Dialysis Facilities in Vernon Hills, Illinois
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 Davita - Lake County Dialysis Services Inc Chain: Davita Location: 565 Lakeview Pkwy Ste 176, Vernon Hills, Illinois, 60061 Rating: Phone: (847) 918-0592 |
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Health issues are hot topics on campaign trail
From their appearances Sunday night on CBS' 60 Minutes to their answers to questions about their proposals for Medicare, President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney draw stark differences in their visions.
Analysis provides first empirical evidence on how shared savings ACO model affect quality of care
Approximately 10 percent of Medicare spending is for cancer care, and Medicare spending is nearly four times higher for beneficiaries with cancer than in those without the disease. Little is known about how to curb spending growth while maintaining or improving quality of care for these high-risk, high-cost patients.
Special spectrometry method can help better detect harmful cells linked to cancer
A special spectrometry method that is normally used in analyses of computer chips, lacquers and metals has been further developed at the University of Gothenburg so that it can help researchers better detect harmful cells in the body.
Oxygen Biotherapeutics announces publication of Phase 3 trial protocol for levosimendan
Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. ("OBI") a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing a portfolio of products for the critical care market, today announced that the protocol of their phase 3 trial for levosimendan has been published on ClinicalTrials.gov, "Levosimendan in Patients with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Undergoing Heart Surgery on Cardiopulmonary Bypass."
State budget cuts take toll on mental health services
An analysis by the National Alliance on Mental Illness concluded that 32 states and Washington, D.C., have reduced funding for mental health programs.
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Dialysis Facility
Dialysis is used as a temporary measure in either acute kidney injury or in those awaiting kidney transplant and as a permanent measure in those for whom a transplant is not indicated or not possible. Dialysis facility in medicare covers outpatient maintenance dialysis treatments, training for self-dialysis, self-dialysis support services and self-dialysis equipment and supplies. In some cases, Medicare may cover ambulance transportation when the patient has End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), need dialysis, and need ambulance transportation to or from a dialysis facility.
Medicare Star Ratings
The star rating shows how well a dialysis center delivers care compared to the national average, based on Medicare data. Each dialysis center receives a rating between 1 and 5 stars, with 3 stars representing the national average. A five-star rating means a center has quality of care that is considered 'much above average' compared to other dialysis facilities. A one or two-star rating means that measured health outcomes for that center were below average. The star rating is part of Medicare's work to make data on the quality of patient care easier to understand and use. Patient survey results aren't included in the star rating.