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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish named chairman Thursday, December 10, 2015 5:16 PM Anthem President and CEO Joseph Swedish added another title to his nameplate this week. The health insurer's board of directors named him chairman of the board. Pelosi stops short of threatening shutdown over ban on federally funded gun research Thursday, December 10, 2015 3:15 PM House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is pressing for next year's budget to include an end to the ban on government-funded research on gun violence. A Republican-led Congress in 1996 chose to defund such research after a CDC-supported study found... Half of hospitals penalized for hospital-acquired conditions are repeat offenders Thursday, December 10, 2015 3:15 PM Critics say that hospitals that serve poorer and sicker patients may account for a significant portion of those on the repeat offender list. Search the data to see how individual hospitals scored and which ones were penalized in both years. More states show improvement on health indicators Thursday, December 10, 2015 1:00 PM More states have improved on most health indicators, according to an annual study that's releasing results for the first time since the Affordable Care Act expanded coverage throughout the country. ACA tax delays still on the table in ongoing budget negotiations Thursday, December 10, 2015 12:00 PM Lawmakers appear ready to push back the deadline for a budget agreement, as talks on a separate bill moved closer to delaying at least two taxes under the Affordable Care Act. MedPAC backs proposal to slash millions from Medicare Advantage plans Thursday, December 10, 2015 11:51 AM Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on Thursday unanimously backed a package of recommendations that would reduce Medicare Advantage plan reimbursement by at least $200 million. CMS posts new quality data for individual doctors over AMA protests Thursday, December 10, 2015 11:49 AM For the first time, Medicare has published quality performance scores for individual doctors, but only for those who volunteered data. About four in 10 are included. LabCorp buys out women's health lab in California Thursday, December 10, 2015 11:41 AM Burlington, N.C.-based Laboratory Corporation of America has announced that it will take over Pathology, a full-service women's health laboratory in Torrance, Calf. Despite deaths, most states not boosting mental health funding Thursday, December 10, 2015 11:33 AM Two reports out this week show how state governments are putting mentally ill citizens in danger. A report from the Treatment Advocacy Center found that at least 1 in 4 fatal police encounters involves the death of a person with a severe mental...

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