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  • Scott's cutbacks: "Public schools and universities; health care for the poor and disabled; nursing-home services for the elderly; prisons, courts and other government services used by millions of Floridians" Orlando Sentinel, 2/6.

    Craig Crawford: Chasing Budget Cutters Craig Crawford 2011

  • The comments came after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services disclosed late Friday that the agency plans to reduce reimbursement rates to nursing facilities by 11.1% over the next fiscal year because of unexpected increases in nursing-home payments in the current fiscal year.

    Nursing-Home Firms Aim to Cut Expenses Jon Kamp 2011

  • Medicaid funds nearly two-thirds of all nursing-home residents.

    Governors Scramble to Rein In Medicaid Sara Murray 2011

  • Scott's cutbacks: "Public schools and universities; health care for the poor and disabled; nursing-home services for the elderly; prisons, courts and other government services used by millions of Floridians" Orlando Sentinel, 2/6.

    Craig Crawford: Chasing Budget Cutters Craig Crawford 2011

  • Jennifer Phillips, a reporter my mom used to work with, who uncovered a major nursing-home scandal three years ago and won a ton of journalism prizes for it.

    Ten Miles Past Normal Frances O’Roark Dowell 2011

  • Clinical assessments have shown her to be nursing-home eligible, but she has been able to remain at home with her daughter because she's a member of CHOICE, a special health plan for Medicare and Medicare/Medicaid-eligible New Yorkers run by the Visiting Nurse Service of New York.

    Kathryn Haslanger: More Than Just Bingo: How Adult Day Centers Keep Seniors at the Top of Their Game Kathryn Haslanger 2010

  • Clinical assessments have shown her to be nursing-home eligible, but she has been able to remain at home with her daughter because she's a member of CHOICE, a special health plan for Medicare and Medicare/Medicaid-eligible New Yorkers run by the Visiting Nurse Service of New York.

    Kathryn Haslanger: More Than Just Bingo: How Adult Day Centers Keep Seniors at the Top of Their Game Kathryn Haslanger 2010

  • For example, immunizing nursing-home staff and healthy children is thought to reduce the spread of flu to the elderly and the immune-compromised.

    Does the Vaccine Matter? 2009

  • Clinical assessments have shown her to be nursing-home eligible, but she has been able to remain at home with her daughter because she's a member of CHOICE, a special health plan for Medicare and Medicare/Medicaid-eligible New Yorkers run by the Visiting Nurse Service of New York.

    Kathryn Haslanger: More Than Just Bingo: How Adult Day Centers Keep Seniors at the Top of Their Game Kathryn Haslanger 2010

  • Under some circumstances, nursing-home bills also qualify.

    Caregiver Tax Breaks Anne Tergesen 2011

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