1. 7 hospital mergers called off in past year  Full story

2. Tenet CEO sells $16M in company stock  Full story

3. Humana co-founder dies of COVID-19  Full story

4. 70 percent of digital transformation initiatives do not reach their goals. Click here to learn how to make sure your initiatives are successful.  

5. America's healthiest, unhealthiest states for 2020  Full story

6. California workers at 3 HCA hospitals call strike  Full story

7. Massachusetts physician accused of $10.6M in billing fraud  Full story

8. 10 hospitals seeking CFOs  Full story

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• The key to a more financially productive primary care practice is the membership-based model. Click here to learn how 1,100 successful practices have followed that path.
• How well do you understand consumer attitudes toward medical billing and payment? Download this whitepaper to discover how patients approach and interpret healthcare bills.
• Are you still capturing informed consent on paper? Find out how going mobile improves workflow, improves patient satisfaction.

10. Envision Healthcare CFO, chief accounting officer to step down  Full story

11. CHI Franciscan opens $500M replacement hospital in Washington state  Full story 

12. The biggest reimbursement challenges in oncology: 6 leaders weigh in  Full story 

13. Don't risk putting off archiving legacy systems. Click here to learn how to do it quickly and securely using today’s Cloud technologies.

14. States short billions in funding needed for COVID-19 vaccinations  Full story 

15. Daily COVID-19 stats, state-by-state:

• Test positivity rates
• Hospitalizations
• Where the virus is spreading fastest, slowest
• Death rates

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1. Does your laboratory have the right IT tools to weather the COVID-19 storm? Download this whitepaper to understand which tools will help you face challenges most efficiently.

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