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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare CHS looks to divest up to 30 hospitals in bid for stronger regional hubs Tuesday, May 31, 2016 6:00 PM Community Health Systems estimates net proceeds of $530 million from 10 hospitals it is looking to divest. It could also sell another 20 hospitals over the next 18 months, CFO Larry Cash told investors last week. Louisiana's budget troubles endangers state medical training programs Tuesday, May 31, 2016 2:59 PM Proposed cuts to safety net hospitals could damage the stream of new doctors for a generation, in a state that has chronic shortages of healthcare workers and some of the worst healthcare outcomes in the nation. Aetna strikes another hospital joint venture Tuesday, May 31, 2016 2:25 PM National health insurer Aetna and Texas Health Resources, a 27-hospital system based in Arlington, have agreed to jointly own and operate a new health plan designed to steer patients to specific providers. Hospitals achieve 96% EHR adoption rate; data exchange still needs work Tuesday, May 31, 2016 2:23 PM Most hospitals have electronic health record systems, but that doesn't mean every hospital can exchange patient medical records with every other healthcare provider, two data reports from the federal government conclude. South Dakota mental hospital workers improperly used restraints Tuesday, May 31, 2016 1:33 PM Workers at a state-run mental health hospital in Yankton violated patients' rights by misusing restraints to control potentially unruly subjects, a federal inspection concluded. Quest picks up labs at HCA's Denver hospitals Tuesday, May 31, 2016 11:38 AM A deal between Quest Diagnostics and an HCA system in Denver shows that hospitals are continuing to question the costs that come with managing their own labs. Congressional probe finds systemic failure at Wisconsin VA facility Tuesday, May 31, 2016 11:35 AM A U.S. Senate committee probe of healthcare problems at the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center in western Wisconsin has turned up "systemic failures" in an inspector general's review of the facility. Mental health authority wins temporary restraining order against Detroit provider network Tuesday, May 31, 2016 11:31 AM The Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority last week was granted a temporary restraining order against Gateway Community Health by the Third Judicial Circuit Court in Detroit, which protects against improper expenditures of state Medicaid funds and... Mount Sinai's downsizing leaves valuable Manhattan real estate on the table Tuesday, May 31, 2016 11:24 AM Three years ago, Mount Sinai merged with Continuum Health Partners, giving the hospital a huge and valuable real estate portfolio in lower Manhattan. But it's unclear what Mount Sinai will do with all of its properties now that it's downsizing Beth... Self-funded health plans can save money, up risks Tuesday, May 31, 2016 11:18 AM Business consulting company Spooner found itself facing the same challenge its clients and many other employers across the country are grappling with: rapidly rising health plan costs.

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