| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare | Plan to reduce donated liver disparities draws heated debate | | Monday, June 22, 2015 8:04 PM | |
| | A proposal to use a complex mathematical formula to generate major transformation in the way donated livers are allocated in the United States was met with criticism by the liver transplant community for a second year in a row. |
| CMS rattles Medicaid directors with guidelines for managed-care rates | | Monday, June 22, 2015 6:00 PM | |
| | New CMS guidelines intended to ensure Medicaid managed care plans are adequately reimbursed will frustrate state agencies and create paperwork the CMS might not have the staff to handle, according to the National Association of Medicaid Directors. |
| Obese now outnumber overweight Americans | | Monday, June 22, 2015 4:30 PM | |
| | New research shows three-quarters of U.S. men and nearly as many women are overweight or obese, with the latter surpassing the former. The numbers are up from a similar study two decades ago and add to the nation's political and personal struggle to... |
| Clinical trial for experimental Ebola drug halted | | Monday, June 22, 2015 4:00 PM | |
| | Clinical drug trials of an experimental treatment for Ebola have stopped after it was found unlikely to be effective. Health officials have been looking to abate the effects of the virus strain that has ravaged West Africa for more than a year. |
| AHA raises alarm on proposed Medicare quality metrics | | Monday, June 22, 2015 3:34 PM | |
| | Providers are hoping that the CMS will change course on quality-measure reporting requirements outlined in a proposed 2016 prospective payment rule for acute and long-term-care hospitals. |
| Anthem digs in heels on rejected Cigna bid | | Monday, June 22, 2015 3:00 PM | |
| | Anthem's top priority is acquiring Cigna Corp., and the health insurance company is determined to close on the mega-transaction by the end of this year, Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish said Monday. |
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