NATIONAL
- 11% of US hospitals critically understaffed, 21% anticipate shortages: Numbers by state
- AHA, AHCA/NCAL urge White House to investigate staffing agency costs
- Are hospitals getting more aggressive against private practices?
- CMS clarifies COVID-related LTC survey process
- CMS cuts payments to 764 hospitals over patient complications
- CMS makes nursing home staffing data available for 1st time
- Federal vaccine mandate countdown for unvaccinated health care workers begins
- For Health Care Providers, Five Trends To Watch In 2022
- Healthcare companies paid 90% of False Claims Act settlements in 2021
- Healthcare data breaches hit all-time high in 2021, impacting 45M people
- HHS falling short in handling public health crises, GAO says
- Medicare patients win the right to appeal gap in nursing home coverage
- Metro areas with highest salaries for physicians
- Metro areas with lowest salaries for physicians
- Most doctors are compensated for volume, not value of care, research finds
- Physician compensation arrangements are primarily based on volume of care, study says
- Why Aren’t Value-Based Payment Models More Successful? A Failure To Confront Market Dynamics
- Will CMS physician pay cuts ever happen?
- Hospitals urge Biden, Becerra to extend emergency declarations as hospitalizations reach pandemic highs
- Game-changing EHR improvements at Intermountain, UCLA, and 6 other systems
- Staffing agencies ‘exploiting’ nurse shortage, hospital lobby says in letter urging White House to investigate
ALABAMA
- Health care facilities expand throughout Central Alabama
- Most Alabama healthcare workers soon required to have one dose of the vaccine by Valentine’s Day
- ‘It is exhausting’: Staffing shortages, few treatments continue to affect Huntsville Hospital
- Alabama sees decrease in positive COVID-19 tests
- Alabama hospitals react to COVID relief funds approval
- Huntsville Hospital System reaches record number of Covid-19 inpatients
- USDA invests $360M to build new Alabama hospital to serve rural residents in west Jefferson, Tuscaloosa counties
- University of Alabama-led project to improve patient care in rural Alabama
- ‘Critical’ blood shortage spurs Alabama hospital leaders to issue joint plea for donations
ALASKA
- Alaska’s COVID-19 case rate still leads the nation as hospital staffing remains a persistent issue
- Alaska leads nation in per capita covid infections. But there’s hope that the tide could be turning
- Alaska’s supply of COVID-19 drugs remains in flux, with some far more available than others
- Company seeks approval for $48M skilled nursing facility in Anchorage
ARIZONA
- Arizona Sen. Kelly urges using National Guard to relieve COVID burden on hospitals
- Arizona ends 26-day streak of reporting more than 10,000 new COVID cases
- Arizona Doctor: We are in a crisis. The hospital system will collapse.
- Sinema, Kelly urge Ducey to send Nat’l Guard to Az hospitals stressed by COVID
- Weekend staffing levels, turnover now included in nursing home ratings
- Maricopa County creating pilot program to combat nursing shortage
- COVID inpatient numbers at Arizona hospitals showing sustained decline
- Number of new Arizona COVID cases plummeting after peaking a week ago
ARKANSAS
- $68.5M spine, orthopedic hospital slated for Arkansas
- Arkansas hospital CEO resigns
- More than 500 UAMS patients face personal information breach
- 24 organizations wipe out $35M of medical debt for 24,000 Arkansans
- COVID cases in Arkansas continue showing overall decline
- How digital health lays the groundwork for future healthcare strategy
- Jones resigning as Magnolia Regional Medical Center CEO
CALIFORNIA
- Adventist’s chief strategy officer resigns amid restructuring
- California Bill Seeks More State Authority on Nursing Home Ownership
- California bill would give physician owners power over private equity
- California single-payer healthcare proposal pulled at the last minute due to lack of votes
- California universal healthcare bill dies before key vote
- Mastermind of $9M physician kickback scheme gets 5 years in prison
- CA no longer letting health care staff with COVID go back to work without isolation
- California’s surgeon general, Nadine Burke Harris, resigns
- At a California hospital, Omicron leaves staff exhausted in body, and sometimes spirit
- California health care workers given one more month to get booster shots
- California moves back COVID-19 booster deadline for healthcare workers
- California hospital allows quarantine flexibility for COVID-positive employees returning to work
- California hospital CEO’s contract extended 1 year after union circulates no-confidence petition
- California Leaders Revive Paid Sick Leave for Essential Workers
COLORADO
- A proposed bill would legally protect Coloradans against vaccine status discrimination
- Colorado COVID hospital admissions at lowest point of the year
- CVS Health Invests $6.5M in Housing, Social Determinants of Health
- HealthRhythms lands UCHealth partnership, $11M investment to scale up AI-based mental health app
- UCHealth to build 12 housing units for employees in Colorado town
- Children’s Hospital psych unit full, ER overwhelmed
- How does Colorado’s hospital bed capacity compare?
