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Last fall’s Mcare settlement requires that $200 million be returned to physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers. This includes $139 million in refunds for prior ...
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Read More »Does Fish Oil Interfere With Cancer Care?
By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay THURSDAY, April 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Fish oil supplements, and even certain fish, may hinder the effectiveness of cancer-fighting chemotherapy, a new ...
Read More »Hospitals Update The Hated Hospital Gown
Whether a patient is in the hospital for an organ transplant, an appendectomy or to have a baby, one complaint is common: the gown. You ...
Read More »Legal Issues of Removing Patient From Practice Explored
(HealthDay News) — The legal and ethical responsibilities of removing a patient from practice are discussed in an article published March 16 in Medical Economics. The ...
Read More »Man’s Iced Tea Habit May Have Caused Kidney Failure
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Read More »Pediatricians Opposed to Random Drug Tests in Schools
By Amy Norton, HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, March 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Random drug testing in schools may sound like a good way to keep kids off ...
Read More »Too Much Homework May Hurt Student Test Scores
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Read More »Changes Coming for Medicare Physician Reimbursement
By Laura Little The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the payment rates for physician groups participating in the first round of ...
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