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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Walgreens likely to shed more stores Rite Aid deal approval 11:37:49 AM Walgreens Boots says it will probably have to unload more stores than expected to ease antitrust concerns over its pending acquisition of Rite Aid, a deal that would make the nation's largest drugstore chain even larger. University Hospitals dropping 'Case' from flagship medical center name 11:32:01 AM UH Case Medical Center, named such in 2006 when the two signed a 50-year affiliation agreement, now will be known as UH Cleveland Medical Center. The renegotiated affiliation agreement sets out a multi-affiliation standing, giving both organizations... New York-Presbyterian experiments with 'air traffic control' for emergency-room patients 11:21:31 AM Using software developed by Pittsburgh-based TeleTracking Technologies, the goal is to eliminate the sort of bottlenecks that result in long wait times -- and irate patients -- at a time when hospitals are focusing on improving the patient... Two psychologists plead guilty in $25 million Medicare scam 1:01:00 AM Psychologists from Louisiana and Mississippi admitted participating in a $25 million Medicare scam by billing for unnecessary or nonexistent tests on nursing home patients across the Southeast, federal authorities said Wednesday. Epic asks for Supreme Court review of employee arbitration agreements Wednesday, September 07, 2016 7:43 PM Electronic health record vendor Epic Systems Corp. has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether employer-employee arbitration agreements are enforceable. Study finds CMS should risk-adjust for sicker patients in joint-replacement program Wednesday, September 07, 2016 1:20 PM Without risk-adjustment for sicker patients, hospitals in the bundled-payment initiative for hip and knee replacements may try to stop seeing those patients, researchers warned. CHS will sell more than the 12 hospitals currently on the market Wednesday, September 07, 2016 1:05 PM Troubled hospital giant Community Health Systems this year expects to sell more than the 12 hospitals that are already up for sale as interest from not-for-profit hospital systems grows, Chief Financial Officer Larry Cash said Wednesday. Hospital ORs waste nearly $3M a year in disposable medical supplies Wednesday, September 07, 2016 12:42 PM Operating rooms produce on average more than 2,000 tons of waste per day, and a significant portion of that waste is from disposable medical supplies. A recent study found that on average $968 worth of disposable medical supplies in the operating... Hospital ownership of medical practices grows by 86% in three years Wednesday, September 07, 2016 12:40 PM An analysis conducted by healthcare consulting firm Avalere Health and the Physicians Advocacy Institute found that from 2012 to 2015, hospitals acquired 31,000 physician practices in the U.S.

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