- Centura Health and Fort Morgan Community Hospital Association announce new partnership
- Colorado lawmakers debate a bill that would require hospitals to allow patients to have a visitor
- Colorado is planning a shift to an “endemic response” to COVID-19, possibly as soon as summer
- Lawmakers give bill allowing hospital visits another chance after heartbreaking testimony from families affected by COVID
CONNECTICUT
- Medicare patients win the right to appeal gap in nursing home coverage
- At Connecticut Children’s, Sen. Murphy eyes a ‘bolder’ mental health reform bill to address crisis
- Why another Connecticut hospital wants to close its maternity ward
- Union: Jobs must be filled at Connecticut Valley Hospital
- CT COVID hospitalizations may be slow to decline, expert says
- Dr. Alvin Greenberg: Will CT health care consolidation bring less service at greater cost, with no end in sight?
- Here’s why one of CT’s few remaining independent hospitals is seeking a larger affiliation partner
- Task Force Recommends Changes for Whiting Forensic Hospital
- Connecticut legislators push inquiry into nursing home operator
DC
- D.C.-area covid hospitalizations fall, but hospitals are still suffering
- DC’s AG files wage theft lawsuit for a group of health care workers
- DC Health updates coronavirus guidance to include negative test result before ending isolation
- D.C., Montgomery County see covid cases drop — but not mask mandates
DELAWARE
- DPHD reporting improvement in COVID numbers
- ChristianaCare joins AllSpire Health Partners to enhance regional health system collaboration across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
- Delaware has passed its omicron peak, but getting boosters to residents proves challenging
- From WHYY: Wilmington Hospital’s Covid unit: ‘…help people out, save lives, go home and do it again the next day’
FLORIDA
- Florida ASC sues Cigna for $434K spine reimbursement
- Florida orthopedic practice more than doubles revenue since 2019 merger
- Florida physician group gets $500M investment
- Lee Health will pay nursing school candidates to become CNAs
- Tallahassee ASC performs its 1st robotic arm-assisted knee replacement
- ‘COVID cannot be used as an excuse:’ DeSantis proposes new Bill of Rights for Florida hospital visits
- West Florida Hospital to lose enterprising CEO who brought new medical talent to the area
- Hospitals with a 5-star patient experience rating: Florida
- HCA names new CEO of Florida hospital
- Florida House passes bill to make nursing homes more financially transparent
- Florida’s ACA enrollment is tops nationally, but Medicaid expansion questions remain
- Turf wars across the US: 4 competing hospital projects
- $91M Veteran Mental Health Clinic Slated For Florida
GEORGIA
- Georgia nurse practitioner convicted of health care fraud in complex telemedicine fraud scheme
- Inside a Georgia hospital’s ICU, medical staff wages war against omicron
- Racism a public health crisis, Georgia lawmakers says; re-introduces legislation to end disparities
- Wellstar Health System opens Georgia gastroenterology office
- Patients get additional relief in Georgia health care fight
- Georgia healthcare workers face vaccination deadline amid staff shortages
- Georgia COVID deaths rising as U.S. deaths from omicron surpass delta
HAWAII
- Kaiser Permanente names COO for Southern California, Hawaii
- New $160M Hawaii psychiatric facility remains empty
- Over 100K COVID infections reported in January as new contagious sub-variant detected in Hawaii
- DOH, hospital budget requests aim to address ‘chronically underfunded’ public health sector
IDAHO
- Some hospitals have yet to change care standards despite crisis standards being implemented
- Idaho Legislature approved a bill to help fund teacher health care
- Omicron sub-variant now in Idaho amid hospital rationing
- Idaho hits record for COVID-19 positivity
ILLINOIS
- $700M Chicago hospital campus with ASC clears key hurdle
- 10 years in the making, controversial $700M Chicago hospital approved
- As COVID-19 surge wanes, Chicago-area hospitals are resuming elective surgeries
- Chicago firm partners with CommonWell to tackle health disparities via data exchange
- CommonSpirit expands partnership with Arabian Healthcare Group
- Mercyhealth tackles automated processes and staffing challenges in the revenue cycle
- COVID surge strains health care workers
- Illinois COVID Metrics: Trends in Each of the State’s 11 Health Care Regions
