Grant preparation costs $270K, nursing researchers estimate
Oct 13, 2015
Nursing researchers may spend up to four 40-hour weeks and more than $270,000 in costs preparing for a single National Institutes of Health grant application, a new study shows.
Healthcare Transactions Groups arranges two SNF sales
Oct 13, 2015
Healthcare Transactions Group Inc. arranged the sale of Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing and Riverside Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing.
FoodHandler Inc. launches MedHandler
Oct 06, 2015
FoodHandler Inc. announced the launch of MedHandler® oneSafe system, which includes the oneSAFE Single-Glove Dispensing System line.
Life Support Technologies partners with OLT
Oct 06, 2015
Life Support Technologies Group has partnered with Off-Loading Technologies Inc., both in New York, have created Oxy-Mat™ for management of pressure ulcers.
CBRE Group Inc. sells 15 facilities
Oct 06, 2015
CBRE Group Inc. announced the sale of 15 skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living facilities in Cincinnati and Dayton, OH, in a $173 million transaction to CareTrust REIT Inc.
TeamHealth pays $1.6 billion to buy IPC, skilled care access
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Oct 05, 2015
Physician staffing company TeamHealth acquired post-acute care group IPC Healthcare Inc. for $1.6 billion, the companies announced in August.
Admin pay averages $100K; DONs $86,690
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Liza Berger
Oct 05, 2015
The long-term care sector continues to show signs of steady growth, as modest rises in management salaries this year illustrate.
PharMerica, Kindred settle kickback suit
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James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2015
Federal regulators were combing through out-of-court agreements at press time to discern whether settlement terms reached by PharMerica Corp. and Kindred Healthcare would pass regulatory muster.
Injected cholesterol drug is new option
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Elizabeth Newman
Oct 05, 2015
Residents with high cholesterol have a new choice. On August 27, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval of a Repatha injection for patients who cannot reduce their low-density lipoprotein...
Ventas done with spin-off
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Oct 05, 2015
Ventas Inc. announced it has completed the spin-off of the majority of its post-acute and skilled nursing facility portfolio into an independent, publicly traded REIT.