| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare | CMS extends moratorium on new home health agencies in some cities | | Friday, July 24, 2015 6:24 PM | |
| | The CMS has again extended a moratorium for another six months on new Medicare home healthcare agencies, subunits and ambulance suppliers in a slew of major cities across the country. It's part of an ongoing battle against fraud, waste and abuse. |
| Cholesterol drug Praluent approved by FDA | | Friday, July 24, 2015 6:00 PM | |
| | The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a first-of-a-kind drug that lowers artery-clogging cholesterol more than older drugs that have been prescribed for decades. But the drug's $14,600-a-year price tag is certain to escalate debate... |
| NNU wins rights to unionize at Kaiser's L.A. Medical Center | | Friday, July 24, 2015 5:30 PM | |
| | National Nurses United and the affiliated California Nurses Association say they've won the rights to unionize nurses at Kaiser Permanente's flagship hospital in Los Angeles, months after it called for a strike at the hospital despite not... |
| Ascension buys Capella out of mid-Tennessee joint venture | | Friday, July 24, 2015 4:25 PM | |
| | Ascension is assuming full ownership of four hospitals in mid-Tennessee that were previously managed in partnership with Capella Healthcare. Capella has been divesting hospitals in Tennessee and Missouri since last year as the business environment... |
| Employers warming up to private insurance exchanges | | Friday, July 24, 2015 2:15 PM | |
| | Employers and health insurance companies showed a visible appetite for private health exchanges at a conference Thursday, building on executives' desires nationwide to keep the growth of healthcare costs manageable. |
| AbbVie beats 2Q profit forecasts but sales fall short; new drug OK'd | | Friday, July 24, 2015 1:45 PM | |
| | Drugmaker AbbVie reported better-than-expected second-quarter profit, but its sales disappointed Wall Street. The FDA on Friday approved a new drug from AbbVie for the treatment of hepatitis C, creating a competitor to one of the most expensive... |
| California judge says he'll dismiss physician-aid-in-dying lawsuit | | Friday, July 24, 2015 12:10 PM | |
| | In another setback for California advocates of medical aid in dying, a California Superior Court judge indicated Friday he would dismiss a case challenging the state's law against the practice, also known as physician-assisted suicide. |
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