1. Daily COVID-19 stats, state-by-state:

• Positivity rates + new cases
• States where virus is spreading fastest, slowest
• Hospitalizations
• Deaths

2. Pfizer to apply for emergency approval of vaccine today; COVID-19 cases up 26% in 1 week — 5 updates  Full story

3. Sanford Health CEO: I've had COVID-19, won't wear a mask as 'symbolic gesture'
  Full story

4. Your input is needed! Becker's Healthcare is hosting a survey focused on healthcare priorities for 2021. Click here to fill out the 5 minute survey to receive a complementary badge to a Becker's conference and an e-book of the findings. 

5. 4 execs on how their health systems are preparing to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine  Full story

6. Mayo Clinic's operating income falls 51% through Q3  Full story

7. Planning for 2021 looks like nothing we've seen before. Click here to join healthcare execs as they share their revenue cycle strategies for the new year.

8. Lee Health, Cleveland Clinic partner in Southwest Florida  Full story

9. Novant, UNC Health plan med school campus in Charlotte  Full story

10. Spectrum Health sees 700 November COVID-19 cases among staffers in west Michigan  Full story

11. The business case for innovative therapies: How to overcome the cost and administrative challenges associated with cutting-edge treatments and change patients lives. Click here to download the guidebook.

12. 19 provider groups urge Congress to lower Quality Payment Program requirements  Full story

13. Ex-Swedish Health surgeon's libel lawsuit against Seattle Times dismissed  Full story

14. Healthcare exec pleads guilty to part in $1.2B Medicare fraud scheme  Full story

15. The solution to patient hesitancy: How remote intake can help increase volumes without crowding the waiting room. Click here to read more. 

16. States with businesses open, closed, mixed amid COVID-19 spike  Full story