NATIONAL
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- 4 potential pitfalls lie ahead for OSHA’s vaccine mandate, say experts
- A look at the most expensive hospital projects this year
- CEOs share their views on the ‘Great Resignation’: 5 takeaways
- CMS overpaid $636M to ASCs, HOPDs for neurostimulator implantation surgeries, audit finds
- CMS penalizes 2,499 hospitals for high readmissions
- Designing the post-Covid hospital
- Emergency physicians group chooses new president
- ERs are now swamped with seriously ill patients — but many don’t even have COVID
- Google is still ‘all in’ on health care: Chief health officer Karen DeSalvo
- “Great Resignation” Hits Healthcare Hard As Physician Burnout Persists
- Growing Number of States Enact New Genetic Data Privacy Laws
- HHS invests more than $560M to boost COVID-19 test supply
- It’s not just Covid: Amazon’s top doctor on why air quality is the biggest workplace health challenge of this century
- Mark Cuban’s drug company to launch PBM
- Millions Of Patient Health Records Now At Risk Through Unregulated API’s
- Moody’s: Rising costs will slow hospitals rebuilding margins to pre-COVID-19 levels
- Next Generation ACOs saved Medicare $667M, but model’s still losing money
- New guidance affirms providers’ right to reject religious exemptions for COVID vaccinations due to ‘undue hardship’
- SNF staffing shortages may get ‘much worse’
- Spoofing, Phishing, Ransomware Continue to Overwhelm Health Systems
- Stark law clarifies profit allocation for group practices
ALABAMA
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- 65% of Alabamians oppose COVID vaccine mandates, GOP poll shows
- Governor issues executive order to fight COVID-19 vaccine mandates
- Alabama health department processing large backlog of COVID-19 test results
- Nonprofit aims to improve health care in Alabama communities
- Alabama COVID hospitalizations dip below 500
- $2.3M to improve access to telemedicine, learning in Alabama
- Financial help may be on the way for Alabama hospitals, nursing homes
- All of North Alabama remains at substantial or high risk of COVID-19 spread
ALASKA
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- Fairbanks hospital readies mobile morgue
- Alaska reports record COVID hospitalizations and over 1,000 new cases
- Alaska’s COVID hospitalizations have hit a new high
- Alaska reports record COVID-19 hospitalizations and under 600 cases Wednesday
- Health care jobs took the lead in Southeast Alaska’s private-sector economy in 2020, report says
ARIZONA
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- Former ASC CEO running for governor of Arizona
- Arizona physician indicted in decade-long billing fraud case
- Arizona hospital names 6th CEO since 2015
- Phoenix Children’s email identifies vaccine-exempt employees
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital sends email identifying unvaccinated employees
- Phoenix doctors say employee vaccine policies could affect hospital staffing
- Prescott hospital extends deadline for vaccine mandate until February
- Arizona reports 2,795 more COVID cases, reduces death total
- Arizona catches up to New York in COVID-19 deaths per capita, experts worry about winter
- Local hospitals ramp up recruitment to improve staffing shortages from pandemic
- Mayo Clinic employees protest company COVID-19 vaccination mandate
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas sues PPE vendor who took $11 million and delivered nothing
- Arkansas AG files lawsuit against medical supplier for failing to provide $10M worth of PPE, ventilators to UAMS
- Arkansas AG suing company for failing to provide UAMS with over $10 million worth of PPE
- Jonesboro hospital expanding monoclonal antibody therapy
- Jacksonville man gets 20-year sentence for sexual assault at mental health facility
- Arkansas seeing more COVID-19 breakthrough cases over time
- Carol Silverstrom Trust Gives Over $1 Million to Support Nursing, Cancer Programs at UAMS
CALIFORNIA
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- Adventist Health names Kerry Heinrich CEO
- California Focus: Nursing homes face new life-or-death crisis
- CommonSpirit names chief nursing officer of new California division
- Kaiser defrauded Medicare of $1B, Justice Department alleges
- Kaiser Permanente hit by strike votes in California, Oregon
- Kindred Healthcare and El Camino Health Announce Plans for Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital
- Newly formed Andrews Ambulatory Surgery to develop national ASC network
- California readies 4,000 sites to administer 1.2 million Covid vaccines to kids 5 to 11 in first week
- California Virus Cases Stop Falling, Governor Urges Caution
- California isn’t testing state workers for COVID as required
- Apprenticeship gives California health care workers a career boost
- Attention California health care workers: These companies will give you a sweet deal
- DOJ alleges Kaiser Permanente defrauded Medicare of $1 billion
COLORADO
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- A Colorado lawsuit is testing the boundaries of religious exemptions to COVID vaccines
- As Colorado’s COVID hospitalizations keep rising, Polis considers larger role for National Guard
- Colorado hospital bounced back after being on brink of bankruptcy, closure
- How did California go from COVID-19 epicenter to lowest statewide transmission rate?
