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> An FDA panel is considering whether it should require direct-to-consumer advertisers to include a side-effects hotline in every commercial. Read more...
Survey: Universal healthcare would boost MD shortage
When it comes to universal healthcare coverage, it would appear that a significant minority of physicians find the idea to be intolerable, according to a new survey. The survey, by physician Read more...
Case study: OH hospital pays for bills for competing hospitals
One Ohio hospital is so bent on putting together a comparison shopping tool that it's willing to pay patients for competitive information. Alliance (OH) Community Hospital is paying patients $100 for Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: New rules would limit Medicare marketing
Federal regulators have proposed new rules that would set limits on the marketing of private Medicare health plans. The rules would ban unsolicited sales visits and phone calls to beneficiaries, Read more...
Trend: Identity thieves get better at stealing medical records
Recently, identity thieves have become increasingly focused on stealing medical records--and have begun using better methods to get patient data, too. Medical records offer a rich trove of Read more...
UnitedHealth's Ingenix faces mounting legal troubles
A couple of months ago, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo rocked the health plan industry when he filed suit against UnitedHealth Group. In the suit, Cuomo argued that UHG was committing Read more...
When it comes to ED costs, nobody wins
As we all know, things can get pretty tense in the emergency department, particularly for patients who come in because they have no health insurance and can't go anywhere else. Given the price of Read more...
Cigna first-quarter profits drop 80 percent
Uh oh--this can't be good. A multitude of insurers have have posted rather disappointing financial results, including UnitedHealth Group, Humana, Health Net and WellPoint--and now another big Read more...
Congress passes bill banning genetic discrimination
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...
GAO: HSAs are largely tax shelter for wealthy
While health savings accounts have been touted as a way for people of modest means to control their healthcare spending, they're largely being used as tax shelters for prosperous families, according Read more...
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