| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare
| Justice Department investigating DaVita subsidiary | | Wednesday, November 18, 2015 5:46 PM | |
| | The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the medical necessity of angiograms performed at a DaVita HealthCare Partners subsidiary, the company disclosed Wednesday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
| VA hopes to adopt value-based payments to improve healthcare | | Wednesday, November 18, 2015 3:30 PM | |
| | The Veterans Affairs Department on Wednesday presented a plan to Congress for overhauling the way veterans receive care outside the VA. It would move toward value-based provider payments and would need at least $1.5 billion to get it started. |
| Centura Health given 2015 HIMSS Enterprise Davies award | | Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:55 AM | |
| | Centura Health, a subsidiary of Catholic Health Initiatives and Adventist Health Systems, has been given a 2015 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award. The honor recognizes health systems that use health information technology to improve patient outcomes and... |
| CMS speeds move to raise rates for dual-eligible plans | | Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:32 AM | |
| | The CMS now intends to increase payments in 2016 for health plans that cover people who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid and are enrolled in one of the 12 state-administered demonstration programs intended to improve their care. |
| HHS and OptumLabs team up to mine big data | | Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:30 AM | |
| | OptumLabs is teaming up with HHS to use big-data resources to provide insight into patient care and population health. The partnership will provide the technology and tools to cross-reference de-identified medical claims with clinical data to... |
| Where Medicare Advantage enrollment lags, health systems see opportunity | | Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:29 AM | |
| | Two large Midwest health systems are building an insurance plan together centered on Medicare Advantage. The joint venture marks yet another example of providers' burning ambition to join the insurance game. Many of them are honing their play in the... |
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