- In northern Colorado’s strained hospitals, ongoing COVID fight is ‘three-dimensional chess, all day every day’
- Nearly 90% ICU beds full in Colorado
- Retina Consultants of America adds Colorado practice
- Traveling nurses find lucrative, high-demand gigs in Colorado and beyond
- Why Colorado’s hospital bed stock is at the lowest point since the pandemic began
- Colorado health officials remain evasive on health orders as hospitalizations hit worst point of pandemic
- Denver Health paramedic sedates patient in violation of state rules and law
- Southern Colorado hospitals continue to feel strained forcing some to operate on divert status
- Map: Colorado’s COVID-19 case rates are worst in the nation
- Colorado prepares for possible mask, vaccine mandate as COVID hospitalizations grow
- Colorado Health Institute survey reveals how mountain communities were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
- Colorado COVID-19 hospitalizations keep rising, with unvaccinated patients filling ICUs and acute care wards
CONNECTICUT
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- Hartford HealthCare’s request for large sign atop St. Vincent’s Medical Center denied
- Yale selects cancer center director
- Connecticut hospital network restored after data server issue takes system offline
- New Yale pilot program offers next-day oncologic consultations
- CT Dept. of Public Health, hospitals warn parents about respiratory viruses this fall
- Nuvance Health earns national recognitions for stroke care
- Prices for trauma care at CT hospitals vary by thousands
- More than 100 Hartford HealthCare employees out of work after refusing vaccine
DC
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- DC students could soon be required to receive COVID vaccine under new bill
- Preparations underway to vaccinate kids in DC region
- Health and Human Services headquarters in DC evacuated after bomb threat
- One DC clinic is making mammograms more accessible to underserved communities
- Underserved and rural communities now have access to millions of dollars for health care
- MedStar Health Leads $5 Million CDC-Funded Project Aimed at Improving Cancer Survivorship and Reducing Patient Inequities
- How one local leader is pushing for COVID boosters
DELAWARE
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- Good news: Delaware sees steady drop in COVID-19 metrics, making officials ‘optimistic’
- Covid-19 update: New cases, hospitalizations decline
- Nemours among Delaware healthcare providers preparing for approval of children’s COVID vaccine
- Unnecessary visits crowd Nemours Children’s Hospital Emergency Dept.
FLORIDA
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- Ascension ASC gets surgical robot
- Florida ASC sues Aetna over ‘mystery repricing program’
- Florida Hospital Association: Delta surge in the state ‘is over’
- Florida, Kansas health groups partner to build urologic ASC
- Florida optometrists want more procedural privileges; ophthalmologists say no
- Florida sees lowest COVID positivity rate and new case count since June
- Nemours Children’s Health signs Health Equity Pledge to leverage data in addressing disparities
- Nemours CEO: Improving children’s health ‘inextricably linked’ to growing Florida economy
- Plantation General Hospital will close all but the adult ER
- Florida COVID-19 Hospitalizations Dip Below 2,300
- UF Health is mandating its employees to be vaccinated
- Back to ‘normal operations’ at Cleveland Clinic hospitals as COVID numbers keep dropping
- Hospital officials, college leaders concerned about future nursing shortage
- Statewide Nurse Shortage Threatens Florida’s Economy
- 700-provider group expands in Florida
GEORGIA
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- 2 Georgia hospitals cleared to build ASCs after years of disputes
- AdventHealth selects CEO to lead 2 Georgia hospitals
- Atlanta pharmacy to pay $4.6 million to settle False Claims Act allegations regarding compound medications
- COVID death rate in rural Georgia now double that in urban areas, analysis finds
- Georgia hospital snags approval for ASC
- Innovation is the way of the healthcare future, entrepreneurs say
- Metro hospital system to be part of clinical trial to shorten recovery from breast cancer
- St. Francis-Emory to be ‘flagship’ hospital of new company
- Understaffed state psychiatric units leave patients in limbo
- 50% of Georgians Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19
- Future Aiken Regional standalone ER highlights differences in SC, Georgia health care
- Georgia to challenge federal vaccine mandate in court this week
- New Wellstar Workforce Agreement Leads RTs to Open Hospital Jobs
- Northside Hospital wins appeal to build surgery center in Braselton
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center announces permanent increase in critical care capacity for post-COVID-19 era
HAWAII
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- Hawaii State Hospital’s new $160 million psychiatric facility sits empty
- Native Hawaiian children were already grappling with poor health and food insecurity. Then came COVID-19.
- Hawaii needs more nurses, but needs more nursing faculty
- Hui No Ke Ola Pono Integrates Hawaiian Culture with Healthcare
- From New York to Hawaii, enforcement of indoor mandates
- FCC awards nearly $400K to local telehealth programs
- COVID-19 hospitalizations continue decline, but health officials worry cutting restrictions could cause a spike
IDAHO
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- Idaho health officials say COVID case numbers are flattening
- St. Luke’s Health System adds more telehealth services to ease impact of COVID-19 surge
- COVID-19 in Idaho: number of new cases ‘high, but declining,’ Health and Welfare director says
- Idaho hospitals ready to treat victims despite Crisis Standards of Care
- One Idaho county’s vax rate among best in U.S.
- Lab confirmation of flu complicating Idaho’s current health crisis
- Idaho’s COVID crisis persists, and it’s flu season. What’s that mean for health care?
