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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Senators consider killing Medicaid expansion that helps residents from their drug-torn states Wednesday, May 31, 2017 11:00 PM Two senators who represent states at the epicenter of the nation's opioid addiction crisis find themselves at the turbulent center of the Republican drive to repeal and replace Obamacare. Lawmakers ask White House to allow third-party premium payments Wednesday, May 31, 2017 5:00 PM Lawmakers want HHS to rescind an Obama-era policy that discouraged insurance companies from accepting payments from hospitals or other entities to buy insurance on the exchange for their patients. Swelling health plan losses batter Northwell's earnings Wednesday, May 31, 2017 4:00 PM Northwell Health joins a litany of hospital companies that are trying to stem mounting losses at health plans that they started in recent years to try to diversify into managed care and cater to the newly insured. HHS rule proposes any employer could skip offering birth control coverage Wednesday, May 31, 2017 4:00 PM HHS is proposing expanding exemptions to allow employers to opt out of offering birth control through their health plans if they are morally or religously opposed to it. For the first time ever, less than half of physicians are independent Wednesday, May 31, 2017 4:00 PM Less than half of practicing physicians in the U.S. owned their medical practice in 2016, marking the first time in history that the majority of physicians are not practice owners. Ohio attorney general sues 5 drugmakers over opioid crisis Wednesday, May 31, 2017 3:59 PM The Ohio attorney general sued five drugmakers on Wednesday for their alleged role perpetrating the state's addiction epidemic, accusing the companies of intentionally misleading patients about the dangers of painkillers and promoting benefits of... eClinicalWorks will pay $155 million for misleading users Wednesday, May 31, 2017 3:22 PM Electronic health records vendor eClinicalWorks is accused of cheating on its EHR certification tests, which caused providers using the software to unknowingly submit false claims for meaningful use incentive payments. Soon-Shiong appointed to health IT committee Wednesday, May 31, 2017 1:00 PM House Speaker Paul Ryan appointed Soon-Shiong to the 25-member Health IT Advisory Committee. Soon-Shiong's appointment has raised conflict-of-interest concerns due to his foundation's investments. Outcome Health raises over $500 million Wednesday, May 31, 2017 1:00 PM There was a time when Rishi Shah and Shradha Agarwal couldn't get anyone to invest in their idea to deliver health information to patients via TV screens in doctors' offices. Now they have to turn investors away.

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