What religion are most Vietnamese Americans?

What religion are most Vietnamese Americans? Many practice Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and animist practices (including ancestor veneration) influenced by Chinese folk religion. Twenty-nine to thirty percent of Vietnamese Americans are Roman Catholic, a legacy of French colonialism and Operation Passage to Freedom and a smaller number are Protestants. What percentage of Vietnamese live in […]

What is ambulatory ECMO?

What is ambulatory ECMO? Ambulatory ECMO programs of this nature have been developed in an attempt to provide rehabilitation, physical therapy, and minimization of sedation prior to lung transplantation to improve both surgical and posttransplant outcomes. What does ECMO do for patients? Essentially, ECMO helps these patients by acting as their heart and lungs. The […]

What is pass-through status Medicare?

What is pass-through status Medicare? ▲ Transitional pass-through status is intended to encourage the use of. newly FDA-approved medical devices, drugs, and biologics across all fields of medicine and to boost Medicare patients’ access to these innovative therapies by temporarily paying more than established facility fees. What is Medicare pass-through reimbursement? Medicare makes “pass-through” payments […]

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