Health System announces new elderly clinic
By Liz Heifetz | March 30, 2012The University Health System announced plans Wednesday to open a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) clinic at Martha Jefferson Hospital, in partnership with the Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA) and the Riverside Health System. PACE is a national program which provides health care to patients receiving Medicare and Medicaid benefits, as well as privately insured seniors in full-time nursing home care. "Nursing homes are expensive," said Larry Fitzgerald, the University Health System's chief financial officer.