NATIONAL
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- 15 people in healthcare among Forbes’ 400 richest people in America
- 256 hospitals warned about violating CMS price transparency rule
- AMA recognizes 44 systems for clinician burnout efforts
- Healthcare has lost half a million workers since 2020
- Hospitals have spent more than $3B getting PPE during pandemic
- Mayo, Kaiser rally 11 systems to launch hospital-at-home coalition
- What ASCs want CMS to consider before issuing vaccination mandate
- Where Amazon could go next in healthcare
ALABAMA
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- Alabama governor extends emergency flexibility for hospitals
- Alabama hospitals still struggling after COVID-19 surge disrupts regular operations
- Pay issues causing frustration among Alabama nurses
- Alabama governor extends emergency flexibility for hospitals
- New Cooper Green health services building announced, will replace old hospital in Birmingham
- 1 in 330 Alabamians have died of COVID-19
- Alabama’s COVID-19 vaccination numbers improve, still some of the lowest in the nation
- Alabama Hospital Association: Pandemic could be far from over
- Children’s Hospital researchers create new app for families facing cancer
ALASKA
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- Why Alaska Has the Highest COVID-19 Case Rate
- Overwhelmed Alaska health care workers also face harassment
- ‘A palpable, noticeable difference in our hospitals’
- Chief executive officer of Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium resigns
- Increasing health equity in Alaska
- New data shows COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on American Indian, Alaska Native tribes
- As the season of respiratory illness begins, anxiety builds over Alaska’s pediatric hospital capacity
- Turmoil at the top: CEO of Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium suddenly resigns
- Half of beds at Central Peninsula Hospital occupied by COVID patients Monday
- Amid one of the nation’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks, Anchorage officials say they’re rationing testing
ARIZONA
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- Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association outlines victories in 2021 legislative report
- Nearly 18% of new COVID-19 infections in Arizona last month were ‘breakthrough’ cases
- Arizona reports 2,029 additional virus cases, 71 more deaths
- Northern Arizona Healthcare constructs timeline for new Flagstaff Medical Center campus
- Valleywise Health sees ‘modest decline’ in Covid-19 cases but fears nursing shortage will worsen
- Arizona hospitals reaped $1.5 billion profit last year
- Arizona hospitals remain busy as COVID-19 admissions continue to slow
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas cancer center building ASC
- Arkansas’ largest pain management practice opens ASC
- State, counties, cities OK plan to divvy up $216 million opioid settlement
- Arkansas legislation allowing vaccination mandate opt-outs will become law without governor’s signature
- 2 area hospitals in top 10 of least profitable in Arkansas
- UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation Receives $982,500 Grant from Federal Communications Commission
- Arkansas Governor OKs Bill Allowing Vaccine Mandate Opt-Outs
- $8.7 million renovation aims to make Little Rock’s VA hospital more welcoming
CALIFORNIA
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- California ASC owner faces insurance fraud allegations
- California health department blasted over nursing home oversight
- California hospital district CEO, board member resign
- California will crack down on surprise coronavirus testing fees under new law
- Unvaccinated ICU Nurse Escorted Out of California Hospital in Viral Video
- California becomes 1st state to let adult children add parents to their health care plan
- Thousands of Kaiser health care workers in California, Oregon overwhelmingly authorize strike
- California hospital begins building $125M expansion
- ‘COVID is never going to go away,’ California scientist says, even as case numbers improve
- California’s positive COVID-19 test rate just went down again
- California changes hospital debt collection, charity care eligibility
- ‘We Are Human Beings’: California’s Health Care Workers Are Asking for Empathy
- California Coronavirus Death Count Tops 70,000 as Cases Fall
- Why partnerships are a primary focus of a California CEO’s strategy
- Governor signs 15 of CMA’s priority bills
COLORADO
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- Colorado’s COVID hospitalizations “trend back up in the wrong direction” as new cases stop falling
- HealthONE names CEO of Colorado hospital
- Colorado COVID Hospital Data Worst Since 2020 Update
- ‘Scary’: Gov. Jared Polis Describes Increase In COVID Patients Hospitalized In Colorado
- Children’s Hospital ‘in difficult moment,’ but pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations remain low
- Hospital Patient In Denver Shares Story Of 20-Hour-Long Wait For Room
- Colorado Attorney General launches probe of Denver-based home health provider
- Centura names CEO of Colorado Hospital
- ICU beds at 92% capacity in Colorado
- Larimer County ICUs over capacity, health officials pleading for action
- Where Colorado stands in the fifth wave of COVID
- Denver developer building medical complex at fast-growing Colorado Springs campus
- Colorado sees highest COVID hospitalizations since January, while cases slowly decrease
- Biden, Colorado mandate health plans cover gender-affirming care
- Colorado health officials back off plan to weaken coronavirus vaccine mandate for hospitals
- People who want organ transplants must get the COVID-19 vaccine, a hospital says
- National Jewish Health Opens Center for Outpatient Health
- New medical facility opening in Idaho Springs
CONNECTICUT
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- Backus Hospital settles with government over disability discrimination allegations
- Greenwich Hospital says a ‘tiny’ number of unvaccinated employees face termination
- Connecticut faces an ‘overwhelming’ pandemic-induced crisis in pediatric mental health care. Here’s what experts say the legislature should do.
