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Nursing Homes, Home Health and Dialysis Centers
Nursing Home Compare, Home Health Compare and Dialysis Facility Compare provide information for consumer research about the performance of Medicare-approved providers throughout the United States. These CMS websites may be reached by selecting them from the column at right, or by using the address www.medicare.gov. Information can be printed, and is also available by calling CMS at 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). Y vea en Espanol.
Physicians and Other Practitioners
State Medical Boards are the first place Paramount looks to be sure that doctors, dentists, and other medical professionals are appropriately licensed to practice medicine. This is where a sanction or reprimand will be listed if a practitioner has received one. In Ohio, the information is available from the link at right, or by calling their office in Columbus at (614) 466-3934. Michigan's board on licensing of medical professionals can be reached at (517) 373-3740 in Lansing, or by linking from the list at right.
Beginning with 2003, Paramount has identified primary care physicians with the best results on selected preventive and chronic health care measures. Examples of these indicators are immunization and cancer screening rates, and use of appropriate medications to treat asthma. Lists of the recognized physicians in each primary care specialty with the best results are made available in For Your Health and by clicking on Paramount Recognized Physicians in the column at right.
The American Diabetes Association, in conjunction with the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), has a special recognition program for diabetes specialists, including some Paramount physicians. For detailed information, go to www.ncqa.org/dprp. The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, along with NCQA, have also developed a special stroke and heart care recognition program, which can be found at www.ncqa.org/hsrp.
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