Electronic referrals are a high priority with 70% of home health and hospice organizations reporting an increase in requests for referral data to be sent electronically over the past one to two years,...
3M wraps KCI deal
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 16, 2019
3M has completed its acquisition of Acelity Inc. and its KCI wound care subsidiaries for about $6.7 billion. The transaction was announced Oct. 11, adding the advanced wound care and specialty surgical...
COVID-19 may be a new risk factor for chronic pain, national study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 30, 2023
Fully 26% of study participants with moderate to severe COVID-19 symptoms reported frequent pain, researchers report.
Researchers: Company’s ultrasound scans could lead to better wound care
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Haymarket Media
Mar 07, 2007
Better preventive wound care may be accomplished with the use of high-resolution ultrasound imaging, according to researchers in two separate studies.
Extra drug benefits offered for low-income Medicare beneficiaries
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Haymarket Media
Apr 16, 2004
Drug companies are sweetening the pot for some low-income seniors when it comes to the new Medicare drug discount program set to begin in June. Novartis was the latest to announce, saying Wednesday it...
Ask the payment expert … about appealing Medicare repayments
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Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
Nov 07, 2023
Q: My facility is going through a Medicare UPIC review and received several denials followed by a demand letter requiring repayment. What are options for appealing and paying?
Kindred hit with record-setting $3 million penalty for failing to comply with OIG agreement
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Sep 21, 2016
The nation’s largest post-acute care provider has paid more than $3 million in penalties after failing to comply with a federal corporate integrity agreement, authorities announced Tuesday.
Electronic hand hygiene monitoring cuts MRSA rates by 42%
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Jul 12, 2016
Use of an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system decreased the rate of healthcare-acquired MRSA infections in one health system by 42%, research shows.
Court shuts down provider’s counterclaim against FCA whistleblower
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May 12, 2016
A federal court dismissed a healthcare company’s counterclaim against a former employee and False Claims Act whistleblower on Monday. The judge ruled that the whistleblower’s disclosure of...
Supreme Court declines second Golden LivingCenters arbitration suit
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Apr 26, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court chose not to review a nursing home arbitration case involving Golden LivingCenters on Monday, echoing a decision made on a similar case last month.