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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Florida hospital suspends kidney transplants amid overhaul Saturday, April 09, 2016 7:30 PM A hospital in southwest Florida has suspended its kidney transplant center as it overhauls the surgical program.

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Two reservation hospitals now face funding cutoff deadline 1:01:00 AM A second troubled government-run hospital on a Native American reservation in South Dakota was given an extension Friday to reach an agreement with federal officials to make significant quality-of-care improvements to avoid losing its Medicare and... Cerner, Ascension execs call for EHR standardization Friday, April 08, 2016 5:01 PM Cerner President Zane Burke said Friday that connectivity between clinicians remains an issue despite about $30 billion spent by the federal government over the past five years to improve electronic health records technology at hospitals and... Florida and California move to shield consumers from surprise medical bills Friday, April 08, 2016 5:00 PM Florida Gov. Rick Scott has until April 14 to decide whether to sign a bill that would protect patients from paying balance bills from out-of-network providers, while California lawmakers are trying to cinch a similar legislative deal with... AHA-backed antitrust bill could ease hospital mergers Friday, April 08, 2016 5:00 PM Healthcare industry leaders are closely watching a House-passed bill that could make it easier for hospitals to merge without getting tangled in lengthy antitrust challenges. But some experts say the AHA-backed bill wouldn't make much difference in... Advocate's margins, capitated revenue drop in 2015 Friday, April 08, 2016 4:30 PM The Federal Trade Commission isn't Advocate Health Care's only major challenge right now. The Downers Grove, Ill.-based health system took a step back last year with its capitated, value-based insurance contracts. Arkansas Medicaid plan approved as funding showdown looms Friday, April 08, 2016 3:30 PM Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed into law Friday his plan to keep the state's first-in-the-nation hybrid Medicaid expansion and urged fellow Republicans to avoid a Washington-style shutdown fight over their efforts to defund the program. VA plans to offer same-day access at all centers by end of year Friday, April 08, 2016 1:00 PM The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will also use a smartphone appointment app to tackle its backlog of cases. A new report shows that VA officials falsified reports on wait times in seven states.

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Jury sides with Abbott in $1 billion fraud case 1:23:58 AM A Texas jury sided with Abbott Laboratories in a decadelong Medicare fraud case Thursday that could have cost the company as much as $1 billion. Security flaws found in three state health insurance websites 1:01:00 AM Federal investigators found significant cybersecurity weaknesses in the health insurance websites of California, Kentucky and Vermont that could enable hackers to get their hands on sensitive personal information about hundreds of thousands of... Tenet falls out of S&P 500 Thursday, April 07, 2016 7:15 PM Poor financials, a deteriorating stock price and investor unease over a difficult nine-month stretch have pushed hospital chain Tenet Healthcare Corp. out of the Standard & Poor's 500, a blue-chip stock index. CHS' rough 2015 yields no raise, reduced stock awards for Wayne Smith Thursday, April 07, 2016 6:46 PM Community Health Systems CEO Wayne Smith received no raise in base salary for 2016 after the hospital chain missed most earnings and stock price targets in 2015, the company said in a regulatory filing Thursday. MedPAC outlines post-acute pay overhaul, backs Part D changes Thursday, April 07, 2016 5:30 PM The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has completed work on a road map for overhauling how the program pays for post-acute care. The advisory panel voted to back a variety of changes to the Part D prescription drug program that could save as much... Final Medicare Advantage rate policies a mixed bag for insurers Thursday, April 07, 2016 3:00 PM Did the Obama administration indulge health insurance companies with friendly changes to Medicare Advantage rate policies for 2017? Or did CMS officials stick to their guns on proposals the industry aggressively lobbied to kill? Experts say it was a... Wireless pacemaker from Medtronic is first to win OK from FDA Thursday, April 07, 2016 11:30 AM The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first pacemaker to do away with electrical wires that have long been a shortcoming of internal heart devices.

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Wireless pacemaker from Medtronic is first to win OK from FDA 11:30:00 AM The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first pacemaker to do away with electrical wires that have long been a shortcoming of internal heart devices. Major employers decry Sutter Health's tactics in dispute over prices 9:05:04 AM Sutter Health, long accused of abusing its market power in California, is squaring off against major U.S. employers in a closely watched legal fight over health care competition and high prices. Arkansas lawmakers advance hybrid Medicaid expansion 8:00:00 AM Gov. Asa Hutchinson called the debate over Arkansas' hybrid Medicaid expansion a "watershed" moment on Wednesday, as lawmakers advanced his plan to keep and rework the program that provides subsidized health coverage to more than 250,000 people. Pence, lawmakers face backlash over new Indiana abortion law 8:00:00 AM Following on a campaign in which women called Gov. Mike Pence's office to tell him about their periods, activists plan a more traditional protest this weekend of a new law banning abortions sought because of genetic abnormalities that makes Indiana... Going to Hackensack University Medical Center? There's an app for that Wednesday, April 06, 2016 6:57 PM Patients, visitors and staff at Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center will now be able to Uber to the hospital. Former UnitedHealthcare CEO launches venture-backed insurer Wednesday, April 06, 2016 5:00 PM Another new health insurance startup is hitting the marketplace. Bright Health has raised $80 million from a handful of venture capital firms and has its sights set on the Affordable Care Act exchanges and, eventually, Medicare Advantage. White House: $589M from Ebola to go to fight Zika virus Wednesday, April 06, 2016 5:00 PM Federal money left over from the largely successful fight against Ebola will now go to combating the growing threat of the Zika virus, the Obama administration announced Wednesday. Will Kasich's new Ohio Medicaid makeover please conservatives? Wednesday, April 06, 2016 4:00 PM Ohio state officials want to drop adult Medicaid beneficiaries who don't pay into a health savings account, regardless of their income. Pundits are mixed on whether it will help Kasich garner more support from conservatives. Florida settles lawsuit over pediatric Medicaid patients' access to care Wednesday, April 06, 2016 2:22 PM Florida health officials have agreed to settle a decadelong class action lawsuit alleging the state failed to provide children enrolled in its Medicaid program with enough medical and dental care. Catholic Health Initiatives gets $725 million for sale of 52 medical offices Wednesday, April 06, 2016 11:59 AM Catholic Health Initiatives has agreed to sell 52 medical office buildings for $725 million to a Milwaukee-based real estate investment trust, Physicians Realty Trust.

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