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The Cost of Providing Prisoner Health Care
Today the State Auditor released an audit of the Department of Correction’s prisoner medical costs. WakeMed is a primary provider of hospital care for Central and Women’s Prisons due to close...
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Why Does an Aspirin Cost $1 in the Hospital?
WRAL is airing a story this evening that will feature an interview with Dr. Atkinson explaining health care charges. Here is some background on how this story came about. At a recent Raleigh Chamber...
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A Historic Day
Judy O’Neal is the Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Chief of Staff, Office of the President. Yesterday was a historic day for health care as the House voted to pass the health care...
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WakeMed on health care reform
WakeMed has been asked several times this week for comments on the health care reform bill, signed into law by President Obama on Tuesday. Becky Andrews, WakeMed’s vice president of finance, spoke to...
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Health Care Reform in Wake County and on Capitol Hill
Christine Craig is WakeMed’s director of government affairs. Are you interested in what the federal Wake County delegation has to say about health care reform? Stay informed by checking their web...
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Health Care Reform and EMS
I wrote the following article at the request of EMS1.com. It headlined their Thursday newsletter, and I thought many of you would find the content informative as well. EMS — especially the field care,...
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Increasing Access to Primary Care
Access to primary care has been a hot-button issue in health care reform. WakeMed is pleased to announce that Monday marked opening day for Falls Pointe Medical Group, a four-physician primary care...
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Dr. Atkinson Talks Health Reform With Adam Searing
This video posted today on the North Carolina Justice Center’s blog, the Progressive Pulse, shows Dr. Atkinson and Adam Searing, director of the North Carolina Justice Center’s Health Access Coalition,...
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WakeMed Files Records Requests of UNC Health Care
Yesterday WakeMed Health & Hospitals filed a public records request with UNC Health Care and its subsidiary Rex Healthcare over concern that UNC Health Care is using taxpayer money to engage in...
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WakeMed and Key Physicians to Form Accountable Care Organization
Key Physicians’ 220 primary care doctors and WakeMed are planning to work together toward a healthier community by helping patients better manage their health. This will be accomplished through the...
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