- Sen. Blumenthal on surge of demand for mental health care at Connecticut Children’s: ‘What was bad has become worse’
- Resident vaccination rates fluctuating in nursing homes
- Governor Lamont Provides Update on Connecticut’s Coronavirus Response Efforts
- Prospect seeks consolidation: Move would make Rockville hospital a campus of Manchester Memorial
- 28 state employees fired, hundreds of CT health care workers suspended over COVID vaccine mandates
DC
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- 2,500 DC healthcare workers miss vaccination deadlines as many firefighters seek religious exemptions
- DC’s public emergency order extended to January 2022 by Mayor Bowser
- Remembering Walter Reed Hospital
- DC Extends COVID-19 Public Emergency to 2022
- Cases Drop, Hospitalizations Plateau In DC Region
- Racine calls on 11 DC hospitals to make sure they’re following transparent price law
- Flu trending up in DC, Mississippi
DELAWARE
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- Many Delaware hospitals don’t require employees to be vaccinated, but they may soon have to
- Delaware health care facilities to get $75 million for ‘significant staffing shortages’
- Carney extends Delaware public health emergency for third time
- PAM Health, Bayhealth ink deal to expand rehab service
- Bayhealth, rehab hospital company announce joint venture
- Delaware reaches grim milestone of 2,000 COVID-19 deaths, nearly 19 months into pandemic
- Despite improvements, Delaware’s cancer rate remains high
- High-tech biopharmaceutical building opens, advancing UD’s STAR Campus
- Governor Carney Announces Workforce Support for Hospitals, Long-Term Care, and 24/7 State Facilities
- Federal COVID funds used to build a new Hospital for the Chronically Ill
FLORIDA
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- CRH Medical acquires 2 Florida anesthesia practices
- GI Alliance expands Florida reach with new deal
- HCA veteran named chief nursing executive of East Florida division
- New $300M Florida ASC expected to create nearly 600 jobs in 5 years
- Proposed ASC would cause Florida hospital to ‘die in 5 years,’ officials say
- Florida health officials release list of businesses under investigation for requiring vaccination
- ‘I have no doubt you’ll see some litigation:’ Florida health department sends official ‘vax passport’ violations
- Florida health department fines county $3.5m for requiring Covid vaccine
- Florida mom jailed after refusing to leave daughter’s side at hospital
- Lawmakers push Florida Health for more COVID data
- Florida lawyer calls Ascension hospital vaccine mandate unconstitutional
- Florida nursing schools need more funding, faculty to prevent a nearly 60,000 nurse shortfall by 2035, FHA report says
- Florida Hospital Patients With COVID-19 Down By Nearly 1,200
- In Florida, the number of coronavirus cases is declining, but hospital staffing shortages remain
- State looks to education to address health care worker shortages
- Florida hospital settles with laid-off employees 2 years after closure
GEORGIA
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- Fired Piedmont ER doc explains why he refused vaccine mandate
- HCA shrinks Georgia footprint, sells 5 hospitals for $1.6B
- Most Georgians struggling to afford health care, survey says
- More than 5 million Georgians now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, health officials say
- Georgia Doctor Fired for Refusing COVID Vaccine Says Mandates Won’t Prevent Virus Spread
- South Georgia hospitals seeing decrease in COVID hospitalizations, say vaccinations are helping drop numbers
- East Georgia Regional Medical Center Part Of Georgia Medical Scrubs Project
HAWAII
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- Hawaii CMO sues ASC, hospital over alleged coerced resignation
- Hawaii sees 49 new coronavirus cases, bringing statewide total to 81,663
- Hawaii hospitals catching up on postponed procedures, but Hilo still grappling with COVID patients
- Experts: Pandemic could worsen Hawaii’s shortage of health care workers
- Leaders in hospital care delivery innovation launch Advanced Care at Home Coalition
IDAHO
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- Magic Valley hospital sees increase in COVID-related stillbirths
- As COVID-19 hospitalizations dip, some health care leaders worry worst is still to come
- Idaho nurse sets tragic hospital scene with powerful poem
- COVID-19 patients end up in other states — at great expense — as Idaho hospitals fill up
- Idaho Medical Association asks state board to stop Ryan Cole from prescribing ivermectin
- Idaho Healthcare Group “We are Pleading with the Governor”
- Idaho Hospital Says Crush of COVID Patients Getting Worse
ILLINOIS
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- Ascension, CommonSpirit and Trinity see finances rebound
- CommonSpirit CEO Lloyd Dean to retire in 2022: 10 things to know
- Illinois hospital closing ASC cites low volume, COVID-19 strain
- Loyola Medicine plans $69M ASC
- North Shore Healthcare Partners with Sound Physicians
- OSF HealthCare acquires stake in Kindred hospital, renames it
- Pritzker looks to change state’s Right of Conscience law amid vaccination push
- Why staffing is a top concern for hospital CFOs, according to Advocate Aurora’s CFO
- Governor JB Pritzker working to close loophole exploited for Illinois COVID vaccine mandate
- Why one Chicago hospital has been slammed with ambulances
- Illinois’ COVID-19 case rate is the 10th-lowest nationally
INDIANA
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- Harrison County Hospital Appoints New CEO
- Hospitals offer exemption for COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Many employees took it.
