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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare House lawmakers push back at MedPAC's proposed Medicare reforms Thursday, May 18, 2017 8:51 PM House lawmakers pushed back Thursday on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's calls to cut Medicare reimbursements to some kinds of providers, saying organizations in their districts tell them they could not survive with the proposed cuts. States seek to intervene in House Republicans' cost-sharing payments lawsuit Thursday, May 18, 2017 8:00 PM As insurers sweat over whether the Trump administration will continue funding cost-sharing subsidies for low-income enrollees, 16 state attorneys general have asked a federal appeals court to let them intervene in a legal case to keep those payments... House committee adds pharma 'bad actor' provision to FDA user fee bill Thursday, May 18, 2017 6:20 PM A House subcommittee added an amendment taking aim at rising drug prices to the FDA fee schedule reauthorization bill, but some observers say it will do little to curb abusive pricing of off-patent branded drugs. Few doctors discuss cancer costs with patients, study finds Thursday, May 18, 2017 5:22 PM Most doctors did not discuss the cost of cancer treatment with patients, spent less than two minutes on it when they did, and usually did so only after patients brought it up, a study that taped hundreds of visits at several large hospitals finds. Pressure mounts on Republicans to fund payments to insurers Thursday, May 18, 2017 5:00 PM The nation's state insurance commissioners urged the Trump administration Wednesday to ensure continued funding for payments to health insurers to cover cost-sharing reductions for low-income exchange plan members. Physician-led group offers to buy CHS' 8 Fort Wayne hospitals Thursday, May 18, 2017 4:00 PM A leveraged-buyout group led by physicians in Fort Wayne has made an offer to buy Community Health Systems' eight Indiana hospitals branded as Lutheran Health Network. Fort Wayne is one of CHS' largest regional markets. New Senate bill aims to boost Medicaid addiction treatment access Thursday, May 18, 2017 3:00 PM A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday introduced a bill that would allow more substance abuse treatment centers to receive Medicaid payments. Aetna targets dentist 'superprescribers' in latest opioid initiative Thursday, May 18, 2017 2:00 PM Aetna's initiative aims to reduce the amount of powerful opioid prescriptions written by dentists and oral maxillofacial surgeons. Ex-FDA chief Califf to join Google offshoot Verily Thursday, May 18, 2017 1:54 PM Former FDA commisioner Dr. Robert Califf is set to join Verily Life Sciences as an advisor beginning next month. Trinity Health System names Grimshaw as new CEO Thursday, May 18, 2017 1:00 PM Catholic Health Initiatives has appointed Matt Grimshaw as market chief executive officer of its affiliate CHI Trinity Health System, starting July 31.

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