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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Home health agencies face $350 million Medicare cut 1:01:00 AM Home health agencies are dismayed with a CMS proposal issued late Monday that cuts Medicare rates $350 million while also rolling out a new value-based purchasing system called for under the Affordable Care Act. Accretive CEO made $20.5 million in his first year at the helm Monday, July 06, 2015 5:15 PM Dr. Emad Rizk made $20.6 million in his first year as CEO of Accretive Health, nursing back to health a Chicago company reeling from controversy. CMS will reimburse ICD-10 mistakes for one year after transition deadline Monday, July 06, 2015 4:30 PM The CMS has made a concession in the transition to ICD-10. For a year past the Oct. 1 deadline, the CMS will pay for wrongly coded claims if the bad code is in the same broad family as the right one. That may be why the American Medical Association... Questions loom for insurers bulking up on government business Monday, July 06, 2015 4:30 PM Aetna's proposed $37 billion offer for Humana is about building strength and scale in the government insurance business, but some investors are nervous about whether the parties can deliver on expectations. Not all states reporting required Medicaid data, OIG says Monday, July 06, 2015 4:00 PM A number of states still do not report required quarterly data about services provided to Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled in managed care -- information that's crucial to running Medicaid and protecting it from fraudsters, according to a study... Emdeon to buy Altegra in $910 million health IT acquisition Monday, July 06, 2015 3:00 PM Revenue-cycle management and claims clearinghouse services provider Emdeon has inked a deal to acquire Altegra, a purveyor of healthcare consumer engagement technology for payers and self-insured employers. St. Barnabas Medical Center gets new CEO Monday, July 06, 2015 2:55 PM Stephen Zieniewicz has been named president and CEO of St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J., a part of West Orange, N.J.-based Barnabas Health. 'Stunning' number of extreme drug doses by doc, expert says Monday, July 06, 2015 2:00 PM Patients of a Detroit-area doctor received "stunning" doses of a powerful, expensive drug, exposing them to life-threatening infections, an expert testified Monday as a judge heard details about a cancer specialist who fleeced insurance companies... Cardinal Health completes acquisition of Harvard Drug Group Monday, July 06, 2015 1:30 PM Cardinal Health has completed its acquisition of The Harvard Drug Group, the Dublin, Ohio-based pharmaceutical and medical products distributor announced Monday.

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