- Former Vibra Hospital sold
- Cancer treatment: UChicago Medicine wants to build $633 million hospital to targeting cancer
- Date set for Illinois health board to vote on Mercyhealth Rockton closure
- Illinois Health and Hospital Association Board names chair-elect
INDIANA
- For third straight week, all counties in red on Indiana’s COVID-19 map
- Gov. Eric Holcomb extends public health emergency through March 4
- Holcomb Extends COVID-19 Emergency Amid Debate
- Indiana Health Fund Attains Nonprofit Status
- Indiana’s positivity rate, hospitalizations show declines in health department’s latest update
- Indiana’s Largest Health System to Resume Elective Surgeries
- Indiana Senate Backs Narrow Bill to End Health Emergency
- New $50M grant will help address Indiana’s health issues amid pandemic challenges
- Selah House Outpatient Clinic Opens in Jeffersonville
IOWA
- ‘That data is already a week old’: Iowa long-term care facilities dispute state outbreak reports
- From Midwest to West Coast, Suresh Gunasekaran is making an impact on community healthcare
- COVID-19 infections and deaths climb in Iowa nursing homes
- Residents frustrated by Iowa County board decision to close rural nursing home
- Nurse accused of falsifying patient’s COVID-19 test results will keep her license
- Most Iowa long-term care residents have received COVID-19 booster shot
- Iowa virus hospitalizations fall from January peak
- DMPD: Man arrested after sneaking into MercyOne NICU, feeding baby
- Is the omicron variant receding in Iowa? Here’s what new COVID-19 case numbers show.
- House bill advances to block school COVID vaccine requirements
KANSAS
- Omicron has caused higher increase in U.S. daily death count than delta variant
- Kansas reports spike in COVID-19 deaths
- Kansas only halfway through Omicron surge as doctors warn of staffing shortages
- Sedgwick County’s top doctor sees hopeful shift with latest hospital numbers
KENTUCKY
- As COVID-19 positivity rate drops, hope grows that Kentucky’s omicron surge is plateauing
- Beshear, 4 local firms launch effort to bring $10M lab to NKY
- Fast-growing Louisville company to move HQ, add 350 jobs
- Kentucky ASC to focus on lung cancer treatment
- Kentucky lawmakers make ‘essential caregiver’ program permanent
- Kentucky nurses ask state to invest in nursing students
- Kentucky Nurses Association pushing for nurses in all public schools
- KY Hospital Systems Down During Cybersecurity Incident Investigation
- LifePoint Health saw an opportunity to create a new company ‘early’ in its purchase of Louisville-based Kindred Healthcare
- Mercy Health opens general surgery ASC in Kentucky
- Proposed bill ‘modernizing’ assisted living ‘long overdue’: senior living advocates
LOUISIANA
- After attack on nurse, Ochsner CEO advocates for making healthcare violence a felony
- AG Jeff Landry joins lawsuit against New Orleans COVID mask, vaccine mandates
- Ochsner ICU nurse attacked by man, JPSO asking for help in identifying the suspect
- Nurse practitioner in Louisiana arrested for human trafficking, narcotics charges
- Nurse attacked by patient’s relative, officials say
- Lawmakers move to better protect healthcare workers from violence, assault
- CHRISTUS Ochsner Health using new technology in robotic neurosurgery
- Lafourche Parish’s COVID cases fall 32.1%; Louisiana cases drop 28.6%
- COVID’S trial by fire for Ochsner Health’s supply chain chief Régine Villain
- COVID surge has led to more kids hospitalized, contracting inflammatory disease
MAINE
- MaineHealth further refines its return to work policy in line with existing CDC guidance
- UMaine works to reduce burnout among nursing students
- Maine CDC to end contact tracing COVID cases
- COVID surge in Maine hospitals has wider-reaching implications
- 3 things to know from Maine’s COVID briefings: Feb. 2, 2022
- Under broad CDC guidance, local hospitals set own policy
- Maine sees significant drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations
- State reports big drop in COVID-19 patients in Maine hospitals
- Federal COVID-19 team arrives to help Central Maine Medical Center
- Worker shortages, COVID-19 and burnout challenge overwhelming Maine hospitals
- Number of COVID-19 patients in Maine hospitals jumps back up on Monday
- Maine gets green light to deploy COVID-19 ‘strike teams’
- COVID diary: Brunswick ICU nurse details her experience with burnout amid recent surge
MARYLAND
- Fading Hospitalizations & Positivity Show Promise In Maryland’s Fight Against COVID-19 Omicron Variant
