Our Healthcare Hot Topics of the Week

Life is hectic, we know, so here’s a recap of the Healthcare Weekly Hot Topics you can’t afford to miss:

1) CVS Pays $4.25 Million to Settle Medicaid Billing Claim Charges
Reuters, December 3, 2013 

2) Jackson Michigan Health System to Join University of Michigan
Crains, December 4, 2013

3) Insurance Companies Adding Surcharges for Smokers
Bloomberg, December 4, 2013

4) Affordable Care Act May Halt “Job Lock” Making it Easier to Change Jobs
Reuters, December 4, 2013

5) Healthcare site traffic up 80%
USA Today, December 4, 2013

6)  Ambulances Increasingly Charging Patients
NY Times, December 4, 2013

7)  Intuitive Surgical Company Warns that Their Robots May Stall in Surgery
Bloomberg, December 4, 2913

8) Navigating ObamaCare in Michigan
Crains, December 6, 2013

9) Russian Diplomats Commit Medicaid Fraud
Washington Times, December 5, 2013

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