21 Mar

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Los Angeles Times | California emergency room doctors are fighting to preserve a state fund that compensates them for treating poor, uninsured patients at private hospitals — money that lawmakers want to shift to the federal insurance program in order to help bridge the budget...

09 Mar

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ImagingBiz.com | Senior Federal District Judge Roger Vinson has put on hold his ruling that the Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional pending appeal. The move enables the White House to continue implementing reforms aimed at lowering spiraling healthcare costs. At the same time, however, Vinson...

02 Feb

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HealthLeadersMedia | The AMA is urging physicians to take action against inaccurate payments from private health insurers. As part of the launch of its “Heal That Claim” campaign, the AMA is supplying physicians with tools to fight flawed and inefficient claims processing by health insurers. One...

02 Feb

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AuntMinnie.com | A new report published this week has harsh words for digital mammography, saying the technology was adopted due to heavy industry lobbying and is costing the U.S. Medicare system millions more than film-based imaging, despite an alleged lack of evidence that it's any...