NATIONAL
- AHA urges Congress to address health care workforce challenges
- 50 best hospital, health systems supply chains in the US, per GHX
- Biden administration requests $22.5B in supplemental COVID-19 aid
- CMS Innovation Center Launches New Initiative To Advance Health Equity
- Congress set to add 151 days of telehealth coverage
- COVID-19 funding is tapped out, HHS says
- Cybersecurity companies offering US hospitals free protection
- FBI sounds alarm on ransomware group targeting US organizations
- FDA final guidance presses industry to be ‘recall ready’
- Final vaccine mandate deadlines still in play, despite removal vote
- GoodRx to acquire pharmacy services platform for $150M
- Healthcare Wage Increases Lag Behind Other Industries
- Healthcare workers warn Congress the pandemic is still causing staff shortages
- Healthcare’s $979M physician problem
- HHS picks Karl Mathias as CIO
- HHS working with health systems to launch single patient login for health portals
- Hospital service line variation widens care gaps, study shows
- How 7 health systems are tackling delayed surgery backlogs
- How the Senate’s Cyber Bill Could Affect Health Sector
- Judge awards whistleblower $390K in athenahealth kickback case
- Mallinckrodt to pay $233 million to settle false claims allegations
- Providers happy nursing homes are among White House’s top priorities but disheartened at approach
- OSHA doubles down on long-term care workplace inspections, violations enforce
- OSHA conducting new wave of COVID-19 inspections among previously dinged hospitals, nursing facilities
- Congress’ $1.5 trillion spending deal includes 340B, telehealth coverage
- HHS: What cybersecurity means for healthcare in 2022
- As vaccine demand falls, states are left with huge stockpile
- How Nonprofit Hospitals, Health Systems Compensate Executives
ALABAMA
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- Encompass Health’s home health unit attracts acquisition interest-sources
- COVID-19 cases dwindle, but Alabama lawmakers continue push for public health reform
- Vacant Alabama hospital demolished after sitting empty for years
- State health officer reflects on progress 2 years into pandemic
- Governor Ivey Awards Additional $80 Million to Hospitals and Nursing Homes
- University of Alabama, OSHA team up for safety on new hospital construction
- Virus hospitalizations at lowest point in Alabama since 2021
- Officials say hospitals are preparing for next surge
- Wiregrass hospital navigates through COVID pandemic without travel nurses
ALASKA
ARIZONA
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- 48-Bed Behavioral Health Hospital Eyed For Arizona
- Bill limiting governor emergency powers makes its way through Arizona House
- Indian Health Service head nominated amid tough challenges
- Teletherapy expanded during the pandemic, but is it effective for behavioral health?
- Arizona reports 32% weekly decline in new COVID cases, 15% drop in deaths
- Pandemic victims mourned at Tempe event as advocates call for COVID-19 memorial day
- Arizona health department gets $2M grant to fight heat-related issues
ARKANSAS
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- Arkansas Lawmakers OK $1M for Pregnancy Resource Centers
- Cobb, Loftin Promoted at Arkansas Surgical Hospital (Movers & Shakers)
- Arkansas hospital count from virus rises as active cases drop
- Nurse practitioners, pharmacists, charged by feds with conspiracy to distribute opioids
- Former Skyline heads still own nursing homes
- Northwest Arkansas in good spot virus-wise, Fayetteville health board says
- Lack of mental health facilities in Arkansas a continuing problem in the courts system
CALIFORNIA
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- New California medical school placed on probation
- Health in California Two Years into the Pandemic
- California health officials working to address “Long COVID”
- Pandemic awakens need for at-home hospital care
- Nurses are waiting months for licenses as hospital staffing shortages spread
- State health care reform efforts vary, but gaining momentum overall
- California Hospitals File Disproportionate Share Payments Case Against HHS
COLORADO
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- Battle over physician assistants’ practice in Colorado heats up in both Democratic, Republican caucuses
- Bill for new Colorado behavioral health agency seeks sweeping safety-net reforms
- Colorado legislature approves bill seeking to prevent ‘doxxing’ of healthcare workers
- Polis addresses health care worker shortage
- UCHealth Unveils Plan to Boost Behavioral Health Care in Northern Colorado
- VA hospital ER to close during some shifts
- She expected to pay $1,337 for surgery. A Colorado hospital billed $303,709.
