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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Court temporarily stops Utah Planned Parenthood defunding 10:00:00 AM A federal appeals court on Wednesday put an emergency hold on Utah's move to defund the state Planned Parenthood chapter. North Shore-LIJ ends first nine months with higher margin Wednesday, December 30, 2015 5:01 PM North Shore-LIJ Health System, which will become Northwell Health in the new year, ended the first nine months of its fiscal year with a greater operating margin despite its ambitious and costly expansion efforts. Medication-assisted addiction treatment faces cost and payment concerns Wednesday, December 30, 2015 2:22 PM As the number of drug-related deaths hits record levels, questions are mounting about the cost of addiction treatment and who should pay for it. Study reignites debate over home-birth safety Wednesday, December 30, 2015 2:19 PM Women who gave birth in nonhospital settings were less likely to be assisted by a physician, certified nurse or midwife and the odds for neonatal seizure were higher, concludes an analysis published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Connecticut law addresses surprise facility fee charges Wednesday, December 30, 2015 1:30 PM Connecticut patients who receive outpatient services at a hospital will be given fair warning before they are charged with facility fees under legislation that takes effect Jan. 1. New Ky. governor to overhaul Medicaid expansion Wednesday, December 30, 2015 12:00 PM Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, a staunch opponent of the Affordable Care Act, plans to overhaul the state's expanded Medicaid program with an ACA-based waiver. He cited Indiana's cost-sharing model as one to possibly replicate.

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Digital health market matures even as funding slowed in 2015 7:45:00 AM Healthcare companies enjoyed ready access to capital in 2015, and the digital health sector was no exception. The young market further matured this year and venture capital funding followed suit, according to a report from StartUp Health, an... CMS finalizes prior authorization rule for DME Tuesday, December 29, 2015 4:00 PM In a move meant to prevent fraud while protecting access to medically necessary supplies, the CMS on Tuesday issued a final rule that mandates prior authorization for some durable medical equipment prosthetics, orthotics and supplies. Another offer rejected in St. John Providence CRNA talks Tuesday, December 29, 2015 3:00 PM Facing a Friday deadline, two Michigan hospitals appear no closer to an outsourcing deal that would use most of their current staff of certified registered nurse anesthetists. In fact, the system's new contract provider stands ready to replace them. IU Health sells majority stake in two hospitals to CHS Tuesday, December 29, 2015 3:00 PM IU Health, Indianapolis, will enter a two-hospital joint venture with Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn., as Indiana's largest health system scales back acute-care operations.

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Blog: Is it smart to be stingy about covering addiction treatment? Monday, December 28, 2015 6:53 PM The conflict between health plans and providers over coverage of medication-assisted treatment for patients with opioid addiction raises questions about whether plan benefit designs are necessarily consistent with the broader public health goals. Catholic Health Initiatives' growth delivers gains in Q1 Monday, December 28, 2015 5:21 PM Catholic Health Initiatives ended its first quarter with an operating surplus, unlike a year ago, as expansion and patient demand helped boost revenue. But lousy investment return drained cash from the system's balance sheet and left CHI with a net... SEIU membership in Calif. grows with Kindred staffers Monday, December 28, 2015 3:15 PM More than 220 employees at Kindred Hospital La Mirada in California voted to join the Service Employees International Union. The SEIU's growing membership is trying to raise California's minimum wage to $15 an hour and fully fund Medi-Cal, the... CMS to launch RACs for Medicare Advantage Monday, December 28, 2015 3:00 PM During a time of growing interest in covering Medicare members, the CMS is looking to vastly expand audits of Medicare Advantage plans as a way to monitor insurers that may game the system to obtain higher payments. Health law reporting extension issued for employers Monday, December 28, 2015 3:00 PM The Treasury Department on Monday gave employers an extension of critical reporting requirements, as it seeks to manage some of the most complicated parts of the federal healthcare law. Planned Parenthood appeals ruling allowing Utah to cut funds Monday, December 28, 2015 12:45 PM The Utah chapter of Planned Parenthood has appealed a U.S. judge's ruling that allows the Republican governor to cut off federal funding to the organization. Not-for-profit hospital borrowing rebounds in 2015 Monday, December 28, 2015 11:43 AM Hospitals borrowed 50% more from long-term investors this year than in 2014, as potential savings from refinancing drew not-for-profit hospitals into the market, new data show. Some call for replacing the Cadillac tax with a better cost-control tool Monday, December 28, 2015 11:39 AM Now that Congress has delayed and probably killed the Affordable Care Act's tax on high-value employer health plans, two experts who disagree on most aspects of the ACA agree that Congress should craft a better cost-control mechanism. But the... Baseball analytics guru joins Scripps research institute Monday, December 28, 2015 11:37 AM Economist Paul DePodesta, a Harvard graduate, is the former assistant general manager of the Oakland Athletics. He used data analytics to transform the way MLB teams scout players. DePodesta will join the Scripps Translational Science Institute as...

