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> The Food and Drug Administration will accelerate approval for Merck & Co. to develop a new cancer drug to treat melanoma, according to the Wall Street Journal. Article
> Aetna and Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance, a comprehensive accountable care network of more than 2,500 physicians in Texas, will began an accountable care collaboration, the insurer announced. Statement
Health Finance News
> Medical marijuana could provide a remedy to the ever-rising healthcare costs in the U.S., according to the Motley Fool. Article
> Companies waiting to bid for a recovery audit contractor RAC pact from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will have to wait. A ruling by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims likely pushed the bidding process back by as much as a year, RacMonitor reports. Article
Health IT News
> Only weeks away from the original ICD-10 deadline, just 11 percent of healthcare organizations said they are fully ready to implement the new coding system, according to a survey by SearchHealthIT and the College of Healthcare Management Executives. Article
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