1. Houston hospital slated to lose Medicare contract  Full story

2. Feds ask court to reinstate vaccine-or-test rule for businesses  Full story

3. Higher penalties for undisclosed prices won't sway all hospitals to comply, consultant says  Full story

4. Billing the VA is a challenge. Click here to learn how other hospitals are successfully collecting on their claims.

5. Massachusetts hospitals with limited capacity ordered to reduce electives  Full story 

6. 5 hospitals temporarily, permanently closing services because of staffing shortages  Full story

7. How Cleveland Clinic has saved $133M in physician retention  Full story

8. UPMC sees net income hit $1.2B through Q3  Full story

9. How Kaiser Permanente's health plan ramped up actionable insights for employers and execs. Learn more here.

10. 10 hospital construction projects worth $500M+  Full story

11. Vaccination-related employee departures at 43 hospitals, health systems  Full story 

12. St. Luke's opens 80-room hospital, closes ED at nearby campus  Full story 

13. Medical knowledge doubles every 73 days. Learn 3 ways to help your clinical teams keep up here.

14. 7 ways the $4.5 trillion in COVID-19 relief funds supported healthcare investment  Full story 

15. Hospital employment still lagging — 4 proposed explanations  Full story 

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1. Cutting corners on medical device maintenance can backfire. Click here to learn what services are worth the upfront costs. 

2. The unknowns of telehealth are holding providers back — here's how to demystify them. 

3. What can 20 in-depth interviews & a survey 100+ hospital professionals tell us about the state of hospital-acquired conditions? Click here to find out.