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Cedars-Sinai stands out for steep pricing
When Medicare disclosed average charges from thousands of U.S. hospitals for 100 common procedures last week, only one hospital was near the top in every category: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Be it a cardiac stent, a hip replacement or a...
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Senate approves Obama choice to head Medicare
WASHINGTON – In an unusual break in the partisan warring over healthcare, the Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Obama's choice to oversee the mammoth Medicare and Medicaid health programs. Marilyn Tavenner, a former hospital executive and...
Tags: Eric Cantor, Tom Harkin, Elections, Medicaid, Health Insurance
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Medicare charges vary widely at California hospitals, new data show
Federal officials are shedding new light on how much hospital bills vary across Southern California and the rest of the country. Medicare released pricing information Wednesday for more than 3,300 U.S. hospitals on the top 100 procedures and...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pneumonia, Healthcare Policies, Gallbladder Removal, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Hospital prices diverge wildly, U.S. data show
New Medicare data reveal wildly varying charges among the nation's hospitals for 100 of the most common in-patient treatments and procedures, calling into question medical billing practices just as U.S. officials try to rein in rising costs. The...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Personal Income, Prices, Healthcare Policies, Pneumonia
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California calls for more disclosure of medical costs [video chat]
California officials are looking to build on a federal effort to disclose more healthcare pricing information to consumers. Medicare officials released new data this week that showed wildly different hospital charges across the nation for 100 of the...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pneumonia, Healthcare Policies, Consumers, Insurance
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Is $1,721.75 the bill you'd expect for treating a cut?
It was your basic, run-of-the-mill accident. Kim Haselhoff's 9-year-old son got nipped in the finger by one of the family dogs. It didn't seem too serious, but there was a bit of blood. Unfortunately, the pediatrician's office had just closed, and the...
Tags: Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, Aetna Inc., Walmart, Medical Procedures and Tests
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The wrong way for Washington to avoid defaulting
It's rare that the president explicitly pledges to veto a bill -- usually, the White House says the president's advisors would "recommend" a veto -- but that's what happened Tuesday. The measure in question is HR 807, the Full Faith and Credit Act, by...
Tags: Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Republican Party, U.S. Department of Defense, Tom McClintock
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Comparing healthcare prices
With increasingly wide-ranging costs for medical procedures, here are some resources to help you find and understand medical prices. • Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Data base shows charges for the 100 most common hospital-based...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Prices, Insurance, Health Treatments, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Workers fired from Nevada hospital accused of 'patient dumping'
Two employees have been fired and three others disciplined at a Las Vegas hospital accused of "patient dumping" -- sending mentally ill patients to other states, including California. The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Starbucks Corp., Chemical Industry, Brian Sandoval, Pharmaceuticals
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Feds take action over alleged patient dumping at Nevada hospital
SAN FRANCISCO -- Following state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg's call for an investigation, federal authorities have taken disciplinary action against a Nevada hospital in an alleged case of "patient dumping" in California. In a letter...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Brian Sandoval, Schizophrenia, Government, Politics
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L.A. jury finds three guilty in $1.5-million Medicare fraud scheme
A federal jury in Los Angeles found an Anaheim physician and two others guilty this week for their roles in a $1.5-million Medicare fraud scheme involving power wheelchairs. At trial, federal prosecutors said that Godwin Onyeabor, 49, an officer at...Tags: Trials, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, General Practitioners, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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How to handle medical bill problems
When Keith Yaskin and his wife, Loren, rushed their 2-year-old son to the hospital with a dangerous infection in his neck, they weren't thinking about how much his care would cost. After his three-day inpatient stay with nonstop intravenous antibiotics,...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Officers, Consumers
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