Inovalon enters into multi-year provider agreement
Feb 23, 2016
Inovalon has entered into a multi-year agreement with Kindred Healthcare Inc., the country’s largest post-acute provider.
New tool for nurses
Feb 23, 2016
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has released new reference guides.
New DBS option for Parkinson’s patients
Feb 23, 2016
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Therapy for use in people who have had Parkinson’s disease for at least four years, and with recent onset of motor...
MatrixCare chooses consulting partner
Feb 23, 2016
MatrixCare® and CliftonLarsonAllen LLP have announced a strategic partnership to help long-term care and post acute care providers succeed in bundled payment programs.
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.
Universal insurance program needed for LTC financing reform, group says
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Feb 23, 2016
A universal catastrophic insurance program is the “most promising approach” to reforming how long-term services and supports are financed, according to a new report.
Court to hear wrongful death case earlier forced into arbitration
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Feb 23, 2016
The son of a woman strangled to death by her roommate at a Massachusetts nursing home will have his case against the facility heard by a state court next month.
Having nun of it: Little Sisters of the Poor launch website, comic to fight ACA provision
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Feb 22, 2016
The Little Sisters of the Poor took their fight against the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate to the web — complete with visual aids — last week.
Fisher joins PointRight
Feb 19, 2016
Sharon Nicolette Fisher is the new SVP of Provider Solutions at PointRight.
Ghassan moves to Holmstad
Feb 19, 2016
Cheryl Ghassan is the new sales director at The Holmstad, a continuing care retirement community in Illinois.