Nursing Homes in Rocky Ford, CO
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 Pioneer Health Care Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 900 S 12th St, Rocky Ford, Colorado 81067 Ratings: Phone: (719) 254-3314 |
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Covenant Medical Center resolves False Claims Act allegations by paying $4.5 million
Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa has agreed to pay the United States $4.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, the Department of Justice announced today.
TPC seeks President Obama's support for private and community foundations in the field of health
As the nation awaits President Obama's address on health care reform to a joint session of Congress, The Philanthropic Collaborative (TPC) sent today a letter to the President seeking his support for the efforts of private and community foundations in the field of health.
Study findings question validity of some genetic variations linked with cardiac disorders
A review of medical records of patients with genetic variations linked with cardiac disorders found that patients often did not have any symptoms or signs of the conditions, questioning the validity of some genetic variations thought to be related to serious disorders, according to a study in the January 5 issue of JAMA.
Emergency physicians propose three interventions to improve cardiac arrest survival rates
Although survival rates for people who suffer cardiac arrest outside a hospital are extremely low in most places, emergency physicians propose three interventions to improve survival rates and functional outcomes in any community and urge additional federal funding for cardiac resuscitation research in an editorial published online last Wednesday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("IOM Says Times to Act to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival ... Here's How").
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