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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Commentary: ACA helps raise the bar to keep 'bad actors' out of Medicare, Medicaid 1:01:00 AM There are some healthcare providers who are no longer welcome in Medicare and Medicaid. Patients, caregivers and taxpayers should know that unprecedented actions are being taken to make sure they don't participate in these federal programs. ACA repeal more difficult as Americans get used to popular provisions Tuesday, March 22, 2016 4:39 PM Well-liked measures of the Affordable Care Act, such as allowing young adults to stay on their parents' insurance longer and not allowing companies to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions, rely on the more controversial... FDA bolsters warnings on most widely used painkillers Tuesday, March 22, 2016 4:00 PM In an effort to combat the current drug abuse epidemic, the FDA will require new, tougher labeling for immediate-release opioid pain medications that will include a boxed safety warning about misuse. RegionalCare to merge with Capella in $550 million deal Tuesday, March 22, 2016 1:00 PM The new company, RCCH Health Partners, will have 18 hospitals, more than 13,000 employees, 2,000 affiliated physicians and $1.7 billion in revenue. Marty Rash, chairman and CEO of RegionalCare, will assume the role of executive board chair for the... CMS tests waters for enhanced Medicare Advantage audits Tuesday, March 22, 2016 12:19 PM The federal government is examining how it can beef up medical record auditing of Medicare Advantage insurers, which have been accused of exaggerating patient diagnoses to pad their payments. New procedures outlined by the feds will lead to heftier... Pay rule could discourage providers from seeing Native American patients Tuesday, March 22, 2016 12:12 PM The rule allows tribal and urban Indian health programs to pay physicians outside of IHS facilities rates similar to Medicare when beneficiaries need care not available at IHS facilities. The goal is to lower spending and stretch the IHS' limited $5... Catholic Health Initiatives wrestles with Texas expansion Tuesday, March 22, 2016 12:09 PM Catholic Health Initiatives, the national system that has aggressively expanded its reach in recent years, ended its second quarter with gains in Nebraska and Kentucky but weaker results in one of its newest markets, Texas.

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