1. Why 3 hospital bills for childbirth went viral this year Full story

2. CMS to pay for members' booster shots Full story

3. 9 hospitals laying off workers Full story

4. Getting paid shouldn't be complicated. Learn how to simplify reimbursements + overcome denials. 

5. Intermountain Healthcare selects partner for price transparency strategy Full story

6. Cigna announces wave of executive moves Full story

7. New Mexico links 2 deaths to ivermectin misuse Full story

8. 'Not out of the woods yet': Delta continues to strain hospital finances Full story

9. Delaying the cloud migration process is costing your organization. Click here for a discussion on how to get started. 

10. CMS reviewing mid-build exception denials Full story

11. Private equity firms mull $20B sale of Athenahealth: 5 details Full story

12. FTC asks Beaumont, Spectrum for more information on 22-hospital merger Full story

13. Payers' cost-cutting efforts are targeting infusion patients. Learn how to keep them at your hospital.

14. 22 recent hospital, health system executive moves Full story

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

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

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