- Inside the new Kaiser Permanente medical center in Lutherville-Timonium
- Kaiser Permanente to open Maryland outpatient facility with ASC
- Maryland Hospitals’ Nursing Vacancies Up 50% Since Late August, Group Says
- Md. lawmakers consider bill to ban threats against health officials, hospital workers
- The latest on the backlog of applications at the Maryland Board of Nursing
- Frederick Health announces new prostate cancer clinic
- Amid ‘staggering’ nursing shortage, Md. lawmakers target price gouging concerns
- Md. hospital offering $20k signing bonus to nurses amid nearly 4,000 statewide vacancies
- COVID-19 In Maryland: Roughly 1,500 Hospitalized, Positivity Rate Dips Below 8%
MASSACHUSETTS
- Massachusetts health system ousts CEO
- Southcoast Health fires embattled CEO Keith Hovan, two months after domestic incident
- After historic strike, Massachusetts nurses face fight to remove union
- Meet the CFOs of US News’ top 10 hospitals
- Former BHS CEO David Phelps honored by Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
- Moment of truth for state’s health cost benchmark
- Study finds racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake
- New Saint Vincent Hospital CNO strives for fresh start after nearly 10-month strike
- State to expand behavioral health services
- Massachusetts Nurses Association says Northeast Hospital Corp. has seen ‘unprecedented’ loss of 40% of nursing staff since 2019
- Nurses stretched thin by low staffing levels and hospital greed, nursing union leaders says
MICHIGAN
- Beaumont Health-Spectrum Health merger becomes official Tuesday
- Detroit Medical Center picks Brittany Lavis as CEO
- Future health care costs in focus as Spectrum, Beaumont finalize merger
- Michigan House Bills aim to counter rise of violence against health care workers
- Saline leaders call out medical group over broken off talks for new health care facility
- Michigan hospitals ‘cautiously optimistic’ omicron surge subsiding
- New Michigan bill would allow controversial medications for patients dying of COVID-19
- At Pontiac hospital, beds in the hall, a jammed ER and patients waiting in cars
- With DoD assistance ending, West Michigan hospitals see signs of hope
MINNESOTA
- Mayo Clinic adopts Oracle’s cloud suite
- Meet the CFOs of US News’ top 10 hospitals
- Latest on COVID-19 in MN: State on recovery road from omicron wave
- Fourth wave of federal help arrived to help Minnesota hospitals
- Minnesota COVID-19 cases set monthly record in January
- Minnesota lawmakers return to St. Paul for beginning of new session
- Stained glass brightens Minnesota nursing facility
- At vaccine mandate deadline, Minnesota nursing homes say they are working to comply
- Ambulance diversions suspended amid Minnesota’s COVID-19 crush
- House health panel briefed on MN’s COVID-19 situation, potential future trends
- Mayo Clinic Health System’s new program allows some surgery patients to recover at home
MISSISSIPPI
- Healthcare Company and Owner to Resolve FCA Allegations; Two Whistleblowers to Receive Awards
- In Mississippi, there are too many patients and not enough staff
- Hospital group: Mississippi nurses are leaving in droves
- Miss. House passes bill to give $5,000 premium pay to COVID-19 health care workers
- Mississippi ambulance providers fear a collapse
- Mississippi Legalizes Medical Marijuana
- Physical therapist’s challenge of Mississippi certificate-of-need laws will move forward
MISSOURI
- At Missouri Hospitals, Desk Workers Are Scrubbing Rooms, Emptying Trash
- SSM Health names Grate president of St. Clare
- Staff shortages force Missouri psychiatric hospitals to seek outside help
- States like Missouri look to upgrade glitchy, outdated health care technology
- Children’s Mercy CFO takes CEO role in Oregon
- Missouri governor knocks state Senate after refusal to confirm top health official
- AG’s Office urged to investigate reports of price gouging by nurse staffing agencies
- Missouri lawmakers concerned with nurse agency ‘price gouging’
- Missouri hospitals ask office workers to help nurses
- Missouri Nurses Association explains impact of Boone County COVID-19 reporting changes
- Missouri nurse’s life insurance policy canceled after company stops paying premiums
- How some states are trying to upgrade their glitchy, outdated health care technology
- A mother left a Missouri ER before her son saw a doctor for his burned hand. Her family was billed $1,012.
