News For: Medical Insurance For Bipolar PatientsSome local patients still want medical records in Henry County Former patients of two medical centers now closed are still waiting to get their medical records. The Sandy River Medical Center in Axton and the Martinsville Family Medical Center closed last week for “economic” reasons. Both were part of Central Piedmont Health Services. Number of uninsured patients rising at Tuscaloosa hospitals TUSCALOOSA-- Although the number of Americans without health insurance dropped in 2007, local hospitals are seeing a grow ing number of patients who can't pay for their medical treatment. Patients Med Center reopens Patients Medical Center re-opened its doors on Monday. EP Spokesman: Patients will be provided medical care by any hospital in the EU “You have the right to avoid the delay and visit any EU member country in order to be provided medical care. The respective bill will be paid by your country. The same chance is offered to those who have a state insurance. ▽ Health insurance surplus The accumulated surplus of the National Health Insurance Corp. has exceeded 2.4 trillion won, disproving the expectation that a deficit would snowball due to a surge in chronic disease and aging. Health insurance costs grow more gradually in 2008 Health insurance premiums rose a modest 5 percent this year for coverage that's getting skimpier, researchers say. The 5 percent increase was comparable to last year's uptick. Overall, premiums for family coverage increased to $12,680 and premiums for single coverage increased to $4,704, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust. Executive sentenced in Serono fraud case The president of a medical device company was sentenced Wednesday to three years probation and fined $10,000 for plotting with Swiss-based Serono Laboratories to increase sales of an AIDS drug by manipulating a test for AIDS patients. Mount Kisco Medical Group, PC, Uses NEC to Bring a Personal Touch to its Growing Healthcare Business NEC Unified Solutions, Inc., a leader in enterprise business communications, today announced that a unique deployment of voice over IP VoIP and Automatic Call Distribution ACD technology at 15 Mount Kisco Medical Group, PC, MKMG locations is enabling medical staff to provide patients with quality and timely healthcare. Report: Medicare spending billions on suspicious claims Medicare pays millions each year for medical supplies such as walkers and glucose test strips for patients who don't appear to need them, congressional investigators say in a report out today. Can The Metastatic Lymph Node Ratio Predict Survival Rate In Gastric Cancer Patients? Previous studies have proven that the MLR is an excellent predictor for survival outcome in patients with colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and other carcinomas. Some related studies on gastric cancer also found the potential of the MLR on prognostic evaluation. |


