1. CommonSpirit eyes sale of 14 hospitals  Full story

2. New federal rule requires health plans to report costs: 6 things to know  Full story

3. West Virginia hospital CFO to shift roles after COO resigns  Full story

4. Systems are revolutionizing their revenue cycles. Are you?

• Billing the VA is a challenge. Click here to learn how other hospitals are successfully collecting on their claims.
• Beat slow payer responses and shrinking margins with a new denial strategy. Read about Yale New Haven's here.
• Don't let poor data steer your patient engagement strategy in the wrong direction. Here's how to figure out what's working, what isn't and where to go from there.

5. Final CMS guidance says hospitals can share services, space  Full story

6. Houston Methodist CEO says he was 'personally offended' by physician's COVID-19 claims  Full story

7. Ohio State Wexner Medical Center gets $15M from 2 donors  Full story

8. Will the definition of 'fully vaccinated' change?  Full story

9. 10 hospitals hiring philanthropy leaders  Full story

10. Patients are exhausted, not empowered by your revenue cycle. Here's how to make the shift. 

11. Ballad to acquire full ownership of Virginia hospital  Full story 

12. Ascension leads $77M funding round for medical tech company  Full story 

13. Your organization's data access control efforts might not be enough. Close vulnerabilities to cyberattacks with these strategies to better manage sensitive data.

14. 10 most overweight, obese states in America  Full story 

15. Henry Ford operating income drops to $6.5M through Q3  Full story 

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. CMS mandating bundled payments requires hospital-physician synergy — here's how to achieve it. 

2. Hefty fines for not complying with price transparency are on the way. Here's how hospitals can avoid them. 

3. Health systems can't be consumer-friendly without complete data — learn more here.