Saturday, 15 August 2015

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New York hospital group halts reality show filming without consent
11:15:00 AM
Bruised by criticism after a reality TV show surreptitiously recorded and aired a man's death, New York City hospitals will no longer allow patients to be filmed without getting prior consent.


Couple with troubled past nears FDA OK on female desire pill
10:45:00 AM
A company whose owners have a checkered history in marketing testosterone to males will likely get a thumbs up from the Food and Drug Administration by Tuesday on the first drug to boost women's sexual desire.


Arkansas ending Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood
Friday, August 14, 2015 7:45 PM
Arkansas is ending its Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood, Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday, despite warnings federal officials have given other states that such a move could violate the law.


OIG struggles to ID owners of physician-owned device distributorships
Friday, August 14, 2015 6:00 PM
It's not always clear which doctors have ownership interests in both physician-owned distributorships and the hospitals to which they sell devices, according to HHS' Office of Inspector General.


Rising expenses erode Montefiore's operating margin
Friday, August 14, 2015 5:00 PM
Montefiore Health System continued to struggle with higher expenses in the first six months of the year, leading to a sharp decline in its operating surplus.


Sloan-Kettering faces rising costs from higher volume, drug price increases
Friday, August 14, 2015 3:30 PM
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City's specialized cancer hospital, is grappling with higher costs associated with a greater number of employees, new clinical facilities and hefty drug price increases.


Illinois Obamacare chief exits after five months in top job
Friday, August 14, 2015 2:00 PM
Karin Zosel, executive director at Get Covered Illinois since March, has left the state public health insurance exchange. The news comes less than three months before the third year of enrollment begins and amid big changes at Get Covered Illinois.


Mental health advocates dare to believe in Congress
Friday, August 14, 2015 12:40 PM
Lawmakers may actually agree enough on mental health reform issues to get a bill through Congress this session, but the challenge of paying for it could still kill the efforts.


Cerner bid for military EHR contract goes unchallenged
Friday, August 14, 2015 12:33 PM
Cerner Corp., the electronic health-record system developer that was part of a winning team bidding on the huge military health system EHR contract, can go to work without the uncertainty posed by a bid protest.


Missouri hospital and clinic to pay $5.5 million to settle false claims suit
Friday, August 14, 2015 12:16 PM
A southwest Missouri hospital and its affiliate will pay the government $5.5 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by paying doctors bonuses based partly on the value of their referrals.


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