| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare | CMS proposes 1.35% Medicare Advantage rate hike for 2017 | | Friday, February 19, 2016 4:30 PM | |
| | Baseline Medicare Advantage payment rates for 2017 will rise by 1.35% on average, an early win for health insurance companies in what is the final Medicare rate battle of the Obama administration. |
| How drug-monitoring programs could do more to fight the opioid crisis | | Friday, February 19, 2016 1:30 PM | |
| | Relatively simple steps like allowing nurses to access drug-monitoring information, and better integrating drug data with electronic health records could improve the effectiveness of programs now operating in 49 states, according to a new analysis... |
| Prime Healthcare ordered to recognize union contract | | Friday, February 19, 2016 1:22 PM | |
| | SEIU filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board stating Prime had agreed to a 2014 contract only in order to gain the union's approval of its proposed acquisition of the Los Altos Hills, Calif.-based Daughters of Charity system. |
| Healthways partners with mobile health program | | Friday, February 19, 2016 12:56 PM | |
| | Wellness program provider Healthways has formed a partnership with Health eVillages, a program that provides mobile health technology to clinically underserved areas around the world. |
| Biotech lobby's COO to lead AdvaMed | | Friday, February 19, 2016 12:30 PM | |
| | The Advanced Medical Technology Association announced Friday that Scott Whitaker will serve as its next president and CEO, effective April 4. Whitaker most recently served as COO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, which represents... |
| S.C. Medicaid agency exposed data to cybertheft risk | | Friday, February 19, 2016 12:08 PM | |
| | A four-decade-old computer system and poor safety measures at South Carolina's Medicaid agency exposed the personal health information of roughly 1 million residents to risk of cybertheft, according to a federal report released Friday. |
| Air ambulance service sues Medical Mutual for $3.5 million | | Friday, February 19, 2016 12:02 PM | |
| | The country's largest independently owned and operated air medical service has sued Medical Mutual of Ohio for $3.5 million for allegations that the insurance company has underpaid claims for emergency medical air transport services. |
| Allscripts earnings flat as client services revenue shrinks | | Friday, February 19, 2016 11:18 AM | |
| | Allscripts reported flat revenue for fiscal 2015, as the electronic health record systems supplier saw lower revenue from client services. Bookings, however, were a boon for Allscripts last year, reaching $1.1 billion, a 20% increase from 2014. |
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