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Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Medicaid Under Threat: How Budget Cuts Will Harm New Jersey’s Most Vulnerable

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Last month, House Republicans introduced a budget resolution that would drastically cut funding for social welfare programs such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”) if passed. Unfortunately,...more

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Better Health Care Newsletter - July 2024

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Staying safe: Making fall prevention a top priority - Our graying society must reckon now with a surprising, debilitating, and even lethal harm: preventable falls....more

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Virginia hospital assailed for seeking court actions to strip patients of decisions on care

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A Virginia hospital has found an eyebrow-raising solution to some of  its struggles with elderly, poor, and sick patients who take up beds and medical resources that might generate more revenue and less headache for the...more

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Alabama State Health Plan Report - Statewide Health Coordinating Council - September 2019

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Proposed State Health Plan Adjustments - A. PA2019-002, Vitality Senior Living Management, LLC, d/b/a Traditions of Athens, LLC: Proposes to add 32 specialty care assisted living facility beds pursuant to Section...more

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Concerns rise over costly emergency intervention — a ‘bridge to nowhere?’

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Medical ethicists and patient advocates are raising concerns about a big, costly, and often unsuccessful procedure that “pumps blood out of the body, oxygenates it, and returns it to the body, keeping a person alive for days,...more

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Legislation Affecting Behavioral Health

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Our series highlighting recent activity by the NYS Legislature continues with a recap of bills passed in 2018 that relate to behavioral health. This synopsis follows previous summaries we have done concerning pharmacy,...more

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Seniors Often Must Fight for Medicare Home Health Benefits

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Medicare is mandated to cover your home health benefits with no limit on the time you are covered. Unfortunately, few Medicare beneficiaries get the level of service they are entitled to, and many find their services cut off...more

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Lack of Informed Consent May Support an Elder Abuse Claim

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In Stewart v. Superior Court, No. E067316, the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Two, recently held that a hospital’s failure to obtain informed consent from the patient or the patient’s guardian prior to...more

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Today’s Riddle: When Does Medicare Fine Hospitals for Admitting Sick Seniors?

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Give up? It’s when the sick senior was treated at that same hospital less than 30 days ago for heart attack, heart failure, or pneumonia. Starting in less than three months, the list of conditions will be expanded to cover...more

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