1.CMS finalizes hospital price transparency rule: 6 things to know 
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2. CarePoint issues 2,700 layoff notices, prepares to sell 2 hospitals  Full story

3. Walmart to expand standalone health center model, CEO says  
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4. Best practices for engaging physicians to drive accountability to financial targets

5. Stanford to open $2B hospital this weekend  Full story

7. Mayo Regional Hospital-Northern Light merger gets go-ahead from Maine regulators   Full story

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• How VCU Health optimized nurse staffing and boosted financial performance. Click here to read the white paper. 
   
• UMass Memorial cut its telestroke workflow 38% - Click here for an inside look at the new process 
   
• What does the future of revenue cycle management look like? Hint: It's intelligent. Click here to read more.

9. Investment bank sues Georgia hospital for $4.7M in unpaid fees  Full story

10. Drugmakers could lose $1T in sales and still be most profitable industry, analysis finds   Full story

11. The people on your team are changing. Are you keeping up with the best ways to work with them?  Learn more

12. Steward Health Care to spin off health plan    Full story