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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 | November 15, 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 Program h...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | November 01, 2007
A bill that would provide health insurance for 10 million children and would aim to entice House Republicans to override a potential presidential veto advanced in the Senate yesterday, despite resista...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | October 24, 2007
DALLAS – Cirrus Health has selected a physician credentials verification service in anticipation of increased credentialing requirements for providers. Some 1,100 practitioners in...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | October 24, 2007
WASHINGTON –The House and Senate are considering legislation to ease Medicaid enrollment documentation requirements put into place in July 2006. The requirements are intended to keep illegal imm...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | October 24, 2007
ATLANTA – At a time when reimbursements are low and the threat of an audit looms large, it can be hard for physicians to get paid for the value of their services. Practices that have taken the e...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | October 23, 2007
WASHINGTON – President Bush, who recently delivered on his promise to veto Senate’s $35 billion expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, has succeeded in garnering...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | October 18, 2007
A bid to override President Bush's veto of a bill to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program failed in the House today, as override supporters fell at least 12 votes shy of a two-thirds m...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | October 17, 2007
WASHINGTON - President Bush today defended his decision to veto bipartisan legislation to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program. "I don't like plans that encourage people to move from p...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | October 12, 2007
Palisades Medical Center executives overreacted when they suspended doctors and nurses who took a sneak peek at movie and TV star George Clooney's medical records during his recent stay at the hospita...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | October 09, 2007
They're calling it a "friendly takeover," but SAP's announcement that it will buy rival IT firm Business Objects has some analysts scratching their heads. The two major players...