More than 20% of nursing homes are using abaqis, Providigm announced.
Facility hit with lawsuit after nude resident photos appear
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 04, 2016
The other shoe dropped when a lawsuit against a South Dakota nursing home was filed after an employee posted nude photos of a resident on social media.
60 Seconds With… Mark Goulston, M.D.
Dec 04, 2015
Q: Why did you write “Talking To Crazy: How to Deal with the Irrational and Impossible People in Your Life”?
Feds: Without more funds, we are cutting provider oversight
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 01, 2014
Nursing providers could feel reduced heat from federal Medicare and Medicaid oversight activities — if an agency official’s testimony is to be believed as more than just budget-request bluster.
60 Seconds With…Patricia Boyer
Jul 06, 2012
What’s the biggest area that auditors are zeroing in on?
CEO transition a family affair at Health Dimensions Group
By
Marty Stempniak
Jul 09, 2018
There’s new leadership at the top of one leading long-term care consulting firm. Erin Shvetzoff Hennessey recently took the reins as chief executive of Health Dimensions Group, which is based in...
A farewell to Medicaid?
By
John O'Connor
Apr 05, 2017
If there is one sector that proves the adage about incentives driving behavior, it’s skilled care.
Company helps nursing home residents go home for the holidays
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 28, 2018
Healthcare transport company American Medical Response helped nursing home residents across the country go home to their families for Thanksgiving last week.
Ask the Treatment Expert about … temporary care plans
By
Jeri Lundgren
Jan 08, 2018
What should be on our temporary care plan for skin integrity?
Programs for end-of-life planning, EHR named winners of HHS data challenge
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Feb 23, 2017
A program aimed at sharing patients’ end of life plans is among the winners in the latest phase of the Department of Health and Human Services’ “Move Health Data Forward Challenge.”