NATIONAL
- 10 supply chain issues concerning ASC leaders
- 53% of Unvaccinated Long-Term Care Staff Plan to Find Other Work
- 65 systems pledge to promote vaccine equity
- 48 hospitals lose legal challenge over DSH payments
- Children’s hospitals seek federal help amid ‘capacity crisis’
- Courts backing physicians in prescription disputes
- COVID-19 surge pressures nonprofit hospital margins
- Cyberattacks against outpatient, specialty clinics on the rise as data breaches double from 2018
- Going back to staff job ‘just not an option’: High travel nurse pay — up to $8K a week — worsens staff shortages
- Health officials defend boosters after top FDA scientists announce retirements
- High Pay for Covid-19 Nurses Leads to Shortages at Some Hospitals
- How Walmart and Amazon’s healthcare moves may affect ASCs
- Industry CEOs Say Vaccine Mandate Singles Out SNFs
- More indirect pay arrangements scrutinized in proposed Stark update: 3 details
- Payers shifting strategy to keep physicians independent
- Physician Compensation Creeps Up While Productivity Dives
- Some hospitals are foregoing vaccine mandates to avert staffing shortages
- Staff shortages riskier than unvaccinated workers, hospital CEOs say
- These 5 states have less than 10% of ICU beds left as Covid-19 overwhelms hospitals
- US COVID deaths hit 6-month high & 7 other updates
- Telehealth’s Limits: Battle Over State Lines and Licensing Threatens Patients’ Options
ALABAMA
- Alabama hospital crisis intensifies; 66 now waiting for ICU beds
- Huntsville Hospital president addresses healthcare system struggles
- Alabama sees uptick in vaccine distribution, hesitancy remains
- Huntsville Hospital CEO: Unvaccinated patients fill the ICU ‘impacting everyone in our community’
- Hospitalizations down, vaccinations up as coastal Alabama pushes through COVID surge
- 55% of Alabama’s ICU patients have COVID as bed shortage grows
- How an Alabama clinic became the front line for COVID after a rural hospital closed
- Southeast Health becomes first hospital in Alabama to receive help from Department of Defense
- Alabama hospital president down 70 nurses due to COVID begs people to get vaccinated: ‘Our staff is very exhausted’
- ‘There is no room to put these bodies,’ Alabama health official says as Covid-19 deaths climb
- Alabama Health Officer Warns State Reaching Breaking Point With Covid: Hospitals Packed, ‘No Room’ For Dead
ALASKA
- COVID-19 hospitalizations rise in Alaska as virus spreads
- Healthcare providers frustrated as preventable COVID pushes Alaska’s hospitals to capacity
- Record COVID-19 hospitalizations strain Alaska health system
- Hospitals say a disaster declaration would help Alaska cope with record hospitalizations
- Alaska hospitals struggle with ICU capacity deficits
- Alaska clinic promotes new health care model
- Alaska House votes down measures opposing vaccine mandates
- Alaska governor outlines plans for addressing virus surge
- Alaska surpasses previous hospitalizations record and reports deaths of 6 with COVID, including woman in her 20s
- Alaska hospitals overwhelmed with COVID
ARIZONA
- Arizona ASC property sold for $5.4M
- Baylor, USC, U of Arizona launching wearables and digital health research center
- Existing technologies paved the way for mass vaccination efforts
- Arizona gives $60M for hospital staffing
- Arizona high court rejects major part of Tucson hospital opioids lawsuit
- Arizona COVID-19 updates: Arizona adds $60 million for hospital staffing
- Arizona governor allots $60M in federal funds for hospitals that use coronavirus antibody treatments
- 90% of COVID cases at Banner Health are people who are unvaccinated
- Arizona high court rejects major part of lawsuit against CVS
- ASU nursing students inspired to enter workforce amid pandemic, nursing shortage
- Gov. Ducey to allot $60M for hospitals that use antibody drugs
ARKANSAS
- 354 patients put on ventilators, a new state high
- Number of Arkansas COVID patients on ventilators climbing
- Arkansas doctor under investigation for prescribing anti-parasitic drug thousands of times for Covid-19 despite FDA warning
- Ashdown parents sue Arkansas Children’s Hospital after the death of their teenage son
- Arkansas runs out of intensive care beds for COVID patients
- 6 nursing schools launching accelerated programs amid shortage
- Arkansas hospital offering COVID-19 vaccines in emergency department
- These 5 states have less than 10% of ICU beds left as Covid-19 overwhelms hospitals
- Hospitals in Arkansas are facing record-high ventilator usage
- COVID-19 in Arkansas: Gov. Hutchinson concerned over spiking pediatric cases, stress on state hospitals
- Arkansas governor: ICU bed space ‘very, very tight’ heading into holiday weekend
- UAMS’ AR-Connect to Provide Mental Health Care to Those Displaced by Hurricane Ida
- Arkansas sees increase in COVID-19 cases with start of school year
- UAMS launches accelerated nursing program to combat shortage
CALIFORNIA
- California ASC sues Blue Cross NC over alleged unpaid medical bills
- California hospital moves patients, emergency services to ASC as wildfire nears
- California sees progress in COVID fight compared with Texas, Florida
- Democratic lawmakers drop idea for a California statewide vaccine mandate
- Doctor challenges UC system’s vaccine mandate, saying he is ‘naturally immune’ to COVID-19
- Final $575 million Sutter Health antitrust settlement approved
- Rise of Delta at California Hospital Tells a Cautionary Tale
- COVID burnout: Nurse shortages in California reaching crisis point
- 63-bed California hospital evacuates all patients as wildfire nears
- Vaccine mandate complicates California’s nursing shortage
COLORADO
- $70M medical center with ASC nears completion in Colorado
- Average of 85% of Colorado ICU beds in use, the highest amount since November
- Board of Health to consider vaccine requirement for staff at health care facilities and hospitals
- Colorado breakthrough hospitalizations increase, patients less ill
- Colorado healthcare workers battle ‘compassion fatigue’ as COVID hospitalizations spike
- Colorado Hospital Association CEO departing organization
- Cost of Colorado hospital campus tops $2B
- Delayed surgeries and stretched staff: Colorado hospitals prepare for possible fall COVID surge
- Denver Health requiring masks again for everyone, regardless of vaccination status
- Parkview mandates COVID vaccines for its 3,000 employees in Southern Colorado
- State Board of Health votes to require most Colorado health care workers be vaccinated
- State mandate requires remaining 30% of unvaccinated healthcare workers to get the shot
- Two Nurses Guilty Of Stealing Drugs From Hospital Patients
- UCHealth expands clinics to get third COVID-19 vaccine for people who qualify
- Colorado mandates COVID vaccines for health care workers at thousands of facilities
- Colorado to require hospitals to report vaccination status, age of COVID patients
- Hospital Doubles Up Patients In ICU Rooms As Delta Variant Surge Threatens Northern Colorado’s Health Care System
- Out-of-state patients admitted in Colorado hospitals amid surge of COVID cases
CONNECTICUT
- Repeat positive COVID tests in nursing home residents tied to excess deaths: study
- 5 hospitals, health systems expanding digital health retail strategies
- Judge approves Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy plan
- If a town has a high vaccination rate, does it need a mask mandate?
