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| Blog: Theranos criticizes damning WSJ article | | Thursday, October 15, 2015 4:00 PM | |
| | Lab startup Theranos is in hot water after a Wall Street Journal article accused the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company of misleading regulators and rarely conducting tests on its proprietary equipment that claims to process lab tests with just a few... |
| Investors fear ACA's boost to hospitals is waning | | Thursday, October 15, 2015 3:30 PM | |
| | Acute-care hospital stocks took a hit Thursday after HCA previewed third-quarter earnings results that were below expectations. HCA, the largest hospital chain by revenue, typically has the strongest performance in its sector and its quarterly... |
| Many private-payer ACOs fail to yield lower costs, better quality | | Thursday, October 15, 2015 1:58 PM | |
| | Medicare's investment in accountable care organizations has inspired hospitals and doctors to create their own versions of ACOs with private insurers. But as with Medicare, not all private ACOs are achieving lower costs and higher quality. |
| Judge sides with drugmakers and narrows 340B drug discounts | | Thursday, October 15, 2015 1:45 PM | |
| | Drugmakers do not have to sell orphan drugs to rural and cancer hospitals at a discount under the federal program known as 340B, a judge ruled Wednesday. The pharmaceutical industry's victory in the case disappointed many hospitals. |
| Sutter sees higher revenue as outpatient activity grows | | Thursday, October 15, 2015 1:37 PM | |
| | Sutter Health, the Sacramento, Calif.-based system, continued to benefit from higher Medicaid payments and a decrease in uninsured. But like many of its peers, the 25-hospital group is grappling with higher labor and supply costs. |
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