- Hospitals spend millions in race to hire traveling nurses
- Indiana hospital plans $300M expansion
- Indiana hospital’s EHR back online 10 days after ransomware attack: 4 details
- Indiana Hospitals Among ‘Most Wired’
- Indiana hospitals remain busy despite COVID-19 decline
- Indiana still under public health emergency despite dropping COVID case numbers
- Indiana system saw record number of cyberattack attempts last month after attacks on 3 nearby hospitals
- Indiana’s COVID-19 vaccination pace falls to lowest level since shots became available
- IU Health exec named Indiana hospital’s next CEO
- IU Health to open $557M hospital Dec. 5
- Judge upholds Indiana emergency law challenged by governor
- Local hospitals hiring travel nurses to keep up with staffing shortages
IOWA
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- Iowa city needs $17.9M ASC to keep orthopedic costs down, physicians say
- Lawsuit claims eastern Iowa hospital repeatedly shut off patients’ oxygen, leading to one death
- Iowa nursing home is named one of the nation’s worst
- Nursing home infections up 17% in Iowa as outbreaks spread
- Iowa will use $3.8 million from opioid settlement to improve addiction treatment
- Surgery center argues that new UI hospital in North Liberty needs competition
- Iowa reports 31 COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care facilities, leaders blame unvaccinated
- Board sanctions three Iowa doctors for competency issues
KANSAS
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- AdventHealth opens $150M Kansas hospital
- Kansas hospitals split $50M to boost nurse pay
- St. Catherine Hospital and Kansas Health Science Center Announce Partnership to Further Medical Education
- 2 Larned State Hospital workers charged with helping convicted sex offender escape
- Topeka’s St. Francis hospital starting to see decrease in COVID cases
KENTUCKY
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- 7 hospitalized after nursing home fire in Kentucky
- $20M in low-interest loans available for Kentucky rural hospitals
- Governor Andy Beshear announces rural Kentucky hospital loan program
- Humana refunds $18M to Kentucky Public Pensions Authority
- Jefferson Regional, Kentucky health care provider to build 76-bed hospital
- Kentucky Children’s Hospital seeing surge in COVID-19 patients
- Kentucky doctor admits health care fraud, receiving kickbacks from Hempfield lab
- Kentucky continues to report declining COVID-19 positivity rate
- Ky. hospital offering $75/hour crisis pay for paramedics
- Ky. hospitalizations down, but long-term recovery is tough
- Loans available to assist Kentucky rural hospitals
- Louisville-area hospital CEO to retire, replacement named
- Melanated Healthcare striving to be the No. 1 digital health platform for people of color
- National Guard still helping at some Kentucky hospitals
- OSF HealthCare acquires stake in Kindred hospital, renames it
LOUISIANA
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- Louisiana health system plans $75M surgery center
- Nursing home operator fights to reopen after deadly Ida evacuation
- Rare variant detected for 1st time in Louisiana
- Louisiana hospital damaged by Hurricane Ida resumes inpatient care
- Ochsner launches new health plan
- Louisiana health system foundation chair resigns, calls organization ‘morally bankrupt’
- Wasted COVID vaccine doses in Louisiana swell to 224,000
- Nursing home owner appeals state’s decision to revoke licenses after botched evacuation
- Bob Dean files appeal to get nursing homes licenses reinstated
- Rare variant detected for 1st time in Louisiana
- Louisiana nears end of fourth COVID surge, health leaders say another surge could happen
- First came pandemic surge, then Ida. How Ochsner Health responded.
