KANSAS — Kansas nursing home operators will receive help paying for residents whose Medicaid applications or renewals are stuck in processing limbo, state agencies announced in late March.
DePaul-DeMeno joins HDG
Apr 12, 2016
Rhonda DePaul-DeMeno has joined Health Dimensions Group as its manager of consulting services.
Lifting the veil
By
John Hall
Apr 04, 2016
Rehab offers promise to many deemed ‘lost’ in the fog, and providers are making strides in better delivering the therapy dementia patients need
Reaction management
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 04, 2016
So, how should I react to what that back-stabbing little blankety-blank (fake name redacted for HIPAA compliance) said or did to me?
FDA to beef up warnings on opioid painkillers
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Mar 24, 2016
Labels for certain opioid pain medications will soon be required to carry a warning about the drugs’ risks of misuse and death, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday.
Mintz moves to CareServ
Mar 22, 2016
Charlie Mintz is the new director of business development at CareServ Technologies.
Psychiatrist gets 9 months in prison for nursing home drug kickback scheme
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Mar 15, 2016
A Chicago psychiatrist who prescribed the antipsychotic clozapine to thousands of nursing home residents in exchange for kickbacks was sentenced to 9 months in prison on Friday.
Also in the News for Thursday, March 10
Mar 10, 2016
Genesis to sell hospice, home health operations in $84 million deal … SNFs will close if no bed tax increases occur, provider groups say … CMS releases Medicare Part B payment proposal
SNF employee pleads not guilty to murder, ‘flips off’ resident’s family
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Feb 25, 2016
A former nursing home employee pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murdering a resident — but not before apparently aiming a crude hand gesture at the resident’s family.
McKesson Alternate Site Pharmacy launches new program
Feb 23, 2016
McKesson Alternate Site Pharmacy℠ has debuted the PATH Pro™ Post-Acute Therapeutics Formulary Management Program for long-term care pharmacies.