Nursing Homes in Amesbury, MA
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 Maplewood Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 6 Morrill Place, Amesbury, Massachusetts 01913 Ratings: Phone: (978) 388-3500 |
Vero Health & Rehab Of Amesbury Medicare and Medicaid Location: 22 Maple Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts 01913 Ratings: Phone: (978) 388-4682 |
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State political dynamics shaping Obamacare implementation in the states
The fights over Obamacare are far from over in Florida - where a burgeoning Latino population is complicating opposition - and Alabama, where the governor's stance against the Medicaid expansion and the health insurance exchange is showcasing their resistance.
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New assay test shows positive results for patients with recurrent or metastatic breast cancer
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A nursing home (also called skilled nursing facility) is a facility or distinct part of an institution whose primary function is to provide medical, continuous nursing, and other health and social services to patients who are not in an acute phase of illness requiring services in a hospital, but who require primary restorative or skilled nursing services on an inpatient basis above the level of intermediate or custodial care in order to reach a degree of body functioning to permit self care in essential daily living.A skilled nursing facility (SNF) may be a freestanding facility or part of a hospital that has been certified by Medicare to admit patients requiring subacute care and rehabilitation.
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