1. 47 hospitals closed, filed for bankruptcy this year  Full story

2. Federal judges signal support for hospital price disclosure rule  Full story

3. Trump, Biden hold town halls: 5 healthcare takeaways  Full story

4. JOB OPENING: Chief Privacy & Data Security Officer: Drive best-in-class privacy and data security practices at UCLA Health, one of the nation’s top health systems.

5. CMS adds 11 new telehealth services to Medicare coverage  Full story

6. HCA to help Belmont University open medical school  Full story

7. Georgia hospital to close emergency department  Full story

8. Join us for Becker's first ever Community Hospitals Virtual Forum - click here to view on-demand!

9. 10 states with least competitive commercial insurance markets  Full story

10. COVID Tracking Project: The 3rd surge has likely begun  Full story 

11. Hospitals can't use CARES Act grants to repay Medicare loans, HHS says  Full story 

12. Diversity as a driver of excellence — how variation in strategy, ideas and personnel can bolster hospital resilience

13. South Carolina hospital billing error mixed up addresses for 12,636 patients  Full story 

14. 10 things we've learned about COVID-19 so far  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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