Skilled nursing providers continue to hire feeding assistants despite a pending investigation requested by two congressional leaders and a consumer advocacy group’s legal challenge.
Beverly expands its call center by outsourcing, cutting 17 jobs
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Haymarket Media
Jun 15, 2004
In response to requests from its frontline nursing home staff, Beverly Enterprises announced plans to expand its information technology services to 24 hours a day. The Fort Smith, AR-based company says...
Georgia will eliminate nursing home Medicaid program July 1
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Haymarket Media
Jun 15, 2004
The Georgia Department of Community Health, in compliance with the state’s budget cuts ordered by Gov. Sonny Perdue, is eliminating its Nursing Home Medically Needy Medicaid program as of July 1,...
Minneapolis nursing home uses privacy laws as defense
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Haymarket Media
Jun 10, 2004
Minneapolis-based Concordia Care Center, which has been accused of not protecting frail residents from abuse, said state and federal privacy laws prevented it from telling residents about the sex offenders...
Report: Scientists have completely mapped chromosomes linked to major diseases
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Haymarket Media
Jun 01, 2004
Scientists have produced a complete map of human chromosomes 9 and 10, which are linked to diseases including cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s, according to the journal Nature.
GAO outlines state efforts to improve consumer protections in assisted living facilities
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Haymarket Media
May 28, 2004
The General Accounting Office has released a 44-page report identifying specific state efforts to improve consumer protections in assisted living facilities. The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging...
Health agency faces lawsuit for withholding cost estimates of Medicare reform law
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Haymarket Media
May 24, 2004
Nineteen Democratic members of the House Committee on Government Reform filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against the Department of Health and Human Services for refusing to release cost estimates for the...
Mariner Health Care’s chief executive talks about how he aims to simplify and streamline operations to stabilize the recently bankrupt chain.
Standards directory for healthcare information technology released
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Haymarket Media
Apr 01, 2004
Providers could soon have a critical new tool in the quest to unify information technology standards to cut down on errors and increase efficiencies. Various IT systems currently hamper interoperability...
CMS seeks comment on Alzheimer’s diagnosis procedure
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Haymarket Media
Mar 18, 2004
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is asking the public for comment on whether to cover flurodexyglucose positron emission tomography, an imaging procedure, for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease.