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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Senate GOP health law repeal delivers wins to party's wings 7:45:00 AM Senate Republican leaders seem to have carried out a delicate balancing act in their drive to dismantle President Barack Obama's healthcare law and close the federal funds spigot to Planned Parenthood. N.J. hospitals' move to block new tiered health plan is denied 7:30:00 AM Gov. Chris Christie's administration has denied a hospital group's appeal seeking to halt a new alliance formed by New Jersey's largest health insurer. First glimpse of 2017 Medicare Advantage rates signals win for insurers 7:30:00 AM Health insurers that sell Medicare Advantage plans are primed for bigger pay bumps in 2017. It's a preliminary sign that the days of stark payment cuts under the Affordable Care Act are all but over for the industry. Humana, other insurers to close some dual-eligible Advantage plans Tuesday, December 01, 2015 4:35 PM Humana and several other insurers are pulling the plug by the end of the year on Medicare Advantage plans designed to serve people enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. CMS holds firm on disputed two-midnight pay cut to hospitals Tuesday, December 01, 2015 2:00 PM The CMS is standing behind the cut to inpatient pay rates under the two-midnight rule despite ongoing legal battles with hospitals over the reduction. That doesn't bode well for hospitals' efforts to persuade courts to reverse the cut, legal experts... C-section overuse adds to maternal, infant deaths Tuesday, December 01, 2015 12:17 PM Far too many women in the U.S. continue to give birth by cesarean section, leading to unnecessarily high rates of maternal and infant deaths, according to research published in JAMA. Feds say fewer patients harmed in hospitals Tuesday, December 01, 2015 12:16 PM About 2.1 million fewer patients were harmed in hospitals from infections, adverse drug events and other conditions between 2010 and 2014, federal officials said Tuesday. The progress, they said, averted $19.8 billion in associated costs and 87,000... UnitedHealth's Hemsley calls entry into ACA exchanges 'bad decision' Tuesday, December 01, 2015 12:00 PM Seeking to mollify investor concerns over large losses from the Affordable Care Act, UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley said jumping into the exchanges this early was a "bad decision" and blamed himself. Radiologists to test interoperability of electronic imaging transfers Tuesday, December 01, 2015 11:27 AM The Radiological Society of North America is spearheading an effort to test and validate electronic transfers among imaging systems and exchange platforms.

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