NATIONAL
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- 8 hospitals, health systems that launched innovation centers in 2021
- 10 most expensive brand name drugs in the US
- 200,000 patients exposed after hackers tried to wire money from ClearBalance funds
- Acting FDA commissioner calls for independent investigation into approval of Alzheimer’s drug
- Amazon’s healthcare data lake now available to providers: 7 things to know
- Biden Competition Order Targets Hospital Mergers, Surprise Medical Bills
- CMS pitches physician payment rule for 2022: 9 things to know
- CMS seeks to expand telehealth mental health access
- ‘Every CEO, at this point, is now in the business of cybersecurity’: How hospitals should rethink threat defenses
- Future of telehealth for health systems depends on infrastructure and analytics
- Health systems are leaning on regional partnerships, local investments in 2021
- HHS gives 1,540 small rural hospitals $398M for COVID-19 testing, mitigation
- Hospital mergers to get added scrutiny under Biden order
- Hospitals push back on Lown Institute community benefits study
- Major medical centers reject controversial drug Aduhelm
- Medicare telehealth access preserved in physician pay rule—for now
- ‘Providers can’t sustain additional cuts’: 6 healthcare groups slam proposal to extend Medicare sequester
- Regional partnerships drive hospital M&A revenue
- Stark’s group practice structure clarified in advisory opinion: 4 details
- St. Jude Medical, Alere pay combined $65M to settle DOJ claims they knowingly sold defective devices
- Surgeons balk at CMS’ payment rule update
- The hospital with the biggest community health investment in each state, per Lown ranking
- Why CIOs think patients could warm up to clinical AI
- Hospitals in low-vaccination states struggle as COVID-19 surges
- CMS proposes extension of Medicare telehealth coverage
ALABAMA
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- Over $10 million in funding set to go to small rural Alabama hospitals
- Could COVID case increases force Alabama health officials to recommend restrictions again?
- Hospital workers prepare for added stress as Delta variant spreads across Alabama
- Alabama health system offers $15K sign-on bonuses to nurses
- Alabama’s COVID positivity rate highest since February, top 5 in nation
- Panel now set to oversee Alabama’s new medical marijuana program
- Alabama Hospital Association rolls out new initiative to help increase vaccination rate
- Delta variant made up nearly 71 percent of Alabama’s recent samples
- Passed by Mississippi, Alabama now last for COVID vaccine rate
- Alabama responders debate role of hospital ambulance service
- Gov. Ivey says she will not mandate more COVID-19 regulations in response to new delta variant
- Huntsville Hospital CEO David Spillers retiring
- Alabama health leaders concerned, but not surprised by increasing COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations
- Its Future In Limbo, Limiting Telehealth In The Gulf South Could Be Troublesome For Rural Areas
ALASKA
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- Tracking COVID-19 in Alaska: 247 cases and no new deaths
- Delta variant wasn’t detected in Alaska until a few weeks ago
- New data: 45% of southern peninsula fully vaxxed
- Construction begins at Juneau’s Bartlett Hospital, $14 million behavioral health building to come by next winter
- Alaska tries to boost vaccination rates, and considers incentives, as concerns about delta variant rise
- As contagious strain rises in Alaska, regions with low vaccination rates raise concern
- Two of Alaska’s largest employers institute COVID vaccine requirement
ARIZONA
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- Arizona blames rise in COVID-19 cases on ‘reporting issue’
- Most Influential Women: Kari Cornicelli, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
- Arizona reports 345 new COVID-19 cases, 20 additional deaths Tuesday
- Deadly Delta variant of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in Arizona
- New Hampshire therapeutic injection firm expands Arizona footprint
- More Phoenix-area advocacy centers for crime victims could put strain on nurses
ARKANSAS
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- Phased surge plan at Arkansas hospital addresses staff shortages, COVID-19 surges
- In Arkansas, Covid-19 cases surge as state combats vaccine skepticism
- COVID Cases In Parts Of Missouri And Arkansas Surge To Levels Not Seen Since Winter
- Arkansas reports over 1,300 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, hospitals seeing surge in patients
- UAMS reopens two COVID units, Department of Health reinstates COVID Com system
- Arkansas Children’s Northwest says they’re seeing more children with COVID-19
- Biden administration provides Arkansas over $9 million for rural COVID-19 response
CALIFORNIA
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- Local medical device manufacturers to pay nearly $39 Million over defects
- California Updates Health Facility Data Breach Requirements
- COVID cases surging in California a month after reopening
- Hospitals and Newsom seek delay for earthquake upgrades
- Nurses call out California hospitals on earthquake retrofits
- An AI model shows health centers in California aren’t prepared for power outages
- California health system onboards surgical robot at ASC
