Grandmother and granddaughter commit to hospital service
Madeline Best has spent 18 years as a hospital auxiliary volunteer, serving as treasurer and now chairing surgical information volunteers. Her granddaughter Lauren Drennan followed into the program, volunteering three years and planning to continue at Frederick Community College after Ohland View Academy graduation.
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Madeline Best
Srenchcg Meqntiel
Tours Oranguch
Surgical Information Volunteers
Lauren Drennan
Lauren
Mrs. Best
Frederick County
Call
Teft
Frederick Memorial Hospital
For Profit Hospitals Drive Up Medicare Spending
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that for profit hospitals raise Medicare costs in their communities more than nonprofits or mixed systems. Analyzed 3436 hospital service areas, showing spending grew faster where nonprofits gave way to investor owned hospitals. Researchers note incentives to maximize Medicare reimbursements and referral patterns to owned facilities.
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Dartmouth College
New England Journal of Medicine
Elliot Fisher
U.S
Steffie Woolhandier
Harvard Medical School
Woothandler
Woolhandler
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