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Chelsey Ledue

By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 19, 2008
The American College of Physicians has released a white paper that supports the importance of primary care in providing patients with better outcomes at lower cost and the urgency of the need to preve...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 19, 2008
Low fees discourage physicians from treating Medicaid patients, but payment delays also play an important role in physician decisions to avoid Medicaid patients, according to a study by the Center for...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 18, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reportedly saving taxpayers approximately $400 million by reducing improper payments in Medicare fee-for-service programs.According to the...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 17, 2008
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has released the second report from his initiative on personalized healthcare, examining the potential for new findings in genetics and other molecu...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 14, 2008
U.S. Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.), chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, is asking Congress to consider state Medicaid funding in its new economic stimulus package."I am pl...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 13, 2008
Compared to patients in seven other countries, chronically ill adults in the United States are far more likely to forgo care because of costs, according to a new survey conducted by the Commonwealth F...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 12, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revised compensation requirements for sales agents and brokers who sell Medicare Advantage and prescription drug benefit plan options.&quo...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 12, 2008
The Association of American Medical Colleges has called on Congress to consider the role U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals play in the nation's fiscal health as lawmakers develop legislation...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 07, 2008
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has granted the state of Minnesota a waiver that will ensure 18,000 parents remain eligible for MinnesotaCare health insurance. The state will receive...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | November 06, 2008
A group of more than 15,000 U.S. physicians has called on President-elect Barack Obama and the new Congress to "do the right thing" and enact a single-payer national health insurance plan, a...