- Cost of fighting COVID in California: $12.3 billion
- With delta variant ‘increasing like gangbusters’ in California, positivity rate rises sharply
- California hospitals push to narrow scope, delay 2030 earthquake safety standards
- USC nurses to stage 2-day strike starting Tuesday, July 13
- Sutter Health caregivers in Northern California protest working conditions
- California nurse surrenders license after patient death
- Dignity Health security guards’ union push backed by San Francisco lawmakers
- UC San Diego Health to start building $70M innovation center
COLORADO
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- Children’s Hospital Colorado one of seven hospitals driving pediatric asthma research
- Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Pediatric Care Network Ranked Top Among Healthcare Providers
- Colorado now averaging fewer than 10,000 vaccine doses administered per day
- Governor Polis signs 14 healthcare bills, plus an Insulin Affordability Program
- Polis ends all COVID-19 emergency health orders
- UCHealth likely to require staff to be vaccinated, but other systems continue to mull a requirement
- Wyoming and Colorado’s Anomalous COVID Spikes
- Most of Colorado’s COVID spread occurring in western part of state
- Colorado not a winner in the vaccine lottery
- Colorado Counties With Highest Number Of Delta Variant Cases
- Good Samaritan seeks public’s input on community health needs assessment
- Parkview Hospital building new cancer center
- $30M in federal COVID relief to support Colorado seniors, domestic violence survivors
- DaVita, former CEO indicted on labor violations
CONNECTICUT
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- Connecticut physician ordered to pay $15M in billing fraud case
- Lamont Asks For Extension of Some Executive Orders Through September
- Connecticut lawmakers approve extending Gov. Lamont’s emergency COVID-19 powers to September 30; Republicans push back hard
- Hospitals, health systems mandating vaccines for workers
- Hartford HealthCare becomes latest hospital system to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for employees
- Connecticut’s COVID-19 positivity rate reaches highest level since late May as Delta variant takes hold
- State considering health center merger in North Country
- ‘Get vaccinated’ or get COVID: Yale New Haven top doc says about Delta variant
- Financially Challenged But Fierce, Griffin Hospital Innovates Its Way Through Pandemic
- CT Lawmakers Extend Lamont’s Emergency Powers
DC
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- Arlington tops ‘America’s fittest cities’ list; DC ranks No. 6
- Are D.C.’s Vaccine Incentives Working?
- Children’s National Hospital joins the Mendelian Genomics
- DC still weighing additional incentives to get residents vaccinated as demand plateaus
- Children’s National incoming residents more than 3 times the national average for diversity
- ‘I want them to live’: Howard University Hospital CEO explains COVID vaccine mandate
- Mayor Bowser to Host “Ward 8 Day” by Breaking Ground on Whitman-Walker at St. Elizabeths East and Reunion Square
- ‘Subverts the Right and Duty of Parents’: Bowser, DC Sued for Allowing Children to Get Vaccinated Without Parental Consent
- MedStar Health adds real-world data provider to improve care
- Howard University Hospital CEO called a ‘sellout’ over COVID-19 vaccine support
DELAWARE
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- New ChristianaCare partnership launches in-home hospice care
- Beebe Healthcare first in Delaware to offer Hospital at Home
- As Delaware ends state of emergency, health officials warn COVID is not gone
- More than a year later, Delaware’s COVID-19 state of emergency is over
- Delaware goes more than a week without a death tied to Covid-19
- While State of Emergency expires, Delaware’s long-term care facilities will remain cautious
FLORIDA
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- Lee Health sees COVID-19 patients double in recent weeks
- HCA nurses at 10 Florida hospitals approve labor deal
- Florida reports rise in coronavirus cases over the past week
- Increase in COVID-19 Cases Across South Florida Worrying Health Professionals
- Majority of new COVID cases at Jacksonville hospital are likely delta variant, expert says
- Florida hospital names chief philanthropy officer
- HCA Healthcare to build $50 million Hospital for Endocrine Surgery in Tampa
- Florida seeks $1.1B in federal funding to expand Medicaid home-based services
- Rising COVID-19 cases prompt Jacksonville-area hospitals to consider adjustments
- Florida ranks next to last in staff vaccinations at nursing homes
- Encompass Health proposes hospital in Palm Beach Gardens
- Baptist Health puts some surgeries on hold as COVID-19 cases jump 23% in one day
- Internal email: COVID-19 patients in Baptist Health ICU ‘shockingly young’
- University of Florida hospital opens endoscopy center with AI labs
- Boca Raton Regional Hospital Names Haroula Protopapadakis Norden, FACHE as Chief Operating Officer
- Robins & Morton completes construction of Florida hospital
GEORGIA
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- Georgia hospital system requiring doctors get COVID-19 vaccine
- New documents show poor living conditions at Dade Co. nursing home nearly 2 years ago
- Piedmont Healthcare to require select workers to get COVID vaccine
