Hospitals Say They're Penalized By Medicare for Improving Care
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Intermountain Health Care is trying to change the way Medicare reimburses hospitals for improving care, especially for patients with pneumonia. Medicare has fixed payments for the estimates of what an average cost of medical care per patient should be. This means that quality treatment which avoids a hospital stay is reimbursed poorly, and a more serious medical condition is underfunded. Doctors and administrators are trying to get Congress to address outdated and imbalanced financial policies that hinder that right kind of care.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2003
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Gener therapy for heart patient a first
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St. Michael's Hospital has announced that its doctors have performed an experimental procedure on a heart disease patient, The cardiac gene therapy procedure, which involved injecting a DNA-based substance into the patient's heart, was performed after the patient's heart became too clogged for traditional procedures.
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2000
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Something is rotten in the state of health care
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The lack of hospital financing in British Columbia and other Canadian provinces is discussed. There is a shortage of nurses, doctors, and surgical facilities even though the economy of Canada is good in the year 2000.
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2000
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