Report: Nursing home therapy reimbursement under review as reform law toughens up
Mar 30, 2010
Healthcare analysts at the Department of Health and Human Services are re-evaluating Medicare’s “ultra-high” billing category for therapy services in skilled nursing facilities as a potential...
Ventas buy adds payoff
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2015
Ventas has declared a prorated common stock dividend, pending the completion of its American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust purchase.
MOXI adds built-in sensor
Dec 20, 2013
MOXI Enterprises has announced that iSense Processing, a built-in sensor, now comes standard with every SelectAir®, SelectAir® MAX, FUSION 2K™ and BariSelect® advanced therapeutic support surface.
Vocollect and American HealthTech usher in new kind of partnership
Oct 13, 2009
Historically, vendor partnerships have tended to take the form of one company absorbing another. But last week’s announcement between Vocollect Healthcare Systems Inc. and American HealthTech Inc....
Expanded coverage
Jul 30, 2008
One of the top challenges facing smaller operators is health-insurance coverage. A bill that passed the House Small Business Committee last week might offer some much-needed relief. Specifically, the measure...
Extendicare closes $870 million sale of its U.S. facilities
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Jul 07, 2015
Extendicare has closed the $870 million sale of its U.S. operations to an investor group led by private equity firm Formation Capital LLC.
NIC celebrates 20 years with sold-out deal-making conference
Sep 17, 2010
The National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing and Care Industry will open its 20th anniversary conference Wednesday night in Chicago. Considered the premier gathering of deal-making investors...
Memory care community opened
Mar 01, 2016
Autumn Leaves of Westover Hills, the second of the company’s communities in San Antonio, opened last week.
Medicaid expansion plans fade in several states
By
John Hall
Feb 25, 2015
Several so-called “red states” are leaning toward or have outright abandoned plans to allow expansion of their Medicaid programs, bucking a nationwide groundswell of program enrollment under...
Report: States headed for Medicaid funding upheaval
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2012
Regardless of whether states choose to expand Medicaid under healthcare reform law, they are facing huge fiscal crisis conditions, largely due to rising healthcare costs and government pension obligations,...