1. Insurers get a break on enforcement of CMS price transparency Full story

2. COVID-19 vaccine protest planned outside home of Kentucky health system CEO Full story

3. CMS urges Medicare Advantage plans to relax some prior authorization requirements Full story

4. Success stories + common pitfalls: How to actually reduce readmissions

5. 6 hospitals laying off workers Full story

6. 74% of insurers are worried they won't meet No Surprises Act requirements Full story

7. CVS Health, Aetna announce employee COVID-19 vaccination requirements Full story

8. Health systems often overlook a critical factor that influences patient outcomes — see what it is here.

9. Virtual-only plans: What Aetna, Kaiser, others envision Full story

10. Iowa's double-digit Medicaid surge: 5 takeaways Full story

11. MedStar tightens insurer network, limiting Medicaid patient choices Full story

12. Uninsured rate remained largely unchanged during pandemic, study finds Full story

13. Spike in unvaccinated COVID-19 hospitalizations costs $2.3B in 2 months: KFF Full story

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

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