A 2019-2020 healthcare product guide is now available from Nasco Healthcare.
UMF Corporation debuts privacy curtain add-on
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 24, 2019
UMF Corporation has introduced the C-PULL for healthcare privacy curtains, the first product in the company’s Micrillon® line.
Johnson named EarlySense CEO
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 24, 2019
Matt Johnson is the new CEO at EarlySense. He succeeds co-founder Avner Halperin, who has led EarlySense since 2004.
Larson to retire from Encompass Group
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 24, 2019
A 40-year veteran of the healthcare industry, Larson is considered a pioneer in hospital-based linen cost management consulting.
Improve transitions by attending May 2 webinar
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 24, 2019
Post-acute care transitions often cause stress for the provider and resident, especially when it comes to interoperability. By learning about how to improve transitions through technology, providers will...
More Dycora facilities placed in receivership
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 23, 2019
Three Dycora Transitional Health & Living communities were placed under a court-appointed receivership last week,
Full-time nursing home doctors less likely to add meds, research finds
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 23, 2019
Physicians employed full-time at a nursing home reduced prescriptions significantly, while community community physicians tended to do the opposite, a new study finds.
Feds investigating Medicaid managed care
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 22, 2019
The OIG will be reviewing medical and dental services, and drug prescription denials, by the managed care organizations overseeing Medicaid beneficiaries. A final report is expected next year.
Mandatory flu shot policy draws religious discrimination lawsuit, $75K settlement
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 22, 2019
A hospital that fired an employee who refused a flu vaccination will pay $75,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit, government officials said Friday.
Also in the News for Monday, April 22
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 22, 2019
20 Illinois nursing homes have closed since 2014 … FDA approves generic version of opioid overdose nasal spray … Risk management, data protection among HHS information security weaknesses, report finds