NATIONAL
- 27 senators urge inclusion of surprise-billing deal in year-end package
- 14 pharmaceutical acquisitions in 2020
- 37 hospital CEO retirements announced in 2020
- AHA: 28 recommended actions for Biden in first 100 days
- AHA asks Biden to extend public health emergency and to be allowed to retain relief funds
- American Telemedicine Association, HIMSS ask Congress to extend telehealth flexibilities through 2021
- Are physician compensation, productivity surveys obsolete? — 5 points from VMG Health
- Biden picks Xavier Becerra to lead HHS, coronavirus response
- Bipartisan agreement on provider-friendly surprise billing deal ups chance of passage
- CMS proposed rule aims to streamline prior authorizations and make data sharing easier
- Congressional panels agree on plan to ban surprise medical bills
- COVID-19 news cycle lacks strong physician representation, study finds
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act expiring in December
- FDA Grants Emergency Approval To Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
- FDA issues emergency use authorization for Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine
- Guide your hospital successfully through the COVID-19 crisis: 4 strategies
- Healthcare spending hits $3.8 trillion: 8 things to know
- HHS: All nursing home residents could be vaccinated by holiday, despite delay
- HHS floats major changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule
- HHS to give hospitals extra $4.5B in relief payments
- HHS proposes greater flexibility for providers in sharing patient information under HIPAA
- Hospital associations sue HHS over 340B enforcement
- Hospitals prepare to vaccinate workers: 6 things to know
- Hospitals start COVID-19 vaccinations Monday in historic effort
- Hospitals sue HHS, say it’s letting drugmakers skirt 340B program rules
- Hospitals scramble to prioritize Covid vaccine for their workers. Who gets them first?
- How the First COVID-19 Vaccinations Rolled Out at Hospitals Across the U.S.
- Medical privacy changes would smooth info sharing in crises
- Most Home Health Aides ‘Can’t Afford Not to Work’ — Even When Lacking PPE
- Oncologists sue to stop White House outpatient drug pay rule
- Pharmacy giants ramp up logistical assistance for COVID-19 vaccine rollout
- Providers urged to champion coronavirus vaccines as they get first jabs
- Rural Health Systems Challenged By COVID-19 Surge
- Supply issues hampering Pfizer providing additional vaccine faster
- Telehealth growth attracts the eyes of investors as 2021 could see an influx of capital
- Trump administration pushing delay in nursing home vaccinations
- Telehealth poses big cybersecurity dangers, Harvard researchers warn
- Trump proposal would set a 2023 deadline for review of health care regs
- U.S. readies COVID-19 inoculation rollout as regulators OK first vaccine
- US sets Covid-19 case, hospitalization and death records ahead of key meeting for Moderna’s vaccine candidate
- What was the biggest missed opportunity for healthcare IT in 2020? 5 hospital CIOs weigh in
- Where are the 29 Leapfrog straight-‘A’ hospitals?
- Where are the 16 Leapfrog ‘F’ hospitals?
- Why Business Leaders Should Pay Attention To How Hospitals Rollout The Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign
ALABAMA
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- Alabama hospital unveils new trauma center amid coronavirus surge
- Alabama hospitals should receive Pfizer vaccine ‘early this week,’ ADPH says
- Alabama medical board relaxes requirements for out-of-state doctors
- Alabama senior living company offering $1.1M employee COVID-19 vaccine incentive program
- Alabama’s largest county down to 13 ICU beds
- As vaccine arrives in Alabama, healthcare workers divided on whether to take it
- Doctors treating some COVID patients at home as Alabama hospitals run low on beds
- Emergency rules in place to address Alabama doctor shortage during the pandemic
- Expanded ER and trauma center opens at Mobile’s USA hospital
- Southeast Health becomes first hospital to give COVID-19 vaccine in Alabama
ALASKA
- AK Health Information Exchange Integrates Care Coordination Tool
- Alaska’s first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Anchorage
- Gov. Dunleavy plans to extend Alaska’s COVID-19 emergency declaration as hospitals remain stretched
- Ketchikan’s hospital expects to receive first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine around Dec. 21
ARIZONA
- Arizona hospital names new CNO, CFO
- Phoenix VA is treating COVID-19 patients who are non-veterans as cases rise
- Doctors, hospital leaders call for more action to slow COVID-19 in Arizona
- Gov. Ducey touts COVID-19 vaccine as open hospital beds hit record low
- An Arizona doctor went viral decrying a lack of ICU beds. Then he says his hospital shut him out.
- Dr. Cara Christ, Arizona health care workers receive coronavirus vaccine
- COVID-19 cases rising in Arizona nursing homes
- ‘The tears are back’: Arizona ICU nurse details what work is like inside the hospital
- Health care leaders look ahead to COVID-19 vaccine as Arizona hospital resources max out
- Arizona reports 4,848 new COVID-19 cases, 108 deaths; hospital beds continue to fill up
- Valley long term care facilities prepare for vaccines, partnership with pharmacies
ARKANSAS
- First doses of coronavirus vaccine administered in Arkansas
- Northwest Arkansas hospitals hopeful about COVID-19 vaccine, give update on hospital space
- Local hospitals receive COVID-19 vaccine, frontline workers first in line to be vaccinated
- Pandemic causes increased wait time for psychiatric care in Arkansas
- System to transfer Arkansas COVID patients to hospitals goes live Wednesday
- COVID-19 vaccines could be widely available by late spring; Arkansas deaths top 3,000
- Moderna vaccine slated for Arkansas residents in long-term care facilities
CALIFORNIA
- 67,000 patient records exposed in California hospital ransomware attack: 5 details
- California Hospital Notifies 67k Patients of Data Breach
- California workers at 3 HCA hospitals call strike
- California’s ICU beds near capacity as Covid hospitalizations hit record levels
- Can California nursing homes avoid the next ‘humanitarian crisis?’
