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Most healthcare provisions stripped from government-shutdown deal

U.S. Senate leaders have agreed on a deal acceptable to the White House to end the government shutdown and temporarily raise the nation's debt ceiling, with almost all healthcare provisions stripped out. The deal would fund the government at current levels through Jan. 15, continuing the budget......

State exchanges report strong interest from young people

A few states running their own insurance exchanges are touting high levels of interest from young people, a demographic group widely viewed as the linchpin of the healthcare reform law's success....

Reform Update: Federal exchange won't transfer Medicaid applications until November

Americans submitting their applications for Medicaid through the federal government's online insurance marketplace in 36 states may want to contact their state Medicaid agencies for faster results....

Reform remains sticking point in shutdown, debt ceiling fight

With less than two days before the country will reach its borrowing limit, Congress remained stalled on how to reopen the government and raise the nation's debt ceiling, with provisions of the healthcare reform law still a sticking point in the negotiations....

Hospitals with expensive tech, high patient satisfaction have highest-paid CEOs

What not-for-profit hospitals pay their CEOs has little to do with financial performance or quality scores, but the top executives generally make more at hospitals with expensive technology and high marks in patient satisfaction, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine....

Dignity, Optum form revenue cycle management company

Dignity Health, a large and expanding health system based in San Francisco, has formed a revenue cycle management company in a joint venture with Optum, a subsidiary of insurer UnitedHealth Group....

Live@CHIME: CHIME CEO Russell Branzell (6:22)

Russell Branzell, the new president and CEO of the CHIME, describes the difficulties CIOs will face in 2014 during an interview with Modern Healthcare editor Merrill Goozner.

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Reform Update: Big shifts seen in Mass. insurance market after rules limit consumer options
By Melanie Evans | October 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
As millions of Americans began to shop in newly created markets for health insurance, a new study of health plan choice in Massachusetts found major shifts in its health insurance market after the...
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Most healthcare provisions stripped from government-shutdown deal
By Harris Meyer | October 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
U.S. Senate leaders have agreed on a deal acceptable to the White House to end the government shutdown and temporarily raise the nation's debt ceiling, with almost all healthcare provisions stripped...
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McKesson sells pharmacy automation unit to private-equity firm
By Modern Healthcare | October 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
McKesson Corp. is selling its hospital pharmacy automation unit to private-equity firm Francisco Partners.
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CMS extends PQRS sign-up deadline
By Andis Robeznieks | October 16, 2013
Medical groups with 100 physicians or more were given an extra three days to register for the CMS Physician Quality Reporting System, formerly known as the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative.
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Quest Diagnostics to offer genetic tests for breast cancer risk
By Jaimy Lee | October 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Quest Diagnostics, one of the largest clinical laboratories in the U.S., started offering BRCA testing this week as it seeks to tap into the lucrative breast cancer genetic testing market. But Quest...
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Reform Update: Federal exchange won't transfer Medicaid applications until November
By Steven Ross Johnson | October 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Americans submitting their applications for Medicaid through the federal government's online insurance marketplace in 36 states may want to contact their state Medicaid agencies for faster results.
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Reform remains sticking point in shutdown, debt ceiling fight
By Jessica Zigmond | October 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
With less than two days before the country will reach its borrowing limit, Congress remained stalled on how to reopen the government and raise the nation's debt ceiling, with provisions of the...
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Group looks to IOM to help reduce diagnosis errors
By Andis Robeznieks | October 15, 2013
It's not easy to start a movement, but a new group of physicians and healthcare researchers are hoping to do so. They are looking to the Institute of Medicine to bolster their efforts to reduce...
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Reform Update: Many docs still on the fence about exchange participation
By Andis Robeznieks | October 14, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A new MGMA survey finds that more than half of physician practices say they had not yet decided whether they will participate in health plans sold on the new state insurance exchanges.
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Dignity, Optum form revenue cycle management company
By Melanie Evans | October 14, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Dignity Health, a large and expanding health system based in San Francisco, has formed a revenue cycle management company in a joint venture with Optum, a subsidiary of insurer UnitedHealth Group.
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Effort connects medical homes with 'essential' IT tools
By Andis Robeznieks | October 14, 2013
While the patient-centered medical home has been touted as the foundation for a better coordinated and more efficient healthcare system, experts now say medical home practices need to be connected to...
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Reform Update: Government funding deal negotiations continue, with device tax in the mix
By Jessica Zigmond | October 11, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
As the government shutdown nears its second full week, members of Congress and the White House intensified their efforts around a deal to fund the government, with at least one part of the healthcare...
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