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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Judge refuses to suspend California's assisted death law 10:48:51 AM A California judge on Friday rejected a request by physicians to immediately suspend a new state law allowing terminally ill people to end their lives. Allina Health nurses vote to strike after negotiations again fail Friday, August 26, 2016 5:03 PM About 4,800 Allina Health nurses will strike after again failing to reach a contract negotiation with the system. UPMC's health plan swells in aftermath of Highmark spat Friday, August 26, 2016 4:56 PM Membership in UPMC's health insurance division grew 8% in the past year, according to financial documents released Friday, giving UPMC a bigger foothold as it tries to operate peacefully with its rival Highmark Health. Doctors may skip new CMS primary-care payment initiative Friday, August 26, 2016 4:30 PM Despite a looming deadline, the CMS has failed to provide physicians enough information to decide whether to participate in an ambitious initiative meant to improve primary care by placing physician practices in risk-based payment agreements. That,... FDA's recommendation to test blood donations for Zika puts pressure on dwindling supply Friday, August 26, 2016 3:49 PM The nation's major blood donation organizations are calling for increased donations in light of "critically low" inventory levels. Hospitals worry about the additional costs to them. Surgeon general sends letter urging 2.3 million physicians to fight opioid epidemic Friday, August 26, 2016 1:14 PM U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says fighting opioid abuse is one of the highest priorities of the Obama administration. "As clinicians, we have the unique power to help end this epidemic. As cynical as times may seem, the public still looks... Reports of dirty surgical instruments at Detroit Medical Center trigger state probe Friday, August 26, 2016 12:39 PM Michigan's Bureau of Community and Health Systems opened the investigation after the Detroit News reported doctors had repeatedly voiced concerns about dirty surgical instruments. AMA, others push for right to continue billing panel appeals Friday, August 26, 2016 11:46 AM Major medical societies are urging the CMS to continue to allow a decades-old panel that hears appeals from providers who have been underpaid. The CMS, however, largely ignores its recommendations. Epic EHR costs push ProMedica into the red Friday, August 26, 2016 11:35 AM ProMedica, a health system based in Toledo, Ohio, is in the middle of installing an Epic Systems Corp. electronic health record, and that transition led to some financial pain in the first half of 2016.

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