1. Kaiser pays $6.4M to settle false claims allegations Full story

2. Fitch: 5 long-term financial trends for health insurers Full story

3. COVID-19 surges in 48 states; US hits 1M pediatric cases — 7 updates Full story

4. Is your organization up to date on evaluation and management guidelines? Click here to learn how to prepare for 2021's changes.

5. Utah hospital stops conspiracy theorists attempting to sneak in, disprove ICU capacity claims Full story

6. Amazon launches online pharmacy Full story

7. Millennials more likely to see surprise medical bills, survey finds Full story

8. What can a survey of 1,000 healthcare consumers and 75 health plan executives tell us about the shift to home-based healthcare in 2020 and beyond. Click here to find out.

9. CMS: Improper Medicare payments fell to $25.7B in FY2020 Full story

11. 5 things to know about Evernorth, Cigna's health services unit Full story

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

• Where the virus is spreading fastest, slowest 
• Death rate 
• Test positivity rate + new cases 
• Hospitalizations