NATIONAL
- 81% of ICU beds in use nationwide: How each state stacks up
- 20 hospitals, health systems that provide the most ‘unnecessary’ care: Johns Hopkins
- 3 Population Health Trends to Watch in 2022
- 5 states facing highest, lowest weekly nursing home COVID-19 positivity rates
- Accellion Settles Class-Action Lawsuit for $8.1M Following Data Breach
- Amazon signals expanded healthcare push, but extent of its reach unclear
- AMDA releases COVID-19 vaccine medical exemption request forms, guidance
- CMS healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccination mandate enforceable nationwide after Texas suit dismissed
- CMS Sets March 15 Vaccine Deadline for Health Care Workers in 24 States After SCOTUS Decision
- COVID-19 emergency could end this year, WHO says
- COVID-19 positive, asymptomatic healthcare workers return amid staffing shortages
- CVS, Uber partner on health equity initiative
- Fauci says FDA could authorize Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for kids under 5 in the next month
- Hospital Mergers Just Keep Getting Bigger
- Hospitals Confront the Fallout From Supreme Court Ruling on Vaccine Mandate
- How 2 health systems succeeded with vaccine requirements
- Investor-owned health systems and those with fewer PCPs linked to more low-value care
- Is CMS reversal on rates and inpatient-only list a sign of things to come?
- Johns Hopkins study names health systems that provide the most ‘unnecessary’ care
- MedPAC recommends physician pay freeze
- Merger reviews to get a revamp: 5 things to know
- Nursing home industry reacts to health care worker vaccine mandate
- ONC Releases TEFCA Interoperability Framework for Data Exchange
- Ransomware: 2,300+ local governments, schools, healthcare providers impacted in 2021
- Some hospitals revisit COVID-19 vaccination mandates as Supreme Court upholds CMS rule
- Stark Law: What ASCs need to know this year
- Stretched Hospitals, Nursing Homes Fear Losing More Staff Over Vaccine Mandate
- White House soft-launches COVID-19 test request website
- US nurses protest over COVID-19 working conditions
ALABAMA
- Alabama’s child COVID hospitalizations hit another record, four on ventilators
- East Alabama sees record-breaking COVID hospitalizations as hospitals await infusions for Omicron
- Alabama doctors advance organ transplantation with gene-edited pig kidneys
- Closed floors, sick staff: Alabama hospitals hit by resignations now stretched by omicron
- Only seven percent of ICU beds in Alabama remain unfilled
- Staffing shortages impacting area hospitals
- Dr. Selwyn Vickers takes reins of UAB Health System
- How Auburn University anticipates public needs and promotes tech readiness
ALASKA
- The number of Alaskan COVID deaths now tops 1,000
- Hundreds of Alaska health care workers are out sick as omicron surge continues, but hospitals are seeing fewer severely ill patients
- Omicron wave may have peaked in Alaska
- Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority announced new CEO
- COVID-19 exposure notification system launches for Alaska
- An Alaska startup supports new mothers amid rising mental health challenges
ARIZONA
- Northern Arizona Healthcare outlines additional plans for new FMC campus
- As virus cases set records, hospitals let staff with COVID work
- AZ marks most single day COVID-19 cases with +20,000 Friday
- Critical nursing shortage expected to last for years in Arizona
- Arizona’s nursing shortage expected to continue through 2030
- Creighton University’s College of Nursing receives historic commitment from Arizona
- Arizona Health Care System Can’t Take Much More, Current Surge Has Yet to Peak: Doctor
- A strained Arizona health system means not all patients get timely care
- One AZ public health official predicts COVID-19 pandemic could become endemic by early Spring
- Walgreens, VillageMD to open 8 more primary care clinics in Arizona
- Tucson hospitals to allow COVID positive employees to return to work
- Arizona reports more than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases, highest since start of pandemic
- AZ health official: Number of COVID cases likely higher than reported
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas health officials ask state for $400M to cover increased Medicaid costs
- Arkansas practice joins GI Alliance to form state’s largest GI network
- Mercy using $2.2M from FCC to expand telehealth services in 3 states
- State of Arkansas to obey law on vaccine rule
- Spike in long-term care facilities, nursing homes due to surge of omicron variant in communities
- “They used us as an experiment”: Arkansas inmates who were given ivermectin to treat COVID file federal lawsuit against jail
- Arkansas hospitals seeing more COVID patients than ever before
- Arkansas’ healthcare system stretched thin with record COVID-19 hospitalizations
- ‘We will comply’: Arkansas Hospital Association responds to Supreme Court vaccine mandate
- Arkansas Heart Hospital launches post-COVID Pulmonary Rehab Program
- Only 2.9% of hospitalized Arkansans have received COVID-19 booster shot
- UAMS sees record with COVID hospitalizations, prepares for additional cases
CALIFORNIA
- Ambulances wait hours with patients at California hospitals
- Increasing COVID-19 outbreaks among California nursing home workers
- UC San Diego Health pays $2.98M settlement over claims of unnecessary genetic testing
- UCSF Health names new CEO
- Some ER patients waiting days for hospital beds in California
- Newsom backs away from single-payer health care pledge
- Marshall Medical Center in Placerville to become a state COVID-19 surge hospital
- COVID surge, nurse burnout make mess out of hospital staffing
- California nears pandemic record for all hospitalizations
- Health care professionals cite coverage disparities, urge enrollment ahead of Covered California deadline
- 43 top-rated hospitals for patient experience: California
- California allowing COVID-positive health care workers to treat patients
- University of Iowa hospitals CEO Gunasekaran leaving to lead California health system
- California experiencing most severe blood shortage in a decade, state says