- Atrium Health Merges With Georgia-Based Hospital System
- Georgia Hospital Groups Require Workers Get Vaccinated, State Preps for Delta Variant Rise
- Investigation: Thousands of GA health care workers unvaccinated against COVID-19
- ‘Delta variant appears to be gaining’: Georgia, South Carolina see surge in COVID-19 cases
- Georgia provided $889K by HHS for COVID-19 response
- Delta variant now 12 percent of cases in Georgia
- Vaccination rates low in southwest Georgia as cases increase
- New Georgia COVID cases rise 143% over two weeks
- Georgia health officials urge vaccinations as Georgia sees rise in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations
- Lee officials ask for CON extension, shift to nonprofit hospital
HAWAII
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- Rural hospitals across Hawaii set to receive $2.5m in federal funding
- COVID-19 delta variant spreading across Hawaii, Health Department says
- Hospitalizations, ICU beds, case numbers, and positivity rate increase statewide as Delta variant spreads
- Hawaii expands pre-travel partnership with CLEAR Health Pass
- Weekend ‘bump’ in COVID-19 cases
- How some of Hawaii’s largest healthcare employers are tackling hiring
- 82% of Hawaii’s vaccine-eligible population will need to get shot for restrictions to drop
IDAHO
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- Boise hospital’s non-vaccinated employees will be terminated
- Boise hospitals: vaccination or termination
- Idaho health care workers face a choice: Get the COVID shot or leave your job…
- Lt. Gov. McGeachin Wants Lawmakers To Bar Vaccine Mandates
- St. Luke’s Makes The COVID-19 Vaccine Mandatory For Its Employees
- St. Luke’s employee ‘shocked’ by COVID-19 vaccine requirement, CEO says it’s ‘the right time’
- Idaho health systems’ new COVID-19 vaccine requirement met with mixed reactions
ILLINOIS
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- Chicago healthcare workers reach tentative deal, end 18-day strike
- EEOC Files Lawsuit Against Nursing Home for Pregnancy Discrimination
- Illinois’ COVID-19 infection rate — while still low — doubles in two weeks: ‘We could easily backslide’
- Northwestern urges cancer patients to check statements after data breach
- Working For Chicago: Stroger Hospital Needs Nurses
- Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Breakthrough COVID Cases Are 2% of State’s Deaths This Year
- Illinois coronavirus: Missouri, Arkansas back on Chicago’s travel advisory list
- New COVID-19 daily infection averages nearly double in a week
- Southwest Illinois COVID hospitalizations increasing again as delta variant spreads
- Most vaccinated Illinoisans who ended up hospitalized with COVID had underlying conditions
- University of Chicago Medicine mandating COVID-19 vaccines for workers
- OSF HealthCare’s hospital-at-home model gets new bricks-and-mortar digital command center
INDIANA
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- Aspire Awarded $4M Mental Health Grant
- COVID-19 cases on the rise in Indiana once more thanks in part to delta variant
- Dialed in: Zionsville company’s touchscreen medical device receives FDA approval
- Health Tech Startup Expanding to Indy
- Indiana sees largest number of new COVID-19 cases since May 27
- Life Sciences Company Growing Fishers Facility
- Lilly buys California diabetes biotech in deal potentially worth $1 billion
- Lilly Continues Expansion of Diabetes Research
- New Bloomington Hospital Receives Lead Gift
- New Riley Children’s Health leader has big job, towering presence
- Spike in RSV cases in Indiana has hospitals taking precautions
IOWA
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- ‘Help me’: Iowa nursing home that’s among the nation’s worst faces no state fines
- Iowa judge rules surgeon convicted of tax evasion can’t bill Medicare
- Iowa Medicaid officials seek 3rd managed care organization
- Iowa family pursues new legal strategy in wrongful-death case
- COVID-19 vaccine to be required for MercyOne staff
- Remdesivir may keep COVID-19 patients in hospital longer than needed, study suggests
- 10 states with the quickest, slowest COVID-19 recovery
- Southeast Iowa reporting lowest levels of COVID-19 vaccination
- Elderly residents of unlicensed home pay up to $9,500 per month, state says
- Delta variant is most predominant COVID strain in Iowa
- Iowa to stop reporting COVID activity data daily, citing transition to pandemic ‘recovery’
- MercyOne helps three Iowa counties rank nationally as Top Communities for Health Care Access
KANSAS
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- Kansas hospital CEO to retire after 49 years in healthcare
- Many Kansas nursing homes miss goal for vaccinating workers
- ‘Starting to be fairly concerning’: KC doctors wary as COVID-19 increase creeps toward metro
- KU docs see slight uptick in breakthrough COVID infections for immunocompromised, fully vaccinated
- Increase in COVID cases causing one local hospital to make visitation changes
- KU doc: COVID-19 ‘starting to be concerning’ in Kansas City area
KENTUCKY
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- How ex-UofL runner turned pain into a business
- Louisville health tech company completes acquisition
- Tennessee drops vaccine outreach to kids amid GOP opposition. Here’s where Kentucky stands
- Lexington COVID-19 cases jump. Variants, camp cluster, fewer restrictions to blame.