- Medical staff urges California nurses not to strike
- Here’s a look at ICU capacity in California: Where the 5 regions stand
- San Francisco Board Rebukes Naming Hospital for Facebook CEO
- With vaccine, California enters new phase in the coronavirus pandemic
- Workers at 11 Tenet hospitals in California reach labor deal
COLORADO
- Children’s Hospital Colorado executes plan to administer COVID-19 vaccine
- Colorado hospital reports data breach after surveyor loses storage device: 3 notes
- Colorado’s rural hospitals expecting COVID-19 vaccines this week
- Two out of five Colorado nursing homes have current COVID-19 outbreaks
- UCHealth Employees Announce Plans To Unionize
- Why Colorado has started a COVID-19 vaccine task force
CONNECTICUT
- Connecticut nursing home providers, hospitals concerned that staff won’t take vaccine
- CT health care workers among the first to get COVID-19 vaccine
- With vaccine released and COVID infections down last weekend, Lamont urges vigilance
- In a deadly month, the COVID vaccine reaches Connecticut
- Hospital capacity in Connecticut stretched with COVID-19 cases and patients who deferred treatment for other illness in the spring
- COVID-19 Field Hospital To Reopen In Hartford, Vaccinations At Conn. Nursing Homes To Begin Early
- More Connecticut hospitals begin coronavirus vaccinations Tuesday, as initial shipments of Pfizer vaccine continue to arrive across the state
- CT hospitals get ready for first round of COVID-19 vaccines
- CT nursing homes will be among first in nation to receive COVID vaccine
- Connecticut nursing homes continue to wait for vaccine shipments
DC
- D.C. region rolls out coronavirus vaccine amid push to reach priority groups
- First D.C. Coronavirus Vaccine Recipients Will Get Doses At Monday ‘Kickoff’ Event
- Here’s how DC Health will distribute the coronavirus vaccine
- Here’s Where DC Will Be Distributing Its Covid Vaccines
- Maryland family fighting DC hospital gets a short reprieve
DELAWARE
- ChristianaCare CEO pledges to follow FDA guidelines on Pfizer vaccine
- Delaware governor announces new COVID-19 restrictions to combat case surge
- Delaware hospitals prep freezers for first vaccines
- Delaware hospitals, nursing homes prepare to give staff, residents the COVID-19 vaccine
FLORIDA
- AdventHealth Sets Up COVID-19 Vaccination Centers Throughout Central Florida
- Ascension St. Vincent’s gets to work on $115 million St. Johns County hospital
- Coronavirus vaccine ‘pods’ being planned in Florida as healthcare workers get 1st shots
- Florida hospitals prioritizing which healthcare workers will get the vaccine first
- Florida Medical Association Collaborates with Privia Health to Help Physicians Stay Ahead
- Florida nursing home and assisted care residents start getting vaccinated against Covid-19
- Florida plans to get COVID-19 vaccines to more than 150 hospitals by next week
- Florida’s coronavirus cases shot up again. So now deaths have, too.
- HCA Florida hospital to build $100M, 5-story tower
- Jacksonville firm to build rehab hospital in Lake Nona
- Office Manager of doctor indicted for $23M in healthcare fraud pleads guilty
- Some Sarasota-Manatee hospitals close to capacity as virus cases spike, snowbirds arrive
- Tampa General Coronavirus Institute First of Its Kind in Florida
GEORGIA
- CMO to leave Georgia hospital after 3 decades
- Family sues nursing home over death of a patient
- Georgia hospital adds new unit for COVID patients
- Georgia hospitals break previous mark for COVID-19 patients
- Hall County health leaders prepare as COVID-19 vaccine shipments arrive in Georgia
- How one health care system in Georgia is planning its COVID vaccine distribution
- Piedmont Healthcare plans $13 million expansion at Rockdale hospital
- Rural Georgia faces major obstacles to access to vaccine
- Vaccines arrive in Georgia, first nurses vaccinated
HAWAII
- ‘A real game changer’: Hawaii doctor shares his experience in COVID-19 vaccine trial
- Hawaii Expects to Receive 80K Doses of Vaccine This Month
- Hawaii healthcare workers could get shots in the arm as early as Tuesday
- Kona Community Hospital plans to get its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine next week
- Where are you in Hawaii’s COVID-19 vaccine plan? Officials give priority based on 4 risk factors
IDAHO
- CEO of Primary Health Medical Group says facilities are being ‘overwhelmed’ by pandemic
- COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Idaho this week; initial shipment for hospital, clinic staff
- Hospital beds continue to be close to capacity in Eastern Idaho
- Idaho health leaders OK crisis health care rationing rule
- Kootenai Health is 96% full as it treats a record number of COVID-19 patients
- St. Luke’s gears up for coronavirus vaccinations coming for Idaho health care workers
- St. Luke’s Health System Prepares For Coronavirus Vaccine
- Vaccine arriving in Idaho for health care workers
ILLINOIS
- Chicago’s 1st COVID-19 vaccines given at West Side hospital
- Chicago’s Mercy Hospital can’t close, Illinois regulators say
- Coronavirus in Illinois: Here’s How to Check Hospital Bed Availability Near You
- Coronavirus rate drops again in southwest Illinois but hospital space remains low
- Hospitals in Illinois, Indiana Prepare For First Doses of Coronavirus Vaccine
- Illinois health regulators block Mercy hospital closure
- Illinois health system CEO to retire
- Illinois Lawmakers Approve Crucial Protections For Nursing Home Residents
