NATIONAL
- Appeals court strikes down bid from hospitals and clinics to recalculate Medicare outlier payments
- CMS delays enforcement of key parts of price transparency rule by 6 months
- CMS proposes double-digit pay cuts for 6 office-based heart procedures
- CVS mandates full Covid vaccination for some employees
- Daily COVID-19 cases up 1,042% from 2021 low
- DC Circuit: Insurers have to report Medicare Advantage overpayments to CMS
- Efficacy of COVID-19 shots in front-line workers tumbled with delta’s spread in CDC study
- FDA grants full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
- ‘Grave concern’: Radiologist reimbursement expected to plummet after CMS clinical labor wage update
- Hospitals lose appeal in CMS outlier payment case
- Hospitals seek to fill hundreds of positions, make on-the-spot job offers
- How Do New Patient Right of Access Policies Impact HIPAA?
- J&J names new CEO
- More indirect pay arrangements scrutinized in proposed Stark update
- Nursing Home Staff Must Get Vaccinated or Risk Medicare Funding
- Nursing homes worry Biden’s vaccination mandate for workers could worsen staff shortages
- Payers shifting strategy to keep physicians independent
- Pharmacy middlemen sue to stop rebate transparency
- Physician compensation sees slight rise, productivity falls in 2020
- Physician pay remained stagnant while productivity slumped in 2020, new survey finds
- U.S. Covid-19 Hospitalizations Nearly Doubled in August as Some States Ask for Resources
- US sees 86,000+ hospitalizations daily — 2nd highest rate of pandemic
- With more than 100,000 people in the hospital with Covid-19 in the US, this August is worse than last, expert says
- Delta variant creates setbacks in hospital financial recovery
- Mission and money clash in nonprofit hospitals’ venture capital ambitions
ALABAMA
- Alabama doctor pledges to stop treating unvaccinated patients
- Alabama has exceeded its net total available ICU beds amid surge in COVID-19 cases
- Alabama nurse shortage worsens amid rising COVID-19 hospitalizations
- Alabama requests FEMA staff, resource aid amid ‘devastating’ COVID-19 wave
- Alabama Nursing Home Association Responds to Federal COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement
- UAB Hospital leaders alarmed over number of pregnant COVID-19 patients in ICU
- ADPH warns of dangers of taking ivermectin to treat COVID-19
- Alabama Hospital Association dealing with severe shortage of ICU beds due to surge in COVID-19 cases
- Federal team sent to Alabama hospital overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients
- 94% of Alabama COVID-19 deaths among unvaccinated
- As hospital numbers rise, Alabama calls for federal help
- Alabama sees ‘significant increase’ in pediatric COVID cases
- “We are set on a path that looks disastrous”: Alabama hospitals near collapse
- ‘They are literally suffocating;’ Alabama hospital overwhelmed by severe COVID-19 patients
- Alabama ASC offers COVID-19 therapy amid hospital bed shortage
- 2 mobile morgues moved to south Alabama
- Alabama health care leaders urge quick booster shots for medical workers
- Alabama Hospitals Run Out Of ICU Beds. Chaplain Says It’s A Frightening Situation
ALASKA
- Dunleavy warns Alaskans may not get the hospital care they expect as COVID-19 surge continues
- Anchorage doctors sound alarm about ‘imminent’ hospital system collapse
- To cope with COVID overload, Anchorage hospitals delay surgeries
- Yukon-Kuskokwim health CEO urges governor to mandate masks and encourage required vaccination
- ‘People are dying’: Mat-Su Regional becomes latest in Alaska to fill with COVID-19 patients
- ‘I feel like we’re just being held hostage’: A Q&A with an Anchorage emergency room nurse
- Alaska Says 5 Deaths From Facility That Had Virus Outbreak
- COVID-19 cases stress Anchorage intensive care units
ARIZONA
- Arizona leads US in unvaccinated nursing home residents
- 4 physicians open multispecialty ASC in Arizona
- Banner Health’s $179M operating income aided by relief funds
- Carbon Health acquires two major clinic chains to further primary care expansion
- ‘We’re overflowing’: Valley ICU nurses say third wave of COVID in Arizona brings new challenges
- With COVID-19 cases spiking, hospitals, doctors continue to rely on Arizona Surge Line
- Arizona hospital settles complaint over lack of sign language interpreter
- 93% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated at Banner, Valleywise
- Arizona reports 3,000 more cases; hospital patients getting younger and sicker, doctors say
- Arizona hospitals nearing capacity due to COVID-19, association warns
- Hospitals urge Arizonans to get vaccinated amid staff shortages and a COVID-19 surge
- Arizona leads US in unvaccinated nursing home residents
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas hospital CEO resigns after 2 no-confidence votes
- Arkansas COVID patients on ventilators reaches new record
- Arkansas hospital shortages taking their toll on nurses
- Northwest Arkansas hospitals reach all-time high in ICU bed usage
- Baptist Health opens new COVID-19 ICU beds as Arkansas at its limit with patients requiring additional care
- ‘At some point, we will be out of options’: COVID ICU beds full in Arkansas
- Baptist Health completes opening of 157 beds for Arkansas COVID-19 patients
- Arkansas runs out of intensive care beds for COVID patients
- COVID-19 ICU beds in Arkansas now full; smaller hospitals struggling
CALIFORNIA
- Licensing By Clerical Error: How The State’s Mistake Decided The Course Of 2 LA Nursing Homes
- Nurses in Bakersfield protest California’s vaccine mandate
- Scripps delays nonurgent procedures amid staffing shortages
- Sutter Health financial report reveals ‘a really good quarter,’ UCSF researcher says
- Hospitalizations for COVID-19 continue to rise in California
- California Mandates Vaccination for Health Care Workers by Sept. 30
- Nurse shortages in California reaching crisis point
- California epidemiologist ‘hopeful’ virus surge is abating
- Central Coast healthcare workers rally against California vaccine mandate
- Despite significant health equity progress, stakeholders say California needs to do more
- Health care workers facing burnout amid 4th wave of COVID-19
- Nursing Homes in San Diego Have Low Worker Vaccination Rates
- Downey company to pay $3.3 million to resolve healthcare fraud allegations
COLORADO
- Children’s Hospital Colorado experiences 60% increase in ICU patients
- Denver COVID hospitalizations are on the rise, but capacity remains level
- Federal stimulus key to keeping Colorado hospital systems profitable during pandemic, report finds
- Owner of two Colorado mental health facilities on the block
- Colorado petition protests hospital COVID-19 requirements
- For Colorado health workers, the latest COVID surge is a special kind of exhausting
- Colorado’s Hospitals Are Filling Up As Delta Spreads, But There Are Still Plenty Of Beds Available