- Idaho health officials speak about long-lasting healthcare changes due to the pandemic
- Idaho clinics rush to train staff for COVID booster rollout
ILLINOIS
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- Advocate Aurora Says More Than 400 Employees Fired or Left Due to Vaccine Mandate
- Amita Health Is Splitting Up
- Holcomb Asks Court to Review Emergency Law Ruling
- Illinois bill would remove ‘conscience’ as basis for refusing vaccine
- Illinois health workers file federal class-action suit over vaccine mandate
- Illinois lawmakers introduce bill that allows employment termination for refusing COVID-19 measures
- State rescinds Illinois hospital’s ASC permit granted in 2017
- UChicago Medicine receives initial OK to build micro-hospital, comprehensive cancer center in Crown Point
- Illinois House alters Health Care Right of Conscience Act to shield employers from discrimination suits
- Illinois deals with shortage of mental health workers
- New initiative aimed at helping suburban immigrants access health care options
- Study shows alarming increase in Illinois residents without medical coverage
- Nurses reach tentative deal at Community First Medical Center
- Chicago hospital averts strike with new labor deal
INDIANA
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- Indiana Health Care Association Names Director
- I’ll Never Practice in the Traditional Healthcare System Again
- Indiana health system must face Justice Department’s false claims suit
- Indiana’s Governor Asks Court to Review Emergency Law Ruling
- Judge tosses motion to dismiss Stark Law case against Community Health Network
- Pharmacy labor shortage leads to long waits for prescriptions, missed vaccine shots
- Public health commission discusses Indiana’s health care workforce
- UChicago Medicine receives initial OK to build micro-hospital, comprehensive cancer center in Crown Point
- Indiana coronavirus updates: State expects 200K COVID-19 vaccines for kids next week
- Life Sciences Leaders Strive For Health Equity
IOWA
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- Medical boards can’t share details of disciplinary charges, Iowa Supreme Court rules
- University of Iowa Children’s Hospital finds more damaged windows needing ‘safety film’
- 9 hospital deals called off
- Iowa nursing home leaders worry COVID-19 vaccine mandate could drive workers away
- Surgeon says hospital fired him rather than pay for his son’s medical care
- Iowa COVID-19 cases rise slightly as pediatric vaccine rollout nears
- Troubled nursing home says it has added staff and improved care
- More than 100 COVID-19 deaths added to Iowa death toll in past week
- 18 hospitals planning upgrades, expansions
KANSAS
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- Florida, Kansas health groups partner to build urologic ASC
- Kansas hospital building ASC in $15M expansion
- HCA, Encompass to close Kansas rehabilitation hospital
- Nurse at University of Kansas Health System details emotional toll of COVID-19
- 9 hospital deals called off
- Battle between Blue Cross of Kansas and Lawrence hospital heats up, with patients in the middle
- Children’s Mercy Hospital physicians excited for elementary aged COVID-19 vaccine authorization
- St. Francis reports 80% of staff vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of deadline
- COVID-19 pandemic leads to higher rates of depression, anxiety in teens, children
KENTUCKY
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- Another major Kentucky hospital relaxing visitation restrictions following decrease in COVID cases
- BrightSpring’s IPO could be another step toward establishing Louisville as an aging care innovation hub
- COVID positivity below 6%; 52% of hospitals in state still have critical staffing issues
- Gov. Beshear: ‘We are almost decreasing in cases at the speed that we increased’
- Kentucky suspends license of doctor who had a patient overdose in waiting room
- Kindred CEO Benjamin Breier to depart the company
- Kindred Healthcare and El Camino Health Announce Plans for Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital
- Kindred and LifePoint to launch new health care company, headquartered in Louisville
- Kindred Healthcare CEO Benjamin A. Breier to Depart Following Completion of Sale to LifePoint
- Ky. nurses seek money to boost profession amid shortage
- LifePoint, Kindred to create new company with 79 hospitals: 8 things to know
- Norton’s new sports facility will host the Louisville Slugger Hitting Science Center
LOUISIANA
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- Healthcare Group Plans Senior Living Community in Carrollton Courthouse
- Louisiana Doc to Pay $640K in Kickback Violations Case
- Louisiana lifts mask mandate amid sharp drop in COVID cases
- Humana, Ochsner Health partner on mobile health clinics
- 800 employees laid off after Bob Dean’s nursing home licenses revoked
- 1,000 nursing home workers cut after deadly Hurricane Ida evacuation
- Gov. John Bel Edwards lifts Louisiana mask mandate, except for certain K-12 schools
- Louisiana orders 148K COVID vaccines for kids ages 5 to 11; pediatricians prepare to receive it
- Children’s Hospital New Orleans Opens Emergency Room in Metairie
- A look at the recent drama among Baton Rouge’s biggest health care systems
- LCMC Health Partners with Elemeno Health to Support Frontline Healthcare Staff in Delivering Excellent Newborn Care
- 5 hospitals gaining trauma center designations
MAINE
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- About 1,500 patients waiting for elective surgeries in Portland as COVID cases strain hospitals
- Amid a staffing shortage, MaineHealth now has more COVID patients than at any point during the pandemic
- Avoid emergency room if possible, CEO of MaineHealth sites COVID cases, capacity issues
- Citing ‘unprecedented’ demand for medical care, MaineHealth aims to ramp up capacity
- What happens to Maine’s health care system when the biggest hospital is stretched
- Maine unveils initiatives to strengthen, expand healthcare workforce
- Discrimination complaint filed against Maine nursing facility for allegedly turning away transgender woman
- Diagnosis burnout: Acute staffing shortages weigh on Maine nurses who stay on the job
- MaineHealth signals capacity challenges, likely to continue in months ahead
- Maine plans to address health care worker shortage via initiatives aimed at recruitment, advancement
- MaineHealth prepared to weather state COVID-19 vaccine mandate
- Capacity strain forces Maine health system to reschedule nonemergency procedures
- In Maine, Vaccine Mandate for EMTs Stresses Small-Town Ambulance Crews
- Donation to Southern Maine Community College to hopefully ease nursing shortage
MARYLAND
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- CareFirst launched a virtual primary care practice. It’s the first new company from the health insurer’s innovation team
- Exclusive: Prince George’s hospital to invest millions in recruitment, behavioral health under new leadership
- Analysis: A Procedure That Cost $1,775 in New York Was $350 in Maryland. Here’s Why.