MAINE
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- COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine have fallen 28 percent since last week
- ‘It’s hurting this state and it’s hurting everyone’: Years-long staffing shortages continue to affect Maine health care
- Maine hospital suspends pediatric, trauma admissions
- Maine Hospital Cuts Back Services Because of Staffing Shortages
- Lewiston hospital’s staffing troubles prompt calls for Janet Mills to ease vaccine mandate
- CMMC announces diversions of pediatric, trauma patients due to nursing staff shortages
- Maine sees jump in vaccinations among health care workers as deadline nears
- Northern Light Acadia Hospital awarded youth suicide prevention and mental health grant
- Maine Behavioral Healthcare Appoints Experienced Fundraising Professional to Lead Development Team
- Maine Gov. Addresses Health Care Staffing Shortage After Hospital Cuts Back
- Maine shares plan to ease healthcare workforce shortage after hospital halts some admissions
MARYLAND
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- UMMS reports 750 hospital workers on leave over COVID vaccine mandate
- How Baltimore Escaped the Worst of COVID-19
- Frederick Health Hospital renovations humming along
- COVID rates rise in Frederick County Maryland due to high community transmission
- She’s desperate to get home care for her mom. In Maryland, 21,000 are on the wait list.
- How Much Do Common Medical Procedures Cost in Maryland? It Depends on the Hospital
- UMMC Midtown Campus celebrates opening of $70M outpatient tower
- UPMC Western Maryland earns Best Hospital designation
- UM Shore Regional Health’s Chestertown Rural Health Initiative launches Mobile Wellness Team
- COVID new cases, people in quarantine continue to drop in Carroll County schools, community
- University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health appoints new board member
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Dana-Farber reverses trustee investment policy
- Over 700 nurses in one hospital started striking 7 months ago. There’s no end in sight.
- Boston Children’s wants to acquire Franciscan Children’s in move to upgrade mental healthcare
- Boston Children’s names former U of Chicago exec its new CIO
- Massachusetts hospitals increasingly coding at the highest severity level
- 716 psych patients are stuck in emergency rooms waiting for care, Mass. report shows
- Nearly 45,000 Breakthrough COVID Cases Reported in Mass. Since July
- ‘This is not where we expected to be’: Massachusetts nurses strike hits 7-month mark
- Berkshire Health Systems puts unvaccinated employees on leave, as system hits 98 percent vaccination rate
- Top Boston Doctors Call for COVID Pass in Massachusetts
MICHIGAN
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- Ascension, CommonSpirit and Trinity see finances rebound
- Marshfield Clinic to Acquire Michigan-Based Dickinson County Health System
- Spectrum Health plans $23.2M cardiovascular ASC
- Spectrum Health takes part in first-of-its kind ALS study
- Michigan to begin changing how it funds mental health, addiction services
- Michigan emergency room patients left on stretchers, then recliners, in swamped wards
- Michigan health care provider with COVID vaccine requirement offers $10G bonuses for new nurse hires
- Burden from COVID-19 case increase extends to hospital staff, resources
- University of Michigan worried bridge failure could limit access to hospital
- Beds are filling up in mid-Michigan hospitals
- Packed with patients, Spectrum Health pushes back some procedures
- Nursing shortage renews push for patient load limits
- With a new health equity project, Michigan doctors aren’t just writing prescriptions
- Michigan’s recent rise in hospitalizations create “perfect storm” as other states’ hospitalizations fall
- West Michigan hospitals hit capacity as COVID cases rise
- MHA releases PSO annual report on patient safety efforts
MINNESOTA
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- Mayo Clinic selects its next chief administrative officer
- Minnesota health systems call lawsuits over COVID-19 vaccine mandates ‘baseless’
- Minnesota long term care homes turn away new residents due to staffing shortages
- Worker shortage in MN long-term care causing nursing homes to turn away seniors
- Minnesota hospital, physician group team up for multimillion-dollar ASC
- Anesthesiologists ask for investigation on alleged UnitedHealth anti-competitive actions
- 3 states where hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients
- Mayo Clinic staff vaccination rate exceeds 87% 3 weeks after deadline
- Mayo Clinic, Northeastern U roll out digital healthcare transformation master’s program
