1. Rural hospitals may get paid to become standalone ERs Full story

2. Shuttered Oklahoma cancer hospital has potential buyer Full story

3. 2 Baltimore health systems to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for workers Full story

4. How analytics improve operational efficiencies, cost management, and the provider-to-patient experience. Learn more about advanced data transformation on Day 3 of Future.AI│June 15-17.

5. North Carolina AG gets 116 complaints about Mission Health Full story

6. New Jersey hospital can't get $1.8M subsidy after error in cost report, court rules Full story

7. 200-bed hospital to join Penn Highlands Healthcare Full story

8. 1 in 10 claims could be denied under new ER policy, UnitedHealthcare says Full story

9. Best practices to improve prescription drug plan performance. Two industry experts weigh in here. 

10. 12 health systems pledge $1B investment in small businesses Full story

11. 20 people charged in connection to Ohio Medicaid fraud scheme Full story

12. Emory Healthcare names new CFO Full story

13. Most hospitals lack the ability to leverage insight from their glycemic management performance. Here's how data can change that. 

14. HHS to payers, providers: Billing patients for COVID-19 vaccines is illegal Full story

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

• Test positivity rates
• Vaccines administered
• Population fully vaccinated

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. AI meets healthcare, and the human payoffs are unmistakable. Experts share insights on its effect on the workforce in this short ebook.

2. Healthcare innovation isn’t going away after the pandemic. Download the 8 articles execs must read before successfully launching an innovation program.

3. Telehealth risk management: How to improve patient safety and reduce malpractice exposure. Click here to download the C-suite playbook.