1. Hospitals face evacuations, water disruptions amid Ian: 3 updates  Full story

2. Iowa hospital closes, lays off 151 workers  Full story

3. Michigan health system to make 'several hundred' job cuts  Full story

4. Join L.E.K. Consulting Oct. 11 for a webinar on its 2022 Annual U.S. Hospital Study, which will examine persistent challenges faced by healthcare systems and dramatic shifts underway within operations, the supply chain, spending, consolidation and the evolution of digital health.

5. Atlanta Medical Center to close ED in October  Full story

6. Senator has questions for Providence CEO on billing practices  Full story

7. What do half of the hospitals on U.S. News Honor Roll have in common? They're getting smart about data. Here's how.

8. Kaleida Health strike cost could exceed $142M monthly, CEO says  Full story

9. Hospital for Special Surgery sues HHS for allegedly shorting relief funds  Full story

10. Tenet, UnitedHealth, DaVita lose bid to end antitrust case  Full story

11. When payers and providers fail to collaborate, patients suffer. Discover how a Nevada health plan and physician group partnered to improve care for expectant moms here.

12. Duke LifePoint hospital under CMS review for alleged EMTALA violations  Full story

13. Stanford Medicine exec: Why hospitals need a wellness chief  Full story

14. Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips named president of Press Ganey consulting  Full story

15. Amazon seeks physician lead  Full story

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. There's a way out of the patient experience crisis. Leaders from Ochsner Health, RWJBarnabas Health + more share how to get there in this brief report.

2. Positive patient experiences affect healthcare organizations and patients. Find the top 10 ways to satisfy your patients and how it drives revenue here.

3. Every health system wants to accelerate its research. Starting with synthetic data can jump start the process. Find out how here.

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