Posts tagged costs

• Insurance Companies Like to Give Out Umbrellas When It's Sunny, But Take Them Back When it Rains

  David Mittleman | May 24, 2012 8:55 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We hear a lot about the number of uninsured Americans in the news and the danger of going without health insurance. What we hear about less often is the fact that even the Americans with...

• Cost of Same Medical Procedure Can Vary by Thousands of Dollars for Uninsured

  David Mittleman | April 24, 2012 1:30 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  If you need to have your appendix removed, let's say, and you are uninsured, there is no way for you to comparison shop. However, the cost of such a surgery can vary widely--from $1,500 to...

• Tort Reform Doesn't Amount to Large Healthcare Savings

  David Mittleman | March 16, 2012 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Despite tort reformers' arguments to the contrary, tort reform does not equate to large healthcare savings. According to a white paper released by the Center for Progressive Reform, the costs...

• Health Insurers Required to Pay $89 Million in Rebates to Michigan Consumers

  David Mittleman | December 22, 2011 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Michigan consumers can expect to see about $89 million in rebates from their healthcare providers over the next three years after federal health regulators ruled that the state cannot be exempted...

• Local Business Proves That Workplace Wellness Reduces Healthcare Costs

  David Mittleman | September 15, 2011 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Just today Governor Snyder introduced his new 4X4 plan in an attempt to help make Michigan residents healthier. However, other businesses in Michigan have already provided their employees with...

• Antitrust Lawsuit Against BCBS of Michigan Heats Up With Appeal

  Diego Avila | August 09, 2011 4:28 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is facing heat from the U.S. Justice Department of the Michigan Attorney General for alleged abuses involving attempts to artificially inflate the cost of health...

• Medicare Rx Coverage for Seniors Cuts Government Spending on Hospital Costs

  David Mittleman | July 28, 2011 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Social insurance programs for seniors, such as Medicare , have been one of the primary sticking points between Republicans and Democrats in efforts to come to an agreement on raising the debt...

• Once Again, Facts Prove Tort Reform Doesn't Save Money

  David Mittleman | June 03, 2011 10:19 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The rising cost of health care in the United States has people everywhere searching for a solution. For years, “tort reform” has been touted as a way to cut costs: capping damages and...

• When Greed Motivates Surgery, We All Lose Big

  David Mittleman | January 16, 2011 11:16 AM | 5 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Usually, when I hear someone has had spinal fusion surgery, I think of it as a last resort surgeons use before permanently altering their patient's body. I know first-hand that people will do just...

• Detroit Medical Center to Pay Feds $30 Million to Settle Doctor-Hospital Kickback Allegations

  David Mittleman | January 11, 2011 11:17 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Detroit Medical Center has agreed to pay federal authorities $30 million to settle claims that it engaged in improper financial relationships with referring physicians. According to Justice...