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Depression Contributes to Preventable Hospitalizations in Danish Study

...  contributes to preventable hospitalizations in Danish study It is estimated that these hospitalizations cost the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services $ 32 billion a year. In addition to increased healthcare costs, some preventable hospitalizations, such as for pneumonia, could contribute to cognitive … Read more on EurekAlert (press release) Depression: 'Life … loses its luster' Nearly one in four Lee County residents has been diagnosed with depression or anxiety, according to the 2014 Lee County Community Health Assessment report. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Rating System an Imperfect, but Helpful, Tool

...  system an imperfect, but helpful, tool It is common for hospitals and consumers to use the federal government's Five-Star Quality Rating System for skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers, launched by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), as a tool to identify quality … Read more on Baltimore Sun How to choose the best rehab facility After my dad's second hospital stay, we did more intensive research, branching out beyond the hospital's provided list to stand-alone rehab centers and regional specialty centers. We checked the Medicare ratings and any reviews that were available on … Read more on Reuters Read ...

Troubled Riverside Hospital Tries to Shake the Past

...  Riverside hospital tries to shake the past He said the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is withholding $ 4 million for legitimate services rendered. The federal program stopped all … Activists including Quanell X, former Houston City Council candidate Georgia Provost and mental … Read more on Houston Chronicle County by county news for Saturday U.S. Rep Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., is asking the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control to assess the public health risk posed by the flood of unaccompanied migrant children coming ...

Cardiac Rehabilitation Helps Survival Time in Heart Patients Receiving Stent Therapy

  Cardiac Rehabilitation Helps Survival Time in Heart Patients Receiving Stent Therapy – A team of Mayo Clinic researchers have found that cardiac rehabilitation is associated with significantly reduced mortality rates for patients who have had s…   Memorial Hospital and Heart Institute's Cardiac Rehab Center to start … … community—especially in Lufkin—we needed a Cardiac Rehabilitation Facility like this one, which is supervised by cardiologists and helped professionals like train registered nurses as well as exercise physiologists, and this adds credence to the … Read more on KTRE Read more... ...

Promises Treatment Center (888) 978-4179

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Ala. Doctors Explain High Medicare Reimbursements

...  doctors explain high Medicare reimbursements Medicare reimbursed several Alabama doctors more than $ 4 million in 2012, according to data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last week. However, doctors say the numbers reflect the high cost of specialized treatment … Read more on The Idaho Statesman Indonesian NGO offers to rescue slow loris from euthanasia “We are much willing to repatriate this endangered primate back to Indonesia,” stated Femke Den Haas, founder of the Slow Loris Rehabilitation Centre has told the Ministry of Environment. “We oppose … The slow loris – which is currently being held at ...

'The Big Book' That Gave Alcoholics Hope in 12 Steps Turns 75

...  Big Book' that gave alcoholics hope in 12 steps turns 75 Its influence on the world's health and the treatment of alcoholism and other addictions is immeasurable. In 2011, Time magazine placed the Big Book on … The now famous 12 steps for addiction recovery was introduced in the book “Alcoholics Anonymous … Read more on PBS NewsHour Medicare by the Numbers The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a massive database on Wednesday revealing how Medicare doled out $ 77 billion to some 880,000 providers in 2012. Related: Historic … These government figures are for Medicare Part B claims, which … Read more on The Fiscal Times Read ...