1. Pennsylvania hospital to lay off 334 workers  Full story

2. What Optum gets in the Change Healthcare deal  Full story

3. Former Tenet executive joins Walmart  Full story

4. 90% of denials are preventable — with the right strategies. Get tips to quickly identify and address denials to recoup more revenue here.

5. Florida hospitals evacuate patients ahead of Hurricane Ian  Full story

6. Study: 5 states that use the most low-value care  Full story

7. Vanderbilt University Hospital selects new divisional CFO  Full story

8. 10 hospitals seeking CFOs  Full story

9. CFOs' top challenges in 2022 and how they're responding — get best practices from leading systems here.

10. A new 'striketober'?  Full story

11. CDC drops universal masking guideline for healthcare workers  Full story 

12. Former Philadelphia hospital employee sentenced for stealing $487K  Full story 

13. Hospitals are losing money fast with physician contract blunders. Here's the battle-tested, two-pronged strategy your team needs to get ahead of setbacks and drive revenue.

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Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. Dozens of health system executives met in Chicago to discuss the patient financial experience and the care affordability crisis. Learn what was said and why it matters here.

2. A disconnected health system is a dysfunctional one. Get tips from Optum on how to implement a connected care approach.

3. Few healthcare companies can efficiently adapt in today's environment. Get 3 steps to strengthen organizational agility here.