NATIONAL
- Athenahealth to pay $18.25M for alleged False Claims Act violations
- Biden administration to begin shipping vaccines directly to pharmacies next week
- Biden exec order reopens ACA insurance marketplaces: What ASCs need to know
- Biden signs healthcare executive actions
- Biden's healthcare picks: 35 notes
- COVID-19 hospitalizations drop 3,000 in 1 day
- Despite Availability Of Vaccine, 62% Of Nursing Home Workers Have Not Yet Gotten First Shot
- Fauci says Biden administration hopes to start vaccinating kids by late spring, summer
- Feds Agree To Push Back Drug Rebate Rule
- FEMA asks Pentagon to ready as many as 10,000 troops to support nationwide vaccine push
- First FEMA-run vaccination sites to open this month, official says
- Health policy expert front-runner for top CMS job, Politico reports
- How COVID-19 Has Changed the Healthcare Supply Chain
- If vaccine administration is lagging, why are hospitals, cities and states running out of shots?
- Nursing home coronavirus cases nearly cut in half in four weeks
- Patient privacy laws are due for an overhaul, experts say
- Proposed Public Health Emergency Bill Targets COVID-19 Tech Privacy
- Shortage of nursing home staff fueled COVID-19 outbreaks, consumer group says
- Fauci says Johnson & Johnson vaccine helpful in COVID-19 fight despite lower efficacy
- Joint Commission issues pandemic alert on managing safety concerns of healthcare workers
ALABAMA
- RMC Health System shares details of expanded eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine
- Alabama hospital gets unexpected shipment of COVID vaccine, giving out over 2 days
- FEMA obligates $51.6M to Alabama for COVID-19 vaccination costs
- John Hunt Park to serve as north Alabama's large-scale vaccination clinic
- VIVA HEALTH partners with North Alabama Managed Care Inc. (NAMCI) to expand its network of participating providers
- Alabama COVID-19 vaccine phases: Here's what you should know
- North Alabama Medical Center offering monoclonal antibody therapy to lessen COVID-19 symptoms
- COVID hospitalizations down in Alabama; positivity rate still one of highest in nation
- Hospital association launches campaign to honor employees
ALASKA
- Skeptics in Alaska Senate could block extension of statewide pandemic emergency order
- Alaska Asks Hundreds to Cancel Vaccination Appointments
- Concerns in Alaska Senate Health and Social Services Committee over a bill that would extend the COVID-19 disaster declaration
- After months, Fairbanks hospital gets a break from COVID-19 patients
- How is Alaska leading the nation in vaccinating residents? With boats, ferries, planes and snowmobiles.
- Hundreds of vaccine appointments are still open for Alaska seniors and eligible health care workers
- Alaska's rate of COVID-19 hospitalization and death in 2020 was far below national averages
ARIZONA
- Arizona hits 13,000 known COVID-19 deaths as case count approaches 750,000
- Arizona Nursing Home Under Scrutiny for Requiring COVID-Infected Employees to Work
- Ariz. reports relatively low new cases, high new deaths as hospitalizations continue decline
- Banner, Aetna strike long-term agreement for joint venture
- Quorum will expand to Arizona
- Peoria announces plans for its first regional hospital at site where unfinished hospital was recently razed
- COVID-19 cases in Arizona dramatically decrease in February
- Arizona is reporting 4,417 new coronavirus cases and 176 additional deaths today
- AARP to Arizona Legislature: 'Don't let nursing homes off the hook'
- AARP: COVID-19 Lawsuit Immunity Could Harm Arizona Seniors
- University of Arizona creates app to provide mental health support during pandemic
- Coronavirus in Arizona on Feb. 2: 2,938 new cases, 238 new deaths reported Tuesday
- Phoenix Children's earns adult congenital heart disease accreditation
- Three cases of the more transmissible U.K. coronavirus variant detected in Arizona
- Northern Arizona Healthcare opens community vaccine clinic for eligible groups
- Rural Arizona hospital frustrated by smaller vaccine allotment
ARKANSAS
- Arkansas "unsure" it met the vaccination goal for long-term care facilities
- Arkansas CEO to head Children's Hospital Association board
- Arkansas' Nurse Anesthetists Call For Removal Of Unnecessary Practice Barriers
- Arkansas Children's CEO Marcy Doderer to chair national group
- Arkansas to receive 6,000 more doses this week
- A CLOSER LOOK: 1,901 COVID-19 related deaths in nursing homes
- Arkansas nursing homes see decline in cases after receiving COVID-19 vaccinations
- Healthcare heroes at Arkansas company step up to transfer COVID patients
CALIFORNIA
- California health organizations stage mass vaccination hubs
- Calif. Justices Urged To Adopt Med Mal Damages Cap Outlier
- Kaiser would need 4 years to vaccinate all California patients at current supply rate
- First Federal COVID Vaccination Sites to Open in California
- Prime Healthcare will give workers back pay to settle unfair labor allegations
- Sutter Health cuts 200 jobs
- California COVID-19 infections, hospital cases are plunging
- Jockeying over who gets COVID vaccine next: Teachers? Workers? The disabled? The sick?
