ChartWise Medical Systems Inc., which makes Computer-Assisted Clinical Documentation Improvement (CACDI) software, has added reporting functionality for the company’s flagship ChartWise 2.0 product.
NHI agrees to convert portfolio
Oct 11, 2016
National Health Investors Inc. has signed an agreement with its joint venture partner, an affiliate of Bickford Senior Living, to convert NHI’s RIDEA portfolio of 32 assisted living and memory care...
CMS: ‘Significant’ changes to final rule driven by provider comments
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Oct 07, 2016
Some of the biggest differences between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rules for long-term care providers and the final rule released late last month reflect providers’...
Provider’s $2 million settlement to fund state’s SNF oversight overhaul
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Oct 05, 2016
A portion of a Pennsylvania nursing home chain’s $2 million settlement will be used in the state’s new plan to overhaul nursing home oversight, health officials announced Tuesday.
Iowa provider selects PBJ company
Oct 04, 2016
Colonial Manor, a skilled nursing and assisted living facility in Columbus Junction, IA, has selected Time Management Systems to implement a new PBJ feature in its existing Attendance Enterprise system.
SNF and IL facility sold in Texas
Oct 04, 2016
Senior Living Investment Brokerage Inc. announced the sale of a skilled nursing and independent living facility in Baytown, TX, for $3.025 million.
Supreme Court declines review of Medicare hospice cap case
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Oct 04, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to weigh on a case debating Medicare’s controversial payment cap for hospice treatment.
State supreme court allows SNFs to arbitrate survival claims
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Oct 03, 2016
Pennsylvania nursing homes will be able to force survival claims from deceased residents’ estates into arbitration, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Sabra Health Care REIT is the latest in a string of real estate investment trusts looking to distance themselves from problematic skilled nursing portfolios.
Ask the Care Expert about … infections
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Sherrie Dornberger
Oct 01, 2016
It seems like we are now making a bigger deal out of infections in the long-term post-acute care settings. How many infections occur in long-term post-acute care? What is the No. 1 infection, and who ultimately...