- Maryland directs doctors, pharmacists to follow expanded rules for coronavirus vaccine boosters
- MDH ready to roll out distribution plan to vaccinate kids against COVID-19
- Doctors dispel deceiving statistics on COVID-19 deaths in Maryland
- Frederick County Health Systems Stressed as COVID Transmission Remains High
- Luminis Health Investing $29 Million In Benefits And Salaries
- Packed ERs create longer wait times, nurse fatigue
- With pandemic exposing health disparities, Maryland launches health equity commission
- Maryland to potentially expand home-based hospital care services
- Viewpoint: How Maryland’s price controls can benefit hospitals in economic distress
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Former exec says Berkshire Health Systems fired him for voicing concerns about billing practices
- In letter, Tenet CEO responds to elected officials, defends decision on replacement nurses
- Joint venture buys 12 outpatient medical buildings in Rhode Island, Massachusetts
- Springside nursing home in Pittsfield, recently cited for abuse, to be sold
- Replacing striking Massachusetts nurses ‘necessary,’ not punitive, Tenet CEO tells lawmakers
- Massachusetts health system fired CFO for voicing concerns over billing, lawsuit claims
- 9 recent health IT, innovation partnerships: Mayo, Jefferson Health & more
- Cedars-Sinai, Houston Methodist & more systems roll out Amazon Alexa skill to remotely check on patients
- 3 states limit nursing home profits in effort to improve quality of care
- Hacker breached Massachusetts systems’ emails for 5+ months; 200K patients affected
- 6 latest hospital lawsuits
- 18 hospitals planning upgrades, expansions
- Massachusetts surgeon fined after falling asleep in his car and missing emergency surgery
- Massachusetts hospital emails hacked; patient info exposed
- Massachusetts Nurses Association accuses Saint Vincent Hospital of ‘patient dumping’ after striking nurses say they cared for individuals outside of facility in Worcester
MICHIGAN
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- Beaumont Health says 370 people could lose jobs over vaccine
- Effort to redevelop former Marquette General Hospital takes another step forward
- Mercy Health Muskegon says 96% of employees comply with COVID-19 vaccine requirement
- Michigan hospitals in ‘unchartered territory’ as latest COVID surge drags on
- Pandemic exacerbating health care worker assaults in Northern Michigan
- Michigan hospital sees influx of patients, reaches high capacity
- Big rate hikes coming in 2022 for some Michigan health insurance plans
- Saginaw hospital reaches 90% capacity
- Changes are coming to mental health funding in Michigan
- Michigan’s COVID-19 delta variant surge might be on its way out, experts say
- Hospital systems and clinics are required to post prices online, but are they?
