HIStalk Weekender

MAY 18, 2018

His practices are in and near McAllen, Texas, the subject of a 2009 article by Atul Gawande in which Gawande noted that the tiny, poor town had the highest medical costs in the US other than Miami, which Texas locals attributed to everything from malpractice costs to overuse to fraud. Deliver an educational webinar (providers).

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Nursing Medicare EMR Medical Billing 28

HIStalk Weekender

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Nobel Prize winner Leon Lederman, who created the physics concept of a “God particle” later discovered as the Higgs boson, dies at 96 after being forced to sell his Nobel statue at auction in 2015 to pay for medical bills and nursing home care. Deliver an educational webinar (providers). Get Involved. Connect on LinkedIn.

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HIE Nursing Medical Billing Pharmaceuticals 31

Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Advocate Health Care, one of Chicagoland’s largest employers, has more than 35,000 associates, including 11,000 nurses and nearly 6,300 affiliated physicians. The health system provides employees opportunities to take part in global mission trips, and its wellness program offers incentives for maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

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HIStalk Weekender

AUGUST 3, 2018

Should sicker people to be charged more for insurance or to make them pay a higher portion of their medical bills depending on their risk, the same as most other forms of insurance? Is it OK to be forced into bankruptcy over medical bills? Deliver an educational webinar (providers). What if they can’t afford it?

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EHR Medical Billing Mental health Nursing 28