NATIONAL
- 3 healthcare actions Biden plans to take in 1st 100 days
- ‘A very, very dark place’: Hospitals brace for crisis-care mode with too many patients, not enough staff
- Analysis predicts telehealth in 2021 will mitigate rising COVID-19-related costs
- Biden Picks Calif. AG Becerra to Lead HHS, Pandemic Response
- Cloud EHR vendor nTreatment reportedly left medical records unprotected
- CMS adds 60+ services to Medicare’s telehealth list in final rule: 7 details
- CMS adds hip replacements, other surgeries to ASC list in final rule
- CMS: Calculations for nursing home inspection ratings will resume in late January
- CMS finalizes payment for more outpatient procedures and 340B cuts
- CMS finalizes physician payment rule for 2021
- CMS launches new direct contracting payment model
- CMS officially delays radiation oncology payment model, citing COVID-19’s economic strain
- CMS’ outpatient payment rule for 2021: 5 things to know
- Court confirms $112M Medtronic loss in royalties spat
- COVID-19 hospitalizations up 85% in 1 month; CDC calls for universal masking
- COVID-19 Nursing Home Cases Up 400% in Surge States
- Cyberattacks threaten hospitals — and their patients’ treatment and info — as COVID-19 surges
- FDA advisers recommend authorization of Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine
- FDA gives emergency approval to first at-home combination COVID-19 + flu test
- Getting a vaccine has been a huge undertaking. How all 50 states scramble to dole them out is the next massive challenge.
- Governors relying on healthcare providers to determine vaccine priorities
- HHS expands telehealth across state lines in fight against COVID-19
- HHS makes COVID-19 hospital-level data available for 1st time
- HHS floats major changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule
- HHS proposes changing HIPAA privacy rules
- HHS signs off on 340B dispute resolution rule
- Hospital demand for travel nurses intensifies as COVID-19 surges: 5 notes
- Hospitals fighting COVID face another challenge: Hackers
- Local health care workers split on getting COVID vaccine
- OSHA fines senior living, care providers $3.4 million for coronavirus-related violations
- PARENTS Magazine Names Most Innovative Children’s Hospitals 2021
- Pfizer slashes estimate of COVID-19 vaccine deliveries in half
- Staff meal breaks in the COVID-19 era: How 5 systems are limiting infection risks
- States submit vaccine orders as coronavirus death toll grows
- Trump to sign executive order on COVID-19 vaccines
- Updates To Stark Law Regulations Will Drive Value In The Health Care System
ALABAMA
- Alabama coronavirus hospitalizations reach new high
- Alabama Hospital Association: COVID-19 vaccine can cut mortality rate in nursing homes
- Alabama preparing for vaccine distribution; hospital workers, first responders receive first in line
- Alabama’s COVID vaccine may be widely available by June
- COVID-19: Alabama hits new record for virus hospitalizations
- Cullman Regional one of 13 health systems in Alabama to get vaccines in first round
- Huntsville Hospital cutting some elective surgeries due to COVID-19 surge
- Montana, Alabama hospitals recognized for postpartum mental healthcare
- UAB Hospital Braces For ‘Terrifying’ Increase in COVID Hospitalizations
- Walker Baptist converting units ahead of potential COVID surge
- What does Alabama’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan look like?
ALASKA
- Assembly takes first step toward selling hospital building
- Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau locked down after threat of violence
- White House COVID Alaska Report: “We are in a very dangerous place.”
ARIZONA
- Here’s what we know so far about the COVID-19 vaccine in Arizona
- Arizona hospital CEO resigns; CFO named interim replacement
- Arizona hits 7,000 known COVID-19 deaths as ICU and other hospital beds reach 90% full
- St. Luke’s Medical Center in Phoenix remains a ‘last resort’ for Arizona COVID-19 patients
- Arizona health experts weigh in on hospital capacity, staffing during COVID-19 surge
- Arizona hospitalizations rise with 90% of hospital beds full as state reports 4,928 new COVID-19 cases, 73 deaths
- AARP: Arizona nursing home cases, deaths rising, Facilities still lack adequate PPE, staff
- Gilbert senior living facility has COVID-19 outbreak
- Arizona sets record for daily COVID-19 cases as White House recommends stronger mitigation measures
- Arizona health expert says state will continue to see exponential virus cases
- Experts concerned with Arizona nursing shortage as COVID hospitalizations increase
- Sierra Vista nursing home reports coronavirus infects more than half of their patients
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas Speeds Up Nurse Certification To Help Struggling Health Care System
- Gov. Hutchinson applauds hospitals but warns of possible surge
- Deaths, virus reports still climbing in Arkansas
- Coronavirus in Arkansas: 2,327 new cases, 34 additional deaths
- NW Arkansas COVID-19 hospitalizations at record high
- NWA & River Valley hospitals set to receive shipments of COVID-19 vaccine
- ADH nursing home COVID-19 report hasn’t been updated in 2+ weeks
- Governor says initial vaccines will cover 40% of hospital workers in Arkansas
- Fayetteville health board readies for vaccine distribution
- Health experts discuss early stages of COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Arkansas
- Baptist Health Center for Clinical Research studies COVID prevention agent
CALIFORNIA
- California Healthcare Workers Worried As ICU Capacity Dwindles