- Beltrami County and Sanford Health break ground on Behavioral Health Crisis Center
- 7 things to know ahead of UnitedHealth’s Q3 earnings report
- ‘Capacity crisis’: 11 open pediatric beds in Minnesota, health officials say
- Kaiser, Mayo, Medically Home found coalition to promote advanced hospital-at-home services
- New Covid cases surge in Minnesota, despite vaccination efforts
- 70% of Minnesota Nursing Homes Have Limited Admissions
- Mayo Clinic to study respiratory muscle training as long COVID treatment
- Mayo, Kaiser rally 11 systems to launch hospital-at-home coalition
MISSISSIPPI
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- Flu trending up in DC, Mississippi
- Gov. Reeves delays medical marijuana special session
- Children’s of Mississippi to make special care pediatricians more accessible
- Governor extends Mississippi’s COVID-19 state of emergency
- Mississippi nearing 50% for those who have received at least one dose of COVID vaccine
- Mississippi mother & unborn child die due to no available 24-hour emergency care in their rural city
MISSOURI
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- ASC temporarily closes after woman stabbed
- Ascension, CommonSpirit and Trinity see finances rebound
- Chesterfield company gets FDA clearance for medical device for COVID patients
- Missouri hospital won’t enforce Biden COVID vaccine mandate over fears staff may quit
- Optum, SSM Health announce broad collaboration targeting care, affordability
- SSM Health ends talks to sell St. Mary’s Hospital to Quorum Health
- Thousands of SSM Health employees will work for Optum under revenue-cycle deal
- SSM Health president, CEO: Optum partnership ‘leans in together’ on innovation
- Missouri Hospital Association’s data arm launches health equity dashboards: 3 details
- SSM Health ditches deal to sell Missouri hospital to Quorum
- Tenet’s Sally Hurt-Deitch to join Ascension
- Mercy names chief physician executive
- St. Luke’s in Kansas City to give employees $2K bonuses, raise minimum wage again
- Kansas City-based Saint Luke’s Health System raises minimum wage for second time in a year
- A Covid-19 vaccine mandate won’t force staff at this rural Missouri hospital to get the shot, CEO says. It will make them quit
- SSM Health president, CEO: Optum partnership ‘leans in together’ on innovation
- Families with disabled children are in limbo as a Missouri aid program remains stalled
- Optum partners with SSM Health and will employ certain revenue cycle staff
- COVID-19 cases continue to fall at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City
MONTANA
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- With low vaccination rates, Montana’s COVID hospitalizations have continued to rise
- Colstrip man taken to Wyoming hospital for emergency surgery after Montana hospitals were too full
- “Do we need to ration care?”: COVID patients overwhelm Montana hospitals
- The Latest: Montana at new high for COVID hospitalizations
- COVID in MT continues to surge, reaching 12593 active cases
- Lake County hospitals receive statewide recognition
- Montana hospital increases minimum wage to $17/hour
- Minnesota Hospital Struggle Under Weight of Latest Virus Surge
- SCL Health Montana named 2021 Excellence in Behavioral Health Service Award winner
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska ASCs consolidating to one location
- Ricketts issues another order aimed at easing capacity issues at Nebraska hospitals
- Lincoln surgery centers consolidating to one location
- ‘Off-kilter,’ Nebraska hospitals face supply and demand crisis with nursing, staffing shortages
- Health expert: rural hospitals are feeling the COVID strain just like urban areas
- 9 people dead from COVID-19, mostly unvaccinated men
- Nebraska healthcare leaders plead with state Senate to address nursing shortage
- University of Nebraska President and Chancellors address rural healthcare shortages with new proposal
NEVADA
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- Report: Nevada gets a D+ for children’s mental health
- COVID-19 cases plunge in Nevada, test positivity decline continues
- Nevada among last states to add rapid tests to virus tally
- Opioid overdoses spiked 55% in Nevada last year, state says
- Groundbreaking set for $29 million Gardnerville hospital expansion
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
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- Families reach $6.2M settlement after deadly viral outbreak in N.J. nursing home
- Feds interview residents, staff at two NJ veterans homes where 194 died from COVID-19
- N.J. health system halts visitations over new COVID cases
- N.J. hospitals have potent COVID treatments. But some doctors aren’t aware.
