A leading long-term care nurses group is praising the American Nurses Association’s new “zero tolerance” policy regarding violence and bullying in healthcare workplaces.
CMS showing its discomfort with arbitration arrangement
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Elizabeth Newman
Nov 05, 2015
Residents should fully understand binding arbitration agreements, and know that they have the option to contact federal, state or local healthcare officials about them, according to a proposed rule from...
Northbridge Companies to expand into Maine
Nov 04, 2015
Northbridge Companies has committed $65 million to expanding into Maine with three new communities.
FBI raids nursing home owned by CA’s largest operator
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Oct 27, 2015
FBI agents raided a facility operated by California’s largest nursing home owner last week, reportedly searching for evidence of criminal activity.
Briggs Inside for Long Term Care debuts
Oct 20, 2015
Briggs Healthcare has launched Briggs Inside, a web-based platform offering forms electronically.
A coalition of consumer groups and lobbyists, boosted by former U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), are calling upon the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to “do the right thing” and end...
PharMerica, Kindred settle kickback suit
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James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2015
Federal regulators were combing through out-of-court agreements at press time to discern whether settlement terms reached by PharMerica Corp. and Kindred Healthcare would pass regulatory muster.
Cardinal Health becomes naviHealth majority owner
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Elizabeth Newman
Oct 05, 2015
Over the past year, Tennessee-based naviHealth, an awardee convener under Medicare’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative, has announced partnerships with national nursing home chains...
Technology bytes
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Amy Novotney
Oct 05, 2015
Working together to streamline electronic prescribing is a ‘work in progress’ that continues to challenge operators, prescribers and pharmacists to get it right
Mid-Atlantic Health Care creates Gold-winning system
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Oct 02, 2015
Mid-Atlantic Health Care has earned the Gold Award in the Quality category of McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards for creating its own data system to improve the quality of care provided in...