Newly Insured Treasure Medicaid, But Growing Pains Felt
People newly covered by the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 Medicaid expansion appreciate their insurance. But seeing specialists is still a hurdle for many.
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Insurers Find Out-Of-Network Bills As Much As 1,400 Percent Higher
Insurers’ study points to the need for limits on out-of-network billing by doctors and hospitals. The American Medical Association calls the report “grossly misleading.”
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How One Minority Community In California Is Fighting 鈥楨nvironmental Injustice鈥
Residents say a lead battery recycler鈥檚 decades of contamination in low-income, largely Latino neighborhoods of Los Angeles County wouldn鈥檛 have been tolerated in wealthier areas.
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Kids With Ebola? Texas Children鈥檚 Hospital Is Ready If It Happens In U.S.
One of the 55 hospitals nationwide that the CDC named as future 鈥淓bola treatment centers鈥 is Texas Children鈥檚 Hospital in Houston. One year after the first confirmed case of Ebola in the U.S., the hospital is about to open a new eight-bed biocontainment wing — the only one of its kind for children in the country.
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Pecked By A Chicken? Sucked Into A Jet Engine? There鈥檚 a Code For That
Voluminous and sometimes wacky new medical diagnostic codes in 鈥淚CD-10鈥 have staffers at hospitals and doctors鈥 offices reaching for bromides.聽
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GAO: More Oversight Needed Over Medicare Advantage Provider Networks
Congressional watchdog says the government checks few health plans to ensure accurate provider listings and adequate access for seniors on Medicare Advantage.
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Poll Finds Overwhelming Support For Medicare Paying For End-Of-Life Talks
The plan to include funding in the health law for these discussions between doctors and patients was vehemently opposed by some Republicans, but 8 of 10 Americans support the practice.
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Think Health Prices Are High Near You? Maybe Yes 鈥 And No
The Health Care Cost Institute鈥檚 analysis of billing claims from three of the biggest commercial insurers finds that health services can be expensive in some areas while bargains in others. The findings complicate an assumption about health care markets.
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Wellness In the Workplace
Privacy Advocates Urge Stronger Protection Of Employee Health Data
Existing laws designed to control what doctors and hospitals do with your information need to be expanded to employers鈥 wellness programs, say advocates.
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Wellness In The Workplace
7 Questions To Ask Your Employer About Wellness Privacy
Workplace wellness programs have joined doctors, hospitals and your mother in the campaign to get you healthy. Will they treat your data carefully?
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Wellness In The Workplace
Workplace Wellness Programs Put Employee Privacy At Risk
A large variety of information may be collected by wellness programs and shared with others, including businesses eager to make a buck off of it.
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Airports’ Backscatter Security Scanners Easily Meet Radiation Standards, Panel Says
The National Academies of Science panel, however, did not address the question of whether these X-ray machines, which are currently not in use because of privacy concerns, are safe.
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Prisons And Jails Forcing Inmates To Cover Some Medical Care Costs
Although the government is responsible for providing health services to people in jail, prisoners are still often expected to pay for the treatment.
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Coping with Autism and Puberty
A family struggles with what to do when an autistic adolescent becomes aggressive.聽
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Hospital Workers Find Solace In Pausing After A Death
Sometimes, no matter how hard emergency workers try, nothing can save a patient. One nurse says after the frenzy stops, taking time to reflect on that death helps him cope. And the idea is spreading.
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Clinton Seeks To Build On Health Law, But Does She Have The Rx For Rising Health Costs?
The Democratic president candidate鈥檚 proposals to save consumers money are questioned by experts and health industry officials.
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D.C. Women To Get Access To Full Year鈥檚 Worth Of Contraceptives
The new law is only the second in the country that allows women to get a year鈥檚 prescription at one time.
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Seniors Tell Medical Students What They Need From Doctors
Many students avoid geriatrics because of the low pay and high complications, but six people over 90 offer a different perspective to help attract young doctors.
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Contraceptive Implant Under Microscope Amid Questions of Safety, Altered Trial Data
Essure has generated more than 5,000 complaints of serious side effects.
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Stemming The Cycle Of Toxic Stress 鈥 For The Kids鈥 Sake
An Oregon pediatrician is among a growing number of doctors nationally trying to help families whose kids are at risk of experiencing trauma with lifelong health consequences.
