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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Anthem hatches another hospital joint venture, this time in Wisconsin 1:01:00 AM Roughly 18 months after Anthem rocked the healthcare business community with a new provider-insurance alliance in California, the health insurer has formulated a similar project. Anthem and Aurora Health Care will co-own a new health insurance... Feds warn states against defunding Planned Parenthood 1:01:00 AM The director of the federal Medicaid program published a broadside Tuesday over efforts in Arizona and other state legislatures to block funding for Planned Parenthood. Teaching young physicians how to say no to aggressive end-of-life care Tuesday, April 19, 2016 5:30 PM Helping families cope with end-of-life care decisions can trigger tremendous stress in young physicians.Training them in how to deliver those difficult messages can help healthcare systems eliminate interventions that reduce quality of life and... Doctors argue for more flexibility on MACRA changes Tuesday, April 19, 2016 3:35 PM Physicians told lawmakers Tuesday they're eager to adopt value-based payment models under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act but also warned the transition will be difficult and disruptive to patients. FDA compounding enforcement draws ire from Congress Tuesday, April 19, 2016 1:26 PM A House committee says the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of drug compounding is veering from the intent of the law passed in 2013 in the wake of a national meningitis outbreak tied to unsanitary practices at a compounding pharmacy. Supreme Court takes up UHS case that could expand False Claims Act liability Tuesday, April 19, 2016 12:08 PM Several Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of Universal Health Services' arguments Tuesday that providers shouldn't be held liable for fraud for failing to comply with certain regulations. The outcome of the case, however, was by no means clear... Joint Commission says its pain-management standards didn't fuel opioid epidemic Tuesday, April 19, 2016 12:02 PM Healthcare's largest accreditation body is defending its requirement that healthcare providers assess and treat pain. The standards have come under fire as playing a role in the rise of prescription painkiller abuse over the past decade. GAO: Healthcare workers need more protection from workplace violence Tuesday, April 19, 2016 11:58 AM Hospital employees harmed by violence on the job suffer more time away from work than workers in other occupations, according to a new report. Texas seeks short-term Medicaid waiver in standoff with feds Tuesday, April 19, 2016 11:46 AM Texas is seeking a 15-month waiver to finance its uncompensated-care pool after the Obama administration appeared to balk at extending special financing for the uninsured who would otherwise be covered if Texas expanded Medicaid. CMS angers hospitals with proposal to recover overpayments Tuesday, April 19, 2016 11:44 AM While hospitals are celebrating the Obama administration's surrender on a Medicare pay cut tied to the so-called two-midnight rule, they're seething over a proposal to nearly double the expected payment reduction meant to recoup overpayments tied to...

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