| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare | FCC move could disconnect Medicaid members' phone lines | | Tuesday, October 13, 2015 3:00 PM | |
| | Some Medicaid members could be disconnected as the Federal Communications Commission tinkers with how Americans qualify for a 30-year-old program subsidizing phone service, intended in part to ensure access to healthcare. |
| Emory St. Joseph's gets new CEO | | Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:30 PM | |
| | Heather Dexter has been named CEO of Emory St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta. She replaces Craig McCoy, who left to become CEO of Bon Secours St. Francis Health System in Greenville, S.C. |
| Fewer are abusing opioids, but deaths have risen | | Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:15 PM | |
| | The percentage of prescription opioids consumed for nonmedical use has declined, but the number of opioid-related deaths has increased, according to two new JAMA studies. It also appears that the ability to pay may not be the main barrier to... |
| Planned Parenthood to forgo payment in fetal tissue programs | | Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:15 PM | |
| | Responding to a furor over undercover videos, Planned Parenthood says it will maintain programs at some of its clinics that make fetal tissue available for research, but will no longer accept any sort of payment to cover the costs of those programs. |
| Docs are leaving behind federal dollars to pay for coordinated care | | Tuesday, October 13, 2015 12:50 PM | |
| | Doctors tending to millions of chronically ill Medicare patients aren't taking advantage of federal dollars aimed at improving care and reducing overall costs. The CMS estimates roughly 35 million Medicare beneficiaries would be eligible, but... |
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