A heated takeover battle has erupted around generic-drug company Actavis as industry players seek to shore themselves up amid increasing competition and fewer new knock-off-drug opportunities. FULL STORY »
The acute-care hospital Producer Price Index dropped 0.6% in April, preliminary data show. The decline is the largest one-month slide for the hospital inflation measure since January 2004, the first month for which data are available. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare staff | May 15, 2013
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Congressional Budget Office analysts sharply lowered their projections for the next decade's outlays on Medicare, Medicaid and covering the uninsured under the healthcare reform law. FULL STORY »
Some restaurant operators are scaling back expansion plans because of uncertainty about the expense of insuring employees under the new federal healthcare law. FULL STORY »
Not-for-profit Billings (Mont.) Clinic and for-profit, Brentwood, Tenn.-based RegionalCare Hospital Partners have formed a joint venture that seeks to draw on the operational expertise and financial resources of both organizations. FULL STORY »
The Obama administration issued the rules Monday to carry out a major hospital Medicaid cut, even as it is trying to delay the reduction scheduled to begin in five months. FULL STORY »
Memorial Medical Center in Ludington, Mich., is the latest hospital with plans to become a member of Spectrum Health. Memorial has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to join the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based not-for-profit system. FULL STORY »
Home health and hospice companies weathered a tough first quarter that was evident in bottom-line results that could not keep pace with last year. FULL STORY »
Total spending on prescription drugs declined last year as more Americans filled prescriptions for lower-cost generics and some filled fewer prescriptions in general, according to a new study. FULL STORY »
By Judy Greenwald, Business Insurance | May 09, 2013
Quest Diagnostics Inc. will pay a $70,000 penalty and no longer automatically disqualify job applicants with prior arrests or criminal convictions as part of a settlement agreement with the New York attorney general's office. FULL STORY »
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