Recent Posts in Healthcare Category
Posted on Mar 13, 2009 By KBLAdmin
In 1996, the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) was established to ensure that people who lost their jobs were able to remain insured. Under HIPPA, insurers must offer ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From U.S. News and World Report WEDNESDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- In a continuing effort to prevent counterfeit and adulterated medications from reaching American consumers, the U.S. Food and Drug ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From the Associated Press:AP: Californians' Access to Emergency Healthcare in Jeopardy A coalition of emergency doctors took the state to court Tuesday over low reimbursement rates for Medi-Cal ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2009 By KBLAdmin
Raymond Boucher of Kiesel Boucher Larson filed a lawsuit today, on behalf of emergency room doctors, against the State of California. The complaint says that California's emergency healthcare ...
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Posted on Jan 15, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From Bloomberg:UnitedHealth to Settle Over $400 Million in Manipulated Payments to Doctors By Avram Goldstein and Karen Freifeld Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) -- UnitedHealth Group Inc., the biggest U.S. health ...
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