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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Out-of-hours GP services are suffering because of a lack of funding from regional health bosses, doctors say.
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HALIFAX (CP) - Nova Scotia taxpayers are on the hook for $642,000 charged to an American patient who spent 183 days in a Halifax hospital before dying without paying.
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OTTAWA -- The federal government is kicking in billions in extra bucks for a health-care deal with the provinces -- but that won&#39;t leave much cash in Ottawa&#39;s piggy bank for anything else, analysts say.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ -- An insurance company facing a lawsuit by the Medical Society of New Jersey agreed Thursday to temporarily halt its efforts to recoup $15 million in alleged overpayments to doctors.
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TORONTO -- Health organizations had a lukewarm reaction to the provincial government&#39;s announcement yesterday of a plan to revamp Ontario&#39;s health-care system to cut wait times and integrate services, saying it lacks concrete action while adding another
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Business & money: Firm blames rising costs of wholesale gas and coal for 15% increase affecting 5.3m households
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada&#39;s premiers have presented a counter-proposal that asks Prime Minister Paul Martin to shell out $5.3 billion a year in new health-care money.
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NHS underspent by Â£510m last year as result of stringent cuts imposed by health secretary.
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The NHS looks like it has underspent by nearly Â£500m last year after making cuts amid pressure to avoid a deficit, early data shows.
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The OFT says that the NHS is paying hundreds of millions of pounds too much for branded drugs.
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The government's Money Claim Online small claims service is being overwhelmed by claims for bank charges.
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Free personal and nursing care appears to be costing much more than expected, according to executive figures.
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A heart patient who had no health insurance is suing Inova Health System, alleging that he was overcharged and subjected to aggressive collection procedures.
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The attorney general is looking into whether insurers forced patients to overpay for out-of-network doctors.
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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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