AMN Healthcare Services Inc., the nation’s largest healthcare staffing company, said Friday it acquired most of the assets of Dallas-based Platinum Select LP, a travel nurse staffing company, for...
Whitman sampler
Feb 20, 2008
Arnold Whitman, CEO and Co-Chairman of Formation Capital, LLC, will discuss turmoil in the current financial and credit markets, during the NIC Western Regional Symposium. He will also look at the pressures...
Alliance, SEIU react to reform bill
Feb 15, 2008
Healthcare-related groups expressed varying degrees of support for a new nursing home reform bill that would increase penalties for poor performing nursing homes.
Leaping ahead
Feb 04, 2008
Tips and traps of clinical reimbursement documentation will be under discussion during a free McKnight’s webcast Feb. 29. The hour-long event will deal with MDS documentation “hot spots,”...
Experts to analyze clinical reimbursement documentation
Jan 30, 2008
Tips and traps of clinical reimbursement documentation will be under discussion during a free McKnight’s webcast Feb. 29. The hour-long event will deal with MDS documentation “hot spots,”...
This addition’s a natural fit
By
McKnight's Staff
Jan 15, 2008
An Ohio CCRC uses rooftop gardens and open green spaces both to be environmentally conscious and to bring a sense of nature to residents.
Nip and tuck
By
Liza Berger
Jan 15, 2008
Culture change is all the rage in nursing home design today, but you don’t have to build new to make a difference.
Approved: ‘New era’ flu test detects four viruses in three hours
Jan 23, 2008
Federal regulators have approved a diagnostic test than can screen for the flu and three other common respiratory viruses all at the same time. Results can be had in about three hours, they said.
No easy solution ahead for LTC funding dilemma
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 15, 2008
The year-end scramble for Medicare and Medicaid dollars ended with a bang — and the usual whimpers from various provider interests. There were winners on one side, losers on the other. And then there...
Manor Care sale completed
Jan 02, 2008
Following weeks of delay, The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm, completed the sale of Manor Care Inc. for $6.3 billion, including debt.