1. Cleveland Clinic shares strategy, roadblocks to complying with CMS price transparency rule Full story

2. New Jersey hospitals cut contract with UnitedHealthcare Full story

3. 20 top hospitals for cost efficiency: Lown Institute Full story

4. It costs more to do nothing — Take action with this free diagnostic tool and identify your hospital's RCM weaknesses.

5. Oregon physician who spread COVID-19 misinformation gets license revoked Full story

6. Hospitals to CMS: Keep the inpatient-only list, don't increase price transparency noncompliance fee Full story

7. Average charge for complex COVID-19 hospital stay is $317K+ Full story

8. Nomi Health, RIP Medical Debt eliminate $225M in patient medical debt Full story

9. Turn HHS rulings into opportunities. Learn how to meet your patients' price transparency expectations.

10. 7 things to know about Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, Anthem's virtual care strategies Full story

11. Ascension bounces back with $5.7B net income Full story

12. US COVID-19 death toll surpasses that of 1918 flu pandemic Full story

13. The transition of care is starting to prove costly for health systems. Here's the financial lever hospitals are engaging to alleviate that. 

14. HCA to buy 5 Utah hospitals from Steward Full story

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

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

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