NATIONAL
- AbbVie to restrict 340B discounts to safety net hospitals
- AMA urges Supreme Court to uphold vaccination mandates
- CDC gives nursing home workers a big break – if they’re boosted
- CDC shortens COVID isolation rules for health workers
- CMS Issues Additional Vaccine Mandate Guidance for Nursing Homes
- CMS releases guidance on healthcare worker vaccination mandate
- CMS sends 335 hospitals price disclosure violation warnings
- COVID-19 hospitalizations up in 34 states
- FDA expands use of Pfizer vaccine, green-lights boosters for children 12-15
- Fitch Ratings: Kronos ransomware attack harms healthcare public finance sector
- Health systems eye outpatient sector as hospital M&A continues to slump
- HHS: Protections against surprise medical bills implemented at dawn of new year
- Hospitals left with questions on CMS’ vaccination rule
- Inflation jump took a bite out of 2021 physician compensation
- More Military Medical Personnel Are Assisting Hospitals With Covid-19 Treatment As Staff Shortages Mount
- More states enlist National Guard help amid growing staff shortages
- “No Surprises Act” takes effect in 2022, limiting unexpected medical bills
- Nursing home staff shortages overwhelming hospitals nationwide
- Omicron surge is ‘unlike anything we’ve ever seen,’ expert says
- Seeking refills: Aging pharmacists leave drugstores vacant in rural America
- The No Surprises Act is coming: 5 things ASCs should know
- The Supreme Court has upheld state and local vaccine mandates. That may not save Biden’s.
- Thousands of healthcare workers quarantined, hospitals forced to cancel nonurgent surgeries
- US children hospitalized with COVID in near-record numbers
ALABAMA
- Alabama seeing rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
- COVID-19 patient count increasing at Children’s of Alabama Hospital
- Alabama Department of Public Health at ‘highest level’ of concern over COVID cases surge
- Hospital workers sick with COVID contributing to staffing shortages in Alabama
- Alabama health care systems overwhelmed due to Omicron
- 7 top-rated hospitals for patient experience: Alabama
- Alabama crosses 40% COVID positivity rate, now among highest in nation
- Northwest Medical Center joins the UAB Health System; changes name to Northwest Regional Health
- Huntsville Hospital cancels inpatient elective surgeries due to rise in Covid-19 cases
- 49-bed Alabama hospital joins UAB Health System, changes name
ALASKA
- Alaska, once a leader in public health, could be again
- Alaska’s COVID-19 strategy is shifting to at-home test kits, but they’re not always affordable or easy to find
- Report: Alaska health care jobs projected to increase
- Dunleavy again asks lawmakers to split Alaska’s DHSS into two agencies
- Boroughs with the lowest hospital bed capacity in Alaska
- City raises risk level amid surging COVID cases
ARIZONA
- Arizona sees most new COVID-19 cases in a year
- Supply shortage forcing some Arizona hospitals to pause use of monoclonal antibodies
- COVID-19 response at Arizona hospitals evolves as pandemic marches on
- Unvaccinated are ‘rolling the dice’ with omicron, Arizona health expert says
- AZ COVID-19 update: State adds 5,687 new cases; death rate remains among highest in U.S.
- Arizona COVID hospitalizations dip to lowest levels since mid-November
- Banner Health official says hospitals are strained, ‘no signs of this surge letting up’
- Valley hospital networks pausing monoclonal antibody treatments
- Abrazo Health buys 27 acres in Buckeye for new medical campus
- AARP study reveals Arizona last in nation ensuring nursing home residents get booster shots
- Arizona sees over 14,000 new virus cases, most in a year as testing demand spikes
ARKANSAS
- Empower Healthcare to pay $1 million penalty in Medicaid fraud settlement
- Federal magistrate judge recommends $10M in damages in Arkansas nursing home neglect case
- Nearly 24% positive results in covid tests over a week in Arkansas; new cases rise by 1,750 Monday
- Arkansas Children’s Hospital seeing rise in hospitalizations; kids head back to new school semester
- Arkansas health officials say omicron surge is here
- Jefferson Regional announces 2 leadership shifts: 4 things to know
- Jefferson Regional announces 2nd ASBrS appointment, new chief of staff: 5 things to know
- Arkansas health system announces new market CEO
- COVID-19 in Arkansas: State hits fourth-highest number of active cases
- Arkansas hospitals prepare for surge in omicron cases
- Arkansas nursing homes, long-term care facilities experience staffing shortages
- Traveling nurse issue discussed at Arkansas joint committee meeting
- Former N.J. nursing home owner where 17 bodies were found faces arrest in $3.6M fraud case in Arkansas
- Conway Regional Healthcare address nursing shortages, bed space, travel nurse wages
- Arkansas sees record-breaking COVID numbers
- COVID patients double in Arkansas hospitals as omicron variant spreads
- Arkansas hospitals seeing more children with COVID-19
CALIFORNIA
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- CMS approves California’s Medicaid overhaul
- From maggots to sex abuse, nursing homes sue California to overturn citations, fines
- Kaiser pulls in-person health care workers from marching in Rose Parade float amid omicron surge
- PE firm acquires California medical plaza with planned ASC
- Summit Healthcare REIT Acquires 8 SNFs in $130M Deal
- UC system fires physician who challenged COVID-19 vaccine mandate in lawsuit
- California to shorten COVID quarantine, isolation times
- California struggling to staff hospitals and classrooms amid COVID spike
- Bay Area hospitals struggle with omicron surge and nursing shortage as California extends mask mandate
- California hospitals are not ready for an Omicron winter
- California hospital is slammed for leaving bodies of dead COVID-19 patients outside in the rain
