1. CMS: Changes to prior authorization coming this year  Full story

2. AdventHealth switches from Cerner EHR to Epic: 6 notes  Full story

3. St. Louis nurse ordered to pay $48K in billing fraud case  Full story

4. Are you up to speed on private sector efforts to develop standards to support providers and payers in value-based care? Click here to learn about the HL7 Da Vinci Project.

5. The 28 hospitals, organizations on HHS 'Wall of Shame'  Full story

6. Woman drops insurance, says self-pay cheaper for childbirth  Full story

7. 453 rural hospitals vulnerable to closure: 6 things to know  Full story

8. 3 Must Reads: 

• How Massachusetts' top commercial payer is working to expand access to behavioral health services via telehealth. Click here to read the case study.
• Hospitals: leverage advanced IT to improve revenue cycle management, consumer engagement
• Single-statement billing: How to meet patient expectations and what to avoid -- Learn more 

9. Trump budget proposal to cut Medicaid, CDC funding: 5 notes  Full story

10. 60% of women have never negotiated pay  Full story

11. Learn how one health system cut readmissions in half and saved $4M during this upcoming webinar. 

12. Healthgrades' best 50 US hospitals for 2020  Full story

13. Tenet to pay $1.4M to settle medically unnecessary implant suit  Full story