- Children’s Hospitals Issue Plea to Protect Kids from COVID-19
- Who is unvaccinated against COVID-19 in Connecticut? They are young, urban, rural, conservative, people of color — and all are skeptical
- CT hospitals taking out-of-state COVID patients, but how many is unclear
- Group of Hartford healthcare workers protest vaccine requirement
- Hospital costs for unvaccinated over 2 months may top $9.5M
- New Nursing Home Reforms in Connecticut Address Staffing, Electronics, PPE and More
- With deadline looming, some Connecticut nursing homes are far behind in race to immunize workers
DC
- Bowser declares public emergency in DC over expiring Medicaid contract
- CVP acquires D.C. healthcare consulting company
- Mayor expected to announce executive emergency over ‘dire’ DC Medicaid situation
- Children’s National Hospital Sees Increase in COVID Patients
- Local COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Rising To Pre-Vaccine Levels
- DC Opens 11 More Sites for Self-Testing of COVID-19
DELAWARE
- COVID-19 hospitalizations among children show significant jump in Delaware
- New federal funding aims to better connect Delawareans to affordable care
- Delaware National Guard to Help Run Mobile Vaccine Units
- Highmark Will Distribute $12.3M in Affordable Care Act Rebates
- Delta cases rise in Delaware with youth vaccination rate lower than expected as schools prepare to open
- Beebe adopts stricter visitation policies as COVID hospitalizations continue to rise in Delaware
- Delaware gets $1.85M to expand healthcare Navigator program, get more people insurance coverage
FLORIDA
- 68 Florida hospitals have less than 2 days of oxygen, survey finds
- Florida healthcare centers paid workers $41,509 in back pay after an investigation
- Gastro Health boosts Florida presence with 2 acquisitions
- ‘Our hospital right now is at capacity’ Lee Health CEO calls for more vaccinations, unity
- With growing number of COVID deaths, Cape Coral Hospital brings in external morgue
- Twelve hours in a Florida COVID-19 ICU
- Florida Health Dept fires back at Miami Herald over claims on state’s COVID data: ‘Zero credibility’
- COVID cases stress South Florida hospitals’ oxygen supplies
- Inside a Florida Hospital Full of Dying, Unvaxxed Thirtysomethings
- Hospital staffing crisis: Gov. DeSantis considers letting out-of-state nurses work in Florida as COVID-19 surges
- Judge blocks Florida governor’s order banning mask mandates
- COVID-19 cases stay high, hospitalizations drop in Florida
- ‘The virus is winning’: Hospital CEO says Brevard County School Board member misrepresented COVID-19 data
- Hundreds lined up at a Florida chiropractor’s office after he signed mask-exemption forms for students
GEORGIA
- Georgia hospitals in crisis as COVID patient load sets records
- Georgia sets new high cases as kids hit hard
- Members of the Georgia National Guard arrive at hospitals to fight COVID-19
- Piedmont Healthcare now covers 85 percent of Georgians, expansion to continue
- State stepping in to cut down on emergency room wait times
- U.S. DOL investigation: Atlanta home health care agency must pay $235K in back pay to 131 workers for overtime
- Georgia hospitals are going on ‘diversion.’ What that means and how it affects you
- Floyd County boy dies as COVID surges among Georgia’s children
- Kemp announces incentive for Covid shots, aid for oxygen supplies
- Nurse in North Georgia walks out of hospital amid overwhelming COVID-19 unit
- State Shatters Record For COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- Georgia hospital opens COVID ward to news cameras: Two patients die within the first 15 minutes
HAWAII
- COVID vaccine passport announcement expected Monday, Honolulu business leaders weigh in
- Hawaii hospitals begin to ration oxygen as large influx of COVID patients strains supply
- Hawaii is facing an oxygen shortage amid a record surge in Covid cases.
- Hospitals fill up as Hawaii sets new daily record of COVID cases and deaths
- “This is very serious:” Hawaii health officials warn of medical oxygen shortage amid growing COVID hospitalizations
- Vaccine card or negative test will soon be required for entry to many Oahu businesses
- ‘We cannot divert patients’: Hilo Medical Center operating over capacity
- Kona hospital seeing increase in COVID-positive patients
- COVID cases put Hawaii hospital at 120% capacity
- COVID-19 surge pummels Hawaii and its native population
- Hawaii app that warns of COVID exposure experiences spike in activations
IDAHO
- Boise VA offering ICU beds to other local hospitals in critical shortage
- Idaho hospitalizations rising quickly, ICU beds nearly gone due to surge in COVID-19 patients
- Idaho nearing crisis standards of care as ICUs and hospitals see surge in COVID-19 patients
- Saint Alphonsus pauses non-emergency surgeries in Boise and Nampa due to COVID-19 surge
- ‘The hospitals are full’
- COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record as Idaho health care groups make plea to public
- Idaho health systems postpone nonemergent procedures
- Health Systems In An “All Hands On Deck Situation” As Idaho Nears Care Crisis
- Open hospital beds in Idaho not helpful without proper nursing staff
- St. Luke’s Magic Valley have run out of ICU beds, as COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Twin Falls
- North Idaho hospital issues call for volunteer help amid latest COVID-19 surge
ILLINOIS
- 2 Springfield area nursing homes fined for lax practices to prevent COVID-19 spread, falls
- ASC sues to block hospital’s ‘anticompetitive’ acquisition
- A DuPage Medical Group data breach may have affected 600,000 patients. Here’s what patients should know.
