What to Know for Children with Allergies

Many children suffer with allergies and live with these health conditions for much of their life. Some of these allergies can prove to be life threatening for many kids, and an allergy attack can hit them at virtually any time. Where?

In school
On a field trip
At home with a caregiver
At a sports practice or an event that you cannot attend
Sleep over at a friend’s house

It’s important to keep your child’s school, caregivers coaches and teac[....] Read more

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Obama’s Healthcare Reform Bill and its Impact on the U.S. Healthcare Markets now available at ReportsandReports

According to a 2009 study by the World Health Organization, the U.S. healthcare system ranks 37th among the healthcare systems of 200 countries. The U.S. healthcare expenditure is considered to be one of the highest in the world, accounting for 17.5% of its GDP in 2009, as compared to an average of 8% to 9% in countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

This has been a major factor necessitating healthcare reform, along with increasing healthcare costs [....] Read more

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How Home Healthcare Thrives With Healthcare Reform

As with the rest of healthcare, home care is plagued by business models that are driven by reimbursement rates rather than the value they offer patients.  No matter how hard-working or well-intentioned home care executives and their staffs are, they have been limited in their ability to deliver real value to patients, payers, and referral sources as a result of the structural flaws of the current reimbursement system.

 

This paper will serve as an update to Wyatt Matas & Asso[....] Read more

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