Inquiry Set on Health Care Billing
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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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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday he is conducting an industry-wide probe of health insurers into an alleged scheme to defraud consumers by manipulating reimbursement rates.
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Many companies are playing a bigger role in managing and monitoring their workersâ health in an effort to cut health care costs.
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Physician reimbursement accounts for a third of the increase, and it could become a target for political battle. Washington -- The steep rise in next year&#39;s Medicare Part B premiums can be tied in part to
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Patients who want to see a GP in the evening should face a charge, some family doctors say.
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SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES  - California's insurance commissioner said on Tuesday he would audit the state's leading health insurers as regulators pursue more than $1 billion in penalties related to alleged claims violations at UnitedHealth Group Inc's PacifiCare unit.
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Concern is raised about a new service brought in to provide medical cover outside surgery hours.
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A Senate panel is examining complex billing and interest-rate practices for credit cards that critics say confuse consumers and can push them deeper into debt.
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The federal government would charge affluent seniors more for drug coverage and require doctors and hospitals to use electronic medical records under proposals released by the Bush administration yesterday to corral rising spending in the Medicare program.
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The American Medical Association said  on Monday it will ask state and federal health authorities to  investigate retail health clinics such as those offered in  CVS/Caremark stores , Wal-Mart Stores  and  Walgreen Co.  for possible conflicts of interest.
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TORONTO -- The spectre of Ontario&#39;s controversial health-care premium returned to haunt the Liberal government Monday amid a growing controversy over whether some unionized workers should be expected to pay for it.
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Montgomery County ponders investment needed to expand health care initiative.
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The US Justice Department is investigating the medical supply industry over concerns that some health care providers bilked government programs including Medicare, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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The case appears to be focused on whether hospitals are fraudulently overcharging Medicare and other programs for goods.
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PORTLAND, Ore.  -- Federal investigators are looking into patient care at the hospital made famous in the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," where there have been reports of abuse, short staffing and overcrowding.
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Democratic presidential contender Bill Richardson was discussing his health care plan recently when he paused to toss out a question and a request. "How will I pay for it? Ask me!"
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Questions are being raised about the NHS's ability to push ahead with plans to close services.