Showing posts with label Cost of Healthcare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cost of Healthcare. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Report: Americans Give Online Thumbs Down To #healthinsurers – Capsules - The KHN Blog #healthcare #hcsm #mdchat #rnchat

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By Christian Torres October 3rd, 2011, 6:02 AM Americans’ dislike for health insurers is a trending topic. Seventy percent of social media ...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Top 5 Don’ts for Doctors in Primary Care - By RONI CARYN RABIN-NYTimes.com

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Antibiotics for sore throats and CT scans for minor head injuries in children are among the most wasteful practices in primary care medici...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Swimmer's ear is a common and expensive malady that can be prevented- Linda Shrieves, latimes.com

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By Linda Shrieves, Orlando Sentinel - Swimm...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Rising health care costs put focus on illegal immigrants - USATODAY.com

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Juan Perez had stomach pains for a month before deciding to visit a health clinic here that is open Thursday nights so migrant farmworkers ...

Action For Better Healthcare » Finally a roadmap for a coordinated approach to patient care

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released their long anticipated regulations dealing with ten pages of the 2,200-page March 2010...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

ACP Calls for National Strategy on Healthcare for Immigrants

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A South Carolina bill that would make it illegal to transport undocumented persons to a hospital and other legislative efforts to deny medi...

Feds: NH hospital to pay $2.2 million settlement - Boston.com

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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center will pay more than $2.2 million to settle charges it improperly billed various federal health programs, ...
Saturday, April 23, 2011

Patients Are Not Consumers - NYTimes.com

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Earlier this week, The Times reported on Congressional backlash against the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a key part of efforts to r...

N.Y. Taxpayers May Pay Big $$$ for Heart Transplant for Convicted Rapist - FoxNews.com

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Taxpayers may pay $800,000 to give a life-saving heart transplant to an upstate rapist whose crime of incest was so "grotesquely crimi...
Friday, April 22, 2011

More senior citizens are dying at home - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com

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By John Dorschner jdorschner@MiamiHerald.com After years of experts and patient...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Drugs: Spending on prescriptions is slowing - Health Key

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mericans consume a lot of prescription drugs. And they seem especially fond of those to lower their cholesterol, relieve their heartburn, c...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Is the US healthcare system too litigious or too careless? | boxcuttersinc

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In a recent study published in  Health Affairs , researchers at the University of Utah and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement found ...

Should Emergency Departments Turn Away Nonurgent Patients? - TIME

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A few weeks ago, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) launched a campaign to derail proposed policies to reduce the use of ...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Rand: High-deductible health plans produce good and bad outcomes | Healthcare Finance News

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A new study by the Rand Corporation indicates people on high-deductible health plans significantly reduce their healthcare spending – but t...

Want Medicare To Pay For Home Care? See Your Doctor : Shots - Health Blog : NPR

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Starting next month, seniors getting health care in their homes will have to see a doctor to make sure they actually need the service. Ot...
Sunday, April 3, 2011

Men avoid the doctor, survey finds - Chicago Sun-Times

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Almost half of men 18 to 50 don’t have a primary-care physician, and a third haven’t had a checkup in more than a year, a new survey shows....
Friday, April 1, 2011

New Health Dialogue (NewHealthDialog) on Twitter

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New Health Dialogue @NewHealthDialog Washington, D.C. Policy blog focusing on issues of cost, coverage, and quality in health ...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Most Canadians see health care as top issue: poll - CTV News

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A growing number of Canadians see health care, ahead of the economy, as the top issue facing the country, according to a new poll. The ...

amednews: Model legislation drafted for out-of-network balance billing :: March 29, 2011 ... American Medical News

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A legislative organization calls on hospitals, insurers and physicians to disclose when patients must pay for care. By Emily Berry , ame...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

New Health Insurance Survey: 9 Million Adults Joined Ranks of Uninsured Due to Job Loss in 2010; Few Viable Health Insurance Options Exist for Unemployed - The Commonwealth Fund

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An estimated nine million working-age adults—57 percent of people who had health insurance through a job that was lost—became uninsured in ...