1. 9 health systems with strong finances  Full story

2. Federal judges block vaccination mandate for healthcare workers  Full story

3. Queen's Medical Center plans $1B campus modernization  Full story

4. No Surprises Act: 4 Key Updated Requirements and How to Take Action 

5. This state just passed Michigan as having most COVID-19 cases per capita  Full story

6. Aspirus renames hospitals acquired from Ascension  Full story

7. Prime makes offer to prevent California hospital from closing  Full story

8. CommonSpirit, Morehouse move forward with $100M clinician diversity initiative  Full story

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

• 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.
• Revenue cycle optimization defined: 4 experts weigh in.

10. Nurse practitioner salary by state: California is No. 1 at $145,970  Full story

11. 3 states see record COVID-19 hospitalizations  Full story 

12. Forbes honors co-founders, researchers in healthcare '30 Under 30' list  Full story 

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

14. Vaccination-related employee departures at 45 hospitals, health systems  Full story 

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