- Bill Introduced To Mandate Vaccination Of Nursing Home Staff
- Chicago hospital under investigation for possible misuse of charitable assets
- COVID Vaccines Mandated for Illinois Teachers, Health Care Workers, Higher Ed Students
- Delta dimming? Pritzker ‘hopeful’ Illinois’ surge could be peaking — but warns not to ‘jump the gun’
- DuPage Medical Group planning aggressive growth, CEO says
- Gov. Pritzker Signs Virtual Visitation for Nursing Home Residents into Law
- Illinois health organization supports vaccine requirement for healthcare workers
- Illinois Hospitals Could Be Overwhelmed Amid COVID Surge, But Chicago’s System ‘Stable’
- Illinois is latest state to mandate masks indoors
- Illinois Mask Mandate: New Indoor Mask Requirements Take Effect Monday
- Less than 50% of staff at some Peoria nursing homes vaccinated. How it’s being addressed
- Loretto Hospital Union Says Workers Need Meeting With Leaders, Spots On Board Amid State Investigation
- NorthShore reported in merger talks
- Shortage of anesthesia providers halts elective surgeries at Illinois hospital
- State hits Urbana nursing home with four fines for violations
INDIANA
- All Indiana counties in red on CDC’s COVID-19 transmission map; masks recommended for more than 96% of US counties
- COVID Cases Surge in Indiana
- Holcomb extends Indiana’s COVID-19 emergency through September
- Holcomb Signs Executive Order for Hospitals, Schools
- Indiana Health Officials Anticipate COVID Spread to Worsen
- Indianapolis lab sees 300% increase in COVID-19 test requests, driven by pediatricians
- IU Health suspends half of all elective surgeries
- IU Health suspends more than 1,000 unvaccinated workers, postpones all inpatient elective surgeries
- IU Ventures Invests $475K in Health, Tech Companies
- Lilly Signs Collaboration Agreement with California Company
- Local hospitals seeing drastic divide in hospitalizations of unvaccinated and vaccinated Hoosiers
- New CEO for Dupont Hospital
- Proactive MD to Celebrate New Veedersburg Center
- Record numbers of COVID-19 cases reported in Indiana schools
- Study Outlines Life Sciences Impact on Central Indiana
- Zimmer Biomet ‘Smart Knee’ Implant Lands FDA Grant
- Lawsuit accuses Lilly of favoring millennials over older job applicants
IOWA
- Iowa tops 1,000 new COVID infections per day, as nursing home outbreaks rise
- U of Iowa wins certificate of need for $230M hospital despite objections
- U of Iowa’s plan for $230M hospital garners opposition
- University of Iowa Hospitals gets approval for $230 million North Liberty facility
- Feds question fire safety in Iowa nursing homes, but DM home remains uninspected
- Nursing homes respond to health care worker vaccination mandate
- ‘No idea what I was doing:’ Altoona home added to federal list of worst nursing homes
- Cedar Falls nursing home on federal special-focus list for health, safety violations
- State Waives Training Requirements For Nursing Home Staff
- Spread of COVID-19 remains high; 49 new cases in the last week
- Group protests mandatory COVID-19 vaccine mandate at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s
- Gundersen Health System hospital capacity ‘stressed’ due to COVID-19
- Regional Medical Center, other hospitals in eastern Iowa, facing capacity issues
- State of Iowa to update online Covid-related data three times a week
- Iowa COVID hospitalizations highest since January, 25% increase since last week to nearly 500
KANSAS
- Kansas hospitals seek traveling nurses amid COVID surge
- Kansas releases staff vaccine rates at long-term care facilities
- New dashboard tracks vax data of Kan. nursing home employees
- Sedgwick County nursing homes have long way to go to fully vaccinate staff, data show
- Only One Johnson County Nursing Home Has Reached State’s Staff Vaccination Goal
- Dashboard tracks vaccination data of KS nursing home employees
- Nurses in demand, positions in Kansas reportedly paying $5,600 a week
- Kansas nursing home employees missing vaccine targets
- NKC Hospital announces vaccine mandate for employees
- Kansas governor reiterates COVID-19 safety precautions will keep kids in school, healthy
- Landing in the hospital with COVID-19 is getting more expensive. Here’s why.
