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States have made promising gains in health care quality, although more remains to be done in areas ranging from cancer screening to treatments of heart attack patients, according to new state snapshots released by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
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A RAND Corp. study says government subsidies to cut health insurance premium prices by 50% for those without insurance would only cut the number of uninsured Americans by 3%.
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The percentage of newborns living in states requiring screening for at least 21 life-threatening disorders has more than doubled since 2005, according to the latest March of Dimes Newborn Screening Report Card.
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The 2.8 million-plus needy children in Texas' Medicaid program should have better access to checkups, timely prescriptions and other services under a court settlement approved by U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice.
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As your hospital engages in disaster planning, make sure that your case management department is involved in the process, Beverly Cunningham, RN, MS, associate administrator, clinical performance improvement, Medical City Dallas Hospital, advises.
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As hurricane season approaches each year, case managers in North Broward Hospital District's disease state management programs work with their patients to make sure they will be safe if a storm hits the area, causing flooding and power outages.
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As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) moves toward its value-based purchasing initiative, case managers are in a position to help their hospitals prepare for the time when payment will be linked to quality, rather than just delivery of service.
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Barbara Zielinski, MSW, CCM, does double duty as a case manager and social worker on the women and children's services unit at Ingham Regional Medical Center in Lansing, MI, working with children's protective services or adoption agencies to place some of the infants born at the hospital.
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