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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Fast cash handy for those hospital fixer-upper projects Wednesday, May 17, 2017 5:00 PM Hospitals getting to long-overdue tower replacement projects and other capital needs are finding attractive interest rates on borrowings in the bond markets. Even systems with dinged finances or poor patient mixes are completing $1 billion bond... Not-for-profits saw expenses overshadow revenue in 2016 Wednesday, May 17, 2017 5:00 PM Not-for-profit hospitals faced financial pressure last year as they saw expenses rise from drug and labor costs but revenue dipped due to shrinking reimbursement, according to a new report. Trump administration lets consumers skip HealthCare.gov Wednesday, May 17, 2017 5:00 PM The Trump administration took another step Wednesday toward deregulating federal insurance exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act. The new policy will allow consumers to skip HealthCare.gov entirely to sign up for coverage in 2018. Industry admits lack of transparency spikes drug prices Wednesday, May 17, 2017 5:00 PM Increasing competition, reforming outdated laws, improving data infrastructure and letting market forces work are key to lowering drug costs, according to a new paper. AHCA could raise premiums for millions with pre-existing conditions Wednesday, May 17, 2017 4:00 PM Up to 6.3 million people could end up paying substantially higher premiums if a bill similar to the House's Obamacare replacement becomes law, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Nursing homes and hospice providers face looming emergency preparedness deadline Wednesday, May 17, 2017 4:00 PM Many long-term care providers may not be prepared to meet CMS emergency preparedness requirements—the cost of which is estimated at $370 million the first year. Proposed NIH budget cuts jeopardize U.S. pipeline of young scientists Wednesday, May 17, 2017 4:00 PM Congressional leaders and healthcare experts decried President Donald Trump's plan to slash the National Institutes of Health's budget Wednesday, saying it would prevent the organization from recruiting and retaining young scientists. Pa. hospital to merge with Geisinger Health System Wednesday, May 17, 2017 3:33 PM Geisinger Health System will acquire its first critical access hospital, a 25-bed facility in Pennsylvania. New York's single-payer healthcare plan passes in state Assembly Wednesday, May 17, 2017 1:00 PM New York's state Assembly passed a single-payer healthcare bill Tuesday that would provide universal coverage statewide. However, the bill faces a difficult path through the Republican-controlled state Senate, and economists have conflicting views...

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