Skilled nursing revenues lower but Five Star sees electronic records as salvation
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 22, 2018
Though its nursing home revenues dropped significantly in 2017, Five Star Senior Living leaders sounded convinced Wednesday that efforts to improve electronic record keeping and data tracking will lead...
PointClickCare earns leadership award for care coordination
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 18, 2019
Frost & Sullivan has recognized PointClickCare with its 2019 North America Product Leadership Award for its integrated care coordination platform, Harmony by PointClickCare. The software-as-a-service...
3 years for home health owner who inflated hours and claimed to care for SNF residents and the dead in...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 30, 2018
A former home health company owner accused of defrauding Medicaid and the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $2 million was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison.
Non-covered losses and steep rate increases: New report issues bleak outlook for provider insurance
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 23, 2021
The best positioned long-term and senior care providers can expect to see liability insurance rates climb by as much as 30% this year, while those with previous losses and poor venues will face even stiffer...
ProMedica Senior Care garners Gold in Tech Awards for expanding transitional call program
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 30, 2020
Editor’s Note: The 2020 winners of the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards are being announced daily through Oct. 6. Skilled Care track winners are being announced here by McKnight’s Long-Term...
NHI’s skilled nursing ‘resilience’ bolstered by Ensign, National HealthCare
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 10, 2022
The performance of key skilled nursing operators National HealthCare Corporation and Ensign Group buoyed National Health Investors’ second-quarter stats, even as the real estate investment trust continued...
New Trilogy partnership tackles workforce turnover, stability
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 25, 2020
In an effort to reduce the persistent problem of turnover and promote workforce stability, long-term care provider Trilogy Health Services has entered into a partnership that gives its employees easier...
Staff texting can be a lifeline, but convenience comes with a cost, experts warn providers
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 03, 2019
Late last year, anyone using the right search terms could have stumbled onto an open database containing valuable text messages that should have remained private — including appointment and billing information...
RxRevu, Cerner integrate pricing and EHR info
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 10, 2019
RxRevu, an independent provider of integrated prescription cost transparency solutions, has reached an agreement with Cerner Corporation to integrate its pharmacy and patient pricing services into the...
Joint bundle pushes costs down — at SNFs’ expense
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2019
The first two years of a mandatory payment bundle for joint replacements saved Medicare more than 2% annually, but much of it came through reduced payments to post-acute providers.