With all of the changes in our health system, I often ask myself how our post-acute providers are going to address the challenges of transitioning from fee-for-service to value-based purchasing and bundled...
HealthMedX acquired
Nov 01, 2016
Netsmart has bought HealthMEDX and its electronic medical records platform, the company announced Thursday.
Damgaard elected to new board
Nov 01, 2016
John Damgaard has been elected president of the board of directors for the National Association for the Support of Long Term Care.
New hearing aids released
Nov 01, 2016
The Hearing Group is offering two new hearing aids from Phonak and Oticon Inc.
Loan closings announced
Nov 01, 2016
Capital Funding Group has announced several loans totalling $25 million.
Students surprise CCRC residents with haul of 30,000 pieces of candy for Halloween
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Oct 31, 2016
A North Carolina continuing care retirement community got a little help from local students last week in preparing for their annual Trick or Treat Extravaganza — nearly 30,000 pieces of Halloween candy.
Texas provider to pay $5.3 million to settle allegations of substandard care
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Oct 26, 2016
A Texas-based skilled nursing chain has agreed to pay $5.3 million to settle claims that it provided substandard and “worthless” services at some of its facilities, federal officials announced...
How to quickly size up the health of any facility
By
John O'Connor
Oct 24, 2016
When it comes to measuring how well a long-term care facility is doing, we all know the usual benchmarks: revenues, profits and census levels.
Update to tablet counter devices released
Oct 19, 2016
Kirby Lester, a division of Capsa Solutions LLC, said it has released an update to its tablet counter devices, KL1 and KL1Plus, for retail, hospital outpatient and LTC pharmacies.
Maine Veterans Homes chooses PBJ feature
Oct 18, 2016
Maine Veterans’ Homes has implemented the Attendance on Demand system’s Payroll-Based Journal feature through working with partner Cincinnati Time of Maine (Portland, ME).