NATIONAL
- CMS, AAOS launching bundled payment initiative in January
- CMS unveils relaxed repayment terms for COVID-19 loans
- Coronavirus cases set new single-day records in six U.S. states and worldwide
- FDA Issues Guidance for Emergency Use of COVID-19 Vaccines
- Hospitals in new or resurgent COVID-19 hotspots enact stricter visitation policies
- How 3 hospitals maintained a 62% drop in pressure injuries through the pandemic
- Leadership moves at hospital associations: 4 updates
- New coronavirus cases are up by at least 50% in 5 states
- Physician compensation at Midwest rural hospitals is higher than the national average
- U.S. COVID-19 cases hit two-month high, 10 states report record increases
- Amid pandemic, specialty telehealth outpaces urgent care, Amwell poll says
- Citing COVID-19, providers push back on CMS payment rule rate cuts, telehealth rollback in 2021
- CMS adds 11 new telehealth services to Medicare coverage n
- COVID-19 may be speeding up hospital M&A, analysis finds
- Hospitals warn of ‘devastating’ impact from CARES funds reporting change
- Pediatric hospitals face ‘double whammy,’ not spared from COVID-19 effects
ALABAMA
- Alabama hospitals preparing for possible second wave of COVID-19
- Alabama one of two states with declining COVID-19 cases
- Another Birmingham physician group joins forces with Complete Health
ALASKA
- Alaska adds nearly 500 cases of COVID-19 in two days as surge continues
- Alaska hospitals warn a COVID-19 patient surge could put pressure on already compromised ICU staffing levels.
- Official: Alaska hospitals reaching coronavirus space limits
ARIZONA
- Arizona city gets first hospital
- Dignity Health to Pay OCR $160K for HIPAA Right of Access Failure
- HIPAA right of access: In what looks like a new trend, another costly settlement
- In just under a year, Creek Valley Health Clinic has thrived, establishing trust in Short Creek
- No specific end in sight for COVID emergency, says Arizona’s health director
- Phoenix hospital pays a $160,000 federal penalty over incomplete medical records
- Reporting errors inflated Arizona COVID-19 hospitalizations, state says
- Arizona runner claims Banner Health employee wouldn’t give him water, citing policy
- Arizona health care provider settles HIPAA Right of Access violation
- COVID-19 cases in Arizona top 1,000 for the first time in a month
- Arizona reports 1,113 new coronavirus cases, 17 additional deaths
ARKANSAS
- Officials say COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas will continue into winter
- Northwest Arkansas hospitals modify visitor policies
- Governor raises virus concerns, warns of strain on hospitals
- Arkansas logs 24 new virus deaths; governor extends COVID-19 emergency order
- Arkansas judge dismisses lawsuit challenging virus mandates
- 133 Arkansas hospital employees test positive for COVID-19 after cluster identified
- A CLOSER LOOK: 562 total nursing home deaths in Arkansas COVID-19 related
- After White Hall case, nursing homes remain key in controlling COVID
CALIFORNIA
- Alameda County hospital strike in California ends without contract
- Bridges Health CEO Carolyn Romero: Huge Shift Coming to Hospice Landscape
- Californians set to vote on physician role during dialysis
- Complaints of long wait times spur probe of California safety-net system
- Scripps California hospital gets $25M donation to support 64-bed tower
- How will California distribute coronavirus vaccines? Bay Area planning for multiple scenarios
COLORADO
- Boulder Community Health named ‘Most Wired’
- CHA supports 2 November ballot measures, opposes 2 others
- Charter Health Acquires Two Hospices in Colorado, Utah
- Children’s Hospital Colorado raising research funds to find safer treatments for sickle cell disease
- Colorado Hospital Association clamps down on sharing bed counts: 4 details
- Colorado ties top day for new COVID-19 cases as positivity rate surpasses key 5% threshold
- Deaths in Colorado rose 20% during first 6 months of pandemic, reflecting COVID-19’s broader toll on health
- New Children’s Hospital Colorado Clinic For Two Rare Syndromes Gives Families Hope
- Pediatric call center at Children’s Hospital Colorado training more nurses to handle COVID calls
- UCHealth to add emergency capacity to Longs Peak Hospital, begins medical office construction nearby
