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Want to compare hospital costs in South Florida? Here's how:
Miami HeraldThe price tag for a hip or knee replacement at Baptist Health's Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables is bound to cause sticker shock: $208,602, the highest charge for such a procedure at any South Florida medical facility. A little farther north, the quoted...Tags: Human Interest, Coral Gables, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Humana Incorporated
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BRIEF: State, feds raid West Knox clinic and weight-loss center
Knoxville News SentinelAuthorities served two search warrants today at a West Knoxville clinic and a weight-loss center. State and federal agents participated in the raid at Complete Family Care, 8861 Kingston Pike, and Pounds-A-Weigh, 8865 Kingston Pike, but gave few...Tags: General Practitioners, Hospitals and Clinics
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Data show the wide range of hospital billings
The Philadelphia Inquirerls for knee replacements in the Philadelphia region in 2011 ranged from $30,386 at Chester County Hospital to $202,777 at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, federal data released Wednesday showed. But Medicare paid both hospitals just a...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Aetna Inc., Pneumonia, Medicare, Bucks County
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Sequester brings cuts to North Chattanooga Head Start program
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Several Latino mothers say their children were shy and did not speak before enrolling in the North Chattanooga Head Start/Early Head Start program. Now their children hold conversations in English and Spanish, know their ABC's and have become more...Tags: U.S. Congress, Health and Safety at School, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Barack Obama, Preschools
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Hospital rates vary for same procedures
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.The cost of most common inpatient health-care procedures is higher -- in many instances significantly -- at academic medical centers than at traditional hospitals, according to Medicare data made available for the first time Wednesday. The difference in...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Medical Procedures and Tests, Insurance, Newspaper and Magazine
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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: Lehigh Valley Hospital, Princeton University, Medicare, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics
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Hospital charges vary widely
Orange County RegisterIn most sectors of the economy, market competition deters sellers from jacking up their prices too far above what others are charging. And the price tag is almost always visible. Not so in health care. Federal data from Medicare, released Wednesday...Tags: Poverty, Orange County Register, Medical Procedures and Tests, Insurance, Social Issues
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Hoquiam nabs state soccer berth with 3-1 win
The Daily World, Aberdeen, Wash.The first mistake proved to be a momentum builder. The second Toledo-Winlock mistake sent Hoquiam to the state tournament. Taking on a Toledo-Winlock squad that was experiencing its first postseason match since 2005, the Grizzlies started quickly,...Tags: Sports, Soccer
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In Your Schools for April 29, 2013
The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.Achievements BEDFORD --The following Jefferson Forest High School students were named to the All-A Honor Roll for the third quarter: Chaehyun Ahn, Andrew Alvarenga, Kalen Bahlman, Melissa Balsamo, Elizabeth Barbolla, Blessing Barnett, Destiny Barnett,...Tags: Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Invention and Innovation, Trips and Vacations, Mya
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EDITORIAL: Rural hospitals require sufficient Medicare funds
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, TupeloMany rural Mississippi hospitals operate on thin financial margins dependent in substantial measure on the reimbursement rate from federal programs like Medicaid and Medicare. U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., has raised payment issues for a category...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Barack Obama, Medicare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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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: Health Insurance Cost, Pneumonia, Medicare, Barack Obama, Consumers
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Plan B restrictions — better, but not best
In the United States of 2013, any youngster can walk into a store and buy a bottle of aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen or some other pain reliever without showing any identification, parental consent or a doctor's order. They don't have to be 15 or 17 or...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Health Treatments, Ibuprofen (drug), Family Planning, Birth Control
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