1. 2 North Carolina hospital board members resign over HCA ownership  Full story

2. Penn Medicine to open $1.6B hospital in October  Full story

3. 700 Yale New Haven employees face termination if not vaccinated by Sept. 30 deadline  Full story

4. Turn HHS rulings into opportunities. Learn how to meet your patients' price transparency expectations.

5. 10 states with largest COVID-19 case increases in last week  Full story

6. A breakdown of 4 recent deals involving Steward Health Care  Full story

7. Travel nurses bring gig-minded approach to profession  Full story

8. Prime's New Jersey hospitals cut contract with UnitedHealthcare  Full story 

9. Traditional call center workflows are cumbersome and outdated. See how systems are changing that here.

10. Catholic Health workers announce plans to strike Oct. 1  Full story

11. 12 hospitals planning upgrades, expansions  Full story 

12. Walgreens makes $970M majority investment in Shields Health Solutions  Full story 

13. How 2 physician experts define success in musculoskeletal value-based care.

14. 5 numbers quantifying this COVID-19 surge's cost  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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