- California engaged in groundbreaking COVID antibody study
- California clears Centene’s acquisition of Magellan Health
COLORADO
- Avista Adventist Hospital to stay closed while crews assess smoke damage
- CEO who built new model for senior care resigns amid regulatory scrutiny
- Denver Nursing Home Calls 911 For Help Christmas Morning Because Of Staff Shortage
- Denver’s hospital capacity ‘razor thin’ as cases explode; hospitals warn of staff shortages due to omicron
- Result of Longmont nurses’ union vote still in limbo after almost 6 months
- Smoke-damaged Louisville hospital to remain closed ‘for foreseeable future’
- St. Thomas More interim CEO: Workplace violence toward healthcare workers escalates during pandemic
- The excruciating choices facing Colorado hospital staff in COVID ‘crisis standards of care’
- Why don’t we know how much omicron could threaten Colorado hospitals? Blame virus’ grab bag of changes
- Denver hospitals already near capacity as omicron threatens to knock out more staff, health leaders warn
- Hospital staff fight flames to avoid explosion near Colorado hospital during historic grassfire
- Colorado to receive $385 million from Johnson & Johnson opioid settlement
- Thanks in part to federal relief funds, most Colorado hospitals were profitable in 2020
- Announcing Colorado’s first behavioral health commissioner
CONNECTICUT
- CT orders nursing homes to accept COVID-positive admissions from hospitals
- Hartford HealthCare opens oncology center in Fairfield
- ‘We are overrun’: Hospital workers describe dire situation as COVID-19 cases mount in Connecticut
- Hartford HealthCare receives first shipment of antiviral COVID-19 pill
- Connecticut pharmacy cancels 700 COVID-19 test appointments over lab backlog
- Connecticut hospital workers describe dire situation as COVID-19 cases mount
- Healthcare Workers ‘Overwhelmed’ as COVID Cases Surge
- Governor Lamont Directs Connecticut’s Earned Income Tax Credit for 2020 To Be Retroactively Enhanced to 41.5% Using Federal Coronavirus Relief Funds
- Connecticut emergency rooms strained as virus surges
- Number of COVID Patients in CT Hospitals Grows, Healthcare Workers Contacting Virus
- COVID rampant in Stamford, a harbinger of things to come
- Connecticut’s positivity rate reaches 21.5% as health officials urge vaccination and booster shots
- Connecticut Hospital Chain Reports 630 Staffers Out in 1 Day Due to COVID
- Connecticut hospitals receive first shipments of Pfizer’s new COVID-19 pill
- Bridgeport hospitals scramble to meet COVID testing demand
DC
- Children’s National Hospital elevates CIO role
- UM Hospitals in Prince George’s Declare Emergency, Employ Crisis Standards of Care
- DC children’s hospital reports record number of COVID-19 patients
- Washington, DC, is the worst place for COVID-19 infections
- DC ‘closely’ reviewing new CDC guidance
- 800+ DC Employees Face Suspension, Firing for Failure to Get Vaccines
DELAWARE
- Delaware declares public health state of emergency
- Delaware governor announces new state of emergency
- COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb, breaking new record for second time this week
- Delaware hospitals face COVID-19 stress, with many exceeding capacity
- DPHD makes changes to COVID-19 guidelines
FLORIDA
- Broward Health: Hacker accessed employee, patient data, but no evidence of misuse
- Central Medical Systems, LLC, Alan Trent Harley And Joan Harley Agree To Pay $600K To Settle False Claims Act Liability
- Florida breaks record for new coronavirus cases as positivity rate surges
- Florida hospital closes maternity ward over COVID staff shortages
- Florida hospital partners with Lilly Pulitzer on VIP suites
- Florida seeks stay of healthcare worker vaccine mandate as cases spike
- Florida’s second COVID Christmas marred by 320% infection hike
- HCA buys urgent care chain in Florida
- Hospital System: Data Exfiltration Breach Hits 1.3 Million
- Record-breaking COVID cases in Florida causing strain in hospitals and essential services
- Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo Points To Need For ‘High-Value’ Testing
- Florida health care providers split by federal, state laws
- Florida hospitals say 50% COVID patients are there for other reasons
- Hospital data becomes latest battleground in COVID-19 information war
- Funds misrouted to ‘unknown bank account’: Florida GI group hit with data breach, wire fraud
GEORGIA
- 18 Atlanta ERs Turning Away Patients As Georgia Reports Record COVID Test Positivity Rate
- Atlanta hospital struggles to deal with latest COVID surge
- Georgia announces $100M for hospitals amid COVID-19 surge
- Georgia Dept. of Public Health says COVID-19 data has overwhelmed its system
- Georgia Hospitalizations Keep Climbing in COVID-19 Wave
- Hospitals overwhelmed across metro Atlanta as COVID testing, treatment demand surges
- Northside Hospital and Anthem contract battle goes to court
- Rural communities left hurting without a hospital, ambulance or doctors nearby
- Six metro Atlanta healthcare systems plead for public’s help as COVID-19 cases surge
- The Top 10 Georgia health care stories of 2021
- ‘Reacting to reality:’ Georgia health leader on CDC shortening COVID-19 isolation period
- Georgia ranks 44th in US for lack of access to home health care workers
- Georgia lawmakers looking to beef up rural hospital tax credit
- Georgia ASC part of $50M real estate portfolio sold in Q4
HAWAII
- Hawaii health officials reduce COVID-19 isolation, quarantine time rules following CDC recommendations
- Hawaii hospital capacity in question with shortage of workers, new COVID anti-viral pills
- Surge triggers crisis staffing plan at West Hawaii hospital
- Queen’s Medical Center Punchbowl, West Oahu implements No Visitor Policy as COVID cases rise
