Active-shooter tips from a survivor — how to respond ‘when seconds count’
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Jul 25, 2017
Betty Brunner was sitting down to an appointment at her hair stylist one morning and the next thing she knew, she was diving for the floor, trying to avoid a crazed gunman. Brunner miraculously escaped...
11 charged with allegedly falsifying records at Michigan veterans facility
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Jul 25, 2017
Eleven former employees of a Michigan veterans long-term care facility are facing charges alleging they falsified medical documents, officials announced Monday.
Large nonprofits outperforming smaller organizations on EHR adoption
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Jul 21, 2017
More nonprofit senior living and care providers with multiple properties are adopting electronic health records than smaller nonprofit organizations, according to the results of a recent LeadingAge survey.
Strategies to reduce hospital readmission rates aren’t harming patients post-discharge, study shows
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Jul 21, 2017
Hospitals’ efforts to lower readmission rates didn’t raise patients’ post-discharge mortality rates, a new study shows.
Observers skeptical of House Republicans’ call to cut $2 trillion in Medicaid, Medicare
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Jul 20, 2017
A budget plan released Tuesday by House Republicans would cut close to $2 trillion from federal healthcare programs — but it’s unlikely to get very far in the legislative process, observers say.
ACOs missing out on millions in payments by not assuming more risk, report finds
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Jul 20, 2017
Accountable care organizations could have garnered $886 million in additional payments in 2015 if they took on greater financial risk, according to a new report.
Critical thinking tips from the happiest place on earth
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Jul 18, 2017
What comes to mind when you think about critical thinking? For audience members at a session held yesterday at the National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration’s annual conference...
Providers must ramp-up staff competency, fortify partnerships to reduce readmissions, expert says
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Jul 18, 2017
Providers must take a long look at their staff members’ competencies and how they communicate with acute-care partners to survive amid a regulatory environment that’s constantly ramping up...
Kindred subsidiary moved non-terminal patients to hospice care, lawsuit claims
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Jul 13, 2017
Kindred Healthcare Inc. affiliate Gentiva allegedly billed Medicare for hospice services unnecessarily, according to a whistleblower lawsuit unsealed on Monday.
Former CMS admins: Lawmakers should drop Medicaid reforms from health bill entirely
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Jul 13, 2017
Two former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrators are urging lawmakers to cut Medicaid provisions from their current Affordable Care Act replacement bill, claiming such a move would allow...