- 370 Beaumont Health workers suspended for not getting vaccine by deadline; 70 others resign
- Unlock Michigan 2 effort criticized by health officials
- ERs are now swamped with seriously ill patients — but many don’t even have COVID
- Michigan private insurers no longer waiving costs for COVID treatment
- Some blood donation drives canceled as Michigan reaches critical supply levels
- Beaumont Children’s receives $1.87 million in Children’s Miracle Network Grants
- Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak Debuts 24/7 Aortic Center
- Henry Ford Health System names chief nursing officer
- Trinity Health resumes EHR rollout after pandemic forces pause: 3 updates 1 year later
MINNESOTA
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- COVID wave overwhelms rural Minnesota hospitals, leaving the sick nowhere to go
- MDH taking temporary control of Minneapolis nursing home
- Minnesota surgeon fired after saying parents should make children’s healthcare decisions
- Tennessee dermatology chain acquires Minneapolis plastic surgery center
- Allina Health CEO Dr. Penny Wheeler on retirement and rebuilding
- 9 recent health IT, innovation partnerships: Mayo, Jefferson Health & more
- Mayo CNO Ryannon Frederick on staffing challenges, the future of nursing
- COVID-19 pandemic wave continues retreat in Minnesota
- More than 1,100 Minnesota providers are ready to give COVID-19 shots to kids
- AIDS Healthcare Foundation calls UnitedHealthcare, OptumRx fees ‘unethical’ in protest
- Minnesota governor defends health commissioner as potential ousting looms
- BCBS of Minnesota names president, CEO
MISSISSIPPI
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- Merit Health Natchez reaches zero COVID patient milestone
- Mississippi Hits 10000 COVID Deaths
- UMMC 2 You Telehealth Urgent Care available to all Mississippians
- A new hospital crisis: Mississippi will soon lose hundreds of state-funded nurses
- Connecting the dots: North Mississippi Health Services strategist takes on new role to improve health equity and inclusion
- A new Mississippi medical crisis: State-funded contracts for 900 nurses end Oct. 31 for hospitals across state
- Judgment favors Mississippi health system in trial over stolen patient records
- Judge rules in favor of UMMC in trial against former employees who stole patient records
MISSOURI
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- Ascension, AdventHealth are breaking up Amita Health, their 19-hospital joint system
- COVID-19 hospitalizations dip past key threshold in St. Louis region, but doctors still uncertain about winter
- Missourians say new hospital’s name is ‘no way to honor’ slain civil rights leader
- New St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center opens in South County
- SSM Health gets $5.3M grant to help those affected by Bridgeton landfill
- Statewide COVID hospitalizations fall below 1,000 for second day
- Developers of new Homer G. Phillips Hospital have ‘no intentions’ of changing name
- Nearly all COVID-related data on a downward trend in St. Louis area
- University of Missouri School of Medicine studies effectiveness of Ivermectin and other drugs in mild COVID-19 cases
- 9 hospital deals called off
- Missouri nursing home workers’ vaccination rates low
- MU researchers receive $1.9 million grant to assess COVID-19 response in nursing homes
- Nearly half of Missouri nursing home workers never got a COVID vaccine. New rules may require it
- Incoming Mercy CEO prizes accessible, affordable healthcare
- Healthcare workers continue to face increase in violence as pandemic slows
- More applying for nursing programs in Kansas City during the COVID-19 pandemic
MONTANA
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- Montana hospitals face looming choice between state law, federal vaccine requirements
- St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings now offers the highest level of stroke care in the region
- Proposal offers health workers $12,500 to relocate to Montana
- Montana AG sent trooper into hospital amid ivermectin dispute
- In Montana’s continuing COVID fight, fresh faces and fewer tools
- Providence St. Patrick Hospital receives 5-star ratings in several fields of care
- COVID-19 Treatment Clinic Opens at Butte Hospital
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska hospital’s name spoofed to steal patient data
- 93-bed Nebraska hospital explores deal to join Bryan Health
- Kearney Regional Medical Center explores partnership with Bryan Health
- Ricketts defends decision to scale back Nebraska COVID-19 data reporting
- 10 hospitals hiring CIOs, CMIOs
- Lancaster County brings back mask mandate
NEVADA
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- Lockdown lifted: Spring Valley Hospital resumes normal operations after alleged bomb scare
- Hospital launches only blood, marrow transplant program in Nevada
- Public health priorities identified for Southern Nevada
- COVID-19 cases up in Clark County, vaccines at center stage
- Nevada’s cases, test positivity rate stable through the weekend; hospitalizations up
- Report: NV Struggling on Mental Health, Infant Mortality
- COVID-19 case rate nearly double what’s needed to end mask mandate
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- Temporary nurse wages skyrocket, leaving nursing homes and hospitals scrambling to staff facilities
- Only 3 states averaging more COVID-19 cases now vs. 2 weeks ago
- The 3 health system vital signs Dr. Joanne Conroy monitors as CEO of Dartmouth-Hitchcock
- New Hampshire’s hospitals continue to innovate
- Major hospitals in southern New Hampshire announce COVID-19 vaccination mandates
- Appeals court declines to end N.H. lawsuit over psychiatric boarding
- New Hampshire in fall surge of COVID-19, governor says, urging vaccination
- Children’s Psychiatric Hospital Could Include Young Adults
NEW JERSEY
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- 3 States Limit Nursing Home Profits in Bid to Improve Care
- COVID lawsuit bounced back to state court, leaving nursing home cases open to ‘inconsistent’ interpretation
- Millburn fertility clinic to pay nearly $500K following data breach of 14,663 patients
- New Jersey hospital mandates boosters for J&J vaccinated employees
- Nursing home order central in Murphy reelection fight
- Sheba Medical Center To Create ‘Hospital Of The Future’ Simulation Space Focusing On Digital Health And Home Healthcare As First Innovation Partner At SciTech Scity In Jersey City
- First COVID booster shot mandate in NJ
- New data reveals that childhood obesity is an urgent health threat in New Jersey
- Hundreds Of New Jersey Hospital Workers Fired For Being Unvaccinated
NEW MEXICO
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- New Mexico’s delta-fueled COVID-19 case plateau continues, vaccines for kids soon