- Hawaii County reduces indoor gathering limit to 10 amid COVID-19 surge
IDAHO
- Encompass Health Forms New Joint Venture with Saint Alphonsus Health System
- Idaho cities, counties sign onto national opioid settlements
- Idaho’s COVID-19 week: Positivity rate rises sharply
- COVID cases climb in Idaho, along with pressure on primary care
- Chodroff named president of Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance
ILLINOIS
- Chicago’s Top Doc Says Nearly 1-in-4 Reported COVID Tests Coming Back Positive in City
- COVID Hospitalizations at ‘All-Time High’ at Chicago-Area Hospital System
- COVID-19 vaccine mandate starts Monday for Chicago, Cook County
- Illinois hospital loses Medicare contract
- Illinois hospitals asked to postpone non-emergency surgeries
- Illinois records 30,386 new COVID-19 cases, most ever in one day
- Illinois sees highest number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations in nearly a year
- Illinois sets another grim COVID-19 record: highest average daily case count
- Linet sues Hillrom over hospital bed sales
- NorthShore, Edward-Elmhurst hospital groups complete merger
- Pritzker, hospital leaders urge hospitals to postpone non-emergency surgeries during omicron surge
- Southwest Illinois nursing homes with COVID infection errors had same issues for years
- UI Health adding 200,000-square-foot ASC in Chicago
- Illinois Children’s Hospitals Report Highest COVID Numbers of Pandemic So Far
- Illinois to Allow Residents to Use ‘SMART Health Card’ to Prove Vaccination Status
- Illinois Hospital Leaders Issue Plea as COVID Overwhelms Staff
- COVID by the Numbers: Regional Metrics Soar as Illinois Sets Case, Hospitalization Records
INDIANA
- COVID-19 Surge Not Deterring Push to End Indiana Emergency
- Former Franciscan Michigan City hospital finds new purpose
- Holcomb thinking about message sent by ending public health emergency
- Indiana Guard members to deploy to Riley Children’s Hospital by end of week
- Indiana health officials: Covid hospitalizations up 700% since June
- Indiana nursing homes lost 9,000 workers during the pandemic
- Irsays Pledge $650K To Youth Mental Health Program
- New Indiana law aims to reduce surprise billing
- State reports less than 10% of ICU beds available
- Supply problems hit Indiana hospitals during surge in COVID-19 cases
- ‘Vaccine status discrimination’ would be banned under proposed Indiana bill
- Southern Indiana hospital to become 5th adult hospital for Norton Healthcare
- Indiana Department of Health announces changes to COVID testing
IOWA
- Iowa Mayo Clinic-affiliated medical center names new CFO
- Iowa paying $9 million for extra nursing staffing
- Amid wrongful-death claims and unpaid fines, Iowa nursing home chain files for bankruptcy
- Iowa paying Favorite Healthcare $330 per overtime hour for its travel nurses
- University of Iowa hospital looks to add tower on main campus
- Wave of patients challenges D.M. hospitals as U.S. hits new record for COVID infections
- Avera affiliate names new chief nursing officer: 5 things to know
- Iowa nurse found unconscious while on duty in Florida hospital surrenders license
- Iowa to pay big bucks for out-of-state help to fight COVID-19
- MercyOne affiliate names new CEO
- Omicron is now predominant COVID variant in Iowa
- MercyOne cautious accepting transfer patients due to staffing shortage
- Iowa COVID positive tests spike 37% after the holidays as omicron spreads through US
- Retired Iowa school superintendent with sepsis dies after waiting 15 days for hospital bed due to Covid surge
KANSAS
- Kansas hospitals face familiar challenges as new COVID variant looms
- No ‘end in sight,’ Hospitals seek return to COVID-19 emergency orders, staffing help
- ‘Who gets care and who does not’: KS hospital officials ask for emergency declaration
- Kansas hospital to close ICU amid staffing shortage
- COVID-19 surge and nursing shortage hitting Kansas hospitals hard
- Kansas City area health workers feeling burnout with rise in COVID cases, shortages
- COVID-19, nurse shortage shutting down Kansas hospital’s ICU
- Kansas sees record COVID cases; hospital workers sidelined
- COVID-19 sidelines hundreds of KU Hospital workers as patient numbers rise
- Kansas City health care workers say latest COVID-19 surge taking a toll
- Kansas’ first post-Christmas COVID numbers show omicron variant now confirmed in nine counties
- KC area hospitals hold joint news conference as COVID hospitalizations rise: ‘We are at a critical juncture’
- Kansas hospital staffing crisis intensifies as some states deploy National Guard
- Kansas COVID-19 isolation and quarantine guidance updated to match CDC
- Overwhelmed hospitals call for emergency declarations in Kansas, Missouri
KENTUCKY
- $1.1 billion to be made available to Kentucky support hospitals in 2022
- Baptist Health Lexington leader dies
- Eligible Kentucky hospitals can get up to $1.1B more in Medicaid payments in 2022
- Fast-growing Louisville health care company names new CEO
- How local hospital systems are adapting to shortened CDC quarantine guidelines
- Kentucky nursing homes face staffing shortage, some concerned about facility’s future
- Kentucky reports record COVID-19 positivity rate
- Kentucky’s COVID-19 positivity rate hits double digits again as tests become scarce
- Kindred sale closes, launching Louisville’s newest health care company
- King’s Daughters’ Health officially joins Norton Healthcare
- LifePoint completes acquisition of Kindred, launches new company
- Norton acquisition of KDH getting closer
- Norton Healthcare adds 6th hospital
- Outgoing Kindred CEO on his — and the company’s — legacy in Louisville
- Rural KY doctor describes struggle to find beds for patients amid COVID-19 surge, staffing shortages
- Southern Indiana hospital to become 5th adult hospital for Norton Healthcare
