Constant Care Technology has announced the integration of its CareConnection® connectivity platform with NTT DATA’s NetSolutions electronic health record system for long-term care providers.
Documentation API available for providers
Sep 13, 2016
Briggs Healthcare® has launched documentation API for providers.
Emergency power systems a must for nursing homes under CMS final rule
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Sep 12, 2016
Long-term care providers will be required to install and maintain emergency power systems and strengthen resident elopement procedures under a final emergency preparedness rule released by the Centers...
Genesis, university team up to reduce hospital readmissions
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Sep 12, 2016
Genesis HealthCare and the University of New Mexico Health System are partnering to improve care access and reduce hospital readmissions among nursing facility residents, the university announced on Friday.
Psychologists plead guilty in $25 million SNF fraud scheme
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Sep 09, 2016
Two psychologists pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges that they billed Medicare millions of dollars for psychological tests unnecessarily administered to nursing home residents.
CMS updates survey procedure for civil rights requirements
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Sep 09, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will require Medicare providers to electronically submit proof of compliance with civil rights requirements, according to a memo sent last week.
DOJ files false claims case against nursing home chain, director of operations
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Sep 08, 2016
A Tennessee-based skilled nursing provider is facing a False Claims Act complaint after it allegedly submitted claims for services that were “grossly substandard” or not provided at all over...
Also in the News for Thursday, September 8
Sep 08, 2016
Review: ACA has made “significant progress” in improving access to care … Dementia patients in hospice prescribed lower doses of pain meds … Stroke survivors at eight times higher...
LeadingAge bestows award on Westminster-Canterbury
Sep 07, 2016
Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, a Virginia continuing care retirement community, has won the 2016 National LeadingAge Award for Excellence in Research and Education for its work with It’s...
Cordata Healthcare Innovations LLC, which creates specialty care coordination platforms, recently announced the close of a Series A financing round of around $3 million, inclusive of the conversion of...