- Lawmakers want audit of Colorado’s 17 non-profit mental health centers
- Colorado bill for new state behavioral health agency seeks sweeping safety-net reforms
- Northeast Colorado Health Department: Transition period is not ‘the new normal’ with COVID-19
- Case over $303K hospital bill reaches Colorado Supreme Court
- 5 medical bills making news
- CO Hospital Suffers Email Data Breach, 52K Impacted
- Colorado-based digital health leader launches new startup with $3M in seed funding
- Colorado health system’s email breach exposed 52,632 patients’ protected information
CONNECTICUT
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- Gene driving breast cancer metastasis discovered at Yale
- Nursing home background-check bill sees strong opposition
- Day Kimball Healthcare announces $158K gift from area estate
- Trinity Health says it will reach gender parity in leadership roles by 2030
- Lamont’s health care bills draw criticism from advocates
- CT Bill Requires Nursing-Home Transparency in Medicaid Spending
- Across Connecticut, ‘community levels’ of COVID-19 are ‘low,’ CDC says
- Among Health Systems Battling Financial Onslaught from COVID, Size Didn’t Matter
DC
DELAWARE
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- CDC’s new online tool shows low Covid spread in Delaware
- Nemours to study, attack, reduce children’s health disparities using $25 million gift
- Delaware health care bill advances for kids who are illegally in US
- Delaware is shrinking racial gaps in cancer death. Its secret? Patient navigators
- Paid leave bill clears Delaware Senate in party-line vote
- Number of COVID hospitalizations in Delaware lowest since early August
FLORIDA
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- AdventHealth’s operating income nears $1B in 2021
- Amid nursing home staffing crisis, Legislature approves industry-backed bill changing care requirements
- DeSantis, Ladapo push free speech for Florida doctors
- Florida health system CEO resigns
- Florida mental health, substance use disorder bill sent to Gov. DeSantis to sign
- Florida to recommend against COVID vaccines for healthy kids
- Florida will be “the first state to officially recommend against the COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children,” state surgeon general declares
- HCA Healthcare rebrands all of its Florida hospitals, including Blake in Bradenton
- Rothman Orthopaedics Florida to add physicians, locations in 2022
- Encompass Health (EHC) Inaugurates New Hospital in Florida
- Florida hospitals to pay $12.7M to resolve allegations of submitting improper claims
- Health First ranked by Forbes as among top 500 large employers in the country
GEORGIA
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- Georgia senators seek to ban state vaccine mandates for year
- Piedmont Healthcare bolsters north Georgia presence with 3-hospital affiliation deal
- Soleo Health’s Atlanta Pharmacy Relocates to Meet Growing Patient Demand
- Georgia House passes bill to overhaul mental health care system
- Willett Children’s Hospital celebrates 1st birthday
- Georgia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the nation. A group is trying to ease mothers’ pain with a special cradle
- ‘A defining issue’: Georgia House approves measure overhauling mental health care
- Pediatric emergency space planned at new NGMC tower will be named for longtime pediatrician
HAWAII
IDAHO
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- Governor ends public health emergency declaration
- Magic Valley ICU doctor shortage takes its toll on local hospitals
- Saint Alphonsus fined by OSHA after ‘serious’ violations found following complaint
- Idaho lawmakers seek to punish parents who take trans youth to other states for health care
- Jordan named CEO of Marimn Health
ILLINOIS
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- Illinois hospital on verge of losing license
- Insight Hospital and Medical Center, formerly Mercy Hospital, expands services on South Side
- Insight Hospital, formerly Mercy, reopens emergency room to ambulance service
- Loyola Medical Center Has No COVID Patients for First Time During Pandemic, Officials Say
- Quincy Medical Group is 1st freestanding ASC in Illinois to perform cardiac catheterization
- Local hospitals more relieved as COVID cases drop
- Illinois man admits swindling hospitals out of $3.4M
INDIANA
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- As nurses demand higher pay, nursing homes and staffing agencies clash on the price
- Bill to limit Indiana business vaccine mandates signed into law
- Franciscan Health donates 100,000 pounds of medical supplies to Ukraine
- Holcomb Ends Indiana’s COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
- Healthcare Trends: What’s Happening in 2022?
