A new mobile humidifier and air purifier from Swizz Style allows for output capacity for areas up to 4,200 square feet.
Six tech vendors align to make health records more interoperable
Mar 13, 2013
A half dozen electronic health record vendors have formed a non-profit organization called the Commonwell Health Alliance. The organization’s goal is to create a national infrastructure with common...
Congress grills top judge on appeals jam backlog
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
There is no easy fix to the staggering backlog of Medicare appeals, a government official said during a July 10 Congressional hearing.
Nurses focusing on quality of care indicators to share experiences
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 01, 2013
Nursing and healthcare professionals from around the globe will convene Wednesday through Friday at the 7th Annual American Nurses Association “Nursing Quality Conference.” The latest research...
Use of electronic health records by post-acute providers improves care transitions, experts say
By
McKnight's Staff
Jul 05, 2012
Long-term and post-acute care providers aren’t eligible for federal meaningful use incentives for electronic health records, but failing to pursue EHRs would be unwise, experts stress.
Medicaid transportation company booted over missed appointments
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 22, 2019
Arkansas is parting ways with the company that provides nonemergency trips to its Medicaid beneficiaries after patients repeatedly missed appointments.
Grassley joins the chorus of lawmakers demanding answers on nursing home ‘oversight failures’
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 21, 2018
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), a former chairman of the Special Committee on Aging and a long-time nursing home watchdog, has become the latest federal lawmaker to zero in on whether the federal government...
Pay-for-performance test run yields mixed results: report
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2012
An Affordable Care Act provision testing pay-for-performance incentives faces an uncertain future after a federal demonstration program testing it has so far brought “disconcerting” results.
Price wants more tech and less government meddling
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 05, 2017
Physicians need to be more patient-facing, not computer-facing, according to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, M.D.
Ask the legal expert … about surveyor citations
By
John Durso
Jun 05, 2015
One of the first opportunities for a facility to refute surveyor citations or deficiencies and have the survey agency remove them is the Informal Dispute Resolution (“IDR”) process or, when...