LeadingAge CAST releases Health Information Exchange selection tool
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 29, 2019
The LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) has launched a Health Information Exchange (HIE) selection tool, a multi-part resource that will help care providers understand, plan for, choose,...
Court blocks effort to put an RN on every surveyor team
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 14, 2019
Thirty-one nursing homes that want a registered nurse to be on all survey teams had their case against the government dismissed recently, with a federal judge ruling they must exhaust administrative appeals...
Linked Senior, Pioneer Network hold October ‘EngageAThon’
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 08, 2019
Linked Senior and Pioneer Network have created a social media awareness campaign targeting Amazon.com for its continued sale of restraints for use in home and residential settings. Linked Senior is challenging...
Hackers may have tricked FL worker into giving up info on 30,000 Medicaid patients
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 09, 2018
Florida officials announced Friday that hackers may have stolen the personal information and medical records of up to 30,000 Medicaid recipients in November.
Report: Shared IT boosts care coordination, but extra workload poses burnout threat
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Kimberly Marselas
May 23, 2019
An evaluation of six Medicare Accountable Care Organizations found that health information technology tools improved patient care coordination — at a cost.
Long-Term Care Group leans on Kryon for automation effort
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 11, 2020
Kryon, a provider of robotic process automation, process discovery and artificial intelligence solutions, has helped a major long-term care third-party administrator streamline its billing applications....
Trump expected to hit Medicaid, Medicare with spending cuts package
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 27, 2018
Congressional leaders say the Trump administration is preparing to propose up to $25 billion in federal spending cuts, which will hit Medicaid and other safety net programs.
Surveyors haven’t dropped the hammer on new nursing home arbitration rules, but threats persist
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2024
Two years after surveyors began enforcing new arbitration rules, they have not pursued skilled nursing operators with the vigor some expected.
60 Seconds With … Kathleen Unroe, MD
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2024
You’ve created an app to help make hospital discharge information more accessible to nursing home nurses. Why is this issue so important?
Nursing home death of former Trump adviser’s father investigated as ‘suspicious’
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 20, 2018
State and local law enforcement officials are investigating the nursing home death of H.R. McMaster Sr., the father of former national security adviser H.R. McMaster Jr.