Federal health care reform is forcing hospitals nationwide to drive down patient readmission rates — or risk losing Medicare revenue. Here’s a look at why and how Bronx hospitals are responding.
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Obamacare Fines Set to Hit Bronx Hospitals
Posted on 30 November 2012.
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Three Bronx Polling Locations Changed Due to Sandy
Posted on 04 November 2012.
Three polling locations in the Bronx have changed due to Superstorm Sandy, the Board of Elections in the City of New York announced. Residents originally stationed to vote at Locust Point Civic Hall, 4400 Locust Point Drive, will now go to the MTA Throggs Neck Parking Lot, 4260 Throggs Neck Expressway. Voters headed to PS [...]
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Bronx Residents Eager to Get Back on the Subways
Posted on 01 November 2012.
Bronx residents have been hard hit by the lack of transportation in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
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Before, During and After: Bronxites React to Hurricane Sandy
Posted on 31 October 2012.
Bronx residents uploaded pictures, videos and personal reactions to Hurricane Sandy on social media.
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After Sandy, Hunts Point’s Low Lying Areas Struggle with Flooding
Posted on 30 October 2012.
Sandy struck hard in the East Bronx, home of the region’s largest food distribution market.
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Will New WIC Rules Mean Healthier Bronx Kids?
Posted on 28 October 2012.
WIC was first created to provide emergency milk and cheese to hungry children of low-income Americans. It now provides expert nutritional advice and vouchers for fresh produce. Is it working?
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West African Patients Lost in Translation
Posted on 27 October 2012.
Before the Diaspora Clinic opened, health workers at the Martin Luther King Hospital found that many patients who speak minority languages ended up in emergency rooms.
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State Pulls Funding from Highbridge’s only Mental Health Clinic for Children
Posted on 25 October 2012.
Astor at Highbridge, a mental health clinic for children and adolescents in the Highbridge section of the Bronx, will lose three-quarters of its funding from New York State by next year.
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