1. White House invests $1.5B to help healthcare provider, dental shortages       Full story

2. Revenue cycle bootcamp for dental professionals coming in January Full story

3. 6 dental leadership moves Full story

4. Your organization's data access control efforts might not be enough. Close vulnerabilities to cyberattacks with these strategies to better manage sensitive data.

5. PDS 2nd DSO to partner with American Diabetes Association this month Full story

6. This state has higher daily COVID-19 cases per capita than every US region Full story

7. North American Dental Group launches internal diversity campaign Full story

8. Dental employees shouldn’t spend time or energy on repetitive processes — learn how to automate them here.

9. CDC greenlights boosters for all adults Full story

10. Imagen Dental Partners taps new COO Full story

11. How does COVID-19 compare to this time last year? 8 stats Full story

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

• Test positivity rates 
• Vaccines administered
• Percentage of population vaccinated 
• Hospitalizations
• Death rates

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. Patients expect a simple way to access all of a health system's offerings. Here's the solution.

2. Beat slow payer responses and shrinking margins with a new denial strategy. Read about Yale New Haven's here. 

3. There are 3 steps needed to improve the patient financial experience — learn them here.