- University of Kansas Health System is the latest to require COVID-19 vaccines for employees
- University of Kansas Health System mandates employees, contractors be vaccinated for COVID-19
- Kansas City Hospitals See More Children With ‘Long Haul’ COVID-19 Symptoms
KENTUCKY
- $7M awarded to former pain center patient’s family after alleged prescription denial: 5 details
- Appriss Health rebrands under the name Bamboo Health
- Gov. Beshear: ‘We are Breaking Our Record for COVID-19 Hospitalizations Every Day’
- Hospital workers who don’t want COVID-19 vaccination file lawsuits against St. Elizabeth, other area hospitals
- ‘It’s different today’: Area hospital chief medical officers express cautious confidence in facing increased Covid cases
- Jewish Hospital overbilled Medicare $13.5M, federal report says
- Ky. COVID State Of Emergency Still In Effect While Beshear, Legislators Negotiate
- Louisville-based Family Health Centers names new CEO
- Louisville health care practice announces acquisition deal, continuing growth streak
- Last week was highest week for new COVID-19 cases in Kentucky
- St. Claire Health erects tent outside to handle patient overflow
- “We Are On Fire”: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on Pandemic Surge Pushing Hospital Capacity to Brink by the Unvaccinated
LOUISIANA
- Gulf Coast hospitals prepare for another health crisis with Hurricane Ida
- HHS declares public health emergency for Mississippi & Louisiana
- Hurricane Ida: Louisiana health system closes ASC, outpatient facilities
- Louisiana hospitals hit by storm evacuate dozens of patients
- Packed with virus patients, Louisiana hospitals await Ida
- Here’s how Louisiana hospitals are handling the double onslaught of Hurricane Ida and Covid-19
- Critically ill babies flown to Houston from hospital hit by Hurricane Ida
- CMS issues flexibilities for healthcare providers in Louisiana, Mississippi following Hurricane Ida
- Louisiana hospitals grapple with Hurricane Ida: Generator failures, roof damage and more
- Louisiana hospitals contend with hurricane damage amid COVID-19: 8 things to know Aug. 31
- Hurricane Ida forces three damaged hospitals to evacuate patients
- Ochsner Fully Evacuates Several Bayou Area Hospitals, Expects Significant Hurricane Ida Damage
- Louisiana Hospitals, Already Full With COVID Patients, Are Slammed In Wake Of Ida
- Health care leaders worry about lack of hospitals on Louisiana’s coast after Hurricane Ida
- Ida Slams Louisiana Hospitals Brimming With Virus Patients
- Here’s which nursing homes and assisted living centers Louisiana evacuated ahead of Hurricane Ida
- Surgery by day, bedpans at night: Staffing shortages in Louisiana hospitals mean some workers pull double duties
- Louisiana hospitals filled with COVID patients face Hurricane Ida
- With local hospitals damaged, Louisiana discusses ‘field hospital’ after Ida
MAINE
- COVID hospitalizations remain high across Maine
- Number of ICU patients in Maine hospitals jumps, tying pandemic’s all-time high
- Three Maine nursing homes closed this week, and more closures appear imminent
- Maine hospital to remove unvaccinated employees from schedule
- Mills faces lawsuit over Maine healthcare vaccine mandate
- Deer Isle nursing home’s struggles show COVID-19’s domino effect on Maine health system
- Bangor hospital hit hardest in Maine’s recent surge of critical COVID-19 patients
- Three Maine nursing homes announced closures this week, and more appear imminent
- ‘This is a huge strain on our hospitals right now.’ | Leaders from Maine’s largest health systems make plea to public
- Northern Light Health says patient data shows it’s the ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’
- As Maine hospitals near ICU bed capacity, MDI Hospital releases statement
- Maine Medical Center nurses’ union to hold press conference on conditions inside hospital amid COVID surge
- Maine hospitals, nursing homes will get $146M to help fill staff shortages
- More Maine nursing homes plan to close with staff shortages prompting ‘cascade’ fears
- Maine nursing home to shut down due to staffing struggles
- Vaccine mandates are hitting Maine nursing homes already at the margins
- Unvaccinated workers at Bath nursing home change their minds on vaccine
- Maine Med nurses speak out against rollback of pandemic-related employee protections
MARYLAND
- Atlantic General Hospital breaks ground on medical center with ASC
- GBMC breaks ground on inpatient, cancer care expansion projects costing $166M
- Hospital & Nursing Home Workers Must Be Vaccinated By Wednesday; Baltimore City Issues Vaccine Mandate For City Workers
- Maryland’s Vaccine Mandate For Health Care Workers Takes Effect Today
- As Maryland records COVID vaccination milestone, elevated infection count continues
- Latest COVID-19 vaccination numbers in DC, Maryland and Virginia
- Baltimore’s GBMC begins construction on $166 million expansion project designed to upgrade patient experience
MASSACHUSETTS
- COVID Vaccine Mandate Expanded To Cover Assisted Living Staff, Up To 100,000 Home Care Workers In Massachusetts
- Baker Expanding Vaccine Requirement For Caregivers
- Massachusetts expands COVID-19 vaccine requirement to more workers caring for the elderly
- As nurses strike at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester becomes longest in Massachusetts history, MNA alleges ‘unlawful interference’ in work stoppage
- Infrastructure investor to acquire stake in 8 Massachusetts hospitals
- Amwell closes $320M acquisitions of 2 digital health startups
- Dr. David Brown to succeed Dr. Peter Slavin as president of Mass General
- Saint Vincent nurses’ strike to become longest in Massachusetts history: 9 details
- Massachusetts hospital sued over February ransomware attack after paying hackers to restore data
- ‘Eager to get to work’: How Dr. David Brown will lead Mass General
MICHIGAN
- Accellion breach exposed data from patients at major Michigan hospital system
- Aspirus Health System Expands Hospice Footprint in Michigan
- Biersack named Mercy Health Saint Mary’s president amid new partnerships, staff COVID-19 fatigue
- New York and Michigan Are Still Stonewalling on Nursing Home Deaths
- Beaumont, Spectrum make progress in merger talks
- Health experts warn Michigan could face new surge of COVID cases
- Health officials across Michigan urge vaccines, warn of fourth COVID-19 surge
- Michigan Medicine fall fund drive in full effect
- Michigan’s 7-day average COVID-19 case rate drops nearly 20 percent, according to CDC
- Michigan averaging over 2,200 new COVID-19 cases per day as Delta spreads
- Central Michigan University medical students will learn at Ascension hospitals for 25 years
MINNESOTA
- Mayo Clinic, feds battle over $11.5M in tax refunds
- Mayo Clinic study finds antibody combination treatment reduces COVID-19 hospitalization rates
- Antibody treatments help prevent hospitalization for COVID-19 patients, Mayo study suggests
- Verily teams up with Mayo Clinic to develop clinical support tool
- Northland hospitals feel the stress as latest COVID wave climbs
- The bad news: COVID-19 hospitalizations are up in Minnesota. The good: Fewer people are dying.
