1. Biden administration requests $22.5B in supplemental COVID-19 aid  Full story

2. No signs omicron subvariant will spur surge, Dr. Michael Osterholm says  Full story

3. Board member calls for change in leadership at Minnesota health system linked to racist incidents  Full story

4. Does Your Health System Have a Payment Strategy? - Learn more here

5. 90% of population now in communities where masks not needed: CDC  Full story

6. GOP effort to end national emergency declaration for COVID-19 clears Senate  Full story

7. 99% of infusion centers haven't tried this strategy to alleviate staffing shortages. Click here to learn more.  

8. Memorial Sloan Kettering CEO to step down  Full story

9. 8 recent hospital, health system executive resignations  Full story

10. How UW Medicine, Mayo Clinic + others are tackling a backlog of surgical cases  Full story

11. What's missing from your planning efforts? Click here and learn the two things healthcare leaders need to move forward. 

12. Mass General Brigham faces backlash over ad campaign for $2.3B expansion  Full story

13. What does Amazon Care mean for hospitals? Execs from Geisinger and more answer  Full story

14. Hospitals see 2nd consecutive month of job gains  Full story

15. Stats by state: 

• COVID-19 hospitalization rates
• COVID-19 test positivity rates
• Percentage of population fully vaccinated
• COVID-19 death rates
• ICU utilization
• Staffing shortages
• Booster rates
• COVID-19 vaccination rates up/down
• COVID-19 cases trend

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