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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare CMS wants to overhaul Part B drug payments. Oncologists call the plan 'absurd.' Tuesday, March 08, 2016 5:00 PM A five-year Medicare initiative proposed Tuesday would test new ways of paying for outpatient drugs. The pharmaceutical industry and some provider groups quickly attacked it as an irresponsible experiment. Dr. Quentin Young, longtime health advocate, dies at 92 Tuesday, March 08, 2016 4:16 PM Dr. Quentin Young, a longtime health advocate who served as a personal physician to Martin Luther King during the civil rights leader's stay in Chicago, died Monday at age 92. Blog: Why consumerism is no panacea for our healthcare problems Tuesday, March 08, 2016 2:41 PM Politicians and policymakers often tout price transparency, comparison shopping, high-deductible health plans and other consumer-based approaches as answers to the nation's healthcare cost and access problems. But recent evidence suggests such... Kaiser's Benjamin Chu named president, CEO of Memorial Hermann Tuesday, March 08, 2016 2:30 PM Dr. Benjamin Chu will become Memorial Hermann's new president and CEO, marking the first time a physician will lead the Houston-based system. Chu begins the post in June. Health law fines double for many uninsured at tax time Tuesday, March 08, 2016 2:00 PM Many people who went without health insurance last year are now seeing fines more than double under the Affordable Care Act, tax preparation company H&R Block said Tuesday. Among its customers who owe a penalty for the 2015 tax year, the average... Mental-health advocates disappointed in latest bill Tuesday, March 08, 2016 1:54 PM Advocates say the bipartisan draft bill released by a Senate committee doesn't go far enough and leaves out some key changes needed for true mental-health reform. St. Louis County approves drug-monitoring program Tuesday, March 08, 2016 11:27 AM St. Louis passed legislation last week to implement its own prescription drug-monitoring program (PDMP). Verity Health System's struggles remain patient volume, payment rates Tuesday, March 08, 2016 11:25 AM Blue Mountain Capital Management, the private equity firm that took over the struggling Daughters of Charity Health System, has its work cut out for it. Daughters, now known as Verity Health System, continued to face operating challenges while it... Anthem, WellCare, AHIP lobby FCC to clarify rule on contacting consumers Tuesday, March 08, 2016 11:04 AM Insurers Anthem, WellCare and their industry's lobbying group are campaigning the Federal Communications Commission to create guidance they hope will clarify whether they can reach out to their members via phone and text without getting hit by fines...

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