- UNM Hospital taking part in national study on COVID-19 long haulers
- COVID vaccinations slowly increase in New Mexico, but transmission remains high statewide
- NMDOH: 90% of hospital employees are fully vaccinated
- New Mexico Reaches 5,000 COVID-19-Related Deaths
- New Mexico prepares rollout of Pfizer vaccine for children 5-11
- New Mexico hospitals are relying more on travel nurses
NEW YORK
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- Buffalo nursing home fined $24K for sexual assaults on two residents with dementia
- Catholic Health: Nearly 50 nurses have resigned since Mercy Hospital strike began
- ‘Mass exodus’: Home health care heavily impacted by state vaccine mandates
- New York ASC suffers data breach; nearly 25,000 patients affected
- Northwell CFO Michele Cusack’s key criteria for evaluating partnerships
- Northwell partners up to launch AI companies
- Oswego Health raising starting wage to $15 per hour
- Samaritan Medical Center gets $1.2M to cover pandemic costs
- Court halts New York City retiree Medicare contract
- Tech firm provides all hospitals with competitive nurse pay data
- Northwell Direct leads and rides the trend of direct contracting in the self-insured market
- Northwell and startup studio Aegis form AI investment venture
- New York legislation aims to prevent employee layoffs
- 431-bed Trinity Health hospital latest to challenge Aetna contract
- Catholic Health: Nearly 50 nurses have resigned since Mercy Hospital strike began
- 3 states limit nursing home profits in effort to improve quality of care
- Ex-Montefiore exec files gender-discrimination suit over firing
- COVID-19 moving toward endemic in New York City, health officials say
- NYC Health + Hospitals, CUNY expand partnership to strengthen graduates pathways
- New York hospital suspends nonemergency surgeries, cites staff shortage
- Catholic Health weighs cutting healthcare benefits of striking New York workers
- Northwell forms healthcare AI investment venture
- Unitedhealthcare, Montefiore reach deal after nearly a year of negotiations
- Teladoc plans to take on risk in primary care, expand program to hospital clients
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Atrium Health, Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine form specialty physician network
- Atrium, Novant compete to add hospital beds in Mecklenburg County
- Former hospital executive wins $10M in discrimination case
- Medical firm grows Raleigh operation on heels of reported $250M buy
- Novant Health must pay $10M to former exec in discrimination case
- Report criticizing NC hospital systems released. Here’s what it said about Atrium, Novant
- New daily cases hits three-month low in North Carolina
- Report: NC non-profit hospitals fail to give enough charity care
NORTH DAKOTA
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- COVID-19 deaths continue climbing in North Dakota; hospitalizations drop slightly
- October becomes deadliest COVID-19 month in North Dakota in 2021
- Most North Dakota nursing homes freeze admissions as staffing woes mount
- More than half of North Dakota nursing homes freeze admissions amid staff shortages
- Williston, Sanford Health reach agreement on multi-specialty clinic
- Citing misinfo, North Dakota health agency cuts out comments
- As self-imposed vaccination deadlines loom, some North Dakota hospitals report high uptake. Other facilities refuse to release data
OHIO
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- Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth up incentive pay to nurses
- Ohio records fewer than 4,000 daily COVID-19 cases for 5th straight day
- Pharmacy benefit managers in sights of bipartisan Ohio watchdog panel for possible fraud
- Ohio Senate passes bill requiring more medical care for infants who survive abortions
- Ohio had more deaths than births in 2020, a grim first in state history amid COVID-19
- Cleveland-area hospitals up incentive pay to entice nurses to take on extra shifts amid delta variant
- Ohio representatives file new anti-trans bill, targeting health care providers
- COVID-19 hospitalizations, ICU admissions continue steady drop as delta variant wave subsides
- Some families have questions about nursing home camera bill
- 5 big ideas in healthcare innovation
- Ohio hospitals report more beds available after 3 straight weeks of limited space
- Ohio Department of Health releases updated COVID-19 case rate data
OKLAHOMA
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- Oklahoma Nursing Homes Reporting Critical Worker Shortage
- SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital – Midwest expands access to monoclonal antibody therapy
- Oklahoma’s recent COVID-19 hospitalization spike created a strain on oxygen — and not just for hospitals
- Lance Frye out as Oklahoma health commissioner
- 10 hospitals hiring CIOs, CMIOs
OREGON
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- Kaiser Permanente hit by strike votes in California, Oregon
- Oregon agency inadvertently releases 40,000 state employees’ vaccine status
- Oregon hospital capacity problems, short staffing could persist for months
- MultCo judge holds Oregon State Hospital in contempt
- Oregon behavioral health providers warn of ‘collapse’ of system to treat children
- Hundreds on leave or fired over vaccine mandate at Oregon hospitals, but most by far complied
- Oregon’s pioneering drug law raises more questions than answers in early months
- Inexpensive antidepressant reduced hospitalizations for high-risk COVID-19 cases, researchers say
- Vancouver Clinic will expand into Oregon later this year
- Oregon exec on why the long-term care industry is in a labor crunch
- Concerns of racism, transphobia raised with Oregon State Hospital leadership
- Oregon’s Weekly COVID-19 Report Shows Decreases In Cases And Deaths
- Is it Time? New discussions about the need for a hospital in Columbia County
- ‘We’re at 108%’: COVID cases, hospitalizations down, but Salem hospital still full
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Crozer Health put up for sale by Prospect Medical
- Crozer Health system under review by parent company
- Genesis Healthcare is searching for a new CEO
- New $70M Pittsburgh medical center to include ASC
- Owner of Crozer Health denies report that the Delaware County health system is for sale
- Penn State joint venture acquires majority stake in ASC
- Prospect Medical eyes sale of 4-hospital system in Pennsylvania
- St. Luke’s begins work of $72 million addition to its Upper Bucks Campus
- Uniontown Hospital in affiliation with WVU Medicine Children’s
- UPMC won’t sign medical exemptions for kids in mask-mandated schools, parents claim in lawsuit
- Pa. Health Dept. program contributes to fall in ‘risky’ opioid prescriptions
- West Virginia neonatal drug rules offer lessons for Pa.