- Sanctioned California hospital reveals new COVID-19 vaccine screening rules
- California Health Officials Cautiously Optimistic Following Winter Surge
- Win For Nurses, Patients: California Ends Emergency Staffing Waivers
COLORADO
- 16 variant cases discovered in Colorado, health officials say
- Colorado Health Leaders Asking Public For Input On New COVID Dial
- New Denver Health Outpatient Facility To Help Vaccinate Thousands In Coming Weeks
- Colorado coronavirus latest case, vaccine numbers for Feb. 4
- How one Colorado county with a large population of seniors is handling COVID-19 vaccinations
- Colorado launches at-home COVID-19 testing program for teachers with results in 15 minutes
- Top Colorado health official promotes little-used COVID treatment
CONNECTICUT
- How Biden's COVID-19 executive actions match what Connecticut's doing
- UConn Health Cancels Upcoming Vaccinations Due to Shortage
- CT Health Information Exchange Inks 25 Providers to Expand Network
- Pressure Grows In Connecticut To Allow Court Action Against Care Homes Over COVID Deaths
- Yale researchers developing injection for skin cancer as alternative to surgery
- Connecticut health system launches mobile vaccination clinic for the homeless
- CVS will add a dozen more COVID-19 vaccination sites next week in Connecticut
- CT Prioritized The Vaccine To Nursing Homes. Is It Working?
- State: CT nursing homes may have reached coronavirus herd immunity
- COVID-19 Vaccine Effort Paying Off in Conn. Nursing Homes: Official
DC
- Press Release: DC Health Releases Updated List of Priority Zip Codes for Vaccination Appointments
- DC health director warns of COVID-19 vaccine scam
- D.C. To Open 1,800 Vaccine Appointments For Priority Wards Thursday
- Race, ethnicity data absent in thousands of DC coronavirus vaccine records
- Vaccine hunters: DC region's residents helping others sign up for COVID-19 appointments
- Explosion at D.C. Hospital Injures One Person
- D.C. pharmacy startup plots expansion as Covid-19 increases appetite for prescription delivery
DELAWARE
- Governor Carney, DPH, DEMA Announce Expansion of COVID-19 Vaccination Program
- COVID-19 in Delaware: Where we're at and where we're going
- Delaware COVID hospitalizations down by 100 over last week
- Delaware concerned over low numbers of minority populations getting vaccine
- State 'proud' of high number of COVID tests
- Delaware ranks among nation's leaders in vaccines administered but still in early stages
- Delaware COVID hospitalizations on overall downward trend
FLORIDA
- 2 Florida nursing home CNAs say they were fired after raising concerns about COVID-19 precautions
- Bethesda Hospital hit by security breach; patients' private information possibly impacted
- Confusion continues with Florida's new vaccine website
- Citrus Health Network denies violating compensation rules as probe continues
- Florida Medicaid website hacked for 7 years, hundreds of thousands affected
- Florida's seniors use the grapevine to uncover loopholes and get hard-to-find COVID vaccines
- Gov. DeSantis gives glimpse of hope for normalcy in long-term care facilities
- Holy Cross Health Names New Chief Operating Officer
- Kindred Healthcare and Baptist Health South Florida Announce Plans for Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital
- Florida senator's proposal gives health care providers protections from some COVID-related suits
- New Sarasota Memorial Hospital campus president appointed
- Tampa, Fort Myers pain management clinics settle false claims, kickback allegations for $1.6M
- UHS buys 32 acres in Florida for medical campus
- Vaccine doses for 'extremely vulnerable' will go to 27 Florida hospitals
- Lee Health board to Florida governor: Shift from hospital-based vaccine distribution compromising healthcare worker access
- Less than 1% of vaccine doses wasted, Florida health department says
- List: Florida hospitals to receive nearly 29K doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week for those considered 'extremely vulnerable'
GEORGIA
- Atlanta rehab hospital working to bring patients, families together during pandemic
- 'Better than we were': Central Georgia hospitals see dip in COVID-19 hospitalizations
- Georgia denies appeal from clinic to restore vaccine supply
- Georgia suspends vaccine shipments to practice that offered shots to teachers
- How this ATL startup helped healthcare, education workers through pandemic financial struggles
- Ransomware attack temporarily shuts down Georgia hospital's phone lines, computer systems
- Another GA hospital vaccinated 100s of ineligible people. Why DPH says this one is different
- One Georgia public health district pausing new COVID-19 vaccine appointments
- Kemp urges Georgians to 'stay on guard,' state reports at least 23 cases of new, highly-contagious variant
- Georgia's coronavirus case total passes 760,000
- Georgia Falls Behind On Updating Medicaid Report
- Will Georgia ease rules for visitors in long-term care facilities?
