1. Virginia health systems clash over hospital-owned health plans Full story

2. How vaccination rates are changing in each state: Up in 36, down in 14 Full story

3. UnitedHealthcare to expand into 7 state ACA marketplaces Full story

4. 3 insurance discovery challenges and how to overcome them

5. Owner of Texas lab company pleads guilty to $73M Medicare fraud scheme Full story

6. 5 recent drug, device recalls Full story

7. Centene consolidates Medicare arms under refreshed Wellcare brand Full story

8. Virtual healthcare is positioned to address social determinants. Click here for 3 reasons it will work.

9. CMS names director of consumer information, insurance oversight Full story

10. 5 recent lawsuits, settlements involving payers Full story

11. South Africa identifies new COVID-19 variant — 8 notes Full story

12. How Anthem is using IBM's quantum computing to drive digital transformation: 5 things to know Full story

13. 50 states ranked from healthiest to unhealthiest Full story

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

• Vaccines administered 
• Population fully vaccinated 
• Test positivity rate
• Death rate
• Hospitalizations