- California hospitals predict COVID crisis will last 4-6 weeks
- These California counties have the lowest hospital bed capacity
- California hospital has 700 employees in isolation because of Covid
- California health system acquires majority stake in physician-owned ASC
COLORADO
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- Colorado doctors say hospital system is on ‘brink of collapse’ due to staffing issues
- Denver Health CEO to retire in August after sometimes controversial tenure
- ER doctors sound the alarm as Colorado’s hospital system shows cracks from the pressure of the omicron wave and staff shortages
- ‘Not professional’: Health violations force shutdown of COVID testing sites
- Children’s Hospital Colorado creates ‘mental health-in-chief’ position to confront growing need for care
- Colorado’s COVID numbers are spectacularly high as the hospital staffing shortage arrives
- Colorado is trying to increase Medicaid mental health providers
- ‘The situation is only going to worsen’: Colorado doctors call on Polis to enact crisis standards of care
- Children’s Hospital sees record number of COVID-19 patients amid omicron surge
- Colorado tops 11,000 COVID deaths as omicron’s hospital surge grows
- Avista Adventist Hospital reopens following Marshall Fire evacuation
CONNECTICUT
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- CT state worker vaccination mandate, other executive orders to expire
- Gov. Lamont wants Connecticut legislature to take stance on masks, mandates, ‘here’s your opportunity’
- Hartford HealthCare hit with antitrust claims by rival
- Hartford HealthCare has expanded across Connecticut, but anti-competitive lawsuit ‘seems pretty novel,’ analyst says
- Lamont orders nursing home visitors to be vaccinated or tested for COVID
- Baystate Health exec to join Hartford HealthCare as chief information, digital officer
- CT med board fines two doctors after Bristol hospital patient dies of sepsis
- Lamont signs executive order requiring nursing home visitors to be vaccinated or tested
- Governor Lamont Issues Order Requiring Nursing Home Visitors Show Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination or Negative Test Result
- Health care workers, already under strain, seeing record COVID infections
- A shift away from daily COVID case counts has begun
- Experts: Pediatric COVID hospitalizations at record levels as overall numbers trend down in CT
DC
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
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- Area hospital, in rare $315M project, relocates trauma center
- Florida hospitals caught in limbo over differing federal and state vaccine mandates
- Florida suspends health official in probe over vaccine law
- Florida won’t be Biden’s ‘biomedical police,’ DeSantis’ office says after Supreme Court ruling
- How Florida hospitals are juggling plans over COVID-19 vaccination mandates
- Supreme Court ruling on COVID-19 vaccine mandate creates confusion for hospitals in Florida
- Florida Senate passes health care liability shield
- Florida to prioritize transplant hospitals, cancer centers for scarce COVID-19 therapeutic
- Florida facing shortage of nearly 18,000 doctor
- Southwest Florida hospitals restrict care as workers fall to COVID — during busiest time of year
- Hospitalizations still up in South Florida while experts say omicron peak likely over
- Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology Expresses Support for Collaborative Practice Measures
- How Florida hospitals are juggling plans over COVID-19 vaccination mandates
- Lawmakers move to extend protections for health providers against COVID lawsuits
- Florida legislation would clarify CRNAs’ authority to administer anesthesia
GEORGIA
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- ‘2 steps forward and 3 steps back’: Georgia endoscopy center’s struggle to survive
- Metro Atlanta hospital reports decline in COVID-19 patients
- SteelSky Ventures moves to Atlanta with $50M fund focused on women’s health
- Supreme Court Asks U.S. Solicitor General to Weigh In Hospice Fraud Case
- Here’s what Gov. Brian Kemp’s budget covers for Georgia health care — and what it doesn’t
- Ga., SC hospitals see more COVID-19 patients, shorter stays
- Nursing homes struggle as omicron depletes staff, sickens residents
- New COVID-19 cases reported in Georgia surpasses 27,000 after labs backlog
HAWAII
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- COVID surges seen in Hawaii nursing homes: CDC
- FEMA approves $48M to help cover costs of traveling health care workers in Hawaii
- Hawaii healthcare leaders share how omicron is impacting hospitals, urge residents to get their boosters
- Hawaii hospitals under ‘relentless surge’ of patients, FEMA help arriving soon
- More than 100 FEMA nurses give a helping hand at The Queen’s Medical Center
- Staffing shortages leave scores of Hawaii hospital patients ‘waitlisted’ for long-term care beds
IDAHO
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- Idaho faces backlog in processing positive COVID-19 cases
- Idaho hospitals on course for ‘likely’ return to crisis standards of care
- Omicron continues straining health care capacity in Idaho
- St. Luke’s Magic Valley: ICU at capacity and not accepting transfers
- Health experts: Omicron continues straining health care capacity in Idaho
- These interactive maps show how full Idaho hospitals are as COVID-19 surge intensifies
- Rural Idaho hospitals and clinics fear return of Crisis Standards of Care
ILLINOIS
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- AMITA Health and UChicago Medicine Launch Cancer Collaboration at AMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital-Chicago
- Chicago-area healthcare workers plead for relief as COVID cases flood hospitals
- Chicago Has Passed Peak of Omicron Surge of COVID-19: Top Doc
- Death of Illinois nursing home resident sheds light on system
- Death of a nursing home resident: Complaints about long-term care in Illinois are usually dismissed. One woman’s case sheds light on how the system works.
