NS health system slammed for $15.5M in overdue accounts
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HALIFAX - Nova Scotia&#39;s auditor general has condemned the provincial health system for failing to collect $15.5 million in overdue bills - including $640,000 racked up by one uninsured foreigner.
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New Yorkâs attorney general is looking into if insurers forced patients to overpay for out-of-network doctors.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada&#39;s premiers are set to present a counter-proposal that asks Prime Minister Paul Martin to shell out over $5 billion a year in new health-care money.
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When Robert Payne, 61, needed back surgery last year, he said he wasn't worried about how to pay for it. Payne, a self-employed architect in Richmond, pulled $5,500 -- the amount of his health insurance deductible for such procedures -- from a savings account he uses exclusively for medical expenses. His insurance covered the rest.
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Calgary - Kelley Charlebois, whose contracts with the health department drew criticism from the auditor general, says the rates he charged the province weren&#39;t excessive.
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The NHS balanced its books last year, running a surplus of more than Â£500m, but many parts were still in debt.
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HealthSouth, the US hospital operator, on Thursday settled allegations that it defrauded federal health insurance programmes by agreeing to pay $325m.
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New Yorkâs attorney general is looking into whether insurers overcharged patients for out-of-network doctors.
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The American Cancer Society this week will take its biggest step ever into the politics of health care reform, spending $15 million in advertising on behalf of Americans with too little health insurance or none at all.
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Ontario Health Organizations have given a lukewarm response to the province&#39;s plan for the health care system. Health Minister George Smitherman is establishing a health-results team to cut waiting times.
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The National Health Service (NHS) is paying hundreds of millions of pounds too much for branded medicines, using up funds that could be spent on other needs, the competition watchdog has said.
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The introduction of electronic patient records as part of a Â£6.8bn NHS IT upgrade comes under attack from MPs.
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ATLANTA -- The American Cancer Society this week will take its biggest step ever into the politics of health care reform, spending $15 million in advertising on behalf of Americans with too little health insurance or none at all.
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NHS underspent by Â£510m last year as result of stringent cuts imposed by health secretary.
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Two East San Jose hospitals owned by HCA Inc. have lost a combined $117.5 million over the last five years, raising concerns that the for-profit hospital chain&#39;s $110 million renovation plans for the area could be in jeopardy.
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Inova Health System, one of Virginia&#39;s largest nonprofit hospital chains, is being sued in federal court for allegedly overcharging uninsured patients and then using &quot;aggressive and humiliating&quot; techniques to collect.
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National Australia Bank, capping off a horror year, unveiled a 15 per cent fall in annual earnings on Wednesday and warned against expectations of a quick fix for its myriad operational and cultural problems.