The patients are homebound, and have difficulty accessing outpatient care in the usual settings.
Hamos said the department is encouraging hospitals to think differently in their strategies toward outpatient care.
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He will be staying with relatives while out on bond and receiving outpatient care, the lawyer said.
Most inpatient care is provided at Basildon University Hospital, which has 777 beds, and outpatient care at Orsett hospital in Grays.
Jeff Brenner was on his advisory board, along with others who have pioneered the concept of intensive outpatient care for complex high-needs patients.
An important idea is getting its test run in America: the creation of intensive outpatient care to target hot spots, and thereby reduce over-all health-care costs.
For the next two years, she was under intensive outpatient care, routinely meeting with her interdisciplinary team of a nutritionist, a psychologist and an eating-disorder specialist.
Their alternative to Clinton's miserly budget would expand access to outpatient care for an additional 200, 000 vets and add to the types of care available to them.
In addition to dentists and therapists, other industries ranking near the top of the profitability list include outpatient care centers and death care services, or funeral homes.
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President Bush created the panel in March to investigate problems in the treatment of wounded veterans following disclosures of roach-infested conditions and shoddy outpatient care at Walter Reed.
Conditions at the hospitals have come under intense scrutiny after newspaper reports uncovered decrepit housing and ineffective outpatient care for hundreds of wounded Iraq and Afghan war veterans.
In a profitability analysis of privately-held businesses, Sageworks found that four out of the ten most profitable industries are healthcare-related: from dentists to chiropractors, to outpatient care facilities.
The study compared privately-run Medicare Advantage plans, finding that plans that increased their copays for outpatient care lost more money on increased hospitalization costs than they gained from reduced inpatient care.
From nurses and doctors to health roles some say have yet to be invented, more workers beyond physicians will be needed to meet future medical needs, particularly in the outpatient care area.
Weightman was informed this morning that the senior Army leadership had lost trust and confidence in the commander's leadership abilities to address needed solutions for soldier-outpatient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Though health insurance companies worry about their ability to control the cost of new customers, they are expected to aggressively push outpatient care and low-cost prescription drugs as a way to keep premiums low.
"Like many Americans, I was dismayed to learn last week that some of our injured troops were not getting the best possible treatment at all stages of their recovery, particularly in the outpatient care, " Gates said.
But investor-owned companies, private equity and other financiers are beginning to move into the urgent and immediate care business as pressure from lawmakers, employers and insurers on hospitals to treat patients in less costly outpatient care settings.
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And there are also rumblings that health insurer Wellpoint (WLP) may begin to get into the provision of outpatient medical care now that its new chief executive officer, Joseph Swedish, comes from running a large hospital system with scores of outpatient care sites.
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The analysis of physician pay by the Medical Group Management Association indicates a greater shift to lower-cost primary care as employers, insurance companies and government health programs try to provide financial incentives to health professionals who work in outpatient care settings.
At the Houston Mall in Texas, for example, a traffic court and outpatient health care services have replaced big stores like Sears.
Pharmacies and retailers that sell drugs and offer outpatient medical care service.
Area hospitals closed outpatient and urgent care centers, and the University of Missouri canceled classes for Tuesday.
At the Houston Mall in Texas, for example, a traffic court and outpatient health-care services have replaced big stores like Sears.
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The country then made changes to strengthen the quality and availability of outpatient primary-care services (including payments to encourage physicians to provide e-mail access, off-hours consultation, and nurse managers for complex care).
The Joint Commission, a nonprofit self-regulator for health groups, has accredited Devens to provide outpatient, long-term care and mental-health services.
Priority Healthcare, in Altamonte Springs, Florida, is a national distributor of specialty pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to oncologists, outpatient dialysis centers and home care markets.
This may include outpatient reimbursement for follow-up care related to the hospitalization.
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The current version provides outpatient, inpatient, preventive-care and prescription-drug coverage.
Recommendations also include having urgent care, day surgery and outpatient facilities at all five hospitals.
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