- ‘Very Worrisome’: Gov. Jared Polis Says Colorado Hospital Capacity Will Soon Be In Jeopardy If COVID Cases Continue To Rise
CONNECTICUT
- Backus Hospital nurses begin strike
- Yale settles complaint over doctors’ pay
- ‘It kills me that we’re in this situation’: Connecticut late to launch healthcare information exchange
- Hartford HealthCare and Connecticut Children’s broaden partnership extending pediatric care
- 2 Dead, 50 Infected With COVID-19 at Avon Assisted Living Facilities
- As pandemic wears on, Connecticut prepares to launch its long-awaited health information exchange
- Yale New Haven System Experiencing Uptick in Covid-19 Cases: Flu Shot Encouraged to Avoid “Twindemic”
- CT COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Group to Hold First Meeting
DC
- After plummeting at start of pandemic, local hospital visits are on the rise
- Quarter of recent DC coronavirus cases traced to social gatherings
- D.C. region’s coronavirus caseload hits two-month high; officials say small gatherings are fueling rise
DELAWARE
- Bayhealth to build $35M ER center, hybrid office near Milton
- Bayhealth moving forward with outpatient center near Milton
- Beebe Healthcare tightens visitation policies
- COVID hospitalizations on the rise in Delaware
- Delaware makes change to its COVID-19 data reporting
- Delaware’s COVID-19 hospitalizations top 100 for the first time since June
FLORIDA
- AdventHealth breaks ground on new Clermont health park concept
- Ascension St. Vincent’s files site plan for 56-bed Florida hospital
- Baptist Health CEO and Wolfson Children’s Hospital president named to Florida Trend’s Florida 500 list
- Florida COVID-19 reporting stalled after lab submits 400,000 test results in 1 day
- Florida reports 5,570 new COVID-19 cases, one day after state data mix-up
- Hospital system with Tampa Bay presence will return $6B in coronavirus funding
- How Baptist Health South Florida has avoided running out of PPE
- North Florida Regional Medical Center adds 78 new hospital beds to its facility
- Wolfson Children’s Hospital of Jacksonville promotes Thabata Batchelor to VP of operations
- Orlando Health uses Covid-19 lessons to standardize patient care, protect staff
GEORGIA
- Arthur Blank donating $200M for new Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta hospital
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta announces Arthur M. Blank Hospital
- Georgia hospital claims state health commissioner ignored surgery center’s unauthorized expansion
- Georgia positivity rate drops below 10% for first time in months
- Is Georgia really winning against the fight against COVID?
HAWAII
- Centene, Samsung donate 150 smart devices to Hawaii providers for virtual care
- West Hawaii’s first coronavirus-related death reported by Kona Community Hospital
IDAHO
- Idaho COVID-19 cases surging
- Idaho has 2nd highest COVID-19 test rate in nation, according to Johns Hopkins University
ILLINOIS
- CommonSpirit extends timeline for $2B cost savings plan by 12 months
- Coronavirus Hospitalizations In Cook County Suburbs Up By 35%
- COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois at more than 1,800 for the first time since June
- Patient billing simplified: How CHI is improving collections and patient satisfaction
INDIANA
- Bioscience company investing $10 million, hiring 100 in Michigan City
- Delaware County hospital seeing a surge of positive COVID-19 patients
- Franciscan Alliance Names Chief Nursing Officer
- Franciscan Health in Lafayette implements clinical trials
- Hoosier Hospitals Score Well in Most-Wired Program
- How Lilly’s COVID-19 Nursing Home Trial Could Change the Future of Research in Long-Term Care
- Indiana long-term care facilities see an increase of COVID-19 cases
- Logansport’s Woodbridge reports 65 COVID cases
- New $40M VA Clinic in Terre Haute to open in fall 2021
- Northwest Indiana hospital health strong, CEO says
IOWA
- Coronavirus in Iowa: Tracking COVID-19 curve of cases, deaths
- Mercy Iowa City to lay off 29 employees, cites COVID-19
- New outbreaks at long-term care facilities
- ‘This is not what we had envisioned’: 200 Iowa hospital employees face furloughs, mandatory leave
- Mercy Medical Center staff in Cedar Rapids to have unpaid leave, furloughs
- University of Iowa healthcare workers deciding whether to keep 2 unions
- University of Iowa Public Health Experts say repeat cases of COVID-19 are a possibility
