"We found a systematic sampling bias," said Dr.

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"Many of these
children were among those not identified by Medicaid as living in foster care., M. Rubin, Pati and Alessandrini are also in the
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics of the University of
Pennsylvania , and Drs.

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, director of Research and
Policy for Safe Place: The Center for Child Protection and Health at The
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "The problem we found is that Medicaid
records fail to identify many foster care children, especially those who may
not have been receiving medical services they needed. He adds, "Although our findings were based on data from
the mid-1990s, there's no reason to suspect those findings would be different
today. As such, policymakers risk underestimating the burden of needs and
service use among children in foster care. Alessandrini, M. Through its long -standing commitment to
providing exceptional patient care, training new generations of pediatric
healthcare professionals and pioneering major research initiatives, Children's
Hospital has fostered many discoveries that have benefited children worldwide.5 acre site.

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"However, we found that nearly 40 percent of the children in our sample
never visited an outpatient health care or mental health provider during the
year after they were placed in foster care," added Dr.

PRESS RELEASE OR -Live.com Presents Advanced Fetal Care Center at Children's Hospital Boston to Webcast a Featured Panel on Fetal Cardiac Interventions

The center is the
only one of its kind in New England and is a national leader in
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-- Study: Many Foster Children Are Not Receiving Needed Health Care --

PHILADELPHIA, The currently accepted statistics for
numbers of children who live in foster care and are eligible for Medicaid may
seriously underestimate the actual figure, according to a new analysis by
pediatric researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia., M., M. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Russell W.

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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was founded in 1855 as the
nation's first pediatric hospital.

Children's Hospital Boston is the nation's leading pediatric medical
center, the largest provider of health care to Massachusetts' children, and
the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.

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Medicaid, the federal health care program for low-income families and many
children with disabilities, also insures most children living in foster care. They
found that the Medicaid system failed to identify 28 percent of the children
as residing in foster care .S.
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The panel will offer up-to-date information on the latest treatments and
interventions for patients with complex cardiac fetal anomalies, as well as
expert discussions on diagnosis and state-of-the-art technologies from some
of the world's leading practitioners in fetal medicine.or-live. A VNR is available at
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In addition to the 219-bed hospital , UAB and HealthSouth are negotiating
the sale of the professional office building, parking deck and several other
facilities on the 17. The system includes the 908
licensed-bed UAB Hospital, the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital at UAB, UAB
Medical West, The Kirklin Clinic, The Kirklin Clinic at Acton Road, the Health
Services Foundation, Viva Health, a network of neighborhood health centers and
primary care programs in Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Huntsville.healthsouth. Children's Hospital Boston, the pioneer in fetal cardiac intervention,
has performed more than 50 procedures to date .

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The study appeared in the May-June issue of "Ambulatory Pediatrics.edu.

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HealthSouth is one of the nation's largest providers of healthcare
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"Children were more likely to be identified correctly as foster
children if they had a greater number of foster care placements or used more
services, such as hospital emergency departments or mental health programs .chop.

"We believe that the sooner an anomaly can be correctly diagnosed, the
greater a child 's chances of experiencing normal development and health,"
said AFCC Director Dr. "Our mission is to share
breakthrough treatments in fetal and pediatric medicine and surgery with a
broad, multi -disciplinary group in order to significantly improve the
quality of life for this special group of newborns through their first
years and early childhood.

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UAB Contact: Gary Mans 205-934-3884
HealthSouth Contact: Andy Brimmer 205-410-2777

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and pediatric health care professionals who provide care to these families
to this important conference.

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UAB and HealthSouth Enter Negotiations Regarding the Purchase of HealthSouth Medical Center

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The Advanced Fetal Care Center (AFCC) at Children's Hospital Boston serves
families facing complex birth defects and other critical challenges to the
health of their unborn and newborn infants . The center holds a place of
distinction as a pioneer in fetal cardiac intervention.

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The research team studied Medicaid eligibility files for a sample of 5,683
children who entered foster care in Philadelphia during 1994 and 1995."
Noting that the proposed new federal budget contains some $10 billion in
cutbacks to Medicaid, Dr.chop. "This facility will help UAB in its efforts to
continue to meet the community need for high quality healthcare that is
readily accessible.

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The
letter includes an exclusive negotiation period. According to Hoidal, no decisions regarding
what specific services would be located at the facility have been made. HealthSouth can be found on the Web
at http://www.com . In
addition to 325 pediatric and adolescent inpatient beds and comprehensive
outpatient programs, Children's houses the world's largest research
enterprise based at a pediatric medical center, where its discoveries have
benefited both children and adults for 136 years.

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The concern is that these children may be falling through the cracks, because
other studies have shown that the majority of children in foster care have
chronic unmet medical or mental health needs. Rubin believes his group's findings of sampling bias
have particular relevance to the current debate about the level of public
funding for Medicaid. UAB
has the expertise and resources necessary to continue to serve the community's
needs and, additionally, may be able to provide our employees with an
opportunity to continue to work at the hospital.or-live.

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Division of Biostatistics.

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They may also underestimate
potential implications for foster care children from large rollbacks in the
Medicaid program.E. Drs. For
more information , visit http://www., The UAB Health System
and HealthSouth Corporation (OTC Pink Sheets: HLSH) have signed a non-binding
letter of intent to negotiate the sale of HealthSouth's acute care hospital
and surrounding property located at 1201 11th Avenue South in Birmingham.

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, and Evaline A. "Our decision to sell this
acute-care facility allows HealthSouth to better focus on our core businesses
of inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, ambulatory surgery, and
diagnostics.
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The study
also reinforces previous findings that significant numbers of children in
foster care are failing to receive needed health care services.
As a result, "most prior studies that estimated health service use by children
in foster care used Medicaid records as their source of information ," said the
study's lead author, David Rubin, M. Rubin's co-authors, all from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,
were Susmita Pati, M. In addition, its unique
family-centered care and public service programs have brought the 430-bed
hospital recognition as a leading advocate for children and adolescents.
"This facility has been an important piece of the fabric of our community
for a number of years and we hope to see that continue," said David Hoidal,
CEO of the UAB Health System .

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Pati and Alessandrini are senior fellows at the
University's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics .edu

The Advanced Fetal Care Center at Children's
Hospital Boston will webcast live a featured panel on fetal cardiac
interventions to medical audiences around the world at The Conference
Center at Harvard Medical School on Friday, April 29 from 2:00 to 3:00 P.

Sites here will provide you with specific information on rehabilitation services offered to and focusing on children and adolescents with special health care needs.

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"HealthSouth Medical Center has earned an excellent reputation throughout
the years, built on outstanding patient care provided by its employees," said
Jay Grinney , President and CEO of HealthSouth. At the same time, we are committed to the Birmingham community
and want to ensure that the healthcare needs are met by quality providers.M.

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Its pediatric research program is among the largest in the country, ranking
second in National Institutes of Health funding.

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About UAB
The UAB Health System is internationally known for its expert physicians,
medical education, groundbreaking research and strong commitment to
compassionate, personal care for patients . Jennings.com/childrenshospitalboston/1357 now to view a
program preview.

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