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Discounted Prescription Drugs for Suffolk County Residents
The Suffolk SCRIPTS (Suffolk County Initiative to Provide Taxpayer Savings) Program allows Suffolk County residents to save an average of 20 percent off the retail price of their personal medications....
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The Affordable Care Act’s New Patient’s Bill of Rights
On June 22, 2010 the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury issued regulations to implement a new Patient’s Bill of Rights under the Affordable Care Act – which will help...
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HHS Launches New Consumer Focused Health Care Website
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today unveiled an innovative new on-line tool that will help consumers take control of their health care by connecting them to new information and...
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IRS Issues New guidance on OTC Medicines and Drugs
Last week, the IRS issued additional guidance related to the new health care reform law and its impact on over-the-counter (OTC) medicines and drugs. Summary of the new OTC law: The Patient Protection...
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New York and New Jersey Establish “High Risk Health Insurance Pools”
The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, which together comprise the new federal health care reform law, were signed into law by...
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New Law Protects Consumers From Discriminatory RX Copayments
Senator Kenneth P. LaValle announced that legislation which prevents health insurance plans from creating new “specialty tiers” to dramatically increase the copayments that consumers pay has been...
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Health Grades Announcing 2011 Hospital Patient Saftey Excellence Awards
What does it mean to achieve Patient Safety Excellence? It means realizing the lowest comparable risk-adjusted incidence of patient harm. HealthGrades is celebrating National Patient Safety Week by...
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HealthGrades Announces America’s 50 Best Hospitals
HealthGrades America’s 50 Hospitals are located in 28 cities in 19 states. The West Palm Beach, Fla. area leads the nation with six of these top-performing hospitals. Chicago and Cleveland come in next...
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UnitedHealthcare/Oxford Contract with East End Hospitals in Jeopardy of...
The East End Health Alliance Hospitals (Southampton, Peconic Bay and Eastern Long Island) and UnitedHealthcare/Oxford are currently in good faith efforts to negotiate a new contract. If they are...
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Changing the Conversation: Health vs. Healthcare
The statistics are foreboding: since 1980, growth in healthcare spending has outpaced all other consumer spending by a factor of nearly three, while increasing from 5% to 18% of GDP. Looking just 3...
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