1. 6 recent hospital, health system CEO moves  Full story

2. Massachusetts hospital CEOs issue urgent plea to public as omicron spreads  Full story

3. Maryland surpasses 1,500 COVID-19 hospitalizations, enacts pandemic plans for hospitals  Full story

4. Execs are capitalizing on pandemic-era insurance coverage shakeups with these 4 approaches.

5. Supreme Court schedules special hearing on Biden's vaccination mandates  Full story

6. 10 states COVID-19 could hit hardest by NYE: Mayo Clinic forecasts  Full story

7. Telehealth is entering a critical new phase. Learn why top execs are adopting a smart-growth approach to planning.

8. HHS releases $9B in COVID-19 aid — here's how much providers in each state are getting  Full story

9. 12 latest hospital bankruptcies, closures  Full story

10. 56 hospital CEO retirements announced in 2021  Full story

11. 10 M&A best practices — Insights from Bon Secours Mercy Health and Summit Health.

12. Omicron forcing companies to shift return-to-work plans, survey finds  Full story

13. Record-setting 13.6 million people will be covered by ACA plans  Full story

14. 5 women making moves in healthcare leadership  Full story

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

• Test positivity rates
• Population fully vaccinated
• Hospitalizations
• Deaths

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. Still using paper fax to transmit patient data? Learn how switching to digital improves EHR workflows.

2. CMS mandating bundled payments requires hospital-physician synergy — here's how to achieve it.

3. Hefty fines for not complying with price transparency are on the way. Here's how hospitals can avoid them.