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11/13/2019 - Modern Healthcare by: Rachel Cohrs
WASHINGTON, DC - Hospitals on Monday urged a federal judge to enforce her ruling that struck down the Trump administration's plan to enact site-neutral payments for doctor's visits.
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11/13/2019 - MetroNews
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Program will now cover maternity services, the state Department of Health and Human Resources announced on Tuesday.
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11/13/2019 - MetroNews
CHARLESTON, WV - The series of hearings regarding public employees’ health insurance plans began with a telephone town hall on Tuesday.
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11/13/2019 - The New York Times by: Sarah Kliff
WISE, VA - When a judge hears civil cases at the courthouse in this southwest Virginia town two days a month, many of the lawsuits have a common plaintiff: the local hospital, Ballad Health, suing patients over unpaid medical bills.
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11/12/2019 - The Hill by: Justine Coleman
WASHINGTON, DC - Google has partnered with one of the largest health care systems in the country to collect data on millions of American patients, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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11/12/2019 - The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, DC - Some good health news: Americans' cholesterol levels are dropping, and more people at especially high risk are getting treatment.
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11/12/2019 - Modern Healthcare by: Maria Castellucci
WASHINGTON, DC - The findings in the now two-decades-old report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System sparked a call for new, more stringent, quality measures.
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