RHODE ISLAND
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- Joint venture buys 12 outpatient medical buildings in Rhode Island, Massachusetts
- New infection controls in place after 2 staffers test positive for COVID at Rhode Island hospital
- Eleanor Slater Hospital campus bans visitors due to COVID cases among staff
- Milestone: 90% of adult Rhode Islanders now partially vaccinated
- Another patient injury raises questions about Eleanor Slater Hospital investigation
- Rhode Island native creates new hospital gown with aim to increase protection
- RI unable to find replacements for unvaccinated health-care workers at state facilities
- Staffing crisis spurs admission denials at Rhode Island nursing homes
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Aiken Regional Medical Center breaks ground on new stand alone ER
- Charleston fertility startup sold to a Texas health care business
- COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations declining in South Carolina
- Future Aiken Regional standalone ER highlights differences in SC, Georgia health care
- Learn about new freestanding ER coming to North Augusta
- SC reports fewer than 1,000 COVID-19 cases for third straight day, adds 44 to death toll
- South Carolina is seeing the lowest Covid-19 numbers in months, most recent MUSC reports confirm the trend
- Virus cases, hospitalizations decline in South Carolina
- DHEC says plan being finalized for COVID-19 shot rollout in 5 to 11-year-olds
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- FDA names Sanford Health stent graft as ‘breakthrough’ device
- Competing South Dakota hospital leaders team up to discuss how to save rural healthcare in the state
- South Dakota lawmakers allege COVID vaccine religious exemptions are being denied, call for special session
- Eight more COVID-19 deaths reported in South Dakota
- South Dakota reports three more deaths of people with COVID-19
- 5 donations of $100M or more to hospitals and health systems in 2021
- Sanford Health seeing a downward trend start in COVID-19 hospitalizations
- Sanford Health invited to join national COVID Collaborative for its commitment to creating a healthy, safe workplace
TENNESSEE
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- Ballad Health CEO to testify in Congress on critical workforce issues
- CEO of Nashville General gets pay cut as city reviews his contract
- Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jonathan Perlin leaving HCA, Dr. Michael Cuffe to take over clinical agenda
- Former HCA Healthcare CEO gives $10M to medical school
- HCA Healthcare sees Q3 outpatient surgery volume jump
- HCA names chief clinical officer to succeed Dr. Jonathan Perlin
- HCA triples profits in third quarter
- Methodist Le Bonheur calls potential for US intervention in fraud suit ‘abusive’
- Nashville healthcare leaders push to improve diversity
- Prospero Health expands new HQ Downtown, commits to hire 530 people over 5 years
- Protesters voice opposition to vaccine mandates at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital
- Tennessee dermatology chain acquires Minneapolis plastic surgery center
- Tennessee legislature kicks off special session on COVID-19 restrictions
- Tennessee lawmakers aim to protect physicians who use unapproved COVID treatments
- CHS sees profit rise, faces lawsuit over Quorum bankruptcy
TEXAS
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- $47M in financing nailed down for ‘The Oaks’ mixed-income senior housing community in Dallas
- 2 Texas Docs To Pay $3.9M To Settle False Claims Act Suit
- How USPI is pulling ahead of competitors in the ASC industry
- Long-term care providers win fight for $400 million in COVID-19 relief to address workforce shortages
- Memorial Hermann to invest $10 million to address long-term health needs in Alief, Acres Homes
- Texas ASC identifies possible data breach
- Tracking COVID-19: North Texas drops back below 10% of patients in hospital beds
- Cedars-Sinai, Houston Methodist & more systems roll out Amazon Alexa skill to remotely check on patients
- Replacing striking Massachusetts nurses ‘necessary,’ not punitive, Tenet CEO tells lawmakers
- Malware attack on Texas hospital exposed employees’ wages, patients’ health data
- Texas pain physicians to settle claims of ordering unneeded tests for $3.9M
- Houston Methodist CFO on the importance of being more than a ‘numbers’ guy
- 5 hospitals gaining trauma center designations
- 10 hospitals hiring CIOs, CMIOs
- Meet the Woman Running Operations at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas
- Houston man says he was placed in chokehold, assaulted at a hospital
- 7 systems launching residency programs
- Former Texas nurse sentenced for murder of 4 patients
- Children’s Health to nearly triple bed count at 1 campus
- Tenet sees widespread volume recovery, again raises forecast
- 18 hospitals planning upgrades, expansions
UTAH
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- Hospitals in need of crutches/canes across Utah, donations needed
- ‘I’m tired of getting yelled at’: Utah’s health care workers say they’re facing increased hostility during COVID-19
