1. Ascension sells 7 Wisconsin hospitals, 21 clinics  Full story

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3. CMS' final inpatient payment rule for 2022: 7 things to know  Full story

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7. St. Jude appoints exec to oversee operations, $11.5B expansion  Full story

8. HCA sells 4 hospitals to Piedmont  Full story

9. Reduce waste, save lives: Join hospital and payer leaders for Becker's virtual precision health summit. Register now.

10. US hospitals face staffing shortages amid latest COVID-19 wave: Snapshots from 5 states  Full story

11. 2 states account for one-third of US COVID-19 cases  Full story 

12. 10 latest hospital lawsuits, settlements  Full story 

13. Turn data into action — and cost savings. Learn 5 ways to standardize care across your post-acute network here.

14. Rising expenses, delta variant offset hospital revenue, volume gains: Kaufman Hall  Full story 

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

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