Dialysis Facilities in Bonham, Texas
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 Bonham Dialysis Chain: Davita Location: 201 West 5th Street, Bonham, Texas, 75418 Rating: Phone: (903) 583-4700 |
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PhRMA spends $6.3 million lobbying in fourth quarter, slight increase from year before
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America spent $6.3 million lobbying Congress and other government arms on health care in the fourth quarter of 2009, The Associated Press reports. PhRMA "spent just 2 percent more than the $6.17 million it paid out for lobbying in the year-ago period.
QIAGEN N.V. enters into agreement to distribute Celera molecular multiplex assay
QIAGEN N.V. and Celera Corporation today announced an agreement under which QIAGEN will distribute a Celera molecular multiplex assay. The assay is the next generation version of QIAGEN's ResPlex II assay for detection of respiratory pathogens.
Employers believe VBD improves employee health and productivity
A new study confirms that employers believe value-based design improves employee health and productivity. The Center for Health Value Innovation, the nation's premier information exchange for value-based design, today announced the results of a survey, "Value-Based Design 2009," conducted by Buck Consultants, a global employee benefits and human resources consulting firm.
Climate change linked to increase in congenital heart defects
Rising temperatures stemming from global climate change may increase the number of infants born with congenital heart defects in the United States over the next two decades and may result in as many as 7,000 additional cases over an 11 year-period in eight representative states, according to new research in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
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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.