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Robert Spitzer, 'most influential psychiatrist,' dies at 83 Sunday, December 27, 2015 12:01 AM Dr. Robert Spitzer -- a psychiatrist who played a leading role in establishing agreed-upon standards to describe mental disorders and eliminating homosexuality's designation as a pathology -- died Friday in Seattle. He was 83.

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Hospital consolidation gains speed in Atlanta 12:01:00 AM Hospital systems in and around Atlanta are now moving swiftly and far from their traditional territories to consolidate a market that has been slow to consolidate.

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Opioid addiction treatment argued as 'essential' insurance benefit 12:01:00 AM Physicians, social workers and consumer advocacy groups are putting pressure on the CMS to require all health plans sold on the federal exchange to cover medications used to treat people with opioid addictions. Sanofi fast tracks diabetes drug with priority review voucher Wednesday, December 23, 2015 5:34 PM French drugmaker Sanofi is looking to once again beat a rival to the market by redeeming a priority review voucher for faster regulatory review, this time for its experimental combination diabetes drug Lixilan. WellCare files suit in Iowa over terminated Medicaid contract Wednesday, December 23, 2015 4:00 PM WellCare, which is contesting its terminated contract to help oversee Iowa's Medicaid program, has filed a lawsuit against the state. White House aims for 25% reduction in multidrug-resistant TB by 2020 Wednesday, December 23, 2015 3:00 PM The Obama administration unveiled a plan Tuesday to address the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the U.S. and abroad by improving surveillance and developing new medications that provide better treatment options. ONC shares its favored interoperability standards Wednesday, December 23, 2015 1:00 PM The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS has beefed up its scorecard of data exchange standards and implementation specifications to promote interoperability between electronic health-record systems. $10,000 offered in contest to create healthcare apps for those in cars Wednesday, December 23, 2015 11:36 AM Ford Motor Co. and the Henry Ford Health System are co-sponsoring an innovation challenge that offers $10,000 in prize money to employees who come up with smartphone apps that link healthcare with vehicles. Bribery probe nets $12M and more than two dozen doctors Wednesday, December 23, 2015 11:15 AM An ongoing federal investigation of a New Jersey medical laboratory has netted guilty pleas from more than two dozen doctors, the latest on Tuesday from a physician who admitted taking cash bribes from lab employees.