- Healthcare Wage Increases Lag Behind Other Industries
- Indiana hides hospital diversion info, but does it have to?
- Indiana Hospitals Plan to Begin Tracking Health Inequities
- Indiana SNF Invests in School Partnerships, Culture to Bolster Staff Amid Fierce Wage Competition
- IU Health gives $416M to IU medical school, reducing its profits
- No orange, red on state’s weekly COVID-19 transmission map
- Nursing home facing $10K in fines after failing to report COVID-19 death
- Union Health Foundation Gives Gift to Ivy Tech
- Indiana hospital sends 3 semitrucks worth of medical supplies to Ukrainian hospitals, frontline fighters
- Riverview Health names new COO, CIO
IOWA
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- Opponents back down from battle over $19.2M Iowa ASC
- New Univ. of Iowa nursing program could help RN shortage in state
- CMS: Nursing homes are responsible for accuracy of staff death data
- Iowa nursing home chain prepped for sale owes $1M in federal fines
- State gives go-ahead for new Steindler surgery center in North Liberty
- Iowa pharmacy board sanctions 3 Walgreens stores for hiring practice violations
KANSAS
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- Kansas medical experts provide perspective on dwindling COVID numbers
- Janet Stanek approved as permanent KDHE secretary, despite conservatives’ COVID policy concerns
- New rule lets low-income people in Kansas, Missouri keep shopping for health insurance
- Kansas bill advocates for the mental health of first responders
- Ribbon cut on new east Topeka urgent care
- Kansas panel backs bill to limit government officials’ authority over masking, religion
KENTUCKY
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- CRE Health Care Deal of the Year: LifePoint Health buys Kindred Healthcare
- ‘Double dipping scheme.’ Kentucky clinic owner sentenced to 10-plus years for fraud
- Ex-Kentucky hospital director admits stealing $781K in supplies
- Humana begins transition of its home-health division to new brand
- Kentucky Advocacy Earns 340B Win
- Kentucky Governor to ‘pause’ weekly COVID-19 updates
- Ky. House panel expected to hear bill legalizing medical marijuana this week
- Louisville-based Trilogy Health Services adds to its C-suite
- Louisville Healthcare CEO Council names two new board members, make hires
- Norton King’s Daughters’ Health releases statement on cybersecurity event
- SentryHealth merging with health tech company — here’s what’s next
- Two years after 1st confirmed COVID-19 case, Louisville health leaders highlight pandemic efforts
- ‘We need funding.’ Why SB 10 does not go far enough to support Kentucky nurses: Opinion
LOUISIANA
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- Bats found inside Louisiana hospital
- LCMC Health Urgent Care Expanding to Kenner
- Dr. Hugh Long, who led New Orleans hospital board, dies in snowmobile accident
- Ochsner LSU Health snaps up physician group
- Hospitals change COVID-19 rules as Louisiana’s positivity rate continues to decline
- Terrebonne Parish’s COVID cases fall 66.2%; Louisiana cases drop 61.6%
- UL Lafayette’s new graduate nursing concentration to focus on mental health care
- Ochsner offering free weeklong STEM program to Baton Rouge students
MAINE
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- Maine cuts projected nurse shortage in half
- Maine hospital to deploy Cerner EHR
- Maine health system president retiring next year
- Maine makes a dent in state’s nurse shortage
- MaineHealth hospital president to retire
- The labor crunch continues, but Maine’s nursing shortage shrinks
- Waterville hospital sent home a suicidal patient who returned the next day with a gunshot wound
- Maine Med nurse practitioner from Ukraine returning to treat the injured
- Maine Med nurses raise money for medical supplies to help those suffering from the war
MARYLAND
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- 2 Maryland Hospitals Return To Pre-COVID Crisis Protocols
- Hospital heads commend public, talk staff shortages
- LifeBridge Health launches final phase of Grace Medical Center renovations
- UMMS board chairman, who saw the hospital system through COVID and past ‘Healthy Holly,’ steps down
- Health Care Workers Protest Staffing Shortage at UM Capital Region Medical Center