- State health official: Kentucky COVID-19 cases, positivity rate have begun rising
- COVID-19 delta variant: What we’re seeing in Kentucky, Indiana
- Prestigious grant gives Kentucky a win in the battle against stroke
- Only 25% of Ky. eligible school children have been vaccinated
- Central Ky. health leaders trying to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates
- Kentucky to receive $12.1 million to help rural COVID response efforts
LOUISIANA
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- High vaccination rates drive low numbers of new COVID deaths in Louisiana nursing homes
- Louisiana hospital skirts $200M Epic EHR implementation by seeking affiliation
- Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center expanding services on North Shore
- Lafayette General disputes claim that nurse died of COVID-19
- Oak Street Health continues expansion in New Orleans area
- Delta variant and lack of vaccinations leads to more hospitalizations in Louisiana
- A ‘statewide outbreak’ in Louisiana: COVID cases soar as vaccination rates stall
- Woman’s Hospital seeks to partner with large system to boost technology access
MAINE
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- Almost half of Maine’s COVID-19 deaths occurred in nursing homes
- Orono doctor opens nursing home care business
- Maine COVID-19 counts inch higher, with 5 deaths and 40 new cases
- 18 MaineHealth patients have tested positive for delta variant since July 1
- While Maine COVID-19 cases stay low, contagious variant poses risks for unvaccinated
- Maine rural hospitals get COVID-19 testing, mitigation help
- UMaine uses federal grant money to combat nursing shortage, diversify workforce
MARYLAND
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- St. Jude Medical to pay $27M settlement for allegedly selling defective heart devices
- These Maryland ZIP codes are falling behind in COVID-19 vaccinations, data shows
- MedStar Health adds real-world data provider to improve care
- Maryland Secretary of Health provides COVID-19 vaccination update
- 55-bed Maryland hospital explores joining WVU Health System
- Multi-state cannabis firm to acquire Dundalk’s Charm City Medicus dispensary
- U of Maryland adds 30,000 patients to Accellion data breach hit list: 11 hospitals, healthcare orgs affected
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Mass General Brigham’s new head of marketing discusses the systemwide rebrand
- Baystate adds new digital health platforms to Cerner partnership
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard create innovation accelerator for diagnostic technologies
- Wellforce to move Epic infrastructure, 300 digital applications to Amazon’s cloud platform
- Hospitals, health systems mandating vaccines for workers
- Hospital-at-home program slated to start next month at UMass Memorial Health
- Wellforce to migrate its Epic infrastructure to AWS cloud
- Remdesivir may keep COVID-19 patients in hospital longer than needed, study suggests
- Meet the informaticist trying to solve the mystery of long COVID
MICHIGAN
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- Bronson joint venture to build $35 million in-patient behavioral health facility in Battle Creek
- McLaren Macomb Hospital nurses vote overwhelmingly for strike action
- Sparrow Health opens its new family practice facility in Portland
- Health experts warn of continuing threat of Delta variant in Michigan
- Vaccination rates continue to drop as Michigan announces first vaccine lottery winners
- Thousands of COVID-19 vaccines could expire before being used up in Michigan
- Trinity Health mandates COVID-19 vaccinations for employees, contractors
- See Michigan counties most vulnerable to Delta variant
- McLaren Health Care names new chief operating officer
- GOP-led Michigan Senate moves to repeal emergency powers used by Gov. Whitmer
- Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Surgery Center earns national verification
- 51 small, rural Michigan hospitals to receive $13M in COVID-19 funding
MINNESOTA
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- Two local hospitals report adverse health events, but Hutchinson Health was not one
- COVID-19 detonates long-standing financial woes for nursing homes
- 9 health systems among best workplaces for disability inclusion
- Low-vaccine counties in Minnesota make high-risk gamble
- Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Cases edge up but deaths, hospital needs stay low
- COVID In Minnesota: Positivity Now Up To 1.6%, Hospitalizations Stay Steady
- How the Delta variant is affecting Minnesota’s COVID-19 status