- Hospital beds filling in northeastern Minnesota as pandemic rolls into September
- High demand for hospital beds in Minnesota, ICU beds at 95%
- Minnesota health officials decry COVID vaccine misinformation
MISSISSIPPI
- At Least 22 Mississippi Hospitals Were Out Of ICU Beds Last Week, According To The Latest Federal Data
- CMS issues flexibilities for healthcare providers in Louisiana, Mississippi following Hurricane Ida
- HHS declares public health emergency for Mississippi & Louisiana
- Mississippi now has at least 2,000 fewer nurses than it did at start of year
- ‘Can’t let our guard down’: MS health officials urge even as COVID-19 hospitalizations stabilize
- ‘We are in crisis’: Mississippi hospitals dodge bullet with Ida, but COVID remains worse than ever
- When the New Covid Surge Struck, Mississippi Was Uniquely Unprepared
- Mississippi hospitals are overrun with Covid-19 patients. The state ‘needs to come together,’ survivor says
- Inside Mississippi hospital stretched to brink amid Delta surge
- These 5 states have less than 10% of ICU beds left as Covid-19 overwhelms hospitals
- Children’s of Mississippi CEO calls for people to protect children from COVID-19
- Mississippi state health officials discuss COVID-19, vaccination, and monoclonal treatment
MISSOURI
- Capitol Briefs: SSM Health St. Louis awarded federal telehealth grant
- Jefferson City nursing home sued over COVID-19 death
- Saint Luke’s Health System will require employees to be vaccinated by late October
- Ascension settles federal discrimination claims
- Provider files lawsuit to bar Centene subsidiary from winning Missouri prison contract
- 6 nursing schools launching accelerated programs amid shortage
- Some hospitals are foregoing vaccine mandates to avert staffing shortages
- Missouri nursing homes struggle to boost dismal staff vaccination rates, fear new federal mandate will cause exodus
- Missouri nursing home workers lag far behind in vaccinations
- In Missouri, the lack of a vaccine mandate becomes competitive advantage in hospital staffing wars
- Overwhelmed Kansas City area hospitals relying on help from traveling nurses
- 5 pharmacy execs respond to vaccinated patients’ worries they’re no longer protected against COVID-19
MONTANA
- Montana lawmaker, health officer talk about concerns with HB 702
- New COVID surge stressing Montana health care systems
- Facing Staff Shortages, Billings Clinic Requests National Guard Assistance
- Bozeman Health official talks high cost of COVID-19 hospitalization
- Billings Clinic bringing in National Guard as COVID cases push hospital’s capacity
- Bozeman Health acknowledges COVID-19 hospital strain
- COVID surge is stressing Montana healthcare systems
- Whether Montana can handle a 1,000% increase in med students depends on who you ask
NEBRASKA
- Nebraska hospitals ordered to limit electives amid staffing crunch
- Pender Community Hospital names interim CEO
- Nebraska Medicine overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients as state patient-transfer center relaunches
- Nebraska officials working to centralize hospital patient transfers
- Neb. hospitalization rates are higher than last fall; state setting up transfer center for patients
- Transfer center will be established to move patients between Nebraska hospitals
NEVADA
- HCA reaches tentative deal with Las Vegas hospital nurses
- Vegas hospital opens clinic to provide long-term COVID care
- Younger, sicker: COVID snapshot at Las Vegas hospitals
- New poll indicates high anxiety about health care costs in NV
- Improvement seen in most Nevada COVID-19 metrics over weekend
- Nevada adds most new COVID-19 cases in a day since January
- Nevada Board of Health to discuss timeline for COVID-19 vaccine requirements for some state employees
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- With hospitalizations rising, health care workers leaving industry at alarming rate
- As COVID cases increase, Seacoast hospitals and NH leaders have rising concerns
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock working on staff shortage solutions
- Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Transaction Between Indian Stream Health Center and Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital
- Staff vaccination to remain optional at New Hampshire Veterans Home
- NH Delegation Applauds $1.6 Million for New Hampshire Health Care Navigators Program
- COVID-19: Valley Regional Hospital to require vaccine for employees
- North Country hospitals to require vaccines after full FDA approval
NEW JERSEY
- NJ Hospitals Taking Fight With FTC Over Merger To 3rd Circ.
- Pa., N.J. hospitals are faring OK as other states reach intensive-care unit capacity
- COVID In New Jersey: Gov. Phil Murphy Sets Aside $267 Million For Testing At Schools
- New Jersey Hospital System Looks to Sell its Long-Term Care Assets
- New Jersey hospitals appeal FTC merger challenge
- Water rushed into a N.J. hospital emergency room ‘like a river,’ closing it briefly
- New Jersey hospital president gets breakthrough COVID-19
- Clara Maass Medical Center Recognized by Healthgrades for Excellence in Women’s Care and Labor and Delivery
- LeBenger to assume role of executive chairman of Summit Health; Alter to be named new CEO
- Hospital workers charged with buying fake vaccination cards
NEW MEXICO
- N.M. officials say health care rationing looms
- Presbyterian Healthcare to raise minimum wage to $15 per hour, $19 in Santa Fe
- New Mexico establishes ICU bed waiting list amid COVID-19 surge
- During pandemic, nurses take their skills on the road
- New Mexico COVID-19 update: 875 new cases, totaling 233,487
- Are health care employees complying with vaccine mandate?
