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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare U of C Medicine unveils $270 million trauma center, expansion plan 10:26:32 AM University of Chicago Medicine expects to pony up nearly $270 million to reopen an adult trauma center and expand services on its South Side campus. FDA grossly underestimated harm from permanent contraceptive Essure, lawmaker says Wednesday, February 17, 2016 4:00 PM Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) also said doctors were receiving illegal kickbacks for agreeing to use the device, which has been linked to nearly 10,000 adverse events. Oscar debuts in California with extremely low enrollment Wednesday, February 17, 2016 3:35 PM Oscar Insurance Corp., the New York-based startup health insurer, enrolled only 2,000 people on California's exchange, a minuscule 0.1% of Californians who bought a 2016 exchange plan. Watchman Medicare coverage missing patient decisionmaking tool Wednesday, February 17, 2016 2:45 PM The CMS' final coverage rule on Boston Scientific's Watchman cardiac device does not include language requiring patients and physicians to discuss the benefits and risks of the device, disappointing advocates who were hoping to empower patients. Hospital pays hackers $17,000 to unlock EHRs frozen in 'ransomware' attack Wednesday, February 17, 2016 2:00 PM A Southern California hospital's computers have been restored after it paid a $17,000 ransom in bitcoins to hackers who infiltrated and disabled its network. The gambit isn't new, but it appears to be on the rise. Feds wrap up national probe into cardiac devices; 51 more hospitals settle Wednesday, February 17, 2016 1:40 PM Another 51 hospitals will pay the government to get out from under a federal probe into the suspected overuse of implantable cardiac defibrillators. The U.S. Justice Department said the settlements, which tally to $23 million, mark the "final... Is the growth of health spending slowing down again? Wednesday, February 17, 2016 1:30 PM The U.S. healthcare economy expanded rapidly in 2014 and parts of 2015, but economic statistics show the growth may be tapering.

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