Cedars-Sinai, UCLA team up to open inpatient rehab facility
Cedars-Sinai Health System and UCLA Health System are forming a partnership to open a 138-bed acute inpatient rehabilitation facility in the former Century City Hospital, Los Angeles. The new hospital, expected to open in late 2015, will more than …
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MedPAC shows enthusiasm for equalizing SNF, inpatient rehab facility payments
More uniform reimbursements for skilled nursing facilities and inpatient rehabilitation facilities could be implemented soon, policy analysts recently told the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. The move, known as payment rationalization, is not a …
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Baptist Begins Work on Germantown Rehabilitation Facility
“The patients most likely to be treated by inpatient rehab include those from complex neurological conditions, strokes, brain and spinal cord injuries, complex orthopedic injuries, amputations and other conditions,” said Brian Hogan, CEO and …
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Lourdes Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit earns CARF accreditation
Lourdes Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit has received three-year accreditation from CARF International, an independent nonprofit group that accredits health and human services providers in several areas. CARF surveyed the unit and found no issues, a news …
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Rogers City Rehabilitation Hospital to stop inpatient services
"We are a small, regional hospital and over the years, the demand for the type of acute care service we provide has diminished significantly. As a result, we have made the decision to discontinue offering inpatient services at Rogers City …
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CMS to increase Medicare payments to SNFs, inpatient rehab facilities
Aggregate payments to skilled-nursing facilities next year are expected to increase by $ 470 million, or about by 1.3%, compared with payments in 2013, according to estimates from the CMS. That's slightly below what the agency projected when it released …
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Millcreek Community adds inpatient rehab unit
Millcreek Community Hospital last week opened a new 14-bed, inpatient rehabilitation unit. The new rehab unit is located on the first floor of Millcreek Community's three-story west wing where the Acute Care for the Elderly unit was previously located.
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State gives OK to .2M Baptist rehab facility
The Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency has approved a proposal by Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. to build a 49-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Germantown, according to state filings. The project is estimated to cost about …
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Agency considering inpatient drug rehab in Fairfield County
LANCASTER — There is a chance Fairfield County could get its first inpatient drug rehabilitation facility in the next year or two. Barry Bennett, the executive director of Pickaway Area Recovery Services, said his agency is looking to potentially …
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New residential drug rehab center for women opens in Pickaway County
On Monday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the official beginning of the Women's Recovery Center in a former union hall on Highland Avenue, an expansion of an existing in-patient drug rehab facility for women in Fayette County. The center is the first …
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Immanuel's new inpatient rehab center offers a private place to heal, more room
The entrance to Immanuel Medical Center's 35-bed inpatient Rehabilitation Center looks more like the lobby of a hotel than a hospital floor. The 32,600-square-foot, $ 11 million center, which will open Monday, was constructed near the hospital's first …
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California opens M prison mental health center
SACRAMENTO — California opened a $ 24 million treatment center for mentally ill inmates on Thursday as state corrections officials used the occasion to push for ending federal oversight of that aspect of prison operations. The 44,000-square-foot …
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State panel okays new Mercy hospital for southeast Springfield
… meet the needs of more patients and their families,” said Dr. Hollis Bell, medical director for rehabilitation at Mercy Hospital Springfield. “Additionally, we are the only inpatient rehabilitation facility in the Ozarks that provides care for …
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Health centre renamed to hospital
The facility offers health care services such as eight acute inpatient beds; a 24/7 emergency room; rehabilitation and physiotherapy; public health support; mental health support; home and community care nursing; home support, and lab and X-ray.
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Celebrate Hurricane Sandy Relief with Free Winter Bash Hosted by Long Beach …
Located at 645 West Broadway in Long Beach, Grandell Rehabilitation & Nursing Center offers full-range, 24-hour inpatient nursing, short-term and long-term rehabilitative care. Additionally, Grandell is the first facility in New York State to offer a …
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