- As delta variant spreads, Colorado sees rise in breakthrough COVID infections
- Worst Colorado COVID Hospitalizations Data in Almost Seven Months
- Colorado’s biggest hospitals made money during pandemic
- New incentives offered in push to get more Coloradans vaccinated
CONNECTICUT
- Cigna announces $2B accelerated stock buyback agreements
- CVH Staff Say Shortages Endanger Patients, Limit Care
- Mental health workers: Staff shortages limit state services amid high demand
- COVID cases in Connecticut triple in 3 weeks, most not vaccinated
- Connecticut experiences home healthcare shortage
- Nursing homes share best practices, challenges in vaccinating staff
- COVID cases and deaths surging in CT nursing homes, data shows
- Waterbury Health announces vaccine mandate for workers
DC
- DC Circuit: Insurers have to report Medicare Advantage overpayments to CMS
- Health care services for DC’s Medicaid patients under threat
- D.C. Medicaid patients could lose access to doctors at MedStar, the hospital system that most often treats D.C.’s poor
- Kaiser Permanente Health System has big expansion plans for DC region
- As pediatric COVID cases rise, more kids in DC area getting respiratory infections
- Delta is sending more patients to the hospital. The D.C. region’s health systems are bracing for bigger spikes.
- Stonebridge JV Seals $300M In Deals For DC-Area Project
- CVP acquires D.C. healthcare consulting company
- Testing is up in the Washington region, but experts say it’s still not enough
DELAWARE
- Delaware hospitals implement more extensive visitation policies in response to rising COVID-19 infections
- Governor Carney Signs House Bill 100
- ChristianaCare requires proof of vaccination or negative test to visit hospital
- ChristianaCare to limit visitation as COVID picture worsens in Delaware
- Sadly, we’ve seen this Covid movie before
FLORIDA
- 75 Doctors from Florida Hospitals Walk Out in Protest of Unvaccinated Patients: ‘We Are Exhausted’
- Bayfront Health Urgent Care asks public to find COVID-19 testing elsewhere
- Employee files $10M sexual harassment suit against Jacksonville nursing home
- LeadingAge Florida names Lisa Smith nursing home public policy director
- Lee Health adds temporary nurses to help with COVID-19 surge
- Lee Health puts surge plan into place as hospitals near capacity
- Florida hospital removes doctor for offering parents $50 mask opt-out letters
- AdventHealth Central Florida hospitals resume some outpatient procedures after ‘leveling off’ of COVID-19 cases
- Florida Hospital Association: Less Than 8 Percent Of State’s Critical Care Beds Remain Available
- Hospital filled with Covid-19 patients was forced to turn away someone needing emergency cancer treatment, doctor says
- Florida man says wife being treated for pneumonia in hospital hallway due to COVID-19 overcrowding
- Florida hospital ICU beds fill as delta variant spreads
- COVID-19 hospitalizations continue dip across Florida and in Jacksonville
- Hospitals and ICU beds continue filling in Florida as COVID-19 cases keep going up
- Delta variant ‘faster like a cheetah’: Florida hospital gives inside look at COVID-19 unit
- About 45 Central Florida kids hospitalized with COVID; MIS, pneumonia concern doctors
- Florida health system offers employees $500 bonus to get vaccinated
- Medical Properties Trust buys 5 Florida hospitals for $900M
- Florida Medicaid Could Face Hefty Deficits
- Half of COVID-19 hospitalizations at Central Florida’s AdventHealth are under 40
- COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations hit all-time high in Florida
GEORGIA
- As COVID-19 surge continues, Georgia hospitals running out of ICU beds
- Biden’s ‘no jab, no job’ order creates quandary for nursing homes
- Doctors from state’s largest hospitals speak out about vaccines and capacity
- Forced to wait | Emergency rooms crowded as metro Atlanta hospitals care for COVID patients
- Ga. hospitals stretched with influx of kids battling COVID-19, other viruses
- Georgia governor enables businesses to reject COVID-19 mandates as hospitals overflow
- Georgia nursing homes seek $347 million in federal COVID-19 relief
- Governor deploys National Guard troops to hospitals across the state
- National Guard members arrive at Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick
- Rural Georgia counties reeling from virus onslaught
- As low vaccination rate fuels surge, Georgia hospital workers feel frustration, fatigue
- Ransomware attack on Georgia health system endangers info of 1.4M patients
- Georgia nursing shortage at crisis levels
- Federal team to help with COVID-19 surge at Dothan hospital
- Nearly 2K Georgia children testing positive for COVID-19 a day on average
- Georgia hospital systems uniting in battle against COVID
- COVID-19 pandemic increases nursing shortage in Georgia, leads to veteran nurses leaving workforce
- Metro Atlanta hospitals try to cope with surge in COVID-19 patients
- Georgia psychotherapy services provider to pay $2 million to resolve false claims allegations
- Cobb County declares state of emergency as COVID cases surge
HAWAII
- Hawai‘i to receive more than 500 healthcare surge staff workers
- Hawaii’s Vaccine Mandate For State Lawmakers Is Unusual
- Group with ties to Hawaii health official condemned by DOH for COVID treatment misinformation
- COVID hospitalizations soar as Hawaii awaits arrival of more relief health care workers from mainland
- Hawaii governor says ‘now is not the time’ for tourists to visit while covid-19 crushes hospitals
- ‘We’re closer to the point where we will run out of capacity’: Hawaii health officials urge no gatherings
- Queen’s Health Systems declare state of emergency as COVID-19 patients surge in Hawaii hospitals
- Hawaii health system declares internal emergency as beds fill up
- Hawaii’s COVID-19 ‘health pass’ still isn’t ready
- In online post, Hawaii nurse paints grim picture of his COVID patients’ ‘painful, lonely’ deaths
- COVID patients keep hospitals full on Oahu
- Faced with flood of COVID patients, Queen’s West Oahu declares internal emergency, seeking extra help
- Hawaii Health Systems Corporation receive concern over delay to implement COVID vaccine mandate
IDAHO
- Idaho asks FEMA, other states for help in effort to staff hospitals amid COVID-19 crisis
- Idaho hospitals are ‘completely stressed’ from COVID surge
- Idaho hospitals filling up with COVID-19 patients
- Idaho nursing home operator waiting on federal vaccine requirement details
- Dealing with COVID-19 crisis, North Idaho hospital converts classroom to patient care
- With hospitals overwhelmed by virus, Idaho seeks volunteers
- Northern Idaho hospital: ‘Just a matter of time’ before crisis standards of care begins
- Kootenai Health prepares for ‘crisis standards of care’ as COVID-19 patients hit record high
- What are Idaho’s most & least vaccinated ZIP codes? Explore interactive map
- Overwhelmed Idaho hospitals may use ‘crisis care’ for COVID-19. What does that mean?
