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| Blog: A good year for healthcare stocks all around | | Friday, July 31, 2015 6:30 PM | |
| | Some hospital system executives are citing booming insurer stock prices as a clear market signal that consolidation will give payers the upper hand in future price negotiations with hospitals and other providers. But insurers are not the only ones... |
| House approves funding to close VA shortfall | | Friday, July 31, 2015 6:00 PM | |
| | House representatives have agreed to the Veterans Affairs Department's request to shift part of the federal budget to keep VA hospitals open. The House included a late amendment to reallocate $3.5 billion to the VA's Choice program as part of the... |
| Bills related to behavioral health are piling up on the Hill | | Friday, July 31, 2015 5:45 PM | |
| | Several bills dealing with treatment of substance abuse and behavioral health issues plus initiatives to move the mentally ill out of jails and prisons and into the healthcare system have been introduced with bipartisan support in both chambers. |
| Blog: GAO to CMS: 'I told you so' on Medicaid advice | | Friday, July 31, 2015 4:30 PM | |
| | To celebrate Medicaid's 50th birthday, the Government Accountability Office is taking a look at all the ways it has told the CMS to improve the program, but the agency has yet to act on. |
| Molina Healthcare's stock rises on rosy second quarter | | Friday, July 31, 2015 3:45 PM | |
| | Second-quarter earnings at Molina Healthcare were five times higher than the same period last year. The managed-care insurer based in Long Beach, Calif., is almost exclusively focused on Medicaid populations. |
| Blockbuster drugs drive Amgen's strong Q2 earnings | | Friday, July 31, 2015 3:00 PM | |
| | Strong sales of Amgen's blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis medication Enbrel helped drive the company's 7% profit hike during the second quarter and also offset a 1% decline in combined sales of its best-selling cancer drugs Neupogen and Neulasta. |
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