- Despite declining metrics, doctors say Maryland has not reached ‘endemic’ status
- University of Maryland Medical System chairman steps down
- Male physicians in Maryland earn up to 50% more than female physicians
- Johns Hopkins Medicine CEO to retire
MASSACHUSETTS
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- Boston hospitals unite to unravel mystery of ‘Long COVID’
- Mass General Brigham faces backlash over ad campaign for $2.3B expansion
- Mass General Hospital pays $14.6M to settle surgery claims
- Judge awards whistleblower $390K in athenahealth kickback case
- Baystate Health, Kindred break ground on $72M psychiatric hospital in Holyoke
- Baystate Behavioral Health Hospital in Holyoke breaks ground for 150-bed facility
- Boston hospitals lead effort to recoup debt from Kuwaiti government
- Massachusetts nurse pleads guilty to tampering with liquid morphine
- Milford Regional Medical Center names CFO
- Moderna’s CEO pay rose 41% last year to $18.2M
- Morningside Ventures spins out $60M inflammatory disease startup
- MGH Institute launches new program to train health care leaders
- Voyager inks gene therapy deal with Novartis worth up to $1.8B
- Sherlock to capitalize on CRISPR test milestone with $80M round
- Patients with opioid use disorder often rejected for skilled follow-up care, study finds
- Here’s how Massachusetts is trying to solve biotech’s job dilemma
- Six Boston area hospitals join national ‘long COVID’ study
- New school to train healthcare leaders opens in Boston
- Massachusetts ASC nurse agrees to plea deal in fentanyl-tampering case
- Boston Children’s establishes specialty pharmacy
MICHIGAN
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- Ascension Michigan data breach exposed 27K patient records
- Dept. of Labor recovers $235K in overtime payments at Okemos medical facility
- Hospital at home playbook: Lessons from Mayo Clinic, Michigan Medicine and Presbyterian Health
- Michigan Medicine email breach put health info of 2,900 patients at risk
- MyMichigan Health CEO Diane Postler-Slattery, husband die in plane crash in Florida
- Ophthalmology property sold for $1.34M
- WellCare, Spectrum Health join new blockchain effort focused on provider credentialing, directories
- ‘Food as medicine’: Michigan hospital-based farms kick off yearly produce share
- 12 physicians sentenced to prison for $250M billing fraud
MINNESOTA
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- Hospital at home playbook: Lessons from Mayo Clinic, Michigan Medicine and Presbyterian Health
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield Minnesota files lawsuit against COVID-19 lab for price inflation, fraudulent billing
- Mayo Clinic among organizations scrutinized for Russian donations
- Minnesota Senate greenlights plan to join interstate nursing agreement
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Minnesota suing COVID-19 lab for alleged price inflation
- Minnesota ASC’s grand opening pushed back
- Health system opening 12-operating room ASC at Minnesota mall
- Osterholm, other health experts offer ‘road map’ for Covid-19, and beyond
- HealthPartners announces new DNA testing program to detect inheritable diseases
- Mayo Clinic to build $11M sports medicine, imaging center
- Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Hospital needs, caseloads falling as surge recedes
- Birth Simulator Aids Training for Rural Minnesota Deliveries
- Comprehensive spine care program launched in Minnesota
MISSISSIPPI
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- Inside the contract dispute between Mississippi’s largest hospital and insurer
- Mississippi mental health services report released
- Mississippi Advances Bill Against COVID Vaccine Mandates
- Top Mississippi health official resigning at end of July
- Health officials discuss the future of the Pandemic in Mississippi
- ‘Babies in the Hospital’: Mississippi Drastically Lags in Child and Pediatric Vaccinations
- New medical marijuana law draws millions in Mississippi investment
MISSOURI
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- 5 medical bills making news
- St. Louis nonprofit health system’s general counsel to retire, successor named
- Eastern Jackson County to see expanded mental health services, thanks to merger
- Southwest Missouri healthcare leaders reflect 2 years after state’s first COVID-19 case
