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Cory Fosco
June 26, 2013 
Leg and foot ulcers cost the Medicare systems billions of dollars annually. A study of Medicare claims showed that that patients suffering from an extremity ulcer cost on average three times as much as a …
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Cory FoscoThink your hospital could not get anymore expensive? In Illinois you are right if you receive care at the University of Chicago Medical Center and Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park. Both of those hospitals …
Continue reading “Hospital Costs Vary, Medicare Reimbursement Stays Flat”
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Cory FoscoThe nation’s budget – and its effect on health care – has been a topic of major contention. Whether it’s Republicans or Democrats in the House unable to come to a compromise or whether it’s …
Continue reading “The future of health care according to Paul Ryan”
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Cory FoscoFirst it was the financial cliff; then it was the debt ceiling. Now, Americans are concerned about the sequester – although many may not even know what it is. The sequester entails approximately $85 billion …
Continue reading “3 ways the sequester could hurt the health care industry”