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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Accretive Health restructuring plan cuts 41 employees Wednesday, June 29, 2016 6:17 PM The Chicago-based hospital revenue management company Accretive Health is laying off 41 employees in a restructuring plan aimed at saving $16 million. AstraZeneca sues FDA to avoid generic competition for cholesterol drug Wednesday, June 29, 2016 4:32 PM AstraZeneca has filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration to block approval of generics for its best-selling cholesterol pill Crestor. The cholesterol-lowering pill is AstraZeneca's best-selling drug, accounting for $5 billion of its... Northeast providers form regional GPO Wednesday, June 29, 2016 4:31 PM Members of a Northeast alliance of health systems are forming their own group purchasing organization to better manage procurement and sourcing of supplies. Agriculture secretary to talk opioid abuse in Appalachia Wednesday, June 29, 2016 2:36 PM As President Barack Obama's administration prods Congress to pump $1.1 billion more into substance abuse treatment, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is heading to Appalachia on Thursday to discuss how opioid addiction is devastating the region. Biden pushes cancer research data-sharing, threatens to pull funds from outliers Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:38 AM Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday stressed the importance of research data-sharing and affordability in cancer treatments as goals for his Cancer Moonshot initiative. He also threatened to pull federal funding for cancer studies that fail to... New program certifies healthcare providers as IT experts Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:36 AM Osteopathic physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses and others working in medical informatics are closer to obtaining certification as informatics experts, a role that's become increasingly important as Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement is more... Doctors, insurers flock to Medicare's cancer payment demo despite questions Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:33 AM Seventeen private health insurance companies and more than 3,200 oncologists working in almost 200 medical groups will participate in the federal government's new cancer care project, but critics argue the program may not easily lower costs or... Fertility startup raises $15 million in new round of funding Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:14 AM A digital healthcare platform focused on in vitro fertilization and fertility has raised nearly $15 million in a new round of funding.

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