There are many benefits to communicating to your cohorts in neighboring states, and not the least of it may be knowing when a provider is kicked out of Medicaid.
CDI can transform healthcare
By
Jon Elion, M.D.
May 01, 2015
Rather than simply recreating what we already do today with notes, simple databases and spreadsheets, new technologies allow for totally new workflows, efficiencies, integration, reporting and analysis....
Assisted living aide will spend year in prison after resident theft
By
John Hall
Apr 29, 2015
An assisted living aide said the looming threat of becoming homeless was what prompted her to steal a resident’s wallet and checkbook before eventually being arrested for forging $10,000 in checks.
CCRC begins vertical construction
Apr 28, 2015
The Cardinal at North Hills, which will be the first continuing care retirement community to offer a month-to-month format licensed in Raleigh, NC, has begun vertical construction. It is scheduled to open...
‘Okie El’ rocks out, and then veges out
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Apr 28, 2015
My first-ever trip to Oklahoma for a speaking engagement recently included no fringed surries. But there was a bustling, well-run long-term conference, animated conversations with attendees, life-altering...
Ziegler closes bond series for church home
Apr 28, 2015
Ziegler has announced the closing of a $34.51 million fixed-rate Series 2015A bond for Church Home of Hartford. The new Ziegler client is a Connecticut not-for-profit corporation formed in 1987.
Gratitude and good cheer, Part 2
By
Kathy Laurenhue
Apr 24, 2015
If you can create an atmosphere of gratitude in your setting, you will have created a place where people want to be.
What will it cost you to stay in the post-acute care game?
By
Steven Littlehale
Apr 22, 2015
More than just collecting data, providers need to use standardized, nationally recognized measures. Especially in this era of ACOs and alternative payment models. In the past, many individual providers...
Assisted living assault now ruled homicide
By
John Hall
Apr 22, 2015
Police said Monday that the death of a 93-year-old woman in a Winston-Salem, NC, assisted living facility is now being investigated as a homicide.
Videos sharpen the focus at Friendship Village
By
Roberta Anglin
Apr 20, 2015
When I started working there almost a year ago, I began to see areas that could be advanced with technology based on the equipment I used when I graduated from the School of Communications at Loyola University...