Senate Democrats poised to introduce package to replace sequester cuts
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 13, 2013
Democrats in the Senate could introduce a bill this week to replace the automatic spending cuts known as the sequester, which is scheduled to take effect March 1. Many long-term care stakeholders have...
ACOs, bundled payment groups ‘becoming the face of American medicine,’ Sebelius says
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 13, 2013
Accountable care organizations and bundled payment initiatives are harbingers of the future healthcare system in the United States, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a speech...
Seroquel maker to pay $5.5M in latest settlement related to off-label use of the antipsychotic drug
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 13, 2013
Drugmaker AstraZeneca recently settled a lawsuit with the state of Kentucky over allegations of improperly marketing its atypical antipsychotic drug Seroquel. Under the settlement, the London-based pharmaceutical...
Readmission numbers held steady for Medicare patients in years before CMS penalties: report
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 12, 2013
Hospital readmission rates for Medicare patients remained steady between 2008 and 2010, with variations between regions, according to a report released Monday.
Nursing home study finds high rate of community-associated MRSA
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 12, 2013
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (CA-MRSA) was discovered in nearly 91% of nursing homes tested in a recent study.
Pruitt, Brachman become first Republican appointees to long-term care commission
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 12, 2013
Neil L. Pruitt Jr. and Judith Y. Brachman are the first GOP appointees to the long-term care commission created as part of January’s fiscal cliff deal.
FDA draft guidelines suggest route to approval for early-stage Alzheimer’s drugs
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 11, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance Thursday on clinical trials for early-stage Alzheimer’s drugs.
Obama recommits to preserving Medicare in coming sequester battle
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 11, 2013
President Barack Obama reaffirmed his vow to protect Medicare in the fight over sequestration spending cuts last week.
Tech-savvy nursing homes improve care coordination and resident privacy, researcher states
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 11, 2013
Health information technology helps nursing homes coordinate care and protect resident privacy, according to a leading researcher on the impact of health IT.
I couldn’t live without … Xerox data center hosting
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 01, 2013
Having outgrown their previous hosting provider, Texas-based Harden Healthcare went looking for a new solution. The organization found it in Xerox, which is now hosting Harden Healthcare’s data center,...