- Idaho health leaders express concerns about what’s happening in our hospitals
- Kootenai Health breaks record for COVID-19 hospitalizations
- St. Luke’s brings two new executives onboard
ILLINOIS
- All NorthShore University Health Staff Must Vaccinate by Oct. 31
- Molina must face claim of false billing for nursing home patient care
- OrthoIllinois ASC in Wisconsin back on the table after rezoning clears hurdle
- Illinois health organization supports vaccine requirement for healthcare workers
- Coronavirus by the Numbers: Illinois Region Nearly Out of ICU Beds as COVID Cases Surge
- As the school year starts, more Illinois kids are hospitalized for COVID-19. But the situation is far worse in other states.
- AMITA Health joins hospitals mandating vaccines; Northwestern Medicine, still not
- Central Illinois vaccination rates remain far from herd immunity
- Gov. Pritzker Signs Measure Lowering Costs, Improving Access to Healthcare for Low-Income and Uninsured Residents
- Pritzker concerned over bill that removes some ambulance services from Medicaid program
- Peoria’s hospitals require employee vaccinations. What about other large employers here?
- COVID-19 hospitalizations keep rising in Springfield area, but shots not keeping pace
- Health-care veteran named CEO of planned Rehabilitation Institute
- ‘Everybody Is Working Tirelessly’: Central Illinois ICUs Again Operating Near Capacity
- Northwestern Medicine acts; now all major Chicago-area hospital systems have vaccine mandates
INDIANA
- Eskenazi Health warns patients, employees that ‘bad actors’ accessed online personal data
- Franciscan Health preparing Hammond hospital for transformation
- Indiana COVID-19 hospitalizations highest since January
- Indiana Hospitals Brace For ‘Impending Doom’ Of Nurse Shortage
- Indiana Nursing Homes Fear Staff Shortage If Vaccines Are Mandated
- IU Health to Begin Utility Work for New Hospital
- Lilly Drug Gains Another FDA Approval
- Most of Indiana under second-highest category of COVID-19 spread in latest county metrics map
- Reid Health Hospice Moves to New Location
- Study Outlines Life Sciences Impact on Central Indiana
- Telehealth Resource Center Lands $1M Grant
- Hackers leak Indianapolis hospital’s data online after ransomware attack
- COVID in Indiana hospitals: Muncie tops Richmond and Lafayette for number of inpatients
IOWA
- Iowa nursing home worker fired after restricting visitors due to pandemic
- UIHC experts push vaccination in face of rising delta variant rates
- Sen. Chuck Grassley hears concerns over worker shortages as hospitals, businesses struggle to fill positions
- Iowa’s COVID-19 hospitalizations highest since January
- As hospitals fill up, Iowa taking in patients from other states
- IDPH Update On COVID-19 In Iowa
- Cedar Rapids hospital officials warn of Covid surge
- Iowa Nursing Shortage Looms As More RNs Quit Due To COVID Burnout
- Amid Rising COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Nurses Face Increasing Risk Of Burnout
- 7,112 New COVID-19 Cases, 42 COVID-19 Deaths Reported In The Last Week
- Iowa Dept. of Public Health: Unvaccinated Make-Up Most COVID-19 Hospitalizations
KANSAS
- Kansas hospital is 1st US test site for healthcare drone delivery network
- Kansas not considering state of emergency despite COVID-19 surge
- Kansas physician indicted in kickback scheme spanning 22 states
- Wilson Medical Center CEO to retire
- ‘Our hospital is full’: Stormont Vail CEO warns of ‘dire situation’ amid Kansas COVID surge
- Southeast Kansas Hospitals support letter asking community to take more Covid-19 precautions
- St. Francis hospital urges COVID vaccinations and masks: ‘It’s the only way to slow the spread of the virus’
- Kansas long-term care facilities see low staff vaccination rates, but federal mandate may spur worker shortage
- Rise in COVID-19 cases causing long waits in Kansas City area emergency rooms
- Staff vaccine mandate could lead to shortages, even closure for some Kansas nursing homes
- Kansas nursing homes worried about staffing following federal employee vaccine mandate
KENTUCKY
- $840M construction contract awarded for new Louisville VA hospital
- Amid COVID delta variant surge, Kentucky’s largest hospital system raises its minimum wage
- As hospital beds fill up across Kentucky, demand still high for health care workers
- Beshear: COVID-19 surge means KY will ‘be out of hospital capacity very, very soon’
- COVID-19: Ky. Has Highest Number of People in Hospital, ICU, and on Ventilators
- COVID-19 vaccine protest planned outside home of Kentucky health system CEO
- COVID numbers quadruple in Boyd County, leaving healthcare workers overwhelmed
- Galen College of Nursing to open new campus
- Gov: Hospitals in critical situation for capacity, staffing
- Here’s how many employees Humana has after the Kindred At Home deal
- Hospitalizations, ICU patients hit record, FEMA, National Guard to help hospitals
- In southeastern Kentucky’s COVID-19 hotspot, health-care providers try to fight misinformation without confrontation
- ‘It’s a huge deal:’ There’s progress in the 15-year saga to bring a new VA hospital to Louisville
- Jewish Hospital overbilled Medicare $13.5M, federal report says
- Judge sides with pain physician, orders CVS to resume filling his scripts
- Kentucky hospitals struggle to keep up as patients overrun COVID-19 units
- Kentucky: Record numbers of COVID patients in hospitals
- Louisville-area nursing home hasn’t paid many of its bills in months
- Louisville Could Force Doctors To Report Gunshot Wounds To Police
- National Guard will be deployed across Kentucky to help overwhelmed hospitals. Health care workers high-fived when they heard the news
- OIG tags 820-bed Kentucky hospital for alleged billing errors
- Surgery volume booms after surgeons leave hospital to open private practice, ASC
