1. Biden's $6.8T budget: 15 healthcare takeaways Full story

2. New Jersey disciplines 46 nurses tied to degree sham Full story

3. COVID-19's toll 3 years in: 6 notes Full story

4. More than 10% of your organization's lab spend is probably unnecessary. Learn how to pinpoint wasteful spending and reduce laboratory costs. 

5. 1 patient, 3 crew members survive Erlanger helicopter crash Full story

6. Travel nurses more willing to explore permanent employment, small survey finds Full story

7. Omicron less likely to lead to long COVID than original strain, preprint finds Full story

8. Defense Department funds 'Havana syndrome' research in animals Full story 

9. Give physicians what they want — without breaking the bank. See how hospitals are tapping retainment strategies that don't hurt their balance sheets here. 

10. Why a shuttered California hospital is 'just the tip of the iceberg' Full story

11. Press Ganey, ANCC partner on 2 nursing awards Full story  

12. UWHealth: Positive strep throat tests doubled from 2022 Full story

13. Cardiology is the fastest-growing ASC specialty. Keep pace with this trend + hear why industry leaders predict it's a massive opportunity for financial growth. 

14. 46% public health workers left their jobs in last 5 years Full story

15. Could cordyceps, the fungus on 'The Last of Us,' actually spur a pandemic? Full story

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. Improve value-based care amid staffing shortages. Here's how 4 organizations got it done.

2. Overutilization leads to high costs and poor patient outcomes. New technology is revolutionizing utilization management. Discover how this revolution can help your organization.

3. Early detection is a must to improve sepsis outcomes. See how sepsis monitoring helped an Arkansas hospital boost compliance rates — and save $384K in the process.