- California hospital beds are filling up and doctors and nurses are just worn out
- California ties new COVID-19 rules to hospital capacity
- California’s hospitals filling up as virus cases skyrocket
- California’s new virus health order uses ICU capacity to determine what businesses must close in specific regions
- Ousted California hospital CEO arrested on felony charges
- Prime names COO for Nevada, California markets
- Staffing shortages feared at some California hospitals as COVID-19 fills up beds
COLORADO
- Amid second wave, Colorado health workers feel the strain
- Banner Health limiting elective procedures with COVID-19 surge
- Both Beds And Staff Are Running Low As Colorado’s Hospitals Fill Up With Coronavirus Patients
- Colorado hospital breaks ties with Quorum
- Colorado Hospitals Considering Redeploying Former Medical Practitioners
- Colorado revises COVID-19 vaccine plan to prioritize long-term care facilities and some health workers
- Colorado sees dramatic decrease in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
- Colorado’s COVID-19 situation is ‘critical,’ officials say
- Coronavirus is ravaging Colorado nursing homes and other senior care centers again, killing hundreds more
- Coronavirus vaccine headed to Colorado. Here’s what happens next
- False-negative tests let COVID-19 into a rural Colorado hospital’s long-term care unit
- Here’s The Estimated COVID-19 Vaccine Wait Time In Denver
- What happened when the only ER doctor in a rural Colorado town caught coronavirus
CONNECTICUT
- Reallocating staff, moving patients, setting up new sites: Connecticut hospitals prep for surge of patients as COVID-19 spreads
- COVID patients taking up about 20 percent of CT hospital beds
- Plan to consolidate Rockville hospital in Manchester Memorial’s license draws criticism from unionized workers
- Sen. Blumenthal, CT Hospital Association discuss concerns as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to increase
- Coronavirus deaths at Connecticut nursing homes continue to escalate amid second wave
- Many CT nursing homes now required to test staff twice a week as COVID positivity rates top 10% in some counties
- Connecticut hospitals preparing to distribute vaccine this weekend
- 3 CT hospital groups team up to educate public about COVID vaccine
DC
- As D.C. region reaches 500,000 coronavirus cases, focus of restrictions shifts to behaviors
- Coronavirus in DC, Maryland, Virginia: What to Know
- Could Maryland and Virginia health care workers with jobs in D.C. lose out on initial COVID-19 vaccines?
- Vaccines in DC, Maryland, and Virginia: What We Know So Far
DELAWARE
- ChristianaCare’s Alexa Skills foray: Healthcare will be digital, in the home
- Delaware Governor Carney issues statement on COVID hospitalizations
- Health industry, long-term care eyed for vaccine priority in Delaware
FLORIDA
- Ascension St. Vincent’s breaks ground on 56-bed hospital
- BayCare Health System begins construction of new hospital in Florida, US
- DeSantis unveils COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan for Florida
- Florida COVID-19 hospitalizations up 68% in past four weeks, but beds still available
- Florida Hospital Association meets with local hospitals to ensure preparedness ahead of third COVID surge
- Florida hospitals prioritizing which healthcare workers will get the vaccine first
- How Did the Coronavirus Overwhelm a Florida Nursing Home So Quickly?
- New data shows COVID-19’s effect on Central Florida’s hospitals
GEORGIA
- Atrium Health Navicent names Emory graduate as next CEO
- Atrium Health selects next leader for Navicent operations in Georgia
- Cartersville Medical Center CEO details COVID-19 response plans
- COVID-19 Cases Keep Soaring In Georgia As Hospitals Fill
- Georgia hospitals brace for possible influx of COVID-19 patients similar to summer spike
- Georgia Hospitals Say Staffing Crunch Is Biggest Pandemic Challenge
- Georgia stuck in COVID-19 red zone, but uneven reporting clouds picture
- Georgia sets single-day coronavirus record
- State Takes Action on COVID-19 Hospital Bed Capacity
HAWAII
- $1.3M headed to West Hawaii Community Health Center
- Hawai’i hospitals prep for COVID-19 vaccine arrival, distribution
- Hospitals, healthcare providers prepare for arrival of COVID-19 vaccines
- Hospital to hold vaccine drill
IDAHO
- A Tale Of Two Healthcare Systems
- Health workers, nursing homes at front of Idaho vaccine line
- Hospitals again warn of ‘stressed’ capacity in Idaho’s ICU and COVID-19 units
- Hospitals in Idaho, Pennsylvania, Texas overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients
- How Saint Alphonsus and St. Luke’s plan on distributing the COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare workers
- Idaho Falls Community Hospital celebrates one-year anniversary during Pandemic
- Idaho hospitals ‘very close’ to crisis, ICU doc says, as East Idaho hospitals struggle to provide care
- Idaho’s First 13,600 Vaccine Doses Will Go To Health Care Workers
- Idaho’s first 24/7 urgent care clinic to open Monday
- ‘More critical than ever’: Boise pharmaceutical company aims to help preserve COVID-19 vaccines
- New federal data show East Idaho hospital ICUs were nearly full last week
- Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care
ILLINOIS
- Advocate Aurora to give $66M in employee bonuses
- Illinois nursing home workers strike in second week as pandemic surges: Build rank-and-file-committees to save lives
- Illinois Reveals Which 10 Hospitals Will Distribute First Round of COVID-19 Vaccines
- Illinois health officials plan to evaluate safety of vaccine before distribution