- Georgia medical center suspended from COVID-19 vaccine program
- A third of Georgia adults reluctant to take vaccine, AJC poll finds
HAWAII
- Hawaii state epidemiologist Park leaves health department
- With COVID precautions in place, influenza cases in Hawaii are near zero
- State Health Department says highly transmissible COVID-19 variant could be in Hawaii
- Marcia Saquing hired as new Bay Clinic chief operating officer
- Questions linger over how essential workers eligible for vaccines can actually get them
IDAHO
- Eastern Idaho Public Health introduces lottery system for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- House votes yes to changes to Idaho Patient Act
- Idaho has 100,000 unused vaccine doses. So why are people struggling to get appointments?
- Idaho's 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases reaches lowest point since late September
- Medical providers prepare to vaccinate Idaho's seniors starting Monday
- St. Luke's, Saint Alphonsus, public health districts to start taking COVID-19 vaccine appointments
- Idaho to loosen COVID-19 restrictions as cases trend downward
ILLINOIS
- Chicago hospital rebrands to better reflect community it serves
- Chicago is launching a vaccination scheduler to make it easier to find an appointment
- FEMA Gives $43M in Funding to Illinois to Help With COVID Vaccine Distribution
- How Nursing Homes Are Faring With COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
- Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Chicago Indoor Dining Debate, FEMA Gives $43M for Vaccinations
- Illinois Gets Help From FEMA For COVID Vaccines
- Illinois health system names 2 executives
- Every region now in Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois plan; here's what's needed to move to Phase 5
- Newly formed Illinois Senate committee prioritizes mental health amid pandemic
- Illinois health officials report record number of COVID-19 vaccines administered for 3rd straight day, 4,156 cases and 71 deaths
INDIANA
- COVID-19 cases in Indiana tick down again
- Hoosier Pharma Company Lands Grant to Fight COVID
- How direct shipments of COVID-19 vaccines to pharmacies impact Indiana
- Indiana Easing School Rules for COVID-19 Quarantines
- Indiana enters next phase of COVID-19 vaccine plan
- Indiana Health Officials provide updates on COVID-19 vaccine and changes within Hoosier schools
- Indiana lawmakers push for expanded nursing home visitation
- Indiana long-term care advocates question pace of vaccine rollout
- Indiana's poor health factors don't help its COVID-19 fight, but some health outcomes are improving
- Kroger will be first federal pharmacy partner in Indiana for COVID-19 vaccine
- Lilly Opens Infusion Centers for High-Risk Hoosiers
- Parkview Health disputes another New York Times charge
- Partnership Created to Accelerate Healthcare Innovation
IOWA
- Report found majority of nursing home staff declined COVID-19 vaccine
- Iowa seniors offered COVID-19 shots at CVS and Walgreens stores
- Iowa reports another 56 COVID-19 deaths, 1,197 confirmed coronavirus cases
- New partnership will allow Iowa to help improve health care across the state
- University of Iowa starts taking names for community vaccination
- University of Iowa clinic administers first COVID-19 vaccines to 1,004 Iowans 65 and older
- University of Iowa earns $8 million grant to bring high-tech health care training to rural areas
- University of Iowa health care workers' union renegotiating contract with Iowa's Board of Regents
KANSAS
- Kansas Nursing Home Facing $1.5 Million Lawsuit
- Kansas releases interactive map to help people find COVID-19 vaccines
- Low vaccination rates among nursing home workers concern experts, health officials
- Kansas adult care homes could get COVID-19 legal immunity
- KDHE names 3 active COVID clusters in Wichita, including a school and a nursing home
- After post-Christmas spike, January was a better month for COVID in Kansas and Wichita
- COVID-19 cases in Kansas continue to ease but state's top doc says it's not time to 'exhale'
- Johnson County to offer vaccine to teachers, 65+ and others beginning this week
KENTUCKY
- COVID-19 vaccines could be coming to Kentucky pharmacies this month, White House says
- House women to introduce 'Kentucky Maternal and Infant Health Project' legislation, close 'deadly gaps'
- Humana posts loss in 4Q, still sees annual profit grow
- Kentucky health system CEO, CFO delay retirements
- Kentucky health systems to partner
- Kentucky's limited supply is impacting vaccine appointments that were already scheduled
- Kindred Healthcare and Baptist Health South Florida Announce Plans for Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital
- New hospital to bring jobs and rehab access to east Jefferson County
- Strahan and Hackbarth delay retirements from Kentucky health system
- 'Supply, supply, supply:' Kentucky close to maxing out weekly vaccine allocation
- UK approves new partnership with Ashland-based health system
- UK HealthCare, King's Daughters announce partnership
- UofL, Kindred Healthcare to partner on new $21M hospital