- Illinois medical group proposes 25-bed hospital beside surgery center — 4 details
- Illinois passes new protections for nursing home residents
- Illinois system to merge with Northwestern Medicine
- Local hospitals ready to give first COVID-19 vaccines to employees as soon as next week
- ‘People will die’: Chicago could lose an essential hospital in the middle of the pandemic
- President and CEO of Hospital Sisters Health System Announces 2021 Retirement Plans
- With beds in short supply, some Illinois hospital emergency rooms are sending COVID-19 patients home to recover
- With Large Illinois Hospitals Filled Up, Smaller Ones Must Treat More Critical Patients
INDIANA
- 230 Indiana nursing homes signed up for support program during COVID-19 pandemic
- 46,0000 Indiana healthcare workers register for COVID-19 vaccine
- Central Indiana hospitals ‘fast approaching crisis’ with COVID-19 patients
- Fewer Indiana counties ‘red’ as new county infection rate map released
- Fort Wayne health care workers are the first in Indiana to receive COVID-19 vaccine
- Governor Holcomb Announces New Restrictions For Indiana Hospitals
- HHS, DoD buy up 650,000 more doses of Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody therapeutic
- Hospital Leaders Respond to ‘Dire State’ of Pandemic
- Hospitals discharge patients early to free beds during pandemic
- Hospitals in Illinois, Indiana Prepare For First Doses of Coronavirus Vaccine
- Indiana hospital leaders express COVID concerns amid surge, shrinking capacity
- Indiana hospital rehearses roll-out of much-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine
- Indiana hospitals warn COVID-19 surge could overwhelm them
- Indiana state website crashes after healthcare workers overwhelm COVID-19 vaccine enrollment
- Indianapolis pilot hospital runs mock vaccine clinic ahead of distribution
- Indy-area hospital systems band together to warn of ‘potential crisis’
- Initial COVID-19 vaccine doses heading to Indiana will go to IU Methodist, 4 other hospitals
- IU Health could start vaccinating health care workers Dec. 21
- New Albany nursing home uses technology to mitigate COVID-19 risk
- New hospital committed to compassionate care
- Questions remain about Indiana’s next COVID-19 vaccine doses
- St. Catherine Hospital names new chief nursing officer
- Why pay for public hospital CEOs is kept secret in Indiana
IOWA
- Key Iowa COVID-19 vaccine panel holding secret meetings on who should get first vaccinations, circumventing open meetings law, experts say
- Study projects Iowa hospitals to lose $433M due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Capitol Hill Lutheran Church buys — and forgives — $5 million in Iowa medical debt, hopes for more
- Relief, euphoria, anxiety: Iowa medical workers respond to receiving Pfizer vaccine
- 500 Iowa health care workers have been vaccinated against coronavirus, but governor says ‘we must continue to be patient’
- Iowa to get up to 30% fewer doses of Covid vaccine than initially planned
- New COVID-19 hospital admissions decline as Iowa begins vaccinations of healthcare workers
- Iowa panel will decide who gets vaccine after health care workers, nursing homes
- ‘Feels like a beginning to the end’: First coronavirus vaccinations begin in Iowa
KANSAS
- Nursing home eviction case highlights deeper concerns for family member
- ‘Hope on the horizon’: Dr. Maggie Hagan discusses first days of vaccination at Ascension Via Christi
- COVID-19 vaccine rollout to continue in weeks, months ahead
- Nursing homes in Kansas in need of coronavirus vaccine
- Kansas reports COVID-19 death surge amid 1st vaccine shots
- ‘Full of hope:’ More Kansas City area hospitals receive vaccine doses
- Vaccine arrives in Kansas as COVID-19 cases continue climb
- Healthcare workers across northeast Kansas receive first COVID-19 vaccines
KENTUCKY
- After going nine months without any cases, Corbin nursing home experiences COVID-19 outbreak
- ‘Exhilarating!’ Baptist Health workers get Louisville hospital’s first COVID-19 vaccines
- Final Kentucky Hospital Receives Shipment Of First Coronavirus Vaccine
- First COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Kentucky
- Healthcare workers facing both the physical and emotional tolls of the pandemic
- Here are the latest safety grades for Louisville hospitals
- How safe are Louisville-area hospitals? Who got an A and who got a D
- Kentucky health system says coding glitch doubled hospital’s COVID-19 patient count
- Kentucky’s long-term care facilities prepare to receive COVID-19 vaccine
- Kentucky Nursing Home Residents Among First to get COVID-19 Vaccine
- Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital not overwhelmed after seeing uptick in COVID-19 patients
- Louisville hospitals detail COVID-19 vaccine plans ahead of FDA approval
- Norton Healthcare receives its shipment of COVID-19 vaccine, frontline workers receive vaccinations
- Pikeville Medical Center donates 200 doses of COVID vaccine to KDMC
- Seven more Kentucky hospitals receive Pfizer vaccine
- UK ICU doctor warns of crowded Kentucky hospitals, fatigued health care workers
- UofL Health employees first to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Kentucky; Norton, Baptist Health prep for shipment arrivals
LOUISIANA
- How did Louisiana reach 250,000 confirmed coronavirus cases? Here’s a timeline
- Former employee of Medicare enrollment company gets 3 years in prison for stealing personal info for fraud
