NATIONAL
- 35 billionaires in US healthcare
- 1 in 6 healthcare employees would rather quit than get vaccinated
- Accellion data breach strikes more than 2.7 million victims nationwide
- AHA wants HHS to issue waivers to 340B hospitals
- All 50 states now have expanded or will expand Covid vaccine eligibility to everyone 16 and up
- CDC doles out $3B for mass vaccination campaigns
- CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center’s 6-point plan to succeed with bundled payments
- COVID-19 risk low from surface contamination; CDC updates cleaning guidelines
- COVID-19 death rates by state
- Does a vaccine passport violate HIPAA? + 4 other vaccine passport articles
- Healthcare workers say they need mental health services, but many aren’t getting them
- Fauci says new Covid-19 cases are at a disturbing level as the US is primed for a surge
- American Hospital Association kicks off $1M health equity initiative
- Calls mount for Biden to track healthcare worker deaths from COVID
- COVID-19 Spurs Fewer, But Larger Hospital Merger, Acquisition Deals
- Experiences of a Health System’s Faculty, Staff, and Trainees’ Career Development, Work Culture, and Childcare Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Group training health care staff on unconscious bias, how to advance health equity
- Healthcare disruptors: 4 hospital IT execs weigh in on retaining tech talent
- HHS offering $500K for most comfortable face mask design
- Hospital at Home ‘cheat sheet’: 6 Qs on the care model, answered
- Hospitals and health system pharmacists urge FDA to take a closer look at ‘white bagging’
- How American attitudes on telehealth have changed since the start of the pandemic
- How COVID-19 has transformed public policy and population health efforts
- Just 24% of long-term care workers don’t plan to get vaccinated: survey
- Medical device companies pay physicians 7 times more than drug companies do, study finds
- Nearly half of new US virus infections are in just 5 states
- New law requires health care organizations give patients access to their records digitally
- Nursing home COVID-19 cases decline by 96%
- Physician Perspectives: How the Merit-based Incentive Payment System Improves Value
- Physicians with positive perceptions about vendor’s EHR delivery, ranked by specialty
- Telehealth for surgical specialties saw a slow decline after June 2020
- UK variant of COVID-19 is now most common strain in United States: CDC
- US government does not own any remdesivir patents, GAO report finds
- US healthcare gains jobs in March, hospitals lose them for 3rd straight month
- US names global COVID-19 coordinator
- U.S. Anesthesia Partners files lawsuits against UnitedHealthcare
- Vaccine passport efforts draw opposition from GOP lawmakers
- What a third of COVID-19 patients can expect within 6 months
ALABAMA
- Alabama governor lifts mask rules, urges common sense
- Medical marijuana bill heads to Alabama House Health Committee
- ‘Safer at home’ becomes ‘safer apart’ in Alabama’s new health order
- Oak Street Health expanding into Alabama and Kentucky
- Alabama health leaders react to vaccine eligibility expansion
- More than 300 Alabama medical professionals to Ivey: Expand Medicaid
- Birmingham extends mask order as Alabama gets vaccine funds
ALASKA
- Report details new coronavirus variant cases in Alaska
- Central Peninsula Hospital ‘concerned’ about COVID variants
- Major Anchorage development deal to build a new city health department and a grocery store falls through
- Many Alaska hospitals have relaxed their COVID-19 visitor restrictions
- Physician assistant salary by state — Alaska is No. 1 at $150,430
ARIZONA
- Monogram Health Opens Operations Hub in Arizona
- Arizona governor signs COVID-19 liability shield
- Creighton expands to Phoenix, adding health sciences campus
- Ranking Arizona: Top 10 hospitals for 2021
- A former Target exec is transforming Banner into the ’employer of the future’
- In Arizona, Birth Workers Of Color Fight For More Access
- Arizona medical providers must post out-of-pocket prices on websites, policy says
- State could have another surge, ASU expert says
- What are the new rules for visiting nursing homes? State eases visitor restrictions at long-term care facilities
- Some COVID rules will remain for nursing facilities, even as Arizona relaxes its restrictions
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas healthcare workers speak out against trans medical bill, supporters hold steady
- Arkansas is first state to ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth
- Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System expanding COVID-19 vaccine access
- State panel OKs bill to overhaul nursing homes’ staffing rules
- 2,002 nursing home deaths related to COVID-19
- Arkansas nurse becomes 1 of 66 in country to earn all five emergency nurse certifications
CALIFORNIA
- Antelope Valley Hospital board takes vote of total confidence in CEO
- “Broken” nursing home oversight
- California Lawmakers Proposing Significant Nursing Home Reform Package
- California oversight of nursing homes called ‘befuddling,’ ‘broken’
- California reports ‘double mutant’ variant 1st detected in India
- Kaiser Permanente names chief information technology officer
