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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Quest online patient portal breach exposes 34,000 records Monday, December 12, 2016 6:54 PM Medical laboratory giant Quest Diagnostics on Monday announced that its online patient portal had suffered a breach exposing about 34,000 individuals' records. Patient safety efforts saved $28 billion over five years Monday, December 12, 2016 4:06 PM Fewer hospital-acquired conditions avoided some 125,000 patient deaths and saved $28 billion, the administration said in a report released Monday. In some places, however, the report contradicted findings released a week before by the CDC. With social needs addressed, patients' clinical indicators improved Monday, December 12, 2016 12:57 PM Patients who received help accessing food and medication subsequently improved their cholesterol levels and blood pressure. A recent study is the first to link intervention and outcome, although the findings do not prove that addressing social needs... Execution costs spike in Virginia; state pays pharmacy $66K Monday, December 12, 2016 12:24 PM Virginia prison officials have paid a secret compounding pharmacy $66,000 to obtain lethal injection drugs for its next two executions -- roughly 63 times last year's going price for the state's three-drug lethal injection package. 52 million at risk of losing coverage because of pre-existing conditions Monday, December 12, 2016 12:16 PM A brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that 27% of American adults have a pre-existing condition and would have a hard time finding health coverage without the protections of the Affordable Care Act, which the GOP has vowed to repeal... CMS cracks down on providers steering patients into private plans Monday, December 12, 2016 11:58 AM A final rule issued Monday requires dialysis centers that help patients pay private insurance premiums either directly or through charities to clarify what plans in their region pay for and how that compares to Medicare or Medicaid. CMS renews key Medicaid waivers in New York and Arkansas Monday, December 12, 2016 11:19 AM New York's waiver allows the state to have most of its Medicaid population in managed care, while the Arkansas waiver includes cost-sharing provisions for those between 100% and 138% of the federal poverty level. Michigan Tech spinoff's device screens would-be donors' blood -- before donation Monday, December 12, 2016 11:16 AM The device would eliminate, for example, the donation of blood that has been contaminated by disease, such as hepatitis, eliminating waste and speeding up the donation process. University Hospitals, MetroHealth feel effects of trauma center Monday, December 12, 2016 10:59 AM MetroHealth saw a 27% drop in trauma activations, which translated to a $35 million loss in revenue, much higher than the $20 million it predicted. But the system has grown in other ways.

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