CodeSmart Holdings Inc. is launching the CDI Smart™ Software and Smart Code™ Reference Tool during the HIMSS 2014 Annual Conference this week in Orlando, FL.
McKnight’s Online Expo a month away
Feb 25, 2014
The McKnight’s Online Expo will take place March 26 and 27, with five webcasts from long-term care leaders.
Joint venture investment comes to Wellmore
Feb 25, 2014
Cushman & Wakefield’s Senior Housing Capital Markets Group has arranged for a $35.5 million capitalization of Wellmore at Tega Cay in South Carolina, the company announced.
Nursing homes’ security threatened by information posted to hacker website
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 19, 2014
Documents posted to a file-sharing website could have been used to steal medical record and credit card information from three nursing homes in New York state, according to a Tuesday report in the Wall...
ChartWise introduces ChartWise 2.0
Feb 18, 2014
ChartWise Medical Systems Inc. has unveiled ChartWise 2.0, a new software platform that supports ICD-9 and ICD-10.
St. Francis Health Services chooses Optimus
Feb 18, 2014
St. Francis Health Services has chosen Optimus EMR Inc. as its electronic health record vendor.
Nursing home provider fails in legal bid against ‘extrapolation method’ in determining Medicare...
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 18, 2014
A government contractor can calculate how much money a provider owes for Medicare overpayments by doing a limited audit and then extrapolating from those findings, a federal appeals court recently affirmed.
Authorities arrest nine nursing home workers in New York, bring criminally negligent homicide charges
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 12, 2014
Workers at a Long Island nursing home consistently neglected residents, leading to at least one death, while the facility’s owners pocketed $60 million in Medicaid payments meant for resident care,...
Registration open for spring NIC conference
Feb 04, 2014
There’s less than six weeks away before senior housing experts convene to discuss hot topics at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care Industry Regional Conference.
Medline buys Professional Hospital Supply
Feb 04, 2014
Medline Industries Inc. said Monday it has acquired Professional Hospital Supply, a medical supply company in Temecula, CA.