- Tennessee assisted living company expands into Kentucky with four facilities
- Two well-known names join C-suite of Louisville health care company
LOUISIANA
- Louisiana at forefront of COVID vaccine mandate debate at Supreme Court
- 80 Percent of Louisiana Hospital Patients Unvaccinated as Admissions Double in a Week
- COVID cases surging again in Louisiana due to Omicron variant; people flock to COVID testing sites soon after Christmas
- Gov. Edwards updates on Louisiana COVID response, Omicron variant
- Weekly COVID hospitalizations in Louisiana more than double as omicron surges
- States ranked by COVID-19 hospitalization rates: Jan. 4
- Louisiana Medicaid expansion led to less travel time for minorities, rural residents, study finds
- Louisiana sees more than 12,000 new COVID cases over Christmas
- Louisiana health officials urge mitigations to curb COVID-19 spread
- Unvaccinated children among those driving COVID surge in Louisiana hospitals
MAINE
- In Portland, Mercy Hospital readies new emergency department amid staffing challenges
- Mercy Hospital will open new emergency department next week
- New device could expand Maine hospital capacity
- Portland’s Northern Light Mercy Hospital to relocate emergency department next week
- Minimum wage increase coming for Maine direct care workers
- Maine long-term care facilities workers to see wage hike due to higher reimbursement rates
- Mills to boost pay for residential care workers
- Augusta’s MaineGeneral Medical Center looks to expand services, rebuild workforce in 2022
- Nursing home workers urged to get boosters as cases soar
- Maine nursing homes offered funding to help filter viruses, reduce energy use
- Maine’s two largest health systems are seeing a surge of staff absences due to COVID-19 exposure
- Maine hospitals report spike in staff absences caused by COVID-19
- The key numbers public health experts are watching amid omicron surge
- Maine’s behavioral health crisis has left a Bangor 8-year-old institutionalized for 6 months
- COVID-19 hospitalizations dip in Maine as state braces for more cases
- New device could expand Maine hospital capacity
MARYLAND
- A raging COVID wave is crashing into Maryland hospitals’ emergency departments
- COVID Hospitalizations top 3,000; Most Md. hospitals at capacity, some in “Crisis” mode
- Frederick Health Hospital implements crisis standards of care due to COVID hospitalization spike
- Hogan declares 30-day state of emergency due to virus surge
- Hogan declares 30-day state of emergency for Maryland, will mobilize 1,000 Maryland National Guard members
- Luminis Health Declares Contingency Protocol At Strained Annapolis, Lanham Hospitals
- Maryland Hospital Association asks governor to reinstate public health emergency
- Some Maryland hospitals activate crisis standards of care
- Tenet closes $1.1B surgery center deal
- Two Maryland hospitals declare health care ‘disaster’ amid rising cases
- University of Maryland Harford Memorial Hospital Declares Crisis Standards of Care
- Upper Chesapeake declares “hospital disaster” after influx of COVID patients
- Maryland changes medical debt collection rules for hospitals
MASSACHUSETTS
- Hospitals In For ‘Rough’ January, Says UMass Memorial Health Care President
- Massachusetts Joins Several Other States By Calling in National Guard to Fight COVID Surge
- Nursing home owners blame Medicaid shortfalls for staffing struggles. Critics say they’re being cheap for profit
- Prosecutors target nursing homes that reject patients needing opioid treatment
- Nurses at Massachusetts Tenet hospital ratify contract, ending 9-month strike
- Saint Vincent Hospital nurses end longest strike in Massachusetts history
- 9-month nurses strike estimated to cost Tenet hospital $40M+
- Elective procedures paused, National Guard deploy to hospitals Monday
- Controversial Mass General Brigham expansion won’t raise costs, report says
- Saint Vincent nurses ratify contract, end longest nurses strike in Massachusetts history
- Massachusetts health systems to mandate boosters for employees
- Nursing home staff are lagging in booster shots, and one residence has seen a spike in Covid cases
- Massachusetts Adopts Updated CDC Guidance on Shorter COVID Quarantines
- Massachusetts hospitals ‘reviewing’ DPH guidance allowing health care workers with COVID to return sooner
- Fixing Massachusetts’ nursing homes is a complex problem; here are some of the ways lawmakers are trying to do it
MICHIGAN
- Expect long waits at Michigan hospitals as COVID-19 cases continue to surge
- Health systems secure additional federal staffing assistance
- Michigan’s short-staffed hospitals stressed as hundreds of employees get COVID-19
- New outpatient surgery center the first of its kind in Bloomfield Township
- Michigan Health Dept. not adopting new CDC guidelines on isolation and quarantine
- Michigan retaining longer quarantine, isolation guidelines despite CDC modifications in face of omicron
- Nearly 700 employees test positive for COVID-19 at Henry Ford Health System
- ‘We’re at a breaking point’, Beaumont Health doctor says of COVID-19 surge
- Some in Michigan are waiting in their cars for hours for COVID tests
- ‘It is a crisis situation we’re in right now’: Spectrum Health adds more beds in anticipation of continued COVID-19 surge
- Healthcare Update: State of Michigan now recognizing other state health care licenses
MINNESOTA
- Mayo Clinic dropping 700 workers for lacking COVID-19 vaccination
- Mayo Clinic to advise on building, operating hospital in Indonesia
- Mayo Clinic imposes visitation restrictions amid COVID-19 surge
- Mayo Clinic urges patients, visitors to ditch cloth masks
- Mayo Clinic to lose 1% of staff over required vaccination program
- Nurses’ union upset with CDC COVID-19 quarantine guidance
- Minnesota nurses: CDC policy will be a disaster