- New Mexico hospital using antibody therapy to help prevent COVID hospitalizations
- NM Department of Health seeking additional $53.9 million for fiscal year 2023
- New Mexico hospitals close to rationing care, state health chief says
- Local hospital leaders give update on COVID-19 hospitalizations
- COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths to continue to rise, New Mexico health officials say
- New Mexico health officials give update as COVID cases rise in the state
- Local physician prescribing Ivermectin, drug unapproved for COVID
NEW YORK
- New York cancer center recruits 54 leaders in 1 year
- New York governor reveals 12,000 more COVID-19 deaths than previously counted
- New York orthopedists indicted in $31M ‘trip-and-fall’ scheme that preyed on poor
- Prosecutor: Nursing home workers busted with fake COVID-19 vaccination cards
- U of Rochester converting former Sears building to ASC
- Jodi Howe named CFO of 2 URMC hospitals
- NYC Health + Hospitals keeps patients out of ER with virtual urgent care
- NewYork-Presbyterian chief investment officer to step down
- Glens Falls Hospital CEO to retire
- Digital therapeutics startup taps execs from Allscripts, Microsoft & Teladoc
- Workers rally against New York-Presbyterian’s COVID vaccine mandate for staff
- New York and Michigan Are Still Stonewalling on Nursing Home Deaths
- DA: New York hospital, nursing home workers bought bogus vax cards
- NewYork-Presbyterian CXO Rick Evans: 7 principles to maintain relationships with our patients in a world of transactions
- Gouverneur Hospital president Eric Burch resigns
- New York state removes religious exemption from COVID-19 vaccine mandate
- Mount Sinai South Nassau security exec tackles cybersecurity and medical ethics
NORTH CAROLINA
- August was the deadliest month of the COVID pandemic in North Carolina since February
- Beds in lobby, mobile morgues: Hospitals take drastic steps amid flood of COVID-19 patients
- Bill setting NC nursing home visit standards gets final OK
- Bill tells NC hospitals to let in clergy during emergency
- Central North Carolina hospitals near capacity amid COVID-19 surge, worker shortage
- COVID-19 converts WakeMed lobby into emergency room
- COVID-19 patients in ICUs reaches pandemic high in NC
- COVID-19 surge postpones opening of UNC Rex’s new Holly Springs hospital
- Duke University employees must get COVID vaccine or be fired
- Increasing child COVID hospitalizations filling pediatric ICUs, Triangle hospitals say
- Lawsuit targets HCA’s hospital monopoly in Western North Carolina
- NC hospitals also seeing unusual spike in winter respiratory illness
- Raleigh ICU doctor says hospital workers are near breaking point
- ‘They’re really tired:’ 2nd wave of COVID causes nursing shortage at Triangle hospitals
- Triangle nurse burnout compounded by staff shortages; mandatory vaccine deadlines draw closer
- UNC Rex hospital has 439 beds but 520 patients and the ICU is full, Chief Medical Officer says
- Unvaccinated people in North Carolina 15 times more likely to die from COVID-19, state says
NORTH DAKOTA
- COVID-19 hospitalizations jump in North Dakota; Burleigh County leads state in active cases
- Plan for Sanford hospital in Williston starting to take shape
- Sanford Health holds ribbon-cutting for its new location in Grand Forks
- Sanford continues with plans to set up clinic, hospital in Williston Square
- ND medical officers promote vaccines to stem COVID-19 surge
- North Dakota reports 4 COVID-19 deaths as hospitals grapple with low staffing
- North Dakota’s hospitals warn of strain due to COVID-19 surge
- North Dakota leaders plead for vaccination, masking as COVID-19 surge looms
- COVID hospitalizations in North Dakota rising at alarming rate
- Grand Forks COVID cases mirror rise statewide
OHIO
- Beacon Orthopaedics to expand ASC, physician network through TriHealth affiliation
- Cleveland Clinic names chief strategy officer
- Cleveland Clinic posts $1.3B net income through 1st half of 2021
- Columbus health system CEO transitions complicated executive paychecks
- COVID-19 vaccination lawsuits against Cincinnati-area hospital systems voluntarily dismissed, will be refiled
- FBI warns of Hive ransomware after Memorial Health attack in Ohio
- Judge orders Ohio hospital to treat Covid patient with ivermectin
- Ohio’s COVID-19 hospitalizations 10x higher than reported in early summer
- Northeast Ohio Hospital Capacity Stretched Thin As COVID-19 Surge Continues
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital reports rise in children hospitalized for COVID-19
- Ohio Health Commissioner: “I Have Been Threatened and Harassed” Because of Covid Policy Recommendations
- With coronavirus hitting Ohio hospitals again, facilities are declining patients from Texas, Alabama, other states
- ‘They are tired’: Hospitals facing stress on staff, as COVID hospitalization rates rise in Ohio
- CareSource partners with Akron Children’s Hospital, expanding ACO network into northeast Ohio
- Guernsey Health System mandates vaccinations amid surging COVID-19 cases
- Columbus health system CEO transitions complicated executive paychecks
- Health system investing $9M to triple size of Warren County facility
OKLAHOMA
- 4 largest Oklahoma City hospitals run out of COVID-19 ICU beds
- Column: Closures of Oklahoma’s long-term care facilities devastating to residents and workforce
- COVID-19 in Oklahoma: Latest hospital capacity figures from Integris Health, Mercy, OU Health and SSM Health
- Four OKC health systems join forces, sharing COVID-19 impact on local hospitals
- Here’s why a hospital had to call 911
- Integris Health joins other Oklahoma health systems in requiring COVID-19 vaccine for staff
- Oklahoma’s nursing shortage worsened by COVID-19 pandemic
- ‘There is no safety valve’: EMSA faces continued pressure due to staff shortages, COVID-19 surge
- 6 nursing schools launching accelerated programs amid shortage
- Oklahoma City hospitals report no ICU beds available
- Four Oklahoma City health systems begin tri-weekly COVID-19 hospitalization updates
- Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health announces new virtual urgent care program
- Oklahoma City Hospitals Report No ICU Beds Available
- Holt: COVID cases rising in the metro as hospitals run out of ICU beds
- OSDH: Over 7,800 new cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma since Friday
- Over 3,200 new COVID-19 cases, 54 new deaths in Oklahoma
OREGON
- Covid surges fill 93% of Oregon hospital beds
- Delta-Fueled Infections Are Moving Through Rural, Southern Oregon ‘Like A Buzz Saw’
- ER docs to Oregonians: Labor Day could strain at-capacity hospitals
- Inside Providence Portland Medical Center’s Critical Care Unit with COVID-19 patients