MISSISSIPPI
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- Mississippi gets nearly $13 million for rural COVID-19 fight
- Nursing home employees must be vaccinated or take COVID-19 test twice a week
- Judge: Monitor to oversee Mississippi mental health system
- Mississippi health officer warns about Covid-19 surge that has put 7 children in intensive care
- New hospital to open in Senatobia, Mississippi this month
- Coast hospitals admitting more COVID patients as they brace for delta variant ‘surge’
- Hospitals in Mississippi prepare for potential 3rd wave of the coronavirus
- Mississippi asks vulnerable populations to avoid indoor gatherings for two weeks
MISSOURI
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- Hospitals offering programs for nurses to re-enter industry as shortage persists
- Missouri facing pediatric behavioral health crisis; hospitals running out of beds for kids
- Rise in severe COVID-19 cases prompts Missouri county call to fund new care site
- CoxHealth, CEO sued over tweets related to ‘COVID’ promo code
- Missouri hospital opens 6th COVID-19 unit to meet surge demand
- COVID Cases In Parts Of Missouri And Arkansas Surge To Levels Not Seen Since Winter
- Missouri governor clashes with hospital execs over vaccine mandates
- CoxHealth CEO says Springfield remains a COVID “tinderbox” but new temporary staffing will help
- Hospitals, health systems mandating vaccines for workers
- Missouri children’s hospital execs: Mental health crisis ‘pulverizing our country’s kids’
- Tornado forces evacuation of Missouri hospital
- Missouri hospitals receiving staffing help to meet COVID-19 demand
- Mercy exec on her career journey from RN to chief supply chain officer
- ‘We can’t do this forever’: Cox Health nurse details working on COVID-19 unit, urges public to ‘be careful’
MONTANA
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- Influx of Medical School Students Could Overwhelm Montana Resources, Program Leaders Warn
- Montanans call for action on home health worker wages
- Nurses reach union contract at Logan Health clinic in Cut Bank
- Montana’s Home Care Workers Push For Higher Pay Rates
- Behavioral health services expansion proposed
- Opening 2 new medical schools in Montana would stretch physician resources thin, officials say
- Biden Administration provides Montana $11,626,920 to support rural COVID response efforts
NEBRASKA
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- Officials concerned as COVID-19 cases triple in Lincoln over two weeks
- Post COVID-19 mental health is the forefront of discussion
- Nebraska Medicine is expanding the Village Pointe Health Center
- Beatrice Community Hospital adding physicians, specialist and surgeon
- Lancaster County adds to COVID-19 death toll
- Nebraska resumes reporting some coronavirus statistics
- Nebraska sees an increase in COVID-19 cases after lull
NEVADA
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- Las Vegas hospital sounds the alarm about rising number of COVID-19 patients
- Las Vegas hospital workers infected with COVID-19 after attending party
- Covid outbreak among vaccinated Vegas hospital workers underscores Delta risks
- COVID-19: At least 8 fully vaccinated Vegas hospital workers test positive in ‘breakthrough’ cluster
- L.A. County health official: Reconsider travel to Nevada
- Nevada’s COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations climbing fast as Clark County reports 11.8% test positivity
- First FEMA ‘surge team’ coming to Nevada to boost vaccinations
- New walkway bridges Carson Tahoe Health’s two main buildings
- Las Vegas hospital workers vote down continued union representation
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- HCA New Hampshire hospital loses 12 physicians as interim CEO takes helm
- Sununu signs bill to boost nursing home staffing in New Hampshire
- NH Delegation Announces More than $3.1 Million for NH Small Rural Hospitals to Bolster COVID-19 Testing & Mitigation
- A new law opens nursing licensing to military personnel. Will it bring in new workers?
- Coos County sees uptick in COVID-19 cases
NEW JERSEY
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- Gov. Phil Murphy: Not a ‘passport,’ but New Jersey has digital vax tracker
- Hackensack Meridian to require all doctors, nurses and staff to get COVID vaccine
- These 10 large N.J. towns have fewer than 50% of adults vaccinated for COVID, state says
- Delta variant surges to predominant COVID-19 strain in N.J.
- Princeton Health donates surplus supplies
- As the COVID delta variant spreads, do NJ labs have enough capacity to track it?