- Louisiana healthcare workers get first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
- Ochsner Health gives first COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare workers
- Ochsner LSU Health announces Shreveport COVID-19 testing sites
- Moderna COVID vaccine targeted for Louisiana nursing home residents after Christmas
- Lafayette’s first COVID-19 vaccinations start with frontline healthcare workers
- Coronavirus cases in Louisiana nursing homes have leaders ‘very concerned’ despite vaccine near
- As coronavirus vaccine doses roll out across Louisiana, here’s why distribution could be challenging
- ‘There was this sense of relief’: Vaccinations begin in Louisiana
- Healthcare workers who’ve received COVID-19 vaccine report no major side effects, LDH says
- 3,500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrive at UMC Tuesday
MAINE
- Hard-pressed Maine Med to get bigger share of vaccine when distribution begins
- Maine hospitals prepare for COVID-19 vaccine
- Maine Medical Center, SMHC, MaineGeneral hit record number of COVID-19 inpatients
- Nursing assistant and ER doctor are 1st to get COVID-19 vaccine at Bangor hospital
- What You Need To Know As COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives In Maine
- Workers on pandemic’s front line first in Maine to get vaccine
- First doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Maine
- Pen Bay Medical Center opens $16M health center in Rockport
- Maine Welcomes Its First Vaccine Doses As State CDC Adds 2 Deaths, 426 COVID-19 Cases
- Mid Coast Hospital gives first dose of COVID-19 vaccines to frontline healthcare staff
- MaineGeneral medical doctor describes vaccination as quick, painless
- Maine nursing homes say some employees and residents reluctant to get vaccinated
- Maine hospitals are deciding which frontline workers will get coronavirus vaccine first
- Maine’s largest health system administers its 1st COVID-19 vaccine
- First doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered to Maine frontline health care workers
MARYLAND
- All Maryland hospitals set to get vaccine within 2 weeks
- First Healthcare Workers Vaccinated As Initial Doses Of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Arrive In Maryland
- Hospitals prepare for worker vaccines as Maryland reports second-highest number of new coronavirus cases
- Johns Hopkins adds county-level hospital, ICU data to daily COVID-19 updates
- Johns Hopkins creates COVID-19 death risk calculator
- Maryland family fighting DC hospital gets a short reprieve
- Maryland hospitals juggle mounting COVID-19 cases but still have beds
- MedStar hospital employee arrested, accused of setting fires at work
- Mercy Medical Center named one of nation’s safest hospitals
- Two Dozen Maryland Hospitals Set to Receive Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines
- Virginia and Maryland Will Send DC 16,000 Additional Covid-Vaccine Doses
MASSACHUSETTS
- City closer to sale of Holyoke Geriatric Authority property
- Haven exec leaves for BCBS of Massachusetts
- Nursing Home Residents Among First To Get COVID Vaccine In Mass.
- Massachusetts physician accused of $10.6M in billing fraud
- Mass General Brigham reports steep operating loss with $546M in federal aid
- UnitedHealth buys plan from Tufts, Harvard Pilgrim to address antitrust concerns
- COVID Vaccination Plans For Health Care Workers In Massachusetts Vary By Hospital
- Cape Cod, Falmouth hospitals among first to get COVID-19 vaccine
- State Issues More Precise Data On Hospital Beds Amid COVID-19 Surge
- Tears, hugs at Cape Cod Hospital as nurses receive vaccine
- ‘It’s Definitely A Relief’: Mass. Health Care Workers Begin Receiving Coronavirus Vaccine
- Mass General Nursing Director ‘Gravely Concerned’ About Further COVID Surge
- Boston Medical Center Workers Celebrate COVID Vaccine Arrival in Viral TikTok
- 5 hospitals, health systems piloting digital transformation programs
MICHIGAN
- Beaumont Health offers compensation enhancements to reward, retain employees
- Covenant HealthCare treating most COVID-19 patients in Michigan for fourth week
- Henry Ford to build 192-bed mental health hospital
- Local ProMedica Hospital Named Top Rural Hospital
- Michigan health officials announce phases of distribution for COVID-19 vaccine
- Michigan hospitals discuss plans for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- Michigan’s In-Home Health Care System Is In Crisis
- Mid-Michigan health officials anticipate slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout
- MidMichigan Health To Add New Emergency Dept. In Bay City
- More than 500 Memorial Healthcare hospital employees volunteer to receive Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
- New MidMichigan Health emergency department coming to Bay County
- Some Michigan healthcare workers torn on whether to get COVID-19 vaccine
- Spectrum workers first to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Michigan
- West Michigan plays key role in vaccine production, distribution
- Why Michigan is rationing early doses of COVID-19 vaccine
- Workers at big Michigan health system get vaccine
MINNESOTA
- ‘Death was everywhere’: How a Minnesota nursing home descended into a COVID black hole
- Mayo Clinic frontline workers share experiences battling the pandemic
- VA nurse is Minnesota’s first COVID-19 vaccine recipient
- ‘Momentous’ day as vaccine arrives in Rochester
