
- Mississippi pharmacist pleads guilty in health fraud scheme
- 13 hospitals in Mississippi have no ICU beds available
- The Latest: Mississippi seeing ‘4th wave,’ official warns
- Top Mississippi hospital to require masks for unvaccinated
- Dobbs: ‘Rough few weeks’ ahead in COVID-19 fight
- Judge: Monitor to oversee Mississippi mental health system
- As Delta variant spreads across Mississippi, COVID-19 outbreak reported at Raymond detention facilities
- Covington County Hospital seeing younger COVID-19 patients
MISSOURI
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- Conflicting lower court rulings issued in staffing disputes at 2 HCA hospitals
- Health leader: St. Louis area facing third COVID-19 wave
- Parson names longtime Illinois official Donald Kauerauf as new Missouri health director
- CoxHealth CEO not afraid of losing his job over controversial tweets
- Missouri Supreme Court rules in favor of Medicaid expansion
- Olympian encourages women to get early screenings in Ascension’s latest campaign
- What would get Centene CEO to stay in Missouri?
- CoxHealth creates new nurse position: 4 notes on support RNs
- Missouri hospital creates leadership role for quality, safety and population health
- 8% vaccinated, half under 60: 6 notes on the COVID-19 patients at 1 Missouri hospital
- Delta variant continues spread across metro with Kansas City up nearly 70% total cases
- Missouri hospitals move COVID-19 patients from city to city as cases surge
- What would get Centene CEO to stay in Missouri?
MONTANA
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- Benefis ready to open urgent care center in Helena
- Hospital price transparency law unlikely to result in competitive prices
- Influx of medical school students could overwhelm Montana resources
- Bozeman air ambulance now in operation
- DPHHS hears public comment on Medicaid waiver for substance use, mental illness
- Two new medical schools are opening in Montana. But does the western U.S. really need them?
- Former Billings rheumatologist, his business agree to settle claims of False Claims Act violations
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska hospital CEO resigns
- Doctor calls for state COVID-19 dashboard to come back
- Experts say COVID-19 misinformation is a major threat
- UnitedHealthcare Donates $300,000 to Nonprofits in Nebraska
- CHI Health hospitals roll out new COVID screening kiosks
- Just over a third of Nebraska 12- to 17-year-olds have gotten COVID vaccine
- Doctor calls for state COVID-19 dashboard to come back
NEVADA
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- Face masks won’t be required for Las Vegas tourists, despite COVID delta variant concerns
- Intermountain Healthcare Provides Notice of Data Security Event
- Las Vegas hospital workers vote down continued union representation
- Nevada ranks last among states for vaccinating nursing home residents
- Nevada’s COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations climbing fast as Clark County reports 11.8% test positivity
- Officials advise wearing masks in Vegas as COVID cases rise
- Surge in Nevada’s key COVID-19 metrics now in second month
- Frontline workers in Nevada say they are ‘reliving 2020’ as new infections surge to highest point in 5 months
- Nevada becomes latest Covid-19 hotspot, as hospitalizations rise and vaccination rates plateau
- Mask mandate returns for Southern Nevada workers, but not customers
- Nevada Officials Not Planning Statewide Measures Amid Uptick
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- HCA New Hampshire hospital loses 12 physicians as interim CEO takes helm
- Why physicians decided to leave HCA New Hampshire hospital
- New Hampshire HCA hospital interim CEO says he wasn’t blindsided by physician exodus
- Drug overdose deaths holding steady in New Hampshire
- NH surpasses 100,000 COVID-19 cases
- Kathryn Skouteris joins Harvard Pilgrim Health Care as VP of NH market
- US health secretary praises New Hampshire’s COVID-19 response
NEW JERSEY
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- New Jersey hospital system fires six unvaccinated workers
- As COVID-19 continues, so do troubles for nurses
- Report highlights health care disparities in New Jersey
- N.J. is ranked 47th in the nation for maternal deaths. A college student created an app to help change that.
