Group Health to lead study on gaps in medical care

Group Health to lead study on gaps in medical care
Nearly every patient has experienced the problem: bad “handoffs” in health care. A family practice doctor refers you to a specialist who might then recommend outpatient surgery.
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Health Caring podcast: When medical bills pile up, fight back

Health Caring podcast: When medical bills pile up, fight back
Today’s topic: Medical Billing: Keeping you and your pocketbook healthy. Often, the bills you get from your doctor or insurance company aren’t what you really have to pay. Our guest: Harvey Matoren, president and CEO of Claims Security of America, a Jacksonville-based health insurance claim-filing consultant. [...]

BIO Praises Public Health Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Review as Critical First Step in …

BIO Praises Public Health Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Review as Critical First Step in …
BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwood released statement on Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Review released yesterday by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. In his statement, Greenwood expressed pleasure “that the Administration is highlighting this critical component of [...]

Research and Markets: Minimum Medical Loss Ratios: How Health Plans Should Prepare for the January Compliance …

Research and Markets: Minimum Medical Loss Ratios: How Health Plans Should Prepare for the January Compliance …
DUBLIN—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Minimum Medical Loss Ratios: How Health Plans Should Prepare for the January Compliance Requirements – A 60 Minute Webinar” audioconference to their offering.
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Strive To Reform Health Care, Association Of American Medical Colleges President Tells Students, Residents

Strive To Reform Health Care, Association Of American Medical Colleges President Tells Students, Residents
Darrell Kirch, M.D., president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges, took the stage July 29 during the 37th AAFP National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Students in Kansas City, Mo., to urge family medicine residents and students to [...]

Medical association seeks fix for broken health system

Medical association seeks fix for broken health system
Canadians are not getting value for money in the health-care system and it needs to be “massively transformed,” according to the group representing Canada’s doctors.
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Hurley Medical Center to host Back to School Health Fair

Hurley Medical Center to host Back to School Health Fair
Hurley Medical Center will host a Back to School Health Fair Aug. 4 at the Great Lakes Technology Centre, 4000 S. Saginaw St., accessed by the Hemphill Road entrance.
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Health, rights groups say ethnic Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan being denied medical treatment, refuge

Health, rights groups say ethnic Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan being denied medical treatment, refuge
International health and rights groups said Wednesday that minority ethnic Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan are being deprived of medical treatment and opportunities to seek refuge in neighboring U…
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Upper Chesapeake Health, UM Medical System buy land for expansion

Upper Chesapeake Health, UM Medical System buy land for expansion
Upper Chesapeake Health and the University of Maryland Medical System have purchased 70 acres of land in Havre de Grace for future expansion.
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St. Francis Medical Center’s health system receives honors for patient care

St. Francis Medical Center’s health system receives honors for patient care
Four hospitals in Nebraska are part of a health system that has been named as one of the best in the nation for patient care.
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