McKesson Health Solutions has debuted its McKesson Intelligence Hub™, a platform for enabling interoperability and sharing business intelligence through different healthcare applications.
First artificial disc for low-back pain treatment approved
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Haymarket Media
Oct 29, 2004
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first artificial disc for lower back pain.
Nearly three dozen Preferred Care Group facilities file for bankruptcy
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Nov 15, 2017
Thirty-three Preferred Care Group-affiliated nursing homes filed for bankruptcy on Monday, citing costly ongoing negligence and personal injury litigation against the provider.
SNF, feds resolve dispute over sign language interpreter access
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Oct 14, 2016
A Pennsylvania nursing home has reached a resolution with federal officials in a dispute over the facility’s ability to provide a sign language interpreter for a prospective resident.
Post-acute providers call on Washington for regulatory reprieve
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Jan 15, 2016
Regulatory pressure needs to be lifted from post-acute care facilities before alternative payment models can succeed, providers told legislators on Wednesday.
Thousands of providers gather as largest nursing home association opens its 62th annual convention
Sep 20, 2011
Much like historical battles fought and won by American ancestors, providers have to be ready to fight for “our lives and for our survival,” the head of the American Health Care Association...
White House, Baucus, support ‘blended’ Medicaid payments
Jul 08, 2011
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) said Wednesday that a proposal to implement “blended” payment rates for Medicaid is “on the table” in negotiations over raising...
Alliance: We’re still splitting from AHCA
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Haymarket Media
Aug 31, 2005
“The vast majority” of members of the Alliance for Quality Long Term Care are still planning to withdraw from the American Health Care Association, an alliance spokesman said Tuesday. A pullout...
Also in the News for Thursday, June 2
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Danielle Brown
Jun 02, 2022
Researchers still unsure if paperwork on life-sustaining treatments for nursing home residents is ‘meaningful … NC providers seeing twice as many COVID-19 outbreaks at nursing homes since last year...
Lack of nursing home input compromised obesity-lifespan studies, researchers say
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 06, 2013
The exclusion of nursing home residents should cast serious doubt on studies showing a positive relationship between obesity and lifespan, according to a new report.