- Hospital bed, ICU availability in southwest IL drops, positivity rate rises slightly
INDIANA
- A Tale Of Two Healthcare Systems
- COVID-19 In Indiana: ICU Bed Availability Dwindles Across Region Hospitals
- Gary COVID-19 field hospital ‘still on the table,’ official says
- Indiana expects 55,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine next week
- Indiana has nation’s 2nd highest per-capita COVID-19 spread, CDC says
- Indiana healthcare workers first up for COVID-19 vaccine
- Indiana hospitals discuss vaccine distribution plan
- Indiana hospitals ordered to halt elective surgeries by Dec. 16
- Indiana hospitals will have to suspend all non-emergency procedures
- ‘Indiana is on fire’: Holcomb announces new limits, directs hospitals to suspend non-emergency procedures
- Indiana reinstating surgery limits amid COVID-19 surge
- Indy Pharmaceutical Facility Lands Incentives
- IU Health Methodist hospital adds subzero storage for COVID-19 vaccine
- Lafayette hospitals at or near capacity, but they continue to treat new patients
- Nearly half the residents at Greenfield nursing home impacted by COVID-19 outbreak
- Northwest Indiana hospitals face staffing struggles amid COVID-19 pandemic
- Norton hospitals releasing more COVID patients, making room as Indiana sees surge in cases
- Number of ICU beds in Northwest Indiana hospitals dwindles as pandemic continues
- Parkview ICU director discusses effects of COVID-19 surge on hospital
- Schneck Medical Center earns pair of five-star ratings
- Tennessee Taps Fishers Company for COVID Vaccine Pilot
- True Rx Prepares for Major Expansion Project
IOWA
- Iowa COVID-19 hospitalizations drop below 1,000
- Iowa surpasses 3,000 COVID-19 deaths as reporting method changes
- New patient transfer system will help relieve stress for Iowa’s hospitals
- Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds extends coronavirus restriction a week
- Why does COVID-19 burden hospitals?
- Loosened regulations to allow hospitals to treat more patients at home
- UnityPoint to bump minimum wage to $15
- Gov. Kim Reynolds: Vaccinations at Iowa nursing homes could begin Dec. 28
- Iowa giving PPE to nursing homes, bringing in nurses from out-of-state
- Eldora nursing homes report COVID-19 outbreaks
- Iowa seniors, teachers, food workers could be next in line for COVID-19 vaccine
KANSAS
- Wichita has new COVID-19 clusters: 2 nursing homes, Spirit, Starkey, KETCH, Heartspring
- As virus spreads, Kansas hospital runs out of staff
- The tricky who, how, and when of getting Kansans COVID-19 vaccinations
- Over half of KU Hospital’s COVID patients are in the ICU. Jackson County has 3 ICU beds left.
- New data tracks COVID-19’s impact by specific hospital
KENTUCKY
- 9 months into pandemic, hospitals still learning about COVID-19 while coping with surge in cases
- Hosparus CEO Phil Marshall to retire soon: ‘Filling his shoes will be no small task’
- KDMC ‘disappointed’ about vaccine list
- Kentucky healthcare workers frustrated with COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan
- Kentucky hospital capacity stressed as cases remain elevated
- Kentucky hospital system says trial vaccine run a success
- Kentucky hospitals concerned about capacity amid rising COVID-19 numbers
- Kentucky Hospitals Outline Coronavirus Vaccine Plans Ahead Of First Shipment
- Louisville receives gold medal for public health policies
- More than $10 million coming to Kentucky Nursing Homes
- Norton hospitals releasing more COVID patients, making room as Indiana sees surge in cases
- St. Elizabeth converts three of five urgent care centers into COVID-only facilities
- Temporary hospital remains on standby
- UofL lands $8.5M to develop virus-busting nasal spray
LOUISIANA
- Oak Street Health to Enter Louisiana and South Carolina in Early 2021
- Louisiana hospital alerted to 2-year-old patient data breach from vendor: 3 details
- Louisiana nursing homes will get higher payments from state
- This rule would pay Louisiana nursing homes more money; here’s why senior care advocates object to it
- Cases rising in Louisiana’s nursing homes during third surge
- Louisiana to use first 79,000 coronavirus vaccine doses within 48 hours, John Bel Edwards says
- Louisiana hospital healthcare workers on tap for first COVID-19 vaccines within days
- “It’s scary” hospitalizations on the rise throughout Louisiana, health officials fear reaching capacity
- 40,000 in Louisiana could be vaccinated in first week
- ‘The End Is In Sight’: Louisiana Health Official Hopeful About Vaccine Distribution
MAINE
- Maine hospitals start to expand COVID-19 units with spike in virus patients
- Mother fights to stay with disabled daughter through COVID-19 hospitalization
- Staffing shortages threaten Maine’s hospitals as COVID-19 cases increase by more than 400
- 2 residents die in Presque Isle nursing home outbreak as cases double
- Durgin Pines nursing home outbreak becomes deadliest in Maine
- Sanford nursing home outbreak grows to 57 cases, 2 deaths
- Maine health system appoints chief patient experience officer
- Kogod family names Medical Education Center at Mount Desert Island Hospital
- Officials Urge Public To Stay Distant, Mask Up To Avoid Overwhelming Maine Hospitals
MARYLAND
- As hospitals reach capacity, Maryland launches central system to find available beds
- Atlantic General Health one of six Maryland sites for new COVID-19 treatment
- Coronavirus in DC, Maryland, Virginia: What to Know
- Could Maryland and Virginia health care workers with jobs in D.C. lose out on initial COVID-19 vaccines?