- UK strain of COVID-19 detected in NKY
LOUISIANA
- Baton Rouge General's Center for Health close to opening with $12 million expanded outpatient surgery center
- Another medical facility added to LSU Health Care Services Division HIPAA breach
- UnitedHealth invests in Illinois, Louisiana housing
- 2 workers stabbed at Ochsner LSU Health, suspect arrested
- Louisiana to pull thousands of vaccine doses from federal nursing home program, as feds plan to boost supply
- Unvaccinated nursing home workers could put residents at-risk, public health professionals say
- State redirecting vaccine doses from nursing homes to pharmacies
- How Louisiana plans to redirect coronavirus vaccines from nursing homes as doses go unused
- At Louisiana nursing homes, testing lags likely increased the deadly coronavirus toll
- From Louisiana bayous to Manhattan, docs say getting COVID-19 vaccines is a waiting game. Here's one who succeeded
- Baton Rouge hospitals beg for more coronavirus vaccines as new variant reaches Louisiana
MAINE
- How Close Are Portland Area Hospitals To Capacity? Weekly Update
- MaineHealth selects physician leader of Virginia health care system as its next chief executive officer
- Some Maine hospitals reporting shortage of protective gear
- Maine Med hires anti-union firm to train, dissuade nurses
- Hundreds of nursing students join coronavirus vaccination effort in Maine
- Sanford shopping center eyed for Maine's 3rd mass COVID-19 vaccine site
- MaineHealth opens mass COVID immunization site in Scarborough
- Tall Pines, three area hospitals receive $100K COVID-19 medical grants
- Central Maine Healthcare completes 'soft launch' of COVID-19 vaccine, plans to release more appointments
MARYLAND
- 2 patients die at Maryland hospital after oxygen valve mistakenly turned off
- Coronavirus updates: Maryland becomes second state to report case of coronavirus variant that first emerged in South Africa
- Maryland becomes 2nd state to report coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa
- Maryland facing shortage of second COVID vaccine doses, health secretary says
- Maryland says hospitals have problems securing 2nd doses, as state ranks near last in vaccinations
- Md. lawmakers from both parties are pushing to curb Hogan's emergency pandemic powers
- Amid shortage, Maryland acting health secretary says COVID vaccine providers should conserve second doses
- Maryland to open two mass COVID-19 vaccine clinics Friday, though long waits are expected
- As competition for COVID vaccine grows, private health care workers lag behind hospital affiliates in Maryland
MASSACHUSETTS
- Records company to pay $18M to settle kickback allegations
- BCBS of Massachusetts warns members of COVID-19 vaccine scams
- Nursing home chain with RI, Mass. locations under fire for paying $5M bonus to departing CEO
- Massachusetts General Hospital emergency medicine chief tapped as interim Cooley Dickinson leader
- Former Massachusetts healthcare executive charged in $100M fraud scheme
- CVS Health to start in-store COVID-19 vaccinations in RI, Mass. next week
- Deadliest nursing home and long-term care outbreaks in Massachusetts
- Impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes, long term care facilities in Massachusetts
- 'I'm not happy with where we are': Charlie Baker urges patience with vaccine rollout
- Here's why one public health expert says the Mass. vaccine rollout needs to be fast, not perfect
MICHIGAN
- 57% of Michigan nursing home staff, residents decline COVID-19 vaccine so far
- Beaumont cancels 2,700 unauthorized vaccine appointments
- Beaumont closes EHR COVID-19 vaccine scheduling after 2,700 unauthorized appointments
- Hospital breach lets 2,700 people 'cut in line' for COVID vaccine appointments
- University of Michigan Hospital deploys Epic-linked 'patient monitoring at home'
- Michigan health department cancels COVID-19 vaccine clinic over scheduling breach
- Michigan partnering with Wayne State to bring mobile health services to Flint
- Frustration high among West Michigan seniors waiting for COVID-19 vaccine appointment
- Why a stockpile of a promising COVID-19 treatment sits unused in Lansing
- Michigan makes big strides on nursing home vaccinations
- Metro Health University of Michigan Health opens new outpatient office
- New COVID-19 cases in Michigan plunge to nearly four-month low
MINNESOTA
- Minnesota COVID-19 deaths increase slightly as federal officials warn of variant strains across US
- Minnesota COVID vaccine waiting list to target priority groups
- Mayo Clinic, AliveCor develop mobile EKG device to monitor patients at risk of sudden cardiac death
- 'We feel forgotten': People with disabilities push for inclusion in Minnesota's vaccine rollout plan
- Andrew Witty becomes CEO of UnitedHealth Group as David Wichmann retires
- UnitedHealth invests in Illinois, Louisiana housing
- Ramsey County says illegal ransomware hack compromised info of 8,700 clients
- The pandemic's effect on the health care workforce
- Officials report 669 new COVID-19 cases, 24 deaths in Minnesota