- Quality of care issues continue at Healdsburg Senior Living
- Governor Aims To Reopen California By Mid-June, Contingent On Public Health Metrics
- California tracking at least six COVID-19 variants as health experts urge precautions
- Vaccine Passports In California? Answers To Your Questions
- Audit shows contact tracing failed to meet goals
- Cyberattack exposes 1.2 million California health plan members’ data
- California COVID vaccine supply will fall 15% next week, just as demand is expected to surge
- Nearly 3,000 more people affected by California hospital’s data breach
- California hospital corrects vaccine billing error affecting 5,800+
COLORADO
- Coloradans Likely To Face Long Wait Times For COVID Vaccine
- Denver health-tech company raises $20M Series C financing round
- Diversifying the nursing workforce in Colorado
- Hackers claim they stole Stanford Medicine data, posted info online
- How COVID-19 Will Help Denver Doctors Revolutionize Health Care
- U.S. Anesthesia Partners files lawsuits against UnitedHealthcare
- New COVID variants concern Colorado health officials
- Colorado vaccination site shuts down early after 11 people have ‘expected’ adverse reactions to the Covid-19 vaccine, officials say
- Colorado’s COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to increase as outbreaks tick upward, too
- Colorado coronavirus latest case, vaccine numbers
- Colorado already allows prescription drug imports from Canada. Lawmakers want to open it up to more countries.
CONNECTICUT
- Behavioral health provider settles improper billing allegations for $273K
- CT hospital systems increasingly buying private medical practices
- Can Independent Primary Care Doctors Survive Dominance of Hospital Health Systems?
- 1 in 4 US adults fully vaccinated; New Mexico, Connecticut, South Dakota lead the way
- State ups efforts to vaccinate newly admitted nursing home residents
- Gov. Ned Lamont says Connecticut’s age-based COVID vaccine rollout is saving more lives — But is it?
- Connecticut looking into booster shots for older residents
- Lamont Considers State Administering COVID Boosters In Nursing Homes
- In an effort to shield nursing homes from new COVID cases, state focuses on short-term residents
- Doom or hope? With COVID-19 vaccinations and cases both going up in Connecticut, the message can be muddled
- DPH: J&J COVID vaccine supply issues could cause delays for CT clinics
DC
- One Medical accidentally billed some patients at Washington, DC, mass vaccination site
- Washington, D.C. to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to those ages 16 and older
- Residents urge D.C. Health to expand resources for people experiencing homelessness
- D.C. to begin offering vaccine appointments to all adults on April 12, ‘earlier than planned’
- D.C. Pharmacies Had A Sudden Flurry Of Vaccines
- Exclusive: Unity Health Care’s Vincent Keane to retire after 3 decades as its chief
DELAWARE
- Delaware expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all residents 16+
- Delaware health care spending increases more than twice its benchmark goal
- Delaware works to get vaccination rate to 33 percent mark
- Another Good News, Bad News Situation for Health Officials in Delaware
FLORIDA
- FEMA Sites Across Florida Switching to Johnson & Johnson Vaccines Starting Tuesday
- Florida governor outlaws COVID-19 vaccine passports
- Florida hospital to bring back laid-off workers, warns of ‘alarming’ Medicaid cuts
- HCA Healthcare restarts construction on paused ChampionsGate ER project
- Majority of Florida’s long-term care staffers refused coronavirus vaccine
- Outpatient total knees surged in Florida after CMS policy change, study finds
- Tampa physicians group to feds: Give back our emails
- Florida gets nearly $200 million to bolster vaccination effort
- Hospitalizations For COVID-19 Continue To Rise Across Florida
- Florida Lawmakers Take Aim At PBMs
- Florida Sues U.S. Health Authorities to Restart Cruises
- Broward Health Medical Center Becomes First Hospital in Florida to Adopt Advanced Genesis Robotic Technology to Treat Heart Rhythm Disorders
- Florida gets nearly $200 million to bolster vaccination effort
- Executive Profile: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital CEO Caitlin Stella on leading with love
GEORGIA
- Atlanta healthcare fintech startup Medxoom raises $8M
- Atlanta home healthcare company seeks to raise $100M in IPO
- Atlanta nurse creates company to improve COVID-19 preparedness
- Bills on nursing home cameras, patient visits fail to pass
- LifeLink Organ Recovery Center opens at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
- Officials at struggling metro Atlanta hospitals ‘exploring options’
- Exhaustion and trauma take toll on Georgia’s front-line medical workers
- Beverly Hospital Picks Georgia Native As Its New President
- Georgia sees improvement in COVID rankings compared to other states
- Metro doctors say flu was practically ‘non-existent’ this season in Georgia
HAWAII
- What The Pandemic Taught Hawaii Hospitals About Their Capacity To Handle Calamity
- Dr. Emily Roberson leaves job at state Department of Health
- Hawaii just became the 50th state to broaden vaccine eligibility.
