1. The first presidential debate: 7 healthcare takeaways Full story

2. Baptist Hospitals CEO to retire Full story

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

• Where the virus is spreading fastest, slowest
• Test positivity rates
• Cases
• Hospitalizations

4. Optimize your surgical service line through innovation, customized data, and actionable insights. Full story.

5. 6 recent hospital, health system executive retirements Full story

6. All-male panels still dominate medical conferences, study finds Full story

7. Precision Health Virtual Summit: How to make the promise of value-based care a reality. Click here to attend the free event.

8. Tampa International Airport partners with BayCare to offer COVID-19 testing Full story

9. Wisconsin hospitals wait-list patients, cancel surgeries as COVID-19 cases surge Full story

10. What does hospital operational resiliency look like in 2020? Click here attend a live discussion on crisis-proofing operations in difficult times.

11. Kaiser Permanente unions seek 'hero bonus' for 85,000 members Full story

12. Hawaii ICU nurse fired after criticizing hospital's COVID-19 response Full story

13. 39 health systems declare racism a public health crisis, vow to fight it Full story

14. Michigan lawmakers urge Beaumont, Advocate Aurora not to merge Full story

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. A practical guide to price transparency: Everything hospital leaders should know. Click here to download the guide.

2. Do you really know what patients think about your services? Find out why feedback technology is lacking in healthcare and how to get the kind of responses that will lead to better outcomes.

3. 6 strategies to bolster hospital 'rainy day' funds. A quick guide for healthcare leaders.