- Gov. Hogan Issues Order Allowing Any Healthcare Professional To Administer Vaccine
- Maryland hospital reports IT outage after ransomware attack
- Maryland hospitals prepare for coronavirus surge
- Maryland launches central data system to track state’s open hospital beds
- Maryland sets new largest single-day increase of COVID cases at 3,792
- MD hospitals not yet in critical stage despite increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations
- Mid-Shore hospital’s COVID-19 tents sit idle for lack of staff
- Nursing Home Denies Allegations of PPE Shortage
- Ransomware impacted GBMC’s information technology systems
- Ransomware Attack on Maryland’s GBMC Health Spurs EHR Downtime
- U of Maryland places final beam on $43.8M outpatient center with orthopedics
- Vaccines in DC, Maryland, and Virginia: What We Know So Far
MASSACHUSETTS
- Nursing Home Residents Among First To Get COVID Vaccine In Mass.
- 31 Dead, Three-Quarters Of Residents Infected In Western Mass. Nursing Home Coronavirus Outbreak
- Massachusetts long-term care facility to accept coronavirus patients amid hospitalization surge
- Massachusetts ICU beds in some small hospitals nearing capacity
- Health care workers to be first vaccinated
- Massachusetts reports 5,675 new COVID cases, 89 deaths Wednesday as state unveils vaccine distribution plan
- Mass. Curbing Some Elective Inpatient Procedures, Expanding Test Sites
- MetroWest and Milford area health care workers prepare for COVID vaccine
- What to Know About COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution in Massachusetts
- Biden picks Mass. General physician to lead CDC
- Massachusetts hospitals must curtail elective surgeries Dec. 11
MICHIGAN
- COVID-19 daily update: Greater Lansing hospitals are near bed capacity
- Eight Michigan hospitals at 100% capacity, 15 at 90% or more
- Governor extends COVID restrictions to December 20
- Henry Ford Health System Receives $16 Million Gift to Benefit Henry Ford Pancreatic Cancer Center
- Hospitals prepare for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- Hundreds of frontline workers at Metro Detroit hospitals quarantine due to COVID exposure
- Michigan hospital prepares to deploy virus vaccine
- Nearly 600 Henry Ford nurses, staff quarantined due to COVID-19
- Taking a toll: The COVID-19 pandemic is stressing a health care workforce already coping with burnout
- With many hospitals still full, state reports a slight decrease in COVID-19 hospitalizations
MINNESOTA
- COVID-19 Surge Pushing MN’s EMS Services ‘Through the Roof’
- More medical centers offering COVID-19 treatment in Minnesota
- St. Luke’s CEO abruptly departs Duluth’s second-largest health care provider
- Hotline helping hospitals with ICU capacity is still ringing, but hope is emerging
- Mayo Clinic details COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans
- Mayo Clinic experts back COVID-19 vaccines ahead of FDA approval
- Hospital admissions remain high in Minnesota; vaccine plan a ‘very significant development’
- As hospitals near capacity, health care workers plead for public to help by taking precautions seriously
- Minnesota reports 82 more virus deaths, 4,589 new cases
- Virus strikes hard at Good Samaritan nursing home in Blackduck
- At Minnesota hospitals, ER ‘boarding’ a COVID-19 consequence
- As case counts stabilize, Minnesota sees surge in COVID-19 deaths
- New data paints picture of COVID-19 hospitalization in Minnesota, across the nation
- Mayo Clinic doctor studying Covid ‘long haulers’ says it might take them a year or more to recover
- 10 more people die from COVID-19 in Northeastern Minnesota
MISSISSIPPI
- Health care workers will get COVID-19 vaccine first in Miss., but not all will be required to take it
- Mississippi could see 1,000 more COVID-19 deaths by end of year, health official warns
- Mississippi hospital CEO defends holding in-person fundraiser for governor amid COVID-19 surge
- Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock names new CEO
MISSOURI
- Kansas City Nursing home settles pay discrimination claims
- Missouri Nursing Home to Pay $40K to Settle Gender Pay Discrimination Claims
- SSM Health names new president to lead the health system’s academic ministries
