1. CHS to open Indiana hospital in November  Full story

2. Colorado health system staff want answers after 2 executives resign  Full story

3. Mass General Brigham to spend $75M on employee bonuses  Full story

4. Hospitals could lose over $323 billion in 2021. To survive, hospitals and health systems need the right combination of revenue cycle technology, expertise and well-honed best practices are needed. Learn more.

5. At understaffed Ohio system, executives clear schedules to pick up more duties  Full story

6. UC San Diego seeks approval for $2.5B medical campus modernization  Full story

7. Catholic Health hospital halts some surgeries, labor and delivery, as strike date nears  Full story

8. Healthcare saw 252 deals in August  Full story 

9. Financial success starts with smart insurance discovery. Learn how to streamline the process here.

10. CMS' final payment rules take effect Oct. 1: 21 things to know  Full story

11. Vaccination-related employee departures at 18 health systems  Full story 

12. 7 hospitals tagged by OIG for billing errors this year  Full story 

13. Why do patients miss payments? 2 studies involving RCM leaders + patients might have the answer. Click here to find out.

14. 5 deals involving LifePoint Health  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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