Posts Tagged ‘long’
Surgical Robot Could Be Used For Long-Distance Regional Anesthesia
An existing surgical robot could be used to perform complex regional anesthesia procedures in theory, allowing expert anesthesiologists to perform robot-assisted procedures from remote locations, according to a study in the September issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS)…
Quality Of Perioperative Care Has Major Impact On Long-Term Outcome Of Orthopedic Surgery Patients
A study published in the October 2010 issue of Anesthesiology is among the first to show that the quality of immediate postoperative care of orthopedic surgery patients has important effects on patients’ long-term cardiac outcomes. According to lead study author Sylvain Ausset, M.D…
Long Term Care Profession Applauds FMAP Passage
Bruce Yarwood, President and CEO of the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), and Alan Rosenbloom, President of the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care, issued the following statement today applauding House passage of an extension of the enhanced Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP): “The rare return of th…
AHCA Commends Legislation To Modernize Long Term Care Survey System
Emphasizing the need for a more streamlined approach in assessing long term care facilities, the American Health Care Association (AHCA) has praised Congressman Bart Stupak, for introducing the Enhancing Quality through Survey System Improvements Act of 2010 (HR 6074)…
Today’s OpEds: Medicaid And The Safety Net; Health Reform Law’s Impact On Long-Term Care And Health Costs
Medicaid Deal Keeps The Area Health Care Safety Net Intact St. Louis Post-Dispatch Late last week, the federal government provided a road map [for how to help those with little access to care] by extending an existing agreement that allows up to $25 million in Medicaid payments to hospitals to be diverted instead to clinics that serve the uninsured…
CMS Finalizes Policy And Payment Rate Changes For Inpatient Stays In Acute Care Long Term Care And Certain Excluded Hospitals In FY 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a final rule establishing fiscal year (FY) 2011 policies and payment rates for inpatient services furnished to people with Medicare byFYcute care hospitals, long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), and certain excluded hospitals…
Today’s OpEds: States’ Very Different Approaches To Health Reform; Tanning Tax; Sen. Collins On Long Term Care
Get Ready For The Tanning Tax CNN The tanning industry is just the latest victim of government paternalism, putting it in the same category as cigarettes, alcohol, gambling, sodas, trans fats, junk food and other targets of so-called ‘sin taxes…
SPORT Study Analyzes Whether Complication Of Most Common Back Surgery Impacts Long-Term Patient Outcome
Lumbar discectomy is the most common surgical procedure performed in the U.S. for patients experiencing back and leg pain. An incidental durotomy (unintentional breach of the dural covering of the spinal cord and nerve roots) is one of the most frequent complications during lumbar discectomy and is the subject of a significant number of malpractice lawsuits…
Costs For Long-Term Care Rise, Home Health Care Costs Fairly Stable
U.S. News & World Report Blog: “Institutional costs for long term care continued to post big increases last year even as the economy sputtered along, according to the seventh annual Cost of Care survey from Genworth Financial, a major seller of long term care insurance…
CLASS Act Provision In Health Law Will Provide Long-Term Care For Elderly, Disabled
Kaiser Health News: The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act program, a provision of the health reform law, “establishes a voluntary, long-term care program that will provide cash to enrollees who suffer at least two limitations in daily activities, such as eating, bathing and dressing. …
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