Modern Healthcare Staff

Adam Rubenfire

Former Content Strategist

Adam Rubenfire is a former content strategist. His primary focus is on custom content like articles, white papers and webinars, with additional involvement in events and conferences. Prior to assuming his current role in 2017, he served as Modern Healthcare's supply chain reporter. His work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Automotive News and Crain’s Detroit Business. He has a bachelor’s degree in organizational studies from the University of Michigan. He joined Modern Healthcare in 2014.

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Jewish hospitals keep traditions alive after mergers

The hospital industry's inclination to buy and sell creates challenges for hospitals with Jewish affiliations.
Shortcut key strokes could prove deadly with health records

Frequently used keystrokes are supposed to offer a quick and easy way to replicate text. But careless copying and pasting could to lead to deadly errors in the healthcare industry.
Senate panel to discuss future of FDA user fees

The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee will evaluate the future of the fees the Food and Drug Administration levies on medical products during a hearing Tuesday.
LabCorp hospitals chief promoted to lead diagnostic segment

The head of Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings' hospitals and health systems group will now lead the company's entire diagnostics segment.
N.Y. attorney general nets penalties from health apps for misleading consumers

The makers of three popular health-related mobile apps have reached settlements with the New York attorney general's office over allegations that they could have harmed consumers by giving them wrong or misleading results.
Pharmacy benefit managers skip insurers in new direct-to-consumer deals

In the quest to help patients lower their prescription drug costs and deal with high-deductible health plans, pharmacy benefit managers and tech startups are elbowing out insurers. They're encouraging patients to trade their insurance cards for discount cards when they reach the pharmacy register.
Judge pares Express Scripts claims in Anthem drug pricing battle

A federal judge has dismissed two counterclaims by Express Scripts Holding Co. in a multibillion dollar lawsuit brought on by insurer Anthem over its drug charging policies.
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N.Y. attorney general nets penalties from health apps for misleading consumers

Three popular health-related mobile apps have reached settlements with the New York attorney general's office over allegations of misleading marketing claims and irresponsible privacy practices.
GAO to investigate possible manipulation of orphan drug incentives

Federal auditors are looking into whether the Orphan Drug Act still serves its intended purpose and whether drugmakers may be abusing its incentives to maximize profits.
New PBM programs bypass insurers to offer drug discounts directly to consumers

PBMs and tech startups are responding to underinsurance and the onslaught of high-deductible health plans by cutting out insurers in the quest to help patients lower their prescription drug costs.
Sharing Lean ideas to improve healthcare quality

If a hospital is facing a problem with quality or safety, chances are another facility is having the same problem. That's especially the case with hospital-acquired infections, which can kill over 100,000 patients a year.
FDA warns of adverse events in patients with dissolving stent

The Food and Drug Administration is warning physicians that patients implanted with the nation's only approved dissolvable heart stent may be having more cardiac issues than those with a traditional stent.
W. Va. counties file suit against drug distributors over opioid crisis

County officials in West Virginia have filed a federal lawsuit against drug distributors, saying lax monitoring exacerbated the region's opioid epidemic.