- Most hospitals in Northeastern Oregon have not asked for help from National Guard
- Oregon counties request trucks for bodies as COVID deaths climb
- Oregon enacts strict mask mandates amid 990% jump in COVID-19 hospitalizations
- Oregon family must travel hours away for daughter’s cancer treatment amid hospital staffing shortage
- State gives nod to Wilsonville mental hospital with one major condition
- Hospital officials: Oregon’s health care system is near a breaking point
- Here’s who’s covered under Oregon’s vaccination mandates for health care, K-12 education
- Oregon OKs new 60-bed psychiatric hospital in Wilsonville
- 300 Oregon Guardsmen deploy to Portland hospitals
- Help is on the way for Oregon hospitals
- Oregon hospital’s ICU is over capacity with COVID-19 patients
PENNSYLVANIA
- As nurses nationwide battle burnout, Philly-area hospitals add new mental health program for providers
- CHS to end inpatient, surgical care at Pennsylvania hospital Sept. 17
- Genesis HealthCare Reaches 100% Vaccination Rate Among Staff
- Here’s what happened when Lehigh Valley businesses mandated the vaccine
- Pa., N.J. hospitals are faring OK as other states reach intensive-care unit capacity
- Tower Health cuts operating loss to $244M as cash reserves shrink
- Tower Health shakes up hospital leadership
- Bucks County state lawmakers respond to Pa. Health Department order on mandatory school masking
- Pace of COVID-19 cases may be slowing down in Pennsylvania
- Crisis of Care: The coming crisis in dementia care and why Pa. is woefully unprepared
- In a rare bipartisan move, Pa. legislators decry planned change in Medicaid gatekeeper
- New Penn Medicine and Wharton fund will invest $5M in firms that improve health of low-income Philadelphians
- Tower Health signs contract with interim CEO
RHODE ISLAND
- Johnston nursing home worries vaccination mandate for workers will lead to staff shortages
- RI home-care workers resigning over vaccination mandate, says trade group
- ‘We Are Losing Excellent Direct Care Staff’: Home-Based Care Providers Report Vaccine-Mandate Blowback
- Lifespan hospital nurses petition execs for pay bump
- Rhode Island nursing homes worry that vaccine mandate will reduce staff
- RI Hospital Nurses Petition For Pay Raises Amid Pandemic
- ‘Panic mode’: Nursing homes say RI vaccine mandate will cause more workers to leave
- Rhode Island vaccine mandate sends some home care workers to the exits
- Eye-gouging injury at state hospital sparks federal inquiry
- Rhode Island retired health care workers can now return to workforce without impact on pension
- Rhode Island reports 292 new coronavirus cases, 1 death
- Rhode Island Hospital nurses call for pay raises
- More hospitals tighten visitation policies as delta variant continues to spread
- Rhode Island nurses to vote on tentative contract with hospital owner
- Don’t visit the ER for non-emergencies, RI health officials urge amid overcrowding, staffing shortages
- State agencies work around the clock to prevent overdose deaths
SOUTH CAROLINA
- As COVID surges across South Carolina again, children’s hospitals are filling up
- COVID-19 hospitalizations are up in South Carolina
- Hospitals Worry as COVID Cases Rise to Near Record in SC
- Less than 55% of nursing home staff are vaccinated in South Carolina, long-term care facilities prepare for mandate
- Lowcountry-based travel nurse describes conditions in South Carolina’s state capital
- MUSC is out of ICU beds amid continuing spike in COVID-19 cases
- Presbyterian long-term care facilities mandating vaccination for staff
- Roper St. Francis Hospital activating oxygen conservation protocols
- SC hospitals plead for help as COVID situation grows dire, say worst is yet to come
- SC tops entire country for COVID case rate as hospital reports record COVID patient count
- ‘Vast majority’ of hospitalized COVID breakthrough cases in SC among immunocompromised people
- Trident Health implementing temporary pause on elective surgeries due to surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Protestors stand for Sanford hospital workers’ vaccine rights after COVID vaccine policy
- South Dakota health system offers $40K signing bonus to nurses
- Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe runs out of COVID-19 hospital beds
- Sioux Falls health officials say region could see 200 COVID hospitalizations in coming weeks
- COVID-19 in South Dakota: 1,020 total new cases; Death toll rises to 2,069; Active cases at 5,035
- National Guard helps with COVID-19 testing in Western South Dakota
- South Dakota’s top health experts say unvaccinated being hit hard
- South Dakota hospitals bracing for monthlong virus surge
- Monument Health only allowing one visitor per patient
TENNESSEE
- Children now make up nearly 40% of Tennessee’s new COVID-19 cases, analysis shows
- COVID-19 update: Tennessee reports record cases, hospitalizations
- Erlanger, CHI Memorial, Parkridge to limit who gets COVID-19 tests in ER
- Family says they waited 50 hours at Memphis hospital; officials say some wait longer
- HCA opens new Nashville nursing campus
- Heritage invests $20M in acute care telehealth company
- Shore Capital Partners raises $360 million health care fund, moving Nashville office to Broadwest
- Tennessee hospital uses ASC to accommodate nonemegerent surgeries
- Tennessee National Guard helps 13 Hospitals fight COVID-19
- Tennessee schools struggling to manage rising COVID-19 cases with limited tools
- Tennessee sets new record for COVID hospitalizations – with no end in sight
- Tennessee underreported COVID-19 hospitalizations by about 5,100
- Vanderbilt hospital hits all-time-high for COVID-19 patients
- This week in coronavirus: Tennessee climbs to the top of the worst list
- HCA buys Tennessee hospital
- Ballad Health becomes more concerned as pediatric COVID patient numbers climb
- Ballad Health expects to exceed COVID-19 hospitalization record within a week
- TN National Guard arrives to UT Medical Center to assist in COVID surge
TEXAS
- Physician partnership sells endoscopy center to PE group in $5.7M deal
- Texas neurosurgeon’s bill allows certain physicians to bypass prior authorization
- Texas physician attributes one of most promising ASC trends to pandemic
- MD Anderson names Omer Sultan CFO
- These 5 states have less than 10% of ICU beds left as Covid-19 overwhelms hospitals
- Critically ill babies flown to Houston from hospital hit by Hurricane Ida
- Texas hospitals to get staffing boost from 8,100 contract workers
- Owner of Texas lab company pleads guilty to $73M Medicare fraud scheme
- The state’s sending thousands of health care workers to Texas hospitals amid a new COVID-19 surge. Will it be enough?
