Phone time to get insurance authorization adds up to a million hours a year for psychiatrists nationwideBy HealthDay NewsU.S. News and World Report, April 24,
Hospitalization OK for Psych Patients Can Take Hours
U.S. News and World Report
How long it takes to get insurance OK to admit psychiatric patients
Los Angeles Times
By Mary MacVeanLos Angeles Times, April 24, 2013Psychiatrists spent an estimated 1 million hours on the phone getting insurance authorizations to admit people to hospitals
ERs Have Become De Facto Psych Wards
The Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2013The Wall Street Journal
Long waits for insurance authorization allowing psychiatric patients to be admitted to the hospital from the
Psychiatrists spend 1 million hours a year awaiting insurance approval, study says
Fox News
By Amanda WoernerFox News, April 23, 2013One million hours: Thatās how long psychiatrists across the country spend each year, waiting to get approval from insurance
1 million hours may be spent annually for insurance approvals for inpatient psychiatric admissions
Psychiatrists spent on average 38 minutes on the telephone getting approval from insurance companies for psychiatric patients in need of inpatient care at the ED,
NHS: Section 75 of the health act is an engine for destruction
The Guardian (U.K.)
Section 75 of the health act is the mechanism that locks in privatisation of the health service: the Lords must amend itBy Kailash Chand The
Single-payer plan is best health care solution
Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald, Letters
By Thomas P. Clairmont, M.D.Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald, Letters, April 20, 2013The Chidester (op-ed) correctly identifies the problems in health care today: uncontrolled costs and the
Hawaii should end Medicaid managed-care model
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
By Stephen Kemble, M.D.Honolulu Star-Advertiser, April 21, 2013Hawaii was recently awarded a $937,691 State Innovation Model grant to plan health care reform for Medicare and
Labor council, plumbers local in Alabama endorse H.R. 676
Actions bring total labor organization endorsements to 600 nationwideBy Kay TillowOn April 15, the Northeast Alabama Labor Council in Gadsden endorsed H.R. 676, national single-payer
Hospital Head Warns of Racism in U.S. Health Care System
Mississippi Public Broadcasting News
By Jeffrey HessMississippi Public Broadcasting News, April 19, 2013JACKSON, Miss. -- The head of a major U.S. hospital is warning that the health care industry
Upstate New York Greece
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
By Andrew D. Coates, MD, FACPWAMC Northeast Public Radio, April 19, 2013I live in upstate New York. If you're hearing this, chances are you do
Suicides, murders rise as Greek austerity takes health toll
Agence France-Presse
By Kerry SheridanAgence France-Presse, April 18, 2013When Greece's economy took a plunge, murders and disease rates soared, according to a study published Thursday that suggests
