Provider pays $500K fine in two neglect cases, makes significant staffing changes
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Liza Berger
Nov 20, 2019
A nursing home in New York has agreed to pay $500,000 and increase staffing to settle allegations of inappropriate care of two residents, including a toddler, who died at the facility in 2014 and 2015.
Budget impasse suspends Medicaid program overhaul
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Liza Berger
Nov 20, 2019
Nursing home providers in North Carolina could be among those affected after the state’s failure to pass a state budget delayed an overhaul of its Medicaid program.
Regenstrief Institute invests in startup to improve nursing home care
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Liza Berger
Nov 19, 2019
The Regenstrief Institute, an organization dedicated to technological innovation in healthcare, is partnering with Care Revolution, a medical startup focused on improving care at nursing facilities, controlling...
Average wages for administrators hit $128K, while DONs top $103K as market tightens
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Liza Berger
Nov 14, 2019
How does a constricted labor market affect long-term care? Try unprecedented demand for high- and low-level positions. In turn, conditions have pressured salaries higher. “The labor market has never...
Illuminate HC snares Innovator of the Year Gold Award in Tech competition
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Liza Berger
Oct 10, 2019
The research and development arm of Illuminate HC this year earned the Gold Award in the Innovator of the Year category in the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards competition for its Illuminate...
Bethel Pointe wins Tech Awards Gold with platform that improves collaboration
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Liza Berger
Oct 09, 2019
Its efforts to improve collaboration with post-acute providers helped Bethel Pointe, a skilled nursing facility in Muncie, IN, win Gold in the Safety category in the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology...
Gold for Redstone: Telemed program brings top honors in Tech Awards program
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Liza Berger
Oct 08, 2019
Implementing a robust telemedicine program has earned Redstone Greensburg, a Pennsylvania-based rehabilitation center, a Gold Award in the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards competition.
The Hebrew Home at Riverdale takes Tech Gold with upgrade to activity calendars
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Liza Berger
Oct 07, 2019
Automating resident activity calendars garnered the Hebrew Home at Riverdale in the Bronx, NY, top honors in the category of Keep It Super Simple in the 2019 McKnight’s Technology Awards competition.
Bridgemoor Transitional Care captures Gold with innovative post-acute care
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Liza Berger
Oct 06, 2019
A technological embrace of value-based care earned Bridgemoor Transitional Care, which provides short-term rehabilitation following a hospital stay, the Gold Award in the Transitions category in the 2019...
Quality winner: Lorien earns Gold in McKnight’s Tech competition
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Liza Berger
Oct 03, 2019
Lorien Health Services has been awarded the blue ribbon in the Quality category of the 2019 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program.