- Intermountain Healthcare ‘desperate’ for donations as supply chain issues impact medical devices
- MountainStar Healthcare starts work on new Herriman emergency room
- Nurses union calls on FTC to investigate sale of 5 Salt Lake City hospitals
- Utah health care provider to require COVID vaccines
- Utah hospitals ask for wheelchair, walker, crutches donations
- Utah continues to see higher rates of serious COVID-19 illness in younger adults
VERMONT
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- Vermont temporarily adds long-term care, rehabilitation beds
- Vermont turns to monoclonal antibody treatment to reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations
- Vermont healthcare uninsured falls to 1 percent
- White River Junction VA to open beds for non-veteran mental health treatment
- Vermont lawmakers implore Scott to declare Covid-19 emergency
- Vermont officials continue investigation into medical appointment wait times during pandemic
- Only 3 states averaging more COVID-19 cases now vs. 2 weeks ago
- Vermont reports wavering case numbers amid new booster availability
- ‘Just our time’: Orleans County residents contend with case spike amid coronavirus fatigue
- ‘Monkey wrench’: How the Delta variant caught Vermont off guard
- Vermont reports 100th death of Delta Covid surge
VIRGINIA
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- 94% of Sentara employees comply with COVID-19 immunization deadline
- With a fifth of Virginia’s nursing homes failing to meet staffing standards, stakeholders split on solutions
- Virginia health department staff recommends plans for Isle of Wight County hospital be denied
- Virginia’s health secretary exits Northam administration
- Virginia health panel recommends denial of 50-bed hospital
- COVID in VA: Percentage of positive new tests continues to drop
- A shortage of workers is hindering efforts to improve mental health care in Virginia
- Va. health and human resources secretary departs for new Seattle post
WASHINGTON
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- Employee Vaccination Rates Among NCW Hospitals and Health Care Providers Varies by Wide Margin
- Federal judge rejects bid to stop Washington vaccine mandate
- Hospitals in Pacific Northwest struggle to hire amid staffing shortage
- Nearly 1,900 Washington state employees quit, fired over vaccine mandate
- New air ambulance service opens in Tri-Cities to transport critical Eastern WA patients
- Number of Washington workers getting shots continues to grow
- Rural Eastern Washington hospitals say no big losses in staffing post-vaccine mandate
- State hospitals ready to tally up job losses as vaccine mandate deadline arrives
- Washington’s hospital occupancy could stay high through the year as delayed surgeries are expected to resume
- Washington health leaders say not enough people getting vaccine as cases plateau
- WA grapples with how to handle upcoming Medicaid disenrollments
- Seattle plans to reopen some COVID-19 vaccine clinics with demand expected to increase
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Hospital workers give notice of possible strike
- Mountain Health Network facilities in southern West Virginia recognized by Healthgrades
- Uniontown Hospital in affiliation with WVU Medicine Children’s
- West Virginia hospital workers to strike
- West Virginia neonatal drug rules offer lessons for Pa.
- West Virginia’s Mon Health announces vaccine mandate deadline extension
- WVU Medicine postpones vaccine mandate
WISCONSIN
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- AARP: COVID deaths double in Wisconsin’s nursing homes
- New Milwaukee doctors fight pandemic while facing their own fears
- Four in 10 Wisconsin health officers have retired or resigned since the COVID-19 pandemic began
- Froedtert paid $29.9M for majority stake in Wisconsin hospital
- Children’s Wisconsin nearing 90% compliance with vaccine mandate, health system says
- Less than 900 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wisconsin for the first time in nearly two months
- Northeast Wisconsin health officials weigh the pros and cons of rapid, at-home Covid tests
- Wisconsin surpasses 10k cases of Delta variant, over 8,400 deaths
- UW Health aims to combat growing national nursing shortage
- Wisconsin hits a new low in COVID-19 vaccines administered
- Wisconsin Hospital Association on legislation banning “white-bagging”
- UW System will comply with federal vaccine mandate for workers
- CDC: All of Wisconsin has “High” COVID-19 transmission – except Dane Co.
- UW Health: Stress from the pandemic and skipped doctor appointments contributing to sicker patients
- SSM Health Receives Exemplary Employer Award
WYOMING
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- New Wyoming COVID-19 Hospital High Amid Low Vaccination Rate
- Wyoming Covid-19 Hospital Cases Running at Record Level
- ‘No sincerely held belief’? Banner Health employee in Wyoming denied religious exemption from vaccine mandate
- Wyoming House Committee Hears Passionate Testimonies From Banner Health Employees
- Wyoming Legislature could take another crack at expanding Medicaid during special session
- Hospital still under pressure
