| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare | Few Medicare ACOs earned bonuses in 2014 | | Tuesday, August 25, 2015 6:45 PM | |
| | Three out of four Medicare accountable care organizations did not slow health spending enough to earn bonuses last year, a continuation of mixed results for an initiative that federal officials have targeted for rapid expansion. |
| Federal healthcare spending projections inch upward | | Tuesday, August 25, 2015 4:15 PM | |
| | Federal spending on Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program and exchange subsidies will rise from 5.2% of the country's economic output in 2015 to 6.2% in 2025, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday. |
| Corrective ads don't do much correcting | | Tuesday, August 25, 2015 4:00 PM | |
| | Advertising designed to correct misleading claims drugmakers initially make regarding their products is ineffective toward changing consumer views, according to a new study. |
| Cigna picks Tennessee market president | | Tuesday, August 25, 2015 2:45 PM | |
| | Cigna Corp. has named Greg Allen as president of its Tennessee market. He'll oversee the Bloomfield, Conn.-based insurer's products and services in the state, including employer-based group benefit plans, individual plans and Medicare plans. |
| Pace of post-acute care M&A deals slows | | Tuesday, August 25, 2015 12:19 PM | |
| | Companies in both the post-acute care and senior housing sector continue to be opportunistic when it comes to mergers and acquisitions, but the difficult task of combining organizations is forcing some to take a breather. |
| The Oscar of dental insurance? That's what Beam is shooting for | | Tuesday, August 25, 2015 12:17 PM | |
| | Oral health coverage is mostly left out of the broader healthcare debate. A budding dental insurance company called Beam wants to fill that cavity, similar to Manhattan-based Oscar Insurance Corp. with its emphasis on consumer convenience. |
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