- As COVID-19 Rapidly Spreads, Ohio Valley Health Departments and National Guard Team Up to Help
- Intermountain, CoxHealth, Baptist Health boost employee minimum wage
- Trilogy Health Services puts $8 million into ‘direct wage investment’
LOUISIANA
- 1,160 procedures canceled at Ochsner as Louisiana COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record
- Louisiana hospital system requiring employees to get vaccine
- Ochsner administers over 1,000 COVID-19 vaccine boosters across Louisiana in program’s initial days
- Ochsner Health names new CEO of Northshore, Mississippi Gulf Coast region
- Ochsner Health names new CEO of Northshore, Mississippi Gulf Coast region
- Ochsner mandates vaccine for employees as Louisiana sees record-breaking COVID deaths
- Ochsner Mandates COVID Vaccine For Staff As Louisiana Marks Deadliest Day Of The Pandemic
- Another virus surge brings more misery to Louisiana hospital
- Louisiana reaches highest COVID deaths in a day, breaking previous record
- La. nursing home workers have a low vaccination rate. Biden mandate should change that.
- Baby younger than 1 dies from COVID in Louisiana, officials say; ‘this news is heartbreaking’
- Gov. Edwards Comments on Death of a Young Child from COVID-19
- Nurse says she’s never seen so much sadness in her career as COVID spikes in Louisiana hospital
MAINE
- EMS workers oppose Maine’s COVID-19 shot mandate; cases rise
- MaineHealth says it will fire workers who don’t get vaccinated
- Maine hospitals’ COVID-19 patient counts soar over the weekend
- Maine sees sharp increase in people hospitalized with COVID-19
- Maine EMS board seeks to ease vaccine mandate, fearing needed workers will ‘walk away’
- More official opposition to Maine’s vaccine mandate for health care workers
- Bangor hospital changes visitor policy due to spike in Maine’s COVID cases
- National religious group sues Janet Mills over vaccine mandate for health care workers
- Maine hospital stops scheduling employees who are not vaccinated
- Long-term care leaders support state and federal vaccine requirements, but fear potential staffing shortages
- Maine nursing homes concerned about certain workers leaving over vaccine mandate
- Maine nursing homes prepare for staff shortages once vaccine mandate begins
MARYLAND
- Frederick Health Hospital updates visitor guidelines
- LifeBridge inks digital health partnership to provide care to consumers in retail stores
- Maryland hospital beds for kids are filling up with COVID and other virus cases. When school starts, doctors say it could get worse.
- Maryland mandates vaccines for nursing home, hospital staff
- Maryland to require hospital, nursing home staff to get COVID vaccine
- Md. Jury Awards $35M In Med Mal Trial Over Birth Injury
- Vaccine milestone: 80% of Maryland adults with at least one dose of COVID vaccine
- With teens and adolescents lagging in COVID vaccination rates, Maryland doctors are working to close the gaps
- COVID testing is up again in Maryland amid delta variant surge, this time in a changed landscape
- COVID cases are rising again in Maryland
- $60 million allocated to improve health disparities in Maryland’s underserved communities
- COVID-19 In Maryland: State Positivity Dips Below 5%
- Decisive leadership leads to high vaccination rates in Maryland long term care facilities
- Hospital workers protest COVID vaccine mandate at Shore Regional Health
MASSACHUSETTS
- Beth Israel Deaconess creates homegrown telehealth with help from Amazon
- Brigham and Women’s taps renowned Johns Hopkins heart, lung surgeon as new president
- Dispute over nurses’ return to work stalls resolution of 6-mo. Saint Vincent strike
- Mass General Brigham names Robert Higgins president of Brigham and Women’s Hospitals
- CVS responsible for nearly 70% of missing controlled substances at Massachusetts pharmacies last year, records show
- Stafford nurse gets 20 months for stealing morphine from dying patient
- She Lost Her Husband To COVID. His Death Could Help Other Families Sue Nursing Homes
- All 78 residents of Sudbury nursing facility are being evacuated due to a major roof leak
- City’s hospitals join a shift to vaccine mandates; Cambridge government offices remain holdout
- Mass. Has 3,098 New Breakthrough Cases, 7 More COVID Deaths Among Vaccinated
- Baker Orders Vaccine Mandate For 42,000 State Employees
- State Helping Hospitals Under Strain
MICHIGAN
- How a COVID vaccine rule for nursing home staff could backfire in Michigan
- Michigan is burning through EMTs and paramedics, leaving shortages
- Michigan’s COVID-19 vaccination rate continues to fall behind 70% goal
- Proposed nursing home facility divides Wyandotte residents
- Spectrum Health’s innovation arm joins acquisition of medical IT workstation company
- Unlock Michigan launches 2nd petition to limit state, local health powers
- More than 20% of recent COVID cases, hospitalizations have been among Michigan’s fully vaccinated
- ‘It doesn’t mean the vaccine is failing:’ Why vaccinated Michiganders make up an increasing number of COVID hospitalizations
- Whitmer secures $13 million grant for rural hospitals
- COVID-19 outbreaks increase 48% in Michigan
- Kalamazoo region is the biggest COVID-19 hotspot in Michigan
- ProMedica hospitals in SE Michigan see uptick in severe COVID-19 cases
- Ishpeming nurse practitioner pleads guilty in telemedicine fraud scheme
MINNESOTA
- Mayo Clinic, feds battle over $11.5M in tax refunds
- Mayo Clinic quadruples operating income in Q2
- Mayo Clinic, Verily team up to build EHR-based ‘GPS for patient care’: 4 details
- Minnesota COVID-19 vaccination rates inch up as hospitalizations mount
- Delta variant among numerous issues putting strain on Minnesota hospitals
- Minnesota health officials hope for COVID-19 vaccine boost from FDA approval
- Mayo Clinic chief administrative officer to retire
