Listen to highlights of key stories in our daily briefing podcast. 

1. Houston hospital lockout forces physicians to treat patients in parking lot  Full story

2. 3 healthcare executive actions Biden plans to take today  Full story

3. Providence names new CFO, regional leaders  Full story

4. How Intermountain Health and Henry Ford Health System are making the patient financial experience frictionless. Click here to attend the live discussion.

5. 10 hospitals seeking CFOs  Full story

6. HCA plans to acquire Georgia hospital for $73M  Full story

7. OIG urges CMS to take action against 100 'error-prone' providers  Full story

8. Pharmacy mogul sentenced for fraud, ordered to pay $344M  Full story

9. Don't Miss Learning Opportunities:

• 2021 and the future of physician compensation. Click here to attend the live discussion.
• What can CFOs learn from an analysis of more than 100M hospital transactions? Click here to read the 2020 Denials Index.
• Your access strategy has blind spots. Get to know your patients' needs here.

10. CHS ups secured notes offering by $1B, tapping into junk-bond frenzy  Full story

11. UnitedHealth's Q4 profit drops 38% as COVID-19 costs grow  Full story 

12. Chicago nurse was under the influence while treating patients, stole hospital equipment, officials say  Full story 

13. Your healthcare organization's data needs protection. Join this webinar to learn how you can safeguard it with cybersecurity measures, digital ID and biometrics.

14. 6 latest healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements  Full story 

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

• Test positivity rates
• Hospitalizations
• Death rates
• Vaccines administered 

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. Outsourcing can be an innovative way to stay competitive in today’s hospital market. Click here to learn how one health system achieved this via a strategic revenue cycle partnership.

2. There's a surplus of healthcare data, but does your health system know how to extract insights from it? Click here to learn data-driven, practical ways to innovate and increase efficiency.

3. How are leading health systems approaching workforce management? Click here for real-world insights from Duke Health and Spectrum Health.