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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Cleveland Clinic weighs in on doctor forced to leave United States 10:19:22 AM A Cleveland Clinic medical intern was diverted back to Saudi Arabia, and two others were detained but ultimately let into the U.S. after President Donald Trump banned visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries for 90 days. Aetna profit grows 5% despite membership losses 7:30:14 AM Despite losing hundreds of thousands of members in 2016, higher premiums in Aetna's Medicare and Medicaid businesses helped the Hartford, Conn.-based insurer build revenue. House Republicans offer bills to stabilize the individual insurance market Monday, January 30, 2017 6:35 PM Four bills, to be discussed at an Energy and Commerce Committee hearing Thursday, address issues that insurers say have increased their costs and unbalanced the risk pool, and could conceivably attract Democratic support. Kaiser Permanente faces $2.5M-plus in penalties for Medi-Cal data shortfall Monday, January 30, 2017 1:01 PM Kaiser Permanente faces more than $2.5 million in penalties for its alleged failure to supply California state regulators with properly formatted claims data from Kaiser's Medicaid managed-care plans. Obama administration's report could help GOP justify Medicaid cuts Monday, January 30, 2017 12:12 PM Medicaid expenditures grew 4.3% to $575.9 billion in 2016. The feds' spending grew 4.5% to $363.4 billion, according to the Obama administration's final annual financial report. The admission comes as GOP lawmakers look for ways to cut spending in... Healthcare industry celebrates 'one-in, two-out' executive order despite unknowns Monday, January 30, 2017 12:05 PM President Donald Trump's latest executive order requires executive departments or agencies to remove two previously implemented regulations for every new regulation issued. Could 13 beds be this hospital system's lucky number? Monday, January 30, 2017 11:36 AM Micro-hospitals are popping up across the country, but have yet to gain steam in the Chicago area. An $81 million micro-hospital in suburban Crystal Lake would serve patients coming in for a simple procedure and who need to stay overnight. New investigation launched at DMC over alleged dirty surgical instruments Monday, January 30, 2017 11:28 AM One month after Detroit Medical Center received a clean bill of health on violations in infection control of surgical instruments, the CMS and the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs have launched a new investigation. Universal American investor sues, claiming $800M WellCare purchase shortchanges stockholders Monday, January 30, 2017 11:22 AM An investor in Universal American Corp. has sued the insurer, alleging the company fails to give stockholders adequate compensation for its proposed $800 million acquisition by WellCare Health Plans. Congressional Republicans eye obscure law as a tool for quickly voiding ACA rules Monday, January 30, 2017 12:01 AM Conservative legal activists are pushing Republicans to make unprecedented use of a 1996 law they claim would allow Congress to swiftly ax Affordable Care Act-related rules issued during the Obama administration. The approach is legally untested and...

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare AP poll shows broad concerns about potential health care loss Friday, January 27, 2017 12:09 PM Though "Obamacare" still divides Americans, a majority worries many will lose coverage if the 2010 law is repealed in the nation's long-running political standoff over health care. Small business to Trump: Let us help revamp Obamacare Friday, January 27, 2017 11:29 AM Seven years into Obamacare, small business owners across the Midwest say health insurance still costs too much and they struggle to find affordable plans for their workers.

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Plan to unite Brooklyn hospitals won't solve financial troubles, critics say 10:41:24 AM Some say a plan to unite struggling Interfaith Medical Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant with three other Brooklyn hospitals wouldn't be sufficient to make the hospitals financially stable. The institutions are currently slated to receive $310 million... BREAKING: Dr. Ram Raju takes key role at Northwell Health 10:37:53 AM The former head of NYC Health + Hospitals will be a community health investment officer at Northwell, assessing programs that serve vulnerable communities. Malone resigns as Summa CEO 10:28:11 AM Dr. Thomas Malone has resigned as president and CEO of Summa Health System, weeks after a contentious decision to not renew the contract of the independent physician group that had been staffing its emergency departments for decades. Trump Administration Pulls Back on HealthCare.gov Ads 8:19:28 AM The Trump administration says it is pulling back advertising to promote HealthCare.gov as open enrollment draws to a close for this year. What ACA repeal could mean for mental health coverage 12:01:00 AM Advocates fear the looming death of the Affordable Care Act means losing hard-fought ground on expanding access to treatment for mental illness. Medical supplies would be hit by Trump's proposed 20% tax on Mexican imports Thursday, January 26, 2017 3:57 PM The Trump administration suggested a 20% tax on imports from Mexico could pay for a wall along the southern border aimed at stopping illegal immigration. Trump's healthcare promise too sunny for reality Thursday, January 26, 2017 3:56 PM President Donald Trump said in a television interview that he and his party would put forward a healthcare plan that costs less, covers more people and delivers better healthcare. That trifecta, however, is nearly impossible without tradeoffs that... Fearing Trump administration will deny them, states pull plans to cover prisoners, immigrants through Medicaid Thursday, January 26, 2017 2:15 PM New York officials have withdrawn a request to use Medicaid funding to cover healthcare services for prison inmates and expedite access to HIV treatment. Earlier this week, California officials chose to withdraw their waiver request to provide... Judge orders hold on CMS rule regulating dialysis groups that subsidize premiums Thursday, January 26, 2017 2:14 PM A District Court judge in Texas ordered the CMS to hold off on a final rule requiring dialysis centers that help patients pay private insurance premiums to disclose what plans in their region pay for and how that compares to Medicaid and Medicare.

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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare McKesson plans to pay $1.1 billion for CoverMyMeds Wednesday, January 25, 2017 5:45 PM McKesson Corp.'s third quarter profit was relatively flat as it announced Wednesday that it will acquire an electronic prior authorization company. Hospitals sprout cost-efficient urgent-care centers as demand grows Wednesday, January 25, 2017 3:20 PM Hospital systems are using acquisitions and joint ventures with urgent-care chains to build outpatient access points in their markets that are a lower-cost alternative to emergency rooms for minor ailments and injuries. MultiCare, Northwell and... Providers lobby Trump, Congress to follow path away from Medicare fee-for-service Wednesday, January 25, 2017 1:32 PM Providers and insurers are among healthcare leaders lobbying Congress and the Trump administration to continue to push Medicare into value-based payment models that require costly technology to track quality metrics. Those investments could be lost... House Dems introduce doomed single-payer legislation Wednesday, January 25, 2017 1:20 PM The idea of a Medicare-for-all health system gained traction during the Democratic presidential primary, but the legislation introduced this week has no chance of passing. AMA, AHA form coalition to reform prior authorization requirements Wednesday, January 25, 2017 1:09 PM The coalition, announced Wednesday, will lobby health plans to streamline prior authorization for medical tests, procedures, devices and drugs. They say the current process is time-consuming. VA health IT platform champion is gone, but project could survive Wednesday, January 25, 2017 12:17 PM Although its chief architect is gone, a potentially innovative project to overhaul the health information technology system at the Veterans Affairs Department will likely live on with the Trump administration.

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