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RALEIGH — State lawmakers and investigators are scrutinizing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for its attempt to influence the national health care debate through direct mail and possibly illegal automated phone calls.
ATLANTA (AP) - The insurer that handles Medicaid for Grady Memorial Hospital says it will terminate the hospital's contract Saturday. Hospital officials say that could mean a disruption of care for more than 12,000 patients after Dec. 31.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Aetna fell $.05 or .2 percent, to $29.71. CIGNA fell $.30 or .9 percent, to $32.50. Coventry Healthcare rose $.17 or .7 percent, to $23.38. Humana fell $.08 or .2 percent, to $41.78. UnitedHealth rose $.12 or .4 percent, to $29.68. WellPoint fell $.01 or percent, to $55.15.
ANNAPOLIS — State officials are hopeful that they will receive more help from the federal government to cover the 609,000 Marylanders on Medicaid.
Federal and state prosecutors are each pursuing cases after a joint investigation into alleged Medicaid fraud against two women, one from Barre and the other from Windsor. ... - By LOUIS PORTER VERMONT PRESS BUREAU
The insurer that handles Medicaid for Grady Memorial Hospital says it will terminate the hospital's contract Saturday.
DENVER -- Thousands of drivers on the nation's roads don't carry auto insurance, despite laws in all but two states requiring it. Critics of President Barack Obama's health overhaul plan ask: What are the chances scofflaws will treat a requirement to carry health insurance any differently?
Some herbal supplements may boost the levels of lead in the blood of women, new research shows.
After two years of typhus outbreaks in Travis County, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests in a recent report the once-rare disease in this area might be establishing itself here and "should be considered an ongoing public health threat."
Ohio's "Bundling" approach has some flaws
State lawmakers and attorneys are scrutinizing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for its attempt to influence the national health care debate through direct mail and possibly illegal automated phone calls.
Working Together to Share Records Safely, Improve Care WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Kaiser Permanente today announced an exciting program designed to improve care and services to our Nation's heroes.
Despite the documents he has amassed in his Barrington home and the calls he has made to insurers, state agencies and congressmen, Miguel Milich says he still can't understand exactly what's going on with his Medicare coverage.
The state comptroller's office has amended an audit implicating a local nursing agency for its use of Medicaid funds.
CNN Ad Sales has steered Subaru of America as returning sponsor CNN Heroes, the network's multiplatform initiative that looks to spotlight everyday citizens accomplishing extraordinary deeds.
President Barack Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.
