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Universities receiving kickbacks from health plans?

November 17, 2008 — 11:43am ET | By Anne Zieger
Everyone is worried about kickbacks doctors may be receiving from insurance companies or medical device manufacturers, but that's apparently not where the payola ends. It seems New York is now... Read more...

India benefits from fertility-related medical tourism

October 23, 2008 — 9:55am ET | By Anne Zieger
With health plans beginning to cover medical tourism, India is finding its medical tourism business booming, especially when it comes to fertility treatments. It's little wonder, either; after all,... Read more...

Have cancer drug prices topped out?

October 13, 2008 — 2:27pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Today, most pharmaceutical companies see oncology medications as their best hope for big future earnings, as these drugs have big pricetags and offer unique benefits. In the future, however, some... Read more...

CA finalizes bills boosting patient privacy

October 2, 2008 — 1:31pm ET | By Anne Zieger
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a new law that imposes tougher penalties for violations of patient privacy as well as for serious medical errors. Under the terms of the bill, the... Read more...

Provena Covenant's tax exemption in jeopardy again

August 28, 2008 — 12:15pm ET | By Anne Zieger
For years now, Provena Covenant Medical Center has battled to keep its property tax exemption, after the Illinois Department of Revenue's Brian Hamer ruled that the facility's charity care... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Providers fight self-insured plans for payments

May 29, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Increasingly, self-insured insurance plans offered by large employers and labor unions have become a worry for employers, who say that these plans aren't paying their claims in a reasonable amount... Read more...

MA physician group files suit over rankings

May 22, 2008 — 6:59am ET
The Massachusetts Medical Society has filed suit to stop a scheme under which doctors are ranked using cost and quality metrics by health plans working with an agency overseeing health insurance... Read more...

Congress passes bill banning genetic discrimination

May 2, 2008 — 6:59am ET
In a landmark action, Congress has approved a bill banning genetic discrimination. The bill, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, forbids employers and insurance companies from using... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Doctor says shunning insurers is the solution

April 16, 2008 — 6:59am ET
In this editorial, an internist describes how it's benefited him to drop all of his insurance contracts completely. He argues that insurance actually raises the prices of care by adding a middleman,... Read more...

Physicians now have many choices

April 11, 2008 — 6:59am ET
A few weeks ago, I called to schedule a visit with my family's primary care doctor, and was surprised to learn that he had left the group. My doctor, a young man in his first few years as a... Read more...
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