- A Lesson From Hawaii’s COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout
- Emily Roberson resigns as head of Hawaii’s COVID-19 contact tracing program
- Hawaii will expand vaccine eligibility to all adults by April 19
IDAHO
- When Idaho county hospitals cut the apron strings
- CDC to grant Idaho $20.7 million to improve COVID-19 vaccine access, uptake
- Idaho Falls hospital continues to see high numbers of COVID-19 patients
- Coronavirus variants are likely spreading across Idaho, official says
- Gov. Little signs executive order banning ‘vaccine passports’ in Idaho
ILLINOIS
- Bill preventing Illinois hospital closures during pandemic heads to governor
- Chicago’s Mercy Hospital finalizes deal to stay open
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened April 2 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Deal finalized to keep Mercy Hospital in Bronzeville open
- Ill. Nursing Home Must Face COVID Outbreak Negligence Suit
- Illinois Senate subcommittee approves proposals to help nursing home patients
- Loretto Hospital CEO Suspended After Improper Vaccinations
- Mercy Hospital finalizes sale to keep doors open in Bronzeville
- Sale of South Side Chicago hospital to nonprofit finalized
- ‘Double Mutation’ Variant May Be in Illinois Already, But We’ll Know for Sure Soon, Official Says
- All Illinois residents 16+ eligible for COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday, April 12
- Illinois Gets $124 Million From Feds To Expand Vaccine Efforts
INDIANA
- Indiana coronavirus updates: Nearly a quarter of Hoosiers 16 and up fully vaccinated
- In business hit hard by coronavirus, some nursing home workers still won’t get vaccinated
- The pandemic shut families out of nursing homes. A bill could make sure they’re let in.
- Grant Supports Workforce Development Project in Indy
- Indiana gets $60.8M in federal funds to support vaccines for underserved populations
- Enterprise Health Adds to Board
- Indiana bill could impact health departments’ abilities to impose local restrictions
- Anthem Offers Employee Incentives to Receive Vaccine
- Indiana’s COVID vaccine rollout gets mixed reviews
- Indiana seeing surge in cases and positivity rate following COVID spike in Michigan
- Memorial named top rural and community hospital
IOWA
- State discloses long-withheld data showing miscalculated nursing home infections
- Should a woman need her husband’s consent for a hysterectomy? Iowa House pushes to ban doctors from requiring it
- Iowa bill would forbid doctors from making women get spouse’s permission for hysterectomy
- Former University of Iowa hospitals manager sues over gender bias
- University of Iowa to start capital improvement projects for three on-campus facilities in the next year
- Iowa universities eye COVID vaccines for students
- Reynolds says Iowa should ‘take a stand’ against vaccine passports, announces lower J&J allocations
- Iowa long term care facilities see staffing shortage amid pandemic
- Another 35 positive COVID-19 tests in Johnson County among 806 more statewide
KANSAS
- Carbon Health expands to Kansas City market with two locations
- Salina Regional to assume management of Kansas hospital
- Hospital reports on Amberwell affiliation, finances and recruitment
- Moran thanks local healthcare workers, urges Kansans to get vaccinated
- Douglas County is the most vaccinated county in Kansas against COVID-19
- Kansas has ‘substantial’ community COVID spread, even as pandemic indicators improve
- KS earmarks $10.5M for veterans’ home
KENTUCKY
- Baptist Health Floyd names chief medical officer
- Louisville Health Care CEO Council fills newly created executive position
- UofL Health plans to add new hospital to system
- Kentucky health system names new CEO
- Police now using handheld metal detectors at UK Hospital
- Kentucky awarded $40 million by CDC to expand COVID-19 vaccine programs
- Owensboro Health names new president and chief executive officer
