Inpatient Psychiatric Pavilion Opens in Glen Oaks

Inpatient psychiatric pavilion opens in Glen Oaks
The new pavilion will consolidate the outdated living quarters spread throughout the psychiatric facility's campus, upgrading both the coordination of services and treatment, North Shore-LIJ said. Administrators from both the Zucker Hillside Hospital … Read more on TimesLedger

There's never been a better time to talk about mental health care
All they receive is either a prescription with no real psychiatric care or a six-to-24-hour wait in the crowded, noisy ER while social services attempts to find them placement in the packed inpatient psychiatric units. What's worse is many more end up … Read more on Elgin Courier News

UNC Health Care wants in-patient mental health unit in Raleigh
Raleigh, N.C. — UNC Health Care is seeking approval from state regulators to open a 16-bed inpatient mental-health wing in Raleigh that would be operated as a psychiatric unit of UNC Hospitals. The new unit, which would include crisis and assessment … Read more on WRAL.com

MOH seeks views on proposed MediShield coverage extension – 18Jul2012 – SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has proposed enhancements to MediShield, its catastrophic illness insurance scheme, to provider greater coverage from the first quarter of next year. MOH is proposing to extend coverage and increase payouts, but this means premiums will also be raised. However, it said that for the vast majority of MediShield policyholders, the increase will be less than S per month. The ministry plans to increase the annual policy limit from the current S000 to S000. The lifetime claim limit will also be raised from S0000 to S0000. For Job Loei, who has been receiving dialysis treatment at the National Kidney Foundation for the past 18 years, the proposed increase of S0000 will be a welcome relief. Mr Loei depends on MediShield and subsidies to reduce his monthly treatment costs from about S00 to S0. When he uses up the lifetime claim limit, his cash expenses will escalate to S00 per month. “My son is going to university next year and he’s going to study in London. We are trying to apply for scholarship, but we are still waiting. This MediShield will come in very handy because with MediShield, then I don’t have to worry about my financial constraints,” he said. The proposed increase in lifetime claim limit will help to cover his expenses for the next eight years, provided he does not incur any huge hospitalisation or medical bills. The Health Ministry says MediShield claims have increased — both in terms of the number of …