| Nursing Home Residents' Rights |
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| Responding to rising abuse and neglect in nursing homes and other concerns, Congress passed the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987 (Act). Given their particular infirmities and needs, nursing home residents are particularly vulnerable to neglect and abuse. More... |
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| Third Party Liability |
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| Medicaid, a federal and state funded program, pays for health insurance for needy individuals and families, particularly pregnant women, children, teenagers, the aged, the blind, and the disabled. Medicaid provides an important component of benefits to the elderly population of the United States: medical assistance. More... |
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| Medicare Coverage - Skilled Nursing Facility Care |
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| Medicare provides insurance coverage for care provided in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), typically nursing homes and acute hospitals with skilled nursing beds.
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| Medicare Basics |
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| The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) administers Medicare, the federal government's health care insurance program for the disabled and the elderly. The HCFA contracts with private insurance companies to review and process the claims.
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| Veterans Benefits - Eligibility |
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| A successful applicant for veterans benefits must either have been discharged other than dishonorably from active military service or must have provided specific services related to the military. To qualify as "active military service," a service member must have provided full-time service to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard, or he or she must have served as a commissioned officer of certain federal agencies. More... |
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