| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare
| Aetna-Humana merger challenge to be decided in January | | Wednesday, August 10, 2016 2:30 PM | |
| | A federal judge is set to hear the looming antitrust challenge against Aetna and Humana's proposed $37 billion merger in December, with a decision on the Justice Department's case coming in mid-January. |
| NantHealth's cancer test picks up more willing insurers | | Wednesday, August 10, 2016 1:38 PM | |
| | NantHealth, the precision-medicine company started by billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, is in negotiations with 13 additional health insurance companies and large employers to cover its costly genome sequencing test for cancer patients. |
| Carolinas HealthCare asks court to dismiss antitrust suit | | Wednesday, August 10, 2016 1:31 PM | |
| | Carolinas HealthCare System, North Carolina's largest healthcare provider, is asking a federal court to dismiss a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit alleging the system illegally imposes contract requirements on insurers that hinder competition. |
| MGMA survey shows doc IT costs up 42% since 2009 | | Wednesday, August 10, 2016 11:57 AM | |
| | The cost of health information technology for the nation's office-based physician practices is rising just as a huge pot of federal funds to offset those costs is running dry. |
| Avia lands $7.2 million investment | | Wednesday, August 10, 2016 11:32 AM | |
| | Avia, a Chicago-based consulting firm that helps hospitals focus on innovation and find startup partners, has raised more money and signed up more members. |
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