- Shingler-Nace promoted to VP of operations at Jefferson Health – Washington Twp
- Atlantic Health System, NYU Langone team up on organ transplant program
- Virtua Health mandates COVID-19 vaccine for 14,000 workers
NEW MEXICO
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- New Mexico hospital workers laid off; CEO cites declining patient demand
- New Mexico church wipes out nearly $1.4M worth of medical debt for 782 households
- US surgeon general visits NM, healthcare workers honored
- US Surgeon General talks vaccinations goals for NM
- U.S. Surgeon General, Gov. Lujan Grisham meet with health care providers
- New Mexico COVID-19 update: 180 new cases, totaling 206,846
- New Mexico records 116 new COVID-19 cases
- ‘Pandemic is not over’: New Mexico eyes COVID-19 delta variant as cases rise nationwide
NEW YORK
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- Troubled Central New York nursing home slammed for not reporting suicide attempt
- New York City medical center rejects city’s proposal to make it a public hospital
- Mount Sinai Health System names chief nursing informatics officer
- NYC comptroller sues city, mayor, claims millions were spent on unused medical supplies
- Health systems, tech big guns open cyberattack defense center in New York City
- Atlantic Health System, NYU Langone team up on organ transplant program
- Atlantic Health, NYU Langone announce partnership on heart, liver transplants
- Hospitals, health systems mandating vaccines for workers
- Feeling sick at 1 am? Northwell has an on-demand ER for that
- Kaleida, other systems sue maker of da Vinci surgical robots over alleged monopoly
- CEO of Upper Allegheny Health System resigns
- Cleveland Clinic and Mount Sinai won’t administer Aduhelm to patients
- New York hospital seeking financial turnaround advice
- Northwell Health uses machine learning to reduce readmissions by nearly 24%
- Cleveland Clinic, New York-Presbyterian among hospitals with biggest charity care, community benefits deficit
- NYC Health + Hospitals adds 43,000 to CaptureRx victim toll: 22 hospitals, healthcare organizations affected
NORTH CAROLINA
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- 75% of staff in state operated healthcare facilities are vaccinated
- Atrium Health Merges With Georgia-Based Hospital System
- Atrium hits ‘crucial milestone’ to opening Charlotte’s first four-year medical school
- Duke Raleigh hospital expands to meet growth in Triangle area
- Help wanted: Triangle employers looking most for programmers, healthcare workers
- Nursing home residents targeted in $86M Medicare lab fraud scheme: DOJ
- With emergency rooms at full capacity, get ready for longer hospital waits
- NC COVID-19 numbers are starting to rise again, with new growth in hospitalizations
- North Carolina county launches ‘doses to doors’ vaccine campaign
- Atrium proceeds with plans for $154 million Charlotte-area hospital after early setback
- Medical marijuana legislation could put NC in the green, advocates say
- Duke 1st in U.S. to implant new artificial heart
- Atrium secures approval to build $154M hospital
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Crosby Long Term Care Center Closing Shows Current State of Rural Long Term Care Services
- Altru Health to resume construction of $380M hospital
- Kraus-Anderson begins renovation project at health care center in Glen Ullin, N.D.
- Minot nurse practitioner opens Triple C Clinic
- Active COVID-19 cases in North Dakota at highest point in a month
OHIO
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- Ohio long-term care facilities struggling to compete amid labor shortage
- Wrong patient gets new kidney in transplant mix-up at Ohio hospital
- OhioHealth hires Ohio State Wexner Medical exec as president for two suburban hospitals
- Ohio Clinic Says It Won’t Administer Alzheimer’s Drug to Patients
- Ohio health care system mandates coronavirus vaccinations for all employees
- Ohio Hospital Hosts Pfizer Vaccine Booster Trial
- ODH officials say Delta variant is emerging in Ohio
- Ohio is last state in the U.S. to start licensing hospitals
- After weeks of declining COVID cases, Ohio sees slight uptick
- After losing out, ProMedica sues Ohio to invalidate awarded Medicaid contracts
- Delta variant spreading in Ohio at rapidly increasing rates
- LeeAnn Helber set to be new O’Bleness Hospital president
- UH first Northeast Ohio hospital to treat heart failure using new technique
- Ohio Hospital Selects Hicuity Health for Tele-ICU and Telemetry Services
- Nationwide blood shortage impacts Ohio
- New Hybrid ER/Urgent Care Facility Coming to Northwest Ohio
- Lutheran Health Network Appointed as New CEO-WOWO1190 AM
- Every five years, Ohio nursing homes get new Medicaid reimbursement rates. Amid COVID-19, it’s even more critical
- ProMedica names president for senior care division
- Cleveland Clinic, New York-Presbyterian among hospitals with biggest charity care, community benefits deficit
OKLAHOMA
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- Oklahoma hospital employee accidentally donates notes with patient info to charity
