Landlord initiates sequence to give HCR ManorCare independent overseer
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Aug 21, 2017
Quality Care Properties has begun the process of appointing an independent receiver to oversee its skilled nursing and assisted living facilities currently operated by HCR ManorCare, the real estate investment...
Ready, set, go? LTC bracing for Phase 2
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Elizabeth Newman
Nov 06, 2017
Despite a push from the post-acute care industry to delay implementation of Phase 2 requirements of participation guidelines under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, providers at press time...
Cart dumper helps with safety
Sep 07, 2016
Laundry product supplier Tingue has debuted a hydraulic laundry cart dumper to upgrade worker safety and speed productivity in the incoming soil-sort area.
CMS call will discuss NOTICE Act requirements
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James M. Berklan
Dec 17, 2015
Long-term care providers might want to dial in to a conference call Monday that will discuss requirements of hospitals and other providers under the NOTICE Act.
Former nursing home CNA charged with raping resident, other assaults suspected
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Apr 05, 2016
A former certified nursing assistant at a North Carolina nursing home was charged last week for allegedly raping a resident.
MDS 3.0 nursing home resident assessment tool goes into effect today
Oct 01, 2010
Perhaps the largest operational change in nursing homes since the beginning of the prospective payment system is taking place today. Implementation of MDS 3.0, a resident assessment tool, starts.
Briggs Inside for Long Term Care debuts
Oct 20, 2015
Briggs Healthcare has launched Briggs Inside, a web-based platform offering forms electronically.
I Couldn’t Live Without … American HealthTech
Sep 04, 2015
With long-term care’s need for automation growing, JMS Senior Living CEO Ben Scheulen thought it was time to update his company’s paper-based system. It invested in American HealthTech in November.
AOD completes ICD-10 testing
Mar 25, 2014
AOD Software has achieved successful ICD-10 testing by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, with clean 999 ACK and 277CA claim detail reports, the company has announced.
UHS-Pruitt changes name to PruittHealth
Sep 11, 2013
UHS-Pruitt Corporation, which has more than 200 locations throughout the Southeast and its headquarters in Georgia, is changing its name to PruittHealth.