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

1. 'Ticking time bomb' could invalidate thousands of health regulations, lawsuit says  Full story

2. OU Medicine inks merger to form academic health system  Full story

3. 4 recent health system credit rating downgrades  Full story

4. There's a good chance you're complicating patient engagement. Hear what 5 practices did to reduce no-shows, accelerate payments and save costs in this webinar.

5. Texas pharma CEO charged in $134M scheme  Full story

6. 29 best-managed healthcare companies  Full story

7. 5 health systems opening hospitals  Full story

8. Alaska opens vaccines to all residents 16+; New York lowers age to 60 — 5 state updates  Full story

9. Patient safety playbook: New approaches for proactive protection. Click here to read more.

10. Cone Health closes COVID-19 hospital  Full story

11. Surgeon defends Zoom hearing from OR, says patient safety was not jeopardized  Full story 

12. New York hospital to cut 60 jobs  Full story 

13. Financial updates from Cleveland Clinic, CommonSpirit + 7 other systems  Full story 

14. Our biggest event of the year is still on. Join healthcare's leading executives during Becker's 11th Annual Meeting. Register for the virtual event here.

15. CMS revises timeline for Medicare Shared Savings Program  Full story 

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

• Test positivity rates
• Vaccines administered 

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. Servant leadership and nurse well-being. Click here to learn why CNOs believe the future of nursing is brighter than ever.

2. How does your health system select its partners? Click here to learn how to pursue strategic partnerships that are built to last.

3. The COVID-19 vaccine is here and patients have questions. Click here to ensure a smooth rollout with communication templates from this E-Book.