Wednesday, 25 May 2016

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Sanofi wants to dump Medivation's board after rejected deal
11:36:05 AM
French drug company Sanofi is trying to toss the entire board at Medivation after the U.S. drugmaker rejected its $9.3 billion takeover bid.


VA will expand scope of nurse practice
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 6:25 PM
The proposed rule, which the Office of Management and Budget sent back to the VA last month, is expected to allow nurses to fill in for anesthesiologists during surgery.


Feds jump into whistle-blower lawsuit against Prime
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 5:29 PM
The Justice Department has joined a whistle-blower's lawsuit against Prime Healthcare alleging the hospital chain fraudulently billed Medicare for beneficiaries admitted as inpatients when they should have been treated as outpatients.


House bill trims pay for all hospitals to fund leeway in site-neutral Medicare pay
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 5:00 PM
The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously backed legislation that would pare back a Medicare hospital pay increase scheduled for 2018 to pay for allowing under-construction hospital outpatient clinics to receive inpatient rates.


Washington, California sue over pelvic mesh implants
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 4:43 PM
Washington state and California are suing Johnson & Johnson, saying for more than a decade the company misrepresented the risks of vaginal mesh implants it sold.


CMS lambasted for failing to curb Medicaid, Medicare fraud and abuse
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 2:28 PM
Lawmakers grilled a CMS administrator Tuesday as government watchdog groups released more damning reports on the federal agency's efforts at eliminating waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid.


Montana projects healthcare labor shortage in 10 years
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 12:21 PM
Healthcare is the largest private sector of Montana's economy, at 14.3%, with 74,000 workers. But with the baby boomer population facing retirement, Montana officials fear the demand for healthcare services will exceed the available workforce.


IHS hospital in South Dakota threatened with funds cutoff
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 11:43 AM
The CMS threatened Monday to cut off Medicare and Medicaid funding to an Indian Health Service hospital in Rapid City -- the third South Dakota hospital serving Native Americans that's been found to have serious deficiencies in recent months.


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