- Minnesota health care workers, elders receive first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
- ‘Sun is coming up’ as first COVID-19 vaccine shipments arrive in Minnesota, Dakotas
- Rochester health care professionals react to state’s vaccination delay
- Olmsted County, Mayo Clinic officials discuss COVID-19 vaccine rollout
- The daily coronavirus update: 85 more deaths as COVID continues to batter Greater Minnesota
- 83 COVID-19 deaths, 2,775 cases reported in Minnesota amid improving infection rate
- VA hospital in Minnesota among state’s 1st vaccine shipments
- Children’s Minnesota promotes James C. Burroughs II to vice president, chief equity and inclusion officer
MISSISSIPPI
- One Mississippi hospital addressing team after photos show ER staff without protective equipment
- Lawsuit filed against Mississippi regarding new healthcare service
- Mississippi hospitals must halt elective surgeries this week
- Mississippi Requiring Hospitals to Halt Elective Surgeries
- What’s in Jackson lawsuit against Mississippi home health
MISSOURI
- Hospital Sisters Health System CEO sets retirement date
- ICU capacity remains near 90% in St. Louis area hospitals
- Crime rates halt Centene’s Missouri campus expansion
- ‘Symbol Of Hope.’ First Coronavirus Vaccine Arrives In Kansas City, Health Care Workers Inoculated
- First St. Louis-area COVID-19 vaccine doses administered. Hope kindled for region
- ‘Take your family out’: Nurse, families warn of KC nursing home with nightmare conditions
- St. Louis hospitals scramble to vaccinate: ‘More labor-intensive than anything I’ve ever seen’
- Hospitalizations remain high as first vaccines arrive across St. Louis area
- KC hospitals prepare for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- Missouri receives more than 50K COVID-19 vaccines, with more coming
- Missouri reports 3,569 new cases, 35 additional deaths on Thursday
- Missouri nursing homes next in line for COVID-19 vaccine
- Health care workers in Missouri get coronavirus vaccine
MONTANA
- COVID vaccine is on its way — what does that mean for Montana’s timeline?
- Montana COVID-19 Nursing Home Death Rate Ranks Second In The Nation
- Montana locations for 1st phase of COVID-19 vaccine announced
- St. Peter’s Health asks court to dismiss lawsuit over oncologist’s removal
- St. Vincent Healthcare unboxes first COVID-19 vaccine shipment in Montana
NEBRASKA
- COVID-19 vaccine, drop in hospitalizations bring hope, optimism to Lincoln health care system
- Nebraska continues receiving vaccine shipments; Nebraska Medicine begins vaccinations
- From heartache to healing — first COVID vaccines in central Nebraska bring hope
- AARP: Nebraska nursing home virus cases and deaths sharply rising
- ‘We need to do what’s right’: Nebraska AARP director calls on state to help nursing homes
- Methodist Hospitals begin administering COVID-19 vaccines
- ‘Waiting for green light’: Nebraska nursing homes prepare for first round of COVID-19 vaccines
- ‘I just feel a lot of hope’: Vaccine distribution continues across Nebraska
- Nebraska relaxes restrictions after COVID-19 hospitalizations dip
- First Nebraska healthcare workers get COVID-19 vaccine
NEVADA
- Hospitalizations in Nevada increases 230% due to COVID-19
- Las Vegas-area hospital staff holds walkout amid rising COVID cases, threats
- Nevada reports near record single-day COVID deaths
- UMC in Las Vegas becomes first hospital in Nevada to administer COVID-19 vaccine
- UMC is first hospital in Nevada to begin COVID-19 vaccinations
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- New Hampshire emergency declaration extended another 3 weeks
- NH to follow advice on vaccine distribution to rural areas
- Concord Hospital sole party interested in acquiring LRGH through bankruptcy
- Bankrupt New Hampshire health system gets $30M bid
- First Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Set To Arrive in New Hampshire
- COVID-19 in NH no longer concentrated in nursing homes
- Investigation launched into treatment of COVID patient at N.H. Veterans Home
- FEMA sending staff to assist at some New Hampshire long-term care facilities
- COVID-19 death toll at Hanover Terrace nursing home rises to 5
- Seacoast frontline healthcare workers get first COVID vaccines
- NH Nursing Homes Must Wait A Little Longer For COVID-19 Vaccine
- New Hampshire hospitals, long-term care facilities preparing for vaccine rollout
- As nursing homes wait for COVID-19 vaccines, they face dire staffing, financial challenges
- COVID-19 Related Deaths Reach 600 In New Hampshire
NEW JERSEY
- 3 NJ Hospitals Earn Prestigious ‘Top Hospital’ Designation
- 5 reasons why Horizon should be allowed to invest in N.J. health tech companies
- 5 urgent care centers temporarily closing in South Jersey amid COVID surge
- COVID Vaccinations For New Jersey Health Care Workers To Begin Tuesday
- Here are N.J.’s safest hospitals. See how yours fared in new national report.
- Hospitals across the region begin vaccinating frontline workers
- How will NJ distribute COVID-19 vaccines now that nursing home residents are at the front?
- Jefferson expansion comes as S. Jersey seeks hospital space for COVID-19
- New Jersey administers state’s 1st COVID-19 vaccine to nurse
- New Jersey hospital practices how to distribute COVID-19 vaccine
- New Jersey Hospital Shows Off Vaccine Preps Ahead of Distribution
- NJ At ‘High Risk’ Of COVID-19 Hospital Overload, New Data Shows
- NJ hospitals slipped in safety rankings during COVID. Here’s how yours did.