- Missouri House passes restrictions on hospital visitor limits, pushing back on COVID rules
- Missouri House backs plan to bar hospitals from limiting visitors
- Missouri takes 99 days on average to approve Medicaid requests
- Missouri and Illinois nursing homes rank last in hours of care residents receive
- Doctors weigh in on end of mask mandate in St. Louis
- Missouri averaging fewer than 300 COVID cases for first time in 9 months
MONTANA
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- Two Years In, Covid Leaves Montana Public Health Officials Feeling ‘Watched’
- Employees, former patients blast conditions at Montana State Hospital in public comments
- Lawmakers agree to begin work on Montana State Hospital
- Great Falls Clinic Hospital breaking ground in May on expansion
- Nurses are waiting months for licenses as hospital staffing shortages spread
- Good Medicine: Hamilton Montana Hospital Rated as Best
- Partnership Health Center rolls out community care team for homeless services
NEBRASKA
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- Alert in Nebraska Med patient charts helping to get Narcan into more hands
- Wednesday March 9 COVID-19 update: Douglas County transmission data dips into ‘moderate’
- Nebraska hospital capacity limited, but improving
- Nebraska hospitals get some relief as COVID cases continue to decline
- New CHI Health Clinic coming to Grand Island
- CHI Nebraska acquires 13 acres of city-owned land for clinic
- Nebraska state senators decry the lack of mental health treatment options in the state
NEVADA
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- Hospital rotations during COVID’s darkest days strengthen UNLV med students’ career decision
- Memo: UMC to require mandatory overtime for nursing staff in response to alleged worker behavior
- Report: Most Nevada hospitals aren’t transparent with prices, breaking law
- COVID-19 patients in ICU dramatically lower in Nevada
- Nevada Community Health Center to Open – Launches Autism Cares Inc.
- Bringing awareness to racial disparities in maternal care in Nevada
- 5 medical bills making news
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- The New Hampshire hospital with a 5-star patient experience rating
- COVID-19 hospitalizations fall to lowest level since August
- N.H. pharmacists could dispense ivermectin without a prescription if bill passes
- Two N.H. mental health programs prepare to reopen after staffing shortages caused a temporary closure
- 1 COVID-19 death reported as cases, hospitalizations continue to fall in NH
NEW JERSEY
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- Agency staff cost New Jersey hospitals $670M in 2021
- New Jersey physician convicted in multimillion-dollar fraud scheme
- N.J. nursing home blasted for endangering residents gets a reprieve. For now.
- N.J. sends in team to oversee nursing home cited for alleged abuse and neglect
- Murphy to announce health care for undocumented children in budget address
- Survey shows extent of hospital worker shortage in New Jersey
- Atlantic Health buys 7 urgent care locations in New Jersey
- New Jersey ends COVID-19 public health emergency
- How University Hospital Went From Struggling to Thriving
- New Jersey hospital CEO, former state health commissioner picked by Biden for VA role
- New Jersey Doctor Convicted of Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud
- Hackensack Meridian Health Partners with Foundation for Health Advancement
NEW MEXICO
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- Hospital at home playbook: Lessons from Mayo Clinic, Michigan Medicine and Presbyterian Health
- Hospital executives pushing governor to boost funding
- New Mexico hospitals seek new financial support
- Donated cadaver shortage complicates medical training at New Mexico University
- The New Mexico hospital with a 5-star patient experience rating
- New Mexico hospitals ask gov. to authorize financial support
- New CDC report says Eddy County now at ‘medium’ risk in COVID-19 pandemic
NEW YORK
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- A sign of the times, Lewiston nursing home workers go on strike today
- Memorial Sloan Kettering CEO to step down
- Neighborhood opposition kills Horizon Health’s deal for 600 Delaware Ave.
