{"id":7242,"date":"2017-06-28T10:35:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T14:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7242"},"modified":"2017-06-28T11:01:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T15:01:25","slug":"hospitals-ramp-up-hyperbaric-therapy-for-diabetics-despite-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7242","title":{"rendered":"Hospitals Ramp Up Hyperbaric Therapy For Diabetics, Despite Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

The Villages Regional Hospital did not sweat its decision to add hyperbaric oxygen therapy in 2013.<\/p>\n

Hyperbaric treatment, increasingly given to diabetics \u2014 many of them elderly with persistent wounds\u00a0\u2014 involves breathing pure oxygen inside a pressurized air chamber typically for two hours each weekday, often for more than a month. Twenty outpatient sessions can bring a hospital $9,000 in revenue. Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

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