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State issues finding in Holyoke Medical Center insurance dealings (The Republican)
BOSTON - Directors of the Holyoke Medical Center violated their own policies by failing to independently review and act on conflicts involving the hiring of Goss & McLain Insurance Agency Inc., of Holyoke, the hospital's insurance broker, the state attorney general said Monday.
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Hospital explores insurance alternative (Sonoma Index-Tribune)
Administrators, boardmembers and committees at Sonoma Valley Hospital are exploring the feasibility of establishing an alternative health insurance program through its joint powers authority with three other hospital districts.
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Condell to pay $36M fine to settle fraud allegations (Chicago Tribune)
Condell Medical Center in Libertyville will pay a $36 million settlement to government health programs after the hospital said it accepted improper payments from federal health insurance programs for more than five years, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago said Monday.
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Onyx chief medical officer resigns (San Francisco Business Times)
Dr. Henry Fuchs, chief medical officer at Emeryville’s Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. since September 2005, has resigned. (ONXX)
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Ark. considers insurance program for self-employed (FOX 16 Little Rock)
Only 5,000 Arkansans of a potential 50,000 have enrolled in a state program to provide health insurance to low-income workers through their employers.
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Include Life Insurance in Your 'Must Have' Budget (Lexington Clipper-Herald)
(ARA) - As you re-examine your monthly expenses to cover the escalating costs of food and fuel, it's important to consider life insurance in your plans.
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Report: As economy worsens, many face growing medical debt (BizJournals)
The proportion of working-age Americans with medical bill problems or who are paying off medical debt climbed from 34 percent to 41 percent between 2005 and 2007, according to a comprehensive national study.
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Consensus emerging on universal healthcare (Los Angeles Times)
The prospect of bold government action appears to be accepted among players across the ideological and political spectrum, including those who opposed the idea in the 1990s. After decades of failed efforts to reshape the nation's healthcare system, a consensus appears to be emerging in Washington about how to achieve the elusive goal of providing medical insurance to all Americans.
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Medical bill advocates navigate payment process (Fort Worth Business Press)
When Carlene King was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2007, she didn’t have health insurance. She also didn’t have any debt, and the bills for her surgery, hospital stay, pathology reports, home health care and other services alarmed her.
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Hospital Legal Liability Insurance Reforms Have Led To Improvements In Patient Safety, UK (Medical News Today)
A major reform of the way that NHS hospitals pay for legal liability insurance has led to improvements in patient safety, according to research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Offering discounts on insurance premiums to hospitals that meet certain targets has led to falls in MRSA infection rates.
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