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Tag: skilled nursing facility

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Posted inFeatured, Healthcare Workers, Hospitals, Infectious Disease, Public Health

It’s Not Just Doctors And Nurses, Patients Need To Wash Their Hands Too

by Editor March 14, 2016April 19, 2020
Sweet Nursing Home Resident
Posted inHealthcare Workers, NC Health Briefs

Government To Grade Nursing Homes on Tougher Scale

by Editor February 17, 2015February 17, 2015
Seniors and people with disabilities and their advocates all wore red at the General Assembly Tuesday to show their displeasure at Medicaid cuts in the Senate budget.
Posted inDisabilities, Featured, Long Term Care, Medicaid, State Health Policy

Advocates for Seniors, Disabled Rail Against Senate Medicaid Cuts

by Editor June 4, 2014June 4, 2014
Secretary of Health and Human Services Aldona Wos told reporters the Medicaid program accounts for $13 billion in spending per year, and processes more than 88 million claims.
Posted inCost of Care, Featured, Medicaid, State Health Policy

How ‘Broken’ is NC Medicaid?

by Rose Hoban April 15, 2013October 19, 2021
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Posted inFeatured, Long Term Care

Nursing Home Advocates Struggle to Find Volunteers

by Rose Hoban May 28, 2012October 19, 2021

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