- ‘This virus is a killer’: St. Louis breaks hospital records again as deaths spike in Illinois
- Mercy employee wrongfully viewed medical records: 4 details
- North Kansas City Hospital opts out of statewide Vizient partnership
- Missouri reports 28 additional COVID-19 deaths
- Missouri reports increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations
- ’The Wolf Is At The Door:’ How Missouri’s Garbled Coronavirus Data Misled The Public Until It Was Too Late
- Extra health care workers aren’t due in Missouri until at least the end of the year
- First batch of COVID-19 vaccines expected within days in St. Louis County
- Data shows rural Missouri hospitals are being hit hard by COVID-19
- Sullivan hospital workers changing work duties as pandemic wears on
- Missouri nursing group fears shortage of workers to give coronavirus vaccines
- CoxHealth launches rapid testing at urgent care, expands home care for COVID-19 patients
- Despite dip in cases, Missouri adds near-record COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations tick upward
- Missouri reports 161 COVID-19 deaths Tuesday, many from previous months
MONTANA
- $4.2M Settlement Proposed in Kalispell Regional Breach Lawsuit
- Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital discusses plan to rollout vaccine to health care workers
- Montana Hospital Group to Pay $4.2M After Breach Lawsuit
- Hospital unveils new name as Logan Health
- Hospitals in Kansas, Montana get new names
- Montana, Alabama hospitals recognized for postpartum mental healthcare
- Montana Nurse Describes How Coronavirus Pushes Rural Health Care To Its Limits
- Montana prepares for initial COVID-19 vaccinations
- The Latest: Montana to give first vaccine to health workers
NEBRASKA
- Medical helicopter a necessity as central Nebraska deals with COVID surge
- Nebraska hospitals could get COVID-19 vaccines before the end of the week
- Ricketts: COVID-19 vaccine in Nebraska will be distributed first to these three groups
- Lincoln hospitals could have COVID-19 vaccine by the weekend
- Ricketts urges new round of federal COVID-19 assistance
- New Nebraska program to open door for nursing home visits
NEVADA
- Healthcare workers plan weekly walkout of Las Vegas hospital due to COVID-19 working conditions
- Las Vegas hospital staff launch #WalkoutWednesday protest of working conditions
- Nevada hospital first in state to treat patient with novel heart implant
- Nevada hospitals experience staffing shortages amid pandemic
- Nevada hospitals move closer to capacity, postpone surgeries
- Nevada reports deadliest day since start of pandemic
- Nevada virus hospitalizations up 230% over past month
- Nevada’s test positivity rate reaches new high of 21%
- Prime names COO for Nevada, California markets
- Protest at Sunrise Hospital over pandemic working conditions
- World famous Nevada hospital is forced to treat COVID patients in its underground parking lot as admissions surge 230%
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Bankrupt New Hampshire health system has 10 potential bidders
- New Hampshire hospital CEO to step down
- NH nursing homes upset at latest COVID-19 federal awards
- NH hospitals, long-term care facilities prepare for first vaccine doses
- Hospitals may have to deploy surge plans to increase capacity as COVID-19 cases rise
- Of 70 Residents at a NH Nursing Home, 66 Have COVID
- Hanover nursing home ravaged by COVID-19
- New Hampshire hospital using robots to keep patients connected, reduce COVID-19 exposure
- New Hampshire veterans nursing home issues SOS over COVID-19 outbreak
- Health officials: 232 COVID-19 patients in NH hospitals Wednesday
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Doctor: N.H. Seeing COVID-19 Surge (As Expected)
NEW JERSEY
- FBI raids New Jersey lab, says patients should get retested for COVID-19
- FTC aims to block Hackensack Meridian’s acquisition of New Jersey hospital
- FTC sues to block Hackensack Meridian-Englewood deal
- NJ Hospital Workers Express Concern Over COVID-19 Outbreaks Among Staff
- RWJBarnabas Health opens food hubs in New Jersey to alleviate food insecurity
- Should NJ hospitals be required to tell public about staff COVID-19 outbreaks?
