The technology companies Vocollect Healthcare Systems Inc. and American HealthTech Inc. have formed an alliance to help long-term care clients develop more unified electronic medical records. The systems...
RedRidge forms a lender services group
Oct 02, 2009
RedRidge recently announced that it has formed a lender services group. The organization specializes in all forms of collateral exams including: surveys, forensic cash reviews, recurring field exams, quality-of-earnings...
Reform likely to drive up employers’ costs: survey
Oct 02, 2009
Long-term care employers expect they will pay higher health costs for workers if pending reform legislation is passed, according to a new survey. Employers also expect to have a weakened role in providing...
Getting up to code
Sep 29, 2009
The ICD-9-CM and POA Coding Mentor offers a new way to understand the “thought process” behind the work of master coders. Using 75 actual (not “cleaned up”) medical records, it...
Stimulus dollars give healthcare IT spending an early boost
Sep 15, 2009
Federal stimulus dollars for healthcare IT expansion aren’t scheduled to start flowing until 2011. But many firms already appear to be gearing up. Nearly 70% of healthcare companies in an Information...
IG seeks competitive bidding for power-driven wheelchairs
Sep 08, 2009
Power-driven wheelchairs cost Medicare nearly four times what suppliers pay for them, and competitive bidding could dramatically reduce the total, according to an inspector general’s report released...
Moving from high touch to high tech?
Sep 08, 2009
Robots designed to help older people perform activities of daily living could be available in less than four years, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Investigators predict...
Lancaster Pollard to open new office in Los Angeles
Sep 01, 2009
Lancaster Pollard announced it will open its seventh office, in Los Angeles. Veteran banker Anthony Taddey will oversee the latest expansion. The growth is part of an effort to increase underwriting and...
Drug industry launches pro-health reform advertising blitz
Aug 18, 2009
PhRMA has launched a $12 million advertising push for healthcare reform, with TV spots airing in key states and on cable channels nationally. The ads stress the importance of ensuring that patients aren’t...
Senators demand a fuller accounting from GPOs
Aug 18, 2009
In recent years, nursing homes and other healthcare providers have turned increasingly to group purchasing organizations to improve their purchasing capabilities. But these organizations are facing growing...