naviHealth, an awardee convener under Medicare’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative, has acquired RightCare Solutions Inc., which has developed a hospital discharge planning software...
HSCA hires Miller
Feb 03, 2016
Curt Miller has joined the Healthcare Supply Chain Association as its executive director of its Committee for Healthcare eStandards.
Infection therapeutics market expected to grow
Feb 02, 2016
The hospital infection therapeutics market is expected to grow to $3.6 billion by 2020, which may be good news for long-term care residents in need of treatment.
CareTRUST REIT buys nine SNFs
Feb 02, 2016
CareTrust REIT Inc. has acquired nine skilled nursing facilities in Iowa for around $32.7 million.
SNF reaches $50k settlement in disability discrimination suit
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Jan 29, 2016
A South Carolina skilled nursing facility has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle claims that it fired a licensed practical nurse due to a disability that complicated her pregnancy.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Jan. 26
Jan 26, 2016
MN reports positive difference after nursing home salary boost … Fines, provisional licenses for nursing homes spiked in PA in 2015, report finds …. Widespread flu activity reported in MD,...
Final rule for joint replacement: Don’t come unhinged!
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Steven Littlehale
Jan 20, 2016
The first mandatory bundled payment program was set into motion with the publication of the Final Rule on Comprehensive Care for Lower Extremity Joint Replacement (CJR). The implementation date is now...
Study reminds providers about the tough prospect of putting up or stepping aside
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James M. Berklan
Jan 20, 2016
My friend Rich admittedly didn’t know much about the group of school kids he was about to oversee. But as a business manager, he told me he had his own favorite method of ironing out disagreements...
Antitrust case could impact telemedicine boom
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Jan 20, 2016
A recent Texas antitrust case involving a telemedicine provider could have a “wide-ranging effect” on the booming industry, according to some experts.
Omnicell buys Aesynt Holding
Jan 20, 2016
Omnicell Inc., which makes medication supply products, has bought Aesynt Holding Coöperatief U.A.