NEW MEXICO
- COVID-19 vaccine distributions continue across New Mexico
- Final first-round shipment of COVID-19 vaccine arrive to New Mexico Hospitals
- All New Mexico counties in ‘red’ level
- New Mexico bans nonessential surgeries; governor cites strain on hospitals
- 75 New Mexico vaccine doses lost due to storage issue
- Doctor says New Mexico hospitals are operating above 100% capacity
- ‘I am ecstatic’: New Mexico nursing homes eagerly await Covid-19 vaccines
- Limited number of healthcare workers first to receive COVID-19 vaccine in New Mexico
NEW YORK
- Ex-owners of Buffalo nursing home suing County Executive for defamation
- First New York healthcare worker gets vaccine
- 15 leaders laid off at Bassett Healthcare Network; more cuts coming
- Mount Sinai AI predicts outcomes for COVID-19 patients in the ER: 5 details
- Ballston Spa private nursing home, formerly Saratoga County’s Maplewood Manor, closing down
- New York ICU nurse is first American to get COVID-19 vaccine
- New York begins vaccinating health care workers
- COVID-19 vaccine headed to NY nursing homes, first shots may come Monday
- Mount Sinai takes cancer care remote
- Only 4,000 COVID-19 vaccinations given in New York so far
NORTH CAROLINA
- As COVID strain on health systems magnifies, preventative care has not yet bounced back
- How much will a hip replacement cost? UNC Health has a new estimator tool for that.
- How rising COVID-19 numbers are impacting central North Carolina hospital capacity, emergency rooms
- How safe are hospitals in the Triangle? Watchdog group releases new scores
- Mission Health reports record COVID-19 patient numbers, including at Asheville hospital
- More hospitals await COVID-19 vaccine delivery scheduled for Thursday
- NC hospitals to reach ICU capacity by January if COVID trends continue
- See the list of NC hospitals getting week-1 vaccine shipments
- Triangle hospitals prepare for more vaccines, FDA ruling on Moderna
NORTH DAKOTA
- COVID-19 vaccinations have begun, Sanford health care workers are the first in Fargo and Bismarck
- Altru workers receive coronavirus vaccine
- COVID-19 hospitalizations plummet in North Dakota as officials ‘catch up’ on data; vaccines touted
- Agreement reached in North Dakota giving adults with disabilities more options to stay in their homes
- DOJ & North Dakota agreement aims to expand services for those with disabilities
- North Dakota ethics committee recommends vaccinating older and high-risk groups ahead of essential workers
- North Dakota surpasses 1,200 COVID-19 deaths
- ‘The beacon of hope’ — first COVID-19 vaccinations occur in Bismarck
- Distributing the vaccine to North Dakota
OHIO
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital names new CFO
- Cleveland hospitals expect COVID-19 vaccine shipments on Tuesday
- COVID Positive Nursing Home Workers Are On The Job In Ohio
- DeWine: First Vaccines Delivered to Ohio Hospitals
- First nurse vaccinated at Cincinnati: ‘There might really be a … turning point’ in pandemic
- Healthcare workers among first to receive vaccinations in Ohio
- Hospitals across Northeast Ohio preparing for first COVID-19 vaccine shipments
- Marion General Hospital doctor, nurses bond as they battle pandemic
- Miami Valley vaccine latest: How much is coming and when?
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital to acquire Mercy Children’s
- Ohio Hospital Association senior VP tapped for OU Board of Trustees
- Ohio’s latest hospital bed and equipment capacity data
- Ohio nursing home deaths spike as pandemic climbs
- Ohio nursing homes prepare for rollout of COVID-19 vaccine
- Ohio to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses next week
- OhioHealth starts antibody infusions for COVID-19 patients
- Ohio’s rural hospitals expect COVID-19 vaccine early next week
- One of Dayton’s largest hospital networks lands $6.7M grant for pandemic expenses
- ‘Still in the same boat’: Staff shortage deepens for Ohio hospitals amid pandemic
- State investigation reveals staff at Beachwood nursing home falsified negative COVID lab samples
- The Bellevue Hospital welcomes new vice president
- Three Ohio cities rank high among cities needing the most COVID-19 vaccines
- University Hospitals invested $3B in community benefit during past decade, officials report
- US nursing homes, confused by initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout, will begin immunizations next week, CDC says
- With 35% spike, Ohio sets near-record for COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, other facilities
- With $330M in PPP loans, Miami Valley healthcare providers kept more than 36K workers on payroll
OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma officials release priority groups for COVID-19 vaccine rollout
- Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia announce new COVID-19 restrictions
- “We have a plan in place,” COVID-19 vaccination dissemination begins in Oklahoma
- Oklahoma hospitals begin distributing COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare workers
- Achievers: Oklahoma Hospital Association presents awards
- Nurse first to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Oklahoma
- New nursing home dashboard tracks COVID-19 across Oklahoma
- Oklahoma nurses divided on receiving COVID vaccine
- Nursing students to administer COVID-19 vaccine in Oklahoma
- Hospital official expects demand to grow among Oklahoma hospital staff for COVID-19 vaccine
- Hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine doses have been given to Oklahoma front-line health care workers, officials say
OREGON
- ‘It’s been an exhausting nine months’: Oregon, Washington health care workers eager to receive vaccine
- Ontario hospital among first in Oregon to get Covid vaccine, state says
- Oregon Approaches 94,000 COVID-19 Cases
- Oregon Health Authority updates latest COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and quarantine guidance
- Oregon hospitals begin first COVID-19 vaccinations: Watch live
- Oregon hospitals, medical centers prep for COVID vaccine distribution
- Oregon, Washington receive first shipments of COVID-19 vaccine
- The latest COVID-19 surge is here, and many Oregon hospitals are full
PENNSYLVANIA
- 4 local Pennsylvania hospitals to get COVID vaccines by Monday
- As fall COVID surge continues, Pa.’s hospitals, healthcare systems feel the strain
- CHOP offers to take adult patients to ease burden at other hospitals
- Dashboard: How full of COVID patients are Philly’s hospitals?
