Geisinger and Boehringer Ingelheim, on behalf of its diabetes alliance with Eli Lilly and Company, said it had developed a collaboration to develop a risk-prediction model for three outcomes commonly associated...
Wellspring Consumer Healthcare sold
Sep 27, 2017
Private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners has sold WellSpring Consumer Healthcare, a marketer of leading consumer health brands, the firm said.
Genworth survey: Cost of private SNF rooms jumped 5.5% in 2017
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Sep 27, 2017
The monthly costs of a stay in a skilled nursing facility continued to grow in 2017, with the average monthly rate of a private room topping $8,000, according to Genworth’s annual Cost of Care survey.
Pay rates for lab tests threaten access for long-term care beneficiaries, group warns
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Sep 27, 2017
Long-term care beneficiaries may be at risk under proposed reimbursement rates for clinical laboratory tests, the National Association for the Support of Long Term Care said on Tuesday.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Sept. 26
Sep 26, 2017
Lack of communication betweens SNFs, hospitals may spread superbugs … 2 SNF nurses charged with abuse after allegedly depriving resident of food, medication … Lawmakers eyeing last-minute changes...
State suspends license, accuses SNF staff of cover-up as facility’s post-Irma death toll rises...
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Sep 22, 2017
Florida officials on Wednesday suspended the license of a nursing home where residents died following Hurricane Irma, claiming staff made late entries to residents’ records in an attempt to alter...
Survey: Three-quarters of providers in bundled pay models saw quality improvements
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Sep 21, 2017
Participating in a bundled payment program helped improve care quality and lower costs for the majority of providers across the continuum, according to the results of a new small-scale survey.
It’s here! McKnight’s Fall Online Expo kicks off with MDS at 11 a.m.
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Sep 20, 2017
McKnight’s 5th Annual Fall Online Expo is today, and with it comes the opportunity to earn up to three free continuing education credits. Click here to register if you haven’t already.
Hospital group: MedPAC’s proposed post-acute payment system ‘unworkable’
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Sep 20, 2017
A unified post-acute payment system proposed by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is “unworkable as a foundation” the American Hospital Association maintains.
FDA clearance for non-invasive pulse oximeter
Sep 20, 2017
Masimo has received FDA 510(k) clearance and market release of Rad-97™ Pulse CO-Oximeter. This includes configurations with the integrated NomoLine™ capnography and noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP)...