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Some states have recognized the underutilization of pain medications in the treatment of pain associated with chronic and terminal conditions. California, for example, has enacted an "intractable pain treatment" act that reduces the difficulty of renewing prescriptions for opioids. Under the provisions of this act, upon receipt of a copy of the order from the prescriber, eg, by fax, a pharmacist may write a prescription for a Schedule II substance for a patient under hospice care or living in a skilled nursing facility or in cases in which the patient is expected to live less than 6 months, provided that the prescriber countersigns the order (by fax) the word "exemption" with regulatory code number is written on a typical prescription, thus providing easier access for the terminally ill. 

Medicare is an entitlement program and serves all eligible beneficiaries regardless of income or medical history Like Social Securify, Medicare is based on a system of social insurance. Medicare is composed of two programs. Medicare Part A covers inpatient care in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. It also covers hospice care and some home health care. Part A is financed by a 1.45% payroll fax paid by bofh employees and employers (2.9% for self-employed persons). Currenf employers and employees pay for the health care of current Medicare beneficiaries, wifh the expectation that when they reach age 65 they will receive the same benefits. In the U.S., when people turn 65 years of age, they are automatically eligible for Medicare s Parf A, and they do not have to pay for the hospital insurance if they, or a spouse, paid Medicare taxes when they were working. 

Residency programs last one to two years. The typical training site is a practice setting such as an academic health center, a community pharmacy, a managed care organization, a skilled nursing facility, or a home health care agency. 

Social Security Act. This section of the legislation covers inpatient hospitalization, critical access hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, hospice care, and limited home healthcare. Critical access hospitals are small facilities that provide limited outpatient care and inpatient services to individuals in rural areas. 

Medicare Part A which provides hospitalization insurance that covers inpatient hospital, home health, skilled nursing facility, psychiatric hospital, and hospice care services. 

Part A Hospital insurance that helps pay for inpatient care in a hospital or skilled nursing facility (following a hospital stay), some home health care and hospice care... 

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Although a great deal of effort has been expended to transform LTMV from a hospital-centered to a home-centered treatment, many VAIs cannot return home due to medical, psychosocial, environmental, technical, and financial reasons. Alternative options vary in complexity and intensity of care provided. They may exist within acute care hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, or be freestanding institutions (8,9). Patients may transition through these sites according to their changing medical and social circumstances. 

Abbreviations. LTAC, long-term acute care CAVC, chronic assisted ventilatory care SNF, skilled nursing facility. 

Rehabilitation hospitals admit VAIs who require therapy before reentering the community. They must be able to participate in three hours or more of physical therapy per day. Most admissions are from acute care hospitals (85%), and the mean length of stay is approximately 30 days. Many patients (20%) are discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) (30). Patients participate actively, with minimum restrictions and maximum therapy by the multidisciplinary team that often includes physical, occupational, and respiratory therapist, prosthetist-orthotist, rehabilitation nurse, speech pathologist, psychologist, social worker, and vocational counselor (31). 

Frequency determined by the intensity of patient care. As patients move through the care continuum (Fig. 2), multidisciplinary rounds decrease in frequency from daily (or twice daily) in the ICU and step-down units to weekly in the long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) (although physician visit is required daily) and skilled nursing facility and to a frequency that resembles outpatient follow-up after discharge with HMV. 

Figure 1 The management of respiratory failure in the United States. Many patients are admitted initially to an acute care hospital. If they wean ptomptiy, they may spend time in an LTAC hospital for rehabilitation, and eventually return home. If they fail to wean, they undergo tracheostomy and are transferred to an LTAC when stable. Weaning attempts continue, and a mincnity of patients return home the rest remain at the LTAC or are transferred to a SNF. Patients who deteriorate while at LTACs or at home return to the acute care hospital fOT stabilization. Some patients with chronic respiratory failure do not require acute care but are ventilated noninvasively and remain home. Abbreviations COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease NIV, noninvasive ventilation LTAC, long-term acute care SNF, skilled nursing facility.

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