1. Hospitals face loss of Medicare payments for defying price disclosure rule  Full story

2. The shrinking CHS hospital portfolio: 7 latest divestitures, closures  Full story

3. Hospitals charge private insurers more than 2x what Medicare pays: 6 things to know  Full story

4. Intuitive and Becker’s Healthcare have joined forces to host the 5th Annual Intuitive 360 Virtual Conference experience on October 22nd - 23rd, at no cost at all to all healthcare professionals. Click here to register.

5. 8 benefits health systems offer to retain top talent  Full story

6. Investigation into patient care stalls sale of 190-bed St. Louis hospital  Full story

7. 6 CFO retirements announced in 2020  Full story

8. The technology hospital systems need to make zero harm a reality. Click here to attend the live discussion.

9. Americans face $45B of medical debt in collections  Full story

10. Illinois health system lays off 143 workers  Full story 

11. CMS finalizes dialysis, cancer payment models: 5 things to know  Full story

12. How your team's response to COVID-19 compares to other organizations — a tech-focused discussion. Click here to attend.

13. Children's Hospital of Los Angeles gets $20M pledge  Full story 

14. 10 states with the fewest, most COVID-19 restrictions  Full story 

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

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

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2. Challenged by the resumption of surgery during a COVID-19 surge? Click here to learn how hospital execs from across the country have achieved success. 

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