- White House COVID experts tell Iowa: ‘It is critical that mitigation efforts increase’
- Iowa surpasses 1,500 COVID-19 deaths as state reports 1,410 coronavirus cases, hospitalizations continue to increase
- Iowa nursing home residents suffering from loneliness may soon find relief
- ‘We’re definitely a hotspot’: Harrison County reports 3 nursing home outbreaks
KANSAS
- Bidding rules hold up $50M in Kansas COVID testing funds
- 88-year-old resident found dead in Kansas City nursing home bathtub
- COVID spike arrives late, hits hard in rural Kansas county
- Kansas City doctors say COVID-19 hospitalizations at pandemic peak
- Physicians resign from Kansas hospital over CEO salary & more — 13 ASC industry notes
- Kansas ERs burdened by worsening mental health crisis, overflow from state hospitals
KENTUCKY
- Kentucky Children’s Hospital and Cincinnati Children’s Joint Heart Program Opens Outreach Clinic in Ashland
- Kentucky Records Highest Number of COVID-19 Patients in ICU Beds Since May
- Kentucky to receive $80K for settlement in hospital data breach
- Kentucky’s COVID-19 mortality rate is falling, but health experts warn that dangers remain
- Kindred Healthcare announces new CFO, other leadership changes
- MRMC announces $7.5M expansion project
- Saint Joseph London finalizes plans for $1.4 million level II neonatal ICU
- UofL to launch health care cybersecurity curriculum with $6.3 million from National Security Agency, pilot focused on veterans and first responders
- Up to 28 Kentucky hospitals at risk of closure
LOUISIANA
- Louisiana health system lays off 205 workers after hurricane damage
- Louisiana Senate Bill 12 would allow clergy into hospitals and nursing homes
- Nearly 4 in 10 Louisiana nursing homes reported staffing shortages during pandemic, report shows
- Lafayette school board approves new health, online learning jobs as COVID-19 pandemic continues
- After damage from Laura, Lake Charles Memorial Health System lays off 205
- ‘We can’t lose our momentum:’ Louisiana vows to rebuild
MAINE
- Mass General extends hybrid telestroke model to Maine, New York hospitals
- Nursing Homes in Every State Report PPE Shortages, With Up to 60% Lacking a Week’s Supply
- Northern Maine Community College Receives Generation Donation For Nursing Program
- Oct. 15 update: Midcoast adds two new COVID-19 cases, one recovery; subtracts one case
- Hospitals erect new testing facilities
- Mini-grants available for youth substance use prevention in Downeast Maine
MARYLAND
- After plummeting at start of pandemic, local hospital visits are on the rise
- Baltimore doctor creates ‘Care Cove’ to help Covid patients and protect healthcare workers
- Eastern Shore Rural Health announces new CEO
- Feds charge Baltimore lawyer with $25M hospital extortion plan
- Maryland Based Physical Therapy Company Opens New Clinic in Baltimore
- Maryland hospital implants new heart device
- Maryland hospital reports ‘mini disaster’ due to power outage, electrical issue
- Meditech EHR and regional HIE help slash opioid use by 46% at CalvertHealth
- MedStar’s ER project is well underway in Southern Maryland. But there’s a lot more growth to come.
MASSACHUSETTS
- Boston Children’s Hospital names Fenwick’s successor
- Boston Children’s Hospital selects new CEO
- Mass. updates nursing home COVID guidelines
- Massachusetts hospital completes $18M Meditech install: 4 details
- Mass General extends hybrid telestroke model to Maine, New York hospitals
- They’re Back: Harvard Study Shows Outpatient Visits Return To Pre-Pandemic Numbers
- Officials Mull Mandatory Single, Double Rooms in Nursing Homes by 2022 in Wake of COVID-19
- Massachusetts reports 632 new COVID cases, 12 deaths as rate of positive tests increases to 1.2%
- Massachusetts High-Risk COVID Communities Jump 58%; Statewide Average Now in Red
- Experts At A Loss To Explain MA’s High Coronavirus Death Rate
- Massachusetts health officials monitoring COVID cases for potential resurgence, HHS Secretary Marylou Sudders says
MICHIGAN
- After 30-day negotiation period, nursing home workers to strike
- As COVID-19 hospitalizations jump 80% in Michigan, health officials warn of possible surge
- Governor Whitmer and MIOSHA issue emergency rules to protect workers amid COVID-19
- Metro Health pursuing open-heart surgery program in GR
- Michigan’s coronavirus executive orders are gone. Here are the health orders put in their place.