- Minnesota's independent clinics struggle to get COVID-19 vaccine
- Sanford Health eases visitor restrictions in Bemidji and Bagley
- New nursing program in southeastern Minnesota to increase healthcare workers
- COVID-19 cases in Minnesota nursing homes drop amid vaccine push and outbreak control measures
- After slow start, Minnesota long-term care centers get more vaccinations
MISSISSIPPI
- Mississippi gets $32 million grant to distribute COVID-19 vaccine
- Mississippi board sets timeline to start medical marijuana
- Demand for COVID-19 vaccine far exceeds supply in Mississippi
- CHS breaks with Mississippi hospital
- Mississippi Governor Extends Mask Mandate for Most of State
- Some Mississippi lawmakers fight for Medicaid expansion
- Two North Mississippi vaccination site set to receive an increase in dosages
- Mississippi Health Department fine-tunes how people schedule second dose of vaccine, hotline still available
- Mississippi Considers Longer Postpartum Medicaid Coverage
MISSOURI
- Coronavirus deaths in Missouri surpass grim milestone: 7,000
- Four St. Louis area hospitals selected to serve as high vaccination sites
- Missouri hospitals to help with COVID-19 vaccine distribution
- St. Louis-area nursing homes find creative ways to keep residents engaged amid pandemic
- St. Louis-Area Nursing Homes Strive for Sense of Normalcy
- St. Louis hospital reports success using experimental COVID-19 drug
- Ascension launches monthly newscast: Notes from chief marketing officer Nick Ragone
- Missouri hospital CEO submits resignation, plans to retire
- Kansas City health experts working to bring more vaccines to minority communities
- St. Peters father dies in hospital parking lot after family says hospital refused treatment
- Cerner opens COVID-19 vaccine clinic at headquarters
- Missouri hospitals to hold mass vaccination sites across state throughout February
- Missouri to start pumping up COVID-19 vaccinations to public at selected area hospitals
- Planning underway for more mass vaccine clinics in rural parts of Missouri
- Mid-Missouri COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to fall, opening capacity in health systems
- Inside MU Health Care hospital system's plan to vaccinate 4,000 patients this week
- University of Missouri Health System saves lives with Cerner sepsis IT
- Officials report decline in new COVID-19 cases among nursing homes and overall
MONTANA
- Health Department Resignations In A Montana County Slow COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
- Montana Legislature considers limiting power of local health boards
- Montana sees jump in new COVID-19 cases and deaths
- County Public Health Boards under microscope in Montana Legislature
- Judge dismisses lawsuit over removal of Montana oncologist
- A more contagious mutation of COVID-19 is surrounding Montana, and Billings Clinic is now testing for it
NEBRASKA
- Nebraska moving to 'green' as COVID-19 vaccination sign-up, data portals launch
- 31,000 sign up for vaccine in Lincoln after city's website overcomes rough start
- First arena mass vaccination event targeted for Lincoln health care workers
- Nebraska's vaccination sign-up launches with more than 68,000 registrations
- Nebraska moves to green level of statewide Directed Health Measure
- UNMC, Nebraska Medicine awarded $9.5M rural health grant
- Beatrice Community Hospital clinic vaccinations focusing on 75 and up, this week
- South Heartland's COVID-19 risk reading dips again as vaccinations continue
NEVADA
- FEMA: Nevada has administered 76% of COVID-19 vaccines received
- Las Vegas hospital now performs augmented reality surgery
- Moderna, Pfizer begin vaccine trials for children, efforts underway in Las Vegas
- Southern Hills Hospital is first hospital in Las Vegas to use augmented reality for surgery
- Widow inspires Renown Health hospitals to lift visitor restrictions for COVID-19 patients
- 51 deaths reported as Nevada's COVID-19 test positivity rate drops steadily
- Nevada health officials worry that people will reject vaccinations
- Southern Nevada Health District devising plan to vaccinate homebound seniors
- Forming an integrated health system in Northern Nevada | Thomas L. Schwenk
- 2nd doses of COVID vaccine start flowing to public in Las Vegas
- Nevada sees 5th straight day of fewer than 1K new COVID-19 cases
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Vaccines offer some relief for hospital staffing woes
- 14 sites available for COVID-19 antibody treatment; Dartmouth-Hitchcock holding out
- MCH offers vaccine update
- Outbreaks take deadly toll at nursing homes
- NH health officials see positive COVID-19 trends, but pandemic far from over
- Nurses at state run facilities to get $10 an hour pay boost
NEW JERSEY
- Enrollment in New Jersey's Health Care Marketplace Extended to May 15
- New Jersey Has Administered Over 837,000 Doses of the Covid Vaccine as of Feb. 3
- New York, New Jersey Health Officials Trying To Remedy COVID Vaccine Distribution Disparity
- Only 161K New Jerseyans are fully vaccinated. Can the state reach its 4.7M goal by June?
