1. CMS blocks 3 UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans from 6 states  Full story

2. Justice Department alleges data-mining company helped health plan overcharge millions  Full story

3. Physician 'gold card' law to reduce prior authorization delays in Texas  Full story

4. Fraudulent transactions come in many disguises. Here's how payers are staying ahead of them.

5. Unvaccinated COVID-19 hospitalizations cost $5.7B in 3 months, analysis says  Full story

6. Wellcare names football legend Joe Montana as brand ambassador  Full story

7. Heart patient dies after being turned down from 43 ICUs amid COVID-19 surge  Full story

8. 10 states with largest COVID-19 case increases in last week  Full story

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

10. Raise the price transparency noncompliance fee from $300 to $5.5K a day, researchers say  Full story

11. Top 20 business schools of 2021-22, per Bloomberg  Full story 

12. Senators eyeing $1K healthcare vouchers in Medicare expansion interim  Full story 

13. Walmart Health shakes up leadership amid slow clinic rollout  Full story 

14. Census Bureau releases 2020 coverage report: 7 statistics  Full story 

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

• Hospitalizations 
• Vaccines administered 
• Population fully vaccinated 
• Death rates