1. Mississippi hospital overbilled Medicare, OIG finds Full story

2. Former Illinois hospital supervisor accused of embezzling $218K Full story

3. Los Angeles hospital closing after 74 years Full story

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

5. Northwell hospital charged 30x more for COVID-19 tests in its ED Full story

6. CMS delays some application requests for rural payment model Full story

7. Kansas board cites 7 EMS workers who took gunshot patient to hospice, not the hospital Full story

8. How a Los Angeles hospital mastered bundled payments: 6 steps Full story

9. CMS price transparency audits are here. Download this e-book to read how clinical and finance executives from 12 systems are preparing.

10. Medicare claims will be held pending Congressional action on sequester cut Full story

11. Humana reaches $17M settlement in home health workers' overtime lawsuit Full story

12. A top Walmart healthcare executive resigns Full story

13. Hospital finance leaders must be "specifically specific." Download this guide to learn what that means.

14. California hospitals sue attorney general over conditions for affiliation Full story

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

• Test positivity rates
• Death rates
• Population vaccinated

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