Word: humana
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- William Schroeder became the first artificial heart recipient ever to leave the confines of a hospital yesterday, taking a brief ride in a wheelchair into the sunny parking lot at Humana Heart Institute...
Haydon had a slightly queasy stomach, probably a consequence of the stress of open heart surgery, said Dr. Allan M. Lansing, chairman of Humana Heart Institute International...
...gasping for breath, and by the next day he was in an intensive-care unit suffering from what appeared to be an unusually severe type of pneumonia. "He had cysts the size of golf balls in his lungs," says Thoracic Surgeon Frederick Schechter, who treated him at Humana Hospital in West Anaheim. In May, despite massive doses of antibiotics and four operations, Tim Cislaw died...
...management company involved in auditing hospital bills for insurance carriers. Previously I spent seven years working in an acute-care unit of a nonprofit hospital. From my experience, I can tell you that the waste, misbilling, double billing and unnecessary testing are atrocious. More power to Louisville's Humana Hospital for hiring business professionals who can correct the inefficiencies and institute money-saving methods...
...only had about 40 days to live. With this new heart I feel I have ten years." But last Thursday evening, as Schroeder sat in a chair eating dinner, his wife Margaret became alarmed when he abruptly froze and then fell unconscious. He had suffered what doctors at Humana Hospital Audubon called a "small but severe stroke...