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare New Jersey judge: Camden paramedic legislation is unconstitutional 8:30:00 AM A New Jersey Superior Court judge says a law that allowed Cooper University Hospital to take over emergency medical services in Camden is unconstitutional. Post-acute giant Kindred shuffles senior executives Tuesday, December 22, 2015 4:43 PM Kindred Healthcare has selected new blood at general counsel and to lead its hospital division. New Aetna contract boosts Tenet's stock in down year Tuesday, December 22, 2015 4:30 PM A new four-year national contract with Aetna spurred a rally Monday for Tenet Healthcare Corp.'s stock price, though Tenet shares are still down almost 40% for the year. Health First surplus flat as expenses rise Tuesday, December 22, 2015 3:45 PM Health First reported strong revenue increases in its fourth quarter, but higher expenses led to a slightly smaller surplus for the Brevard, Fla.-based system. Surge for Jan. 1 coverage puts HealthCare.gov signups past 8 million Tuesday, December 22, 2015 3:30 PM HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said that the website saw record-breaking traffic last week and that more young people have enrolled in this enrollment period than in the first two years of the marketplaces. Extremely sick newcomers, risk-corridor shortfalls sink co-op plans Tuesday, December 22, 2015 3:00 PM Sick, costly patients who never had health insurance or had it only intermittently battered the finances of the not-for-profit co-op plans over the past two years, three co-op leaders said during an industry call this week. Many patients received... Hillary Clinton urges $2 billion a year for Alzheimer's research Tuesday, December 22, 2015 12:48 PM Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday proposed committing $2 billion a year over the next 10 years toward finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease by 2025. HCA pays $2 million to settle whistle-blower case over heart procedures Tuesday, December 22, 2015 12:38 PM Hospital chain HCA has agreed to pay $2 million to settle allegations that doctors at one of its hospitals in Georgia performed unnecessary, low-quality heart procedures. Obama administration's proposed insurance reforms incite industry backlash Tuesday, December 22, 2015 12:32 PM The CMS faces a daunting task in finalizing its rule for the 2017 health insurance market. The agency received more than 500 comments this week, many of which demand the rollback of provisions intended to help consumers.

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare CMS posts new view of drug spending amid mounting tension on costs Monday, December 21, 2015 5:44 PM More Medicare beneficiaries were prescribed AstraZeneca's cholesterol drug Crestor than any other prescription medication last year, but the government spent 20% more on Sovaldi, Gilead's new blockbuster hepatitis C drug. Phoebe Putney posts surplus on revenue growth, cost cutting Monday, December 21, 2015 3:45 PM Phoebe Putney Health System posted a strong financial turnaround in its fiscal 2015 on higher revenue and reduced costs for salaries, wages and benefits. The results were hampered, however, by a dramatic drop in investment income -- a problem for... FDA lifts lifetime ban on blood donations from gay, bisexual men Monday, December 21, 2015 2:30 PM The FDA on Monday officially lifted its lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, ending a decades-old policy that health organizations have viewed as outdated and advocates have argued unfairly discriminated against individuals... Optum buys part of Connecticut physician group Monday, December 21, 2015 2:30 PM Optum, the consulting and services subsidiary of health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group, has acquired the administrative business of ProHealth Physicians, an independent physician group based in Connecticut. Appetite for Medicaid contracts on display in WellCare's Iowa battle Monday, December 21, 2015 12:54 PM Iowa's decision to boot WellCare from its new Medicaid managed-care program has roiled tensions in the state. It also shows how fiercely insurers will fight to secure a big-ticket source of revenue. Five Star Quality Care officially rejects takeover bid Monday, December 21, 2015 12:34 PM Senior living provider Five Star Quality Care on Monday formally rejected the $325 million takeover bid by an affiliate of real estate investment and management company Senior Star. Shkreli fired from KaloBios Monday, December 21, 2015 12:15 PM Things have gone from bad to worse for former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli. Days after Shkreli's arrest on charges of securities fraud and resignation from Turing, California-based KaloBios Pharmaceuticals announced Monday that it has... Judge: Yakima hospital violated Charity Care Act Monday, December 21, 2015 11:45 AM A judge says a hospital in Yakima, Wash., has violated the state Charity Care Act by demanding payment from indigent patients.

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Patients become providers at mental health program in Washington state Sunday, December 20, 2015 12:30 PM David Scofield has been on the receiving end of services at Comprehensive Mental Health since 1999, when he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. But a year and a half ago, at his therapist's recommendation, he began providing services as well. San Francisco hospital suspends kidney donations after donor dies Sunday, December 20, 2015 12:00 PM A prominent U.S. medical center has voluntarily suspended its living donor program for kidney transplants after a living donor died last month. New rules bringing kidneys to hardest-to-transplant patients Sunday, December 20, 2015 12:00 PM A shake-up of the nation's kidney transplant system means more organs are getting to patients once thought nearly impossible to match, according to early tracking of the new rules.

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