1. California hospital plans for 677 layoffs  Full story

2. Arizona hospital backs out of potential LifePoint partnership  Full story

3. 10 hospitals seeking CFOs  Full story

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

5. 72 top teaching hospitals in 2021, ranked by Leapfrog  Full story

6. Illinois hospital CEO uncovers potential misappropriation of funds by former executive  Full story

7. Supreme Court won't hear antitrust suit against Atrium Health  Full story

8. Medtronic CEO on inflation, the 'Great Resignation' and working with Elon Musk  Full story

9. Data insights can improve collections. Click here to learn how to make uncompensated care a thing of the past.

10. New York to halt elective procedures at 32 hospitals amid COVID-19 surge  Full story

11. Gen Z feeling pandemic stress more than other age groups, poll finds  Full story 

12. 5 states set COVID-19 records this week  Full story 

13. Hefty fines for not complying with price transparency are on the way. Here's how hospitals can avoid them.

14. Nurse practitioner salary by state: California is No. 1 at $145,970  Full story 

15. How much hospitals charge for J&J, Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines, by state  Full story 

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. Is your organization ready for Regulation F rules to take effect Nov. 30? Learn how to comply here. 

2. Cyberattack risks are high, but mitigation efforts can be reassuringly simple. See what they are here. 

3. Recovering patient volume while staff are burnt out is a challenge. Support the return of pre-pandemic volumes with these best practices.