$2 million HIPAA settlement highlights mobile device risks facing healthcare providers
By
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...
Double homicide at Houston nursing home; victims’ roommate arrested
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 24, 2014
A double murder occurred late Tuesday night in a Houston nursing home room shared by four men, according to local authorities. Police arrested Guillermo Correa on suspicion of beating two of his roommates...
COMS partners with Remedy
Apr 22, 2014
COMS Interactive LLC has announced a collaboration with Remedy Partners Inc. around the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement program.
Nice-Pak Products and PDI celebrate Earth Week with solar system
Apr 22, 2014
Nice-Pak Products Inc. and sister company Professional Disposables International Inc., celebrated Earth Week by installing a solar array on the roof of its headquarters and manufacturing plant.
MedProperties and Equity team up to build Florida SNF
Apr 22, 2014
MedProperties Holdings LLC and Equity Inc. will be building a replacement skilled nursing facility in Gainesville, FL.
Kisco Senior Living breaks ground in NC
Apr 22, 2014
Kisco Senior Living held a groundbreaking ceremony for The Cardinal at North Hills on Tuesday.
Long-term care facilities approach 80% worker flu vaccination rate after handing power to regional pharmacy,...
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 18, 2014
Fourteen long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania dramatically increased their staff flu vaccination rate by having a regional pharmacy take over the process, according to a report issued Thursday by...
Apollo Safety forms special healthcare division
Apr 15, 2014
Apollo Safety has formed a new healthcare division with offerings related to gas detection equipment, maintenance and monitoring.
ViaQuest acquires Indiana operations of TriStar Home Health and Hospice
Apr 15, 2014
TriStar Home Health and Hospice, an Indiana division of Trilogy Health Services LLC, has been sold to ViaQuest Inc. The terms were not disclosed.
Skilled nursing edges toward 90% occupancy, absorption rate makes first gain in nearly a decade, NIC...
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 14, 2014
Skilled nursing facilities’ occupancy rate continued to tick up in the first three months of 2014, while absorption flipped into positive territory for the first time in almost a decade, according...