Nursing home hospice provider kept patients in hospice for years, overbilled for their care, prosecutors...
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 28, 2014
An Illinois-based hospice provider overbilled Medicare and Medicaid by inappropriately designating nursing home residents as hospice patients, sometimes for years, according to federal charges announced...
Insulin cartridges recalled by Tandem Diabetes Care
Jan 22, 2014
Tandem Diabetes Care® Inc. initiated a voluntary recall of specific lots of insulin cartridges that are used with the t:slim® Insulin Pump in mid-January. Nearly 5,000 boxes of cartridges are affected.
Ohio Board of Pharmacy certifies Optimus interface
Jan 22, 2014
Optimus EMR, Inc. has announced the Ohio Board of Pharmacy has certified its bi-directional pharmacy interface connected to Framework Software.
MassDevelopment issues $8.5 million tax-exempt bond for Roxbury Crossing
Jan 22, 2014
MassDevelopment has issued an $8.5 million tax-exempt bond for Roxbury Crossing Senior Building Limited Partnership, an affordable senior housing project sponsored by Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing...
Nursing home therapy providers agree to pay $30 million whistleblower settlement
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 22, 2014
Two nursing home therapy providers and a nursing home management company have agreed to pay $30 million to settle claims that they engaged in a kickback scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced.
Help keep Holocaust survivors out of long-term care facilities, panelists urge Congressional lawmakers
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 17, 2014
Strenuous efforts should be made to provide aging Holocaust survivors with home care, because institutional settings tend to trigger post-traumatic stress disorder for this group, experts told lawmakers...
Independa launches Angela Express
Jan 14, 2014
Independa Inc. has launched Angela Express, which is specifically geared toward short stay rehab services. It offers facilities a “plug n’ play” version of the integrated Independa Angela...
Rents increased in nursing homes, independent living facilities, NIC quarterly data shows
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 14, 2014
Nursing homes’ private pay rents increased in the fourth quarter of 2013, but independent living rents showed the biggest uptick in the seniors housing sector, according to data from the National...
HealthEssentials CEO agrees to $1 million settlement in False Claims suit
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 14, 2014
Michael Barr, who co-founded the company now known as Kindred Healthcare, has agreed to pay $1 million in a settlement over Medicare fraud charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.
Huge West Virginia chemical spill hits long-term care facilities
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 13, 2014
Long-term care facilities in nine West Virginia counties were in emergency response mode Friday, after a huge chemical spill created a federally declared disaster and rendered tap water unusable.