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The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is part of the U.S. federally mandated process for clinical assessment of all residents in Medicare or Medicaid certified nursing homes and non-critical access hospitals with Medicare swing bed agreements. (The term "swing bed" refers to the Social Security Act's authorizing small, rural hospitals to use their beds in ...
Examples include the CAHPS Health Plan Survey, [3] the CAHPS Hospital Survey (HCAHPS), [4] and the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey (CG-CAHPS). [5] CAHPS surveys may be administered by phone and/or mail, depending on the certification of the vendor administering the survey.
The Consumer Voice is the source for long-term care education, advocacy, and policy analysis at both the state and federal level. The organization addresses issues such as inadequate staffing in nursing homes , maintenance of residents' rights and empowerment of residents, and support for family members and development of family councils.
"Long-term services and supports" (LTSS) is the modernized term for community services, which may obtain health care financing (e.g., home and community-based Medicaid waiver services), [7] [8] and may or may not be operated by the traditional hospital-medical system (e.g., physicians, nurses, nurse's aides).
The National Health Survey had been created within PHS in 1956 through the National Health Survey Act (Pub. L. 84–652); it was the successor to a seminal national health survey performed by the Works Progress Administration during 1935–1936, which had multiple supplemental studies carried out in the intervening decades. [1]
The NCD development process generally takes 6–9 months, depending on the need for external technology assessments or coverage advisory committee reviews. For NCD requests that do not require these assessments/reviews, the entire NCD decision will be made no more than 6 months after the date the request is received.
In the article, Obama reviews the effects of his signature health care reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, widely known as "Obamacare". He concludes that since the law took effect, 20 million more Americans have gained health insurance under it, and the uninsurance rate has dropped to 9.1% (as of 2015). [8]
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