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. New coronavirus variant found in Texas  Full story

3. CEO of Baptist Health in Florida resigns  Full story

4. New patient experience program takes hospitals from basic checklists to achieving real patient satisfaction and a renewed sense of clinician engagement. Read more.

5. Wyoming hospital offers $600 bonus to vaccinated employees  Full story

6. UVA Health to drop thousands of lawsuits against patients for unpaid bills  Full story

7. Health IT and the modern health plan — How to deliver members the experience they deserve and stay ahead of market trends. Click here to attend the live virtual discussion.

8. North Carolina health system sues insurer over $1.5B policy payout  Full story

9. Tampa General partners with largest hospital in Israel  Full story

10. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia names new CFO  Full story

11. The nurse staffing conundrum: Learn how Emory simplified scheduling during this live virtual discussion.

12. Optum launches virtual care offering nationwide: 5 things to know  Full story

13. Arizona bans vaccine passports, but healthcare facilities exempt  Full story

14. AHA urges CMS to reinstate survey pause if COVID-19 cases surge  Full story

15. Poverty, depression and domestic violence aren't just 'social determinants of health' to Northwell CEO Michael Dowling — they're part of his remarkable past  Full story

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