Experts urge pneumonia vaccine for elderly in wake of U.S. flu-shot shortage
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Haymarket Media
Oct 20, 2004
Experts are putting extra emphasis on their urgings that nursing home residents get pneumonia vaccine shots during this season’s flu shortage.
HHS awards $31 million in grants to 31 states to help elderly, disabled live at home
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Haymarket Media
Oct 12, 2004
The Department of Health & Human Services will hand out $31 million in grants to 31 states to help people with disabilities or long-term illnesses live at home instead of seeking aid in long-term care...
HHS to aid Florida long-term care providers in the aftermath of Hurricane Frances
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Haymarket Media
Sep 08, 2004
The Department of Health and Human Services has been in contact with Florida health officials and administrators at nursing homes and other health facilities to provide assistance with emergency health...
Government releases national plan for influenza pandemic
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Haymarket Media
Aug 27, 2004
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson unveiled a large-scale plan Wednesday for national, state and local policy makers and health departments to respond effectively to an...
Federal data: Nursing home penalties drop significantly
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Haymarket Media
Aug 09, 2004
The number of nursing homes punished for federal standards violations fell by more than 18% when comparing 2000 and 2003 levels, according to a new report. In addition, the number of civil monetary fines...
CMS: Rehab providers can prepare for 3.1% Medicare hike, or more
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Haymarket Media
Jul 30, 2004
Rural inpatient rehabilitation facilities will see their Medicare payments rise more than 20% effective Oct. 1, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
CMS boosts Medicare physician payments for preventive services
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Haymarket Media
Jul 29, 2004
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed a rule Tuesday that would give a 1.5% payment increase to physicians caring for Medicare beneficiaries, thereby aiding the agency’s shift to...
Study: Hispanic women wait longer to put relatives in nursing home
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Haymarket Media
Jul 13, 2004
Hispanic women who care for older relatives with dementia wait longer than white caregivers to place their relatives in nursing homes, especially when they are less acclimated to U.S. society, according...
Vast majority of Senators call on HHS to delay ‘75% rule’
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Haymarket Media
Jun 22, 2004
The vast majority of Senators sent a letter Monday to Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson asking him to delay the July 1 implementation date set for the “75% rule” on inpatient...
Health agency faces lawsuit for withholding cost estimates of Medicare reform law
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Haymarket Media
May 24, 2004
Nineteen Democratic members of the House Committee on Government Reform filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against the Department of Health and Human Services for refusing to release cost estimates for the...