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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Contractor for Maryland health exchange website to pay $45M 8:30:00 AM The main contractor in Maryland's initially flawed healthcare exchange website has agreed to repay $45 million to avoid legal action over its performance, officials announced Tuesday. Series of reports will analyze cost, benefit of pricey drugs Tuesday, July 21, 2015 6:15 PM A project announced Tuesday aims to link drug prices directly to the way drugs improve the health of patients. The project is part of a growing effort to curtail the cost of drugs. House panel to grill VA secretary on budget issues Tuesday, July 21, 2015 5:58 PM A House panel will hear testimony Wednesday from Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald following his agency's warnings that VA hospitals could be shut down next month because of a $2.5 billion budget shortfall. Hospitals return to building mode as new construction projects proliferate Tuesday, July 21, 2015 4:45 PM After a period when health systems largely turned their attention -- and their funds -- to health information technology needs, there are signs that the construction industry is getting a second wind. UnitedHealth takes on $10.5B of debt to fund Catamaran acquisition Tuesday, July 21, 2015 4:45 PM UnitedHealth Group has sold $10.5 billion worth of bonds and is ready to absorb Catamaran Corp. roughly four months after publicly announcing the takeover. Massachusetts nurses push for workplace violence bill Tuesday, July 21, 2015 4:00 PM The Massachusetts Nurses Association is pushing a state bill that would mandate plans to protect employees from workplace violence. This follows the fatal shooting of a doctor at a Boston hospital this year and an increased focus on healthcare... North Carolina health systems consider starting insurance plans Tuesday, July 21, 2015 2:45 PM One large health system in North Carolina is ready to launch a Medicare Advantage plan, while two others are mulling the pros and cons of becoming a payer. The state is a microcosm of health system discussions across the nation. Bristol-Myers says HIV drug gets FDA incentives Tuesday, July 21, 2015 2:30 PM Bristol-Myers said Tuesday that federal regulators will help speed up development for one of its experimental HIV drugs. The FDA designated the drug BMS-663068 as a breakthrough treatment, so the company will get extra meetings with the FDA and... States may tap hospitals to help pay for Medicaid expansion in 2017 Tuesday, July 21, 2015 12:02 PM Policymakers in Medicaid expansion states likely will try to wring some cash from hospitals starting in 2017 when the federal government no longer pays the full tab for the coverage expansion, experts say.

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