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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Q2 profits fall at MedAssets 1:01:00 AM Second quarter profits fell at MedAssets as the company faced restructuring costs and other expenses rose, even as its newly acquired analytics firm Sg2 contributed additional revenue. N.J. hospitals sue state over EMS law Wednesday, July 29, 2015 4:55 PM Two New Jersey health systems are suing because they say a new state law unfairly takes away their role as advanced emergency medical service providers in their service areas. Wheaton College ends student health plans over birth control Wednesday, July 29, 2015 4:44 PM Wheaton College in suburban Chicago will stop offering health insurance plans to students beginning Friday in an effort to avoid providing birth control coverage mandated by the Affordable Care Act. States warn Medicaid managed-care rule would shrink their authority over plans Wednesday, July 29, 2015 3:00 PM As expected, the CMS' sweeping rule to modernize the regulation of Medicaid managed-care plans is drawing flak from state Medicaid directors and insurers who say it would impose heavy-handed federal control and could hurt patient care. Cerner, Leidos and Accenture win massive Defense contract for EHR system Wednesday, July 29, 2015 2:15 PM Cerner Corp. and its partners Leidos and Accenture Federal Services have won one of the largest health information technology contracts in U.S. history. Federal grants aim to expand health information exchange Wednesday, July 29, 2015 1:15 PM ONC awards $38 million to states, universities and communities to improve health information exchange, health IT workforce training and population health best practices. Henry Schein earnings stagnate despite surging medical sales Wednesday, July 29, 2015 1:02 PM Medical supplies continue to be a strong business for Henry Schein Inc., as medical office sales once again grew significantly faster than its animal health and dental strongholds, whose earnings were largely wiped out by a strong dollar. Advocates split with health plans and states over Medicaid long-term care rules Wednesday, July 29, 2015 12:09 PM Patient advocates are praising a section of the CMS' proposed Medicaid managed-care rule related to long-term care. But health plans and states are sharply critical of provisions imposing new credentialing requirements on long-term care providers... Assurant Health faces costs, fines as it shuts down Wednesday, July 29, 2015 11:44 AM Assurant Health absorbed a $124 million net loss in the second quarter this year as the financially troubled health insurer continues to wind down its operations. It had to settle a complaint in Montana that it illegally charged sicker enrollees...

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