- Kentucky’s COVID positive-test and new-case numbers hear in right direction on Saturday
- Louisville hospital system partners with UK HealthCare on heart care
- Oak Street Health expanding into Alabama and Kentucky
LOUISIANA
- How Ochsner Health achieved zero COVID-19 deaths among nurses: Tracey Moffatt, CNO
- Louisiana’s health officer: The clock is ticking on getting shots, beating the virus
- Another 719 COVID cases reported in Louisiana Wednesday
- LSU Health Shreveport expanding nursing programs to help with shortage
- CHRISTUS Health and Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital Announce Joint Venture
- Ochsner LSU Health touts economic impact in Monroe
- State to send COVID vaccine to primary care doctors as supply outpaces demand
- ‘Nearby and affordable’: Drew Brees Ochsner clinic opens in medical care desert in Baton Rouge
- New Orleans area’s new state health director sees work ahead after COVID
- COVID-19 in Louisiana: Tracking cases, deaths and latest restrictions
- Vaccine appointments in Louisiana are going unfilled – sooner than officials thought
MAINE
- Maine to launch mobile units with FEMA to boost rural access to COVID-19 vaccine
- Vaccine shipments to Maine to decline next week, as cases remain high
- Board won’t recommend Central Maine Healthcare’s proposed Topsham surgical center
- Maine tells 90K who signed up for COVID-19 vaccines on state site to pursue other options
- Maine expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to residents 16+ Wednesday
- Average age of Maine hospitals’ COVID-19 patients is falling, but overall numbers aren’t
- ‘This is Our Shot, Maine’ | UMaine System launches COVID-19 vaccination campaign
MARYLAND
- Maryland health system taps 2 leaders for rural transformation team
- Johnson & Johnson To Oversee Vaccine Production At Baltimore Facility
- Maryland Breaks Ground With New Hospital Debt-Collection Measure
- Maryland advances bill that lowers age of mental health consent to 12 years old
- As Maryland officials celebrate opening of FEMA-run COVID vaccine site, Greenbelt mayor and Hogan spar over rollout
- University of Maryland Medical System names 1st chief equity, diversity and inclusion officer
- Maryland to get $54 million from federal sources to help roll out more COVID-19 vaccine
MASSACHUSETTS
- Highest number of COVID-cases since state started recording data
- Mass General inks digital health collab with AstraZeneca: 4 things to know
- Mass General Brigham rallies 120 clinicians, researchers to educate community on COVID-19 vaccinations
- 120 hospitals, providers to measure burnout in Massachusetts
- Mass General inks digital health collab with AstraZeneca: 4 things to know
- Congressman urges Tenet hospital to return to bargaining table with Massachusetts nurses
- Nurses’ strike at Tenet Massachusetts hospital moves into 5th week: 5 updates
- Boston has more hospital chiefs on corporate boards than other cities, investigation finds
- How a Massachusetts hospital supply leader spotted fake N95 masks
- Boston College taps Brigham & Women’s associate CNO to lead nursing school
- Massachusetts General Hospital president to step down after 18 years
MICHIGAN
- Beaumont Health expanding COVID units amid surge, visitors need vaccination card
- Hackers download Trinity Health patients’ PHI: 5 details
- In Michigan’s latest coronavirus surge, there’s a new kind of patient
- Metro Detroit Doctor Says New Variant Likely To Blame For Rise In Michigan COVID Hospitalizations
- Michigan adds 8.4K+ new COVID-19 cases in 1 day; Midwest may be on verge of 4th wave
- Michigan Dealing With The Worst Covid Outbreak In The Country—Here’s Why
- Mich. hospitals’ COVID-19 patients triple in a month
- Michigan hospitals face capacity constraints amid COVID-19 surge
- With COVID-19 surging again in Michigan, there’s a race for vaccinations. Getting one at the FEMA site at Ford Field is a breeze.
