Saturday, 16 April 2016

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Drug manufacturer must pay $125M in healthcare fraud case
Friday, April 15, 2016 8:46 PM
A federal judge in Boston has ordered the former pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott to pay $125 million to resolve criminal and civil claims in a healthcare fraud case.


Jeff Korsmo leaving Via Christi for Essentia Health
Friday, April 15, 2016 4:04 PM
Via Christi Health President and CEO Jeff Korsmo is leaving the Wichita, Kan.-based health system for a leadership position with not-for-profit Essentia Health in Duluth, Minn. His final day will be May 13.


Arkansas lawmakers hit budget impasse over Medicaid plan
Friday, April 15, 2016 3:00 PM
Republican opponents of Arkansas' hybrid Medicaid expansion blocked funding for the program Thursday, leaving lawmakers scrambling to find a way to save the expanded coverage for thousands of poor people and resolve a standoff over the state's...


Xerox pays $123 million settlement to part ways with California
Friday, April 15, 2016 2:51 PM
The state of California and Xerox Corp. have reached a $123 million settlement to end their contract to replace the state's Medicaid claims processing system. The state's Department of Health Care Services will walk away from the nearly decade-long...


Report finds more infections from dirty scopes than estimated
Friday, April 15, 2016 2:01 PM
At least 300 patients have been sickened by life-threatening infections linked to contaminated medical scopes -- more than previously estimated by federal regulators, according to new figures released Friday.


Massachusetts budget proposes $250 million hospital tax
Friday, April 15, 2016 1:47 PM
Massachusetts lawmakers have proposed a state budget that imposes a $250 million annual tax on hospitals over the next five years to fund the state's Medicaid program, MassHealth.


FDA clarifies compounding rules
Friday, April 15, 2016 12:57 PM
The proposed rules clarify the amount of drugs that providers can compound without a prescription, set requirements for health system compounding pharmacies and clarify how large-scale compounding sites known as "outsourcing facilities"...


Wayne State receives $2.5 million grant to study antibiotics
Friday, April 15, 2016 12:56 PM
Researchers at Wayne State University have received a $2.5 million grant to help study antibiotics for the treatment of multidrug-resistant diseases.


Providers face 25% Medicaid pay cut in Oklahoma budget crisis
Friday, April 15, 2016 12:10 PM
The state Medicaid agency is planning the provider rate cuts in response to draconian budget cuts slated to go into effect in the fiscal year that begins June 1.


States skip 'vertical choice' on SHOP exchanges because it could raise premiums
Friday, April 15, 2016 12:07 PM
Twenty states with federally run small business health options program (SHOP) exchanges are taking the White House up on its offer to a launch more options in an effort to attract more employers to use the marketplaces. Those opting out fear it will...


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