Wednesday, 17 February 2016

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Cerner stocks tumble on lower outlook in spite of strong earnings
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 4:34 PM
Cerner Corp. lowered its revenue expectations for 2016 late Tuesday while reporting strong fourth-quarter and full-year earnings and revenue growth for 2015.


Dignity seeks new partners as it aims to improve margins
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 3:15 PM
Dignity Health, which operates 39 hospitals in Arizona, California and Nevada, continued to grapple with expenses in its fiscal second quarter, as higher volume also meant higher costs.


Aetna wins important Florida approval, but Humana battle is far from over
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 3:00 PM
The Medicare-heavy state of Florida has given its blessing to Aetna's $37 billion acquisition of Humana, on the condition that Aetna expands its health plan offerings in the state's insurance exchanges. Federal approval remains a major uncertainty.


Pfizer adds $784.6M charge for Protonix deal to Q4 results
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 2:30 PM
Drugmaker Pfizer swung to a fourth-quarter financial loss, instead of a modest profit, as a result of a just-announced charge to settle a long-running federal case over reimbursements for its former blockbuster heartburn pill.


Houston, we had a problem: Iasis hospital crisis dents otherwise strong quarter
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 2:00 PM
Iasis Healthcare improved its earnings on an adjusted EBITDA basis in its fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 31, despite regulatory problems following a shooting at its St. Joseph Medical Center in Houston.


Healthcare cases arrive soon for eight-member Supreme Court
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 12:26 PM
Not much time remains to speculate about how the Supreme Court will handle healthcare-related cases without the late Justice Antonin Scalia. A number of them are fast approaching on the court's calendar, including one scheduled for arguments Tuesday.


Alabama moving to managed-care model for Medicaid
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 12:24 PM
Alabama is moving from the traditional fee-for-service delivery model to a managed-care model under a new regional care organization waiver.


Northeast Ohio hospitals seeing benefits of bundled payment model
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 12:00 PM
A new national contract could bring hundreds of patients from across the country to St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland for bariatric surgery. The draw? The bundled payment model.


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