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Republicans await Dems' options for funding SGR fix
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - 1 hour 5 min ago
Republicans expect to receive on Thursday a list of Democratic options to pay for a large tax-cut extension measure that includes a freeze in scheduled cuts to Medicare physician pay rates. However, at least one Republican expects negotiations on...
NuHealth seeks to downsize, boost affiliation with North Shore-LIJ
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - 1 hour 20 min ago
NuHealth System said it will seek $30 million and antitrust clearance from the state of New York to downsize its hospital and affiliate more closely with North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.
Ministry Health buys out partner in Wis. system
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - 4 hours 5 min ago
Affinity Health System in Wisconsin's Fox Valley has converted from a jointly sponsored three-hospital system into an entity controlled by a single Roman Catholic hospital operator with the goal of becoming an accountable care organization.
HHS aims to curb pre-term births
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - 6 hours 20 min ago
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation will award about $40 million in grants to test approaches that can help reduce the rising number of pre-term births in the U.S.
Brookings report: Barriers limit state health information exchanges
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - 7 hours 20 min ago
The current governance, financing and policy barriers limit state health information exchanges from reaching their full potential, the Brookings Institution said in a report.
Three days to vote for 50 Most Influential Physician Executives
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - 7 hours 20 min ago
Only three days remain to vote for the Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare. The deadline for this annual recognition program is midnight CT Feb. 10.
Recondo Technology acquires Trilogi
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - 7 hours 50 min ago
Recondo Technology, the Greenwood Village, Colo.-based healthcare revenue-cycle software developer, announced the acquisition of Lakeland, Fla.-based Trilogi, a revenue-cycle management and recovery company.
Atlanta-area hospitals seek consolidation
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - 8 hours 5 min ago
A consolidation agreement may be on the horizon for two Atlanta-area hospitals.
Obama Aides Seek To Calm Storm Over Contraceptive Rule
Kaiser Health Reform - 9 hours 5 min ago
Administration suggests there may be ways to meet religious groups' concerns but insists that the president is committed to the policy. Sen. Mitch McConnell suggests Congress may change the rule if the administration doesn't.
Viewpoints: Political Furor On Contraceptive Policy; Confusing Estimates Of Medicare's Costs
Kaiser Health Reform - 9 hours 22 min ago
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care policy from around the country.
Roundup: State Legislatures Consider Nursing Home, Insurance Exchange Bills
Kaiser Health Reform - 9 hours 22 min ago
A selection of health policy stories from Texas, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Kansas, Missouri, California, Michigan, Oregon and Louisiana.
First Edition: February 8, 2012
Kaiser Health Reform - 11 hours 22 min ago
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the continuing fracas over the Obama administration's birth control rule, and the Capitol Hill impasse surrounding the Medicare 'doc fix' as well as the extension of the payroll tax break.
Mich. hospital, Sparrow Health plan affiliation
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 17:15
Sparrow Health System, Lansing, Mich., and Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital, Charlotte, Mich., have announced an affiliation agreement, as officials signed a memo of understanding.
Hospital Compare website adds infection data
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 17:15
The CMS' Hospital Compare website has been updated with facility-specific data on central line-associated bloodstream infections.
14 hospitals pay $11.9 million to settle kyphoplasty cases
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 15:30
The Justice Department said 14 hospitals in seven states settled allegations that they submitted false kyphoplasty claims to Medicare, bringing the total number of hospitals to resolve similar allegations with the government to 40.
N.J. hospital files for bankruptcy after Prime drops offer
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 15:00
Christ Hospital, Jersey City, N.J., filed for bankruptcy less than one week after a potential buyer withdrew under public pressure.
Hearing explores doc-payment innovations
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 14:45
As congressional leaders remain stalled on how to develop a permanent fix to the Medicare physician payment formula, other lawmakers learned about potential private-sector solutions from payers and physicians.
Baucus unsure permanent SGR fix is within reach
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 14:30
Although Democrats have pushed to permanently replace the Medicare physician payment formula as part of extending a package of expiring tax cuts, a senior Democrat indicated Tuesday that a permanent fix was unlikely.
Standards group to hold off on 5010 successor
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 12:15
As the U.S. healthcare industry struggles with implementing the federally mandated upgrade to the ASC X12 Version 5010 standard for electronic claims and other administrative communications, the Accredited Standards Committee has announced it's...
Platinum Equity to buy DMS Health Technologies
Modern Healthcare Breaking News - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 12:00
Private-equity firm Platinum Equity, Los Angeles, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DMS Health Technologies, a Fargo, N.D.-based mobile, interim and fixed-site diagnostic imaging technology and services company, from Otter Tail Corp.