- Oklahoma COVID-19 Cases Surge; Tulsa Has Most Patients In Hospitals
- Oklahoma doctors seeing increase in COVID-19 cases among younger patients
- 50% of Oklahoma adults are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, CDC says
- Oklahoma to receive more than $9M to support rural COVID response efforts
- Integris Health offers hands-on program for students as Oklahoma experiences nursing shortage
OREGON
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- The delta variant has reached Eastern Oregon, health officials say
- Many Oregon Health Care Providers Remain Unvaccinated
- Oregon’s health care, biotech sectors return to robust health
- Delta COVID variant reaches eastern Oregon
- Oregon set to receive $2 million in COVID funds
- COVID-19 Cases Continue to Decline in Oregon
- Some of Oregon’s Licensed Medical Workers Have Low Vaccination Rates
- Mass Exit: Why Oregon health professionals are needed more than ever
- How Oregon Works: Inside efforts to prepare the next big health crisis
- Former Oregon medical resident sues hospital alleging it breached sexual harassment settlement
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia names new ophthalmology chief
- Einstein Says No Harm, No Foul In Pa. Data Breach Case
- Jefferson names 1st female board chair in 197 years
- Temple completes purchase of Philadelphia hospital campus
- Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic requiring that all employees get Covid-19 vaccine
- PA Dept. of Health: 61.4% of Pennsylvanians Age 18 and Older Fully Vaccinated
- Pennsylvania coronavirus update: Pennsylvania has 3rd lowest rate as delta variant surges nationwide
- COVID-19 in Pa: Pennsylvania says it counted 500K duplicate coronavirus vaccine shots
- Penn State Health St. Joseph closing mass vaccination site, transitioning to doctors offices
- Pennsylvania coronavirus update: Case rate up 20% in week, biggest jump since April
- StoneBridge, Lehigh Valley reconsider, submit bid for troubled Tower Health
- Amid calls for a mandate, no Pittsburgh-area hospital requires COVID-19 shots for employees
- Guthrie names new CEO
RHODE ISLAND
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- CFO of state agency that runs embattled Rhode Island hospital resigns
- Closure of cardiac maintenance program at Newport Hospital raises concern among patients
- Amid concerns of Delta variant spreading, RI leaders seek to boost vaccinations
- Rhode Island reports 54 new coronavirus cases, 1 death
- RI sees uptick in weekly COVID-19 data, 2 new cases of Delta variant
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- MUSC terminates 5 employees who did not get COVID-19 vaccine
- SC governor rebuffs door-to-door vaccine help proposal
- SC health experts warn of ‘alarming’ rise in COVID-19 cases
- McMaster directs health officials to prohibit door-to-door COVID vaccine efforts in SC
- State funding aims to address nursing shortage in SC
- Thousands of SC residents who skipped second COVID vaccine dose at risk of delta variant
- South Carolina health experts warn of ‘alarming’ rise in COVID-19 cases
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- 10 states with the quickest, slowest COVID-19 recovery
- Monument Health Sturgis Hospital introduces updated ER
- Moments Hospice Enters South Dakota Market with De Novo
- COVID-19 detonates long-standing financial woes for nursing homes
- Spike in suicides in South Dakota causing fears of emerging mental-health crisis
- COVID-19 vaccinations reach near-standstill in South Dakota
TENNESSEE
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- Ex-Tennessee health official: State backed off vaccine push
- Maury Regional Health CEO Alan Watson to retire
- Nashville sees 25% increase in COVID-19 cases last week, uptick in positivity rate
- Tennessee sees decline in early-childhood immunizations
- Top vaccine official fired from Tennessee Department of Health
- Vanderbilt’s adult hospital names chief of staff
- Woman-led Nashville healthcare startup XSOLIS is scaling after landing $75M
- Tennessee hospital latest employer to announce COVID-19 vaccine requirements
- Ballad Health requiring employees to wear color-coded vaccination badges under new policy
- Tennessee physicians call for legal action against Gov. Lee following firing of top vaccination official
- Tennessee ranks No. 1 in the U.S. for largest increase in new COVID-19 cases
- St. Jude Children’s to require vaccination for employees
- Eyes on Tennessee: COVID-19 cases up 404% in 2 weeks
TEXAS
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- Meet the CEO: City Hospital White Rock
- Texas Health joins effort to promote clinical research through data collection
- Two local health care systems join data research operation
- HCA names CMO at 2 Houston hospitals
- HCA Houston Healthcare appoints new chief medical officer of Clear Lake and Mainland hospitals
- Texas hospital mandates COVID-19 vaccine, offers $500 incentive
- Regional Resilient Healthcare soon to go national with expansion of hospital-at-home movement
