Thursday, 14 April 2016

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Report: U.S. medicine spending up 8.5% in 2015
8:45:00 AM
U.S. spending on prescription drugs rose 8.5% last year, slightly less than in 2014, driven mainly by growing use of ultra-expensive new drugs and price hikes on other medicines.


Jury convicts Texas doctor in biggest home healthcare fraud
1:01:00 AM
A jury on Wednesday convicted a Dallas-area doctor of fraud for allegedly "selling his signature" to process almost $375 million in false Medicare and Medicaid claims in what investigators called the biggest home healthcare fraud case in the history...


Tenet's stock jumps 9% on analyst upgrade
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 8:11 PM
Tenet Healthcare's stock price jumped 9% Wednesday as securities firm Susquehanna boosted the system's rating to positive from neutral.


Blog: Arkansas governor uses highway funding as a chip to protect Medicaid expansion
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 7:55 PM
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson warned fellow Republicans that if he doesn't get the 75% vote he needs from both legislative chambers to approve continued funding for the state's Medicaid expansion, he will cancel a special session on highway financing.


CDC has no doubt now that Zika virus causes rare birth defects
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 6:12 PM
On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there's enough evidence now to declare Zika the cause of a birth defect called microcephaly and other brain abnormalities.


Red tape may tank new CMS primary-care payment model
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 6:00 PM
The CMS wants commercial, state and private payers to tweak the way they pay providers for care management. But the project will launch only in regions where there is "a critical mass of interested payers," and experts say not many plans...


Opposing sides in Supreme Court ACA contraception case suggest compromise
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 3:00 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court may be one step closer to reaching a compromise decision in a case brought by religious not-for-profits that object to helping their employees get contraception coverage as required by the Affordable Care Act.


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