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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare CMS may crack down on third-party groups that subsidize ACA premiums Thursday, August 18, 2016 6:03 PM The CMS is asking the public for information about providers and organizations that may be steering Medicare- or Medicaid-eligible patients toward the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges in order to receive higher reimbursement rates. Volunteers sought as race to develop a Zika vaccine heats up Thursday, August 18, 2016 3:00 PM Wanted: Volunteers willing to be infected with the Zika virus for science. It may sound bizarre, but researchers are planning just such a study -- this winter, when mosquitoes aren't biting -- to help speed development of much-needed Zika... Insurers await winners of new Pennsylvania Medicaid contracts worth over $7 billion Thursday, August 18, 2016 1:08 PM This week, Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services expects to award contracts worth more than $7 billion annually that cover almost 421,000 low-income, disabled adults. But the contracts were scheduled to be awarded in June. Majority of people would give personal information to Precision Medicine database Thursday, August 18, 2016 1:06 PM A majority of people would participate in President Barack Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative, a volunteer federal program that collects patient data to advance research, according to a new survey. Medicare Part D spending rose 17% in 2014 because of high-cost drugs Thursday, August 18, 2016 1:03 PM The drug with by far the highest cost, despite the lowest claim count of the 10 most expensive, was Gilead's hepatitis C treatment Sovaldi at more than $3.1 billion. Next were Nexium, which treats gastroesophageal reflux disease, and the cholesterol...

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