1. 14 rural hospital closures in 2020  Full story

2. Mayo Clinic's operating income drops 48.7% in Q2  Full story

3. 'Mercy for Mercy': Physicians, lawmakers protest closure of Chicago hospital  Full story

4. Join us for Becker's November CEO + CFO Virtual Event! Click here to register. 

5. Centene underpaid physicians affiliated with TeamHealth, court says  Full story   

6. UC Health settles Medicare fraud allegations
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7. Biden's pandemic plans if elected: 7 things to know  Full story

8. How strong is your health system's site of care strategy? Click here to join the discussion on making it even better.

9. Health insurer fired exec over medical issues, lawsuit claims  Full story

10. Sutter Health posts net income in second quarter after $1B first-quarter loss  Full story 

11. California hospital to close pediatric unit in November  Full story 

12. Practical innovation: 10 healthcare IT must-reads on optimizing operations and revenue in 2020 and beyond. Click here to read the e-book.

13. Union sues HCA California hospital, accused of facilitating spread of COVID-19  Full story 

14. Pay for each of these 6 health insurance CEOs surpasses $15M  Full story 

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

• Test positivity rates
• Hospitalizations
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• Where the virus is spreading fastest, slowest