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Dementia training standards vary widely throughout U.S.
A new survey of state laws around dementia training reveals a patchwork of requirements and standards across settings, professional licensure…
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Greater transparency is resulting in fewer ‘positive’ findings in clinical trials
If it seems the newest studies are always reporting some new link – an association between two things or an…
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Gauging ‘success’ at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, created by the Affordable Care Act, is trying new ways of delivering health care and…
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Check out this primer on issues affecting health in rural areas
When I flew to Forth Worth, Texas, recently for AHCJ’s Rural Health Workshop, I should have read this first. The…
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Panel looks to Medicaid as possible housing partner to boost health
Is housing a prescription for better health for the poor? And, if so, who pays for it? That was the…
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Looking at the ‘adventure’ philanthropy of dental professionals
Sara Schilling of the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Wash., recently caught up with a local dentist who channels his wanderlust…
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How to gauge ‘success’ at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
One agency created by the Affordable Care Act is the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). As the name…
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AHCJ offers update of hospital inspection data
AHCJ just added 899 hospital deficiencies listed in the searchable data on its HospitalInspections.org website. The latest addition includes inspections into June.…
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Add context to your reporting by recalling who Medicaid actually serves
Here is an article that stood out amid the tidal wave of media coverage of Medicare and Medicaid’s 50th anniversary…
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How nursing facilities use telemedicine to reduce hospital readmissions
Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations (PAH) among nursing home residents are costly, expose residents to additional health risks and exact a toll…
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