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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Mount Sinai Beth Israel President announces departure amid hospital downsizing 11:37:28 AM Mount Sinai Health System has revealed new details of its $500 million plan to shrink Mount Sinai Beth Israel and create Mount Sinai Downtown, a network of three core treatment centers and 16 doctors' offices that will stretch from the East River to... St. Jude warns of battery defect in some heart devices Tuesday, October 11, 2016 4:29 PM Medical-device maker St. Jude Medical is warning doctors and patients about a rare battery defect in some of its implantable heart devices that can cause them to fail much earlier than expected. Allina nurses reach tentative contract agreement, end strike Tuesday, October 11, 2016 3:09 PM Thousands of Allina Health nurses represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association labor union are ending a five-week strike after reaching a tentative agreement with the health system Tuesday on outstanding contract issues. Patient notifications about payment models could cost hospitals Tuesday, October 11, 2016 12:37 PM Hospitals say a proposal to have them notify patients that their coverage may have changed as a result of an alternative payment model would result in high penalties and be costly to administer. Racial bias contributes to high levels of poverty and hunger among Latinos Tuesday, October 11, 2016 12:08 PM One in five Latino households lacks nutritious food, more than twice the rate among white households. That's causing higher rates of obesity and related chronic conditions. WHO calls for tax on sugary beverages to address obesity Tuesday, October 11, 2016 12:07 PM The World Health Organization is calling upon government agencies to support a tax on sugary drinks as a means of combating obesity. Herbert Fritch to retire from Cigna-HealthSpring Tuesday, October 11, 2016 11:51 AM Herbert Fritch, the man who founded Cigna-HealthSpring and grew it into one of the largest Medicare Advantage plans in the country, is retiring. Drug price hikes may be hitting hospitals harder than consumers Tuesday, October 11, 2016 11:48 AM America's crisis of rising drug prices has hit hospitals even harder than it has consumers, according to a recent study from America's biggest hospital lobbies. Americans are avoiding the ER and becoming sicker while paying more for insurance Tuesday, October 11, 2016 11:47 AM About 1 in 4 Americans says their medical conditions have gotten worse because they postpone receiving emergency room treatment, according to a poll conducted by media outlet Morning Consult on behalf of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

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