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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Acadia announces three behavioral health acquisitions Wednesday, June 03, 2015 6:30 PM Behavioral health company Acadia Healthcare has announced three acquisitions, two of which are overseas. VA nurse practitioners could practice independently under Senate bill Wednesday, June 03, 2015 5:13 PM Senate legislation is looking to empower nurse practitioners across the Veterans Affairs Department to practice independently of physicians, regardless of the laws in individual states. The goal is to mitigate physician shortages and reduce patient... With stronger financial picture, Scripps is in growth mode Wednesday, June 03, 2015 5:00 PM Scripps Health, a four-hospital system in San Diego, has improved its financial picture with higher patient volume and the return of a California program that provides additional funds to hospitals treating low-income patients. Medicaid to subject providers to criminal background checks starting Aug. 1 Wednesday, June 03, 2015 3:45 PM Starting Aug. 1, providers considered "high risk" for defrauding state Medicaid programs will undergo a criminal background check that includes fingerprinting. It's one of several provisions in the Affordable Care Act giving HHS new... How do justices weigh loss of health insurance for millions? Wednesday, June 03, 2015 3:00 PM The Supreme Court could wipe away health insurance for millions of Americans when it resolves the latest fight over President Barack Obama's health overhaul. But would the court take away a benefit from so many people? Should the justices even... San Gorgonio Memorial considers affiliation with Loma Linda, Adventist Health Wednesday, June 03, 2015 1:34 PM San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital, Banning, Calif., has entered exclusive affiliation discussions with Loma Linda University Health and Adventist Health. Fitbit steps into IPO Wednesday, June 03, 2015 12:42 PM Fitbit plans to raise up to $358 million in its initial public offering, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing made Tuesday. Since 2007, Fitbit has sold roughly 20.5 million of its fitness-tracking devices, with 10.9 million...

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Hospitals improve margins even without Medicaid expansion 1:01:00 AM Hospitals in states that expanded their Medicaid programs last year saw a significant reduction in bad debt, but even providers in non-expansion states still improved their operating margins. Insurers want big rate hikes, but caveats abound Tuesday, June 02, 2015 6:15 PM Many health insurers have asked insurance regulators for sizable premium increases next year, but final rates are likely to be much lower than the ones requested. California considers health coverage for immigrant kids Tuesday, June 02, 2015 5:22 PM The California Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would make the state the first in the nation to extend health coverage to children who are in the country illegally and seek federal authorization to sell private insurance to those in the... HHS surpasses ACA enrollment goal; 10.2 million obtain and pay for coverage Tuesday, June 02, 2015 4:52 PM The number of people signed up and paying for coverage during the second enrollment period of the Affordable Care Act has exceeded goals set by HHS. Oncologists urge frank evaluation of cancer drugs' costs and value Tuesday, June 02, 2015 4:39 PM Experts at the nation's largest gathering of oncologists this week urged tough new approaches for reining in the skyrocketing cost of cancer drugs. House panel votes to repeal health law's medical-device tax Tuesday, June 02, 2015 3:30 PM A Republican-run House committee voted Tuesday to repeal a 2.3% tax on many medical devices that helps pay for President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul. Reward Medicare administrative contractors for efficiency: GAO Tuesday, June 02, 2015 3:15 PM The CMS should evaluate the work of their Medicare administrative contractors to increase efficiency and improve quality, the GAO says in a new report. Anthem offers free online college for employees Tuesday, June 02, 2015 1:00 PM Health insurer Anthem isn't raising the wage floor for employees like competitor Aetna did this year, but it is trying to spice up its benefits package by providing free college education to employees. Federal eateries join effort to curb animal antibiotic use Tuesday, June 02, 2015 11:45 AM President Barack Obama's effort to curb the use of antibiotics in animals raised for meat is starting with his own employees.

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare South Korea reports 2 deaths from MERS virus 8:45:00 AM South Korea on Tuesday confirmed the country's first two deaths from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome as it fights to contain the spread of a virus that has killed hundreds of people in the Middle East. Upcoding in Medicare Advantage may cost government $5 billion a year Monday, June 01, 2015 7:05 PM The government is paying an extra $5 billion a year to Medicare Advantage plans because of upcoding, according to a new working paper posted in the National Bureau of Economic Research. Highmark acquires Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania Monday, June 01, 2015 6:15 PM Pittsburgh health insurer Highmark closed on a deal for Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania, expanding its market and its size. 'Wellville' healthier communities project starts to collect data Monday, June 01, 2015 6:09 PM Data collected in five American towns seeks to improve health outcomes in those communities over the next five years. The Way to Wellville project aims to bring better food, quality early childhood education and a host of other positive health... Providers want CMS to slow down EHR superhighway Monday, June 01, 2015 5:47 PM Hospitals are imploring CMS to slow down its pace as it works to have providers adopt and meaningfully use electronic health records. Medicaid cost-sharing demonstrations have netted little revenue so far Monday, June 01, 2015 5:15 PM Three states that require low-income adults to pay premiums or other cost-sharing to participate in their Medicaid expansion programs have collected modest sums so far. Trinity Health reports growth in patient volume, capitation revenue Monday, June 01, 2015 4:31 PM Trinity Health is continuing to see benefits from growing patient volume and its recent acquisitions, but the system's expenses are growing just as fast as it reinvests in its operations. New efforts aimed at precision cancer medicine presented at ASCO Monday, June 01, 2015 4:00 PM New initiatives will seek to better target therapies for cancer patients with the use of both treatments that are based on the genetic makeup of the disease, as well as an educational effort intended to help physicians in their clinical decisions. Judge temporarily bars new telemedicine rule in Texas Monday, June 01, 2015 1:00 PM Telemedicine company Teladoc may continue -- for now -- to treat patients in Texas remotely without having physicians meet them face to face first, a federal judge decided Friday. Theriault to step down as Walgreen CIO Monday, June 01, 2015 12:47 PM Walgreens Boots Alliance announced Monday that Tim Theriault, executive VP and global CIO, will step down for personal reasons. Anthony Roberts, who has served as Alliance Boots' senior VP and international CIO since 2012, will assume the role of...

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare More than 680 in South Korea isolated over MERS virus fears 8:00:00 AM More than 680 people in South Korea are isolated after having contact with patients infected with a virus that has killed hundreds of people in the Middle East, healthofficials said Monday. Obama's trade agenda faces tougher odds heading into House; Dems fear it will mean Medicare cuts Sunday, May 31, 2015 12:00 PM After several near death experiences in the Senate, the trade agenda that President Barack Obama is pushing as a second term capstone faces its biggest hurdle yet in the more polarized House. Pentagon chief to hold people accountable for anthrax snafu Sunday, May 31, 2015 11:45 AM U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Sunday that he will find out who was responsible for the mistaken shipments of live anthrax to 11 U.S. states and two countries and will "hold them accountable." Hong Kong quarantines 18 over MERS fears Sunday, May 31, 2015 1:01 AM Hong Kong authorities quarantined 18 fellow passengers of a South Korean man who arrived in the city infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS.

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