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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Where Catholic Health Initiatives stands with growth and turnaround strategy Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:30 PM In an industry that's been rapidly consolidating, Catholic Health Initiatives has had a particularly rapid growth trajectory. The Englewood, Colo.-based system has struggled to contain costs associated with acquiring new hospitals. But CHI is... Ascension to sell two hospitals to Capella Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:01 PM Ascension intends to sell two Pacific Northwest hospitals to for-profit Capella Healthcare for undisclosed terms. IOM: The doctor will see you TODAY should be standard Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:00 PM Provider-focused approaches to scheduling and failure to appropriately use nurse practitioners and physician assistants are among the reasons timely access to care remains a problem in the U.S., according to an Institute of Medicine report. Healthcare workers wonder how expected overtime rule affects them Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:00 PM The home-care sector is keeping an eye out for an expected move by the White House to make up to 5 million more people eligible for overtime pay. Some say it could benefit fee-based employees while others believe it could cause employers to scale... OxyContin maker bows out of meeting on harder-to-abuse drug Tuesday, June 30, 2015 5:45 PM The makers of the potent painkiller OxyContin have pulled out of a federal meeting to review the company's harder-to-abuse version of the much-debated drug. Which companies disclosed the most to Open Payments Tuesday, June 30, 2015 4:15 PM Genentech, the maker of Avastin and other expensive cancer drugs, paid physicians and teaching hospitals more than any other drug or device company in 2014, according to a new round of data posted to the CMS' Open Payments website. High court case could threaten union finances at public systems Tuesday, June 30, 2015 4:00 PM The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case asking it to limit the power of public unions to collect fees from nonmembers. The case could threaten the finances and membership efforts of unions that represent healthcare workers at publicly owned... Feds reach $20.3 million settlement deal with Indy system Tuesday, June 30, 2015 3:15 PM Federal prosecutors have reached a $20.3 million civil settlement with Community Health Network to resolve allegations of overbilling for surgeries. IOM reports 'unacceptable' disparities in cardiac arrest survival Tuesday, June 30, 2015 3:00 PM A report from the Institute of Medicine suggests revamping the national strategy for cardiac arrest to standardize surveillance, coordination, data collection, public education and the sharing of best practices pertaining to the condition. Celgene pays $1B to enter collaboration with Juno Therapeutics Tuesday, June 30, 2015 2:16 PM Leading biotech firm Celgene Corp. will pay $1 billion to enter into a 10-year collaboration with Juno Therapeutics. The move broadens the company's cancer drug portfolio by gaining access to Juno's budding pipeline of oncology immunotherapies.

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare A first: New guidelines back device for treating strokes Monday, June 29, 2015 7:07 PM Many stroke patients have a new treatment option -- if they seek help fast enough to get it. New guidelines endorse using a removable stent to open clogged arteries causing a stroke. Supreme Court rules Texas abortion clinics can remain open Monday, June 29, 2015 7:00 PM The U.S. Supreme Court acted Monday to keep Texas' 19 abortion clinics open, amid a legal fight that threatens to close more than half of them. Who controls the data? U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear healthcare case Monday, June 29, 2015 4:30 PM The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case next term on whether a self-funded insurer should have to turn over certain information to the state of Vermont, a case that could have far-reaching implications over who controls certain healthcare data. Catholic Health Initiatives continues to face growing pains Monday, June 29, 2015 4:15 PM Catholic Health Initiatives is still feeling the pinch from its rapid growth strategy, which has added costs faster than CHI can cut them through a systemwide restructuring initiative. Massachusetts seeks to address mental healthcare crisis Monday, June 29, 2015 3:30 PM Lawmakers in Massachusetts on Monday discussed bills that seek to reduce boarding of behavioral health patients in hospital emergency departments and keep them out of correctional facilities. Kidney-care providers to face CMS fines and see new quality metrics Monday, June 29, 2015 3:20 PM Kidney-care providers could see their Medicare payments reduced by up to 2% in the next few years if they do not score high enough on quality measures. Community health centers split on whether to start their own Medicaid plans Monday, June 29, 2015 2:32 PM Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, a federally qualified community health center serving 80,000 Washingtonians and Oregonians under full-risk Medicaid managed-care contracts, has no intention to launch its own Medicaid managed-care plan. But some... Sibling punches aren't only assaults U.S. kids face, survey finds Monday, June 29, 2015 2:00 PM Getting punched by your brother or sister is sometimes a painful rite of passage, but many U.S. kids also experience other types of assaults, mistreatment and abuse, a large government-funded survey found. McKesson appoints McElligot as new CIO, CTO Monday, June 29, 2015 1:01 PM Healthcare giant McKesson Corp. has appointed Kathy McElligot as its next CIO and CTO. McKesson is heavily investing in health information technology startups and is expecting to spend several hundred million dollars over the next five to eight...

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare California vaccine bill goes to lawmakers for final vote 8:45:00 AM California lawmakers are considering a measure that will require vaccinations for most children in public schools. The state Senate was expected to take the final vote required before sending the contentious bill to Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday.

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Court approves sale of N.J. system to Prime Saturday, June 27, 2015 6:33 PM A New Jersey court has given final regulatory clearance for the acquisition of St. Clare's Health System, Denville, N.J., by for-profit hospital chain Prime Healthcare Services.

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