Articles filed under Health
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Central States to use Context 4 Healthcare systemAug 07, 2012 9:03 am - Central States Health and Welfare Fund of Rosemont has selected Context 4 Healthcare Inc.’s DecisionPoint Health Payment System’s Usual, Customary & Reasonable (UCR) ben...
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Abbott stent system gets FDA approvalAug 07, 2012 9:02 am - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Libertyville Township-based Abbott Laboratories’ Omnilink Elite Vascular Balloon-Expandable Stent System for the treat...
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Smart ways to keep the brake on health-care costsAug 05, 2012 7:15 am - The rising cost of health care in the U.S. has been slowing over the past few years, driven both by weakness in the general economy and by some changes in the way medica...
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Streamwood Health Center to serve underinsuredAug 02, 2012 11:47 am - Streamwood location to serve uninsured
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Emanuel asked Minnesota AG to resolve lawsuit privatelyAug 01, 2012 4:35 pm - A newspaper reports that before Minnesota officials announced they’d settled a lawsuit against a Chicago medical revenue company, Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked the Minnesota ...
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Rush to be in federal nurse-training programJul 31, 2012 4:11 pm - Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center is among five hospitals chosen to participate in a new training program for advanced practice registered nurses. U.S. Health and...
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Assisted living expansion in S. Elgin includes pilot for dementia careJul 30, 2012 5:55 pm - A 132-unit assisted living facility in South Elgin is about to become the largest campus developed by the largest provider of affordable assisted living communities in I...
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Take Action Fitness is a dream come true for ownerJul 30, 2012 6:00 am - An interview with Kim Justice, owner of Take Action Fitness. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: Take Action Fitness is a smaller, more private gym focused on ...
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Overlooking disability insurance can be costlyJul 29, 2012 7:17 am - Long-term disability insurance is the forgotten insurance. The importance of auto, health, homeowners and life insurance is well known. But disability coverage, which re...
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Drug-makers take hit as patents lapse with few replacementsJul 29, 2012 6:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. — Fewer new prescription drugs will get approved in the U.S. this year than the 30 approved in 2011, a ratings agency forecasts, adding to the many stresse...