A University of Texas and Cypress-Fairbanks graduate who played football in college and high school and has a master's degree from Rice, Cal McNair assumed a more prominent leadership role after his father was diagnosed with skin cancer and eventually succumbed to the disease on Nov. 23, 2018. … [Read more...] about Cowboys’ Jerry Jones on Texans’ Cal McNair: ‘Great owner’
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Kindred Healthcare shutters 4 Houston-area hospitals, lays off hundreds
Long-term care hospitals have struggled in recent years after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid began implementing criteria in 2016 that restricted the number of long-term care patients who could qualify for high payments from Medicare. Under the ruling, Medicare reduced how much it would pay for the care of patients who either did not spend three or more days in the intensive care unit at an acute care hospital, or patients who were not on a ventilator for prolonged periods. … [Read more...] about Kindred Healthcare shutters 4 Houston-area hospitals, lays off hundreds
Violent assaults, insufficient care: Inside the chaos of SF General’s emergency room
Dr. Mark Leary, deputy chief of S.F. General’s psychiatry department and acting head of the psychiatric ER, told The Chronicle in November that a reason for the increased numbers could be that patients are staying in the unit longer because of a lack of beds available elsewhere. … [Read more...] about Violent assaults, insufficient care: Inside the chaos of SF General’s emergency room
Federal Judges Reconsider Indian Child Welfare Law
In cases where welfare agencies believe it is necessary to remove Native American children from their homes, the law requires them to make every effort to place children with relatives or fellow tribe members. In 2016, three sets of prospective adoptive parents, each non-Native American and fostering Native American children, along with the states of Texas, Indiana and Louisiana, took the U.S. government to court in an effort to overturn the ICWA. … [Read more...] about Federal Judges Reconsider Indian Child Welfare Law
Boudin, SF’s DA, withdraws charges against man who allegedly attacked cop
Surveillance video shows the two officers arriving at the scene and stopping to question Hampton, who suddenly attacked when Hayes opened the door of the squad car. Hayes tried to defend himself with kicks and then, when his partner ran around the car to help, Hampton struck Flores with the bottle several times. … [Read more...] about Boudin, SF’s DA, withdraws charges against man who allegedly attacked cop
