1. 7 latest hospital closures  Full story

2. Chicago's Mercy Hospital files for bankruptcy  Full story

3. Hospitals ask Supreme Court to reverse payment cuts  Full story

4. It costs a minimum of $25 each time an outpatient claim needs to be resolved. Click here to learn how to improve your outpatient hospital claim strategy and drive more revenue.

5. CDC: Tight fitting masks, two masks maximize protection against infectious aerosols  Full story

6. 19 hospital M&A deals, state by state  Full story

7. Tenet delays Conifer spinoff by 1 year  Full story

8. What 90K+ claims from Blue plans reveal about high-risk COVID-19 patients  Full story

9. Are your clinical assets generating the returns your health system needs? Download this white paper to learn how you can maximize your return on invested capital.

10. New York health system gets new name  Full story

11. 33 healthcare companies on Fortune's 'most-admired' ranking  Full story 

12. Fully vaccinated people can skip quarantine, CDC says — 7 COVID-19 updates  Full story 

13. Don't let COVID-19 keep you from today's best healthcare practices. Click here to connect with industry leaders at Becker's 11th Annual Meeting.

14. Supreme Court should uphold ACA, Biden's DOJ says in changed stance  Full story 

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

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