Nursing Homes in Canton, SD
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 Good Samaritan Society Canton Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1022 North Dakota Avenue, Canton, South Dakota 57013 Ratings: Phone: (605) 987-2696 |
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Health insurance news: Conn. rejects Anthem BC/BS rate increase, stock prices 'steady' despite reform law
The state Insurance Department refuted charges Friday by a nonprofit health-policy research group that Connecticut insurance regulators are understaffed and approve only minor changes to health-insurance rate hikes. Acting Insurance Commissioner Barbara C. Spear reacted to a report released this week by the Kaiser Family Foundation that said the state Department of Insurance 'has only one full-time actuary on staff' assigned to review rate filings for both the individual and small-group markets. ... 'Staffing levels do not have anything to do with the thoroughness of our rate review process,' Spear said." (Sturdevant, 12/13).
Scarlet fever rates in England hit highest level in 50 years
The prevalence of scarlet fever is the highest it has been in England for 50 years, according to a study published in The Lancet.
Study shows potential of hydromethylthionine treatment for Alzheimer's disease
In a paper published in today's online issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (DOI 10.3233/JAD-190772), TauRx has reported unexpected results of a pharmacokinetic analysis of the relationship between treatment dose, blood levels and pharmacological activity of the drug hydromethylthionine on the brain in over 1,000 patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.
First Edition: December 13, 2013
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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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