- Federal medical staff deployed to Ingalls Memorial Hospital after long ER waits
- Illinois Nursing Homes Face Spike in Cases, Staffing Shortages Amid COVID-19 Surge
- Less Than 10% ICU Beds Available in Illinois as COVID Hospitalizations Hit Record Levels
- Nurses rally in Chicago to call for better hospital staffing amid rising COVID cases
- Ransomware Attack Leaves Exhausted Nurses at Suburban Hospital With Partial Paychecks
- COVID by the Numbers: Coronavirus Metrics in Each of Illinois’ 11 Health Care Regions
- Covid cases and hospitalizations decline in Illinois, data shows
INDIANA
- Burn Center Rounds Out Treatment Capabilities at Indy Hospital
- Central Indiana hospitals running low on COVID treatments, limiting who qualifies for them
- Greenlight Guru Acquires Medical Device Software Firm
- Health Tech Startup Closes Seed Round
- Indiana coronavirus updates: IU Health gets extension on military help
- Indiana recovers $316K in Medicaid fraud settlement
- Indiana vaccine exemption bill advances, faces GOP hurdles
- Indiana’s county health departments not receiving rapid tests for foreseeable future
- ‘It’s definitely unprecedented’: Paramedics say hospital diversions straining EMS services
- IU Health gives Ivy Tech $8.75 million to expand nursing
- IU Methodist overwhelmed by Indiana COVID-19 patients
- Manchester University Touts Pharma Growth
- Northern Indiana Plans to Increase Nursing Staff
- Region hospitals collaborating to improve emergency medical services during crisis
- Supreme Court’s vaccine mandate ruling has little impact in Indianapolis hospitals
- FEMA team supporting staff at Methodist Hospital extends deployment
IOWA
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- COVID-19 outbreaks in Iowa nursing homes nearly double in 2 weeks
- Bloomfield Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center closing after Iowa Co. board vote
- Board sanctions two nurses for issues related to alcohol use
- Burnout deepens for Iowa healthcare workers as omicron fuels latest COVID surge
- Weekly COVID-19 cases in Iowa reaches highest ever seen in pandemic
- More Iowa nursing homes dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks
- University of Iowa hospitals CEO Gunasekaran leaving to lead California health system
- Iowa Hospital Association reacts to Supreme Court ruling on vaccine mandate
- New regional CEO for CHI Nebraska-SW Iowa hospitals
- Iowa hospitals stressed by high COVID spread and demand for testing
- Iowa health care organizations, governor respond to Supreme Court decision
- Bipartisan bills would create 46 mental health beds, increase psychiatric residencies
KANSAS
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- Kansas House passes bill extending governor’s orders on staff for hospitals, nursing homes
- House Bill 2477 passes Kansas House
- Deadline draws near to help short-staffed Kansas hospitals, nursing homes
- Kansas lawmakers fast-track COVID emergency bill, press new KDHE secretary on conspiracy theories
- Kansas hospitals raise morgue capacity concerns, more schools close as Covid surges
- KDHE identifies more COVID-19 clusters in northwest Kansas
- Wichita leaders push for more mental health resources
KENTUCKY
- A look at Kentucky’s hospital bed situation
- Chicago company appoints Louisville executive, looks at future growth
- Humana names new president for its Home Solutions business
- Kentucky mental health professionals dealing with case overload after multiple disasters
- Kentucky National Guard returns to Baptist Health La Grange
- Kentucky reports all-time highest COVID positivity rate
- Kentucky surpasses one million COVID-19 cases
- Louisville company rounded out 2021 with 15 acquisitions, coast-to-coast
LOUISIANA
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- Louisiana reports first C. auris cases
- Explosive rise in Louisiana nursing home COVID cases now fueling staffing crisis
- Louisiana nursing home employees lag behind with COVID-19 vaccine boosters
- UL Lafayette creates online opportunities to specialize in health care
- 1st for Louisiana: Drug-resistant fungus found at hospital
- Gov. Edwards, Dr. Kanter Release Statements on Louisiana Surpassing 1 Million COVID Infections
- Lafourche Parish’s COVID cases up 36.1%; Louisiana cases rise 10.6%
MAINE
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- Maine Med nurses’ union criticizes working conditions at hospital under pandemic pressure
- Mid Coast Hospital’s leadership proud of performance during difficult 2021
- Sheriff: 41 people evacuated after Milbridge nursing home roof collapse
- Residents safe after wind blows roof off Milbridge nursing home
- Southern Maine Health Care nurse says staff is only getting partially paid
- Maine employers unfazed by Supreme Court’s rejection of vaccine mandate
- Maine National Guard members arrive in hospitals to assist with omicron surge
- Maine sees fewer critical COVID-19 cases amid surge in hospitalizations
- Joining nationwide rally, nurses’ union calls for safe staffing levels at Maine hospitals
- Maine hospitals say the current COVID surge is the worst since the pandemic began
