Barbara R. Paul.Barbara R. Paul, MD, is senior vice president and chief medical officer of Community Health Systems, Inc. in Nashville, Tenn. Paul joined the Community Health Systems corporate office staff in 2006 as national medical advisor. She also provides assistance to the quality and resource management team and oversees the hospital system's physician advisory groups. Paul previously held senior posts at the Centers for Medicare Medicare, national health insurance program in the United States for persons aged 65 and over and the disabled. It was established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and is now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. & Medicaid Medicaid, national health insurance program in the United States for low-income persons; established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Services where she was instrumental in the development of Medicare's first "pay for quality" demonstrations and the formation of the Hospital Quality Alliance. She also has served as senior vice president and chief medical officer for Beverly Enterprises, Inc., a provider of nursing home, hospice hospice, program of humane and supportive care for the terminally ill and their families; the term also applies to a professional facility that provides care to dying patients who can no longer be cared for at home. and rehabilitative re·ha·bil·i·tate tr.v. re·ha·bil·i·tat·ed, re·ha·bil·i·tat·ing, re·ha·bil·i·tates 1. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education. 2. services. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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