- New York home care workers call for wage hike
- VA plans $1B replacement hospital in New York
- Gouverneur Hospital names new president
- Garnet Health shakes up finance leadership: 7 changes
- Cardiologists sell New York medical office building for $11.5M
- Catholic Health names chief transformation officer
- Northwell, Clinithink enter 10-year RCM deal
- New York physician pleads guilty to $3M billing fraud scheme
- NYC Health + Hospitals plans 874 layoffs when universal contract tracing ends
- Northwell Health to Use AI, NLP to Improve Revenue Cycle Management
- Northwell partners with Clinithink on revenue cycle management
- Dr. KMarie King wants to have Albany Med prepared for the future
- New York gastroenterologist pleads guilty to $3M billing fraud: 3 details
- GoodRx to buy VitaCare pharmacy services platform for $150M
- Circuit Clinical raises $29M from strategic, VC and local investors
- Invision Health expands with second site in Florida
- $47 million acquisition deal between Weinberg Campus, Elderwood terminated
NORTH CAROLINA
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- After pandemic fight, some N.C. hospitals see relief — but only for so long
- In Triangle hospitals, relief at COVID’s decline but also concern it may not last
- Two years after declaration, North Carolina House Republicans want COVID emergency lifted
- NC pilot to tackle social determinants of health begins
- With July date, North Carolina ready to launch ‘988’ mental health crisis hotline
- Northeast N.C. counties experiencing ‘medical deserts,’ forced to drive long distances for medical care
- Entire North Carolina cancer center board resigns after director’s removal
- Health care providers in North Carolina demand better patient support as they attempt to unionize
- Burnout likely to worsen nursing shortage
- With 91% majority, group of NC health care workers votes to unionize
- Atrium’s new Charlotte area medical program aims to boost diversity in health care
NORTH DAKOTA
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- Leader of Sanford Health in Fargo says he resigned, uncertain of ‘next chapter’
- CEO of Sanford Health in Fargo steps down
- Altru Health won’t be sold, CEO says
- Altru Health resumes construction of $380M hospital after COVID-19 delay
- ND National Guard support for COVID-19 operations to end next week
- As omicron weakens, health officials urge diligence; summer lull not a certainty
- North Dakota hospitals, human services team up to streamline mental health crisis response
- NDDoH announces changes to COVID-19 dashboards
- Burgum: Pandemic response shifts toward endemic status as COVID-19 trends improve
- Burgum announces toned-down COVID-19 response as North Dakotans ‘learn to live with this virus’
OHIO
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- Cleveland Clinic eyes patient hospitality lounge at airport
- Ohio second to last in percentage of nursing-home staff having completed the coronavirus vaccine
- ‘I’ll do it’: Ohio guardsman continues hospital work after deployment
- Pharma packaging startup for hospitals building $50M Columbus-area plant, adding 300 jobs
- TriHealth $30M outpatient campus to add 120 jobs
- Nearly 70% of Ohioans 12 and older received at least one COVID vaccine dose
- Southwest Ohio represents more than one-fourth of state’s COVID hospitalizations
- COVID-19: Health leaders begin to transition nation from pandemic to endemic
- CDC: Ohio ranks 42nd in life expectancy, COVID to reduce expectancy nationwide
- Cleveland Clinic’s ‘reCOVer Clinic’ helps patients cope with frustrating long-term effects of COVID
- Southwest General Hospital in Middleburg Heights donated medical supplies to Ukraine
- Northeast Ohio schools to expand health clinics after Gov. DeWine announces $25.9 million in funding
- 12 physicians sentenced to prison for $250M billing fraud
- Cleveland Clinic announces 5 year collaboration with PathAI
OKLAHOMA
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- SSM Health welcomes Dr. Robert Rader as Vice President of Medical Affairs
- Oklahoma hospital names permanent CEO
- Oklahoma hospital data breach impacts 92,000 patients
- Duncan Regional Hospital Data Breach Impacts 92K
- Leaders announce initiative to address Oklahoma’s nursing shortage
- Oklahoma health officials eye shift toward ‘endemic’ COVID response. What does that mean?