- Michigan health system boosts spine, total joint care
- MidMichigan Health system names new HR chief
- Spectrum Health earns top marks in technology
- Trinity Health’s annual revenue dips to $18.8B
MINNESOTA
- Minnesota Eases Visits To Long-Term Care Facility Residents
- Minnesota lawmakers seek pandemic-related paid leave for healthcare workers
- Minnesota health care workers say it’s getting harder to get paid time off for COVID testing, exposure
- Mayo Clinic launches new digital care, diagnostics platform: 4 things to know
- Mayo Clinic, Safe Health form new venture focused on connected diagnostics
- Minnesota to allow more visits to nursing homes, long-term care facilities
- Here are Minnesota’s new COVID-19 guidelines for visiting nursing homes
- Mayo Clinic to allow 1,500 employees to work from home long term
- Minnesota reports 29 COVID-19 deaths, new antigen test data
- Second COVID-19 peak spreading more broadly in Minnesota
- New Minnesota COVID-19 milestone shows significant amount of virus transmission, health officials say
MISSISSIPPI
- Clinics seeing increase in patients with COVID-19 symptoms, Mississippi health leader says
- Hospital in the Mississippi Delta Hires New Chief Executive
- M Health Fairview to lay off 900, close hospital ED
- Mississippi Coronavirus New Cases Averages
- Mississippi sees COVID spike but health department says numbers may be deceiving
- Nearly 3 times more COVID deaths in Mississippi’s for-profit nursing homes, analysis shows
MISSOURI
- After a decade of hospitals closing, Southeast Missouri sees rising COVID-19 tide
- BJC HealthCare selects first VP of diversity, equity and inclusion
- Missouri hospital CEO put on leave over personnel matter
- Pandemic Worsens Staff Shortages At St. Louis Nursing Homes, Putting Residents and Workers At Risk
- SSM Health gives out 500 free flu shots in record time, more drive-thrus to come
- St. Louis task force reports increase in hospital admissions related to COVID-19
- ‘This is very concerning’ | Hospital admissions increase in St. Louis area, Missouri
- University of Missouri Health Care suffers breach impacting more than 180K
- Perry County Memorial Hospital President, CEO placed on administrative leave
- Missouri hospital worker allegedly sexually assaulted patient after accessing her medical records
- Bill allowing cameras in nursing homes took on new meaning when pandemic hit
- Pastoral care restored in Mo. nursing homes
- Steven Player named VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at BJC was serving in similar position at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Kansas City doctors say COVID-19 hospitalizations at pandemic peak
- 88-year-old resident found dead in Kansas City nursing home bathtub
- COVID-19 hospitalizations in KC metro hit highest level since pandemic began
- Missouri Hospital Association adds influenza tab to COVID-19 dashboard
- St. Louis Community College nursing expansion opens with full cohort of students
MONTANA
- 4 Montana hospitals are at 100% capacity
- As COVID surges in Montana, health officials try to balance public buy-in with stricter measures
- Bozeman Health taking on COVID-19 patients from other Montana hospitals, prepared for a local surge
- Missoula biotech firm joins statewide effort to boost COVID testing capacity
- Montana’s 1st hospital capacity report shows some counties at critical levels
- Montana Hospitals Facing Staff Shortages Amid COVID-19 Surge
- Montana releases the first COVID hospital capacity report
- Some Montana counties nearing hospital capacity, report shows
- State will begin releasing hospital data about current COVID cases
NEBRASKA
- UNMC doctor warns of compromised care if hospital capacity increases
- Nebraska’s number of new COVID-19 cases continues to rise at record-setting pace
- Hospitals examine capacity as coronavirus continues to spread
- Ricketts eyes resources for hospitals as COVID cases rise
- Nebraska’s high rate of virus cases prompts concern in state
- ‘A community that can do anything’: How public-private partnerships made the Davis Global Center possible
- CHI Health says hospitals have plenty of capacity and adding staffing
NEVADA
- HHS orders Nevada to revoke ban on nursing homes using antigen tests
- Network outage at 6 Las Vegas area hospitals ‘restored’ after cyberattack
- Nevada health system CFO leads Epic EHR install
- Nevada reverses ban on rapid tests after federal pushback
- Rapid tests put on hold at Nevada skilled nursing facilities over accuracy concerns
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Public can submit comments on sale of Frisbie Memorial Hospital to HCA
- CMC expects $45.5 million in losses — officials push for more relief
- COVID-19 In New Hampshire: 2 More Elderly Residents Die
- Committee Told They Hold Key to Medicaid Nursing Home Rates
- Warner long-term care facility hit hard by virus
- NH announces 6 more COVID-19 deaths, possible exposures at Portsmouth bar
NEW JERSEY
- COVID-19: More Than Dozen NJ Hospitals, Nursing Homes Cited For Violations
- Models predict new COVID-19 surge could bring 30% more deaths
- New Jersey hospital reaches contracts with nearly 3,300 workers
- Will NY follow New Jersey in raising nursing home wages, capping how much nursing homes can profit?
