Thursday, 17 December 2015

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Turing CEO Martin Shkreli in custody after securities probe
9:30:00 AM
Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, is in custody following a securities probe.


House delays vote targeting Planned Parenthood, health law
7:45:00 AM
Republican leaders have decided to delay until January a House vote to unravel President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul and block federal money for Planned Parenthood, hoping to increase attention on their drive against two of conservatives'...


Blog: RWJF releases massive health exchange data set
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 5:15 PM
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has released the only nationally comprehensive public data set that includes information on all plans offered in the health insurance marketplaces in 2015 and 2016.


Why the Fed's rate hike could spur healthcare borrowing
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 3:45 PM
The Federal Reserve announced a widely anticipated increase to the benchmark interest rate, the first in nearly a decade. The expectation that the hike is only the beginning could bring ambivalent healthcare borrowers to the market.


Providers press for delay, flexibility in EHR rule
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 2:00 PM
Several groups, including the American College of Cardiology, asked CMS rulemakers to scrap the EHR incentive program's full-year reporting periods for meaningful-use metrics, replacing them with 90-day periods. They also asked the agency to end the...


Blog: Insurer ends suit over health system's ads airing network beef
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 1:55 PM
A New York insurer agreed Wednesday to drop its lawsuit against Catholic Health System accusing the system of false advertising related to what the insurer's Medicare Advantage plan covered.


Community health centers in Puerto Rico could suffer in economic turmoil
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 1:00 PM
Puerto Rico's federally qualified community health centers, which treat a growing number of the island's underserved residents, could be hardest hit by the U.S. territory's continuing financial troubles that are devastating its public healthcare...


Capella names chief quality officer
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 12:00 PM
Dana Rice has been appointed senior vice president and chief quality officer for privately held Capella Healthcare.


HHS wants more states to data-mine for Medicaid fraud
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:34 AM
HHS says few states have taken it up on an offer to receive federal funding for data-mining, which would allow their Medicaid fraud units to search claims. States say they don't need it, even though the improper payment rate has nearly doubled as...


Has the Cadillac tax hit a dead end?
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:28 AM
The tax will be delayed for two years in a budget agreement expected to be passed this week. Experts say the biggest impact would come if the tax is never implemented.


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