Long-term care tends to ignore home- or community-based service technology and data mining, but the era of bundled payments, partnerships and accountable care mean it’s time to pay attention. Of...
Investments in lower back pain needed
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 25, 2016
This week the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute announce this week it was authorizing $22 million to study ways to improve treatment of chronic low back pain, along with another $12.5 million...
BCDI buys HealthDrive to fill gaps in its ancillary services
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 05, 2019
Bain Capital Double Impact has bought HealthDrive, with a goal of serving more skilled nursing and assisted living residents.
Medicare beneficiaries could choose managed care under premium support plan
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 07, 2016
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is actively evaluating whether to recommend the creation of a premium support program within the Medicare program.
The cost of retaliation against operator? $25 million in NY
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 01, 2012
A former long-term care provider has achieved a $25 million victory over state authorities. Brook Chambery, the owner of the long-closed Beechwood Restorative Care Center in Rochester, NY, became the benefactor...
Smartphones and hope for mental illness
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 16, 2017
Researchers at Dartmouth University are using smartphones in a new and interesting way. They’ve developed a plan for geriatric patients to better manage their mental illness.
Experts call for larger pharmacist role in medication management
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 24, 2015
Pharmacists should be able to tap into a resident’s full electronic health record as a way to improve care, industry experts said Tuesday during the Long Term and Post Acute Care Health IT Summit...
Court approves another pact that siphons facility residents
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 05, 2012
In another strike against the traditional nursing home census base, a federal judge in Maine has approved a class-action lawsuit settlement that lets those with long-term disabilities live in their home...
How to make your leave policies better
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 03, 2017
While most businesses offer at least two weeks of vacation at a minimum, the topic of a recent article in Crain’s caught my eye: Companies offering unlimited vacation.
Practitioner tool updated for mobile use
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 05, 2015
PointClickCare released its latest version of an ePrescribing and Physician Encounters line at the AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care conference in March.