1. CHS sheds 18 hospitals, swings to $511M profit  Full story

2. Biden administration will spend $1.6B to expand COVID-19 testing, sequencing  Full story

3. Texas hospitals endure storm draining power, water: 6 things to know Thursday  Full story

4. WVU Medicine is alleviating administrative bottlenecks with AI, and they're just getting started. Click here to find out how adopting automation can benefit your enterprise.

5. Oncologists lose appeal over Medicare payment cuts  Full story

6. Biden to nominate Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as CMS chief  Full story

7. UVA Health in talks to acquire full ownership of 3 hospitals  Full story

8. 10 hospitals planning upgrades, expansions Full story

9. Chronic underpayments are shortchanging hospitals millions. Learn how one organization recovered $6M+ during this webinar.

10. Kindred eliminates chief medical officer role  Full story 

11. U of Central Florida, HCA to open $175M teaching hospital March 1  Full story 

12. Hacker infiltrates Iowa medical group's computer system; 34,000 patients' info exposed  Full story 

13. IBM Watson Health understands clinicians have no time to waste. Click here to learn how its API and cloud technologies can deliver insights at the point of care.

14. Cap on hospital rates carries bigger savings reward than price transparency, study finds  Full story 

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