There are "individual services" - things like a school place or a hospital bed.
Is Congress going to bar individuals who have been legitimately harmed by a gross medical error whether committed by a physician or a hospital from redressing that error?
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Bundling products is also common, with, say, Pfizer giving an insurer or a hospital chain a better price on Lipitor if it also buys the antibiotic Zithromax.
"We said that we'd investigate every death that occurred in a nursing home or a hospital at this time so we'll have a true overall picture of what happened, " Foti said.
Virgin Atlantic also said victims would not be allowed to board one of its planes without a fit-to-fly certificate from their doctor or a hospital, though there had been no cases yet.
Vehicles will be prohibited from idling their engines for more than three minutes if parked near a school or a hospital, and cars will be subject to random testing for emissions compliance.
Of equal concern to her friend, Martha Payan, is how she claims illegal immigrants "fleece" government coffers by collecting welfare on multiple children, or vanish without a trace after an arrest or a hospital visit.
Bundling products is also common, with, say, Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) giving an insurer or a hospital chain a better price on Lipitor if it also buys the antibiotic Zithromax.
He says there is "soft data" in the form of surveys and interviews that suggests buildings that adhere to feng shui principles make their occupants happier -- be it a shopping mall, office block or a hospital.
The ill-advised Jefferson County and Harrisburg projects are specific cases of mismanagement that are not tied systemic risk and should have no bearing on the health of, for example, a muni bond-financed turnpike in New Jersey or a hospital in Virginia.
Mr. PHILBRICK: You might be able to ascertain by going through the sewer pipe at this location, end up directly below a prime target - whether it's a train station or a municipal building or a school or a hospital, you know, something like that.
For example, linear actuators help raise or lower a hospital bed or allow solar panels to track the path of the sun.
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In this respect, Secretary Clinton has likened our information networks to nuclear power, which can either fuel a city or destroy it, and to steel, which can be used to build a hospital or a machine gun.
Mr Strasser wonders whether a public school would recognise that his children have two fathers, or if a hospital would allow both of them to visit if one of their children fell ill.
One in 200 patients who spends a night or more in a hospital will die from medical error.
It is estimated that by next year, about 50% of U.S. doctors will be working for a hospital or hospital-owned health system.
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If you have a loved one in a hospital or a nursing-home bed that has a bedrail, check for a gap between the mattress, the bed frame and the bedrail, Miles says.
Neither solar nor wind are powerful enough to carry the heavy load that a backup generator must provide to a facility such as a hospital or a school or a county prison.
Breivik said in court Wednesday that he should either get the death penalty or be acquitted, ridiculing the idea that he would be sent to prison or a mental hospital for his actions.
The "smart card, " packing an electronic chip, can store everything found in a wallet or purse, a hospital record, a family tree, a university transcript - indeed, much of the detail that points to who a person is.
Credit unions tend to offer accounts only to those who are part of a group, such as teachers or staff members of a university or hospital.
Several states including California, New York and New Jersey limit or prohibit the so-called corporate practice of medicine, making it illegal for doctors to treat patients unless they are operating in a physician practice or employed by a hospital.
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Such practice changes include cutting back on hours, cutting back on the number of patients, seeking employment at a hospital or starting a concierge practice.
Our ability to tell the truth and spend the time with our patients is solely a function of being employed by our patients, not their insurance company, a big hospital or a large multispecialty clinic.
Thus, unless one views every single benefit given to and received by a physician or hospital as part of a cynical effort to influence the independent judgment of physicians, it is impossible to gauge whether any payments in the database are problematic, or instead appear to be reasonable, justified, and even beneficial for society as a whole.
Because this is a Medicare penalty, it would only apply to those patients who are receiving rehabilitation or recovering from a hospital stay.
In the meantime, if you do forget a doctor's appointment, as most of us have done at one time or other, please spare a thought for the practice or hospital, and give them a call.
By law, a physician or hospital cannot charge premium pricing for a Medicare-reimbursed service or procedure.
Start-ups with bright ideas to address care transition have often no clue how a hospital functions, or little evidence that their technology works in a hospital setting.
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"In his ministry as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Bergoglio used to celebrate the Mass in a prison or hospital or hospice for the poor and marginalized, " the Vatican said in a statement.
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