| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare | HealthCare.gov 'passive' on heading off fraud | | | With billions in taxpayer dollars at stake, the Obama administration has taken a "passive" approach to identifying potential fraud involving the president's health care law, nonpartisan congressional investigators say in a report due out Wednesday. |
| CDC: 14 more US reports of possible Zika spread through sex | | | U.S. health officials are investigating more than a dozen possible Zika infections that may have been spread through sex. The 14 cases all involve men who visited areas with Zika outbreaks, and who may have infected their female sex partners, who... |
| What ugly financial markets mean for Community's big spinoff plans | | Tuesday, February 23, 2016 11:52 PM | |
| | In early January, Community Health Systems announced it would wait out the volatile market to spin off its $2.1 billion small-market hospital business. That wait could be a while. But experts say even a protracted delay is preferable to launching a... |
| Clinton wants to let states establish public insurance plans | | Tuesday, February 23, 2016 4:06 PM | |
| | Healthcare industry groups likely will not be pleased to hear that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has just renewed her call for government-run health plans to compete against private insurers in the Affordable Care Act exchanges. |
| WellCare's shopping begins with S.C. Medicaid plan | | Tuesday, February 23, 2016 11:57 AM | |
| | WellCare Health Plans has acquired Advicare Corp., a Medicaid managed-care company based in South Carolina, marking WellCare's first acquisition in almost two years. |
| Dems have empty pockets in push to treat opioid abuse | | Tuesday, February 23, 2016 11:08 AM | |
| | Much of the legislation discussed at a Senate Finance Committee hearing Tuesday has bipartisan support, but Democratic senators said more needs to be done to treat people with addiction disorders. |
| CMS seeks help stopping fraudsters before they act | | Tuesday, February 23, 2016 11:05 AM | |
| | The CMS is in the early stages of searching for a contractor that would orchestrate an integrated outreach effort across Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs to prevent fraud before it happens. |
| TeamHealth faces big job absorbing IPC | | Tuesday, February 23, 2016 11:03 AM | |
| | TeamHealth Holdings will look for select acquisitions of physician groups in 2016, mostly in the post-acute setting, after swallowing giant IPC late last year. |
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