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The Home Health Prospective Payment System Fact Sheet, which provides information about home health coverage and elements of the Home Health Prospective Payment System, is now available in print format from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Learning Network.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published Guided Pathways to Medicare Resources for Medicare Fee-for-Service Health Care Professionals as an educational tool for fee-for-service (FFS) health care staff who are unfamiliar with the Medicare Program, as well as for those professionals looking for easy access to the many resources on the CMS website.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the final paper in the HIPAA Security Educational Paper series.
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Six Sigma projects at Sharp HealthCare hospitals have dramatically shortened the time that elapses between the time that discharge orders are written and the time the patient leaves the acute care setting.
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The unpredictable nature of multiple sclerosis (MS) presents challenges for both caregivers and patients who may wake in the morning with no symptoms and then find themselves fatigued and experiencing pain or cognitive problems in the afternoon.
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is thought to be an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS).
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An estimated 400,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable neurological disease that can cause blurred vision, loss of balance, poor coordination, fatigue, and even paralysis and blindness.
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PA hospitals address preventable errors; Two insurers to stop paying for hospital errors; Study says low use of outpatient rehab after MI
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While hand washing is strongly emphasized as a patient safety strategy, a new study published in the January 2008 issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology1 indicates that hand washing alone may not be enough to ensure lower infection rates.