- Mayo Clinic fires approximately 700 unvaccinated employees
- Unvaccinated Mayo employees are officially being terminated: Lawmakers react
- Children’s Minnesota plans to shift ICU capacity to Minneapolis campus
- Minnesota healthcare providers see a rise in COVID cases among children
- Changes at Children’s Minnesota: St. Paul campus to shutter pediatric ICU, add mental health beds
- MDH Commissioner Jan Malcolm on the state of COVID in Minnesota
- Minneapolis Nursing Home Closing Due To ‘Leaking Roof, Mold And Other Extensive Repairs’
MISSISSIPPI
- Nurse recounts horrors inside a Yazoo City nursing home
- State health leaders weigh in on COVID-19 surge in Mississippi
- MS breaks record for most new COVID cases in a single day as students return to school
- Mississippi hospital looking for new CEO
- Forrest General Hospital takes over Perry County General Hospital
MISSOURI
- After Parson lets emergency COVID orders expire, pandemic task force asks for reinstatement
- Another record number of COVID-19 patients in St. Louis-area hospitals
- City of Hannibal hits roadblock for St. Elizabeth Hospital project
- Harford Memorial Hospital Declares Crisis Standards Of Care
- Missouri governor will allow COVID-19 state of emergency to expire
- Missouri hospital network systems down 6 days after cyberattack
- MU Health employees not paid in full following outside company’s cyberattack
- No ‘end in sight,’ Hospitals seek return to COVID-19 emergency orders, staffing help
- Physician group’s $50M lawsuit against SSM Health dismissed
- SSM Health rescheduling some elective procedures during COVID surge
- St. Louis-area hospitals limiting visitors again amid COVID surge
- Missouri governor announces new directors for mental health department
- Centene leadership shift the latest ‘huge win’ for activist investor, but not his 1st
- As Covid Hits Nursing Homes’ Finances, Town Residents Fight to Save Alzheimer’s Facility
- Children’s Mercy uses big data, digital innovation to improve diabetes care
- Kansas City-area health care officials concerned with impact of omicron cases on nursing homes
- KC area hospitals hold joint news conference as COVID hospitalizations rise: ‘We are at a critical juncture’
- State health department confirms more omicron cases in Missouri
- Missouri hospital officials discuss sharp increase of COVID-19 cases
- Missouri out of free mail-in COVID tests
- Hospital leaders call on reinstated emergency orders to address ‘COVID crisis’
- Mid-Missouri health departments encourage people to report positive at-home tests
- Overwhelmed hospitals call for emergency declarations in Kansas, Missouri
- Kansas City hospitals say short staffing, high COVID cases could impact other patients
- Some hospitals pushing medical-grade masks over cloth coverings as omicron spreads
- ‘We’re quite frightened’: Missouri hospitals sound alarm over latest COVID wave
- Lifting COVID emergency order could impact Missouri health care systems
- Missouri ends its emergency order as St. Louis hospitals see the highest admission of COVID-19 patients
MONTANA
- Montana’s housing problems threaten hospitals, state’s low healthcare costs, association warns
- Medical Marijuana Users Brace for Shortages as Montana’s Recreational Market Opens
- Montana hospitals see high capacity, fewer COVID patients
- Counties with highest COVID-19 infection rates in Montana
- SCL Health brings heart heath care across Montana
- Memora Health Selected by Montana Hospital Association as Preferred Intelligent Care Journey Provider
NEBRASKA
- Hospital to reopen ASC formerly owned by physician
- Rural areas of Nebraska seeing nursing home closures
- Nebraska virus cases on the rise again after brief dip
- Bryan Health adds Kearney hospital
- Nebraska Loses Several Nursing Homes in 2021, Reimbursement Not Sustainable
- Purdue Global partners with Nebraska medical center
- ‘Very dependent on these resources’: Travel nurses keep hospitals afloat during the pandemic
- Douglas County closes out 2021 with 93% occupancy in adult ICU, nearly 300 hospitalized with COVID
- High COVID-19 case count in Douglas County along with flu and RSV creates hospital capacity concerns
- DHHS: Omicron variant confirmed in 52% of Nebraska’s recent COVID-19 cases
NEVADA
- Clark County reports record-breaking COVID-19 cases over New Year’s weekend
- Las Vegas area reports highest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases of pandemic
- Nevada health leaders discuss increase in COVID-19 cases
- Southern Nevada records highest daily COVID-19 case count since pandemic started
- Sisolak issues executive order to put limits on growing health care costs
- Counties with the lowest hospital bed capacity in Nevada
- UMC: Expect longer wait times for non-urgent medical care amid surge of COVID-19 cases in Southern Nevada
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- New Hampshire launches mobile crisis units for mental health needs
- ‘COVID-recovering’ patients add stress to NH’s hospital system
- 3 FEMA monoclonal antibody teams set to arrive in New Hampshire
- Some hospitals pushing medical-grade masks over cloth coverings as omicron spreads
- ‘Tough’ times for health care workers
- More than 600 new nursing licenses issued in New Hampshire
- New Hampshire adds more nurses, but local leaders say they still need more
- Nearly two-thirds of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in New Hampshire unvaccinated, report says
- ‘They’re sicker. They’re younger’: Hospital overwhelmed with surging COVID-19 cases
NEW JERSEY
- A stalled hospital merger in N.J. sits at heart of federal opposition to consolidation
- As COVID patients strain N.J. hospitals, staff shortages force state to call in help
- As NJ calls for hospital reinforcements, Murphy doesn’t revive COVID restrictions
- COVID hospitalizations surpass 5,100 in New Jersey, stressing health care facilities
