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UnitedHealthcare's post-acute transition program has reduced the average length of stay in skilled nursing facilities by three to five days, depending on the market, for members in the program.
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To improve access to health care in Logan County, IL, the Healthy Communities Partnership was formed 13 years ago. The mission statement of the partners is "to improve the health and quality of life for people in the communities we serve." This is accomplished in many ways, but almost always, education is a key component.
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Healthy eating is a good target area for education, because people are confused about what healthy eating means, contends Andrea Giancoli, MPH, RD, an American Dietetic Association spokesperson who lives in Southern California.
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An innovative pilot program in Massachusetts will soon be implemented, with the goal of improving the care of children with asthma, reports David Polakoff, MD, chief medical officer of MassHealth, the Massachusetts Medicaid program. "We hope to implement this as soon as possible," he says. "This is an idea that has been kicking around for awhile; it has been tried in some small-scale pilots."