- Lab company charged NJ Medicaid up to $1,500 for a $3 drug test for years, state alleges
- Hackensack Meridian to require all doctors, nurses and staff to get COVID vaccine
- New Jersey health system launches innovation center
NEW MEXICO
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- Santa Fe Hospital Reaches Settlement Over Fraudulent Billing
- Report outlines problems at New Mexico veterans’ home
- Report slams residential health facilities run by New Mexico Department of Health
- New Mexico COVID-19 update: 271 new cases, totaling 207,972
- New Mexico sees highest daily virus case count since early May
- New Mexico vaccination lottery’s impact hard to assess
- Delta variant cases climbing in New Mexico
- New Mexico saw a 129% increase in fentanyl related deaths in pandemic last year, health officials say
NEW YORK
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- Vaccinations or testing mandated for NYC health care workers
- New York City medical center rejects city’s proposal to make it a public hospital
- New York hospitals combine
- New York nursing home shutters after 40 years
- Get vaccinated or take weekly COVID-19 test, NYC public healthcare workers told
- Cigna, Oscar Health launch virtual primary care plan
- NewYork-Presbyterian gives $20M to help establish new health school
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Atrium finalizes its latest deal with Georgia health system
- HCA takeover reframing primary care in Western NC, could threaten regional hospitals
- North Carolina health systems work to gain primary care market share amid HCA retreat
- Triangle hospitals, agencies warn of potentially dangerous shortage in blood supply
- All COVID-19 patients in Cone Health either unvaccinated or did not report vaccination status, Cone Health clarifies
- North Carolina lawmakers advance bill requiring parental approval of youths’ COVID-19 vaccines
- Gov. Cooper moves to end North Carolina’s statewide mask mandate
- North Carolina health officials report nearly 30% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients are in the ICU
- North Carolina to receive $750 million as part of opioid settlement
- Free At-Home COVID-19 Vaccinations Offered Across North Carolina
- Novant doctor says lambda variant not yet in North Carolina
- Even before coronavirus, almost half of adults in rural areas went without dental care
- Once bankrupt North Carolina hospital to be profitable in 90 days, new owner says
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Delta variant cases on the rise in ND
- North Dakota sees massive increase in COVID-19 variant cases
- Coronavirus variants increasing in North Dakota; active COVID-19 cases climb again
- Rural health facilities receive funding for COVID-19 efforts
- This COVID-19 vaccine myth has been ‘extremely difficult’ to dispel in North Dakota
- Altru looking to partner with CHI: What we know so far
- Increasing in number, advanced practice providers fill critical role in rural health care
OHIO
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- How Kettering Health’s new innovation chief is putting Dayton’s healthcare ecosystem on the national stage
- Ohio pediatricians urge parents get vaccinated as COVID-19 cases rise in younger population
- COVID-19 cases up in Ohio, local health officials blame delta variant
- UH Ahuja’s $236 million expansion is part of $1.4 billion hospital construction boom across Northeast Ohio
- Ohio reports more than 700 COVID cases for second straight day
- Ohio health system opening $45M campus with ASC
- Ohio could get $1B from multibillion dollar deal with opiate maker and three distributors
- Ohio Hospitals Noncompliant In Publicly Posting Costs: Report
- Virus cases climbing in Ohio despite 60% vaccination rate
- Capitol Insider: As feared, Ohio smashes record for drug overdose deaths last year
- Cleveland Clinic hospital to close surgery center
- Kansas welcomes new Deputy State Health Officer after she turned down Ohio role for reports of harassment
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Coming to OhioHealth Marion General Hospital in 2022
- Bon Secours Mercy Health’s chief digital officer: Digital health without patient engagement is like ‘electronic trees falling in an electronic forest’
OKLAHOMA
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- Nursing Shortage, Made Worse By Pandemic, Persists Amid Third Wave Of COVID-19
- ‘Grim’ outlook: Delta variant’s surge in Oklahoma causes medical professionals to worry about children’s health, hospital capacity
- Oklahoma lawmakers want governor to ban hospitals from requiring vaccinations for employees
- IHME projects dramatic increase in Oklahoma COVID-19 deaths by winter
- ‘It’s getting worse’: OK healthcare system feeling effects of nationwide nursing shortage
- 29 children in Oklahoma hospitals due to COVID-19 as case numbers continue to rise
- Oklahoma waivered service providers to receive retroactive rate increases
OREGON
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- Which Oregon ZIP codes have the highest and lowest vaccination rates?
- Many Oregon health care providers remain unvaccinated, new data show
- Hospitals in Oregon cannot mandate vaccines for employees
- Oregon health district ousts hospital CEO
- Chiropractors and nursing assistants have some of the lowest vaccination rates among Oregon health care workers
- Rise in Delta variant renews push for vaccinations in Oregon
- After declines, Oregon again sees rise in COVID-19 cases
- COVID-19 outbreak sickens patients, staff at PeaceHealth Southwest
- Oregon Will Use Medicaid Funding For Mental Health Emergency Response
- New Oregon hospital payment report shows widely varying prices for procedures
- Bend’s Largest Hospital Sued For Misconduct
PENNSYLVANIA
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- AtlantiCare embarks on $75M expansion for its Mainland campus
- Inside Jefferson Health Washington Township’s $222M campus ‘transformation’ project
- Jefferson Health cancer patients affected by Elekta data breach
- One-day walkout planned at 21 Pennsylvania nursing homes
- Six senior living facilities in Philly area join health care centers requiring staffers to get vaccinated
- The Pennsylvania Healthcare Power 100
- Worrisome health disparities persist in Pennsylvania, according to new report
- Pennsylvania Department of Health can’t allow medical marijuana companies to redact applications, court says
- Here’s why 1,500 Pa. nursing home workers are planning a one-day strike next week
- How are Pa. Health officials planning to increase accountability, privacy with new contact tracer?
