Health Care Information:Know how your hospital performs on quality measures?

Posted by admin | Health Care | Tuesday 23 February 2010
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Find useful tips on complete health care like yoga, mental health, fitness and more on this regularly updated blog.Did you know hospitals that participate with CMS (translation: accepts Medicare patients) are required to submit quality measures on a variety of diagnosis such as Heart Attack, Pneumonia, and Surgery? Each quarter, hospitals across the nation submit patient information that demonstrates

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Health Care Article:Nursing Homes: What are Special Focus Facilities?

Posted by admin | Health Care | Thursday 7 January 2010
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Health Care Blog - Information on health care, alternative health therapies, mental health, home health care, womens, mens and kids health, heart attacks, other common diseases and conditions.One important thing to look out for when searching for a nursing home is whether a particular facility has been designated as a Special Focus Facility (SFF). States and the CMS (Medicare and Medicaid) identify nursing homes as special focus facilities when they have a history of

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