| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare | Evolent to buy Valence Health for $145 million | | | Evolent Health, a publicly traded company with UPMC as a major investor, is acquiring most of Valence Health for $145 million, merging two large, competing consulting firms that work with hospitals, doctors and insurers on value-based payment... |
| Illinois Obamacare plan to fold after 3-year run | | | An Illinois health insurance co-op with 49,000 policyholders in the state has become the latest casualty among a dwindling group of not-for-profit alternative insurers set up under the Affordable Care Act. |
| Lower-cost biotech drug gets thumbs up from FDA panel | | Tuesday, July 12, 2016 6:13 PM | |
| | Humira, the second-biggest selling drug in the world, could get some cheaper competition in the U.S., after a federal panel endorsed an alternative version of the pricey medication used to treat some inflammatory diseases. |
| New York sues jail's medical provider, claims inadequate care | | Tuesday, July 12, 2016 4:50 PM | |
| | The state's attorney general claims in a lawsuit that a medical provider has failed to provide proper services to inmates in a suburban New York City jail, where 12 have died in the past five years, including four since March. |
| Fate of opioid bill hangs in the Senate | | Tuesday, July 12, 2016 12:10 PM | |
| | The first bill in at least 30 years aimed at curbing drug abuse faces its last great hurdle before becoming law. Last week, the House voted overwhelmingly to pass the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, which would direct resources toward... |
| HHS says ACA plans have reasonable deductibles | | Tuesday, July 12, 2016 11:47 AM | |
| | The median deductible for a person who bought a health plan on the HealthCare.gov marketplace is $850 this year, HHS touted Tuesday, but many exchange enrollees still face an average deductible of at least $2,500. |
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