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Medicaid Defined
A State program that provides access to health care services to individuals in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program. Medicaid will usually pay for medications, lab tests, and nursing home services if the individual qualifies for the program.
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Medical branch buys more land in Victory Lakes
Published August 20, 2008, 7:41 am, Galveston County Daily News
LEAGUE CITY — Staking out ever more territory in the affluent suburbs, UTMB last week paid $9.4 million for 29 acres in League City.
UMass Memorial gets top ranking
Published August 20, 2008, 6:49 am, Boston Globe
WORCESTER - Nearly three years after its heart surgery program was suspended, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester now ranks among the safest in the country, according to federal figures released today.
Heart of recovery
Published August 20, 2008, 1:32 am, Worcester Telegram & Gazette
WORCESTER - Capping a turnaround in cardiac care from its surgery program's suspension almost three years ago, UMass Memorial Medical Center now ranks among only nine hospitals in the nation and two in Massachusetts with heart-attack survival rates above national levels.
Cherry Valley sponsoring benefit for 4-year-old
Published August 20, 2008, 1:05 am, The Daily Star
CHERRY VALLEY _ A village-sponsored benefit is being held at the community center on Saturday to aid a Cherry Valley girl and her family, a couple of those involved said.
Fundraiser To Aid Tot With Serious Heart Defects
Published August 19, 2008, 9:02 pm, The Suncoast News Pasco
A combination community garage sale and cookout will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the home of Stephanie Troxell, 4748 Voorhees Road, New Port Richey. The event is a fundraiser for the Lofreddo family - specifically 7-month-old Chance Lofreddo, as he nears the first of several heart surgeries in his lifetime.
Vision center provides surgeries for those in need
Published August 19, 2008, 7:18 am, The Glasgow Daily Times
Freda Nieman noticed a change in her vision less than two hours after a right-eye lens implant in 2007.
Fines levied against hospital
Published August 19, 2008, 12:46 am, Daily Breeze
The wrong patient had his prostate removed due to a labeling error at County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, leading the state to issue a fine Monday for putting patients at risk for death or major injury.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky: Why Hilda Needs Universal Health Care
Published August 18, 2008, 6:08 pm, HuffingtonPost
A week doesn't go by in my district offices without some constituent, often several, calling in a panic about a personal health care crisis.
Costs tied to wrongful surgeries, medication errors not charged to patients in Utah
Published August 18, 2008, 5:17 pm, The Salt Lake Tribune
Wrong-site surgeries and major injuries from medication errors are so unacceptable that Utah hospitals will not charge patients for the care it takes to fix the mistake.
Medline Launches Prevention Campaign and $1 Million Grant Program to Support Solutions for Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Published August 18, 2008, 3:24 pm, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance
Medline Industries, Inc. announced today a new prevention campaign targeting six hospital-acquired conditions and the creation of a $1 million research grant program to support the adoption of evidence-based solutions in healthcare institutions at its Prevention Above All forum in Chicago.
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- Medicare buoyed by demo success after audits collect $700 million | American Medical News 08.18.08: A limited three-year trial of a new type of Medicare auditor hired to track down overpayments to hospitals, physicians and others restored nearly $700 million to the program's coffers even after paying the contractors� 39; expenses, according to a July report. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which released the report, is preparing to phase in a permanent, nationwide version of the initiative ordered by Congress.
- OCDD Waiver Supports & Services
- Long Term Personal Care Services
- http://www.dhh .louisiana.gov /offices/publi cations/pubs-1 05/OAAS-RC-06- 002-ADHC%20Fac t%20Sheet-RI-1 2-28-07%20(for %202008).pdf
- "Budget Impasse Halts Medi-Cal Payments": Medicaid, Ventura County Star (CA), August 17, 2008
- "TennCare Reduces Nursing Services": Medicaid, Knoxville News (TN), August 18, 2008
- "Ohioans Can Keep More Assets While Getting Care": Medicaid, Dayton Daily News (OH), August 17, 2008
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