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Two American healthcare workers who were exposed to Ebola at their place of employment have tested positive for the virus. The question is, will they receive workers' compensation for contracting the virus? 

Insurers play a huge role in the professional lives of physicians but working together isn't always easy, according to the Medscape Insurer Ratings Report 2014.

A loophole in the official calculator developed by HHS to approve or reject health plans allowed large companies to offer their employees health plans for 2015 that didn't include hospital coverage, according to a Washington Post report.

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Hospitals have until October 31, 2014, to consider CMS' offer to settle pending appeals of denied Medicare claims for 68 percent of the net allowable amount.  All acute-care hospitals and critical access hospitals with pending appeals are eligible for this…

UnitedHealth Group's net earnings in the third quarter of fiscal year 2014 rose 2 percent, from $1.57 billion in 2013 to $1.6 billion this year.

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