NEW MEXICO
- New hospital opens its doors in Las Cruces
- New Mexico comes close to marking another high on new cases
- New Mexico Reports Record 577 New COVID-19 Cases
- Beds full at UNMH, other hospitals report alarming increases
- New Mexico had 1,632 new COVID-19 cases over four-day weekend
- Building expansion will enable UNM College of Nursing to grow enrollment
- New Mexico & Doña Ana County shatter daily records for virus cases; 9th death at Las Cruces nursing home
NEW YORK
- 2 New York health systems explore combining
- A NY nursing home kept COVID out until last month. Now 22 residents are dead. Here’s what we know
- New York practice to pay $100K for violating HIPAA Right of Access rule
- Rural hospitals are closing nationwide, so why is Catholic Health opening one?
- Will NY follow New Jersey in raising nursing home wages, capping how much nursing homes can profit?
- One Brooklyn Health to cut inpatient care at New York hospital
- Bridgewater founder gives NewYork-Presbyterian $50M for center devoted to health equity and justice
- NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital names head of clinical strategy, innovation
- How Mount Sinai, NYU predictive models performed during early pandemic
- Mass General extends hybrid telestroke model to Maine, New York hospitals
- Catholic Health unveils plans for ‘state-of-the-art’ hospital in Lockport
- What happens to elective surgeries if New York enters a second wave of Covid-19?
- New York hospitals ‘were never overwhelmed’ at peak of COVID-19, Cuomo claims
- Operators call for reevaluation of nursing home testing and visitation rules
- Family Members Protest N.Y. Nursing Home Visitation Restrictions
NORTH CAROLINA
- Active cases of COVID-19, hospitalizations continue to rise in North Dakota; Kidder County has 1st death
- Atrium combines with Wake Forest Baptist and its medical school
- Atrium, Wake Forest Baptist seal merger forming $11.5B system
- Dosher Hospital Announces Appointments Of Permanent CEO And President
- North Carolina hospital receives 7 takeover bids
- ‘Not where we need to be.’ Coronavirus hospitalizations on upward path in NC
- Novant opens $166 million heart and cancer building, in latest hospital expansion move
- Triad health-care systems’ deals take on corporate world strategies
- How will the election change the future of Medicaid in North Carolina?
