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Hospital prices diverge wildly, U.S. data show
New Medicare data reveal wildly varying charges among the nation's hospitals for 100 of the most common in-patient treatments and procedures, calling into question medical billing practices just as U.S. officials try to rein in rising costs. The...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Consumers, Healthcare Policies, Hospitals and Clinics, Personal Income
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Medicare a 'sacrificial lamb' for budget cutters
It is said that the true measure of a society is reflected in how well it treats its elderly population. If so, this country is in a severe downward spiral. While the realization that we have been spending well beyond our means has finally registered with...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Economy, Business and Finance, Barack Obama, Finance, Government Health Care
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California calls for more disclosure of medical costs [video chat]
California officials are looking to build on a federal effort to disclose more healthcare pricing information to consumers. Medicare officials released new data this week that showed wildly different hospital charges across the nation for 100 of the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Consumers, Healthcare Policies, Hospitals and Clinics, Pneumonia
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Hospital rates vary significantly, Medicare data show
Johns Hopkins Hospital charged $13,667 on average to treat one admission of a Medicare patient with diabetes in 2011, while a couple of miles away Mercy Medical Center billed an average of $8,425. The University of Maryland Medical Center charged $9,045...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, FTI Consulting Inc., Phil McGraw, Marketing
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Interests of candidate, supporter and spouse align
WASHINGTON — An issue at the top of U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz's legislative agenda is also of foremost concern to her biggest campaign contributor: the University of Pennsylvania, where her husband is a doctor. Schwartz, a suburban Philadelphia...
Tags: Elections, General Practitioners, Health Insurance, University of Pennsylvania, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania)
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Hospital charges vary widely across Lehigh Valley region, country
It's only about 33 miles from Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital in Lehighton to Lehigh Valley Hospital's Muhlenberg campus in Bethlehem, but the distance between what the two facilities charge to treat a complicated heart attack case is far greater....
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Government Health Care, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Hospital fees vary for same treatment, U.S. data show
Centegra Hospital in McHenry charged $36,000 for implanting a permanent pacemaker. Less than 30 miles away, Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan charged more than $165,000 for the same procedure. To treat a case of simple pneumonia, meanwhile, John H....
Tags: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Rush University, Hospitals and Clinics, Barack Obama, Government
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Hospitals' Prices Vary Widely For Same Procedures
The Hartford CourantThe price of major joint-replacement surgery, without serious complications, is nearly three times more at Greenwich Hospital than at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington. It's $72,393 in Greenwich and $23,063 in Torrington, on average. At...Tags: Middletown, Economy, Business and Finance, Hospitals and Clinics, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Apples
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U.S. House set to pass tactical Republican debt bill
Reuters* White House has said it will veto bill * House Republicans are mulling debt ceiling strategy * Bill would allow U.S. Treasury to borrow more funds By Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans are expected to pass a...Tags: Dave Camp, Economy, Business and Finance, Albert Tom, Labor Legislation, Finance
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Child's play over the budget
WASHINGTON -- The budget feud on Capitol Hill is looking like those Vietnam War peace talks when negotiators bickered over the shape of the table. House Republicans, after howling for years about Senate Democrats' failure to pass a budget, are...
Tags: Parliament, Ted Cruz, Barack Obama, Vietnam War (1955-1975), White House
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Medicare charges vary widely at California hospitals, new data show
Federal officials are shedding new light on how much hospital bills vary across Southern California and the rest of the country. Medicare released pricing information Wednesday for more than 3,300 U.S. hospitals on the top 100 procedures and...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Healthcare Policies, Hospitals and Clinics, Gallbladder Removal
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U.S. makes data available on wide disparity in hospital charges
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. hospital charges for the same procedure vary widely, in some cases by tens of thousands of dollars, even within a particular town or city, according to data the U.S. government released on Wednesday to boost consumer...Tags: Consumers, Hospitals and Clinics, Barack Obama, Pneumonia, Government Health Care
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