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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Judge rejects call to block Walker from expanding Medicaid Friday, August 28, 2015 6:45 PM A judge on Friday rejected a request by state lawmakers to temporarily block Gov. Bill Walker from expanding Medicaid in Alaska. NLRB ruling could shake up healthcare staffing industry Friday, August 28, 2015 6:15 PM A ruling Thursday by the National Labor Relations Board could complicate relations between healthcare organizations and their workers employed by staffing agencies. Healthcare staffing firms may become a target for unions looking to organize workers... Froedtert continues to see higher volume, improved payer mix Friday, August 28, 2015 5:30 PM Froedtert Health, a Milwaukee-based system, ended its fiscal 2015 in a better financial position than the previous year as it added patients, improved its payer mix and found ways to deliver care more efficiently. Stakeholders say new 340B guidance adds red tape Friday, August 28, 2015 4:00 PM Both supporters and critics view the release Thursday of long-awaited federal guidance on the 340B Drug Pricing Program as a much-needed step to understand compliance. But an initial review of the 90-page document has some stakeholders worried. Fed dollars to address mental health issues post-Katrina may have been wasted: psychiatrist Friday, August 28, 2015 2:59 PM One Louisiana psychiatrist believes there's an untold story as the nation marks the 10th anniversary of Katrina. That's how federal funds to address mental health needs didn't result in more effective, large-scale, long-term treatment programs for... Insurers begin to review coverage of costly cholesterol drugs Friday, August 28, 2015 2:30 PM Now that the Food and Drug Administration has given the OK to two pricey drugs that treat high cholesterol, health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers are evaluating if one drug should receive preferred coverage over the other. Half of states aren't switching workers' comp claims to ICD-10 on Oct. 1 Friday, August 28, 2015 2:00 PM Only 21 states are planning to switch their workers' compensation claims to ICD-10 coding on Oct. 1. Four more have regulations in the works. Texas allows Medicaid funding for school telemedicine visits Friday, August 28, 2015 2:00 PM Starting next week, providers in the Lone Star State will be able to receive reimbursement for conducting telemedicine visits with Medicaid-enrolled children while they're in school. UPMC adds insurance members as Highmark tensions build Friday, August 28, 2015 11:49 AM The UPMC Health System, which has spent the past two years feuding with its largest commercial insurer, improved its financial standing in its fiscal 2015 by adding members to its own health plan.

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