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Newsletter, January 2023

Patient Safety Movement

DOCTOR DELIVERS LETHAL EPIDURAL AT BROOKLYN HOSPITAL An article last week in The New York Times told the story of an anesthesiologist at a Brooklyn public hospital, with a history of making life-threatening errors in administering epidurals, who made a fatal mistake in July 2020. Adverse drug events accounted for 39.0%

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CalAIM: Leveraging Medicaid Managed Care for Housing and Homelessness Supports

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ECM will be delivered through the managed care 1915(b) waiver and contracting with MCPs and is accounted for in capitation rates. Nursing Home Residents Transitioning to the Community. Nursing facility residents who are strong candidates for successful transition back to the community and have a desire to do so. County agencies.

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Newsletter, November 2022

Patient Safety Movement

CHAIRMAN’S COLUMN Two key elements as we address the senseless loss of life and continued harm in maternal and neonatal health are hierarchy of decision making and transparency of outcomes in an increasingly fearful environment for expectant mothers and partners, midwives, nurses, and relevant doctors.