- Former N.J. nursing home owner where 17 bodies were found faces arrest in $3.6M fraud case in Arkansas
- Health Committee Moves to Help COVID-19 Besieged Hospitals
- New Jersey hospital loses $850K billing dispute
- New Jersey Hospitals Restricting Visitors As COVID Cases Hit Record Levels
- N.J. hospitals face staff shortage as hospitalizations climb
- NJ Hospitalizations Now at May 2020 Levels, Up Nearly 400% in a Month
- ‘Omicron Tsunami’ Drives Staff Shortages at New Jersey Hospitals, Long-Term Care Facilities
- NJ Tops 20k New COVID Cases for 6th Day, Hospitalizations Now at May 2020 Levels
- For NJ hospitals during historic COVID spike, worry is not over PPE or beds, but staff
- Level red status: New Jersey hospitals restrict visitors as COVID-19 cases increase
- Virtua, Rowan unveil plans to create new South Jersey academic health system
NEW MEXICO
- Flu season having minor impact in San Juan County, but activity is high across New Mexico
- ‘We’re seeing different viruses with different characteristics.’ Doctors address rise of Omicron variant in New Mexico
- New Mexico sees drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations
- New Mexico hospitals end the year with most critical staff shortages in US
- NM hospitals have worst shortages of staff in US
NEW YORK
- Buffalo nursing home fined $18,000 for numerous violations in providing care
- Getzville nursing home workers say they have ‘historic’ contract agreement, but pending sale is once again holding it up
- Hochul cuts New York health worker quarantine, defends her response to COVID-19
- Hochul delays nursing home safe staffing law, profit cap for at least a month
- Hochul extends statewide mask mandate as NY Covid hospitalizations jump 67% in a week
- Manhattan DA’s office will not charge Cuomo with COVID nursing home deaths -lawyer
- New York health system to add, expand ASCs in 2022
- New York health system temporarily closes 19 locations, keeps ASCs open
- New York mayor says he is considering a booster mandate for city employees
- New York nursing home operators file suit to block new staffing requirements, profit cap
- Nursing home operators file federal suit over state revenue requirements
- The impact of New York’s profit caps on nursing home development
- Northwell names new medical director for North Shore University Hospital
- New York City public hospitals limit visits after COVID-19 outbreak at 1 facility
- 250+ New York nursing home owners file lawsuit to block staff requirements, profit cap
- NY delays resident care, staffing mandates as hundreds of nursing homes sue over policy
- Northwell Health uses digital health to address medication adherence
- 13 Rochester Regional Health labs shut since pandemic’s start
- Northwell CEO Named Most Influential In Healthcare
- COVID-19 Hospitalizations Among Children Surge in New York
- NY COVID Hospitalizations Top 5K for 1st Time Since Feb.; Admissions Among NYC Kids Soar
- Fauci says New York was right to ease quarantine rules for health care workers
- N.Y. Nurses Association Blasts New CDC Isolation Guidance As ‘Inconsistent With Proven Science’
- NY’s Medicaid enrollment skyrockets by nearly 1.5 million during pandemic
- New York governor announces $10B investment in state healthcare workforce
- Governor asks New York hospitals for greater detail in COVID-19 inpatient reports
- New York hospital promotes COO to top leadership position
- New York hospital rebrands to reflect that it’s part of Ascension
- Former New York governor won’t be charged in nursing home investigation
- Phelps Hospital-Northwell Health opens new medical office in Yonkers
- Final billing notices erroneously sent to 4,000 New York hospital patients
- New York governor delays new nursing home staffing, profit cap law
- New Omicron variant fills up children’s hospitals
- NY COVID Cases Shatter All-Time Daily Record With 74K Positives; Omicron Taxes Hospitals
NORTH CAROLINA
- Charlotte health-care real estate firm makes $8M acquisition in ‘flourishing’ Rocky Mount
- Charlotte Medic requests ‘strike teams’ for service calls, staff shortages due to COVID
- Cooper urges boosters, plans NC worker mandate extension
- COVID-19 cases among health care workers still climbing, but changing CDC guidelines could provide relief
- Duke Health sets new isolation guidelines for COVID-infected staff
- Duke sued over move to force employment on 400 physician members of private practice
- NC reports highest number of new COVID-19 cases in one day
- NC’s COVID case positivity rate nearly 30%; local hospitals near capacity
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- Novant unveils new online tools, including a doctor match that works like a dating app
- Top-paid balloon sinuplasty physician indicted in $46M fraud scheme: 3 details
NORTH DAKOTA
- Avera leader named CEO of Altru Health System: 3 things to know
- Altru names new CEO
- Avera St. Luke’s CEO Todd Forkel hired to lead Altru Health in North Dakota
- New data shows extent of omicron surge in North Dakota; COVID-19 cases soar again
- COVID-19 deaths surpass 2,000 in North Dakota
- Apparent omicron surge in North Dakota gathers steam, begins to have impacts
OHIO
- Cleveland Clinic again bumps back nonurgent surgeries
- COVID-19 sidelines 3,000 Cleveland Clinic caregivers
- Dayton hospital eyes $6M Kinship Care Housing Project
- Madison ER closed until at least mid-January
- Ohio home healthcare provider agrees to pay $500,000 as part of False Claims Act settlement
- Ohio reports record COVID-19 hospitalizations: 5 things to know
- OrthoAlliance’s newest partnership adds 8 physicians, 2 Ohio locations
- Springfield physician-owned hospital strikes business deal with Premier, OhioHealth
- Ohio Department of Health aligns with CDC’s shorter quarantine guidelines