- Demand for COVID-19 testing subsides along with cases, allowing health officials to beef up options
- After nail-biting win, Chiefs fans raise $400K (and counting!) for Buffalo children’s hospital
MONTANA
- Omicron continues to surge in Montana
- Judge denies Montana motion to dismiss challenge to vax ban
- State health department reports nearly 2600 influenza cases
- Some nurses coping with mental health struggles as workload increases
- UM launches program to give rural students mental health support
- Nursing program at Montana Tech reaching new heights
- New $31M VA clinic set to open in Montana
NEBRASKA
- Step-by-step, Methodist Health System cured the pain points within the revenue cycle
- Kearney Regional Medical Center facing nursing, patient challenges
- COVID vaccine exemption bill advances to Nebraska Legislature for debate
- COVID cases fall in Nebraska, but hospitals haven’t yet seen any relief
- Nebraska kids’ mental health affected by pandemic, say hospital leaders
- Douglas County officially surpasses 1,000 COVID-19 deaths
- App to prevent suicide launched in Nebraska, as mental health emergencies rise for young people
NEVADA
- “Critical” blood shortage continues in Las Vegas hospitals and medical facilities
- With hospital staffing at crisis levels in Las Vegas, nursing students offer assistance
- Digital vaccine cards now available for download in Nevada
- Clark County reports 52 deaths as cases, hospitalizations show steep declines
- Nevada among 9 states across U.S. with current mask mandate
- Vaccine mandate takes effect for health care workers in Nevada, nationwide
- Nevada hospitals search for solutions to staffing crisis
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Nursing workforce retiring, burning out, staying on the sidelines
- Republican bill would ban federal vaccination mandate at New Hampshire nursing homes
- Local rep’s bill would expand eligibility among immigrants
- N.H. lawmakers’ spread of COVID-19 misinformation shows no sign of stopping
- Federal funds will help New Hampshire hospitals improve telehealth programs
- New Hampshire Guardsmen come to aid of hospital workers
- Statewide hospitalizations drop below 300 for the first time since November
- NH Delegation Announces $1.3 Million in Telehealth Funding for NH Hospitals
- In rejecting bill, N.H. lawmakers cite significant progress on secure psychiatric hospital
- New Hampshire lawmakers seek to curb COVID-19 restrictions
NEW JERSEY
- CMO leaves New Jersey hospital after probe into managerial concerns
- Doctors, nurses at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey concerned with COVID patient deaths
- Will Murphy extend health emergency in NJ?
- Some N.J. health workers weigh quitting over new vaccine mandate. Will it escalate the staffing crisis?