- National Guard members arrive at 2 of Maine’s largest hospitals to offset staff shortages
- Additional National Guard members deployed to 16 facilities across Maine
- ‘You’ve got nothing left’: A Maine nurse’s view from the pandemic frontlines
MARYLAND
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- Anne Arundel Mask Mandate Upheld In Court, Officials Cheer Win
- Governor Hogan announces distribution of 20 million N95, KN95 masks to Marylanders
- Gov. Hogan Criticizes Federal Response To COVID-19 Surge In CBS Interview
- Johns Hopkins to renovate, expand pediatric hospital, surgery center
- Luminis CEO Named Among Most Influential Women
- Maryland Health Department data breach still causing issues for healthcare workers
- University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health appoints three new board members
- Maryland launches website to aid in researching health care options
- Here’s how at-home COVID-19 tests could be impacting Maryland’s data
- Maryland Gov. Hogan, White House clash over plans to give out COVID-19 test kits
- Maryland nurses say license delays started before cyberattack
MASSACHUSETTS
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- ‘The pandemic we were afraid of in 2020’: Some patients dying because Massachusetts hospitals at capacity
- Saint Vincent Hospital announces new leadership additions: 4 things to know
- Massachusetts gives PAs, residents practice flexibility
- Tufts to close children’s hospital, convert it to adult ICU
- What We Can Learn From a RI Hospital’s COVID Outbreak — Could It Happen in Mass.?
- Former Boston Children’s employees sue hospital over retirement plan fees
- Massachusetts Hospital Leaders Say Health Care System Is ‘Gasping For Air’
- ‘We are beyond the point of exhaustion’: Massachusetts hospital leaders issue dire warning amid omicron surge
- Physicians call for hospital bed tracking system
- Baker-Polito Administration Announces Additional Measures to Protect Acute Care Hospital Capacity
- Hospitals forced to delay patient discharges as nursing homes and rehab centers face major staff shortages
MICHIGAN
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- COVID-19 hospitalizations beginning to ease, Detroit-based Henry Ford Health says
- Michigan accused of undercounting COVID deaths in long-term care facilities
- Saint Joseph Mercy Health System pledges $1M to Washtenaw County homeless
- Spectrum Health announces $151M in facility expansions, including new 11-story medical center in Grand Rapids
- Spectrum Health invests $151M for new care locations
- Starkman: Sanjeev Aggarwal, Beaumont’s Highly Touted Head Of Cardiac Surgery, Has Resigned
- Whitmer’s top doctor downplays COVID nursing home deaths: ‘Tough decisions have to be made’
- Michigan hospital officials cite first signs of early progress since COVID omicron surge
- MDHHS issues order requiring Michigan nursing homes to offer COVID vaccines to residents on site
- Michigan Health Care Association pushes back on nursing home deaths report
- Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital sees highest-ever number of COVID-19 patients
- A fifth Michigan hospital will get support from a military medical team
- Chili cook-offs & scavenger hunts: How a Michigan ASC is integrating old & new staff
MINNESOTA
- Judge blocks Mercy Hospital from taking COVID-19 patient off ventilator after wife files lawsuit
- Mayo Clinic to give employees 2% raises, less than national trend
- Minnesota loses about 2,000 long-term care workers each month entering year three of the pandemic
- Mayo Clinic Health System nurses petition for action on staffing challenges
- Minnesota family clinic data breach affects 200,000 patients
- Nurses demand Mayo Clinic Health System address staff shortages, sacrifices
- New Allina Health CEO’s leadership style emphasizes ‘serving those who serve’
- BCBS of Minnesota, pain clinic at odds on patient safety review, contract termination
- Mayo Clinic wins domain name dispute with porn site
- Mayo Clinic to give 2% raise with multiplier
- Essentia Health to tear down old hospital, build new tower in $900M expansion
- Minnesota COVID-19 patient transferred to Texas after judge rules to keep him ventilated
- 6 things to know ahead of UnitedHealth Group’s Jan. 19 earnings report
- UnitedHealth Group in headlines: 7 stories
- Minnesota AG sues Covid-19 testing providers for allegedly faking or failing to deliver results
- UnitedHealth Group’s Dr. Ethan Berke: Why this COVID-19 surge is different + mitigating the spread
- Nursing homes in Minnesota vigilant as omicron cases rise
- Hundreds of nursing assistants training to help Minnesota’s strained health system
- Minnesota to pay $275 per hour, or more, for nurses to battle omicron surge
- After Minnesota hospital sought to take COVID-19 patient off ventilator, wife went to court and gains transfer to Texas
- Minnesota nurses call for triple pay while travelers are in use
- Nurses hold mass Zoom to tell about staffing crunch in MN hospitals
MISSISSIPPI
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- What does omicron look like on the Mississippi Coast? Maps, charts show COVID-19 surge