- Michigan COVID hospitalizations again on the rise, but patients are younger
- CDC urges new health restrictions in Michigan amid surge
- Michigan hospital to study COVID-19 vaccine in people with severe allergies
- Michigan health systems partner to expand heart surgery access
- St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor nears capacity as Michigan sees COVID-19 hospitalizations rise
MINNESOTA
- Allina Healthcare Workers Threaten To Go On Strike
- Report: Bright Health eyes $1B IPO
- BCBS of Minnesota’s operating margin less than 1% in 2020
- COVID-19 pressing Minnesota hospital capacity once again
- UnitedHealthcare gets new CEO
- Brian Thompson named CEO of UnitedHealthcare
- Minnesota COVID-19 hospitalizations have nearly doubled since late Feb.
- COVID-19 cases climb despite 3 million vaccine shots in Minnesota
- Frontline Workers At Allina Threaten To Strike Unless Contract Deal Reached
- Bethesda in Willmar rated in top 5% of nursing homes in Minnesota
- Minnesota updates nursing homes’ outing restrictions
MISSISSIPPI
- COVID-19 in Mississippi: Full vaccinations at 20%
- Health leaders discuss direction of Mississippi’s medical marijuana program
- Mississippi Dept. of Mental Health receives nearly $20.5M in funding
- Mississippi receiving $29.7M from CDC for vaccinations
- Mississippi governor provides update on state’s COVID-19 vaccine response
MISSOURI
- BJC HealthCare providing support to caregivers during the year of COVID
- Cardiology group sues SSM Health for $50M over lost hospital privileges: 5 details
- COVID-19 vaccine appointments are now in ‘ample supply’ in St. Louis area
- Missouri cardiology practice sues health system for $50M in damages
- Long-sought opioid tracking plan advances to Missouri House
- Senate advances first-ever Missouri PDMP to uncertain fate in House
- Federal report shows drastic increase in Missouri hospital supply shortages
- SSM Health ends invite-only COVID-19 vaccine appointments
- CEOs of public U.S. firms earn 320 times as much as workers. Even some CEOS say the gap is too big.
- Missouri health department confirms 1st case of COVID-19 variant first discovered in South Africa
- Task force says confirmation of variants in Missouri ‘underscores the need to vaccinate’ community quickly
MONTANA
- Montana Sticks to its Patchwork COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout as Eligibility Expands
- Montana Veterans Affairs to open $12M primary care clinic
- Around the nation: Montana governor tests positive for Covid-19
- How does Montana determine COVID-19 vaccine allocations?
NEBRASKA
- Nebraska seeing younger people hospitalized for COVID-19
- Concern rising over COVID-19 variants in Nebraska
- UNMC, Children’s Hospital to help test whether COVID vaccines prevent infection, spread
- Kimball Health Services proposes new building to address aging facility, population growth
- ‘It’s real, it’s not a hoax’: COVID-19 survivor receives first double lung transplant in Nebraska
NEVADA
- 4,000 Las Vegas hospital workers reach agreement with HCA
- Big Las Vegas vaccine clinics bustle, but many more doses available
- Billing errors resulted in $23.6M in overpayments to HCA hospital, inspector general finds
- FEMA mobile vaccination units arrive in Nevada to assist rural communities
- Las Vegas hospital told to pay $23.6M for Medicare billing errors
- Las Vegas doctors test COVID-19 treatments for patients recovering at home
- Las Vegas providers move to implement wider vaccine eligibility
- Nevada’s COVID-19 positivity rate inches higher again as deaths leap
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- New Hampshire announces 402 more COVID positives
- Cases of COVID-19 variant first seen in Brazil found in New Hampshire for first time
- COVID treatment breakthrough? Dartmouth-Hitchcock reports drug’s success in study
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock $3.2M investment in Colby-Sawyer College helping fill 1,000+ healthcare jobs
- Concord Regional VNA and Central New Hampshire VNA and Hospice complete their merger
NEW JERSEY
- AtlantiCare starts work on $38M Atlantic City pavilion
- Atlantic Health System rapid COVID-19 test can detect 3 variants
- New Jersey hospital, Horizon BCBS end 6-year legal feud
- Push on to rebuild health system after COVID-19
- Saint Peter’s Healthcare, Horizon End Litigation Over Omnia Health Plans
- NJ will see its supply of J&J vaccine drop 96%
- Emergency Rooms In NJ Flooded With Children Seeking Help With Mental Health
- Pennsylvania, New Jersey Among COVID-19 Hot Spots Even With Vaccinations Increasing
- Arnold Appointed President and CEO at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- NJ to Provide $731 Million in Funding for New Jersey’s Hospitals
NEW MEXICO
- All of New Mexico’s long-term care facilities get vaccinated
- New Mexico reports nation’s highest COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate in long-term care facilities
- 1 in 4 US adults fully vaccinated; New Mexico, Connecticut, South Dakota lead the way
- New Mexico State University nursing students step up to vaccinate Las Cruces community
- I Received Tips to Look Into How a Hospital Treated Premature Babies. Getting Data Was Nearly Impossible.
