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Quest Diagnostics to offer genetic tests for breast cancer risk

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 and other companies that plan to offer less-expensive testing still face legal battles with the......

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Video Feature: Dr. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, discusses gene patents (3:47)

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Featured Content

Zeroing in on best procurement practices

Modern Healthcare | October 12, 2013
Modern Healthcare's editorial webinar
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New drugs carry hefty price tags

Jaimy Lee | October 05, 2013
The market for drug therapies for rare diseases is becoming increasingly crowded with expensive new products, a Modern Healthcare review of FDA...
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Featured Commentary

A make-or-break year for health IT

Merrill Goozner | October 12, 2013
Information technology officers and their CEOs will be forced to make some tough choices in the months ahead. On a battlefield, it is called triage.
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Physicians and clinical trials

Alex Morillo | September 21, 2013
Clinical trials are conducted under a growing constellation of state and federal regulations aimed at preventing conflicts of interest in the...
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Medical Technology

Webinar roundtable discussion: How will technology drive and impact care across a continuum?

October 10, 2013
In the healthcare environment of the future, quality outcomes and population management, both of which will be tied to reimbursement, will be key...
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Digital Technology Impacting Healthcare

October 10, 2013
Digital Technology Impacting Healthcare is a Modern Healthcare three-part webinar series sponsored by the Greater New York Hospital Association...
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Outsourcing

Privatization deal set for LSU hospitals in north Louisiana

Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press | August 07, 2013
Management of two LSU hospitals in north Louisiana is being turned over to a nonprofit research foundation that has never run a patient care...
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UnitedHealth 2Q profit up as enrollment improves

Associated Press | July 18, 2013
UnitedHealth Group's second-quarter net income rose almost 8%, buoyed by steady enrollment growth and slower-than-expected use of healthcare services.
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Purchasing

CMS extends PQRS sign-up deadline

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...
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Obama touts ACA benefits at Clinton forum

Jessica Zigmond | September 24, 2013
A week before open enrollment begins on the health insurance exchanges, President Barack Obama promoted the benefits of the ACA in a talk Tuesday...
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