Congress to investigate nursing homes
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Two congressional committees said yesterday that they would investigate business practices at nursing homes owned by private investment groups.
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Not-for-profit nursing homes generally provide better care than those operated for profit, an analysis of state inspections for some 16,000 homes nationwide found.
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:    ------    Average Cost of U.S. Nursing Home is $70K Annually: Survey      The average cost of a private room in a nursing home in the United States is $70,080 a year, or $192 a day, according to a survey released Monday by the MetLife Mature Market Institute...
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President Bush named former Sen. Bob Dole and former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala on Tuesday to lead an investigation of problems at the nation's military and veterans' hospitals
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Several states are considering the use of video surveillance in nursing homes, to keep an eye on residents and the care they receive.
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The American Medical Association said  on Monday it will ask state and federal health authorities to  investigate retail health clinics such as those offered in  CVS/Caremark stores , Wal-Mart Stores  and  Walgreen Co.  for possible conflicts of interest.
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Federal authorities have announced that a Bethesda nursing home already under scrutiny by state officials in connection with the deaths of two patients could lose its Medicaid certification this month because of concerns about the care it provides.
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Germs found in dental plaque can  make their way into the lungs and cause potentially fatal  pneumonia in elderly nursing home patients, U.S. researchers  reported on Tuesday.
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Many experts are concerned that the new Medicare law will be unworkable for most Americans who live in nursing homes.
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New York state regulators are looking into WellCare Health Plans Inc's  activities related to the state's Medicaid program, a person familiar with the investigation said on Tuesday.
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Germs found in dental plaque can make their way into the lungs and cause potentially fatal pneumonia in elderly nursing home patients, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Washington&#39;s nursing homes reduced their residents&#39; pain and used fewer physical restraints over the last two years. But the percentage of residents suffering from bedsores increased slightly.
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The White House and congressional leaders called yesterday for swift investigation and repair of the problems plaguing outpatient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as veterans groups and members of Congress in both parties expressed outrage over substandard housing and the slow, dysfunctional bureaucracy there....
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A Congressional committee began looking into business practices in the long-term care insurance industry.
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Experts fear chaos will ensue for nursing home residents under new rules because many of them aren&#39;t capable of choosing from the myriad of plans.
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NEW YORK  - While the traditional view of elder abuse in nursing homes involves staff harming residents, new research suggests residents may have more to fear from their peers.
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NEW YORK  - Several states are considering  the use of video surveillance in nursing homes, to keep an eye  on residents and the care they receive.