- COVID Delta Surge Puts Strain On Minnesota Hospitals: ‘Everybody’s Exhausted’
- Hospital bed availability a concern in Minnesota as COVID-19 delta variant spreads
- COVID-19 surge taking toll on Minnesota hospitals
- Minnesota hospital beds are filling up with COVID-19 patients: “It was shocking how sick they are”
- Minnesota nursing homes worried about staffing after vaccine mandate announced
- Care Providers of MN concerned nursing home worker shortage will worsen with vaccine mandate
- As long-term care staff vaccines lag, a federal mandate could force change
- Nursing homes and residents respond to federal vaccine mandate for staff
- Twin Cities Hospitals Getting Creative To Fill Hundreds Of Jobs: ‘It’s Been A Struggle’
- Mayo Clinic Health System tightens visitor policy, reopens COVID-19 testing sites in southeast MN
MISSISSIPPI
- Mississippi AG: Sentencing in $4M Medicaid fraud case
- State health officials: A sixth Mississippi child dies of COVID-19
- Painful price of health care: Mississippi hospitals suing patients. Here’s how to fix that.
- 1,000 contract health workers to help hospitals with Mississippi COVID-19 surge
- ‘I think we already broke’: Mississippi’s nurses are resigning to protect themselves from Covid-19 burnout
- Mississippi pharmacist pleads guilty to more than $180 million health care fraud scheme
- At least 22 Mississippi hospitals were out of ICU beds last week, according to the latest federal data
- Full hospitals are impacting EMS operations in Mississippi
- Mississippi children’s hospital sees highest number of pediatric patients hospitalized with COVID-19
- Ochsner Health names new CEO of Northshore, Mississippi Gulf Coast region
- Police investigate threats made against Mississippi’s top public health doctor
- Top Mississippi hospital tightens its COVID vaccine policy
- U of Mississippi Medical Center tightens vaccination policy amid COVID-19 surge
MISSOURI
- Anti-vaccine protestors travel to Missouri to confront CoxHealth CEO, pharmacists
- Mercy increases pay for 6,000+ employees
- Long ER waits may be tied to rise in violence toward Missouri hospital nurses
- Intermountain, CoxHealth, Baptist Health boost employee minimum wage
- Southeast Missouri Seeing Big Uptick in COVID-19 Cases
- Southwest Missouri hospital system requiring COVID vaccinations for employees
- Missouri expands the access for monoclonal antibody infusion treatment
- Missouri records 1,313 new COVID cases, 1 virus death
- Hospitals near 3 straight weeks with 600-plus COVID patients in Missouri ICUs
- Missouri medical workers fighting back to ban vaccine mandates
- Business, health groups urge governor to extend Missouri’s state of emergency to allow for continued license reciprocity
- Missouri Health Officials Hope FDA’s Pfizer Approval Spurs Vaccinations
- MU study saves Missouri nursing homes $32 million
- 47 percent of nursing home staff vaccinated in Missouri as federal mandate announced
MONTANA
- Montana’s nursing homes may mandate staff vaccinations under new federal reg
- Montana becomes the first U.S. state to ban vaccine requirements for employees
- ‘Please don’t do this to the people that depend on this.’
- New sim lab expands opportunities for nurses as nursing shortage worsens in Montana
- Health care workers head to Oregon hospitals to help with COVID-19 surge
- Staffing challenges at Montana hospitals, traveling nurses with nowhere to go
- ‘It’s really a crisis situation’: Missoula hospitals deal with COVID surge
NEBRASKA
- Some Nebraskans outraged at state’s recruiting ad for unvaccinated nurses: ‘It feels insulting to the profession’
- Explaining Nebraska’s COVID-19 guidelines, which have different rules depending on vaccination status
- Nebraska’s COVID cases up for 9th straight week; Ricketts’ focus remains hospital capacity
- State touts ‘no mandated COVID-19 vaccine’ in job ads for vets homes, other institutions
- Closure of Oakland hospital part of trend in rural areas
- Nebraska job ad for nurses touts lack of vaccination requirement
- Omaha-metro doctors and hospitals address potential vaccine mandate after FDA approval
- No COVID shots required: Ricketts behind Nebraska ads for nurses
- State senator calls out Nebraska’s apparent recruitment of unvaccinated healthcare workers
NEVADA
- Nevada Medical Practice Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Medicare Reimbursement Claims
- Nevada hospital ransomware attack could affect data of 1.3M patients
- Nevada ranks low in prenatal health care
- Board of Health votes to mandate COVID vaccine for Nevada college students
- COVID-19 cases surge above 3,000 over weekend even as test positivity falls
- Nevada’s COVID-19 positivity rate down but up in Reno-Sparks
- Nevada, Clark County COVID-19 test positivity rates continue steady decrease
- Proof of COVID vaccination becoming commonplace in Nevada
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Concerns from NH’s long-term care providers association over vaccine mandate, booster shots
- New Hampshire ASC first to use new Conformis knee replacement system
- Vaccine mandate for hospital staff sparks State House debate
- N.H. mobile vaccine clinics may have few takers, but staff say success is more than numbers
- Employer vaccine mandates have majority support, poll finds
- Memorial back in ‘COVID posture’ as cases increase
- ClearChoiceMD to open at former Pizza Hut location in Seabrook
- Health workers concerned as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations continue rise in New Hampshire
- Biden vax demand presents ‘existential crisis’ for New Hampshire nursing homes
- Rockingham nursing home COVID outbreak: 5 breakthrough cases among residents, staff
- Nursing home leaders worry COVID-19 federal vaccination mandate could drive workers away
NEW JERSEY
- Where are NJ nursing home COVID outbreaks? What are staff vaccination rates?
