If you or a loved one needs nursing home care, how can you find about about the quality of various nursing homes? In this column, Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, describes a new easy-to-use Web tool called Nursing Home Compare. “The tool provides information on nursing homes that [...]
How do you find long-term care for a family member? And how do you pay for it? In this column, Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, reviews your options. A nursing home isn’t the only answer, Dr. Clancy writes: often there are other services, such as adult day [...]
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
Some insurers deny ER coverage to people who have been drinking
Laws in more than half the states permit insurers to deny payment for medical services related to alcohol or drug use. Faced with the prospect of not getting paid for care, some ER personnel sidestep the problem by simply not testing patients’ blood or urine for alcohol.
Travel insurance can protect your wallet — and your health on vacation
Think your regular health insurance policy will cover you if you get into medical trouble overseas?
Don’t bet on it.
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