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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Providers feel the pain of slow Medicaid mental services rule rollout Tuesday, August 29, 2017 7:00 PM After a 50-year ban, the CMS announced last year that Medicaid would pay for inpatient psychiatric and substance abuse care. Hospitals hoped the change would decrease their ER case loads, but have seen no relief yet. Trump's easing of building regulations could backfire during severe flooding Tuesday, August 29, 2017 5:00 PM As the unprecedented storm devastates southeast Texas, a new executive order easing infrastructure regulations could jeopardize the safety of providers that must cope with future natural disasters. Guest commentary: Tilting back toward independent medical practice and what it might mean for hospitals Tuesday, August 29, 2017 4:00 PM Hospitals were major beneficiaries of the Obama years. In exchange for significant Medicare rate concessions, they received 20 million paying patients under the ACA. MACRA also was a win. But HHS Secretary Dr. Tom Price has been quietly looking for... In a first, anti-inflammatory drug lowers heart attack risks Tuesday, August 29, 2017 3:45 PM For the first time, a drug has helped prevent heart attacks by curbing inflammation, a new and very different approach than lowering cholesterol, the focus for many years. Medicare shared-savings ACOs cut $1 billion in costs over three years Tuesday, August 29, 2017 3:00 PM Accountable care organizations in the CMS' Medicare shared-savings program reduced spending by about $1 billion in the first three years, while also improving quality of care, according to a report by HHS' OIG. Advisory Board split in $2.6B deal with UnitedHealth's Optum buying healthcare business Tuesday, August 29, 2017 12:00 PM The Advisory Board Co. will be acquired by UnitedHealth Group's Optum and a private investment firm in an estimated $2.6 billion deal that splits the consulting group's healthcare business from its private equity arm. Suit: Aetna violated law with envelope revealing HIV status Tuesday, August 29, 2017 12:00 PM The suit, which seeks class action status, could represent up to 12,000 Aetna customers in at least 23 states who received mail from the insurer revealing their HIV status. Gilead to pay $11.9B for cancer treatment developer Kite Tuesday, August 29, 2017 11:42 AM Gilead Sciences will pay $11.9 billion in cash to buy Kite Pharma and plant a stake in an emerging area of cancer treatments that train a patient's immune cells to attack tumors. CDC: 28.1 million in U.S. lack health coverage Tuesday, August 29, 2017 11:33 AM The government says about 500,000 fewer Americans had no health insurance the first three months of this year, but that slight dip was not statistically significant from the same period in 2016.

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