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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare AmSurg seeks to merge with TeamHealth in $7.8B deal 9:15:00 AM Nashville-based AmSurg Corp. announced Tuesday that it wants to merge with TeamHealth in a $7.8 billion stock-and-cash deal that would create the largest physician ambulatory service in the country. New CMS report fails to please critics of Medicaid waiver process 1:01:00 AM A new report to Congress on the transparency of Medicaid demonstration waivers is doing little to quell concerns that the CMS needs to beef up its oversight of the policy experiments. Texas cuts off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood Monday, October 19, 2015 7:15 PM Texas announced Monday it was cutting off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics following undercover videos that featured discussions about fetal tissue, potentially triggering a court fight like one unfolding in neighboring Louisiana. Millennium Health to pay $256 million over allegedly tainted lab claims Monday, October 19, 2015 7:00 PM Millennium Health, a San Diego based lab company, will pay the government $256 million to settle allegations it billed the government for medically unnecessary urine, drug and genetic testing and gave free drug cup tests to physicians in exchange... U.S. Supreme Court patent cases could affect devicemakers Monday, October 19, 2015 6:00 PM The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to hear two cases about the penalties companies are facing for infringing on others' patents -- a matter that could have potential implications for the medical device industry. Aetna, Humana shareholders vote for merger, but deal still faces hurdles Monday, October 19, 2015 6:00 PM The merger between Aetna and Humana moved one step closer to the finish line Monday as shareholders from both companies voted to approve the deal. Shareholders gave their overwhelming approval to the transaction with 99% of the votes in Connecticut... Cancer Treatment Centers of America CEO Gerard van Grinsven resigns Monday, October 19, 2015 3:30 PM Gerard van Grinsven has resigned as president and CEO of Cancer Treatment Centers of America "to pursue other interests," the company announced Monday afternoon. California will streamline Medicaid hospital admissions under new CMS waiver Monday, October 19, 2015 3:00 PM The CMS has granted California permission to change the hospital admission process for some Medicaid beneficiaries in the state. Clinton asks regulators to investigate Turing over its drug pricing Monday, October 19, 2015 2:15 PM Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday called on federal regulators to investigate much-maligned biotech firm Turing Pharmaceuticals' move to increase the price of a life-saving generic drug by more than 5,000%. Top EHR vendors agree to interoperability metrics Monday, October 19, 2015 1:15 PM As part of a healthcare information technology summit earlier this month, the top 12 vendors issued a consensus statement saying they've agreed to a set of "objective measures of interoperability and ongoing reporting."

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