- NJ officials apologize for scheduling glitch that double-booked vaccine appointments
- NJ Addressing Coronavirus Vaccine Problems After Nor'easter
- Hospital Capacity In The Ocean City Area: See The Latest
- We need more doses or may have to shut down COVID vaccination clinic, hospital tells Murphy
NEW MEXICO
- New Mexico tribe sues US over hospital closure amid pandemic
- HHS sued over move to close New Mexico hospital
- State says New Mexicans will get second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
- New Mexico Department Of Health Gives Update On COVID Vaccination Numbers
- New Mexico Reports 670 New COVID-19 Cases and 29 More Deaths
- It's unclear whether vaccines are reaching hardest hit New Mexico communities
- New Mexico vaccinating 9,000 a day amid questions about equitable distribution
NEW YORK
- Albion nursing home hit with largest federal fine in state
- Communication issues appear to be improving at Carthage nursing home
- Cuomo reacts to scathing report on nursing home COVID deaths; denies undercounting
- Cuomo, Zucker respond to AG nursing home report during COVID briefing
- EHR snooping at Montefiore leads to security breach
- "Immediate jeopardy:" Waterloo nursing home cited by NYS Department of Health
- New legislation would help with nursing home staffing, among other issues
- New York Gov. Cuomo shifts blame over COVID nursing home deaths
- New York health insurer pays $5.1M to settle potential HIPAA violations
- New York may have undercounted nursing home COVID-19 deaths by as much as 50%, state attorney general says
- NY Atty General Slams Legal Shield Protecting Nursing Homes from COVID Lawsuits
- NY lawmaker wants compensation fund for families of nursing home residents who died of COVID
- NY Nursing Home Deaths May Have Been 50% Higher Than Reported, AG's Office Says
- NYU Langone Health Performs World's First Successful Face & Double Hand Transplant
- State nursing home death toll twice as big
- WNY nursing homes were fined $214,000 for COVID-19 deficiencies
- Woman fighting for regular nursing home visits says AG report aligns with points in suit
- McKinsey reaches $573M settlement with 47 states for role in opioid epidemic
- New CEOs named at 2 NYC + Hospitals
- Cuomo dealt another blow on New York nursing-home death controversy
- Judge Orders New York to Release Data on Nursing Home COVID Deaths
- 9 Top N.Y. Health Officials Have Quit as Cuomo Scorns Expertise
- Montefiore fires employee for EHR snooping
- World's 1st successful face, double hand transplant competed at NYU Langone
- New York hospital offers prizes for vaccinated workers
- Kaleida Health responds to state's claim Oishei Children's Hospital vaccinated few healthcare workers
- Vaccine wait goes on for New Yorkers with health problems
- Governor Cuomo Updates New Yorkers On State Vaccination Program
NORTH CAROLINA
- NC may start offering COVID shots to front-line workers within weeks, Meck health says
- NC reports 4,899 new COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations remain under 3K for 2nd day
- North Carolina received $100 million vaccine grant from FEMA
- Novant buys North Carolina health system
- UNC Health goes mobile to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in COVID vaccination
- Samaritan's Purse emergency field hospital closing
- NC COVID-19 Blog: Governor Roy Cooper outlines budget recommendations includes pandemic relief funds
- 'Don't waste any doses' | 1,100 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine thrown away in NC
- 'It's a pandemic within a pandemic' | Addiction crisis worse than ever in the Carolinas
- North Carolina administers more than 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses
- Novant Health, Walgreens partner to bring express centers to North Carolina, including Charlotte
- Study: Certificate of Need repeal could expand access to health care in North Carolina
- 'We would like more' | Novant Health dependent on larger supply to hold a mass vaccination event in Charlotte
NORTH DAKOTA
- North Dakota reports no new COVID-19 deaths, slight rise in active cases
- New options would offer more 'home-like' settings for hospice care in ND
- Medicaid's tug-of-war pits North Dakota budget hawks against hospital advocates
- Bill requires North Dakota's health officer to be a doctor
- No new COVID-19 deaths in North Dakota for a 3rd straight day; active cases drop again
- 2,500 vaccinated in Grand Forks County's Tier 1 of Phase 1B
OHIO
- Hospital Capacity In The Cincinnati Area: Weekly Update
- 476-bed Ohio hospital joins Cleveland Clinic, gets new name
- Former Ohio hospital researcher sentenced for stealing trade secrets
- East Ohio Regional Hospital to reopen Thursday
- Local nursing home disputes state health department's findings following COVID-19 survey
- Ohio hospital to reopen Feb. 4
- Ohio unveils $50M program to buy back nursing home beds, shrink system
- OhioHealth cancels some seniors COVID-19 vaccine appointments, gov. blames hospital
- Kettering Health Network to build Ohio hospital
- DeWine wants to expand the Ohio health director's powers to include closing unsafe nursing homes
- Lake County health officials say vaccine supply not enough to meet demand of eligible age groups
- Cleveland health commissioner resigns in wake of shakeup by Mayor Frank Jackson's administration
- Mercy Medical Center Joins Cleveland Clinic Health System
- Getting to know Dr. Timothy Crone, the new president of Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital
- UC Health opens Cincinnati region's 1st cancer wellness clinic
- Cincinnati health system names C-suite officer for East Side hospital
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital testing COVID-19 vaccine intended for children
OKLAHOMA
- Hospitals See Decrease In Hospital, ICU COVID-19 Patients
- OU Health updates COVID-19 visitation policy for hospitals, clinics
- A $4,000 COVID Test In Oklahoma Resulted In A Debate On Healthcare Prices And Transparency
- Rural Oklahoma hospitals struggle with CARES guidelines
- 800 new appointments available for the shot clinics this week hosted by OKC-County Health Department
- Holt: Precautions still needed as COVID-19 vaccinations increase
- OKC-County Health Dept. offers 5,600 COVID-19 vaccine appointments for people 65+
- Metro Hospitals loosening visitation restrictions as COVID trends appear positive
- Oklahoma to outsource Medicaid care to four health insurance companies
OREGON
- Oregon is redirecting COVID-19 vaccine doses to specific counties
- Oregon's health care workforce is diversifying but has a lot of catching up to do: report
- Oregon Nears 2,000 COVID-19 Deaths Since Start of Pandemic
- Providence appoints a new leader for two Oregon hospitals
- Tension between rural, urban Oregon over vaccines
- Oregon Health Authority gives mixed messages on whether vaccine is being held back for second doses
- State now requires insurers to cover COVID-19 vaccinations
- Study finds nurses in outpatient settings affect community health in Oregon
- OHA sets first hospital community benefit floor
- Select Oregon pharmacies will receive coronavirus vaccines starting next week
- Oregon hospital labor deals include raises, paid time off after COVID-19 exposure
- Oregon seeks to make COVID-19 workplace rules permanent
- Providence taps nurse to lead Oregon West division
- Bend hospital workers protest wages in St. Charles contract dispute
PENNSYLVANIA
- Geisinger, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia enter affiliation
- Pennsylvania auditor claims pharmacy benefit manager hiked drug prices by $1.6 million
- Philadelphia health official resigns amid vaccine site data privacy concerns
- Philly hospitals begin vaccinating high-risk patients against COVID
- UHS buys 32 acres in Florida for medical campus
- Philly releases more details on upcoming vaccination clinics; Pa. lawmakers 'beyond frustrated' with vaccine rollout; cases and deaths trending down
- The answers to PA vaccine rollout: Why is it taking so long? How will it get better?
