1. Texas hospital will pay $18.2M to settle false claims case  Full story

2. State-by-state breakdown of 73 hospital closures  Full story

3. 33 recent hospital, health system executive moves  Full story

4. Stop. Read. Innovate.

• There are 3 steps needed to improve the patient financial experience — learn them here.
• Geisinger boosted patient payment collections by 80%. Here's how.
• Hefty fines for not complying with price transparency are on the way. Here's how hospitals can avoid them.

5. Stopgap government funding bill leaves billions of Medicare cuts in place  Full story

6. Ex-CFO of $21B biopharma firm charged with fraud  Full story

7. 9 hospitals, systems suspending COVID-19 vaccination mandates  Full story

8. Appalachian Regional Healthcare adds 14th hospital  Full story

9. States where the omicron variant has been detected  Full story

10. When it comes to hospital safety, optics matter. Get best practices on how to market your hospital's safety + infection control efforts here.

11. AdventHealth starts building Florida hospital  Full story 

12. A snapshot of healthcare staffing challenges in 3 states  Full story 

13. Don't let poor data steer your patient engagement strategy in the wrong direction. Here's how to figure out what's working, what isn't and where to go from there.

14. 6 latest healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements  Full story 

15. Vaccination-driven turnover at 47 hospitals, systems  Full story 

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. 10 M&A best practices — Insights from Bon Secours Mercy Health and Summit Health.

2. Telehealth is entering a critical new phase. Learn why top execs are adopting a smart-growth approach to planning. 

3. Current capacity management methods no longer cut it. See how hospitals are responding to rising patient volumes more strategically here.