- Oklahoma health leaders, OU Health combat state nursing shortage
- Report: Future of many nursing homes in doubt
- Howard appointed as MRHC CEO
OREGON
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- Portland biotech aims to ease side effects of common treatment
- University of Oregon tackles children’s behavioral health with $425M+ gift
- Woman with Oregon ties picked to lead Indian Health Service
- Oregon launches merger oversight program as hospitals object
- Better late than never? Oregon to offer digital coronavirus vaccine card by end of March
- Oregon bill declaring racism ‘a public health crisis’ heads to governor’s desk for signing
- Oregon Legislature paves way to increased access to primary and behavioral health care
- How lowering hospital readmission rates improves our community’s health
PENNSYLVANIA
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- 2 Years of COVID-19: Impact on health care, what to expect moving forward
- After Closing Two Hospitals in Chester County, Tower Health Remains in Debt More Than $1 Billion
- Allegheny Health Network to spend $92M on pay, benefit hikes
- Bryn Mawr Hospital unveils expanded, $35M behavioral health unit
- CHOP plans nearly $3.5B in capital projects by 2028
- Pennsylvania hospital selects new CMO
- Tower Health cuts financial losses by more than half but remains saddled with $1.3B in debt
- Canyon Atlantic ends bid to buy 2 Pennsylvania hospitals
- Pennsylvania hospital nurses set strike date
- New hospital guidance in PA
- Pennsylvania possibly moving toward the end of the pandemic
- Fewer Philadelphians are vaccinated against COVID-19 than previously reported, city says
- Nurses in Pennsylvania waited months to get licenses to work during historic staffing shortage
- Pennsylvania officials say rural health care can be micro hospitals and tele-emergency departments
- Main Line Health opens new inpatient psychiatric unit
RHODE ISLAND
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- Care New England: ‘Our future is strong’ despite merger rejection
- Lifespan bets on employee stories to help fill staffing gaps
- Warwick nursing homes and assisted living facility bought for $27.5M
- Secretary Jones resigning as RI Health and Human Services leader
- A Decade of Failed Hospital Mergers Plagues RI Healthcare System
- FTC dismisses complaint over proposed Lifespan, Care New England merger
- YNHH Covid Cases Plummet To 58
SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Bill to break up South Carolina health agency moves forward
- MUSC Health CFO’s attention on inflation, supply chain issues, work fatigue
- Trident Medical Center working on new behavioral health hospital to help ‘overburden’ on mental health care
- About 1 in 5 South Carolina children ages 5 to 11 have received a COVID-19 vaccine
- Freestanding Behavioral Health Hospital On Horizon For South Carolina
- New COVID-19 cases in South Carolina dip below 100 on Sunday
- Why have South Carolina’s NICU rates doubled?
SOUTH DAKOTA
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- Avera opening new 24/7 Behavioral Health Urgent Care building
- Sanford Health focus on virtual care with chief digital officer hire Jared Antczak
- South Dakota nursing homes face unprecedented staffing crisis
- Sanford Health hires former Highmark exec as 1st chief digital officer
- South Dakota takes action against head of former Skyline Healthcare
- SD nursing homes still struggling with staffing shortages
- Noem slams federal proposal to realign veteran health care in South Dakota
TENNESSEE
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- Latest in virtual reality health care comes to Nashville
- Tennessee physician convicted in $50M fraud scheme
- Report: 55% of Tennessee’s rural hospitals at risk for closure
- East Tennessee man gets surprise bill after heart attack
- TN Dept. of Health starts 2-year campaign to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s, hoping for a cure
- Tennessee COVID-19 rates continue to plummet but still above national averages
- Dr Natalie Dickson Discusses 340B Reform From Tennessee Oncology’s Perspective
- A shortage of high-level life support in Tennessee led to more COVID deaths, study finds
TEXAS
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- CVS Health announces $15.3 million investment to provide affordable housing in San Antonio
- Tenet extends Ronald Rittenmeyer’s contract for $750K a year
- U of Texas Southwestern receives $100M gift for school of public health
- Texas Children’s Hospital halts gender-affirming therapies
- Texas hospital pauses hormone therapy for trans children as threats of abuse investigations loom
- Stalled BCBS deal kicks Texas system’s ASCs out of network
- Texas Medical Center adds $50M to venture fund for more health tech, therapeutics investments