- FTC seeks emergency halt to Philadelphia hospital merger
- Gov. Wolf, Sec. of Health Announce New Protective Mitigation Efforts to Put Pennsylvania on Pause through Early January
- Healthcare workers receive first round of COVID-19 vaccines in Philadelphia
- Hospital capacity a major concern in Western Pennsylvania
- New nursing home rules coming in Pa. are being kept secret as COVID-19 roils the industry
- Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia announce new COVID-19 restrictions
- Pa. sees highest one-day COVID-19 death total, Allegheny reports 1,166 new cases
- Penn Med’s frontline health care workers praised for courage, yet denied COVID-19 tests
- Pennsylvania hospitals administer first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
- Pennsylvania hospitals running short on beds as COVID surges
- Pennsylvania releases phased coronavirus vaccine distribution plan
- Philly-area hospitals hopeful first round of vaccines will come as early as next week
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- Take a look inside Parkview Health’s COVID-19 vaccine clinic
- Temple gets $2.5M to build EHR tools for predicting hospital readmission rates
- UPMC to acquire third hospital in Ireland
- UPMC using health status, lottery to determine which employees are vaccinated first
- Western Pa. nursing homes scramble for staff to care for covid patients
- Who gets it first? How Pennsylvania will distribute COVID-19 vaccines
RHODE ISLAND
- RI nursing homes likely won’t see vaccine for another week or two
- Lifespan gets 3,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine for ‘high-risk’ health workers
- R.I. Health committee recommends hospitals offer COVID-19 vaccinations. They began Monday
- Rhode Island nursing home cases reach new dashboard highs, PPE and staff shortages continue
- RI Department of Health updates vaccine distribution efforts, recommendations
- RI nursing homes to receive COVID vaccine starting Dec. 28
- RI doctors seeing high rate of hospital readmission among COVID-19 patients
- Health care workers first to receive COVID-19 vaccine in RI
- Hospital doc receives first COVID-19 vaccine in Rhode Island
SOUTH CAROLINA
- A look at how the first doses of the Coronavirus Vaccine could be distributed in SC
- Bon Secours St. Francis first health system in SC to get ventilation hoods for COVID-19 patients
- COVID-19 vaccine could arrive in South Carolina Monday
- First South Carolina coronavirus vaccines administered to health care workers
- Lowcountry hospitals start vaccinations
- MUSC nurse receives Lowcountry’s first COVID vaccine dose
- MUSC to initially receive 5,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses, plans to begin vaccinating on Tuesday
- Prisma Health receives nearly 10,000 doses of vaccine
- S.C. healthcare workers get first wave of vaccines, officials give more vaccine info
- SC hospitals to vaccinate staff for COVID-19 starting this week: Your questions answered
- South Carolina public health officials provide COVID-19 vaccine update
- Trident Health to begin COVID-19 vaccinations for physicians and staff Wednesday
SOUTH DAKOTA
- New Sanford Health CEO shakes up leadership team
- South Dakota health care providers receive COVID-19 vaccine
- Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine delivered to three biggest healthcare systems in SD, also to Mobridge and Watertown
- 5 hospitals, health systems piloting digital transformation programs
- Sanford Health begins vaccinating frontline workers
- COVID-19 vaccine distribution will be challenging in South Dakota
- State has need for nurses even without COVID-19 pressure
- Health Department outlines phases for COVID-19 vaccine distribution across South Dakota
- Nursing home and long-term caregivers in Rapid City receive COVID-19 vaccination
- South Dakota receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine
- 905 new COVID-19 cases in South Dakota; 405 front-line health care workers vaccinated so far
TENNESSEE
- CHS wants to refinance up to $2B in debt
- Erlanger Health System turns to local ice company to help store COVID-19 vaccine
- Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Nationally Recognized as Top Hospital
- Nashville Hospitals Could Start Vaccination Of Frontline Workers Next Week
- Nashville hospitals ready to administer COVID-19 vaccines
- Read Tennessee’s plan for distributing the COVID-19 vaccine
- REIT pays $14M for Midtown medical office building property
- Tennessee field hospital won’t open as nursing shortage persists
- Tennessee hospitals anxious to get COVID-19 vaccine
- Tennessee hovers near highest rate of new COVID-19 cases
- Tennessee’s first COVID-19 vaccination occurs as hospitals wait for Pfizer shipment
- Tennessee’s largest hospitals to receive vaccine first
- What Wayne Smith, incoming CHS CEO Tim Hingtgen will be paid in their new roles
TEXAS
- Front line workers gear up for 1st round of vaccinations
- Health care company owner to pay $1 million to settle False Claims Act case
- OSHA fines South Austin nursing home over coronavirus citations
- Tenet CEO gets $9.6M payout after stock price hits $40
- Tenet Healthcare is spending $1.1 billion on a ‘transformational’ deal for 45 surgery centers
- Tenet Healthcare (THC) to Buy 45 Ambulatory Surgery Centers
- Tenet CEO sells $16M in company stock
- Houston home health agency owners charged in $10M Medicare billing scam