NEW MEXICO
- Vaccine alone won’t save New Mexico hospitals, leaders say
- ‘A physician’s nightmare’: New Mexico hospitals likely to get OK to ration care
- Hospitals in New Mexico are at capacity
- New Mexico hospitals on brink of rationing care
- New Mexico Reports 1,759 New COVID-19 Cases
- New Mexico Prepared for Rationing Care if Pandemic Worsens
- New Mexico could receive first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday
- Presbyterian Health Plan misdirected mailing incident exposes 3,500+ individuals’ info
- Overwhelmed Hospitals In New Mexico Consider Rationing Care
NEW YORK
- New York hospital fires employee for refusing flu shot
- OSHA investigating COVID-19 protocol at Upstate New York hospital
- Glens Falls Hospital fires employee over flu shot
- Keeping transport, environmental services staff safe: 14 COVID-19 strategies from Northwell Health
- Cuomo says vaccine could arrive this weekend, nursing homes first
- Governor Cuomo Updates New Yorkers on State’s Vaccination Distribution Plan
- Cuomo: Western New York region estimated to receive 14,500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine
- Central New York nursing home residents expect to get coronavirus vaccine in 2 weeks
- NYS reports 27% of hospital beds in Western New York are available
NORTH CAROLINA
- ‘All hands on deck’ as North Carolina hospital prepares for vaccine distribution
- Another small rural North Carolina hospital joins the UNC Health system
- Atrium Health doctors talk incoming Covid-19 vaccine, though many questions linger
- Everything you need to know about North Carolina’s COVID-19 vaccine plan
- Hospitals have space for COVID patients, but staffs are strained
- List of North Carolina hospitals receiving first shipments of COVID-19 vaccine
- North Carolina could run out of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients in 6 weeks if trends continue, report says
- North Carolina hospital commended for spine surgery
- Report: Triangle could run out of hospital beds in six weeks
- Salisbury nursing home that had COVID-19 outbreaks faces serious consequences
- UNC Health closes deal for 12th hospital
- UNC Health finalizes deal to take over Lumberton health system
- ‘We are learning as we go’: NC health officials provide clarity on vaccine distribution plans
NORTH DAKOTA
- North Dakota hospitals utilizing newly FDA-authorized COVID-19 treatment drug
- North Dakota extends mask mandate, business restrictions as active COVID-19 cases come down
- North Dakota reports 23 COVID-19 deaths as active cases hold steady
- Altru apologizes after North Dakota woman’s death, notes growing strain on health care system
OHIO
- Akron Children’s Hospital will start accepting adult patients to reduce the strain on other hospitals caused by COVID-19
- As COVID-19 ICU admissions rise, central Ohio hospitals facing issues
- Children’s hospitals in Northeast Ohio preparing to take on adult patients as hospitalizations surge
- Cleveland Clinic makes deal with Sisters of Charity to acquire Mercy Medical Center
- Health system CEO ranks among industry’s ‘100 Most Influential People’
- Health workers are first in line for COVID vaccine in Ohio
- Mercy Health sells Toledo children’s hospital to Nationwide
- MetroHealth Closing Some Locations Due To COVID-19 Staffing Shortages
- MetroHealth temporarily closes several locations to consolidate staffing
- MetroHealth temporarily closing some facilities because of staffing shortages caused by coronavirus
- Nationwide Children’s acquisition of a Toledo hospital to bring new patients, more money
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital to acquire Mercy Health – Children’s Hospital
- Nationwide Children’s, Toledo hospital execs say Toledo expansion is about keeping care local
- Ohio hospital keeps ASCs open after suspending some elective procedures
- Ohio hospital staff stressed as hospitalizations increase
- Ohio’s coronavirus hospital patient count drops for third straight day
- ProMedica CEO honored as influential person in health care
- ProMedica files motion to dismiss lawsuit brought by McLaren St. Luke’s, citing abuse of antitrust laws
- Rural Ohio hospitals stretched thin by COVID-19 patient surge
- Steward closes maternity ward at Ohio hospital
- ‘We’ll have to do more. We don’t have a choice’: DeWine hints at new health orders
- Why Cincinnati Children’s, CareSource are partnering in new collaboration
OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma governor disputes alleged complaints about healthcare workers ‘fear mongering’
- Oklahoma governor disputes alleged ‘frustration’ with healthcare workers speaking out
- Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt complained to hospital leaders about interviews with media on COVID-19 crisis
- Oklahoma hospitals down to 33 ICU beds as COVID-19 surge continues
- Mercy Hospitals hiring temporary clinical and non-clinical roles as COVID-19 stresses healthcare workers
- Oklahoma has 3rd highest rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S., according to latest White House report
- Oklahoma nursing students start early to help with COVID
- Oklahoma Nurses Association meets with state to discuss concerns with nursing shortage
OREGON
- Oregon doctor who refused to wear mask has medical license suspended
- Portland-area hospitals enact surge plans to manage skyrocketing increase in COVID-19 patients
- Providence Portland shifts more than 100 beds to COVID care, postpones surgeries, as leaders warn ‘much more will be demanded of us’
- Study shows Oregon has fewest number of hospital beds per capita in nation
- The Latest: Oregon doc’s anti-mask comment draws suspension
PENNSYLVANIA
- Allegheny Health Network partners with Marvel Comics to celebrate healthcare workers
- Area hospitals COVID capacity down from week prior, still around 80 patients
- Corner Office: U of Pennsylvania Health System CEO Kevin Mahoney on how a tractor accident shaped his career
- COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: Butler Memorial, Clarion Hospitals Reach ICU Capacity
- Geisinger: Hospitals near capacity
- Hospitals in Idaho, Pennsylvania, Texas overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients
- How Jefferson Health is caring for chronic disease patients amid a pandemic
- How Pittsburgh-region hospitals are shoring up staffing concerns
- Montco Hospitals Approach ‘Critical Limits’ as COVID-19 Cases Spike
- Nursing home industry: Pennsylvania illegally withheld coronavirus relief funds
- Nursing Home Industry Sues Pa.
