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COBRA was not a complete solution, and in the years after its passage, hospitals struggled with creating appropriate discharge protocols and the cost of providing health care for homeless patients. [14] Statistically, Texas and Illinois had the highest rates of patient dumping because of economic difficulties. [5]
An NHS spokesman said: “These powers already exist and are utilised in a very small number of cases, and only when all other options to support a person’s discharge have been unsuccessful.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The state of Oklahoma is violating federal law by unnecessarily committing people with mental illness and drug abuse disorders to psychiatric hospitals, the U.S. Justice ...
The University of Kansas Hospital performed below average in half of the infection metrics, including preventing C. diff infections, urinary tract infections and surgical site infections after ...
The Leapfrog Group has announced that they will work with hospitals, health plans and consumer groups to advocate reducing payment for "never events", and will recognize hospitals that agree to certain steps when a serious avoidable adverse event occurs in the facility, including notifying the patient and patient safety organizations, and ...
Hospitals are not required to provide premium services for a patient that are not related to medical care (such as television) when failure to provide that service does not compromise patient care. Hospitals and affiliated clinics may avoid providing continued outpatient care, drugs, or other supplies after discharge.
Most end up using emergency services and going through many hospital admissions for preventable conditions. [33] To address such cases, California's Senate Bill 1152 was passed in 2018, which ended patient dumping , requiring hospitals to provide temporary housing support for homeless patients post-discharge, even though housing is still an ...
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