ONE DAY TO GO: Payment, Quality, Tech info — and free CE credits — at tomorrow’s Fall Online...
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Sep 21, 2016
Providers will get a chance to learn from top long-term care experts and earn up to three free continuing education credits tomorrow at McKnight’s Fall Online Expo — all without leaving their home...
North American Health Care to pay $28.5 million in false claims settlement
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Sep 20, 2016
North American Health Care Inc. has agreed to pay $28.5 million to settle allegations that it submitted claims for medically unnecessary rehabilitation services, the Department of Justice announced Monday.
McKnight’s Fall Online Expo kicks off in three days
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Sep 19, 2016
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will pledge $87 million in funding to improve information technology in health centers in every state, the agency announced Thursday.
Provider groups call for big changes to value-based purchasing bill
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Sep 16, 2016
A House bill that would establish a value-based purchasing program for post-acute care needs major revisions before it earns providers’ support, several industry groups told lawmakers in a letter...
OIG: Hospices need to better certify terminally ill patients to avert fraud
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Sep 16, 2016
Hospice providers need to ensure their physicians have properly certified that a Medicare beneficiary is appropriate for hospice care, federal officials urged in a report released Thursday.
McKnight’s 4th Fall Online Expo is here!
Sep 15, 2016
The fourth annual McKnight’s Fall Online Expo takes place next Thursday, Sept. 22, offering attendees three free CE credits. The three hour-long sessions begin at 11 a.m. Eastern Time.
Learn about health claims data at McKnight’s Online Expo
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Sep 14, 2016
Roughly 5 million Medicare beneficiaries in the United States don’t take their blood pressure medication properly, according to a Vital Signs report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control...
Register for the 2016 Fall Online Expo
Sep 13, 2016
The McKnight’s Fall Online Expo returns on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 11 a.m. ET.
Also in the News for Friday, September 9
Sep 09, 2016
Older, sicker patients may bring penalties in bundled payment programs … Company that stopped employees from joining together in legal actions asks Supreme Court for review … Most seniors unlikely...
Cart dumper helps with safety
Sep 07, 2016
Laundry product supplier Tingue has debuted a hydraulic laundry cart dumper to upgrade worker safety and speed productivity in the incoming soil-sort area.