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Hospitals See Influx Of Slip And Fall Injuries
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – One minute you’re upright, the next you’re not. That’s the way Tuesday morning went as a simple task of getting the newspaper put people in peril due to icy conditions. Greg Sgro of...
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Good Hospitals May Have High Death Rates
PITTSBURGH (NEWSRADIO 1020 KDKA) — More than 120 hospitals, given top marks by patients for providing excellent care, also have a darker distinction: high death rates for heart attack, heart failure or...
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Consumer Reports Offers Tips For Lowering Healthcare Costs
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – For many people, healthcare costs are ballooning. Even if you have health insurance, many doctors and procedures may not be covered. High deductibles and the portion the patient...
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Respiratory Illness Runs Rampant
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — If you’re coughing and stuffy, you aren’t alone. Doctors are getting pummeled by cases like this. “Mostly, it’s not the flu. It’s usually a virus that causes the upper respiratory...
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UPMC Cardiovascular Screenings
On Friday, Feb. 1, UPMC’s Heart and Vascular Institute and the American Heart Association are set to offer free heart screenings, including blood pressure, body mass index, cholesterol and blood...
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Legionella Not Just Found In Hospitals, Some Homes Infected
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Federal officials now say five people may have died from Legionnaires’ disease at Pittsburgh VA hospitals, but it’s not just hospitals where people are at risk of the Legionella...
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CDC Warns Health Care Centers To Watch For CRE
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking health care centers to be on the lookout for bacteria resistant to a class of antibiotics. The bacteria are called...
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Hospitals Now Getting Stroke Center Designations
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Connie Zatezalo loves to read. “It just gets your mind off of anything else that you’re thinking about, in your own life or your own world that’s going on, and takes you away,” she...
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Top Republicans: No Legislative Fix For Highmark-UPMC Dispute
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Don’t look to the state legislature to solve the Highmark — UPMC dispute, say the state Senate’s top Republican and chair of its Insurance Committee. “Does that mean that a...
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How Does My Health Insurance Work At The Hospital?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that all health insurance policies cover 10 essential benefits. These essential benefits include coverage for care at a hospital, whether it is emergency...
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How Do I Use My Health Insurance When I Visit A Doctor?
If, like many Americans, you have been without health insurance, and just recently enrolled in a health plan as required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), you will need to select a doctor to coordinate...
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Can My Health Insurance Cover My Spouse?
The availability of coverage for your spouse depends on your specific health plan. Some policies allow you to add a spouse to existing coverage at certain times like when there is a life qualifying...
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Can My Health Insurance Cover My Children?
The availability of coverage for your children depends on your health plan. You may have a plan that covers only you, or your plan may be a family plan, which would allow you to add your children to...
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UPMC, Highmark Reach Deal On Highmark Access To UPMC Facilities In 2015
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — UPMC and Highmark have agreed to a transition plan, sources tell KDKA-TV money editor Jon Delano. That plan was required when UPMC announced that, effective Jan. 1, many of its...
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Details Of UPMC, Highmark Split Made Public
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — UPMC and Highmark have reached an agreement on access to UPMC health facilities for Highmark insurance customers, after months of often negative attacks on each other. “At the end...
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Regulators, Highmark Spell Out Post-UPMC Plan
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Health insurer Highmark Inc. and the Pennsylvania Insurance Department have spelled out a plan for Highmark customers to continue using doctors and some hospitals from the rival...
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Doctor Takes Closer Look At Unnecessary Surgeries In New Book
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – Dr. Paul Ruggieri is a practicing surgeon specializing in general, advanced minimally invasive and thyroid surgery. On Sept. 2, his book, “The Cost of Cutting: A...
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Local Hospitals Say They’re Prepared For Any Ebola Cases In Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The death of Thomas Eric Duncan, from the Ebola virus he contracted in West Africa, has now led to the first transmitted case of Ebola in the United States, in a nurse who cared for...
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Politicians, Doctors Team Up To Prepare For Ebola
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – As the nation grapples with Ebola, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania teamed up with doctors and specialists from UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Friday morning to discuss how prepared...
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Health Insurers, Hospitals Vulnerable To Cyber Attack, Say Experts
PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — By all accounts, the breach of Anthem, an Indianapolis-based Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance company, was stunning. “It is not only breath-taking but mind-bending in its...
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