- Mississippi health official says rise in COVID-19 cases not coming as a shock
- Mississippi hospital forced to transfer patients because beds are filled with COVID patients
- Medical marijuana moves 1 step closer in Mississippi
- Mississippi hospitals at risk of losing more frontline workers
- Spread of COVID-19 impacting local first responders in Mississippi
MISSOURI
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- Here’s how a Missouri administrator keeps employee turnover in check
- SSM Health names Jake Brooks as president of 2 St. Charles County hospitals
- St. Louis area doctors warn ‘a long way to go’ before COVID-19 rates become manageable
- Mercy using $2.2M from FCC to expand telehealth services in 3 states
- Cerner CEO, chief technology officer agree not to leave after Oracle acquisition
- Hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19 crisis, analysis shows
- COVID hits Missouri nursing homes again; staff hard hit
- Kevin Strickland sues Missouri prison health care provider for damages
- Governor proposes record $47.3B Missouri budget as he taps surplus, federal aid
- COVID-19 hits Missouri nursing homes again, after months of calm
- Missouri hits new monthly record for COVID cases as variant spreads
- Missouri hospitals and schools reel from staffing shortages
- Gov. Mike Parson touts Missouri’s COVID-19 response in annual State of State address
- Omicron fuels worst week in St Louis COVID-19 history
MONTANA
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- Bozeman Health nursing shortage adding to stresses of hospital workers
- Montana nursing homes facing financial crisis months after federal relief funds stop
- New UM program aims to support local and tribal health departments across Montana
- A drop in blood donations means shortages for Montana hospitals
- Montana Tech administrator hired to lead hospital foundation
- Montana nursing homes facing financial crisis months after federal relief funds stop
NEBRASKA
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- Nebraska hospital acquires ASC, completes upgrades
- NY couple accused of $59.6M Medicaid fraud involving chain of Nebraska nursing homes
- Bill would give frontline nurses $2,000 ‘thank you’ bonuses
- COVID fuels nursing shortage as Nebraska hospitals work to keep beds staffed
- Four bills could help Nebraska’s struggling health care industry
- State Halts Some Surgeries at Nebraska Medical Center
- Nebraska Medicine responds after governor issues DHM aimed at hospital
- Senators introduce four bills meant to address nurse shortage in Nebraska
- Nebraska nursing shortage deteriorates hospital conditions
- Top psychologist at Nebraska Medicine says health care workers are suffering from pandemic stress
- Nebraska hospital officials worry about surge in patients
- Nebraska hospital leaders share impact of COVID-19
- New regional CEO for CHI Nebraska-SW Iowa hospitals
NEVADA
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- Freestanding ER opens in North Las Vegas
- Hospital staffing remains in ‘crisis’ as hospital bed occupancy rises to 98% in Clark County
- Las Vegas nurses demand safer working conditions
- Nevada enlisting nursing students for hospital staff crisis
- Nevada planning to distribute 600,000 at-home COVID-19 tests
- Nevada gets almost $26 million for rural health providers
- Las Vegas hospital staffing: Still crisis, says Nevada Hospital Association
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- $25M gift launches cancer research institute at Dartmouth, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
- Health associations urge NH House to allow remote participation
- State Wants To Help Fund New Behavioral Health Hospital
- New Hampshire hospitals battle staff shortages amid a rise in omicron COVID cases
- With omicron spike, N.H. health officials make tough decisions about COVID treatment due to limited availability
- New Hampshire COVID numbers hit all-time highs
- NH Health Professionals Oppose Allowing Access to Ivermectin Without Doctor Oversight
- New Hampshire Committee Takes Up Competing Vaccine Bills
- National Guard activated at Concord Hospital — Laconia
NEW JERSEY
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- All NJ health care workers must get COVID booster shots or face firing under Murphy order
- How St. Joseph’s, Hackensack Meridian plan to transform cancer care in New Jersey
- New Jersey ASCs, physician-owner to pay $7.4M to settle fraud allegations
- NJ, NY pain management clinics pay $7.4 million to settle Medicare fraud case
- Nursing home operators in N.J. will face tougher scrutiny under law signed by Murphy
- Summit Health expands connected care with two new partners
- Saint Clare’s Health is Awarded the New Jersey Governor’s Jefferson Award
- New Jersey requires shot for health care workers, ending test option
- University Hospital Selects Gensler to Create New Hospital Master Plan
- Virtua Health Launches ‘Hospital at Home’ Program
NEW MEXICO
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- ‘All-time high in case counts:’ New Mexico’s top health official urges boosters, home testing and better masks
