1. 7 hospitals outsourcing RCM functions Full story

2. Epic pays hospitals that use its EHR algorithms, report finds Full story

3. Viewpoint: CHS 'predatory billing' threatens public trust Full story

4. Healthcare staffing needs a reckoning. Learn how to rethink your workforce model and why not doing so will cost you more.

5. US News' Best Hospitals 2021-22 Honor Roll Full story

6. UHS sees profit climb to $325M, ups stock buyback program by $1B Full story

7. Florida physician sentenced in $20M healthcare fraud scheme Full story

8. CHS to cease inpatient care at Pennsylvania hospital Full story

9. What do health technology and billing leaders need to know? Hear what past and present CIOs from Cleveland Clinic, UT Health Austin & more think at Becker's 6th annual HIT + RCM hybrid event.

10. Cigna, MultiPlan ask judge to toss underpayment suit Full story

11. Jonathan Bush, NBA star invest in healthcare price transparency startup Full story

12. Your budget needs to go, but your boss disagrees. Learn how to win them over with a shift to rolling forecasts.

13. Hospitals in Florida, Louisiana postpone elective surgeries Full story

14. COVID-19 surge will peak in mid-October, new model predicts Full story

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• Vaccines administered
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