The Food and Drug Administration has issued final guidance on mobile medical apps.
Survey: Assisted living salaries solid, vacancy rates stable
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Elizabeth Newman
Feb 05, 2015
Administrators in assisted living earned a median salary of $80,830 in 2014, an increase of more than 2% over the previous year, according to a comprehensive new report. Chefs, cooks and sous chefs all...
Shifts linked to memory loss
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Elizabeth Newman
Dec 01, 2014
Staff on shift schedules might experience diminished memory and thinking skills, according to a new study.
Caffeine tied to better cognitive function in elderly diabetes patients
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 09, 2018
Higher caffeine intake was associated with better function in overall cognition, working memory, executive functioning and categorization in a study of elderly patients with diabetes.
Top expert will highlight Expo
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Elizabeth Newman
Feb 09, 2018
Providers have long struggled with offering telehealth due to reimbursement limitations. But the landscape is changing.
Psychiatry company settles Medicare fraud allegations for $1 million
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 22, 2013
A New York company that provided psychiatry services to nursing home residents with dementia has settled a whistleblower Medicare fraud case for $1 million.
OIG clears provider’s irregular procurement of Hurricane Sandy disaster funds
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 11, 2016
A nursing home decimated by Hurricane Sandy was correct in using $2.8 million in federal disaster funds to repair its building, a government audit found.
Providers cite HIPAA wrongly
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 04, 2015
Care coordination is often stymied by incorrect understanding of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a former Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services official noted at LeadingAge’s...
AOD Software, Inofile unite on interoperability advances
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Elizabeth Newman
Nov 05, 2015
A partnership between AOD Software and Inofile may signal new advances in secure interoperability, company executives said.
Health technology devices reach new level at CES show
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 01, 2014
Several new health devices debuted at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, including some that may help long-term care providers.