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

1. Ransomware group posts stolen North Carolina county health data online  Full story

2. 11 numbers that show how big Optum's role in healthcare is  Full story

3. Hospitals barred from suing over $840M pay cut  Full story

4. Self-service analytics can simplify complex processes and help improve patient outcomes. Join this discussion to learn how it could work at your organization.

5. 1 dead, 4 injured in shooting at Allina Health clinic  Full story

6. 16 hospitals, health systems seeking Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech talent  Full story

7. Centene to reduce workforce by 3,000  Full story

8. 8 recent health IT exec moves  Full story

9. Hospital finance leaders must be "specifically specific." Download this guide to learn what that means.

10. Mark Cuban is building an $11M drug manufacturing plant in Dallas  Full story

11. Wearable devices can identify COVID-19 cases up to 1 week before diagnosis, study finds  Full story

12. COVID-19 deaths down in every region; new antibody drug gets emergency approval -- 5 updates  Full story

13. How well are you really communicating with patients today? Click here for 10 strategies to better reach patients and improve care.

14. Former U of Kansas Medical Center administrator pleads guilty to embezzling $500K  Full story

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

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

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. CMS price transparency audits are here. Download this e-Book to read how clinical and finance executives from 12 systems are preparing

2. A new era for telehealth: Why sustaining virtual care programs is essential to health systems' future success. Click here to read the report.

3. One in five nurses leave their first job within a year. Download this whitepaper to learn how to build residency programs that accelerate new nurse readiness.