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Chip Means

Chip is the New Media Manager for Healthcare Finance News and other MedTech Media brands. Follow Chip on Twitter @chipmedia.

By Chip Means | 01:00 am | January 08, 2008
WASHINGTON – For the second time in two months, President Bush vetoed legislation to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program in an effort to prevent Congressional Democrats from...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | December 31, 2007
After twice vetoing legislation to reauthorize and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program, President Bush on Saturday signed a bill to extend SCHIP for three months....
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | December 21, 2007
Philips appears to have completed its Christmas shopping with a planned $5.1 billion purchase of home medical equipment supplier Respironics. The acquisition - the fourth in recent weeks for the Dutch...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | December 19, 2007
Investment in a healthcare incentive, decision-making and cost-effectiveness program could save the United States $368 billion over 10 years, a new report contends. Combined with other healthcare effi...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | December 18, 2007
Royal Philips Electronics will acquire healthcare IT vendor Visicu in a $430 million deal, Philips announced today. The purchase is a step towards Philips' goal of...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | December 13, 2007
For the second time in two months, President Bush yesterday vetoed legislation to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program in an effort to prevent Congressional Democrats from spending an...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | December 12, 2007
The CareSource Foundation has announced its sixth round of healthcare-related grants, with a total of $127,000 going to 15 organizations. The grants aim to assist t...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | November 27, 2007
WASHINGTON – Despite Congress' efforts to compromise on legislation to provide health insurance for 10 million poor children, President Bush's stance on the State Children's Health Insurance Pro...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | November 26, 2007
BRAINTREE, MA - A vendor of blood management solutions for healthcare companies says its new agreement with GE Healthcare Financial Services will broaden equipment financing options for its customers....
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | November 19, 2007
WASHINGTON - As Congress takes its Thanksgiving recess, a massive spending package that would earmark billions of dollars for healthcare hangs in limbo. Compromise couldn't...