- Texas files lawsuit over federal guidance that highlighted protections for pediatric gender-affirming care
- Rural Texas hospital building $5M ASC to boost care access
- Prime hospital in Texas welcomes new CEO
- ‘Our state is terrorizing us’: Texas families of transgender kids fight investigations
- Texas Health partners with 3 orthopedic private practices
- Spine devicemaker creates center of excellence with Texas pain practice
- How this neuropsychologist overcame the challenges of Covid and opened a new practice
- San Antonio-based Betty’s Co. rolls out health care mobile clinic
- Wenzel Spine CEO Chad Neely dead at 47
- In middle of miscarriage, woman was pressured to pay $3,500 bill at Fort Worth hospital
UTAH
VERMONT
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- UVM Medical Center resident physicians seek unionization, better pay
- UVM Health Network outlines next steps in CEO search
- UnitedHealthcare, UVM Health Network dispute could leave 2,900 patients searching for care
- Amid widespread workforce unrest, UVM Medical Center residents form a union
- Vermont legislative battle over eye surgeries ends in a draw
- Vermont reports lowest Covid hospitalizations since August
- State officials seek to resolve dispute threatening health coverage for 1,800 Vermonters
- As Covid cases decline, Vermont winds down contact tracing contract
- Officials discuss soon-to-change mask guidance and pandemic lessons
- VDH: COVID cases up, serious outcomes down
VIRGINIA
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- Virginia county sues state behavioral health system for failing to admit psychiatric patient
- Newsweek ranks UVA Medical Center as #1 hospital in Virginia
- Sentara Healthcare donates $2 million towards Virginia’s first school of public health
- HCA hospital in Virginia names new chief nursing officer
- Nurses are waiting months for licenses as hospital staffing shortages spread
- Virginia legislators expand ‘safe haven’ laws allowing parents to give up infants
- Hospitalizations for COVID-19 at lowest level since last summer in Virginia
- 3 Email Security Incidents Reported That Affect More Than 111,000 Patients
WASHINGTON
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- Hospital expense bill expanding charity care coverage heads to Inslee’s desk
- Nurse staffing bill dies in state Legislature as session winds down
- Old Hillyard library could be home to MultiCare’s new behavioral health clinic
- Providence hospitals sued by WA state over billing of lower income patients
- Q&A With Virginia Mason Franciscan Health CEO on Hospital-at-Home Pilot
- Seattle concrete strike is delaying construction of UW psychiatric hospital
- Spokane VA hospital grinds to a halt after computer system corrupts patient data
- State lawmakers pass expanded charity health care bill
- The New Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic in Othello Is Eye-Popping
- Providence’s annual operating loss swells to $714M
WEST VIRGINIA
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- Bill would monitor long-term effects of substance use disorder treatment
- Massey named VP of External Affairs for Appalachian Regional Healthcare system
- West Virginia groups awarded funds for rural health outreach
- West Virginia COVID map mostly green
- Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation donates $25,000 to WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital
- Bill to restructure West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources advances
- National Guard assistance at West Virginia health care facilities to end Friday
WISCONSIN
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- How Wisconsin nursing homes retain staff amid COVID-19 vaccine mandate
- Physicians sell $6.2M Wisconsin medical office building
- SSM Health nonprofit works to make more affordable insulin
- Mental health clinic opens at Children’s Wisconsin
- Wisconsin legislation makes committing, threatening violence against healthcare workers a felony
- Western Wisconsin Health named Chamber Business of the Year
- 8 health systems with strong finances
- Wisconsin tallies 393,000 unused, wasted COVID-19 vaccine doses in pandemic
- Daily average of new COVID cases in Wisconsin approaching 400
- COVID-19 is high in nearly all of Wisconsin, which is a big improvement
WYOMING
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- Gordon lifting Public Health Emergency declaration
- Wyoming Dept of Health Says Alternatives To COVID Pills Are Available
- WMC Foundation launches rebrand targeting trauma factor in public health
- COVID-19 Deaths in Wyoming Drop for 2nd Straight Week
- Cheyenne Regional Medical Center becomes second Hospital in Wyoming to perform Watchman FLX Surgery
- COVID hospitalizations have dropped dramatically. Hospitals remain on high alert.