- AdventHealth taps Dr. Erin Bird as CMO of Texas hospitals
- 65,000 patients to be affected by BCBS of Texas, CHI St. Luke’s split
- Texas Health Hospitals Receive Nearly 6K Doses Of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
- Vaccinations are underway for Texas’ front-line health care workers: “I can’t believe this is happening”
- Vaccinations for health care workers begin in Texas
- ‘Time to get started:’ Houston healthcare workers gear up for vaccine
- Texas ramps up plan to vaccinate nursing home, long-term care residents and staff
- ‘Light at the end of the tunnel’ as first East Texans receive COVID-19 vaccine
- First Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Begin To Arrive In Texas
- Parkland investigating sock monkey gift after questions from employees
- ‘Extraordinary day’ | An additional 129K COVID vaccine doses arrive in Texas
- COVID-19 vaccine doses are arriving in Texas, giving weary health care workers hope after months of peril
- More than a million Texans will receive COVID-19 vaccination this month, Gov. Abbott says
UTAH
- COVID-19 vaccines arriving in Utah, Intermountain Healthcare to begin distribution
- The first doses of COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Utah and here’s who will get them
- Utah healthcare workers prepare to be some of the first to get COVID-19 vaccine
- Utah Hospitals Prepare For Shipment Of Pfizer Vaccine
VERMONT
- Springfield Hospital to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy; it’s ‘a brand new day’
- 1st Vermont health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines
- Justice Department Sues Vermont Medical Center Over Abortion
- Hospital, attorney general blast federal effort to crimp legal abortion procedures
- UVM Medical Center rebukes federal enforcement actions threatening patient reproductive rights
- Five new Covid deaths reported in Vermont, along with 73 new cases
- Elderwood outbreak grows into Vermont’s largest at a long-term care facility
- Health care group wins bid for Southern Vermont College campus
- Long-term care facilities key to vaccination rollout strategy
- New COVID cases in Vermont return to triple-digits
- UVMMC administers COVID-19 vaccine to first Vermonters
- Vermont reports 104 Covid cases Monday, with more than half in Chittenden County; racial disparities persist
VIRGINIA
- Inova among Virginia hospitals preparing to roll out COVID-19 vaccines
- More than 26,000 COVID-19 patients released from Virginia hospitals
- Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia announce new COVID-19 restrictions
- Sentara, other local hospitals receive first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine
- Some health systems in Virginia get initial vaccine doses
- Virginia and Maryland Will Send DC 16,000 Additional Covid-Vaccine Doses
- Virginia’s healthcare workers start receiving vaccinations
- When will Virginia see the Pfizer vaccine? VHHA officials say it should come next week
WASHINGTON
- 2 healthcare providers in Spokane County facing disciplinary actions from WA State Dept. of Health
- A Battle-Weary Seattle Hospital Fights the Latest COVID Surge
- Coronavirus: Seattle healthcare workers receive first vaccinations in state
- Covid outbreaks at 2 Washington nursing homes occurred after staff attended wedding
- How Washington state hospitals are preparing for ‘unprecedented’ rollout of coronavirus vaccine
- Long-Awaited $500 Million Hospital Expansion Debuts in Seattle Exurb
- ‘It’s been an exhausting nine months’: Oregon, Washington health care workers eager to receive vaccine
- Oregon, Washington receive first shipments of COVID-19 vaccine
- Seattle Children’s Trusts Nutanix to Transform Employee Experience
- Washington Health System Launches Text-Based Virtual Care Service
- Yakima’s Astria Regional Medical Center purchased for $20M
- Yakima hospital faces increasing COVID-19 hospitalizations, staff shortages
WEST VIRGINIA
- COVID-19 vaccine arrives in West Virginia
- Local hospitals unsure if vaccines will arrive Tuesday
- West Virginia And Surrounding Area Hospitals Filling Up Thanks To COVID-19 Surge
- West Virginia nursing home among first care facility in the state to receive COVID-19 vaccine
- Wheeling Hospital to Begin Vaccinating Front-Line Staff for COVID-19 Tuesday
- W.Va. reports record one-day spike in virus deaths; hospitals receive vaccine doses
WISCONSIN
- COVID-19 Cases Continue Decline In Wisconsin As Nearly 200 Health Care Workers Vaccinated
- COVID-19 vaccine timeline for long-term care facilities in Wisconsin
- Health systems in Wisconsin begin vaccinating frontline workers
- January likely arrival of vaccine at Wisconsin’s nursing homes
- Only 10% of ICU beds available across state, DHS says
- WI nursing home cases & deaths reach record high as PPE/staff shortages continue
- Wisconsin health leaders says they will not require COVID vaccinations, but some employers might
- Wisconsin healthcare facilities prepare to receive COVID-19 vaccines
- Wisconsin Hospital Leader On Getting Ready For Vaccinations
- Wisconsin’s seven-day COVID-19 case average is down more than 3,000 cases from a month ago
WYOMING
- Wyoming has nation’s third-highest rate of COVID-19 nursing home deaths
- Wyoming hospital turns to surgery center to help with COVID-19 capacity issues
- Wyoming Medical Center’s new CEO hopes to expand hospital’s offerings, overcome COVID-19