- New models predict COVID spread uptick in New Jersey around Thanksgiving
- Hackensack Meridian Health names new CIO
- Report: N.J. becoming leader in behavioral health due to CCBHC model
- New Jersey Health Commissioner Expects COVID-19 Uptick Between Thanksgiving And Christmas
- Morristown hospital announces $27M expansion of emergency department
- N.J. to announce $665M investment in medical research at the Hub — and that it’s moving a medical school to site
NEW MEXICO
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- Optum sues former employees for allegedly stealing health data
- Hacker used malware to remove 69,000 patient files from New Mexico hospital’s IT network
- New Mexico health care workers continue to see staff shortage
- Indoor mask mandate to remain in place in New Mexico
- New Mexico COVID-19 update: 709 new cases, totaling 262,078
- Valencia County Commission prioritizes building a hospital
NEW YORK
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- Molina to buy AgeWell’s long-term care business in New York for $110M
- Northwell shifting staff to direct contracting model
- Catholic Health strike: New York attorney general claims staffing agency lacks license + 5 other details
- New York must allow religious exemptions to state vaccination mandate, federal judge rules
- Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Against N.Y.’s Vaccine Mandate For Health Care Workers
- New York-Presbyterian chief nursing officer joins Atlantic Health System
- Mount Sinai launches AI, human health division
- Mount Sinai launches new Department of AI and Human Health
- NYU Langone CMO: What the system learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
- NYU Langone Health launches neurodegenerative diseases research treatment center
- Gov. Hochul apologizes to families of nursing home COVID victims in closed-door meeting
- New law will require nursing homes to display rating
- New York Attorney General sends cease and desist to hospital allegedly using unlicensed temporary staffing agency amid strike
- Northwell CEO: Vaccination mandates work
- New York to make vaccination websites accessible to blind and visually impaired users
- NY Reaches Agreement With DOJ Over Vaccine Access for Blind People
- Northwell Health selects Northwell Direct’s provider network for employee benefit plan
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Surgery Center In Wilmington Sells For $15M
- Nearly all state health workers vaccinated in North Carolina
- As COVID-19 surge in the Carolinas relaxes, health experts call for vigilance
- Feds put ‘special focus’ on 10 NC nursing homes with sketchy performance records
- NC health leaders pushing flu shots to relieve overloaded hospitals
- Mission Health investigated by North Carolina Department of Labor, findings expected this week
- North Carolina COVID-19 cases, deaths fall to lowest since late July
- Cabarrus Health Alliance receives CDC funding to launch Community Health Worker program
- 70 Percent of North Carolina Adults Have Received Their First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine
- Humana brings Medicare Advantage plan to 37 North Carolina counties
- House Bill 96 requires parental consent for COVID-19 vaccine, expands access to injectable medicines
- Proposal would create second ER for Mission Hospital near Buncombe, Henderson Co. line
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Sanford Health Says 3,000 Employees are Exempt from COVID-19 Vaccine
- 3 states where hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients
- Child cases grow as coronavirus has ‘open season’ to spread in North Dakota
- North Dakota’s rural hospitals struggle to find relief valves during COVID-19 delta surge
- Bismarck hospital believes it’s seeing peak of COVID-19 patients during recent pandemic surge
- Hospitalizations due to delayed care put extra stress on health systems
- A Delta-driven surge is pushing hospitals in North Dakota to the brink.
- Trinity Nursing Home tightens restrictions after COVID-19 outbreak
OHIO
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- Cleveland Clinic will stop performing organ transplants for unvaccinated people
- Ohio nursing homes may face severe staffing shortages with vaccine mandate
- Major hospital systems in Ohio requiring Covid vaccinations for organ transplants
- Ohio’s hospital capacity shrinks further to new ‘lowest low’
- Ohio hospital capacity slim despite decline in COVID-19 cases
- Little pushback from Columbus hospital workers over COVID vaccine mandate
- Opioid overdose deaths ‘skyrocketing’ during COVID-19 pandemic, Ohio medical experts say
- Nearly 6,000 new COVID cases reported in Ohio Wednesday
- Physicians in independent practices are a minority now. What does that mean for your care?
- Ohio nurses leave profession due to burnout, lack of bonuses
- Coronavirus hospitalizations down slightly in Ohio
- Akron Children’s Hospital breaks ground for new ER
- Doctors are worried about how COVID, flu season could impact Ohio’s hospitals this winter
- ProMedica breaks ground for new Perrysburg facility
- Ohio doctors, lawmakers debate during testimony on vaccine exemption legislation
- Ohio hospital breaks ground on $3M medical office building
- Ohio reports above-average number of new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations Wednesday
- Tom Strauss to retire as leader of Sisters of Charity Health System
OKLAHOMA
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- 4 Oklahoma City hospitals pause joint COVID-19 website
- Oklahoma facing statewide shortage of pediatricians
- COVID-19 in Oklahoma: Latest hospital capacity figures from Integris Health, Mercy, OU Health and SSM Health
- COVID-19: Despite reaching weekly case plateau, Oklahoma exceeds U.S. new daily infection rate
