1. Pennsylvania physician pays $1.2M to settle billing fraud allegations  Full story

2. 9 hospitals ending services, closing departments  Full story

3. NYU Langone launches new pediatric heart failure, transplant program  Full story

4. The rise of the patient financial diagnostic — how to harness patients' financial profiles to boost the bottom line. Click here to attend the live virtual discussion.  

5. NIH staffer to depart after anonymous posts criticizing agency; vaccine for kids may not be ready by fall 2021 — 5 COVID-19 updates  Full story

6. COVID-19 guidance on airborne transmission was posted by mistake, CDC says  Full story

7. 2020 ushered in a new era of care delivery. Click here to learn how to build the next-gen communication infrastructure necessary to support healthcare's future.   

8. 6 cardiologists on the move  Full story

9. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death & the future of the ACA: 3 notes  Full story

10. Potential COVID-19 treatment could increase cardiac event risk if taken with certain drugs  Full story

11. What does hospital operational resiliency look like in 2020? Click here attend a live discussion on crisis-proofing operations in difficult times.  

12. 10 states where private insurers pay the most, least relative to Medicare  Full story

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

• Test positivity rates 
• Hospitalizations 
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