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| What's at Stake in the Medicare Showdown - Wall Street Journal A friend recently asked me for advice on how to protect her father. He wants to stay in his own apartment as he recuperates from hip surgery. But the Medicare program that covers him requires that he head off to a costly nursing home. My friend was Source: online.wsj.com Nothing 'special' about proper care - Atlanta Journal Constitution Nothing 'special' about proper care Recent ruling will keep doctors, not bureaucrats, in charge of kids' health. By Pam Moore For the Journal-Constitution Source: www.ajc.com Saint Francis purchase plan meets resistance of radiology group - Memphis Commercial Appeal A physicians' group is opposing a plan by Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis to buy a $6.7 million radiation surgery system, arguing that Memphis has machines that work just as well. Saint Francis wants to buy a Cyberknife system made by Sunnyvale, Calif Source: www.commercialappeal.com Health center celebrates opening today - Journal & Sunday Journal MARTINSBURG Panhandle Home Health Inc. will hold a ribbon cutting for its new facility this afternoon. The ribbon-cutting will take place at 3 p.m. today, with a tour of the building and home health nursing refreshments afterwards. The address for the new location Source: journal-news.net Tennessee: Audit finds failures in health care oversight - Chattanooga Times Free Press As state inspectors continue to find a record number of violations in nursing homes, two recent reports highlight significant weaknesses in Tennessee s oversight of health care facilities. An audit by the comptroller of the Treasury identified a Source: www.timesfreepress.com Health care provider has room to grow - Detroit News The company: Privately held Residential Home Health is Michigan's leading provider of in-home nursing and home health nursing therapy services for seniors on Medicare. Professionals include registered nurses, home health aides and home health nursing speech therapists. The Madison Heights Source: www.detnews.com Doctors say medication is overused in dementia - International Herald Tribune Ramona Lamascola thought she was losing her 88-year-old mother to dementia. Instead, she was losing her to overmedication. Last fall her mother, Theresa Lamascola, of New York, suffering from anxiety and home health nursing confusion, was put on the antipsychotic drug Source: www.iht.com |