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Chelsey Ledue

By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | August 28, 2008
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has reported that Medicare healthcare providers continue to be satisfied with services provided by Medicare fee-for-service contractors, showing a relati...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | August 27, 2008
A final report released this week by the inspector general's office of the Department of Health and Human Services has found evidence that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services underestimated...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | August 27, 2008
Miami physician Ronald Harris, MD, and Miami resident Mariela Rodriguez have each pleaded guilty to defrauding the Medicare program of $37 million using faulty HIV infusion clinics, according to Actin...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | August 27, 2008
ST LOUIS, MO – A recent study has found that families with similar demographics and children with special needs have different out-of-pocket health expenditures depending on the state in which t...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | August 27, 2008
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Small practices are expected to benefit from two free Web-based dashboards that enable physicians and group practices to compare themselves to national norms.The...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | August 27, 2008
WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kerry D-Mass and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) have introduced the Empowered at Home Act with the intent of increasing access to home- and community-based services....
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | August 26, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, MA – Government health insurers overpay specialists compared to primary care doctors and “exacerbate the shortage of primary care physicians,” according to a study by Harv...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | August 20, 2008
The Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy (HCFP) has released a report showing that more than 439,000 people have enrolled in private or subsidized health insurance programs between...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | August 15, 2008
As Medicare's Part D prescription drug program enters its fourth year, government officials say the program has been a success. "Measured by enrollment, lower costs than originally expec...
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:00 am | August 11, 2008
QuadraMed has announced that the Los Altos Hills, Calif.-based Daughters of Charity Health System has signed a $15.8 million contract to expand the use of QuadraMed CPR (QCPR) across its five-hospital...