- New Mexico DOH releases vaccine update, says state still leading in inoculation efforts
- New Mexico COVID-19 update: 222 new cases, totaling 192,989
NEW YORK
- Cerner finalizes Kantar Health acquisition for $375M: 5 things to know
- New York Nears Budget Agreement That Includes Nursing Home Reforms
- Oswego mayor takes on Pontiac Nursing Home
- Oswego mayor uses cops to make case for moving residents from notorious nursing home
- New York hospital may join NYU Langone
- Cuomo repeals nursing home and hospital COVID-19 liability protections
- New York City’s Mount Sinai performs world’s 1st tracheal transplant
- Here’s what Northwell is doing with 2,800 Amazon Echo devices
- NewYork-Presbyterian CXO Rick Evans: Access is the new patient experience
- Mount Sinai opens outpatient heart center
- Mount Sinai COVID-19 saliva tests to aid NYC’s reopening
- New York hospital launches COVID-19 saliva testing for those seeking to attend large events, fly internationally
- New York to Cap Nursing Home Profits at 5%, Require Operators to Spend 70% of Revenue on Direct Care
- New York nursing homes must use at least 70% of revenue for direct care under new budget
- New York hospital names heart institute director
NORTH CAROLINA
- 1 in 4 NC adults now fully vaccinated against COVID
- 7 ASC moves in North Carolina
- All adults in NC to be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday
- Cooper: Vaccine supply will soon outpace demand in NC
- COVID-19 in NC: Hospital numbers, new cases tick up again – but a big drop in percent positive
- Dare Board approves Letter of Intent with BrightSpring
- Inside the Rex Hospital ICU as COVID-19 Cases Surge, Restrictions Loosen
- NC gets $95 million funding for COVID-19 vaccine outreach
- North Carolina lawmakers considering measure to curtail governor’s emergency powers
- Novant Health names chief payer performance officer
- Triangle CROs aim to use tech to upgrade process for clinical trials, improve diversity
- Vaccine hesitancy among NC health care workers raises concerns
- NC Community Health Worker Program Extended
- Triad health department sees demand drop ‘dramatically’ after all groups become eligible for vaccine in North Carolina
- As NC’s Medicaid managed care transition draws near, consumers express concerns and confusion
NORTH DAKOTA
- Sanford staff in Jamestown see a year of changes
- Staff at North Dakota State Hospital treat COVID, mental health issues
- North Dakota Senate passes ban on state mask mandates; bill goes back to House
- Active COVID-19 cases rise above 200 in Bismarck region; no new deaths again statewide
- Active COVID-19 cases continue slow rise in North Dakota’s biggest cities
- No new COVID-19 deaths in North Dakota a 10th straight day
OHIO
- COVID-19 vaccine: Leaders unveil plan to get Cincinnati region to 80% inoculation rate
- Decline in Ohio nursing home coronavirus cases levels off
- DeWine: Ohio moving further away from lifting health orders as cases per 100,000 increase
- A Single Ohio Hospital Reveals All That’s Wrong With American Health Care
- Ohio COVID-19 maps: Statewide case rate continues to increase
- Two Ohio hospitals officially join West Virginia University Health System
- Ohio Medicaid program to expand access to behavioral health services for children
- ‘We’re going in the wrong direction’: Virus cases, hospitalizations in Ohio begin to rise again
- Ohio coronavirus cases up 16.5% in last week; hospital patient count highest since March 2
- Cases Climb and Available Hospital Capacity Shrinks in Cleveland
- A New COVID-19 Surge May Hit Cleveland Area Soon
OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma to open COVID-19 vaccine appointments to nonresidents
- SSM Health Oklahoma assumes operations of Midwest City hospital
- SSM Health assumes operations of Oklahoma hospital, renames it
- COVID in Oklahoma tracker: Updates on new cases, deaths, vaccines for April 2021
- Empty Appointments At Mass Vaccination Sites Mark New Priority: Hesitant & Hard-To-Reach Oklahomans