- Governor Lujan Grisham delivers fourth State of the State address
- Christus St. Vincent plans $80 million cancer treatment center
- New Mexico health officials project omicron peak by late January
- Farmington hospital continues to get help from federal agencies as COVID-19 cases surge
- Federal resources will help New Mexico hospitals amid Omicron surge
- New Mexico COVID-19 update: 21,305 new cases, totaling 420,192
NEW YORK
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- NJ, NY pain management clinics pay $7.4 million to settle Medicare fraud case
- Montefiore fined $17K for workplace violence violations
- NYC Says SCOTUS Vaccine Mandate Decision Doesn’t Affect Its Biz Rule. Here’s Why
- Bristol Myers Squibb to restrict 340B discounts to safety net hospitals
- NYU Langone appoints head of pediatric surgery
- Some U.S. Hospitals See Covid-19 Patient Counts Decline as Omicron Retreats
- Omicron took 5 weeks to dominate in New York City; 6 more surge trends
- New York requires negative COVID test for nursing home visitors
- Tax cuts, health care worker bonuses: 10 things to know about NY’s $216B proposed budget
- Hochul says New York ‘turning the corner’ on latest COVID surge
- What the Omicron Wave Looks Like at One Brooklyn E.R.
NORTH CAROLINA
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- Duke University Hospital opens $265 million tower to improve care, recovery for Children’s Hospital patients
- Investigators: NC nursing home had 3 staffers for 98 patients Sunday. 2 residents were dead, 2 others in critical condition.
- Mission Health nurses join in nationwide action against reported unsafe working conditions
- Thomasville nursing home under investigation after 2 found dead and for a lack of staff
- COVID-19 hospitalization record broken in North Carolina, state health agency says
- Northern Regional Hospital Breaks Ground On MOB In North Carolina
- ‘Incidental’ COVID Cases, Full ICUs, Plus Staff Shortages
- North Carolina shatters single-day record for COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Region’s first pediatric cardiologist joins Bismarck Sanford Health
- Sanford to build new cancer center in Bismarck
- Minot-area healthcare leaders discuss COVID-19 impact on public services
- Trinity Health Foundation prepares for new hospital
- ND patients turned away at hospitals amid omicron surge
- North Dakota’s COVID-19 positivity rate sets record, surpasses peak of fall 2020 surge
- Pandemic records continue to fall in North Dakota; prison system feels impact of omicron
- Manitoba plans to send as many as 300 spinal-surgery patients to Fargo
- Omicron spike continues setting COVID-19 records in North Dakota
OHIO
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- Bon Secours Mercy Health to pay $1 million for false Medicare claims
- Cleveland Clinic issues COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees to comply with federal guidelines
- Healthcare provider to pay $1M for Medicare claims related to false sleep apnea diagnoses
- Ohio’s nursing homes are bracing for potential staff exodus as the courts uphold a vaccine mandate
- ‘Our hospitals are swamped’: Ohio hospital to receive federal assistance with COVID-19 response
- Cleveland Clinic latest Northeast Ohio hospital to require COVID-19 vaccines for workers
- Omicron forces nursing homes to freeze admissions, strands more Ohioans at hospitals
- Is the COVID-19 omicron surge over in Northeast Ohio? Yes, based on dropping hospitalizations and cases
- DeWine: No statewide COVID mandates, but wants school and hospital rules
- ‘Crisis mode’: National Guard members deployed in Akron hospitals share their experiences
- Survey shows racial discrimination in Ohio healthcare system
- Ohio hospitals receive allocations of COVID-19 oral pills
- Ohio National Guard to assist Springfield hospital
OKLAHOMA
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- Metro’s Top 4 Health Systems Address Community In Press Conference
- Oklahoma City area hospitals running out of ICU beds – some at unprecedented rates – as COVID-19 cases spike once again
- Oklahoma hospitals consider calling National Guard for staffing crisis
- Update: Shawnee hospital in ‘dire’ situation due to COVID-19 Omicron surge
- Mercy using $2.2M from FCC to expand telehealth services in 3 states
- 6 healthcare organizations revisiting vaccination deadlines
- Oklahoma City hospitals are at breaking point, health care system leaders say
- RIP Medical Debt ends Oklahoma campaign, saying it can’t access additional debt
- Oklahoma health care systems strained as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise
- Oklahoma hospitals: Personnel “can’t keep up much longer”
- COVID-19, influenza driving hospitalizations among South Dakota children
- Oklahoma COVID-19 hospitalizations surpass delta variant’s peak
- Oklahoma’s COVID-19 crisis continues; hospitals struggle to keep up
- Oklahoma sees another massive rise in COVID-19, over 14,000 new cases
- Oklahoma health officials predict COVID-19 peak a few weeks away
OREGON
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- How are Oregon hospitals treating health care workers who test positive for COVID?
