Study: More hospitalized SNF residents using ventilators, despite lack of improvement
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Oct 12, 2016
An increasing number of nursing home residents with advanced dementia are put on mechanical ventilators when they’re hospitalized, despite the fact that the treatment doesn’t improve their...
Nursing home contests $50,000 fine for resident’s death after lift breaks
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Oct 12, 2016
An Illinois nursing home fined $50,000 for a mechanical lift failure that reportedly caused a resident’s death plans to fight back against the fine, according to local reports.
Alter joins Mindoula Health
Oct 11, 2016
Carol L. Alter, M.D., has joined Mindoula Health as its chief medical officer. She will lead Mindoula Collaborative Care initiative and is an expert on psychiatric care, and has been an advisor to Mindoula...
Education companies acquired
Oct 11, 2016
Relias Learning has bought Swank HealthCare and AHC media, allowing it to enter the acute care online education market.
Reporting features added to CACDI software
Oct 11, 2016
ChartWise Medical Systems Inc., which makes Computer-Assisted Clinical Documentation Improvement (CACDI) software, has added reporting functionality for the company’s flagship ChartWise 2.0 product.
Canadian technology company launches eForms
Oct 11, 2016
Think Research has announced the debut of eForms in the U.S. post-acute care market.
CMS: ‘Significant’ changes to final rule driven by provider comments
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Oct 07, 2016
Some of the biggest differences between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rules for long-term care providers and the final rule released late last month reflect providers’...
Providers want CMS to stop bundled payment expansion until outcomes are known
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Oct 06, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ expansion of mandatory bundled payment models is moving too rapidly to fully understand the impact the models could have on patients, provider groups...
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Oct 06, 2016
Nursing facility occupancy down slightly in third quarter of 2016 … Provider group: PA’s nursing home overhaul may clash with federal regulations … FDA issues final rule to accelerate...
Iowa provider selects PBJ company
Oct 04, 2016
Colonial Manor, a skilled nursing and assisted living facility in Columbus Junction, IA, has selected Time Management Systems to implement a new PBJ feature in its existing Attendance Enterprise system.