1. Mayo Clinic quadruples operating income in Q2  Full story

2. 10 states with the most for-profit hospitals by percentage  Full story

3. US sees 86,000+ hospitalizations daily — 2nd highest rate of pandemic: 7 notes  Full story

4. Get a full look at patient data to get the diagnosis right the first time. Click here to learn why the right tech matters.

5. Google shuttering its health division as chief departs for Cerner  Full story

6. Most private health plans no longer waiving cost-sharing for COVID-19 care  Full story

7. Baylor Scott & White facilities postpone elective procedures  Full story

8. Anti-vaccine protestors travel to Missouri to confront CoxHealth CEO, pharmacists  Full story 

9. Mandatory bundles are coming. Is your team ready? Hear lessons learned from 6 years of episodic payment trial and error during this virtual session.

10. Bankrupt New Jersey health plan says it can't pay out medical claims  Full story

11. 30% of US hospitals mandate vaccination for employment  Full story 

12. 10 hospital credit rating upgrades  Full story

13. Children's Health in Dallas changed its rooms to combat the pediatric mental health crisis — Click here to learn how

14. RN hourly wage in 10 US metro areas  Full story 

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

• Test positivity rates
• Population fully vaccinated
• Vaccines administered
• Hospitalizations
• Death rates 

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