NORTH DAKOTA
- Families, leadership react to COVID outbreak at Somerset Court in Minot
- Sanford moves ahead with building plans for new heart center, orthopedic center upgrades
- Altru – refinancing option
- North Dakota reports 12 COVID-19 deaths as pandemic devastates nursing homes
- Sanford moves ahead with building plans for new heart center, orthopedic center upgrades
- Fed-up doctors appeal for North Dakota leaders to promote masks: ‘I am at the point of pleading’
- North Dakota reports 5 COVID-19 deaths and record high in active cases
- South Dakota, North Dakota, Wisconsin lead nation in COVID cases per capita
- Burgum says 16 counties at ‘high risk’ for COVID-19 as deaths mount in North Dakota
OHIO
- Cleveland’s University Hospitals offering sleep pods for front-line COVID-19 workers
- Kentucky Children’s Hospital and Cincinnati Children’s Joint Heart Program Opens Outreach Clinic in Ashland
- Kettering Health Network wraps up expansion at Greene County health center
- Miami Valley Hospital to enroll COVID-19 patients for Regeneron antibody study
- Ohio hospital reopens inpatient unit 3 weeks after cyberattack; system still not fully online
- Ohio State Wexner Medical Center opens transplant clinic at The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health
- Ohio Settles Hospital Data Breach Lawsuit
- Ohio State’s Wexner Medical extends Mercy Health transplant partnership to Cincinnati
- This Centerville company is growing through telehealth
- University Hospitals to expand northern Ohio footprint with ValueHealth joint venture
OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma City health officials concerned about hospital capacity as COVID-19 cases rise
- Oklahoma still Top 10 for cases and test positivity, says White House Task Force
- OSDH: 1,121 more COVID-19 cases, 13 more deaths in Oklahoma
- Tulsa nursing home allows families to feel a little closer during pandemic
- State working on new surge plan as COVID-19 hospitalizations hit new record
- As mask ordinance is extended, COVID-19 surges, and OKC has no ICU beds available
- Experts say hospitals “feeling a crunch” with new cases and staff shortage
- Coronavirus hospitalizations break another record in Oklahoma
- Mayor Holt: Now is the time to ‘buckle down’ on COVID-19 precautions
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
- COVID-19 patient faces $52K surprise medical bill after helicopter transfer
- Jefferson Health reduces pay for top execs, cuts at least 500 unfilled jobs
- Latest Milton Nursing survey knocks facility over physician visits
- Lower Bucks Hospital reaches contract with registered nurses
- More Than 100 Residents Infected At Allegheny County-Run Nursing Home
- New Wilkes-Barre General Hospital CEO accepts PPE donation
- Pennsylvania health system activates surge plan for mounting COVID-19 cases
- Pennsylvania Hospital Adds $54M Addition
- Pennsylvania reports most daily virus infections since April
- Thomas Jefferson University to cut up to 600 jobs, exec pay
- UPMC Cole recognized for post-acute care and palliative services
- UPMC hospital reopens 1 month after fire
- UPMC says it can’t be sued for fraud over ads
RHODE ISLAND
- Providence combines 9 investments to launch new healthcare tech consulting company
- Raimondo will announce new restrictions in response to uptick in coronavirus cases
- Nursing home industry in RI urges the state to raise Medicaid funding
- ‘We’re sounding the alarm’: New coronavirus surge in RI varies by age
- COVID-19: 554 new cases, 9 deaths in RI since Friday as hospitalizations increase
- RI, MA, CT officials trying to prevent second surge of coronavirus cases
SOUTH CAROLINA
- 4 South Carolina physicians charged in $100M billing fraud case
- After week-long confusion, Beaufort County extends COVID-19 state of emergency
- McMaster signs resilience bill at MUSC, highlighting hospital’s flooding woes
- MUSC board receives pandemic status report and economic impact data
- MUSC has a $5.6B impact on the SC economy, new study shows
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Noem blames surge in cases on testing as hospitals fill
- Sanford Health plans $43M+ heart center
- DOH data: Outside of ICU, hospital capacity in Minnehaha County in flux
- South Dakota reports 414 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday
- Sanford Health finance exec on system’s preparations for COVID during flu season
- Nursing home taking precautions following positive COVID-19 tests
- The state reported Sioux Falls hospitals were full. They weren’t. What happened?
