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You read it in the newspaper or hear about it on the news almost every day: The country's obesity epidemic is out of control. And with Americans' ever-growing girth comes an epidemic of health problems, ranging from hypertension and diabetes to osteoarthritis and heart disease.
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A potentially onerous hospital discharge rule proposed in April 2006 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is significantly less burdensome in its final form.
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One of the EMTALA-related questions he hears most frequently from providers is whether it is permissible to send patients to an urgent care setting following triage in the emergency department (ED), says Stephen Frew, JD, a web site publisher (www.medlaw.com) who specializes in interpreting the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
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A case management program for members with chronic kidney disease provides one-on-one education that helps members of U-Care Minnesota manage their comorbid conditions and make lifestyle changes that slow the progression of the disease.
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With an eye to improving the health of their members over the long term, BlueCross and BlueShield of Tennessee has taken aim at childhood obesity.
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The Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) recently completed a successful pneumonia prevention program for hospital patients on ventilators, crediting it with saving an estimated 53 lives and $7 million in health care costs.
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Hospitals are ill-prepared to cope with even a mild pandemic and are likely to face shortages of staff, protective equipment, bed space, and other supplies.
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Americans are not signing up for consumer-driven health plans (CDHP) that offer reduced premiums with higher deductibles of $1,000 or more for employee-only coverage and $2,000 or more for family coverage, according to a recent survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and The Commonwealth Fund.