Several hospitals across the U.S. are laying off workers before the end of November. 

The Health Resources and Services Administration is giving hospitals a 60-day grace period for the first round of provider relief fund reporting. 

CMS is reviewing its decision to deny a majority of requests by hospitals for a mid-build exception to the site-neutral payment policy. 

A group including medical providers, individual patients and the Montana Medical Association is challenging a Montana state law that prohibits discrimination based on vaccination status, according to court documents and media reports.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, recommended booster doses for healthcare workers and other Americans whose jobs put them at a higher risk of COVID-19 infection, siding with the FDA's recommendation instead of her own agency's advisory panel, according to The Hill.

Elligo Health Research, a healthcare research company that uses EHRs to connect patients to clinical research, has raised $135 million in a series E funding round.

Hospitals in the Memphis, Tenn., area treated 12 victims of a Sept. 23 shooting at a Kroger grocery store in Collierville, Tenn., which left two dead, The New York Times reported.

A former patient has sued UC San Diego Health claiming the health system took too long to notify patients of a data breach and that it had inadequate cybersecurity measures in place after hackers accessed employee email accounts for four months, according to a Sept. 24 report by the The San Diego Tribune.

Providence-based Rhode Island Hospital was forced to close part of its emergency department Sept. 23 because of a nursing shortage, according to the Boston Globe. 

A ransomware attack on Berlin, N.H.-based Coos County Family Health Services caused an IT outage and forced some of its clinics to shut down, according to a Sept. 23 Conway Daily Sun report.

Almost every U.S. nursing home (99 percent) and assisted living facility (96 percent) is facing a staffing shortage, according to a Sept. 22 survey from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living. 

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Becker's Hospital Review asked Hispanic leaders in the healthcare industry to share their insights on leadership.

Lexington, Ky.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare plans to acquire Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, a 72-bed hospital in Paintsville, Ky.

Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health plans to open a 300,000-square-foot, 110-bed hospital Oct. 1.

It has been a busy and successful two months of deal-making for Steward Health Care, a physician-owned hospital system based in Dallas. 

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has approved an increase in overtime pay for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, techs, medical assistants, aides, clerks, cleaners and other patient-facing staff at several State University of New York hospitals.

A hospital CEO in South Carolina is using his observations and experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic to show why he's supporting vaccinations, according to the Herald.

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted Sept. 23 to endorse booster shots of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for tens of millions of Americans. 

Karen Doyle, DNP, RN, has been appointed senior vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. 

When it comes to reducing mistakes and improving safety of patient care, hospitals can look at the airline industry to explore ways for standardizing documentation terminology and simplifying communication, according to Amy Garcia, RN, and Mark Gregory, MD.