Halfway Through My Obamacare Pregnancy

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/10/pregnant-obamacare/410356/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%20Weekly%20Roundup:%20Healthcare%20Dive%2010-17-2015&utm_term=Healthcare%20Dive%20Weekender

Which procedures are mandatory? Which aren’t? And why is it so hard to know?

AHA furious over ruling to exclude ‘orphan’ drugs from 340B program

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/aha-furious-over-ruling-exclude-orphan-drugs-340b-program?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRovu6%2FMZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4IRMFgI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

The ruling means pharmaceutical companies that make orphan drugs do not have to sell then to rural and cancer hospitals at a discount.

Obamacare Has Given Doctors A 3% Pay Raise

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2015/10/04/obamacare-has-given-doctors-a-three-percent-pay-raise/

A demonstrator outside the Supreme Court in support of President Obama’s health law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), holds up a “ACA is Here to Stay” sign June 25, 2015 in Washington after justices ruled 6-3 to save Obamacare tax subsidies.  Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg.

As epidemic grows, the cost of drug addiction weighs on hospital finances

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/epidemic-grows-cost-drug-addiction-weighs-hospital-finances?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRous6XJZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4IScRqI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Systems test out pilot programs that help keep addicts from ending up in the emergency room.

Moda Health’s financial hit due to underfunded federal program larger than expected

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/health-care-inc/2015/10/moda-healths-financial-hit-due-to-underfunded.html?ana=e_ptl_hc&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1444506175

Moda Health's logo adorns Moda Center. The insurance carrier won't get as much money as it had hoped from the "risk corridor" program.

Emerging trends and enduring challenges in U.S. health care

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/health360/posts/2015/10/07-emerging-trends-and-enduring-challenges-in-health-care

Emerging Healthcare Trends

 

The New Congressional Effort To Undermine The Affordable Care Act

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/10/08/the-new-congressional-effort-to-undermine-the-affordable-care-act/

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