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In this episode of Top Stories with Jeff Lagasse: The federal government awards $481 million to a diagnostics startup to ramp up COVID-19 testing; Operational risks of owning a public hospital could compound fiscal challenges for counties. Plus: New concerns about CMS data reporting rules.

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Cue Health awarded $481M from HHS, DoD to ramp up production of its app-connected COVID-19 rapid diagnostic

Public hospitals are compounding COVID-19 budget risks for large urban counties, Moody's finds

Trump administration crackdown 'couldn't come at a worse time' for hospitals