- Oklahoma Community Health Centers To Receive $63.8M From Biden, Democrats’ COVID Relief Package
- CDC: Oklahoma’s COVID-19 deaths pass 8,000
OREGON
- 40 Oregon health care organizations agree to move to alternative payment model
- How Legacy Health expanded from inpatient to ambulatory telehealth
- Oregon lawmakers look at improving long-term care facilities
- Union hails new contract with Oregon’s largest nursing home chain
- Staffing shortage forces Oregon psychiatric hospital to close
- ‘We are at a critical moment in this pandemic’: Here are the current Oregon COVID risk levels
- Oregon lawmakers could strip state of unilateral power to conceal COVID-19 data, other public health information
- Bill to create price cap on prescription drugs passes out of Oregon Senate committee
- Oregon won’t approve Covid exposure app, citing limited resources
- Oregon’s rural communities use vans for mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinics
- Behind The Bill To Curb Health Costs
- Oregon consumers can tap into more savings for health insurance
PENNSYLVANIA
- How UPMC Williamsport cut CAUTI rates with a nurse-led initiative
- Jefferson Health holds vaccine clinic for patients with intellectual disabilities
- Pennsylvania cancer hospital to lay off 365 workers
- Pennsylvania Hospital emergency medicine chief jumps into Pa. Senate race
- Pennsylvania sees rise in covid cases, hospitalizations
- As Pa. expands vaccine eligibility to phase 1B, frontline workers compete for coveted appointments
- End of teleworking mandate hailed as ‘positive step’ for Philadelphia’s economic recovery
- Tower Health being eyed by more than 10 potential bidders, interim CEO says
- Health disparities in Pennsylvania have become more pronounced during COVID-19, shows report
- Should the Pa. Senate pass a bill to expand nurse practitioner care? | Pro/Con
- Pennsylvania Ramps Up COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Supply
- Variants Driving New COVID-19 Surge In PA: Which Ones, Where
RHODE ISLAND
- Health care association calls for health department to review CNA testing program
- Tri-County’s health center leads in effort to vaccinate hardest-hit communities
- Rhode Island ASC hits 300 total joint replacements milestone
- RI nursing home staff explain initial hesitancy as vaccination rates jump
- Cyberattack prompts canceled cancer treatment appointments at 2 health systems
- Cyberattack on service provider forces cancellation of radiation treatment appointments
- COVID cases plummet at Rhode Island nursing homes
- Rhode Island hospital execs get no-confidence vote from nurses
- RI reports 1 COVID death, 509 additional cases
SOUTH CAROLINA
- McMaster has issued 26 emergency declarations for the pandemic. Here’s why they continue.
- South Carolina health system names new CEO
- Trident Health names new CEO
- Trident Health to open $30.4 million psychiatric hospital in North Charleston
- Vaccination plan ‘doesn’t work for Berkeley County,’ where rates are among SC’s lowest
SOUTH DAKOTA
- CDC awards South Dakota more than $16 million to expand COVID vaccination programs
- State investigating COVID-19 cluster among vaccinated long-term care residents
- With $2.8 billion, here’s where T. Denny Sanford ranks on the Forbes world billionaire list
- General public can now be vaccinated as South Dakota moves into Phase 2
- University of South Dakota breaks ground on new health sciences building
- Study says S.D. nurses second worst paid in the nation
- Uptick in SD COVID cases has some doctors concerned about surge
- South Dakota reports first COVID-19 fatality in nearly a week
- 1 in 4 US adults fully vaccinated; New Mexico, Connecticut, South Dakota lead the way
- COVID-19 patients in South Dakota hospitals getting younger
- Dakotans For Health aiming to let voters decide on Medicaid expansion
TENNESSEE
- 1M Tennesseans vaccinated against COVID-19
- As nursing homes see dramatic decline in COVID-19 toll, some call for future preparations
- As vaccinations increase, when will Nashville reach herd immunity?
