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8 min ago | The Gazette

Data shows differences in charges at Corridor hospitals

Depending on where a patient goes for care in the Corridor, average charges billed by a hospital for the same procedure can vary significantly, according to data released earlier this month .

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Related Topix: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA, Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Health

1 hr ago | Tuscon Citizen

Medicare History: Tucson's Congressman Mo Udall

After reading the Washington Post article that looks back on t he start up of Medicare in 1966 , I googled "Udall and Medicare" to find documents I had come across a few years ago.

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Related Topix: Health, Tucson, AZ

5 hrs ago | Oakland Post

Huffman to Host Town Hall Meetings on Social Security and Medicare

Congressman Jared Huffman will be hosting town hall meetings on Social Security and Medicare in California's Second Congressional District.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Social Security, US News, Representative Jared Huffman, US House of Representatives, Personal Finance, Democrat, Health, San Rafael, CA

Fri May 24, 2013

Reuters

Federal agency accepts Nevada hospital's plan to curb patient-dumping

Federal authorities approved a Nevada hospital's proposal on Friday for correcting deficiencies that led to newly discharged psychiatric patients being bused out of state without adequate plans for continued care.

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Related Topix: Health, Medicaid, Medicine, Psychiatry

Cincinnati CityBeat

Phone-a-Thon to Help Enroll Ohio Children into Medicaid

A "phone-a-thon" is seeking to address one of the main issues public officials have faced when trying to provide health coverage to low-income Americans: awareness.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, Ohio, Cincinnati, OH

National Review Online

The Corner

Having been away last week and part of this one, I've been catching up on my favorite blogs, and this now almost ancient post by Jonathan Chait seems worth a word .

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Health

Health Data Management

CMS Data: 95% of Medicare RAC 'Corrections' Are Overpayments

Insights into Physician Satisfaction : Deloitte's annual survey of physicians reveals checkered attitudes about the future of medicine and the use of EHR technology.

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Gretna Breeze

Medicare withholds $1M from metro Omaha, Lincoln hospitals over readmissions

Methodist Hospital home health nurse Maria Hackenberg visited Dan Simpson in his home in Valley to check on his postsurgical recovery.

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Related Topix: Health, Family, Elderly (Senior Citizen), Medicaid, Heart Failure

The Yadkin Ripple Incorporated

When liberals love privatization

Remember Where's Waldo? Imagine for a moment that he had the word "privatization" stitched on his colorful little cap, and see if you can spot him in this word picture: North Carolina spends billions of dollars a year funding a critical service.

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Related Topix: Non-Profit, Education, School Vouchers, Medicaid, Health, Pat McCrory, US Governors

Thu May 23, 2013

BusinessWeek

The Deficit Is Shrinking

On May 14, as Washington officialdom was transfixed by the IRS scandal, the Congressional Budget Office announced that the budget deficit will shrink this fiscal year to $642 billion, or just 4 percent of gross domestic product.

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Related Topix: Health, Medicaid, Social Security, Personal Finance, US Politics, John McCain, US News, Joe Biden

The Heritage Foundation

The Obama Medicare Agenda: Why Seniors Will Fare Worse

Today's seniors are facing higher Medicare costs. Over the next five years, current law, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, already guarantees higher out-of-pocket costs for seniors.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicine, Nursing

Dallas Morning News

Parkland faces another form of federal oversight that the Dallas...

The Dallas public hospital already has operated under a rare form of safety monitoring imposed by health regulators during the last 18 months to correct widespread care failures.

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Related Topix: Dallas, TX, Healthcare Law, Law, Health, Medicaid

The Hill

Seniors satisfied with Medicare Part D preferred network plans

While preferred physician and hospital networks have long been used to reduce costs, there is a growing realization that pharmacy networks can also save money.

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Related Topix: Health

Business Journal

Medicare payments impact private rates

Low Medicare payments to hospitals result in lower private rates for inpatient care, a new study by the Center for Studying Health System Change found.

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Related Topix: Health

Business Journal

Mass. hospitals' $250M 'Bay State Boondoggle' rolls into legislative intensive care

The Massachusetts congressional delegation reportedly held an emergency meeting Wednesday to try to save a patient whose prognosis isn't good - a $250 million annual subsidy to Massachusetts hospitals, paid out of other states' pockets.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Richard Neal, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, Healthcare Law, Law, Health, Medicine, Nursing

Mental Help Net

Children Who Have CT Scans May Face Higher Cancer Risk

Children and teens exposed to radiation during CT scans are 24 percent more likely to develop cancer, according to a large, long-term study.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

McKnightsonline.com

Judge dismisses claims of 'nationwide' Medicare fraud in Omnicare antipsychotics case

Long-term care pharmacy Omnicare will not face against charges that it engaged in "nationwide" Medicare fraud for off-label antipsychotics prescriptions, a federal judge recently ruled.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Health, Long Term Care

Philly.com

Cost of treating strokes in U.S. could soar to $180B annually by 2030

Over the next two decades, the cost of treating strokes in the United States is expected to more than double, topping more than $180 billion a year, according to new research.

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Related Topix: University of South Carolina, Medical University of South Carolina, Healthcare Law, Law, Health, Manhasset, NY

Wed May 22, 2013

SanLuisObispo.com

Medical company declines to answer Senate questions on Medicare billing

Jon Letko of U.S. Healthcare Supply LLC, based in Milford, N.J., exercised his constitutional right not to incriminate himself at the hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Health, Marketing, Milford, NJ, US Politics, US News, Claire McCaskill, US Senate, Democrat

Daily Kos

Bernanke to Congress: Enough with the austerity, already

Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke is over austerity and, in typical Fed speak, did his best to convince the members of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress that just maybe their efforts would be better focused on creating jobs than crafting for more deficit-cutting policies.

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Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Healthcare Law, Law, Social Security, Personal Finance, Health, US News, Liberal Political News