- New CDC guidance allows COVID-positive healthcare workers to return to work sooner
- Oregon hospitals implement new CDC guidelines amid COVID surge
- Oregon National Guard deployed to area hospitals amid omicron wave
- Portland hospitals allow staff to return after positive Covid test
- Staffing shortage, omicron impact PNW dialysis centers
- Oregon Officials Propose Making Indoor Mask Mandate Permanent
- Oregon’s COVID-19 testing volume ‘has never been higher’ amid surge, health officials say
- Oregon’s COVID numbers show difference between omicron, delta surges
- Oregon expands $270M funding timeline for drug treatment centers
PENNSYLVANIA
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- Philadelphia-area hospitals are overwhelmed, but not only by COVID-19 patients
- Senate passes bills aimed at ransomware, data breaches
- UMPC names new head of Williamsport hospital
- UPMC names leader of health system’s first hospital in China
- Most COVID statistics show improving conditions in Berks and Pa.
- Biden administration awards $3.8 million to reduce burnout in Pa. healthcare workers
- Acting health secretary discusses Pennsylvania’s efforts to deal with COVID-19 surge
- Pa. rural health care’s woes — and solutions — discussed during hearing
- Tower Health Physician Named Chair, Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation Board
RHODE ISLAND
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- Nursing home COVID cases up, deaths down
- Rhode Island sets first public comment meeting on proposed hospital merger
- Rhode Island Hospital to get help from military medical team
- Kent Hospital gets short-term staffing boost from FEMA; RI Hospital to follow
- Inside a Rhode Island hospital E.R. overwhelmed by omicron
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Lawmakers, doctors pushing bill to make it easier for hospitals to open, expand
- Lowcountry doctors say COVID-19 cases “wearing on staff” as hospitalization rates surge
- SC health official: COVID-19 numbers ‘sobering, unprecedented’
- Ga., SC hospitals see more COVID-19 patients, shorter stay
- South Carolina hospital offers employees up to $10K for homebuyer assistance
- Prisma Health moves to require COVID vaccine for its employees, email shows
- SC hospitals working to ensure employees comply with federal vaccine mandate following Supreme Court ruling
- ‘People that have a heart for caring for others’ | Piedmont Medical Center looking to hire hundreds before opening this fall
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Here’s how many Avera and Sanford Health employees are currently out sick with COVID
- Nursing is in crisis. The pandemic is largely to blame. Here’s what comes next
- South Dakota breaks four-day record for active COVID-19 cases; 15 more people die
- Committee advances bills aimed at expanding nursing programs
- ‘It becomes very demoralizing’: Sioux Falls health care professionals are burning out after two years of COVID-19
- South Dakota breaks four-day record for active COVID-19 cases; 15 more people die
- Stop visiting the ER for COVID tests, Sanford Health and Avera ask as hospitalizations increase
TENNESSEE
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- After Supreme Court ruling, HCA once again requires hospital workers be vaccinated
- HCA Healthcare faces suit alleging orthopedic surgery monopoly
- HomeFirst Home Healthcare raises $11 million, buys two Southeastern companies
- Lawsuit: Amputation could’ve been avoided if Tennessee hospital provided interpreter
- Patient owes thousands for COVID-19 treatment
- Surgery Partners spent $185M on 3 end-of-year deals
- TN Voices: Tennessee has a behavioral healthcare crisis
- Tennessee health chief on omicron: ‘We are starting to plateau’
- TN mental health workers could see pay increases if budget proposal is approved
- East Tennessee hospitals plan adherence to vaccine mandate following Supreme Court order
- Ballad CEO says 750 employees out with COVID Wednesday
TEXAS
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- Del Sol Medical Center announces appointment of new CEO
- Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital Opens State-of-the-Art Patient Tower
- North Texas sets new hospitalization record before slight decrease
- Sources: Steward Health Care looking to sublease over 150K SF of Richardson space
- Texas ASC named best in region
- Texas hospital adds outpatient clinic, pediatric ambulatory surgery
- Seven Texas Doctors and a Hospital CEO Agree to Pay over $1.1 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
- CMS healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccination mandate enforceable nationwide after Texas suit dismissed
- Texas doctor suspended for COVID ‘misinformation’ sues hospital
- Physician accused of spreading ‘harmful’ COVID-19 misinformation sues Houston Methodist
- Christus to build $50M hospital
- New CHRISTUS St. Michael hospital coming to East Texas
- Houston hospital to reopen under new ownership
- Amid COVID-19 surge, Texas nursing facilities face staffing worsening shortages
- “We’re about to catch on fire”: Inside a Texas hospital battling omicron and staffing shortages
- Staff vaccinations climbed at some Texas nursing homes; less is known about assisted living facilities
- UMC CEO says vaccine mandate threatens hospital capacity, says employees deserve a choice
- Texas’ “maternity deserts” grow as staff shortages close rural labor and delivery units
UTAH
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- Bill aims to protect healthcare workers from violent patients
- Report suggests Utah is the fifth least prepared state for hospital capacity, but what’s the truth?