- Nursing home providers sue over alleged misallocation of $150M in COVID-19 funding
- On the front lines: How Western Pa.’s COVID caregivers are managing the crisis
- Pa. nursing homes sue Wolf administration for $153 million in federal funds they claim belongs to them
- Pa. sees new record single-day case count as officials await vaccine approval
- Pa.’s Supply of ICU Beds Dwindles as Virus Hospitalizations Surge
- Pennsylvania health system temporarily closes one surgery center, reallocates staff from another
- Pennsylvania hospital beds filling up amid virus surge
- Reading Hospital says it’s not overwhelmed amid rise in COVID-19 cases
- State stepping in at nursing home
- State’s COVID-19 deaths top spring’s worst day; concerns about health-care workforce grow
- UPMC hospitals ‘not overwhelmed in any way’ by increase in COVID-19 cases
- UPMC won’t require employees to get COVID-19 vaccine
- UPMC hires nurses, adds beds as COVID-19 spreads
RHODE ISLAND
- Financial turnaround firm makes unsolicited $250M bid for Care New England
- StoneBridge Healthcare Makes Bid to Acquire Care New England Health System
- Rhode Island Officials Fear Shortage Of Medical Staff
- ‘We are so tired’: Rhode Island is leading the country with its rate of new COVID-19 infections
- A Rhode Island emergency room doctor on what it’s like on the front lines during the latest COVID-19 surge
- Care New England hoping to fill 250 positions at Kent Hospital, Cranston field hospital
- R.I. nursing homes ready to distribute vaccine if approved
- RI preparing to begin administering COVID-19 vaccine in nursing homes as soon as Christmas
SOUTH CAROLINA
- A new $2.9 million infectious disease unit at MUSC could be used to treat Ebola patients
- Bon Secours St. Francis breaks ground on new comprehensive healthcare center in Simpsonville
- Lowcountry hospital systems say they are in ‘good shape at the moment’ with bed capacity
- MUSC sees resurgence of MIS-C cases in children, urging parents to know the symptoms
- Oak Street Health to Enter Louisiana and South Carolina in Early 2021
- SC Gov. McMaster on vaccines: this will not be a fast process
- SC health board intends to pick new agency leader by January
- South Carolina hospital to deploy Meditech EHR
- South Carolina Nursing Homes Grapple With Rising Covid-19 Cases
- South Carolina reports highest daily COVID-19 case increase since beginning of pandemic
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Sanford Health suspends merger talks with Intermountain
- Sanford, Intermountain halt merger talks
- Sanford calls off Intermountain merger after CEO mask uproar
- Sanford Health and chief medical officer part ways
- Sanford Health lays out new leadership team; Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allison Suttle departing
- Feds release detailed COVID-19 hospitalization data for South Dakota
- South Dakota reports three dozen new COVID-19 deaths
- AARP reports South Dakota had highest nursing home resident death rate in nation in November
- Parkston nursing home residents with COVID-19 get experimental antibody treatment
- Some COVID-19 patients flown out of state as S.D. hospital ICU capacity dwindles
- Cardiologist says 40% of heart patients avoiding essential care during COVID-19 pandemic
TENNESSEE
- 3rd nurse from St. Thomas West Hospital killed since 2016
- As COVID-19 surged, Nashville’s most important lab could not keep up
- As hospitals fill with COVID patients, medical reinforcements are hard to find
- Community Healthcare Trust COO to step down
- COVID-19 update: ICU bed capacity waning
- East TN hospital ICUs are nearly full, putting every COVID-19 benchmark in the red for the first time
- HCA names TriStar Division president
- Johnson City Medical Center morgue runs out of space, hospital shifts to mobile morgue
- Large hospitals will be first to get Pfizer vaccine in Tennessee
- New data shows Tennessee hospitals are dangerously low on PPE
- Nonprofit Tennessee hospital rewarded overdue bill collection, rarely offered financial help, probe finds
- State preparing for first round of COVID vaccines to arrive
- Tennessee expects 56,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses this month, but that won’t stretch very far
- Tennessee prepares to send National Guard to hospitals for COVID-19 surge
- TN Gov. Lee OKs use of National Guard in hospitals amid virus surge
TEXAS
- Hospitals in Idaho, Pennsylvania, Texas overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients
- Kerrville nursing home staffer details ‘missteps’ she believes led to deadly COVID-19 outbreak
- New CMO at HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest hopes to elevate teamwork
- Nexion Health acquires 9 Texas facilities
- Pearland nursing home gets fined $12,000 for COVID-19 violations
- Smaller hospitals in rural Texas struggle to find beds for critical COVID-19 patients
- Tenet strikes $1.1B deal for 45 surgery centers
