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Canadian hero of Iran hostage crisis can’t get long-term care bed
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:16:32 -0700
A shortage of spaces in long-term care facilities for veterans will mean an unlikely reunion at an Ottawa hospital room this weekend for a group of Canadians and Americans whose lives intertwined 30 years ago during the Iran hostage crisis.
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Ontario's hospitals applaud Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's ER Wait Times Program expansion
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:52:15 -0700
The Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) is encouraged by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's announcement to expand its Emergency Room (ER) Pay for Results Program. The OHA considers this expansion a positive step forward in improving both access to care and health system accountability.
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San Diego health care staffing firm AMN to buy Arlington-based Medfinders
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:14:16 -0700
AMN Healthcare Services Inc., a San Diego-based health care staffing company, has agreed to buy Arlington-based Medfinders, a health care staffing and management services company, in a deal worth $220 million.
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Today's OpEds: Health Reform And Long-Term Care; Health Care Incentives; Reasons For Optimism Or Repeal And Replace?
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:26:16 -0700
Reform Eases Long-Term Health Care Woes The San Francisco Chronicle Our system of long-term care does not provide adequate or coordinated human services and medical treatment for our growing aging population. ... Thanks to a provision of the new health care law known as the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program, tomorrow's continuum of care does not have to be so unforgiving ...
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Coventry Health Care reports $2.9 billion total operating revenues for second-quarter 2010
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:23:24 -0700
Coventry Health Care, Inc. today reported consolidated operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010. Operating revenues totaled $2.9 billion for the quarter with net earnings of $1.0 million, or $0.01 earnings per diluted share (EPS). These results include a favorable impact from the Medicare Advantage Private Fee-for-Service (MA-PFFS) product of $0.18 EPS and an unfavorable impact ...
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More vets getting mental health care, more need care
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:43:13 -0700
As the wars continue in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Department of Veterans Affairs can be sure of something: more people will leave the military in need of long-term medical care – and long-term mental health care.
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City grapples with rising health care costs
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:18:28 -0700
If you live in Bayport, your water and sewer rates are about to start climbing. If you work for the city of Bayport, your health care costs are about to do the same.
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