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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare The search for an ACA repeal bill with details Thursday, March 02, 2017 7:34 PM Republican and Democratic lawmakers staged a scavenger hunt on Capitol Hill Thursday looking for a draft of the bill aimed at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. Catholic Health Initiatives hit with another debt rating downgrade Thursday, March 02, 2017 4:17 PM On Thursday, S&P Global Ratings cut its debt rating for Catholic Health Initiatives another notch – a decision that CHI called disappointing and fails to reflect operational improvements that the hospital giant has made over the past several... AMA urges Trump's DOJ to keep blocking Anthem-Cigna deal Thursday, March 02, 2017 2:52 PM The American Medical Association urged the U.S. Department of Justice this week to reject the merger of Anthem and Cigna after court documents showed Anthem is holding out hope that the agency under the Trump administration will approve the deal. Hearing aid coverage remains out of reach as cases of hearing loss spike Thursday, March 02, 2017 2:35 PM More than 70 million Americans will experience some form of hearing loss by 2060 as the elderly population continues to steadily grow -- and insurers still aren't picking up the tab for hearing aids. Vital Signs: Report reveals device tax killed 28,000 jobs, and could kill 25,000 more Thursday, March 02, 2017 1:05 PM Devicemakers have long complained that their business has been negatively affected by an excise tax placed on their devices by the ACA. A think tank has now crunched the numbers on how the tax affected U.S. jobs. Lawsuit alleges patient was charged $2,694 for release of medical records Thursday, March 02, 2017 12:21 PM Manhattan lawyer Lowell Sidney got a shock when the mail delivered a weighty package containing 1,758 pages of his 71-year-old client's medical records for which release of information costs were $2,693.68, including shipping and handling. WellCare faces $1.17 million CMS fine over plan oversight woes Thursday, March 02, 2017 11:16 AM The CMS plans to fine WellCare $1.17 million for violating Medicare requirements by inadequately operating several of its Medicare prescription drug plans. Emory Healthcare cyberattack affects 80,000 patient records Thursday, March 02, 2017 11:04 AM Hackers held the Atlanta health system's patient appointments system for ransom, compromising tens of thousands of patients' sensitive personal information.

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