Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Hospital Care At Home Is Feasible And Cost-Effective, Study Finds. Sixty percent of patients who required hospitalization for one of four conditions chose to receive hospital-quality care at home (Article, p. 798). Patients who agreed to treatment at home received similar quality of care, had fewer and shorter treatments, and generated lower costs than those who were hospitalized... click link for more info. [Medical News Today RSS/XML Feed] 5:19:42 AM    comment [] Pennsylvania Lawsuit Seeks To Block Automatic Enrollment Of Dual Eligibles In Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit. Two Pennsylvania advocacy groups filed a lawsuit that asks the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia to block automatic enrollment of thousands of individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid into Medicare prescription drug plans when their medication coverage switches from Medicaid to Medicare on Jan, 1, 2006, the http://www... click link for more info. [Medical News Today RSS/XML Feed] 5:16:19 AM    comment [] US Nursing Home Quality Stagnant: Report HealthCentral.com - USA ... that deficiencies causing actual harm to nursing home residents declined from 7 percent to 6.5 percent from 2003 to 2004, while patient abuse remained stable ... 4:34:20 AM    comment []

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