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

1. Ascension to sell 7 Wisconsin hospitals, 21 clinics to Aspirus  Full story

2. Glassdoor: Best places to work in healthcare for 2021  Full story

3. Tenet aims to acquire up to 40 surgery centers this year  Full story

4. Would your ASC benefit from in-house testing? Click here to learn about the opportunities lab screening would provide.

5. When will smell, taste come back? 5 COVID-19 questions answered  Full story

6. Denver Health suspends executive bonuses  Full story

7. 14 highest-paid healthcare jobs in 2021  Full story

8. 8 health systems opening hospitals  Full story

9. Don't Miss Learning Opportunities:

• Reclaim market relevance in a shifting landscape — A guide for the healthcare C-suite. Click here to read more.
• Does your health system have a digital engagement strategy that coincides with its transformation goals? Download this whitepaper to learn how Bon Secours Mercy Health formulated its digital backbone.
• The pursuit of surgical excellence at St. Elizabeth Healthcare. Click here to read more.

10. Pennsylvania attorney general drops challenge to Jefferson-Einstein merger  Full story

11. Head of Operation Warp Speed resigns  Full story 

12. New York hospital under investigation over COVID-19 vaccine rollout  Full story 

13. Was your hospital affected by mass cancelations of nonurgent procedures in 2020? Click here to learn how to better manage the surgery backlog in 2021.

14. UnitedHealthcare suspends some prior authorization rules for hospitals  Full story 

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

• Test positivity rates
• Hospitalizations
• Where the virus is spreading fastest, slowest
• Death rates
• Vaccines administered 

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. The 5 phases of a third-party data breach + prevention strategies for hospitals. Click here to read more.

2. There's a surplus of healthcare data, but does your health system know how to extract insights from it? Click here to learn data-driven, practical ways to innovate and increase efficiency.

3. How are leading health systems approaching workforce management? Click here for real-world insights from Duke Health and Spectrum Health.