- South Dakota, North Dakota, Wisconsin lead nation in COVID cases per capita
- South Dakota records 13 new COVID-19 deaths as active cases surpass 7,000
TENNESSEE
- 96-year-old transported to ER from nursing home where 14 have died
- CHS settles patient data breach for $5M
- HCA plans freestanding ED, joining rival in Nashville development
- Heather Rohan to retire as president of HCA’s TriStar Health
- HealthStream buys nurse scheduling platform for $32 million
- More than a dozen dead after 100+ infected with COVID-19 at Morristown nursing home
- Nashville firm buys Morrisville health care company in $32M deal
- Tennessee Health Data Management Firm Agrees to $2m Data Breach Settlement
- ‘We are very concerned’ | More people are being hospitalized for COVID-19 in East Tennessee
TEXAS
- Texas hospital CEO to depart
- Tenet to close ED, end inpatient care at Massachusetts hospital this month
- Texas nursing homes under investigation for giving IV vitamin infusions without doctor’s orders
- ‘Shutdown is literally killing people’: families of isolated nursing home residents demand compromise
- Nursing homes and assisted living centers starting to allow limited visitations inside
- Majority of Hospitals Increasing Investments in Surgery Centers
- Baby on life support dies shortly after release from Texas Children’s Hospital
- Lubbock ‘dangerously close’ to being shut down by governor as hospitals fill with COVID patients
- Five of the seven new coronavirus deaths in Lubbock were at one nursing home
- Latest Houston-area COVID-19 numbers show turn for the worse
- Long ribbon for a large expansion at Allen hospital
- Texas reports 5,200 new COVID-19 cases; 6 more area residents die
UTAH
- $100M in gifts from community support Primary Children’s Hospital expertise, expansion
- Charter Health Acquires Two Hospices in Colorado, Utah
- Hospitals feeling the strain as Utah breaks yet another daily case record
- Intermountain cutting 250 nonclinical jobs
- Long-term care facilities account for over 40% of Utah’s COVID-19 deaths
- Merit Medical pays $18 million to settle lawsuit alleging doctor kickbacks
- Physician: U of U ICUs at 95% capacity, ‘I plead with you, wear a mask’
- Some Utah nurses think surge of hospital coronavirus patients is imminent
- U of Utah Hospital at 95% ICU capacity amid COVID-19 surge
- University of Utah Hospital ICU 95% full after record high COVID-19 hospitalizations
- Utah coronavirus cases up 988 Monday; at least one hospital limits elective surgeries as beds fill up
- Utah ready to set up temporary COVID-19 hospital, but health officials hope they won’t need it
VERMONT
- Marathon Health expands across US
- As financial pressures rise, hospitals cut traveling nurses
- State releases new guidance for nursing home visitation
- New guidelines allow for some indoor visits at nursing homes
- VDH COVID-19 Update: Four new cases, outbreaks discussed
- Levine on COVID response, disparities among BIPOC
- Auditor Doug Hoffer says regulators should do more to control health care costs
VIRGINIA
- 110-plus additional COVID-19 patients discharged in Virginia; hospitalizations down
- After plummeting at start of pandemic, local hospital visits are on the rise
- COVID-19 response impact: Virginia hospitals projected to lose $3B by year’s end
- Eastern Shore COVID-19 metrics unchanged
- Eastern Shore Rural Health Hires CEO
- UVA Hospital ranked as one of top teaching hospitals in U.S.
- Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association showcases coronavirus trends
- Virginia hospital adds augmented reality for spine surgery
- Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association release poll findings on COVID-19 safety practices, vaccinations
- Virginia’s COVID-19 case count went up 33% week-over-week, while testing declined
WASHINGTON
- 65% of Spokane’s COVID-19 deaths linked to long-term care facilities
- COVID fatigue taking a toll on mental health and Washington hospitals
- Providence combines 9 existing investments to form new healthcare services company Tegria
WEST VIRGINIA
- Mountain Health Network shutting down visitation at 2 Cabell County, West Virginia, hospitals
- WV Hospital Hit with $50 Million Settlement for Stark Law Violations
WISCONSIN
- Ascension Wisconsin Employer Solutions to begin providing health services in Racine
- Dane Co. at record hospitalization levels – and it may not be counting everyone
- Fox Valley hospitals nearing capacity, as COVID continues to surge in Oshkosh
- Froedtert Hospital says patient information was stolen in data breach
- Madison-area hospitals say there is adequate bed space despite record COVID-19 hospitalizations
- Madison hospitals say they may limit non-emergency procedures as COVID hospitalizations spike
- Marshfield Clinic receives $4M grant to fight COVID
- NE Wisconsin hospitals near capacity, but might not use state alternate care facility
- Northeast Wisconsin healthcare systems hold ‘Faces of COVID-19’ briefing
- South Dakota, North Dakota, Wisconsin lead nation in COVID cases per capita
- Wisconsin hospital CEOs meet for discussion on capacity, stress on health care system
- Wisconsin Nursing Home Outbreaks May Be Contributing To Limited Hospital Capacity
- Wisconsin reports 16 deaths, second-highest coronavirus case count ever as surge hits rural counties
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