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Advocates see mental health, substance abuse reforms in Cures bill as big step forward
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 3:12 PM
A vote on the 21st Century Cures Act could boost mental healthcare and addiction treatment. But advocates worry that a repeal of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion could undercut the benefits of the new legislation.


Insurers, physicians ask Congress to reject site-neutral provision in 21st Century Cures
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 1:45 PM
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and America's Health Insurance Plans are among those asking Congress to reject a provision in the 21st Century Cures Act that allows some hospital-owned outpatient facilities to dodge recently finalized...


Trump's CMS pick is viewed as both patient advocate and foe
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 1:36 PM
Verma has supported charging premiums to individuals above and below the poverty line and freezing beneficiaries out of coverage if they don't pay. But she could prove to be a knowledgeable ally to states looking to better control their Medicaid...


Abortion rights activists decry Price nomination as HHS secretary
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 1:33 PM
"His voting record is just breathtakingly, across-the-board concerning for women's health and families," said Dr. Anne Davis, consulting medical director at Physicians for Reproductive Health.


Cures Act would give pass to lowest-quality Medicare Advantage plans
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 11:52 AM
If Congress passes the 21st Century Cures Act, the federal government would be barred from axing the worst performers in Medicare Advantage through 2018.


21st Century Cures Act reboot keeps controversial changes for FDA
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 11:48 AM
With the fast-tracked reboot of the 21st Century Cures Act, drug and device manufacturers may be about to win long sought revisions to the way the Food and Drug Administration approves and regulates their products.


Zenefits will pay $3.7 million settlement over licensing issues
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 11:36 AM
The Silicon Valley-based company was dinged by state regulators for allegedly allowing unlicensed employees to handle insurance transactions and for circumventing insurance agent education requirements.


Henry Ford drops out of bundled-payment program
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 11:32 AM
Henry Ford is one of dozens of other hospitals, medical groups and nursing homes nationally that have dropped out of the bundled-payment model program over the past three years for a variety of reasons.


MetroHealth will spend $855 million to transform Cleveland campus
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 11:13 AM
The MetroHealth System plans to construct a new hospital to replace its aging patient towers, laying out a path to move forward with its long-discussed campus transformation on its own credit.


UPMC hourly workers strike to protest wages, union rights
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 11:12 AM
More than 100 workers at Pittsburgh-based UPMC staged a labor strike Tuesday to protest wages and union rights. The striking workers allege UPMC has prevented them from forming a local under the Service Employees International Union-Healthcare...


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