1. Independence Health Group CEO to retire Full story

2. UnitedHealth accused of illegally deflating reimbursements Full story

3. Pennsylvania physician pays $1.2M to settle billing fraud allegations Full story

4. What does hospital operational resiliency look like in 2020? Click here to attend a live discussion on crisis-proofing operations in difficult times. 

5. 10 states where private insurers pay the most, least relative to Medicare Full story

6. CMS to extend prior authorization for ambulance transport: 4 things to know Full story

7. Risk profiling and the COVID-19 patient backlog — hear from CMO Dr. Mohammed Saeed during this live virtual discussion. 

8. OIG: Physician coding errors led to millions in overpayments for stroke patients Full story

9. OptumRx's 3 recently approved drugs to watch Full story

10. Medicare won't cover coronavirus vaccines approved under emergency use authorization Full story

11. Daily COVID-19 stats, state-by-state

• Hospitalizations 
• Test positivity rates 
• Cases
• Where virus is spreading fastest, slowest