- Hospitals, health systems mandating vaccines for workers
- Texas man who sold protected health information sentenced to prison
- COVID-19 hospitalizations in North Texas could reach summer 2020 levels, new data says
- St. Joseph Health launches new cardiology procedure at Bryan hospital
- North Texas Is Getting Its First State-Funded Psychiatric Hospital
- 9 health systems among best workplaces for disability inclusion
- Provider-led data platform Truveta adds 3 new health system members, secures $95M in funding
UTAH
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- Driven by delta variant, COVID-19 surges again in Utah
- Intermountain Healthcare to close 25 retail pharmacies across Utah
- Intermountain Healthcare to close 25 pharmacies, transfer prescriptions to CVS
- U of U’s new rehabilitation hospital offers unique experiences for patients
- Vaccinations climbing as Utah’s COVID-19 spike continues
- ‘Our staff is tired’: St. George Regional Hospital seeing a surge of COVID-19 patients
- Doctors Concerned As COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Spike In Utah
- ‘We screwed up.’ Governor Cox retracts his Utah vaccination rates claim that 70% of eligible Utahns are vaccinated
- Behavioral health providers are hard to reach in Utah, according to UHPP
- Data mix-up means Utah didn’t hit 70% COVID-19 vaccination goal after all; state sees 1,238 weekend cases
- 4 things to know about the blood shortage in Utah and the U.S. and how you can help
- ‘I am heartbroken’: Intermountain Healthcare announces plans to close 25 retail pharmacies
VERMONT
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- What Vermonters need to know about the Delta variant
- Push to train more Vermont nurses to help victims of sexual, domestic violence
- Out-of-state shots could reduce numbers in border areas
- Welch urges HHS Secretary Becerra to keep patients connected to telehealth
- Vermont gets more than $7.5 million for COVID-19 testing
- Former ER Doctor Pleads Guilty to Voyeurism, Lewd Conduct
VIRGINIA
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- Virginia Department of Health now tracking COVID-19 cases, deaths by vaccination status
- Sentara Healthcare hires medical director of health equity
- Total number of COVID-19 cases reaches 684,054 in Virginia
- Some Virginia mental health institutions halting new patients amid staffing shortage
- Post-holiday blip or new trend? Covid cases slowly tick up across the region
- Delta variant cases rise across country, Virginia holding on
- Local family gives $5 million to support Virginia Hospital expansion
- Uptick in violent crime adds to blood shortage at Virginia hospitals
- 105+ more COVID-19 patients discharged; hospitalizations ticked up over past week
- VCU Health names chief strategy officer
WASHINGTON
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- Washington reaches 70% vaccination initiation milestone
- Gov. Inslee says Washington’s lottery boosted COVID vaccination rates 24%. Here’s how the state got that number.Seattle health-data startup Truveta raises $95
- Virginia Mason thoracic surgery specialist expands practice to Edmonds
- 6,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Washington state
- Washington picks winner for $1 million COVID-19 vaccine lottery prize
WEST VIRGINIA
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- 55-bed Maryland hospital explores joining WVU Health System
- Manchin announces $5.4 million in American Rescue Plan funds to West Virginia rural hospitals
- Charting a course: Princeton Community Hospital CEO focuses on path ahead
- W.Va.’s COVID-19 numbers improving as threat of Delta variant rises
- West Virginia awards 4th $1M vaccination prize
- Vaccinations Continue To Fall Despite West Virginia’s COVID-19 Sweepstakes
WISCONSIN
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- COVID-19 in Wisconsin: Virus activity high in 15 counties WSAW
- Drug Overdose Deaths Reached New Records In Wisconsin
- Over 100 Delta variant cases found in Wis. to date
- Wisconsin health officials see increased COVID-19 activity
- COVID-19 hospitalizations remain low, but Wisconsin health officials warn delta variant could change that
- Coronavirus cases up, COVID-19 deaths up in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin DHS adds detailed COVID-19 vaccination data map to site
- Some Wisconsin Health Officials Prepare To Tackle Persistent Problem: Racial Disparities In Care
- Wisconsin COVID-19 vaccinations reach months-long lows; new coronavirus cases surge
- Biden administration provides support to Wisconsin’s rural COVID efforts
WYOMING
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- Wyoming and Colorado’s Anomalous COVID Spikes
- Wyoming reports 58 COVID hospitalizations Wednesday; highest level since May
- Hurdles to Tele-Mental Health Medicine expansion in Wyoming
- Health care center struggles to hire primary care physicians
- Wyoming COVID hospitalizations spike above 60 for first time since January
- Low-vaccination rates in Wyoming are concerning as Delta variant becomes the dominant strain of COVID-19
