Listen to highlights of key stories in our daily briefing podcast. 

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

• Positivity rates + new cases
• Deaths
• States ranked by percentage of COVID-19 vaccines administered
• States ranked by percentage of population vaccinated

2. Los Angeles hospital to close March 31, lay off 451  Full story

3. Is your third-party network access secure enough to protect healthcare data? Download the checklist to learn the best practices now.

4. COVID-19 hot spots threaten to reemerge in Midwest, Northeast  Full story

5. Amazon expanding Amazon Care telemedicine program nationally: 6 details  Full story

6. UPMC makes 5 leadership changes  Full story

7. Health systems' COVID-19 recovery should focus on three key areas. Learn what they are and hear recommendations from IU Health's COO during this webinar.

8. 2 California variants may be 20% more transmissible, are officially 'of concern,' CDC says  Full story

9. Physicians report 1st case of COVID-19 antibodies passed to child through birth  Full story

10. 11 hospital, health system CEO resignations in 2021  Full story

11. 5 ways to improve self-pay revenue: Hear tips from a revenue cycle director at Health First during this webinar.

12. Catholic Health names new CEO  Full story

13. Johns Hopkins debunks hoax email promoting 'alternative way' to treat cancer  Full story

14. Hospital finances in 2021: 10 things to know  Full story

15. 4 recent health system credit rating downgrades  Full story

16. Deloitte: 6 predictions for hospitals, health systems and medical professionals  Full story

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