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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Using virtual reality to treat PTSD 11:42:21 AM Virtual reality, a Chicago doctor explains, exposes veterans to the sights, sounds, sensations and even scents of the events responsible for their trauma: a shooting, an attack, an IED explosion. Exposure to the trauma in a safe, controlled setting... Merck puts up strong 2Q numbers, but choppy water ahead 11:35:27 AM Merck & Co. lowered its financial forecasts for 2016, citing higher restructuring and other costs, despite a big jump in second-quarter profit. Little noticed law gives pharmaceutical companies more options when facing license suspension Thursday, July 28, 2016 5:13 PM Supporters say the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act is meant to keep legitimate pain patients from being denied prescription drugs, but it comes as Congress is also implementing legislation to curb the opioid epidemic. South Carolina hospital to pay $17 million over physician pay allegations Thursday, July 28, 2016 2:16 PM South Carolina's Lexington Medical Center will pay the government $17 million over allegations that it paid 28 physicians unreasonably high amounts in exchange for referrals. EHR rollouts have little impact on patient outcomes, study finds Thursday, July 28, 2016 1:12 PM Implementing new or different EHR systems had negligible short-term effects on readmission or mortality rates across a 17-hospital sample, according to a study published in the BMJ. The new or different information technology also had no... Mylan to divest two generic drugs in FTC merger case Thursday, July 28, 2016 12:12 PM Generic-drug maker Mylan has received regulatory approval from the Federal Trade Commission to acquire pharmaceutical giant Meda in a $7.2 billion deal after it agreed to divest two generic drugs. Athenahealth launches Merit-based Incentive Payment System Guarantee Thursday, July 28, 2016 12:06 PM Athenahealth's Merit-based Incentive Payment System Guarantee will give providers data support needed to collect data and handle reporting required under MIPS. Patient volumes drive HCA's $650 million investment in hot Miami market Thursday, July 28, 2016 12:03 PM A $650 million investment that HCA is making at its east Florida hospitals illustrates how HCA is trying to stay ahead of a patient shift to outpatient services with hospitals being reserved for high-acuity care, HCA executives said during an... Psych facilities get $100 million Medicare raise next year Thursday, July 28, 2016 11:46 AM Starting next year, inpatient psychiatric facilities will see a 2.2% increase or $100 million raise in Medicare reimbursement -- more than the 1.5% or $80 million bump they received this year.

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