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Molly Merrill

By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | August 26, 2008
National medical equipment provider, Rotech Healthcare Inc., has paid $2 million to settle civil charges that it engaged in false or fraudulent conduct in billing Medicare for durable medical equipmen...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | August 26, 2008
ESCONDIDO, CA – Palomar Medical Center West has faced growing costs since its inception in 2004, yet hospital officials believe the facility has been designed in a way that will positively impac...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | August 25, 2008
HDM Corp., an Omaha, Neb.-based company has partnered with Costa Mesa, Calif.-based TC3 Health Inc. to offer its clients services for dealing with overpaid healthcare claims.TC3 Health will p...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | August 22, 2008
Three Washington communities will receive $1.7 million in grants for pilot projects that will test consumer managed health records.The grants were awarded by the Washington State Health Care...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | August 22, 2008
Seventeen nonprofits across California will receive $7.7 million in grants from the Blue Shield of California Foundation.The foundation will award $2.7 million to support the healthcare safet...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | August 21, 2008
A new study out of MIT Sloan says hospitals that spend more money provide better care. Joseph Doyle, a professor at MIT Sloan and author of the study, focused on tourists who sought emergency ca...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | August 20, 2008
Eighteen California hospital will face $25,000 fines after state officials determined that violations of their requirements of licensure has caused, or are likely to cause, serious injury or death to...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | August 20, 2008
With a grant from the Federal Communications Commission, the Colorado Hospital Association will develop a telehealth network throughout the state of Colorado. The initiative is set to be the...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | August 19, 2008
A recent study suggests that an increase in prescription co-payments could negatively impact medication adherence, especially in low-income areas. The study, published in the (italics) Journa...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | August 19, 2008
Hackensack University Medical Center, a non-profit research and teaching hospital in New Jersey, has filed an application for transfer of ownership of all Pascack Valley Hospital licenses to a joint v...