Study sees rise in ER use by newly insured

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People newly enrolled in a health insurance program for the poor were more likely to seek emergency room treatment than people who remained uninsured, Boston-area researchers have found, providing the best evidence to date that the national Medicaid …
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100 Physician Leaders to Know in the ASC Industry

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From founding members of surgery centers and companies to medical directors and industry advocates, here are 100 physician leaders who have made significant contributions to the ASC sector. …. Christine Corbin, MD, is the medical director of Surgery …
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Portland's 16 homicides in 2013 are fewest in more than 40 years

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"Much of that has come from what we learned from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,'' said Martin Schreiber, chief of trauma at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital and an Army Reserve doctor who has his third deployment to Afghanistan in March …
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Price of Addiction: Inside one family's intervention (Series)

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With Coty in the grips of addiction and no end in sight, it was time to take action. Stone's aunt, who had done some research, asked her permission to start an intervention process. She had found a treatment center in Texas, which referred the family …
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