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Category Archives: Medicare regulations
Guest at the White House!
Last Friday, October 28, I represented Lutheran Home Care & Hospice and LIFE Lutheran Services as a guest at the White House as part of a day-long event with other leaders from Lutheran health and human service organizations across the country. Lutheran Services … Continue reading
Posted in advocate, home care, Home Health, Hospice, LSA, Medicare, Medicare cuts, Medicare regulations, social services, White House
Tagged advocate, home care, home health care, hospice, LSA, Lutheran Services in America, Medicare, Medicare cuts, White House
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Congressman Todd Platts Joins Lutheran Home Care & Hospice for a Home Visit
Joan Schildt, 76, has a nurse from Lutheran Home Care & Hospice visit her daily to provide care to a deep wound. The nurse changes the dressing on the wound, applies medication and evaluates the wound for complications. In addition, … Continue reading
Posted in Congressman Todd Platts, health care continuum, health care copays, home care, Home Health, Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2011, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare cuts, Medicare regulations, News, re-hospitalization, senior in-home health care, Title XVIII of the Social Security Act
Tagged Congressman Todd Platts, Health care continuum, Health care copays, home care, home health, Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2011, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare cuts, Medicare regulations, News, Re-hospitalization, senior in-home health care, Title XVIII of the Social Security Act
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