- See which East Texas hospitals are ranked the best, safest according to Medicare
- Texas A&M, rural health clinic partnering to provide vaccine education programs
- State sending over 300 travel nurses to South Texas hospitals
- Verbal and physical attacks on health workers surge as emotions boil during latest COVID-19 wave
UTAH
- 100% ICU capacity reported at Intermountain Healthcare facilities
- Doctor helps Utahns get medical marijuana cards
- Utah hospitals at ‘breaking point’ amid COVID-19 surge, Gov. Cox warns
- ‘We’re in a crisis’: Utah’s ICU beds above functionally full level
- University of Utah Health is first hospital system in state to require that employees get COVID-19 vaccine
- Dan Lundergan Named CEO of University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics
- Utah hospitals at ‘breaking point’ amid COVID-19 surge, Gov. Cox warns
- All Intermountain Healthcare facilities along the Wasatch Front in Utah have earned the Five-Star Breastfeeding friendly rating
- COVID-19 hospitalizations in Southern Utah at second-highest point of entire pandemic
- Cache County hospitals on edge as ICUs fill with COVID-19 patients
- UDOH releases COVID-19 report showing “dramatically” rising cases and hospitalizations as the school year begins
VERMONT
- Vermont nursing home has 30-case COVID-19 outbreak
- Delta cases in Vermont long-term care facilities now in the triple digits
- With more patients needing care, UVM Health Network chief says system is under ‘intense pressure’
- Vermont state auditor touts hospital price transparency tools as key to saving money
- VT Agency of Human Services will investigate long wait times for medical appointments
- SVMC’s pulmonary rehabilitation professionals featured on Next Medical Matters Weekly
- The Doctor Won’t See You Now: Patients Wait Months for Treatment at Vermont’s Biggest Hospital
VIRGINIA
- CVP acquires D.C. healthcare consulting company
- Hampton Roads hospitals spar over impact of hospital-owned insurance plans
- Virginia health systems clash over vertical integration
- Leaders discus key strategies to payment parity in Virginia health care
- No visitors allowed in Virginia mental health hospitals due to COVID-19 outbreaks
- Virginia awarded $4.3 million to scale up COVID-19 recovery, response
- Positive percentage of Virginia COVID tests rises to 10.1%
- COVID new-case number dips in Virginia; positive test percentage rises
- Valley Health tells workers to get vaccinated
- Inova Loudoun Hospital names permanent chief
- ‘Our staff is really struggling’ | Delta variant cases stressing hospital system in Virginia
WASHINGTON
- 25 infected in COVID-19 outbreaks at 2 Virginia Mason hospitals
- 50-physician anesthesia group must end allegedly illegal noncompete contracts, pay $110K: Washington AG
- Health official: At least 85% vaccination rate now needed to beat COVID-19 delta variant
- Hundreds protest Washington Gov. Inslee’s vaccine mandate
- ‘I’ll give up my job’: State workers protest vaccine mandate
- Prominent Black doctor talks about resignation from Seattle Children’s, citing racism
- Seattle Children’s Hospital Confirms 1st COVID-19 Death
- Surgeries postponed as delta surge pushes hospital capacity to its limits
- Surging COVID cases taking toll on staffing of local hospitals, some officials say
- Washington hospitals see 1,100 new COVID-19 patients in one month, health system approaches breaking point
- Washington State Fair will open with restrictions as COVID cases overwhelm understaffed hospitals
- Tacoma area hospitals turning to tents to accommodate rush of patients amid COVID surge
- Washington state health care system faces ‘enormous stress’
WEST VIRGINIA
- As COVID surges elsewhere, W.Va. long-term care facilities seeing active cases trend down
- Sharp rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations prompt capacity conversations
- Southern W.Va. hospitals brace for Delta surge
- Grafton City Hospital (West Virginia) chief administrative officer to retire
- ‘Unvaccinated West Virginians are filling up our hospital capacity’
- West Virginia COVID ventilator cases surpass January peak
- WV COVID-19 deaths top 3,100, Delta variant cases surpass 1K
- New West Virginia COVID-19-related deaths see highest single-day total since February
WISCONSIN
- ‘Medical tyranny’: Ascension Franklin nurses and others rally to protest mandated COVID-19 vaccines
- More nurses are needed across Northeast Wisconsin
- Virus transmission rate soaring in most of Wisconsin
- Wisconsin needs more nurses at the best of times. As COVID surges again, hospitals are getting desperate.
- Western Wisconsin Health Officials Warn Of ‘Imminent’ COVID-19 Surge, Rising Hospitalizations
- State, Local Health Officials Try To Fend Off Fall Surge Of COVID-19 In Wisconsin
- Ascension Wisconsin opens neighborhood hospital in Menomonee Falls
- Wisconsin Health Professionals Push Back Against Advice On Drug Not Approved For COVID-19 Prevention, Treatment
- COVID-19 in Wisconsin: Delta variant found in 98% to 100% of samples tested
- ‘Death and life’: Only 6% of ICU beds are open in Wisconsin right now
- Fired Wisconsin health system exec charged in kickback scheme
- Ex-Hospital Executive Charged in $3 Million Kickback Scheme
- ThedaCare’s CEO says there’s ‘no real ICU capacity left’ in Fox Valley’s hospitals as COVID surges
WYOMING
- Cheyenne Nurse Describes Life in a Wyoming COVID Unit
- Wyoming Hospital Association urges vaccines for hospital, nursing home workers
- Wyoming approaching 200 hospitalized COVID patients
- ‘We’re in a mess,’ State’s largest hospital 30% full with COVID
- Wyoming hospitals stop allowing most visitors as November 2020 COVID levels return
- WHA urges all hospital staff to get COVID vaccine
- Sweetwater Hospital cancels elective surgeries due to ‘overwhelming influx” of COVID patients
- UW COVID-19 testing push tops 10,000