- Penn Medicine opens $80 million centralized plant to clean surgical instruments in facility near Philly International Airport
- How does the Pa. Department of Health decide how many vaccine doses counties get?
- Pennsylvania hospital, union must arbitrate dispute over nurse assignments, court rules
- Pennsylvania: No plan for centralized COVID-19 vaccine signup
RHODE ISLAND
- RI yet again tells people to stop sharing vaccine registration links
- Nursing home chain with RI, Mass. locations under fire for paying $5M bonus to departing CEO
- Lt. Gov. McKee announces members of Rhode Island COVID-19 advisory group
- New president to lead Rhode Island and Hasbro Children's hospitals
- NBC 10 I-Team: Vaccine myths spur vaccination gap at Rhode Island nursing homes
- CVS Health to start in-store COVID-19 vaccinations in RI, Mass. next week
- What's the holdup? A look at Rhode Island's vaccination effort
- Nursing home chain with RI, Mass. locations under fire for paying $5M bonus to departing CEO
SOUTH CAROLINA
- DHEC discovers state's first known case of U.K. variant for COVID-19
- Divisional CEO to leave Medical University of South Carolina
- FEMA Obligates $2.6 Million to South Carolina for COVID-19 Vaccination Costs
- MUSC doctor suspects S. African COVID-19 variant is more prevalent than data shows
- South Carolina records deadliest coronavirus week yet
- Retired Military Doctor Is SC Health Agency's New Director
- South Carolina wins part of $573 million opioid settlement
- Prisma Health launches solid organ transplantation program beginning with kidney transplants
- South Carolina health agency close to getting a new chief
- Piedmont to build 100-bed South Carolina hospital, ending yearslong legal battle
- CVS Health to offer Covid vaccines at 20 SC locations
- South Carolina physicians won't challenge hospital's ASC development
SOUTH DAKOTA
- SB 125, statewide mask mandate moves to Senate floor
- In political reversal, longshot mask mandate in South Dakota heads to the full Senate
- Over 1,200 people already signed up to help with vaccine distribution in South Dakota
- COVID antibody treatment available and effective but delivery slower than desired in S.D.
- 3 new COVID-19 deaths reported in South Dakota Wednesday
- COVID antibody treatments effective but underused in SD
- South Dakota residents 75+ will be able to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine starting next week
TENNESSEE
- State: It'll likely take most of February to vaccinate those 70 and older in TN. Teachers would come next
- East Tennessee health care real estate market remains active despite pandemic
- CHS breaks with Mississippi hospital
- Proposed legislation would provide financial benefit for Tennessee health care workers
- HCA, new partner to produce PPE
- HCA annual profit climbs to $3.8B
- HCA eyes $3.7B in capital spending in 2021
- Integrative Health Centers raises $3M in seed funding
- Tennessee Health System Looks to Use Telehealth, RPM Beyond Covid-19 Care
- Tennessee surpasses 10K COVID-19 deaths
- More COVID-19 vaccinations to arrive in Tennessee each week
- Tennessee hospitals: State's vaccine rollout plan isn't enough to keep sites open
TEXAS
- FEMA awards additional $2.5B to Texas for COVID-19 response
- State: Kerrville nursing home failed to control COVID infections, isolated patients away from their belongings
- Texas HIE Develops Clinically Integrated Network to Boost Care
- Tenet must pay whistleblowing cardiologists $10M, court rules
- U of Texas hospital performs its 1st heart device implant on infant
- U of Texas researcher develops first rapid sepsis sensor
- East Texas clinical students receive COVID-19 vaccine
- Hospital Working to Reschedule Vaccination Appointments After Canceled Clinic
- Dell Children's will break ground on new Northwest Austin hospital this spring
- Laredo was one of the nation's worst COVID-19 hot spots for weeks. Its leaders see no easy way out.
