Group challenges Trump, Clinton to talk value-based purchasing, health IT during campaign
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Sep 02, 2016
Candidates seeking election in 2016 — including the two vying for the highest office in the land — should address timely healthcare topics such as value-based purchasing and information technology...
The time is here: Submit your entry to McKnight’s Tech Awards by tomorrow
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Jul 27, 2017
Long-term care providers have until 11:59 p.m. tomorrow to enter the McKnight’s Technology Awards. Don’t miss a chance to earn recognition for caregiving efforts aided by some form of technology.
Republican lawmakers accuse CMS of focusing on recovering, not preventing, improper payments
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Sep 13, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relies too much on investigating improper Medicare payments after they’re made instead of preventing them to begin with, Republican lawmakers said Monday.
OSHA mulls federal standard to prevent workplace violence in healthcare
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Dec 07, 2016
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking feedback on how to combat workplace violence in healthcare settings, following a federal report calling on the agency to ramp up its violence...
Report: Cost discouraging long-term care providers from using EHRs
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Mar 01, 2017
Post-acute care providers may think of electronic health records systems as too complicated and costly, according to a federal report published Monday.
Resident deaths due to ‘widespread system failures,’ Hollywood Hills tells Congress
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Nov 21, 2017
The House committee tasked with investigating the deaths of 14 nursing home residents following Hurricane Irma should “resist the urge to vilify or demonize” staff of the facility, an attorney...
Nursing home settlement spurs HHS to investigate small health data breaches
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Aug 23, 2016
A recent case involving a stolen iPhone containing nursing home residents’ medical records has prodded federal officials to place more scrutiny on smaller healthcare data breaches, according to the...
White House budget includes $4 billion pilot to ‘streamline’ LTC
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Feb 10, 2016
A pilot program to improve long-term care access and quality is among the healthcare proposals in President Barack Obama’s $4.1 trillion budget plan for 2017.
New DOJ task forces targeting worst SNFs
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May 04, 2016
The Department of Justice is forming 10 regional task forces to expose and improve nursing homes that are found to provide “grossly substandard” care.
Innovative payment model shows early progress, CMS says
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Sep 08, 2016
A federal initiative to transform healthcare delivery and payment at the state levels has shown “promising progress,” according to a report released Wednesday.