Tuesday, 22 March 2016

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Scripps Health moves to reduce workforce, expenses
Monday, March 21, 2016 5:43 PM
Scripps Health announced it will restructure its management and eliminate roughly 100 jobs in a bid to slash operating expenses.


Will the Anthem-Express Scripts battle change the PBM landscape?
Monday, March 21, 2016 5:38 PM
Anthem's legal strike against Express Scripts Holding Co. may spur other health insurance companies to re-evaluate their contracts with pharmacy benefits managers to see if they are getting shortchanged on drug savings.


New HIPAA audits will target healthcare industry's business partners
Monday, March 21, 2016 5:35 PM
A new round of federal privacy and security audits will target the business associates of healthcare providers, insurers and other HIPAA-covered entities along with the entities themselves, according to HHS' Office for Civil Rights.


Piedmont Healthcare plans 'destination' Atlanta heart center with $75 million gift
Monday, March 21, 2016 3:42 PM
Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta plans to use a $75 million gift to build a specialty heart center that would be on par with the Cleveland Clinic.


White House may have advantage in upcoming ACA contraception case
Monday, March 21, 2016 12:53 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will take up a case centering on questions of religious freedom and the Affordable Care Act's requirement that employers provide birth control coverage to employees.


Anthem sues Express Scripts for $15 billion over drug pricing
Monday, March 21, 2016 12:30 PM
Health insurer Anthem has sued Express Scripts Holding Co., alleging the pharmacy benefit manager is not passing along billions of dollars in savings from negotiated drug prices.


Could West Virginia antitrust law ease FTC's scrutiny of local hospital merger?
Monday, March 21, 2016 12:23 PM
The Federal Trade Commission must soon decide whether to continue challenging a merger between two West Virginia hospitals or drop the fight following the passage of a state law meant to shield such mergers from federal antitrust action.


CMS' home health prior-authorization policy raises ire of industry, patients
Monday, March 21, 2016 12:13 PM
A CMS proposal aimed at curbing fraud in home health service claims could harm patient care and will unfairly harm agencies that are compliant, stakeholders say.


MetroHealth whistleblower drops lawsuit against system, apologizes
Monday, March 21, 2016 11:30 AM
MetroHealth's former internal auditor has dropped his lawsuit against the system that claimed its top brass had used hospital funds for personal use and issued an apology saying the allegations were "untrue and inaccurate."


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