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3. Ballad dismisses cardiothoracic surgeon who asked CEO to make incision on patient  Full story

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5. Testing czar defends guideline changes; DOJ may probe nursing home deaths in 4 states — 6 COVID-19 updates  Full story

6. 7 leaders react to CDC's new testing guidelines  Full story

7. What you don't know about specialty pharmacy may be hampering your financial performance and patient care. Click here to learn how to capture those benefits.  

8. Cleveland Clinic reaches 2,000th heart transplant milestone  Full story

9. COVID-19 death toll for US healthcare workers tops 1,000, news investigation finds  Full story

10. These 14 healthcare priorities are on Trump's 2nd-term agenda, he says  Full story

11. Has COVID-19 changed the way patients want health systems to communicate with them? Click here for survey results.     

12. About 12% of hospitalized flu patients develop acute heart problems, study shows  Full story

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