Regency Hospital Company Supports LTAC Hospital Legislation Introduced in U.S. House and U.S. Senate.Rep. Pomeroy and Rep. English Re-Introduce House Bill Sen. Conrad and Sen. Hatch Introduce New Senate Bill ATLANTA -- On Thursday, January 18, 2007, Members of the U.S. House and Senate introduced legislation that would create admission criteria admission criteria the rules for the establishment of comparable groups in any comparison of differences in the performance or responses of the group. The criteria may be permissible age group, the previous productivity, the freedom from disease and so on. for the nation's "Long Term Acute Care" (LTAC LTAC Long-Term Acute Care LTAC Literary Translators' Association of Canada LTAC Light Tactical ) hospitals. "We are pleased with the introduction of this legislation. It is important that the appropriate patients are in the most appropriate healthcare settings. This legislation will make sure that this happens," commented Rod Laughlin, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Regency Hospital Company. In the U.S. House, Representative Earl Pomeroy Earl Pomeroy (born September 2 1952) is an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of North Dakota. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, Pomeroy has served as the member representing North Dakota's at-large congressional district in the United States House (D-ND) and Phil English This article is about the U.S. congressman. For other uses, see Phil English (disambiguation). Phillip Sheridan "Phil" English (born June 20, 1956) has served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995 from the U.S. (R-PA) both leading members of the U.S. House Ways and Means WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means. Committee, reintroduced the bill that they first introduced in 2006. On the same day, U.S. Senator Kent Conrad Gaylord Kent Conrad (generally known as Kent Conrad) (born on March 12 1948) is a United States senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. (D-ND) and U.S. Senator Orin Hatch (R-UT), members of the Finance Committee, introduced a similar bill, S. 338 in the Senate. Both bills would establish admission criteria for LTAC hospitals. The Senate bill would require the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Secretary of Health and Human Services - the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Health and Human Services; "the first Secretary of Health and Human Services was Patricia Roberts Harris who was appointed by Carter" to define appropriate patients for LTAC hospitals by general medical conditions See carpal tunnel syndrome, computer vision syndrome, dry eyes and deep vein thrombosis. and severity of illness, rather than diagnoses. Under the House bill LTAC hospitals would have to admit a large percentage of patients with high-acuity medical conditions. The House bill specifies the method of identifying which severely ill patients should be admitted to LTAC hospitals and defines the percentage of LTAC patients who must meet the new patient criteria. "Only the most medically complex patients belong in an LTAC hospital, as the cost of the care is greater than other settings. We support patients being in the most appropriate setting for their illness. LTAC hospitals serve a very specific patient population. Many times the LTAC hospital is the answer for the medically complex patient who has not responded in a traditional short term acute care hospital. This level of cares provides these select patients an intensive care type environment for a longer period of time which allows them to get well and go home and hopefully gets them out of the system," Laughlin stated. Initial budget estimates suggest the bills, if passed, would reduce Medicare spending on LTAC hospitals by $1.5 to 2 billion dollars over five years. Regency Hospital Company is a member of the Acute Long Term Hospital Association (ALTHA). ALTHA is a Washington-based trade association of LTAC hospitals, representing two-thirds of LTAC hospitals nationwide. More information on ALTHA may be found at www.ALTHA.org. Regency Hospital Company is a national network of Long Term Acute Care (LTAC) hospitals. Regency Hospitals serve a crucial role in the continuum of care by caring for medically complex patients who need a longer stay in an acute care environment than the typical acute care hospital provides. The average length of stay in an LTAC hospital is on average twenty-five days. For more information about Regency visit www.regencyhospital.com. |
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