- New Chief Marketing Officer Joins Atlantic Health System
- New Jersey in line for $641 million from opioids settlement, a lifeline for treatment
- New Jersey Association of Health Plans Announces New Board Officers
- New Jersey Hospital Association installs Lori Herndon, president and CEO AtlantiCare, as Board chair
NEW MEXICO
- New Mexico nursing shortage prompts call for more funding
- Officials: COVID a financial hammer on New Mexico hospitals
- Governor introduces legislation to support rural health care delivery
- Lovelace Health CEO Ron Stern announces plans to retire at the end of March
- New Mexico Health Officials Warn Of Nursing Shortage
- UNM nursing simulator program expanding to Rio Rancho
- UNMH now operating at a loss, with a $4.6M deficit
- New Mexico COVID-19 update: 1,809 new cases, totaling 481,852
NEW YORK
- New York awarded $1.8M to combat opioid crisis
- NewYork-Presbyterian-Hudson Valley Hospital nurses approve 1st labor deal
- Memorial Sloan Kettering receives $100M gift to establish cancer ecosystems project
- NYU Langone increased nonurgent telehealth visits by 4,300% during pandemic
- Mount Sinai launches program for associate degree nurses to earn BSN for free
- New York City to ship limited supply of COVID-19 antivirals to homes for free
- Meet the CFOs of US News’ top 10 hospitals
- Governor Hochul Announces Additional Support from Federal Government to Provide Military Medical Teams to Upstate Hospitals
- 2 New York nurses allegedly sold fake vaccination cards, made $1.5M, prosecutors say
- Two Long Island nurses made more than $1.5 million in a fake vaccine card scheme, prosecutors say.
- Hochul says New York’s health care workforce needs to grow by 20%
- Northwell now offers lung-transplant program
- New York hospital to stop performing deliveries after physician provider leaves
- NYU Langone blood cancer center appoints 1st director
- After nail-biting win, Chiefs fans raise $400K (and counting!) for Buffalo children’s hospital
- NYC Test & Trace Corps Texts Over 700,000 People in Response to Omicron Surge and Launches Exposure Guidance Tool
NORTH CAROLINA
- 16-person federal team deployed to help with surge in emergency department at Atrium Health Pineville
- Atrium Health opens new emergency department in Mountain Island
- Charlotte man says mom had to wait 7 hours in a wheelchair in the Atrium ER
- Atrium Pineville is bringing in federal help as hospital struggles with COVID surge
- Department of Labor says some employees of central NC health care facilities can unionize
- N.C. treasurer report critical of how hospitals bill poor
- Novant Health invests $40M into PTO or cash reward for staff
- $210M orthopedic hospital to break ground in North Carolina
- Carolina Panther Great Opening North Carolina’s First Behavioral Health Urgent Care
- N.C. coronavirus percent-positivity rate continuing to call
NORTH DAKOTA
- Doctor sues Sanford Health claiming provider signed his name to letter sent to patients
- North Dakota’s hospital capacity still strained
- 14 more COVID-19 deaths reported in North Dakota; state health officials welcome Moderna approval
- North Dakota’s hospital capacity still strained; 6 COVID-19 deaths reported
- North Dakota reports few new COVID-19 cases on low testing day; hospitalizations remain high
- Omicron continues to outmuscle delta in North Dakota
OHIO
- Cardinal Health Agrees to Pay More than $13 Million to Resolve Allegations that it Paid Kickbacks to Physicians
- Cleveland Clinic appoints chief digital officer
- ‘Immediate jeopardy:’ Ohio nursing home inspections reveal errors, deception preceded deadly COVID-19 outbreaks
- New orthopedic ASC will bring 800 total joints per year to Ohio city
- Ohio National Guard to end service at Wexner Medical Center Feb. 11
- Up to 80,000 Ohioans could end up on different health plan in reformed Medicaid system
- Ohio tops nation in COVID-19 deaths per capita; Cases, hospitalizations on the decline
- $100 incentives part of ‘major last push’ for vaccination in Ohio
- Cleveland Clinic places 751 employees on unpaid leave for failing to comply with vaccine mandate
OKLAHOMA
- Military medical teams coming to Oklahoma to support hospitals during COVID-19 surge
- Oklahoma healthcare workers, first responders ready for winter weather in midst of pandemic
- 2 OKC Metro Health Systems To Receive Military Medical Assistance From Federal Government
- OSDH: 8,600 new COVID-19 cases reported in OK
- “None of us are doing ok,” Oklahoma City nurse shares challenges of COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 rises again in Oklahoma’s long-term care facilities
- Oklahoma lawmaker files bill to allow COVID hospital patients to have visitors
- Republican lawmakers file dozens of bills to curb vaccine mandates in Oklahoma
OREGON
- Providence Portland opens temporary additional COVID wing to help with omicron surge
- Violence against health care workers is rising. Oregon lawmakers have a plan to fix it.
