$2 million HIPAA settlement highlights mobile device risks facing healthcare providers
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Tim Mullaney
Apr 24, 2014
Laptops and other mobile devices containing personal health information have been stolen from long-term care ombudsman programs and other healthcare organizations, including from Concentra Health Services...
“No magic pill” for treating symptoms of Alzheimer’s, study finds
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Haymarket Media
Feb 08, 2005
New research concludes that many medications used to treat symptoms of dementia, including agitation and delusions, are not effective.
Assisted living communities continue to make a terrible first impression on prospective customers, university...
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 15, 2014
Assisted living communities consistently do not make a good first impression with prospective customers, and they haven’t improved this skill set in the last decade, according to data from George...
Morning Pointe Alzheimer’s care garners Gold Award
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Sep 30, 2015
Morning Pointe Assisted Living, which operates 24 assisted living and memory care communities in the Southeastern U.S., met the demand for better Alzheimer’s care programs with the development of...
Seemed like good idea
By
John Hall
Aug 05, 2015
One of the more interesting new ways employers are helping employees is through wellness assistance.
Veteran CNA charged in nursing home sexual assault
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Jan 08, 2016
A long-time employee of a North Carolina nursing home has been charged with sexually assaulting a resident with dementia.
CAST announces updated EHR whitepaper; online tool to follow
Jun 18, 2013
LeadingAge’s Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) announced the upcoming release of a whitepaper and selection matrix on selecting an electronic health record (EHR). The updated whitepaper...
Provider loses appeal in $4 million overpayment case involving statistical sampling
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Nov 08, 2017
An Oklahoma-based home healthcare provider will have to return millions in overpayments to Medicare after a judge upheld the use of the controversial statistical sampling method in the case against it.
Nursing home giant Signature Healthcare pushes into insurance industry
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Aug 19, 2015
Signature Healthcare, one of the country’s largest nursing facility companies, is quickly nearing its entry into the health insurance business. Enrollment for Signature Healthcare residents will...
Smart money: Chief financial officers should prepare for multiple scenarios
Jun 01, 2010
What is next in the investment arena? It’s what is always next: Uncertainty!