Medicare, Don’t Forget about Ballot Measures on Election Day

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1. Medicare Help – What are the Hospital Process of Care Measures A process of care measure shows how often hospitals give recommended treatments known to get the best results for patients with certain medical conditions or surgical procedures. Information about these treatments are taken from the patients’ records and converted into a percentage. This is one way to compare the quality of care that hospitals give. ...
2. Effort seeks to identify measures of nutritional status The National Institutes of Health has undertaken a new program to discover, develop and distribute measures of nutritional status. The Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND) Program brings together experts in the field of nutrition to provide advice to researchers, clinicians, program- and policymakers, on the role of food and nutrition in health promotion and […]...
3. MedicareCard.com News – Independent Panel Finds Insufficient Evidence to Support Preventive Measures for Alzheimer’s Disease Many preventive measures for cognitive decline and for preventing Alzheimer's disease—mental stimulation, exercise, and a variety of dietary supplements...
4. The Human Services Committee is giving strong consideration to two measures that would go a long way toward lowering health care costs and improving health care quality. CONNECTICUT: The Human Services Committee is giving strong consideration to two measures that would go a long way toward lowering health care costs and improving health care quality....
5. Can Democrats push health care reform through the Senate Can Democrats push health care reform through the Senate now that their filibuster-proof majority of 60 to 40 is set to expire when the new Republican Senator from Massachusetts takes his seat? Or, will cooler heads prevail? Massachusetts voters provided extra drama this week when the election to fill the rest of Ted Kennedy's term resulted in an upset win for Republican Scott Brown....
6. Medicare Assistance – What is the Survey of Patients’ Hospital Experiences (HCAHPS) HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) is a national, standardized survey of hospital patients. HCAHPS (pronounced “H-caps”) was created to publicly report the patient’s perspective of hospital care. The survey asks a random sample of recently discharged patients about important aspects of their hospital experience. ...
7. Medicare, Five NIH leaders elected to the Institute of Medicine The National Academy of Sciences today announced that five leaders at the National Institutes of Health have been elected to the Institute of Medicine. Election to the IOM is one of the highest honors in the fields of medicine and health....
8. Don’t Forget Your Old 401k Plan Last week, a visit to my mailbox yielded some bills, junkmail, and a statement from the company that manages the 401k retirement account from my old job. In my excitement to start working at the Federal Citizen Information Center, I neglected to move the money in my 401k from my last job, so it’s just sitting […]...
9. Medicare, New website: Clinical Research Trials and You The National Institutes of Health has created a new website, NIH Clinical Research Trials and You to help people learn more about clinical trials, why they matter, and how to participate....
10. Medicare, NIH-Supported Study, Looks for Earliest Changes, in the Brain That May Lead to Alzheimer’s Disease Volunteers are being sought for a clinical study examining the subtle changes that may take place in the brains of older people many years before overt symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease appear. Researchers are looking for people with the very earliest complaints of memory problems that affect their daily activities. The study will follow participants over […]...
11. Medicare, Medicare Card, Government Grants It’s late at night, the TV’s on and you see a commercial. It tells you that if you just buy this wonderful book, you’ll learn the secrets to get free money from the government to pay your credit card bills, renovate your home, and start a business! It sounds so wonderful, but is it too […]...
12. Medicare Help for Individuals with Limited Income Extra Help for People with Limited Income and Resources If you are not sure if you qualify for extra help paying for Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage, visit these two online resources: 1. Apply Online for Extra Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs If your resources are less than $11,710 (single) or $23,410 (married) and […]...
13. Medicare Help, Finding a New Job January’s unemployment rate was 9%, and that means that there are a lot of Americans who still need jobs. The local paper is a good way to find jobs close to home, and these days many jobs are posted online. Don’t forget that there are lots of government jobs out there too.  If you’re looking […]...
14. Passport Cost Increase – Will Medicare Pay For It? Now that the east coast has finally started to warm up, the sun is shining, birds are chirping...allow me to bring some gloom and doom to your day. It looks like the cost of obtaining / renewing a passport is going to go up. ...
15. Medicare, Risk of Newborn Heart Defects, Increases with Maternal Obesity The more obese a woman is when she becomes pregnant, the greater the likelihood that she will give birth to an infant with a congenital heart defect, according to a study conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the New York state Department of Health....