OREGON
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- Oregon nurses demand reforms to stem a ‘catastrophic’ staffing crisis
- Oregon State Hospital in contempt of court for failing to admit patients
- Oregon automates hospital capacity data analysis
- Oregon Health Authority report shows decline in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, rise in deaths
- Advocates report dire conditions at Oregon State Hospital
- Thousands of Oregon Healthcare Workers Vote to Strike Amid Hospital Staffing Shortage
- Portland-area hospitals see bump in employee vaccinations as mandate deadline approaches
- COVID-19 Cases Decline, Deaths Rise In Oregon
- Nurses leaving profession could be detrimental to Oregon hospital system
- Providence St. Vincent to rename hospital pavilion for mega-donors Phil and Penny Knight
- Oregon data shows small uptick in vaccinations among health care workers
- Governors of Oregon, Washington hold fast on vaccine deadline despite worker exodus concerns
- Oregon reports record-high COVID deaths
- Oregon nursing group, resigned to mandate, wants ‘bold’ action to address staffing shortages
- Oregon Health Authority advises employers to be flexible in enforcing Oct. 18 vaccine mandate
- Oregon Medicaid contractors get payment bump for behavioral health
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Recognized for Exemplary Disability Hiring and Employment Practices
- Philadelphia hospital outlines security changes after shooting at facility
- Tower Health Dropping Hospital in Philadelphia, Chester County
- Pennsylvania hits goal of 70% adult COVID vaccination
- Local lawmakers hear from healthcare workers, first responders impacted by hospital consolidation
- Breakthrough coronavirus cases rising in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania lawmakers locked in partisan battle over disease data as news media pushes for accessibility
- Philadelphia health care workers face Friday vaccine deadline
- Philadelphia officials rebuff nursing home group’s request to extend vaccine mandate deadline
- Pennsylvania agency, health care provider, lawmaker team up for maternal health initiative
- Available ICU hospital beds in Pa. dip to lowest point since start of pandemic
- 506-bed Pennsylvania hospital must face overpayment suit, judge rules
- 26% of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Pennsylvania are breakthrough cases. But don’t panic
- Lawsuit argues Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health vaccine mandate violates First Amendment
- UPMC defends surgery practices in battle with feds
- Jefferson Health CEO Dr. Stephen Klasko to retire: 7 things to know
RHODE ISLAND
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- Rhode Island nursing faculty shortages contributing to hospital staff shortages
- Lifespan gifts employees with bonuses up to $1,200
- COVID-19: RI reports 955 new cases, 2 deaths over holiday weekend
- Staffing crisis in behavioral health agencies leaves RI’s neediest without services
- Rhode Island reports 325 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths
- Hospital groups report compliance — or near compliance — with RI vax mandate
- Rhode Island reports 290 new coronavirus cases, 1 death
- College nursing faculty shortage affecting RI hospital staffing
- Health leaders say Rhode Island health care COVID-19 vaccine mandate is working
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- How SC health officials are preparing if a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate is put in place
- As COVID-19 surge in the Carolinas relaxes, health experts call for vigilance
- When will the pandemic end? SC health experts weigh in on the future of COVID-19
- SC reports fewer than 1,000 COVID-19 cases for second straight day, 40 more dead
- It Took More Than 15 Years for a South Carolina Hospital To Get Permission To Be Built
- Far less than 1% of vaccinated South Carolina residents have died from COVID-19
- CDC: Anxiety and depression among South Carolinians increased as COVID-19 cases spiked
- SC reports fewest daily COVID-19 cases since July, adds 22 deaths to toll
- 1 South Carolina county drops to ‘moderate’ COVID-19 incidence rate, rest of state remains ‘high’
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
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- 15 notes on Covenant Physician Partners’ executive team
- US to join suit against Tennessee health system alleging $800M in fraud
- Tennessee COVID cases and death rates on rise, so are hospital staff shortages
- Tennessee proposes health, industry help with pandemic aid
- Tennessee physicians who spread COVID-19 misinformation could now face disciplinary action
- Vanderbilt pediatricians see increase in children with MIS-C after latest COVID-19 surge
- Nashville General Hospital Committed to Addressing Social Determinants of Health Equity
- Tennessee named one of the worst states in the nation for childhood obesity
- Feds ask to join whistleblower lawsuit against Methodist Hospital
- Ballad Health executive shares concerns as vaccine mandate for large employers draws closer to enforcement
- Williamson Medical Center plans $189 million expansion
TEXAS
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- NorthStar Anesthesia expands services with 3 health systems
- Texas governor bans COVID-19 vaccine mandates
- Houston Methodist CEO ‘disappointed’ in Texas governor’s ban on COVID-19 vaccination mandates
- Tenet’s surgery center buying spree ramps up as it signs deal for 9 more facilities
- Former Texas hospital workers demand jobs back after governor bans vaccination mandates
- ClearSky Health announces new 30-bed rehabilitation hospital in Texas
- Texas governor bans COVID-19 vaccine mandates
