Electronic medical records probed for over-billing

By Fred Schulte

Are feds doing all they can to ferret out waste from move to electronic records?

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… on’t know about that,” Farzad Mostashari, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, said Wednesday at a hearing of policy experts stud …"

"… Michelle Dougherty, director of research and development from the American Health Information Management Association, said in prepared testimony that digita …"

"… d from within the federal government. In a Sept. 24 letter, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric H …"

OPINION: drug firms say no to rebates, despite billions in new revenue from Part D

By Wendell Potter

Part D brought drug companies billions, but they say the sky is falling

Toxic clout: how Washington works (badly)

By Bill Buzenberg

How Washington works (badly)
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OPINION: taking advantage of Medicare Advantage

By Wendell Potter

Feds have been overpaying for Medicare Advantage.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… ffect next month. The industry’s big PR and lobbying group, America’s Health Insurance Plans, is deploying the tactics I described in Deadly Spin to sc …"

"… program) seniors will “pay more, get less and lose choices.” “U.S. Health Insurers Launch TV War Over Medicare Advantage Cuts,” read the headline …"

Tackling the powerful chemical industry

By Bill Buzenberg

Investigation pushes EPA to change policies

Rockstar Energy Drink targets beverage laws

By Dave Levinthal

Energy drink maker hires sizable government affairs team to influence beverage laws.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… n, R-Miss. Stephen Northrop, former Health policy director for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Nora Connors, former legislative …"

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OPINION: industry pushes high-deductible insurance plans

By Wendell Potter

Employers, insurers see high-deductible health plans as wave of the future.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… to puff away. The results are also consistent with findings from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment of several years ago that showed there were no lower …"

U.S. asbestos imports condemned by health experts, activists

By Jim Morris

More than 50 countries have banned asbestos, a toxic mineral linked to cancer and other diseases. The United States isn't one of them.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health":

"… public Health over the profits of these companies,” she said. The World Health Organization estimates that 107,000 people worldwide die of asbestos-relat …"

"… os are strictly regulated" by the EPA and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. “Diaphragms made of asbestos are a critical separation …"

"… men, an adjunct professor at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health and a retired assistant U.S. surgeon general, said that until the U.S. ban …"

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