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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Illinois insurance co-op sues feds over health law payments 8:30:00 AM A struggling Illinois health insurance co-op is suing the federal government, claiming it is being shortchanged $72.8 million in promised payments under the Affordable Care Act. 1,300 Kaiser nurses begin four-day strike Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:21 PM Registered nurses at Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center began their four-day strike Thursday. The 1,300 unionized nurses claim the hospital inadequately staffs units, leading to unsafe conditions for patients. Sutter Health and Alameda Health redirect ER hoppers with new software Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:02 PM Sutter Health and Alameda Health System have teamed to install software at six Oakland, Calif., area hospitals to try to reroute patients who frequent their emergency departments to other appropriate care and services. Doctors, patients urge legislation to improve hospice, palliative care Thursday, June 23, 2016 12:47 PM The Senate Special Committee of Aging heard from best-selling author and surgeon Dr. Atul Gawande on Thursday, who said the system of care for people with serious, life-limiting illnesses is "often inadequate and inhumane." About 5% of home healthcare agencies show potential signs of fraud Thursday, June 23, 2016 12:44 PM More than 500 home healthcare agencies -- about 5% of the total -- and 4,500 doctors across the country share characteristics that often point to home healthcare fraud, according to a report from HHS' Office of Inspector General. Two Miss. systems sue state over Medicaid reimbursements Thursday, June 23, 2016 12:42 PM Two public safety net systems have sued to recover up to $20 million in Medicaid reimbursement payments. The systems allege that the funding formulas unevenly distribute reimbursement among providers. Michigan drug wholesaler Frank W. Kerr Co. to close after 103 years Thursday, June 23, 2016 12:41 PM After 103 years, Novi, Mich.-based Frank W. Kerr Co., once one of the country's largest independent pharmaceutical wholesalers, is calling it quits. CDC panel calls AstraZeneca's flu spray vaccine ineffective, rejects using it next flu season Thursday, June 23, 2016 12:35 PM An expert panel has recommended that the nasal form of the influenza vaccine should not be used for the upcoming flu season due to its lack of effectiveness over the past three years. AstraZeneca, the vaccine's manufacturer, generated more than $200... Oregonians use ER less, docs more after Medicaid expansion Thursday, June 23, 2016 12:33 PM After expanding Medicaid, residents of Oregon are largely able to find a doctor and have dropped ER visits, despite a more than 50% increase in the number of people using the program, according to a new analysis by the state. Northwell takes over Coney Island Hospital's troubled lab following fatal mistake Thursday, June 23, 2016 12:25 PM New York City's public hospital system is turning over day-to-day operations of the lab at Coney Island Hospital to Northwell Health, after it failed recent state Health Department inspections, Crain's New York Business has learned.

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