- NJ COVID Hospitalizations Top 1,000 for 1st Time in More Than 3 Months
- Hospital visitor restrictions return in parts of New Jersey as COVID cases spike
- Health officials: COVID-19 cases rising among New Jersey children under 18
- More children under 18 in N.J. are testing positive for COVID, data shows
- New Jersey to Require COVID Shot for Teachers, State Workers
- Bankrupt New Jersey health plan says it can’t pay out medical claims
- New modeling predicts what happens with COVID in New Jersey
- N.J. health care companies dominate Forbes list of ‘Best Employers’ by state
- Federal vaccination mandate for nursing home workers gets broad support in NJ
NEW MEXICO
- New Mexico Governor Sued Over COVID-19 Vaccine Order
- New Mexico hospital workers protest vaccine mandates
- New Mexico’s hospitals days away from ‘crisis standards of care’ amid COVID-19 case surge
- NM hospitals on pace to hit crisis levels of care within next week
- Vaccine mandate sparks concerns over hospital staffing
- New Mexico healthcare workers protest against COVID-19 vaccination mandate
- Medical workers file lawsuit over New Mexico vaccine mandate
- Workers gather in Santa Fe to protest mandatory vaccines
- Health care workers rally at Civic Plaza against New Mexico’s latest vaccine mandate
NEW YORK
- Syracuse nursing home horror: Death, unwashed residents, expired drugs, bad food
- Long Island Chiropractor Settles Federal Fraud Allegations
- 80% of Northwell Health employees meet vaccination deadline
- Mount Sinai receives $60M gift for new cancer center in Manhattan
- New York’s vaccine passport expected to cost state $27M
- State Health Dept. finally reports New York’s true COVID death toll
- NYS edict: Firing medical workers who refuse COVID vaccine is OK
- Kathy Hochul Is Sworn In as New York’s First Female Governor
- Northwell renames Staten Island hospital & unveils logo: 7 details
- Catholic Health workers sue New York hospital for $2M, allege racial discrimination
- New York cancer center recruits 54 leaders in 1 year
- Catholic Health workers claim inadequate staffing is hindering patient care
- New York’s new governor reveals 12,000 nursing home coronavirus deaths were hidden by Cuomo
- New York Investor Makes Takeover Bid for Diversicare
- Staten Island hospital employees protest Covid-19 vaccine and testing requirements
NORTH CAROLINA
- As coronavirus hospitalizations skyrocket, some hospitals delaying elective surgeries
- Duke Health expands Raleigh hospital in hopes of creating more nurturing environment for patients, families
- Hospitals adjust ICU capacity as number of COVID patients surges
- Number of COVID-19 patients taking up North Carolina hospital beds continues to rise
- Raleigh startup tackling blindness seeks $19 million haul
- Small NC hospital struggles with COVID onslaught. ‘Everywhere is just at max capacity’
- Triangle hospitals in crisis: UNC Rex has more patients than beds
- Certificate of Need reform in North Carolina heads to Cooper
- Virus Straining NC Hospitals: ‘We Don’t Want Your Business’
- Cityblock Health teams up with Blue Cross NC to serve Medicaid, MA patients in North Carolina
- As NC, SC patient counts surge towards prior highs, hospitals share how many new patients are vaccinated and not
- Atrium Health expanding access to monoclonal antibody therapy
- BCBS of North Carolina’s value-based model saves $197M
- More than a dozen children hospitalized across the Triangle with COVID-19
- $11B Hospital System Not A Local Gov’t, Justices Told
- How midwives are helping to fill OB/GYN gap in North Carolina
- Parental Consent for COVID-19 Vaccine Now Law in N. Carolina
- ‘Breakthrough’ infections increasing in NC, but vaccinated people much less likely to be hospitalized, die
- Coronavirus hospitalizations in North Carolina continue to increase
- Long-term-care facilities are using the pandemic as a shield, even in lawsuits unrelated to covid-19
NORTH DAKOTA
- North Dakota’s delta surge could ‘look like Louisiana or Florida,’ Sanford official says
- COVID-19 vaccinations lag in nursing home staff
- Coronavirus delta variant tightens grip on North Dakota; vaccine opponents protest
- ND long-term care facilities prepare for COVID booster shots
- COVID-19 cases climbing rapidly in North Dakota as delta variant spreads
- Officials plead for North Dakotans to get vaccine as hospitals strain
- ‘Disaster’ looms as North Dakota COVID infections reach levels seen one year ago
- Jamestown hospital renews visitation restrictions as cases rise
- NDDoH releases statement on FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine; provides update regarding COVID-19 in ND
- Burleigh-Morton health officials issue plea for public to help stem COVID-19 spike
OHIO
- New trial planned for Ashland cardiologist accused of performing unnecessary surgeries
- Ohio health care group fears vaccine mandate could be devastating
- OhioHealth to temporarily pause some elective procedures amid statewide rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations
- Ohio Department of Health Announces 60% of Ohioans Ages 12 and Up Have Started the Vaccinated Process
- Full 6th Circ. urged to rehear Ohio hospital’s antitrust claims
- Why doesn’t Ohio track breakthrough COVID-19 cases?
