| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare
| Former CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner will take AHIP helm | | Wednesday, July 15, 2015 6:15 PM | |
| | Marilyn Tavenner, who stepped down as CMS administrator six months ago, will now lead the country's dominant health insurance lobbying group, working on behalf of the companies that are regulated by the CMS and are devoting more of their business to... |
| Amerinet switches gears after acquisition by Intermountain | | Wednesday, July 15, 2015 3:30 PM | |
| | Two new senior executives announced Wednesday are just the latest changes group purchasing organization Amerinet has gone through since the start of the summer. Its CEO left and it was acquired by Intermountain Healthcare. |
| House lawmakers introduce federal 'right to try' bill | | Wednesday, July 15, 2015 3:13 PM | |
| | The "right to try" campaign that would allow terminally ill patients access to potentially lifesaving, yet unapproved drugs is going national. Three House Republicans have introduced a bill that would ban federal regulators from taking action... |
| Mental health workforce shortage a worldwide issue | | Wednesday, July 15, 2015 2:39 PM | |
| | A shortage in mental health providers is a domestic and global issue exacerbated by maldistribution and unequal access to service and affects people in all income levels, according to two reports released Wednesday. |
| Blues plans will offer free, perpetual credit and fraud protection | | Wednesday, July 15, 2015 2:15 PM | |
| | Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, reacting to a series of massive cyberattacks that exposed millions of their customers' personally identifiable records, will offer free and continuous credit monitoring and fraud protection services to all of their... |
| Bogus enrollees kept getting 'Obamacare' | | Wednesday, July 15, 2015 2:00 PM | |
| | A GAO report revealing phony applicants enrolled on HealthCare.gov and got subsidies two years in a row is raising questions about whether the site can detect fraud a day before a Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing on the performance of the... |
| New lobbying group to grease wheels for 'Cadillac' tax repeal | | Wednesday, July 15, 2015 1:53 PM | |
| | Big businesses and unions, traditionally foes at the bargaining table, have both voiced disdain for the Affordable Care Act's "Cadillac" tax on generous health plans. Now, they plan on turning up the heat to repeal it. |
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