- Pennsylvania Health Officials Defend New, No-Bid Deal For Contact Tracing
- Pa. health officials propose increasing direct-care hours for nursing home residents
- UPMC settles employee data breach lawsuit for $2.7M
RHODE ISLAND
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- New Law Protects Hospital Workers From Violence On The Job
- RI health officials report 40 overdoses within the past week alone
- COVID-19 infections rise again in RI, 1 new death
- Top RI Physician Says Data Shows RI Should Resume Indoor Masking
- Study estimates at least 113,000 US caregivers died in first 14 months of pandemic
- 33 coronavirus cases reported at nursing home on Cape Cod
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Information security officer reflects on health care technology changes in his 43 years at MUSC
- S.C. hospital’s pediatric ICU ‘beyond capacity’ with COVID and ‘winter viruses’
- South Carolina health officials watch COVID cases climb while fighting misinformation
- South Carolina to receive funds for underserved communities hit by COVID-19
- Tidelands Health requiring COVID-19 vaccines for all employees
- As COVID cases, hospitalizations increase nationwide, Gov. McMaster vows no new restrictions
- BCBS of South Carolina strikes agreement with feds over alleged hiring discrimination
- ‘Why do we need another hospital?’: Some Carolina Forest residents not on board with proposed CMC facility
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Sanford Health to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all employees
- 5 Health Facilities Ordered to Turn Over Records of Man Struck, Killed by South Dakota AG
- South Dakota legislators spar over fate of state-run home for people with intellectual disabilities
- Medical marijuana-using students in South Dakota can access their meds in school this fall
- South Dakota reporting 53% of eligible population fully vaccinated against COVID-19
- Frequency of S.D. coronavirus public reports being evaluated, state health secretary says
- COVID-19 cases mount in South Dakota
- Dakotas health system makes COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory
TENNESSEE
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- Can Tennessee business owners require employees to be vaccinated?
- In letter, Tennessee lawmakers detail health department meeting regarding kids & vaccine
- Tennessee postpones vaccine summit as it continues to backtrack
- Active cases rise above 300 in NE Tennessee
- Leaders need to address what’s really fueling Tennessee’s rural hospital closures | Opinion
- Tennessee hospital deal to stop ‘climbing death rate,’ mayor
- A Tennessee physician reflects on closing the COVID unit
- Emergency COVID-19 hospital in Memphis closes without ever treating a patient
- Tennessee hospital latest employer to announce COVID-19 vaccine requirements
- West Tennessee Healthcare seeing small COVID-19 spike locally amid an already high patient case load in the hospital
- CEO of Tenet Tennessee hospital steps down
- Beneath COVID-19, Tennessee suffered the worst year for drug deaths ever
- TN governor: State’s role is to encourage COVID vaccinations, not mandate
- COVID Hospitalizations Have Doubled This Month In Tennessee
- CHI Memorial, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee struggling to reach contract agreement
- Nashville Nursing Home Loses License over Health Code Violations
TEXAS
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- Houston health tech firm Saranas raises $12.8M Series B
- Houston Methodist confirms its 1st lambda variant case
- Surgical Care Affiliates, USPI sued again, accused of collusion to limit employee wages, mobility
- Tenet posts $120M profit in Q2
- UTHealth moves to streamline EHR implementation for 2,000 clinicians
- Untreatable ‘superbug’ fungus spreading in 2 Texas hospitals, DC nursing home, CDC says
- Texas has seen nearly 9,000 COVID-19 deaths since February. All but 43 were unvaccinated people.
- Texas hospitals grapple with staffing shortages as COVID-19 hospitalizations increase
- 7 fully vaccinated people have died from COVID-19 in Texas, city says
- Texas hospital reports its 1st case of lambda COVID-19 variant
- North Texas health officials warn that COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations could return to surge levels
UTAH
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- Advocate Aurora, Intermountain latest victims of Elekta cyberattack
- Intermountain is closing most of its outpatient pharmacies. It isn’t alone.
