http://www.modernhealthcare.com Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare en-us 144 21 http://www.modernhealthcare.com http://www.modernhealthcare.com/graphics/icons/rss.gif Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST Albuquerque-based Lovelace Health System announced that it has closed on a deal to acquire Roswell (N.M.) Regional Hospital, a 26-bed for-profit facility. Terms were not disclosed. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120204/NEWS/302039963 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:30:00 EST Three provider groups this week criticized the Internal Revenue Service for the way the agency issued the revised Schedule H section of the Form 990 that hospitals file. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120203/NEWS/302039960 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:30:00 EST Two CMS anti-fraud programs, whose Jan. 1 launch was scrubbed because of provider concerns, will start in June instead, according to the agency. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120203/NEWS/302039970 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:45:00 EST The IRS issued proposed regulations to implement the 2.3% medical device excise tax created by the 2010 federal healthcare overhaul. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120203/NEWS/302039971 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:45:00 EST Ascension Health Care Network, the for-profit joint venture between the largest U.S. Catholic health system and a private-equity firm, is in talks with two New Jersey hospitals about the possible development of a new Catholic system in the state. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120203/NEWS/302039968 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:45:00 EST The healthcare sector added about 31,000 jobs in January, rising about 0.2% to some 14.2 million workers since December, according to new, preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120203/NEWS/302039965 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:30:00 EST The American Medical Association is taking second aim in its call to federal officials to halt the planned and federally mandated 2013 rollout of the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision family of procedural and diagnostic codes. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120203/NEWS/302039989 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:30:00 EST MediSwipe, a Los Angeles-based provider of merchant payment services and financial products for the healthcare industry, signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets of ReachMeDaily.com, a social media network used by residents in nursing homes... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120203/NEWS/302039988 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:45:00 EST Telecommunications giant Telus expanded its reach into Canada's healthcare information technology market after its healthcare division, Telus Health Solutions, announced it had acquired Wolf Medical Systems, a Canadian IT vendor that specializes in... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120203/NEWS/302039987 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 08:15:00 EST More not-for-profit hospitals saw their credit ratings downgraded than upgraded in 2011, for the sixth consecutive year, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120203/NEWS/302039962