1. 6 hospitals laying off workers  Full story

2. Trinity buys majority stake in Premier Health  Full story

3. Amazon expanding health centers to 5 states  Full story

4. Are you maximizing reimbursement for chronic diseases? Learn how to improve HCC coding processes in this upcoming webinar.

5. Feds: New Jersey hospital employee stole $8.2M worth of medication  Full story

6. Sutter Health $575M antitrust settlement gets preliminary approval  Full story 

7. House passes $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, sending it to Biden's desk  Full story

8. Optum, Atrius Health deal: 9 numbers to know  Full story 

9. 70% of patients want to have conversations with their providers about the high costs of care. Experts share how healthcare organizations can approach this need during this virtual discussion. Join here.

10. US will purchase 100M more J&J vaccines  Full story

11. Hospital philanthropist Carl Shapiro dead at 108  Full story 

12. Illinois hospital CEO resigns  Full story 

13. 150,000 security cameras hacked, exposing footage from Halifax Health, other hospitals  Full story 

14. What are healthcare CFOs' top goals right now, and how should they accomplish them? Find insights on cost control, capital projects, healthcare policy and more in these upcoming webinars.

15. Why Massachusetts' reimbursement per vaccination is 2x the national Medicare rate  Full story 

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

• Test positivity rates
• Vaccines administered 

Becker's Learning Opportunities

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

2. The new blueprint for payer customer experience success. Click here to read the 3-point report.

3. Rural hospital case study: How AU Health used telemedicine to improve critical care.