- At Oregon’s Salem Health, the doctor will see you now — in the hallway
- Oregon Health Authority extends masking rule in schools
- House Bill Would Set Up Mobile Health Units In Oregon
- Oregon Health Authority begins filing ‘permanent’ COVID-19 rules
- Oregon hospital earns AHA rural leadership award
- Oregon schools stare down nursing shortage with no solution in sight
- Oregon falls short of booster shot goal, but new cases drop
PENNSYLVANIA
- Brandywine Hospital Closing Monday Night After Deal To Sell Hospital Falls Through, Tower Health Says
- Closing Brandywine Hospital, creating a Chester County ‘health care desert’
- Down two hospitals in one month, new efforts to restore services in Chesco
- How Guardian Healthcare Sparked 125% Growth in Referrals
- Pa. Adding Long-Term Care Beds to Ease COVID Crunch
- Union raises concerns over medical debt of UPMC workers
- UPMC moves surgeries to ASCs, drops OR availability to handle staff vacancies
- Wilkes-Barre General Hospital nurse anesthetists call off strike after contractor dismissed
- Doctor accused of prescribing unproven COVID-19 treatments fired by Pa. hospital
- Pa. Department of Health expresses growing concern over statewide blood shortage
- Pennsylvania health system CEO exits
- Pennsylvania creating regional health care sites to free up hospital beds due to COVID
RHODE ISLAND
- More National Guard members to help Rhode Island’s hospitals
- McKee broadening National Guard, FEMA support at RI hospitals as COVID data trends downward
- How Added National Guard Support Will Help Newport Hospital
- Interim RI health director sees ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ as omicron surge subsides
- Southern Rhode Island towns roll out COVID test programs
SOUTH CAROLINA
- COVID funds sought to fix emergency care need in northern Greenville County
- Trident Health CEO talks expansion to Johns Island, gives update on behavioral health hospital
- Trident hospital owner eyes Johns Island for new facility with nearly $20M land deal
- South Carolina home health care business accused of not paying some employees for weeks
- South Carolina physicians notch a win, blast hospital monopolies in bid to build $12M ASC
- SC lawmakers push to end Certificate of Need for health care
- Nurse retention program aiming to combat health care staffing crisis in the Lowcountry
SOUTH DAKOTA
- What former Sanford Health CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft has to do with South Dakota’s Medicaid expansion fight
- 4 South Dakota hospitals with the top nurse-patient communication scores
- The state of nursing in South Dakota by the numbers
- South Dakota continues to distribute free COVID-19 at-home tests
- Noem talks omicron, vaccines and testing in DOH video
- Monument Health’s role at stock show and rodeo
- Doctor sues Sanford Health claiming provider signed his name to letter sent to patients
TENNESSEE
- 3 notable takeaways from HCA Healthcare’s fourth-quarter earnings call
- CHS owes fees in $98M fraud case, court rules
- HCA posts $7B annual profit, plans to add 8 hospitals
- HCA to buy back $8B in stock
- LifePoint Health saw an opportunity to create a new company ‘early’ in its purchase of Louisville-based Kindred Healthcare
- Nashville’s health care companies were pushed to confront racism. Now they’re investing in Black startups.
- ‘Rural hospitals are drowning’: Exploring disparities in rural Tennessee healthcare access
- Tennessee delays Ballad Health’s COPA hearing
- 10 Tennessee hospitals with the top nurse-patient communication scores
- GOP lawmakers continue efforts to restrict Tennessee’s public health emergency options
TEXAS
- Atlanta, Texas, hospital renews 10-year agreement with hospital authority
- 10 Texas hospitals with the top nurse-patient communication scores
- HCA names nursing leader for St. David’s Healthcare, Central and West Texas Division
- University of Texas prediction model decreases COVID-19 transmission by 62%, study says
- “Light at the end of the tunnel”: Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations down as omicron wave appears to crest
- In pandemic’s isolation, an alarming number of teenage girls are attempting suicide
- HIV-prevention vaccine trial to begin at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Texas Health and Human Services offers bonuses for new hires
- CareTrust Expands Skilled Nursing Portfolio in Texas
- El Paso universities help address nurse shortage with changes to nursing programs
- Omicron pushes Texas ICUs to the brink
- Wellpath to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Case
UTAH
- Utah House passes bill to better protect nurses, doctors from assault
- Utah doctors report omicron variant impacting mental health
- Patient arrested after attacking nurse at Utah Valley Hospital
- Should Utah hospitals have unlimited time to bill patients for treatment? State lawmakers are split over the answer.
