Q&A with Dr. Dana B. Mukamel: Grading the system, players
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Haymarket Media
Jul 15, 2004
Dr. Dana B. Mukamel, who serves as a watchdog over PACE by studying 28 of the 30 programs for frail seniors staying in their communities, is now tackling nursing home report cards. Armed with a grant from...
Senate committee holds hearing on liability insurance costs
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Haymarket Media
Jul 14, 2004
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging is holding a hearing Thursday on medical liability insurance costs for doctors in nursing homes. The hearing, lead by Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID), comes just before...
Senator’s letter calls for stricter nursing home inspections
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Haymarket Media
Jul 13, 2004
Provider advocates are bracing for backlash from a letter Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) sent Friday to the head of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Mark McClellan, calling for stricter federal...
Pennsylvania Medicaid improperly paid sanctioned nursing homes
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Haymarket Media
Jul 12, 2004
Pennsylvania’s Medicaid agency wrongly paid more than $75,000 to 13 skilled nursing facilities that had been sanctioned for poor quality of care between 1999 and 2003, costing the federal government...
House subcommittee suggests funding boosts for nursing education, cuts to rural outreach
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Haymarket Media
Jul 09, 2004
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Thursday proposed $374.3 billion in funding for federal Health and Human Services programs in fiscal year 2005,...
Study: Seniors who veered off medication experienced major health decline
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Haymarket Media
Jul 01, 2004
Seniors who did not take all of their prescribed drugs because of the excessive costs were 76% more likely to have major health problems in the long run compared with those who heeded doctors’ orders,...
Study: Nursing homes facing more, more expensive lawsuits
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Haymarket Media
Jun 04, 2004
Nursing home operators have been hit by a huge increase in consumer lawsuits, according to a study sponsored by the largest nursing home association in the country.
CDC: A third of U.S. adults use alternative medicine regularly
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Haymarket Media
Jun 03, 2004
More than one-third of U.S. adults use alternative medicine regularly, according to a survey released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This could have implications for consumer preferences...
Study: Most Americans do not have long-term care insurance
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Haymarket Media
May 20, 2004
More than 85% of American older than 45 years old do not have long-term insurance, according to a second annual survey released by the Long-Term Care Financing Strategy Group, Washington D.C. The study,...
Medicaid’s community-based spending on long-term care soars
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Haymarket Media
May 18, 2004
Community-based spending by state governments on long-term care now accounts for 30% of total Medicaid long-term care spending, up from 15% in 1992, according to a report released by Health Strategies...