The Bush administration began to air a 30-second ad Tuesday on network and cable television — a two-month $9.5 million endeavor to ratchet public support for the revised Medicare law and counteract...
How to do it … Complex resident areas
By
John Hall
Dec 05, 2019
Designing special care areas entails far more than four walls, a bed and medical equipment. Considering the needs for caregivers, as well as the usual ebb and flow of family and guests — both expected...
Daiya Healthcare moves into Hawaii
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2020
Daiya Healthcare, a provider group specializing in post-acute and long-term care medicine, expanded operations into Hawaii with clinicians, offering primary care, psychiatry, palliative care and pain management...
Survey: Healthcare ranks high with voters for 2004
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Haymarket Media
Jan 15, 2004
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has again recommended that skilled nursing facilities receive no inflationary payment adjustment in the coming year. The congressional advisory arm made a similar...
Building company honored for VA home project
Aug 22, 2018
Gilbane Building Company has received two project awards for its Rhode Island Veterans Administration Home, the company announced.
Introduced bill calls for mandated hospice inspections
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Stephanie H. Kim
Aug 06, 2014
Hospices would need to undergo an inspection every three years under a bill introduced by a New York congressman.
FDA approves three treatments for diabetes
Jan 30, 2013
Takeda announced that the FDA has approved Nesina (alogliptin), Oseni (alogliptin and Pioglitazone), and Kazano (alogliptin and metformin HCl) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in adults as adjuncts...
CDC recommends antiviral drugs as alternative to flu vaccines
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Haymarket Media
Oct 22, 2004
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has approved three antiviral drugs as a means of “preventing” the flu. Although not to be taken as substitutes for the flu vaccine during...
Most states report healthier revenues early in fiscal year
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Haymarket Media
Dec 10, 2004
All but three states are experiencing bursts of revenue on target or above projections, according to the findings of a new survey. Medicaid, the country’s biggest payer of long-term care, receives...
Sleep apnea device can help pre-diabetics
Apr 28, 2015
A continuous positive airway pressure machine, which blows air into the lungs of sleep apnea patients at night, can also help those with pre-diabetes, a new study suggests.