- ‘This is not something we take lightly’: Ohio National Guard sent to OhioHealth Mansfield
- After thousands test for COVID-19 at drive-thru testing site, a staggering 54% come back positive
- Ohio sets another record for COVID-19 hospitalizations Wednesday, as Summit’s test positivity rate tops 31%
- OhioHealth buys into private Springfield surgical hospital
OKLAHOMA
- ‘It’s a dire situation’: Zero ICU beds available across the OKC metro
- Oklahoma hospitals affected by nationwide shortage of monoclonal antibody used on COVID-19 patients
- Southwestern Medical Center becomes part of ScionHealth
- Oklahoma hospital to temporarily close amid ownership shift
- Oklahoma hospital CEO steps down, eyes move into politics
- Oklahoma hospitals face surge of COVID-19 cases, medical community braces for more patients
- Metro hospitals filling, testing lines lengthening as omicron hits Oklahoma
- Oklahoma hospitals sounding alarms again as capacity strained by omicron, rise in flu cases
OREGON
- COVID-19 relief program sends nearly $8 million to Northeastern Oregon hospitals
- Oregon shatters Covid-19 record for third straight day
- Oregon’s daily COVID case count soars near previous highs: 2,948 new cases
- Oregon’s largest medical group expands footprint into Washington
- Region’s hospitals back to zero ICU beds
- 200,000 at-home COVID test kits arrive in Oregon
- Outbreak of rare, fungal superbug reported at Oregon hospital
- Oregon health officials investigate state’s 1st Candida auris outbreak
- Oregon State Hospital quarantines 3 units for COVID-19 outbreaks, halts admissions
- Record number of deaths in Washington, Oregon in 2021
PENNSYLVANIA
- 2021 in Review: $1.6B Penn Pavilion highlights busy year of major health care projects
- 2021 in Review: Greater Philadelphia’s life sciences industry tops $1.1B in VC investments
- CHOP, Independence executives named among most influential in health care
- Crozer Health will close maternity unit at Delaware County Memorial Hospital
- FEMA to help Pennsylvania hospitals with COVID surge
- Last day for Jennersville Hospital
- Lehigh Valley acquires multispecialty physician group
- Main Line Health pauses elective surgeries for 2 weeks as COVID infections rise
- Overcrowding at a Pennsylvania hospital reaches a crisis level
- Pennsylvania ASC performs its 1st outpatient total joint replacement
- Pennsylvania hospital closes: 5 things to know
- Temple University Hospital names new CEO
- Federal strike team will soon arrive at central Pa. hospital strained by COVID-19
- CDC shortens isolation and quarantine guidelines; focus shifts to hospitals as COVID-19 cases surge in Pa. and N.J.
- Crozer Health consolidates OB services at Pennsylvania hospital
- ICU beds filling up at region’s hospitals as COVID cases surge
- US Digestive Health adds another Pennsylvania practice
RHODE ISLAND
- FTC decision on Lifespan-CNE hospital merger expected by end of February
- Lifespan, Care New England merger: 10 things to know
- Rhode Island allows COVID-19 positive healthcare staff to work in ‘crisis’ situations
- COVID positive healthcare workers called into work in Rhode Island
- McKee gives RI’s hospitals protection from lawsuits during pandemic
- Rhode Island says hospital, nursing home staff with COVID can work
- RI leaders promise to improve test capacity as COVID cases hit records; no plans for distance learning
- Rhode Island to ramp up virus testing, vaccinations
- ‘An unprecedented crisis’ at hospitals in RI amid COVID surge, staff shortage
- Nursing home crisis trickles down to hospitals
SOUTH CAROLINA
- COVID-19 Cases in South Carolina Surge to Record Highs
- Judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for Head Start program
- MUSC exploring use of MRI in ambulance to help stroke patients
- MUSC moving to ’emergency operations’ status, restricting visitors
- S.C. surpasses 1 million positive COVID cases since the pandemic began
- Governor, Health Officials: No Need to Close SC Over Omicron
- COVID cases in South Carolina cases surge 267.5% over last week
- Intimate portraits of a hospital COVID unit from a photojournalist-turned-nurse
- South Carolina hospital supplier now selling COVID-19 tests
SOUTH DAKOTA
- Medtronic pays $400K to settle South Dakota kickback case
- Avera is ‘at or near capacity,’ Sanford has ‘high demand’ as COVID surges in South Dakota
- South Dakotans to decide Medicaid expansion in November election
- Omicron causing uptick in hospitalizations
- Omicron variant is spreading fast in South Dakota
- Delays cited in class-action lawsuit filed against South Dakota Human Services Center
- State nursing shortage exacerbated by the pandemic
- Latest Sanford Health and Monument Health COVID-19 hospitalizations show majority are unvaccinated
TENNESSEE
- 3 HCA Healthcare moves in the last week
- Ballad Health CEO calls on CMS to allow flexibility with healthcare worker vaccination mandate
- COVID cases nearly triple in Metro area. Officials encourage community to get vaccinated
- HCA Healthcare buys MD Urgent Care
- Kindred Hospital Chattanooga gets new owner as LifePoint Health buys rehab hospitals, launches ScionHealth
- LifePoint completes acquisition of Kindred, launches new company
- Maury Regional Health names Dr. Davin Turner CEO
- Tennessee 2nd in new COVID deaths as cases spike by 118% per federal data
- TN health department receives supply of COVID antiviral treatments
- Tennessee Department of Health to stop publishing daily COVID data
TEXAS
- Community Children’s Clinic helping low-income families with affordable medical care
- NexCore Group and CHRISTUS Southeast Texas to develop new hospital in Orange
- Tenet closes $1.1B surgery center deal
- Texas hospital converting women’s center to ASC in $3.8M project
- Texas is trying to create the next research triangle for biotech. Will it work?
- What Caused a Staff Walkout at This Littlefield Nursing Home?
- Texas medical school expands telehealth mental health program to 9 school districts
- Omicron is sidelining even health care workers as it rips through Texas
- Texas Children’s, Baylor College of Medicine COVID-19 vaccine tech secures emergency authorization in India
- Hospitals in Texas, Illinois face Medicare termination
- The unapologetic leadership of Dr. Marc Boom
- Baylor Scott & White CEO retires, joins private equity firm
- Texas Children’s Hospital reports huge COVID-19 hospitalization surge
- Texas Children’s reports COVID cases more than double in one week with 12 babies in ICU
- COVID-19 hospitalizations surging at Texas pediatric hospital
- Texas requests more COVID-19 testing, hospital staff, antibody treatments
- Texas hospitals face staffing shortages as COVID hospitalizations double
- Fort Worth hospital staff exhausted, encouraging residents to stay vigilant in fight against COVID
- Nationwide staffing shortage affecting East Texas nursing homes
- Officials: Next 2 to 4 weeks ‘very telling’ in Texas hospitalizations, staffing needs
UTAH
- Hospital Capacity In Salt Lake City Area: See The Latest
- Salt Lake County officials urge residents to protect themselves in unusual COVID-19 advisory
- U of U Health delays non-urgent surgeries as hundreds of staff become sick
- Utah has its single highest daily COVID-19 case count ever
- Utah health care workers battle cold and long COVID testing lines
- Utah issues new COVID-19 isolation and quarantine guidelines
- Utah likely sets unofficial new record for COVID-19 cases in one day
- Surgeries delayed with 500 University of Utah Hospital staff out sick amid COVID outbreak
- Utah health officials release new COVID-19 quarantine guidelines
- 5 things you should know about COVID-19 in Utah right now
VERMONT
- FEMA sends teams to Vermont to relieve pressure on hospitals
- Nurse shortage requires more funds and training, leaders say
- Nurse shortage requires more funds and training, leaders say
- ‘Tough’ times for health care workers
- State leaders sound the alarm over nursing shortage in Vermont
- Vermont doctors warn of perfect COVID storm in coming weeks
- Vermont reports 2,188 Covid cases and near-record hospitalization figures
- Vermont workers groups criticize shorter Covid-19 isolation guidelines
- Lawmakers asked to extend law allowing traveling health care workers to fill Vermont’s critical need
- Vermont hospitals receive new therapeutic treatments for COVID-19
- Vermont outlines new ‘test out’ strategy for 5-day isolation and quarantine
VIRGINIA
- Virginia Health Commissioner Norman Oliver will step down
- Virginia health leaders urge people with ‘mild to moderate’ COVID-19 cases to avoid hospitals
- Virginia health official says testing woes are likely to continue
- County-by-county look at COVID-19 cases in Virginia; which areas saw biggest spikes last week
- Virginia Beach COVID-19 testing event Wednesday reaches capacity before it begins
- Visitors no longer allowed at UVA Medical Center starting tonight
WASHINGTON
- Oregon’s largest medical group expands footprint into Washington
- Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla open to emergency, essential services only
- UW postpones elective surgeries amid rising COVID cases due to omicron variant
- Vera Whole Health to acquire publicly-traded Castlight in $370M deal
- Washington lawmakers file bill to delay long-term care tax
- ‘We have a math problem’: With omicron looming, Washington hospitals enter winter already near capacity
- Washington aligns with CDC, recommends reduced quarantine for COVID-19 cases
- Washington state reports record number of COVID infections
WEST VIRGINIA
- 1 in 5 West Virginians testing positive for virus
- At West Virginia vaccine clinic, pandemic fatigue sets in
- Active COVID-19 cases surge past 11,000 in WV
- West Virginia sees coronavirus surge with near-record cases
- West Virginia National Guard training to help as COVID-19 hospital workers
WISCONSIN
- ProHealth Care pays $42.5M to acquire two existing clinical sites in Waukesha County
- SSM named Champion hospital
- Tomah Health suspends urgent care because of high patient demand
- Wisconsin DHS responds to CDC’s new COVID quarantine guidelines
- Milwaukee health systems deferring some elective procedures amid COVID-19 surge
- One of the largest hospitals in Wisconsin is at capacity while Green Bay hospital brings in U.S. Navy
- ‘Unlike any we’ve seen’: Local health workers grapple with COVID-19 surge
- Gov. Tony Evers says he’ll focus on distributing, getting more federal support amid COVID-19 surge
- Wisconsin family waiting on crucial transfer to crowded Madison hospital
- Prevea Health cardiologists among first in Wisconsin to use Impella heart pump
WYOMING
- More than half of Wyoming nursing home residents are boosted
- Wyoming ASC 1st in state to use new da Vinci robot system
- Holiday COVID surge overwhelms Teton County’s tracing teams
- This year’s COVID surge pushed Wyoming’s health system to its limits
- With omicron looming, vaccine mandate enforcement on pause in Wyoming
- Fixes for Wyoming’s mental health system crisis stall again
