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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare IU Health Plans leaving Indiana's ACA exchange Monday, September 26, 2016 6:00 PM Indiana University Health Plans, the insurance arm of the IU Health provider system, will not offer plans on the state's Affordable Care Act marketplace in 2017, the company said Monday. Tenn. Blues withdrawing from ACA exchanges in Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville Monday, September 26, 2016 5:15 PM Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee announced Monday that it is withdrawing from the Affordable Care Act exchanges next year in the state's three largest markets: Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville. Think tank proposes letting Medicare negotiate drug prices Monday, September 26, 2016 3:43 PM The Center for American Progress released a paper Monday outlining a method for pricing drugs based on their value through the use of comparative-effectiveness research and an arbitration process. Connecticut hospitals lose challenge to state user fee tax Monday, September 26, 2016 3:42 PM Two Connecticut regulators last week upheld a controversial state tax on hospitals' net patient revenue, opening the door for dozens of hospitals to take their challenge to court. Anthem uses report findings to support conservative cost-sharing Medicaid expansion plans Monday, September 26, 2016 3:26 PM When given a choice, most Medicaid beneficiaries are willing to pay for healthcare coverage and are more proactive about their care when they do, according to an analysis by Anthem's Public Policy Institute. Executive pay at Health Care Service Corp. rises despite ACA troubles Monday, September 26, 2016 12:43 PM Salaries and bonuses were up across the board in 2015 for top leaders at Health Care Service Corp. even though the Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurer suffered substantial losses in the ACA marketplaces. The highest-paid executive was former CEO... Florida Supreme Court ruling means nursing home residents not bound to unsigned contracts Monday, September 26, 2016 12:40 PM The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled a patient couldn't be forced to arbitrate disputes with the nursing home he resides in because he didn't sign the underlying contract. Visiting Nurse Service faces second lawsuit claiming improper Medicare, Medicaid billing Monday, September 26, 2016 12:36 PM A former executive at Visiting Nurse Service of New York filed a lawsuit against the agency under claims it consistently bills Medicare and Medicaid for treatment but it doesn't provide the services. GAO slams HHS in health IT cybersecurity report Monday, September 26, 2016 12:32 PM The GAO has released what's being called a "scathing" report on cybersecurity readiness and threats in health IT. The agency says HHS' investigations often result in technical advice that is not pertinent and that the agency doesn't always follow up... DOJ awards $8.8 million to strengthen drug-monitoring databases Monday, September 26, 2016 12:28 PM Physicians, pharmacists and in some states, police, will have access to new or enhanced, state-wide prescription drug databases that will be funded by $8.8 million in new grants from the Justice Department.

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