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CMS Outsourcing Creation of “Meaningful Use” Database to Northrop Grumman in a $34 Million Contract
San Ramon :: CA :: USA | 3 years ago
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Northrop Grumman is the contractor and works with Companion Data Services, who also just happens to be a provider of healthcare insurance, just goes to show one more instance where they have their hands into everything. (Maybe they are bringing
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Go online to check Community Hospital’s prices
Grand Junction :: CO :: USA | 3 years ago
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Go online to check Community Hospital's prices Want to know how much your hospital bill will be before you go? Community Hospital, the first hospital in the state and only one of a handful of health care agencies nationwide, posts prices for its
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Doctors: 5 gripes about the health law
Omaha :: NE :: USA | 3 years ago
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We can be sued into oblivion Doctors' fear of multi-million dollar lawsuits is pushing them to practice " defensive medicine ." More doctors are ordering additional tests and procedures not based on need but fear of liability. The government
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Medicare reimbursement issue frustrates doctors
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 3 years ago
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On Thursday, President Barack Obama signed the Continuing Extension Act of 2010, retroactive to April 1, which blocks the reduction in reimbursement until June 1, the third time this year it has been pushed back. "They just keep kicking the can down
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California's higher hospital costs add to health insurance hikes
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 3 years ago
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Here's one about rising health insurance rates in California: Sharp jumps in hospital costs are a big part of the story. A Bee analysis of financial data from 300 hospitals statewide shows they collected $25 billion from insurance companies between
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Colorado's hospital fee plan wins federal approval
Denver :: CO :: USA | 3 years ago
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The green light from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services means the state can move forward with its plan to charge hospitals $600 million in fees on patient care and then use that money to draw down a similar amount in matching federal
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Quick care? Pay cash
Kingman :: AZ :: USA | 3 years ago
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Even when the new legislation takes full effect and everyone has insurance coverage in 2014, Petersen hopes to continue performing outpatient surgery for cash patients or those who pay by credit card. And he says it's not just because his $2,000
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Lee Memorial accused of age discrimination, retaliation by ex-employee
Fort Myers :: FL :: USA | over 3 years ago
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A former trauma center employee of the Lee Memorial Health System has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against the hospital system, alleging she was rejected for more than 14 positions for which she was qualified, according to the complaint...She
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If Congress permits cuts in Medicare payments, seniors might not get needed care
Seattle :: WA :: USA | over 3 years ago
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Guest columnist Patrick Hugh McClean urges Congress to intervene as it has in years past, otherwise, Medicare patients might have a hard time finding doctors willing to treat them...Or your dad has no one to manage his high blood pressure and heart
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Kids caught in Medicaid pay crossfire
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | over 3 years ago
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Gotlieb said getting paid "fairly" by Medicaid is such a problem for Georgia's doctors that many are no longer taking new patients, or dropping patients altogether. Others, she said, are going out of business because the payments from the program don'
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