Thursday, February 28th, 2013
The four-year project began February 1, and is meant to reduce the costs to Medicare and Medicaid associated with those hospitalizations, while providing better care for nursing home residents. "Each year, it costs the Medicare and Medicaid funds billions of dollars for hospitalizations that could have been prevented," said Michael ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
The four-year project began February 1, and is meant to reduce the costs to Medicare and Medicaid associated with those hospitalizations, while providing better care for nursing home residents. "Each year, it costs the Medicare and Medicaid funds billions of dollars for hospitalizations that could have been prevented," said Michael ...
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
From the plow drivers at the Maine Department of Transportation and Maine Turnpike Authority, to the environmental workers at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, the public workers we represent provide quality services that keep our communities safe and strong. Just like our neighbors, we send our children to the ...
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
Newswise - RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. " Providing better care for dual-eligible Medicare-Medicaid patients could significantly reduce hospitalization rates for this population, saving taxpayers between $625 million and $1.9 billion per year, according to a new study by researchers at RTI International and Florida Atlantic University.The study looked at patients ...
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Friday, May 11th, 2012
The official U.S. government Medicare website serves, in part, as a tool to assist families seeking an appropriate post-acute care facility. The Medicare Four Star rating is based on a number of criteria, including health inspections, staffing and quality measures. Shippensburg Health Care Center, a 125-bed nursing and rehabilitation ...
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Sunday, April 8th, 2012
Jamshedpur, March 18: Twelve private hospitals in the steel city have been asked to furnish details of free treatment provided to BPL category patients since June last year by East Singhbhum district civil surgeon Vibha Sharan.The move follows complaints that these hospitals and nursing homes were not providing free treatment ...
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