Tuesday, 28 June 2016

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BREAKING: McKesson plans to divest tech business
10:15:00 AM
After a tough year of losses and cost-cutting, McKesson Corp. is looking to potentially divest its technology business in a joint venture that it hopes to later take public.


Hospitals get more proactive about bill collection as patients' ability to pay deteriorates
7:30:00 AM
Patients' ability to pay medical bills is declining even as their out-of-pocket costs rise under high-deductible health plans, according to a report released Tuesday by the credit rating firm TransUnion.


CMS proposes $180 million pay cut for home health
Monday, June 27, 2016 5:48 PM
Home healthcare agencies would see a 1% drop in Medicare reimbursement under a proposed rule issued Monday. The pay cut was floated the same day the U.S. Supreme Court chose not to review a federal labor rule that home health providers say is...


State investigates KentuckyOne hospital over staff layoffs
Monday, June 27, 2016 1:46 PM
The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has begun an investigation of the hospital after several of its physicians claimed that layoffs among nurses and other staff have caused major patient-safety concerns.


'Medicalized' smartphones shifting medicine out of healthcare settings
Monday, June 27, 2016 11:59 AM
Smartphones, with their compact computing power, are allowing more and more patients to get care and diagnostics outside of healthcare settings -- an irresistible trend that hospitals and clinicians need to embrace, Dr. Eric Topol said Monday.


Supreme Court lets stand rule raising pay for home healthcare workers
Monday, June 27, 2016 11:53 AM
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday it will not hear a case challenging a new Labor Department rule that required higher wages for many home healthcare workers -- meaning the rule will stay in place.


Cleveland hospitals prepare for Republican National Convention
Monday, June 27, 2016 11:41 AM
As Cleveland braces for the thousands of people expected to flood the region for the Republican National Convention, area hospitals hold the same mantra that many Northeast Ohioans are likely following: prepare for the worst, hope for the best.


Supreme Court abortion ruling will bring more fights over limits and access
Monday, June 27, 2016 11:15 AM
In what many are calling the biggest abortion decision in years, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Texas law that limited women's access to the procedure. Many states have similar restrictions.


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