Listen to highlights of key stories in our daily briefing podcast. 

1. Amazon expanding Amazon Care telemedicine program nationally: 6 details  Full story

2. 5 hospitals hiring CIOs, CMIOs  Full story

3. Los Angeles hospital to close March 31, lay off 451  Full story

4. WVU Medicine is alleviating administrative bottlenecks with AI, and they're just getting started. Click here to find out how adopting automation can benefit your enterprise.

5. 10 top healthcare companies for innovation, per Drucker Institute  Full story

6. Providence-backed Tegria acquires health IT consulting firm: 3 notes  Full story

7. Hospital finances in 2021: 10 things to know  Full story

8. Apple adds COVID-19 vaccine finder tool to Maps app  Full story

9. 70% of patients want to have conversations with their providers about the high costs of care. Experts share how healthcare organizations can approach this need during this virtual discussion. Join here.

10. 11 hospital, health system CEO resignations in 2021  Full story

11. Telehealth utilized most by wealthy, urban Americans, study says  Full story

12. CMS delays rule for breakthrough medical technologies: 4 things to know  Full story

13. Lyft to launch central hub for booking vaccine transportation  Full story

14. AI can transform utilization management. Click here to learn how to create a shared analytics framework between payers and providers.

15. More CEOs are turning to automation to increase productivity, survey finds  Full story 

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

• Test positivity rates
• Death rates
• Vaccines administered 

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. The path to payment: A practical guide to optimizing each stage of the claim lifecycle. Click here to download.

2. It's time payers give members the same type of personalized engagement they get from retail interactions. Click here to learn how, and why it will boost employee retention.

3. Distributing COVID-19 vaccinations is the greatest workflow challenge of our time. Click here for tools to solve the complex logistics required to meet your community's needs.