- Utah has 3rd highest average daily COVID case rate in US
- Is Omicron peaking in Utah? Experts weigh in
- Utah doctors, hospital staff ‘moving mountains’ to beat back omicron surge
VERMONT
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- Long-term care cases spike as Vermont sets new Covid hospitalization record
- UVM Medical Center is in staffing crisis mode. Now what?
- Omicron stymies UVM Medical Center patient access efforts, hospital leaders say
- Vermont reports 500th Covid death amid record-breaking surge
- Senate leader Becca Balint says Vermont state mask mandate has ‘no path forward’
- ‘There’s just not a light on the horizon’: Vermont hospital staff swamped by record Covid-19 hospitalizations
- Vermont hospital staff swamped by record COVID-19 hospitalizations
- UVMHN highlights progress on health care Access Plan, announces additional steps for 2022
- Hospital staffing is most critical in Vermont, according to a nationwide study
- New UVM Health Network policy: Employees with Covid can have extra time off after using up all vacation, sick time
- UVM research shows nearly half of Vermonters experiencing anxiety, depression
VIRGINIA
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- Va. Health Center names new president and CEO
- Virginia has just 132 adult ICU beds left in the entire state
- Virginia health care facility says it’s thriving by rewarding employees with bonuses
- COVID in Virginia: Hospitalizations down slightly; positive new-case test percentage drops
- Crowded hospitals in Virginia have few open beds to offer the rush of patients
- Pediatric units at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital to close permanently April 1
- End of an era: Virginia Hospital Center’s longtime CEO will soon retire — but he’s far from done
WASHINGTON
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- Health system CEO listens to doctors. He has to—they’re his family.
- Inside a Seattle-area hospital, the Covid grind wears on staff
- Inslee pauses non-urgent medical procedures, deploys National Guard to Washington hospitals
- Inslee urging retired healthcare workers to assist hospitals overwhelmed by ‘worst pandemic wave yet’
- Mandatory nurse overtime, too many patients the targets of proposed Washington bills
- Northwest Kidney Centers CEO has built a career on serving the most vulnerable
- Omicron hits Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center harder than other surges
- Seattle Children’s Hospital unable to give COVID tests due to critical shortages
- Staffing shortage, omicron impact PNW dialysis centers
- WA hospital workers filed record number of workplace safety complaints last year, unions say
- Washington hospitals hoping to avoid crisis standards of care
- Washington hospitals in ‘worst situation’ yet since COVID-19 pandemic started: WSHA
- Washington House votes to delay mandatory long-term care tax to July 2023
WEST VIRGINIA
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- New initiative will combat healthcare fraud in West Virginia
- Nursing Home Pays $270,00 in Back Wages to Housekeepers and Other Staff
- West Virginia’s COVID vaccine exemption bill goes into effect
- West Virginia’s total COVID-19 cases surpass 400K
- WVNG to start dispatching soldiers to hospitals next week to assist workers
- National Guard To Help Staffing Efforts At West Virginia Hospital
WISCONSIN
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- Froedtert & MCW to close Mequon urgent care indefinitely
- Marshfield Clinic hospital opening in May receives name
- Marshfield Clinic Health Systems announces plans for Stevens Point, Wisconsin Rapids, Medford hospital facilities
- New SSM Health multi-specialty clinic set to open next month
- New SSM Health clinic to open on Madison’s South Side next month
- SSM Health no longer using race-based criteria for COVID-19 treatment
- Wisconsin hospital copes with huge rise in COVID-19 infections
- Wisconsin National Guard will help as nursing assistants to provide staffing relief
- Long-term care staffing shortages contributes to hospital capacity issues
- COVID-19 hospitalizations down slightly in Wisconsin
- Children’s Wisconsin adds walk-in clinic for kids with urgent mental and behavioral health needs
WYOMING
