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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare New York city giving a boost to health care startups 11:39:24 AM Four digital health startups are getting a leg up through a new city-sponsored program that allows them to test their concepts by connecting them with patients and providers. UnitedHealth Group's earnings soar as ACA retreat ramps up 6:52:12 AM Third-quarter profit shot up at UnitedHealth Group, just as the health insurance and services conglomerate is set to drastically reduce its presence in the Affordable Care Act's individual marketplaces. David Cella, patient outcomes researcher, receives Gustav O. Lienhard Award 1:01:00 AM David Cella, a pioneer researcher who has focused on patient outcomes, has received the annual Gustav O. Lienhard Award from the National Academy of Medicine. GPO Vizient loses 20-provider network to Mercy's ROi Monday, October 17, 2016 2:08 PM In what could be the start of a trend of providers flocking to smaller group purchasing organizations, ROi has inked a deal with a network of 20 acute-care hospitals across Texas, Arkansas and Missouri that previously worked with mega GPO Vizient. Omnicare to pay $28 million to settle epilepsy-drug kickback allegations Monday, October 17, 2016 1:04 PM Omnicare, the largest nursing home pharmacy in the country based on the number of beds served, will pay $28.1 million to settle allegations that it requested and accepted kickbacks from Abbott Laboratories to promote the drugmaker's epilepsy drug... MACRA rule deals blow to docs in Medicaid medical homes Monday, October 17, 2016 12:31 PM Most Medicaid medical homes will not count as an alternative pay model under MACRA, according to the final rule released Friday that implements the law. More than 1 million Medicaid beneficiaries are signed up in medical home models around the... ER wait times, length of stay far longer for psychiatric patients Monday, October 17, 2016 12:18 PM Psychiatric patients wait disproportionately longer in emergency departments before receiving treatment and experience longer stays compared to other medical patients, according to reports released Monday by the American College of Emergency... Dr. Rebecca Parker is new president of ACEP Monday, October 17, 2016 12:02 PM Dr. Rebecca Parker has been appointed the new president of the American College of Emergency Physicians, effective immediately for a one-year term. Parker succeeds Dr. Jay Kaplan, who steps down after completing his one-year term at the medical... CHS sells home health division Monday, October 17, 2016 11:45 AM As part of a debt-reduction campaign, Community Health Systems has agreed to sell an 80% stake in its home health division for $128 million to a subsidiary of Louisville, Ky.-based Almost Family. The deal, announced Monday, is expected to be... Penn State-Pinnacle drop merger after appeals court loss Monday, October 17, 2016 11:40 AM Penn State Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center and PinnacleHealth System said Friday they are abandoning their proposed merger in the wake of renewed regulatory opposition from the Federal Trade Commission.

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