- BofA buys health care payments player
- Billing errors resulted in $23.6M in overpayments to HCA hospital, inspector general finds
- Envision Healthcare drops interim from CFO’s title
- HCA disputes investment group’s claims, defends ER admission rates
- HCA to buy Tennessee hospital
- Investment group calls for ouster of HCA director
- Tennessee Nursing Home Workers Lag Nation In COVID Vaccination Rates
- Vanderbilt opens outpatient facility in Hendersonville
TEXAS
- Texas governor bans state, some businesses from requiring vaccine passports
- U.S. Anesthesia Partners files lawsuits against UnitedHealthcare
- UnitedHealthcare squeezes competition like a ‘boa constrictor,’ physicians say
- Doctors Accuse UnitedHealthcare of Stifling Competition
- Texas bill to make disease cases in nursing homes public advances in House
- From airports to nursing homes, these publicly-funded places can’t require a vaccine passport in Texas
- University Health to buy land for major hospital in I-35 corridor
- Republican state House speaker backs expanding Medicaid to cover mothers for a year after they give birth
- Why North Texas Is Poised to Expand Episodes of Care
- Number of COVID-19 patients in East Texas hospitals continues to drop
- Southeast Texas hospitals to close some COVID-19 units as hospitalizations decline
- Telehealth Expansion, Hospital Price Transparency Among Texas House’s Health Care Priorities
UTAH
- Addressing Social Determinants Of Health In Utah
- Intermountain and its analytics subsidiary help manage value-based care
- Intermountain opens Utah hospital after 6-month delay
- Intermountain updates visitor guidelines, but hang on to your mask
- More than 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered in Utah
- Utah pharmacy CEO sentenced for importing misbranded chloroquine
- Why Utah is making men pay women’s pregnancy costs
- New brain health data offers hope to Utah’s COVID long-haulers
VERMONT
- Vermont community health centers get $33 million
- U of Vermont Health Network working with insurer on Medicare Advantage plan
- Rutland hospital creates vaccine standby list to prevent wasted doses
- UVM Health Network expands visitor access to hospitals, with some restrictions
- WCAX Investigates: Making of a Monster: The Face of Mental Health Care in Vermont
- Vermont to Give Minority Residents Priority for COVID Vaccines
- VAHHS: Make or break week at the Legislature
- University of Vermont research sets new $191 million record
- RRMC to allow more visitors
- Jennifer Bertrand serves as Gifford CFO
VIRGINIA
- 3 daughters fight to improve Virginia’s nursing home industry
- VDH: More than 90% of nursing home residents vaccinated, but 1 in 3 employees don’t want vaccine
- COVID positive rate in VA decreases to 6.2% Wednesday
- Virginia Passes Two Bills Increasing Access to Midwifery Care
- Over 4 million vaccines administered in Virginia: Here are the volunteers making it happen
- Virginia Children’s Hospital Built For Durability, Safety, Serenity
- Increases in COVID cases, positivity are alarming Southwest Virginia hospital officials
- Norfolk and Virginia Beach get new temporary health director
WASHINGTON
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy declining in Washington, according to census data
- Why these hospital CEOs say consolidation cuts waste, lowers costs
- Recent rise in Washington COVID-19 cases not linked to variant first seen in UK
- Health experts anticipating possible fourth COVID-19 surge in Washington state
- Rising number of COVID variants spur fears in Washington state about surge in cases
- Washington hospital, medical group to rebrand April 5
- LifePoint sells 107-bed Washington hospital
WEST VIRGINIA
- Hopemont Hospital bill fails to clear House
- Lakin Hospital to remain open
- Raleigh General Hospital closes doors to visitors
- Wheeling Hospital officially joins WVU Medicine
- WVU Health System grows to 16 hospitals
WISCONSIN
- Wisconsin hits vaccine milestone on path toward herd immunity
- How Wisconsin turned around its lagging vaccination program
- Wisconsin hospital replaces anesthesiologists with CRNAs
- Wisconsin physician pleads guilty to $26M fraudulent billing scheme
- Wisconsin reports most daily COVID-19 cases in nearly two months
- More than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin for first time since February
- Epic donates former headquarters for Wisconsin payer’s drive-thru vaccine clinic
- Wisconsin records highest number of COVID-19 cases in 2 months
- Wisconsin DHS releases new online COVID-19 variant trackers
- Nearly 2 million COVID-19 vaccines administered in Wisconsin
WYOMING
- More transmissible COVID-19 variants identified in Wyoming
- Wyoming hospital CEO voices support for Medicaid expansion after state’s bill fails
- Wyoming Department of Health offers update on COVID-19 variants
- Wyoming hospitals, care centers need to apply for license renewals by May 24
- Wyoming Medical Center moving respiratory clinic as virus numbers remain low
- Hospital staff prepare for possible rating decline
- Wyoming Senate Passes Bill To Limit Health Orders