- Many Ohio Hospitals Reaching Capacity With COVID-19 Patients
- Ohio legislative leaders hit the brakes on anti-vaccination bill as supporters hold rally outside Statehouse
- Summit County Public Health offers $100 vaccine incentive to all Ohio residents
- Ohio hospitals could become critically strained in next 2-4
- Ohio nurse’s Facebook post announcing job termination due to vaccine choice goes viral
- Workers sue Tri-State hospitals over COVID-19 vaccine requirement
- MetroHealth sets COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees by Oct. 30
- Ohio reports more than 4,000 daily COVID cases for first time in 6 months
OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma leaders say COVID vaccine mandate for nursing home staff could mean
- Oklahoma hospitals sign management agreement
- ICU nurse describes nightmare inside hospitals, pleads for Oklahomans to get COVID-19 vaccine
- ‘Barely hanging on’: An Oklahoma City ICU nurse on the exhaustion of another COVID surge
- COVID-19 Delta Variant Putting Strain On Oklahoma Hospitals
- Health expert explains why Oklahoma hasn’t reached herd immunity as vaccination numbers rise
- Oklahoma nurse begs unvaccinated to help stressed ICUs: ‘I have zipped up too many body bags’
- Tulsa hospital releases video showing unvaccinated patient’s journey through COVID-19 treatment
- Oklahoma again expediting some medical licenses due to COVID-19 surge
- Oklahoma Health Department to resume reporting hospital capacity data amid surge
- Oklahoma deals with nurse, staff shortage in hospitals
OREGON
- Health care workers head to Oregon hospitals to help with COVID-19 surge
- Oregon K-12 school staff and health care workers required to get vaccinated against COVID-19
- Oregon to start mask mandate for public outdoor settings
- Some nursing homes in Salem have as few as half of their workers vaccinated
- Oregon health care leaders plead with community as Delta variant overwhelms hospitals
- ‘Crisis teams’ sent to hospitals in Oregon hard hit by COVID
- “I’ve never seen so much death in my career”: Oregon hospital packed with COVID patients as cases surge
- Oregon National Guard deployed to aid hospitals overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients
- As COVID-19 slams Oregon, some Portland hospitals postpone non-urgent surgeries
- Oregon hospital overcrowding causing patient deaths
- Oregon hospitals near breaking point as COVID-19 surges
- As Oregon Hospitals Exceed Capacity, Which COVID Patients Will be Prioritized?
- Exhausted, defeated, sad: Health care workers in OHSU’s ICU treating COVID-19 patients who are sicker and younger than ever before
- Oregon, once a virus success story, struggles with surge
- Oregon Hospitals Near Collapse With Just 41 ICU Beds
PENNSYLVANIA
- How one Philly nursing home overcame hesitancy to get 98% of staff vaccinated | Opinion
- Pennsylvania SNF Achieves 90% Vaccination Rate, Up From 50%, Following COE
- Major central Pa. hospital system will require COVID-19 vaccination for employees
- Geisinger, One Of Pennsylvania’s Largest Health Systems, To Require Employee COVID-19 Vaccinations
- Tower Health’s liver and kidney transplant program will move to Penn Medicine
- Doylestown Health Mandates Vaccines For Employees
- Nursing shortage spawns hefty sign-on bonuses in Western Pa.
- Pa. nursing homes worry about unintended consequences of Biden vax mandate
RHODE ISLAND
- Care New England names chief clinical officer
- RI health-care workers rally against mandatory COVID vaccinations
- RI health experts predict COVID hospitalizations to peak in October
- RI health experts concerned about trend in RI COVID hospitalizations
- McKee will allow retired health-care workers to return without impacting pensions
- Lifespan Tightens Visitor Policy as COVID-19 Cases Increase
- Blenheim-Newport assisted living facility tabs Sharon O’Sullivan as executive director
SOUTH CAROLINA
- As NC, SC patient counts surge towards prior highs, hospitals share how many new patients are vaccinated and not
- Charleston hospital system will mandate COVID vaccines for workers following FDA approval
- Overdose deaths in SC eclipsed national average during first year of COVID pandemic
- South Carolina epidemiologist: ‘I worry about what we may be seeing in the fall’
- All major Upstate hospitals plan joint news conference on ‘concerning’ COVID-19 situation
- South Carolina health system closes ASC amid COVID-19 surge
- Midlands hospital closes surgery center, diverts nurses to ICU amid record COVID surge
- SC hospital hires over 100 temporary workers amid increasing demand for COVID vaccinations
- How a Lowcountry hospital is using forecasting models to predict new weekly COVID-19 cases
- Vehicle hits South Carolina surgery center
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Sanford Health ranked No. 1 hospital in South Dakota by new report
- Vaccination mandate for Monument Health staff highly likely
- South Dakota health system offers $40K signing bonus to nurses
- Sturgis motorcycle rally linked to more than 100 coronavirus infections amid delta variant’s spread
- South Dakota Covid cases quintuple after Sturgis motorcycle rally
- ICU beds full at 2 western South Dakota hospitals
- Nurses are depleting when we need them the most
- ‘We did expect to see the virus spread this way:’ South Dakota officials remain calm as COVID cases keep rising
- Sanford Health doctor says COVID-19 numbers could peak in 4-6 weeks
- Nursing shortage worsens in South Dakota at a time when COVID-19 is reemerging
TENNESSEE
- Envision Healthcare to require its 30,000 employees to get vaccinated
- Tennessee ICU beds full at most hospitals in every major metro area
- Tennessee ranks among lowest in nation for nursing home staff vaccinations
- Tennessee National Guard increases COVID-19 support to area hospitals
- Health chief: Children now 36% of Tennessee’s virus cases
- Tennessee hospital seeing COVID-19 patients decline faster than earlier in pandemic
- UT Medical Center requests staffing help from the Tennessee National Guard
- Hospital system looking for retired medical professionals to return to work due to COVID-19
- West Tennessee hospitals to start triaging care
- “The situation in Tennessee right now is critical!”