- Combined COVID-19 antibody therapy shows promise in reducing hospitalizations & deaths, Texas researchers say
- Texas hospice CEO sentenced for $150M health care fraud and money laundering scheme
- Select Texas CVS Pharmacy locations to begin administering COVID-19 vaccines next week
- Gatesville nursing home receives second round of COVID-19 vaccine
- Houston hospitals need more nurses to help care for COVID-19 patients
UTAH
- Here's what Utah health departments do with extra COVID vaccines
- Intermountain Healthcare campus in Utah to include ASC
- Intermountain plans new medical campus in Utah
- More than 10% of Utah's population has now had COVID-19
- With COVID cases, hospitalizations down in Utah are health care workers feeling relief?
- Select pharmacies in Utah will soon have COVID-19 vaccinations
- Utah contracts for vaccine distribution help, signs company behind 'Test Utah'
- Utah distributes more COVID-19 vaccines than positive cases reported
VERMONT
- Picturesque and unpolarised: how Vermont crushed the coronavirus
- Vaccine shipments to Vermont on the rise; 55,000 vaccinated so far
- Vermont cases slowly decline, but many people are still hospitalized
- Moderna determines 860 COVID-19 doses stored at Vermont hospital safe for use
- As Vermont Offers Vaccine to Broader Population, Some Health Workers Get Left Behind
- Vermont long-term care facilities welcome lifting of social restrictions
- NMC to open COVID-19 vaccine clinic in downtown St. Albans
VIRGINIA
- 2 Virginia hospital CEOs resign
- President and CEO of Centra Health resigns
- CVS Health to administer COVID-19 vaccines in some Virginia locations
- Vaccine supply still an issue in Virginia — and some health district directors are pulling double-duty amid rollout
- Virginia adopts permanent COVID-19 workplace safety and health standards
- Virginia to see $13.6 million from nationwide settlement of opioid crisis lawsuit
- Short supply of vaccine forces rural health districts in Virginia to stay patient and get creative
- Virginia hospital opens $2.5M cardiac cath lab
- Rural Parts Of Virginia Lack Access To COVID-19 Vaccine
- Latest vaccination numbers in DC, Maryland and Virginia
WASHINGTON
- Seattle-Area Hospitals See Hopeful Signs in Virus Fight
- Seattle hospitals rush out vaccines after freezer failure
- Washington lags other states in reporting COVID-19 vaccine equity
- Washington physician charged with unprofessional conduct after patient dies
- After Washington hospitals invite donors to get COVID-19 vaccines, state health officials issue warning
- Demand for vaccine 'greatly' outweighs supply in Washington
- Washington plan shows vaccines for general public won't begin until summer or fall 2021
- 17 patients, 10 employees infected in COVID-19 outbreak at Washington state hospital
- People jump vaccine line in Washington state, while others try to get appointments
- Washington bill aims to reduce political influence on local boards of health
WEST VIRGINIA
- Eligible West Virginia residents can now register to receive medical cannabis
- 4 West Virginia Health Centers to Receive Federal Funding
- 'Dark winter': COVID-19 has claimed 1,280 West Virginians in December, January
- Pandemic expected to spur debate on public health policy in Legislature
- West Virginia nursing home vaccinations nearing completion
- W.Va. Senators announce $5.9 million for mental health and substance abuse services
- How West Virginia prevents vaccine registrants from falsely claiming essential worker status
- How did West Virginia inject 108.1% of its vaccine doses?
- Active cases, hospitalizations drop in West Virginia on Saturday
- North Central West Virginia medical centers begin using COVID-19 infusion treatment
WISCONSIN
- Nursing home staff shortage considered a "circular nightmare"
- Rock Haven loses more staff over COVID-19 vaccine mandate
- SSM adds implicit bias training to reduce health disparities for new mothers
- ProHealth Care resumes Mukwonago hospital construction
- Wisconsin Legislature Hits Pause On Repealing Statewide Mask Mandate
- Wisconsin Walgreens stores to begin in-store COVID-19 vaccinations for eligible groups next week
- Wisconsin governor issues new mask order after Assembly vote
- Wisconsin sets new COVID-19 vaccination records
- Wisconsin health officials concerned about new strains of COVID-19
- Wisconsin's vaccine distribution ramps up; state goes from 45th to 20th in shots given
- ProHealth resumes building Wisconsin hospital, won't move headquarters
- COVID-19 activity continues decline in Wisconsin; vaccine doses over 600K
WYOMING
- Wyoming expands COVID-19 vaccine priority groups, anticipates 10,000 more doses than in January
- Hospital Capacity In The Cheyenne Area: See Latest Numbers
- Wyoming Health Department Expands COVID-19 Vaccine Priority 1b Group
- `Hospital appoints new Emergency Services Director
- Wyoming's COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility for Phase 1b Expanded
- Wyoming COVID hospitalizations fall under 50 as rate of new cases declines
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