1. Arkansas hospital cancels elective surgeries after PPE destroyed  Full story

2. Hospital bankruptcy wave looms as virus surges  Full story

3. UHS sees net income climb nearly 150%  Full story

4. The maker of the da Vinci surgical system and Ion endoluminal system shares industry insights. Listen here. 

5. Maine hospital workers call for CEO's firing  Full story

6. BCBS of Illinois to pay hospitals $100M to improve health equity  Full story

7. Penn State Health to acquire hospital from Geisinger Nov. 1  Full story

8. How electronic charge aggregation can maximize revenue and streamline central business office operations — click here to join the virtual discussion.

9. Medtronic will pay $9.2M settlement over alleged kickbacks to neurosurgeon  Full story

10. 6 hospital ransomware attacks in 24 hours prompts US advisory: 8 things to know  Full story

11. IU Health's net income dips 63%  Full story 

12. Does your health system know how to cut through the noise to best utilize the mass availability of data at its fingertips? Click here to learn 3 strategies to get the most out of your data.

13. 10 cities with highest, lowest average physician compensation  Full story 

14. US sees 90K+ cases in 1 day; state officials say they don't have funds to distribute vaccine — 6 COVID-19 updates  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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