Study: Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital Patients Have Better Outcomes, Live …
WASHINGTON, March 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — A new study released today at a meeting of the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA) shows that patients treated in inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units had better long-term …
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Rehab Hospitals Fight Rules Change, Cite Benefits to Recuperating Patients
Gans is the current chairman of AMRPA, an industry trade group for inpatient rehab hospitals. The report comes at a time when rehab facilities are fighting a pair of federal proposals that would tighten payments to these hospitals. One proposal would …
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Chris Brown arrested in California on probation violation
The singer was ordered into custody by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Brandlin after the judge was notified that Brown was not following his probation and had been discharged from a Malibu rehabilitation center where he was ordered to …
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The Margie and Robert E. Petersen Foundation Gives .5 Million to Name New …
The hospital's current inpatient facility opened in 1973 as Southern California's first dedicated pediatric rehabilitation center and is now one of the largest of its kind in the state. CHLA's Division of Rehabilitation is a major referral center for …
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People on the Move
Randy W. Ross has been named chief executive officer for Renown South Meadows Medical Center. In addition to Renown South Meadows, Ross will oversee transitional care services including Renown Rehabilitation Hospital, Renown Skilled Nursing, …
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'Relentless focus' on cutting costs helps Kindred narrow loss
During the year, Kindred divested or announced plans to exit 15 transitional-care hospitals, one inpatient rehabilitation hospital and 123 nursing centers. Meanwhile, it also has acquired home health and rehab-care companies, including Florida and …
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Savannah Health Care Center Reveals Major Renovations at Open House
The PruittHealth family owns and operates hundreds of locations, and touches the lives of more than 24,000 patients each day throughout Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Care is provided to customers by way of skilled nursing …
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Clarifying The Ducks' Cluttered Backfield
Clarifying The Ducks' Cluttered Backfield. Derek Loville, Saladin McCullough, Terrance Whitehead, Jeremiah Johnson, Jonathan Stewart, LaMichael James, Kenjon Barner — the Oregon football program has always done well with running backs. The way they …
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Architect's paralysis gives him a patient's perspective in designing rehab …
Known widely for his award-winning designs of buildings as well as household products, Graves is part of the design team for the $ 93 million Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital planned for west Omaha. Graves lost the use of his legs in 2003 … Even …
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Report: Olympic champ Thorpe checks out of rehab
Report: Olympic champ Thorpe checks out of rehab. The Associated PressJanuary 30, 2014 Updated 25 minutes ago. 2014-01-31T05:03:31Z. The_Associated_Press. Facebook Twitter … SYDNEY — Australian media reports say five-time Olympic champion swimmer …
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Heroin laced with painkiller Fentanyl takes toll in Pennsylvania
A friend's death from a heroin overdose scared Andrew back into rehab. "It really made me feel not invincible anymore," said Andrew, who did not want his … Williams, who has been the medical examiner for seven years, said it was the first time he's …
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Latest A Forever Recovery Blog Looks at the Benefits of Seeking Inpatient …
Inpatient rehab centers are staffed by qualified and experienced specialists who not only provide essential medical treatment, but also provide a level of genuine compassionate care that is often difficult – if not impossible – for family members and …
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New owners and operators take over rehab hospitals in Braintree and Newton
Reliant, the two hospitals' new operator, also runs nine other inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in Texas and Ohio. Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital has 166 licensed beds and New England Rehabilitation Hospital has 198 beds. The hospitals together …
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Jahi McMath may be moved to LI rehab facility New Beginnings, court …
The president of New Beginnings Community Center for Traumatic Brain Injury, a nonprofit outpatient rehabilitation center in Medford, said in a letter Sunday to the mother's attorney and filed with the California court that she would be "willing to …
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Cedars-Sinai, UCLA team up to open inpatient rehab facility
The new hospital, expected to open in late 2015, will more than triple the capacity for inpatient rehabilitation in the community. The beds currently available for inpatient rehab—28 at Cedars-Sinai and 11 at UCLA Health—are usually full, according …
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HealthSouth slated to begin construction on Middletown rehab hospital in Feb.
HealthSouth Corp. announced last week that it intends to begin construction of a long-awaited $ 18.5-million inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Middletown early next year. "They are currently working on the site work and then will lay the slab," said …
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Cedars-Sinai & UCLA Join Forces To Open Brand New Rehab Hospital
Cedars-Sinai, the UCLA Health System and Select Medical have formed a partnership to open a 138-bed acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Century City, officials announced Tuesday. The new facility will be housed inside what was once the Century …
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