- Abbott order banning vaccine mandates still being weighed by Waco health care providers
- Southside continues to grow, welcomes University Health System facility
- Texas Senate passes bill to direct federal relief money to state agencies, hospitals, and tourism industry
- Texas Health Resources responds to North Texas doctor shortage with new residency programs
- Texas hospital CEO “deeply disappointed” by Abbott’s bid to ban vaccine mandates
- “It puts a big burden on employers”: Businesses face tough choices after Gov. Greg Abbott bans vaccine mandates
- Central Texas hospital dealing with low staff numbers
- Sen. Cornyn meets with San Antonio health care providers to talk challenges of treating patients during COVID-19
UTAH
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- HCA acquires its 10th ASC in Utah
- ICUs overwhelmed with COVID patients testing Utah nurses physically, emotionally
- Utah surpasses 3,000 COVID-19 deaths as more young patients succumb to the virus
- Coronavirus deaths and hospitalizations surge in southwest Utah as vaccine rates remain low
- Utah ICU beds over capacity, forcing hospitals to make adjustments
- Healthcare workers struggling as COVID hospitalizations remain high
- At-home COVID-19 tests in Utah? They’re in short supply, but that may change
- U of U Health recognized as health technology leaders, says CHIME
- Utah’s COVID-19 hospitalizations as high as during pandemic’s peak — and cases may be on the way up
VERMONT
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- Shuttered U of Vermont ASC scheduled to reopen
- UVM Health appoints first chief diversity and inclusion officer
- Vermont psychiatric hospital requiring vaccines after cases
- Vermont officials report new record for single-day COVID case counts
- Fanny Allen operating rooms, rehab unit scheduled to reopen
- Increasing Vt. case counts an outlier in NE region
- Bianchi named Chief Operating Officer of Mt Ascutney Hospital
- University of Vermont Health Network outlines solutions to issues around accessing care
- As Vermont reports second-highest Covid case average, Scott says ‘I don’t know’ why
- UVM Health Network taking ‘additional measures’ to reduce wait times
- U of Vermont Health Network has plan to reduce delays
VIRGINIA
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- Report: Virginia regs blocked $74 million in health care investments since 2018
- Virginia hospital on a mammogram mission
- Virus takes a toll on health care workers
- UVA Health working to combat social media misconceptions
- Four new COVID-19 outbreaks reported in Northern Virginia
- COVID-19 in Virginia: 18,800+ new cases reported last week; 61% of Virginians now fully vaccinated
- New probe into Cumberland Children’s Hospital launched
- How shortage of first responders impact Central Virginia’s EMS agencies
- Virginia Joint Commission on Health Care requests public input on 2022 study topics
WASHINGTON
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- Governors of Oregon, Washington hold fast on vaccine deadline despite worker exodus concerns
- Staffing has always been a challenge in long-term care settings – the vaccine mandate could make it worse
- Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Opening Brand-New Patient Medical Pavilion at the Home of the Seattle Kraken
- Washington state long-term care facilities see uptick in COVID outbreaks
- Here’s how many Washington hospital workers will meet COVID-19 vaccine mandate deadline
- Over 9 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Washington, health officials say
- Washington’s new long-term-care tax begins in January. Here’s what to know about the program
- Washington’s COVID-19 Cases Down Across All Age Groups
WEST VIRGINIA
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- West Virginia VA hospital’s medical surgical unit shut down following patient safety review
- COVID-19 deaths surpass 4,000 in West Virginia
- WVa hospitals to get funds for pandemic staffing issues
- Employer COVID vaccine exemptions sought in West Virginia
- Mon Health applauds West Virginia’s ‘Save Our Care’ initiative
- Health Metrics Improve in West Virginia
- Hospitals’ vaccine mandate deadlines quickly approach
- Nearly 4,000 apply for medical cannabis in West Virginia so far; 2 more events upcoming in Northern Panhandle
WISCONSIN
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- Ascension Wisconsin to open hospital Oct. 13
- Marshfield Clinic to Acquire Michigan-Based Dickinson County Health System
- Why staffing is a top concern for hospital CFOs, according to Advocate Aurora’s CFO
- Children’s Wisconsin Emergency Department addressing food insecurity for families
- Nurse midwives to stay at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison
- Wisconsin’s COVID-19 death and hospitalization rates down
- Wisconsin COVID-19 deaths are increasing sharply, new reports show
- Wisconsin hospitals urge COVID-19 vaccination for staff now required to have shot
- Why Wisconsin’s Covid Breakthrough Numbers Show the Power of Vaccination
- Micro-hospitals open throughout southeastern Wisconsin
- ‘Neighborhood hospital’ under construction in Mequon
WYOMING
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- As flu cases start to pop up in Wyoming, health officials stress importance of vaccines
- Colstrip man taken to Wyoming hospital for emergency surgery after Montana hospitals were too full
- Wyoming hospitals report critical staffing shortages
- Wyoming’s largest hospital reports zero open ICU beds Friday as unvaccinated put pressure on medical facilities statewide
- More Wyoming children are being hospitalized for COVID-19, some facilities near rationing care
- Wyoming’s loss of federal opioid prevention funding means no Naloxone
