1. Most private health plans no longer waiving cost-sharing for COVID-19 care Full story

2. PE investor to buy analytics firm used by top health systems, insurers for $7.3B Full story

3. US sees 86,000+ hospitalizations daily — 2nd highest rate of pandemic: 7 notes Full story

4. Your team needs radical common sense. Learn why human understanding is the key to a more responsive health system.

5. UnitedHealthcare to end paper proof of payment for Western providers Full story

6. Tennessee hospitals plead for masking, vaccinations amid severe COVID-19 surge Full story

7. Bankrupt New Jersey health plan says it can't pay out medical claims Full story

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9. Texas rejects CMS offer to extend Medicaid funding Full story

10. 10 states with the most for-profit hospitals by percentage Full story

11. Humana to require COVID-19 vaccine for in-person workers Full story

12. Kansas physician indicted in kickback scheme spanning 22 states Full story

13. How GM's direct contracting experiment has fared Full story

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

• Vaccines administered 
• Test positivity rate 
• Death rate 
• Hospitalizations 
• Population fully vaccinated