1. 32 hospitals have filed for bankruptcy this year  Full story

2. Patient shot at Los Angeles hospital has died  Full story

3. Despite 76% net income drop, Beaumont giving $1,000 staff bonuses  Full story

4. Surgical backlogs plagued nearly every health system in 2020. Click here to learn how some of the best systems navigated that change.

5. Merger would create 4-hospital system in Southern Illinois  Full story

6. 47 hospitals postponing elective procedures amid the COVID-19 resurgence  Full story

7. Houston physician sentenced to prison for $17M billing fraud  Full story

8. 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.

9. Managing cash flow, employee fatigue top priorities of Hackensack Meridian CFO in 2021  Full story

10. CEO, chief nursing officer no longer with Prisma Health hospital  Full story

11. Strategies for COVID-19 staffing shortages from 8 hospital execs  Full story 

12. How to build a holistic revenue recovery strategy. Click here to download the step-by-step guide.

13. Some Americans face 5-day wait for test results; death toll passes 250K -- 5 COVID-19 updates  Full story 

14. 100 top health systems urge public to #MaskUp  Full story 

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

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

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. Out-of-state Medicaid claims — An overlooked revenue opportunity in a revenue-lite year. Click here to read more.

2. Help your patients feel safe when returning for care they delayed by employing these action items. Click here for a roadmap to recovery.

3. Surgical backlogs plagued nearly every health system in 2020. Click here to learn how some of the best systems navigated that change.