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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare GOP governors hope to move fast on making promised changes 8:11:49 AM Republicans are still celebrating their election victories, but the country's GOP governors warned this week that they need to move fast on many of the changes that have been promised to voters. 'Death with Dignity' bill passes in DC, will go to Congress 8:08:26 AM District of Columbia lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives with the help of a doctor. Trump's HHS secretary could be surgeon Rep. Tom Price Tuesday, November 15, 2016 4:36 PM President-elect Donald Trump is considering Rep. Tom Price, the powerful Republican orthopedic surgeon from Georgia, as a potential HHS secretary, according to news reports. Short-term health plan brokerage abruptly changes CEO Tuesday, November 15, 2016 3:41 PM Health Insurance Innovations, a brokerage that sells many short-term health plans, appointed a new CEO Tuesday with few details behind the switch. Could replacing nurses with nursing assistants pose risks to patients? Tuesday, November 15, 2016 3:21 PM The study is salient as hospitals look for ways to cut costs, including by changing the skill mix of nursing staff by hiring assistants with less training. Calif. Supreme Court says HMOs are on the hook for clients' emergency bills Tuesday, November 15, 2016 1:45 PM The California Supreme Court on Monday guaranteed that HMOs will pay for noncontracted emergency services in the state, telling insurers they can't hide behind third-party contracts to avoid paying emergency providers. Oil slump, bad debt push Integris Health into red Tuesday, November 15, 2016 1:44 PM Economic troubles in the oil patch and bad debt contributed to a first-quarter operating loss and a slight decline in revenue at Integris Health. The Oklahoma City-based system's finances are now in the hands of new CFO Daniel Davis. New Jersey physician agrees to $5.25M settlement, exclusion for false billing Tuesday, November 15, 2016 1:42 PM A New Jersey OB-GYN has agreed to pay $5.25 million and will be excluded from Medicare and Medicaid for 20 years to settle allegations that he submitted thousands of false claims to federal healthcare programs. Medicare plans urge lame-duck Congress to fix quality-bonus glitch Tuesday, November 15, 2016 1:37 PM Insurers are pushing for the lame-duck Congress to fix an unintended glitch in the Affordable Care Act that shortchanges some Medicare Advantage plans on the incentive payments they earned for providing high-quality healthcare. The glitch, they say,... AMA embraces value-based drug pricing Tuesday, November 15, 2016 1:34 PM The American Medical Association joined the growing number of clinical organizations calling for value-based pricing for medications.

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