A new SCAN Foundation campaign aims to provide support and provoke discussion or the 10 million millennials who currently act as family caregivers, group executives said.
The acquisition of Vikus Corporation by HealthcareSource has resulted in an integrated platform with plans to continue further investments, HealthcareSource CEO J.P. Fingado said in January. When Fingado...
PharMerica to be acquired by KKR in $1.4B deal; Walgreens will a be minority investor
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 06, 2017
Global investment firm KKR will buy PharMerica Corporation in a $1.4 billion deal, the companies announced in August.
LGBT fear treatment in long-term care
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 02, 2011
A majority of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults believe that staff at long-term care facilities would discriminate against them, according to a new report.
Walking tied to word game may boost seniors’ activity
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 05, 2017
An iPad-based game connecting seniors with walking is showing promise and being evaluated for a larger community trial, according to a feasibility study.
Post-acute standardized assessment bill passes House
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 18, 2014
A bill that would standardize data in post-acute settings moved closer to reality after a House of Representatives voice vote in its favor Tuesday. The House’s approval of the Improving Medicare...
Profile: Blake Gillman
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 05, 2018
VP/Director Post-Acute Care Services, Life Care Services
Vendors helping nudge HR operations away from paper
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 06, 2017
For all the push for providers to move to electronic health records, the process of hiring and onboarding employees still often requires paper.
AHCA, Alliance, support Obama’s renomination of Tavenner as head of CMS
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 08, 2013
Marilyn Tavenner, the acting administrator at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has been renominated by President Barack Obama to permanently fill the position.
AHCA applauds Senate passage of IMPACT Act
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 22, 2014
The Senate approved the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act, drawing praise from the American Health Care Association and the National Association for the Support of Long Term Care.