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Drug theft is a vexing problem for any health care provider, but a health system in Texas is finding that the thefts can be on such a scale that federal investigators become interested and the community starts asking how the provider could have let the thieves continue for so long.
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From the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) perspective, the saying "ignorance is bliss" does not apply when it comes to a patient's status.
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The latest in a series of papers published by researchers led by Angelo Volandes, MD, MPH, instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and documentary filmmaker, looked at the use of a video depicting real-life cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as well as other life-sustaining treatments often faced by patients at the end of life.
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About 9,000 patients at Marshfield (WI) Clinic learn self-care and disease management over the telephone from registered nurses. There are three telephonic care management programs that include the anticoagulation service, heart failure care management, and dyslipidemia care management.
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Although no one is sure what the new health care legislation will look like when fully implemented, all agree it will give more people access to preventive and medical care.
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It is estimated that Alzheimer's disease affects 5.3 million Americans, making it difficult for them to function in some very simple, ordinary ways. Yet families are often caught off guard when the diagnosis is made, for they cannot imagine how the behavior of a loved one is altered as the disease progresses.
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With an estimated 16 million additional Americans coming onto the Medicaid program as of 2014, having enough providers to ensure good access to care is certainly a legitimate concern.
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As of 2014, Medicaid will cover everyone below 133% of the federal poverty level, including childless adults and others who are currently ineligible. However, the new health care reform law gives states the option of covering additional low-income adults right away.