| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare | Crunch time at small businesses as healthcare demands loom | | | Companies with 50 to 99 full-time employees must offer affordable insurance to employees and their dependents starting Jan. 1. They must also file tax forms by Jan. 31 detailing the cost of coverage and the names and Social Security numbers of those... |
| Knee-replacement surgery works, but so do nonsurgical options | | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 6:29 PM | |
| | People with knees worn out by arthritis will get more pain relief from joint replacement surgery, but it has more risks and there's a good chance that less drastic approaches also would help, according to the first study to strictly test other... |
| A different Epic stays acquisitive in skilled-nursing space | | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 5:45 PM | |
| | Pediatric skilled-nursing company Epic Health Services continued its recent acquisition binge with the announcement Tuesday that the Dallas-based firm will buy Medco, an enteral therapy services provider. Enteral therapy provides nutrition for... |
| Biogen cutting 11% of its workforce | | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 3:00 PM | |
| | Biogen plans to cut about 11% of its workforce as it refocuses its research on treatments for Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis. The company announced the job cuts Wednesday as it boosted its profit outlook and reported a 12.7% jump in... |
| CMS will aid New York's struggling duals demonstration | | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 2:30 PM | |
| | The CMS will engage providers in New York in an effort to turn around the state's struggling experiment to coordinate care for low-income and disabled residents eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare. Dual demonstrations around the country continue... |
| 23andMe returns with FDA-approved genetic health tests | | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 1:43 PM | |
| | Genetic testing company 23andMe is reintroducing some health screening tools that federal regulators forced off the market more than two years ago because of concerns about their accuracy and interpretation by customers. |
| Holy Cross expands main hospital | | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 12:00 PM | |
| | Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, Md., has expanded to better meet the needs of the growing Washington suburb. |
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