- National Guard sends 50 to Utah care facilities to help with COVID-19
VERMONT
- UVM Health Network CEO talks about his tenure following his retirement announcement
- Vermont’s long-term care facilities face ‘urgent’ staffing shortages
- In Super-Vaxxed Vermont, Covid Strikes — But Packs Far Less Punch
- Vermont joins national compact to make it easier for nurses to practice here
- Federal vaccine mandates for health care workers take effect
- COVID-19 numbers down; mental health challenges up
- Vermont lawmakers focus on state’s mental health infrastructure
- Vermont’s non-COVID-related deaths reach their highest point in years
- President of University of Vermont Health Network to Retire
- VDH: COVID cases back under 500, one death
- Vermont Guard to help with hospital staff shortages
VIRGINIA
- Federal Court Orders Nurse Staffing Agency to Pay $7.2M For Unpaid OT Wages
- Sentara rolls out new program to support frontline workers
- Virginia, West Virginia governors seek relief from health worker vax rule
- A pair of Virginia bills aim to address health care, teacher shortage
- Virginia health official weighs in on Youngkin’s mask policy, end of Omicron surge
- Virginia community colleges ask legislature for $26M to double number of nursing graduates
- Virginia lawmaker wants to add COVID vaccine requirement to list of workplace discrimination protections
- 4-physician practice joins Virginia health system
- Three-quarters of Virginia health care providers using telemedicine
- Parham Doctors’ Hospital first in Virginia to use new joint replacement surgery
WASHINGTON
- PeaceHealth Lands $50M Gift to Expand Bellingham Hospital
- Hospital administration, unions disagree on legislation for safe staffing
- 300 union workers at Washington Hospital vote to authorize strike notice
- Seattle Children’s names new leadership appointments
- COVID cases, hospitalizations dropping in Western WA
- Washington hospitals paid over 20 million dollars in bonuses
WEST VIRGINIA
- Buckhannon, West Virginia’s WVU Medicine-St. Joseph’s Hospital receives lofty rating
- Virginia, West Virginia governors seek relief from health worker vax rule
- West Virginia Gov. Justice: Feds open to discussing rural hospital worker COVID vaccine waiver
- West Virginia has highest COVID-19 hospitalization rate in US
WISCONSIN
- Mercyhealth tackles automated processes and staffing challenges in the revenue cycle
- Milwaukee Pharmacy Chain to Pay Over $2 Million to Resolve Allegations It Violated the False Claims Act
- SSM Health donates equipment to group focused on Black men’s health
- ThedaCare drops lawsuit against Ascension over employees’ exit
- Wisconsin nursing home closures prompt request for more state aid
- COVID could become endemic in 2022, Wisconsin health official says
- Pederson named new CEO of Western Wisconsin Health
- UW Health nurses continue to clash with administrators over continuing push for unionization
- Wisconsin reports fewer than 300 COVID-19 intensive care patients for the first time in nearly three months
- Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin opens community hospital in Oak Creek
- Wisconsin health providers say climate change is a medical issue
WYOMING
- Casper Health Officer: Wyoming is ‘exploding’ with Omicron cases
- Active Wyoming COVID cases fall by nearly half
- Casper hospital first in state to implant new ‘WATCHMAN’ device in patient
- National blood shortage also felt in Wyoming
- Most nursing homes in Wyoming still face staffing shortages
- Lawsuit alleges Wyoming State Hospital ‘operates in walled secrecy’
- Nonprofit Suing Wyoming State Hospital For Restricting Access To Patients
- Vaccinated outnumber unvaccinated at Cheyenne hospital