- Intermountain CMO on putting value over volume
- Intermountain Healthcare patient data breached in ‘security incident’
- Utah doctors react to ‘alarming’ COVID-19 numbers: ‘Pandemic not over’
- Utah doctors warn of another summer surge of COVID-19
- Racism declared public health crisis in Utah’s largest city
- COVID-19 Surge Causes University Of Utah To Postpone Nonemergency Surgeries
- Intermountain Healthcare contributes $67 million to community partners to address mental health in Utah
- St. George Hospital at capacity, doctors urge mask wearing
- ICUs are crowded with COVID patients, and that’s starting to delay some surgeries
- Cache Valley Hospital Demonstrates New Surgical Robot
VERMONT
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- UVM Medical Center seeks to build outpatient surgical center
- UVMMC submits conceptual CON to develop outpatient surgery center
- Vermont Covid cases ticking up, but still low compared to most states
- Elder care industry confronts both a labor shortage and a financial crisis
- Investors with questionable records want to buy five Vt. nursing homes. Will the state let them?
- Nurses in New York, Vermont press UVM Health Network for better pay and staffing
- Sheriff’s department ends 24/7 security at Vermont hospital
VIRGINIA
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- Virginia releases mask guidance for 2021-2022 school year, giving localities the final say
- Va. hospital association now urging vaccine requirements for health care workers
- Coronavirus cases, positivity rates and hospitalizations are increasing in Virginia and Hampton Roads
- Could indoor mask mandates return to the DMV?
- Rise in delta variant leaves Virginia health leaders concerned
- ‘They work 16-hour days and get hit’: Staffing crisis cripples only Va. mental hospital for children
- Nursing school operators charged with selling bogus diplomas
- Virginia expected to receive $530 million from opioid distributors, manufacturer
- Amid a crisis at state mental hospitals, calls for private providers to step up
- First surprise medical bills head to arbitration under Virginia’s new balance-billing ban
- Virginia hospitals desperate for blood donations amid national shortage
- UVA Health doctor explains reasons behind breakthrough COVID-19 cases
- 5 Virginia mental health hospitals to hire contract staff amid worker shortage
WASHINGTON
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- Nurses’ class action suit against CHI Franciscan settles for $5.5 million
- Providence-backed Kno2 raises $15M for healthcare communication tech
- Seattle Children’s eliminates opioids from Bellevue surgery center
- Virginia Mason Franciscan Health to pay $5.5M settlement in nurse class-action suit
- Overdose rates on pace to break another record in 2021
- Breakthrough COVID cases prompt new calls to mask up in Washington state
- Washington state’s rising number of COVID-19 cases stokes concern, anxiety
- COVID patients hospitalized in Tri-Cities more than double in a week
- Auditor, DSHS at odds over per-day billing
WEST VIRGINIA
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- As cases in West Virginia increase Gov. Justice issues warning on Delta variant
- 21 WVa hospitals receiving $258K apiece for COVID work
- COVID-19 metrics for West Virginia continue worsening trends
- As $26 billion opioid settlement is announced, West Virginia is a no
- In This West Virginia City, Health Is a Communal Effort
- COVID-19 metrics for West Virginia continue worsening trends
- West Virginia DHHR reports no new COVID-19 related deaths for second day in a row
- Confirmed cases of Covid-19 in West Virginia jumped by nearly 13 percent in the past week
WISCONSIN
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- Wisconsin medical schools launch $3 million effort to address health disparities
- COVID-19 virus activity high in 29 Wisconsin counties
- Medical College of Wisconsin teams up with UW on $3 million study of state’s health disparities
- Opioid settlement expected to net $400M for Wisconsin
- Seven-day rolling average of COVID-19 cases skyrockets in Wisconsin
- Health officials push vaccine as Delta Variant spreads through Wisconsin
- Marshfield Clinic Health System saves $1.2M with parts procurement automation
- Wisconsin Hospitals Noncompliant In Publicly Posting Costs
- New COVID-19 cases hits highest point since May
WYOMING
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- Banner Health mandating COVID vaccinations for all employees by Nov. 1, including Wyoming Medical Center
- Wyoming Psychological Association says state’s redesign of mental health services is ‘myopic’
- Wyoming near bottom in ranking of child health
- Deaths of six more Wyoming residents linked to COVID-19
- Health care center struggles to hire primary care physicians
- Wyoming COVID hospitalizations spike above 60 for first time since January
- COVID-19 hospitalizations reach “concerning” level before CFD
