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1998_Corporate_Salaries.txt |
Salaries
in 1998 ranged from $218,228 to $678,923 with increases from 1997 as high
as 62%. |
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1998_Oregon_Hospital_Profits.txt |
Oregon
hospitals average $3.2 million in profits. |
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2.4_Million_Used_for_Lobbying.txt |
Oregon's
health care industry spent $2.4 million on lobbying during 1997. |
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56_Million_Profit_for_Non-Profit.txt |
Legacy
Health System boasted about its $56 million profit in a newsletter sent
to physicians. |
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After_Junket_Clinic_Closed.txt |
PeaceHealth
spends $62,000 on Japan trip and the closes Prenatal Clinic. |
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Big_Bonuses_for_Execs.txt |
Standard
Insurance Company executives, including its CEO and president, could share
between $1.5 to $2 million in retention bonuses. |
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HMO's_Drop_out_of_Rating_Stats.txt |
Some of
the largest plans in the country like Aetna, US Healthcare, Cigna, PacifiCare
and Prudential drop out so consumers can't determine their ratings. |
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Hospitals_Fined_for_Overbilling.txt |
During
four month's time, Oregon hospitals pay $502,516 to the federal government
for double billing Medicare for diagnostic services. |
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Ins._Exec_says_Industry_Arrogant.txt |
Former
CEO and president of Legacy Health System says hospitals have lost the public's
trust in the past decade. |
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Maryland_Fines_HMOs_$1.6M.htm |
Among
numerous violations, contractors for Aetna U.S. Healthcare, FreeState and
United fail to pay health care providers' claims within 30 days and did
not pay interest on those late claims, as required by Maryland law. |
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OHSU_Billing_Practices.txt |
MD files
lawsuit. Says he was dropped from the University's plastic surgery program
because he voiced concerns about his boss's billing practices. |
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Oregon_Hospitals_Improper_Billing.txt |
The U.S.
Department of Justice refuses to back down from its investigation of Oregon
hospitals for improper billing of outpatient laboratory tests. |
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Oregon_Medical_Assn._-_M81.txt |
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PacifiCare's_Small_Fine.txt |
PacifiCare
failed to acknowledge or pay claims within 20 working days, denied claims
without conducting a reasonable investigation, and didn't send patients
a written explanation of 67% of denied claims. |
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Protect_Medical_Records.txt |
Developments
in Oregon and elsewhere have made insurers, state agencies and health care
administrators equal gatekeepers - increasing the potential for disclosure
and the need for comprehensive medical privacy legislation. |
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Restricting_Patient_Rights.htm |
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