- Tenet boosts surgery center footprint with $1.1B deal
- Baylor Scott & White to lay off 102 employees, outsource jobs to India
- Texas hospital CEO remembered as supportive leader, mentor
- Interest in nursing soars during coronavirus pandemic across Texas, may address all-time nursing shortage
- Texas program to improve nursing home visitation sits mostly untapped
- ‘Small Town, No Hospital’: Covid-19 Is Overwhelming Rural West Texas
- 1.9 million Texas health care workers, care home residents get priority for vaccine
- Health care workers at 11 Central Texas hospitals could receive COVID-19 vaccine in the next week
- New Hospital Opens in Mansfield, Adds Capacity to North Texas
- TMC hospitals, hit by COVID surge, exceed base ICU capacity for first time since summer
UTAH
- Dixie Regional Medical Center briefly reaches full capacity, Southern Utah hits 100th COVID-19 death
- Doctors Worried As COVID Hospitalizations In Utah Reach New Record
- Sanford Health suspends merger talks with Intermountain
- Utah hospital ICUs expected to be at max capacity for the next few months
VERMONT
- As hospitals cope with a COVID-19 surge, cyber threats loom
- UVM Health cyberattack losses to exceed $63M: 5 details
- Cyberattack cost UVM Medical Center $1.5 million a day
- Vermont reports 119 COVID cases and 3 more deaths
- Vermont tallies a record 178 new cases; UVM Medical Center apologizes for reporting delays
- Vermont hospital chief: Vaccine could be available in 3 to 4 months
- ‘They are slowly just dying’: Virus ravages Elderwood, with 78 cases
- No COVID patients in ICU or on ventilators at UVM Medical Center
- Vermont adds more COVID testing at long-term care facilities under shadow of outbreaks
- 3 steps Vermont is taking to protect long-term care facilities from COVID-19
- COVID-19 cases rising in Vermont nursing homes as vaccine expected to arrive
VIRGINIA
- 3 Bon Secours hospitals out of Anthem’s network after talks fail
- Coronavirus in DC, Maryland, Virginia: What to Know
- Could Maryland and Virginia health care workers with jobs in D.C. lose out on initial COVID-19 vaccines?
- COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to set records in Virginia
- COVID-19 positives up in Virginia: Hospitals in Commonwealth faring well
- More than 25,000 COVID-19 patients released from Virginia hospitals
- MWHC considers postponing elective surgeries, not a ‘complete shutdown’ of them
- Vaccines in DC, Maryland, and Virginia: What We Know So Far
- VCU Health laying off 635 employees as it outsources billing and collections
- Virginia GI group joins hospital-affiliated physicians group
WASHINGTON
- 7 nursing home Covid-19 deaths reported after staff attended wedding
- Nursing home president: ‘Worse than in the beginning’
- How Providence will bring remote employees back to the office post-COVID
- Molina Healthcare of Washington’s $16 Million COVID-19 community response
- Providence names first chief experience officer
- ‘Rapid response teams’ being sent to short-staffed nursing homes in Washington state as COVID-19 surges again
- Seattle biotech Silverback Therapeutics’ upsized IPO rises 19% in first-day trading
- Seattle Children’s Hospital leads research of COVID in children
- Short-staffed care homes in Washington state to receive help
- UW Health, SSM Health to serve as central hubs for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
- Washington coronavirus hospital admissions surge to highest level since pandemic began
- Washington healthcare workers hopeful for COVID-19 vaccine by end of December
- ‘We’re All Tired Of This’: Health Care Workers In Seattle Prepare For Another Surge
WEST VIRGINIA
- CEO of Raleigh General Hospital to resign at end of year
- Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital recognized for top patient care
- West Virginia hospital CEO to step down
WISCONSIN
- Advocate Aurora to give $66M in employee bonuses
- Army medical personnel to aid Wisconsin’s ‘strained’ medical system
- Aspirus offers virtual tour of new Marshfield clinic
- Boulder Group sells children’s hospital in Wisconsin
- Humana deepens Medicaid presence in Wisconsin
- ’It’s really very hard to see patients dying:’ SSM nurses share experience in the ICU
- Marshfield Clinic Health System designated as hub for COVID-19 vaccine
- Rural Wis. hospitals walk Pfizer’s temperature tightrope
- Wisconsin contracts with agency to help staff nursing homes, health care facilities
- Wisconsin hospital leaders prepare for a COVID-19 vaccine
- Wisconsin hospitals rush to finalize vaccine distribution plans as Gov. Evers calls for federal prioritization
- Wisconsin nursing homes finalizing vaccine distribution plans
WYOMING
- New CEO: I’m ready to build on existing success at St. John’s Health
- Wyoming COVID hospital patients still high, but dip below 220 for the first time in two weeks
- Wyoming Department of Health doctor resigns after calling COVID-19 vaccine a biological weapon
