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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Johnson & Johnson beats 4Q profit views despite lower sales 10:00:00 AM Johnson & Johnson posted a 28% jump in fourth-quarter profit with the sale of its heart devices unit offsetting a weak performance from what was once its top moneymaker, as well as the strong dollar and a host of other charges at the world's biggest... Medicaid official: Iowa is ready for privatization in March 7:45:00 AM The head of Iowa's Medicaid program on Monday said she's "very confident" the $4.2 billion system will be ready for private management beginning March 1, though some lawmakers expressed lingering concerns about the looming deadline. Grand jury indicts leader behind Planned Parenthood videos Monday, January 25, 2016 7:59 PM A grand jury investigating undercover footage of Planned Parenthood found no wrongdoing Monday by the abortion provider, and instead indicted anti-abortion activists involved in making the videos that targeted the handling of fetal tissue in... Centene can't find hard drives with 950,000 medical records Monday, January 25, 2016 7:11 PM Health insurer Centene Corp. is hunting for six computer hard drives containing the personally identifiable health records of about 950,000 individuals, the company said Monday afternoon. Broward Health CEO's suicide may cast light on depression in cardiac patients Monday, January 25, 2016 6:30 PM The death of Broward Health's president and CEO less than two weeks after undergoing triple bypass surgery may draw attention to a complication related to heart procedures, and the need for cardiologists to treat the mind along with the heart. Blog: Incentives for quality a challenge for ACOs Monday, January 25, 2016 4:15 PM Pediatricians in an ACO who received small incentives to improve quality did so, but not as significantly as doctors employed by a hospital, a new study found. The findings underscore the challenge that policymakers and the industry face as payers... Former HCA CEO Clayton McWhorter dies Monday, January 25, 2016 4:00 PM R. Clayton McWhorter, the former CEO of HCA, died Saturday at the age of 82. After serving in HCA's top post, he co-founded the group purchasing organization HealthTrust and served as that company's CEO from 1987 until 1995. States find it hard and expensive to coordinate care for duals Monday, January 25, 2016 2:45 PM States say it's harder and more expensive than initially predicted to coordinate care for the roughly 9 million people who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. Medicaid expansion, exchanges push healthcare spending past Social Security Monday, January 25, 2016 11:29 AM In 2015, the U.S. federal government spent more on healthcare than on Social Security for the first time. The Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid and the growing availability of subsidies for exchange plans are driving much of the higher...

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