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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Indian tribes seek exemption from ACA's large-employer rule 10:30:00 AM Representatives of several Indian tribes say they support legislation introduced by congressional Republicans this week that would exempt tribes nationwide from being classified as large employers under the ACA -- a designation that requires... Budget shortfall is troubled VA's latest challenge Friday, July 17, 2015 7:00 PM The VA faces a serious numbers problem -- multiple in fact. It can't count how many veterans died while waiting to sign up for healthcare. It also says some VA hospitals may have to close if the agency can't get $2.5 billion. Healthcare employers should review federal rules on independent contractors Friday, July 17, 2015 5:00 PM The U.S. Labor Department is warning companies not to misclassify some workers as independent contractors instead of full-fledged employees. Experts say healthcare companies need to make sure their employment practices are in compliance. An end to mandatory arbitration agreements in nursing homes? Friday, July 17, 2015 5:00 PM Nursing home and patient advocates alike say a new proposed rule from the CMS forbidding such facilities from requiring residents to sign binding arbitration agreements is long overdue. But some say parts of the proposal might create legal gray... Former opponents team up to cut drug costs Friday, July 17, 2015 4:59 PM Biopharmaceutical companies have begun involving payers, physicians and patient advocacy groups in the early stages of drug development. The goal of partnering bottom line-driven drugmakers with frugal payers is to link the cost of care with patient... Court-ordered breakup is still hard to do Friday, July 17, 2015 4:00 PM Five months after an appeals court ordered St. Luke's Health System in Idaho to unwind its acquisition of a large physician group, the parties continue to spar over how to accomplish it. The situation shows how difficult it can be to undo a deal... Allscripts' preliminary Q2 revenue exceeds expectations Friday, July 17, 2015 4:00 PM Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, a Chicago-based electronic health-record vendor, expects record second-quarter bookings in a range of $255 million to $260 million. Bookings grew between 9% and 12% year over year and experienced an increase of 6%... UCLA Health breach puts data at risk for 4.5M Friday, July 17, 2015 3:00 PM Four-hospital UCLA Health said Friday that cyber criminals hit part of its network that contains the records of an estimated 4.5 million people. ACA repeal through reconciliation looms for Republicans Friday, July 17, 2015 2:53 PM Congressional Republicans face a loose deadline next Friday to enact a procedure that would set up repeal of the Affordable Care Act. But the process is more likely to play out as political theater than a threat to the healthcare law.

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