- Vanderbilt hospital hits all-time-high for COVID-19 patients
- Tennessee’s Pediatric COVID Cases Are Through The Roof, And Hospitals Are Feeling It
- Local hospital numbers elusive as COVID-19 cases rise again
TEXAS
- Court sides with Texas in dispute with Biden administration over Medicaid funding
- Hospitals closing off-site ERs to buttress central ER staffs
- Houston nursing students stepping up to help hospitals amid COVID-19 surge
- Seminole hospital near capacity in “unprecedented times”
- With COVID-19 shot fully approved, most hospitals likely to ‘do what’s right,’ mandate vaccine, Houston Methodist CEO says
- Baylor Scott & White facilities postpone elective procedures
- Texas rejects CMS offer to extend Medicaid funding
- Houston health system temporarily closes 3 standalone ERs amid COVID-19 surge
- Texas ICUs reach 93% capacity following surge of COVID patients
- At least 89 Texas hospitals were out of ICU beds last week, according to the latest federal data.
- Federal judge rules for Texas, temporarily restores federal health care funding extension
- Governor Abbott, DSHS Announce Deployment Of Additional Medical Personnel, Equipment To Assist Hospitals With COVID-19 Response
- Desperate Texas doctors turn to antibody treatments to slow down surging COVID-19 hospitalizations
- COVID-19 updates: 4 regions have zero ICU beds, while COVID patients surge in North Texas region
UTAH
- University of Utah Health says ICU is at 100% capacity
- Utah 12th least prepared for hospital capacity, study finds
- Utah’s rolling 7-day average for COVID-19 cases surpasses 1,100
- 12,000 patients’ records exposed in 45-minute email hack of Utah physicians group
- Intermountain Healthcare, St. George Regional Hospital raise minimum wage to $15 per hour
- Cox mulling executive order to circumvent state law banning mask ban at schools
- Vaccination rate rises among Utahns as health officials make shot more accessible
- 2 of Utah’s largest healthcare providers: There’s no more excuse to not get vaccinated
- Intermountain Healthcare increases minimum wage
- Intermountain, CoxHealth, Baptist Health boost employee minimum wage
VERMONT
- Windsor nursing home has 30-case Covid outbreak
- UVM Medical Center under pressure from Delta variant
- Delta deepens its hold on Vermont’s long-term care facilities
- UVM Medical Center staff hold ‘speak out’ event before techs return to the bargaining table
- Vt. lawmakers push for mask mandate; Scott wary of ‘abusing’ emergency powers
- Vermont’s Uneven Vaccine Mandates Leave Families With Vulnerable Loved Ones In Limbo
- Medical Matters Weekly features leader from Vermont Care Partners
VIRGINIA
- More Va. health systems announce vaccine mandates
- Virginia health care systems to require vaccinations for staff
- Virginia Dept. of Health reinstates COVID-19 Outbreaks Dashboard
- Virginia health officials resume reporting of detailed COVID-19 outbreak data
- Virginia Hospital Center combines Epic, wayfinding and more for a popular mobile app
- Augusta Health in Virginia joins Mayo Clinic Care Network
- Sentara to require vaccines for all staff
- Health care organizations in Hampton Roads to require COVID-19 vaccines for all employees
- Virginia Health Information CEO to retire
- Centra Health officials discuss conditions at hospitals amid pandemic after recent surge of patients in ER
- Some Virginia hospitals having to divert patients due to COVID-19 surge
WASHINGTON
- Seattle hospitals struggle to meet growing demand of students facing back-to-school anxiety
- Seattle-area psychiatric hospital workers strike, cite staffing, safety concerns
- Washington hospitals see record number of COVID-19 patients
- Washington state’s mask mandate goes into effect Monday
- Washington COVID vaccine rule stresses long-term care facilities struggling to keep staff
- Most municipalities in Washington state aren’t pursuing vaccine mandates for their workers
- Washington state officials say they’re short on hospital staff and running out of ICU beds as Covid resurges
- Washington hospitals see 1,100 new COVID-19 patients in one month, health system approaches breaking point
- Washington hospitals nearing capacity, seeing largest number of COVID-19 patients ever
- Washington hospitals filling up as pandemic labor shortage strains health care system
WEST VIRGINIA
- West Virginia Officials Monitor Hospital Capacity as COVID-19 Surge Worsens
- Doctor at Wheeling Hospital says Ohio Valley hospitals will not be able to care for all COVID patients
- Dr. Allison Suttle to serve as WVU Health System’s chief quality officer
- Some doctors concerned spiking COVID cases will overwhelm W. Va. Hospitals
- WVa partnership gets $1M grant to assist rural maternal care
- Hospital workers in WV face new vaccination mandates
- WV COVID-19 hospitalizations pass 500 as cases continue rising
WISCONSIN
- OrthoIllinois ASC in Wisconsin back on the table after rezoning clears hurdle
- Wisconsin Nursing Homes Weigh Vaccine Mandate As COVID-19 Cases Surge
- Wisconsin reports “very high” virus spread in 34 counties
- Hundreds of WI doctors send open letter to schools and parents, urging mask mandates
- Northeast WI healthcare officials try to clear up COVID-19 confusion
- 6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses doled out in Wisconsin in 36 weeks
- HSHS hospitals change visitor policies due to COVID-19 in communities
- COVID-19 numbers jump in Wisconsin
- 9 out 10 Wisconsin ICU beds are in use; doctors concerned as hospitalizations increase ‘significantly’
- COVID-19 appeared earlier in Wisconsin, elsewhere than previously thought
- Wisconsin requires all state employees to report COVID-19 vaccination status
- Some nurses willing to pay hefty price to not get COVID-19 vaccine
WYOMING
- State hospitals feel staffing strain
- Active COVID cases at highest level since December
- Wyoming Department Of Health Suggests Changes To Redesign The State Funded Behavioral Health System
- Wyoming COVID-19 vaccinations up nearly 20% in last month
- Wyoming hospitals are again feeling the COVID staffing strain
- Wyo. COVID update: Vaccination rates rise as hospitalizations increase
- Wyoming lowest in nation for COVID vaccinations
- PVHC fears vaccine mandate could worsen staffing shortage
