Atlanta-based EDG Partners said it was making a growth equity investment in MMIS Inc., a technology company that makes compliance and collaboration software.
Relias Learning expands market presence
Aug 06, 2014
Relias Learning announced second quarter results for 2014 that reflected expansion in new markets.
Largest US hospital chain to pay $98 million in observation stay case
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 06, 2014
The nation’s largest hospital organization has agreed to a $98 million settlement to resolve charges that it overbilled by admitting individuals as inpatients rather than keeping them under observation,...
Supreme indifference
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2014
It has been said that we are the residue of our choices. If that’s true, what should we make of the Supreme Court these days?
AL supply up, SNFs in decline
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
Nursing home inventory is continuing its slow but steady downward trajectory, according to quarterly data released in July by the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry.
Congress grills top judge on appeals jam backlog
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
There is no easy fix to the staggering backlog of Medicare appeals, a government official said during a July 10 Congressional hearing.
Wound case to end with a $280M deal
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 01, 2014
Kinetic Concepts Inc. will make $280 million in payments over three years to Wake Forest University Health Services in a legal settlement.
BusinessBriefs for August 2014
Aug 01, 2014
» Center Management Group of Flushing, NY, will pay $145 million to purchase five nursing facilities and two senior living communities from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The company currently operates...
More deficiencies, fewer registered nurses at nursing homes owned by private equity, researchers find
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 05, 2014
Nursing homes under private equity ownership are cited for more deficiencies and have fewer registered nurses on staff than other for-profit facilities, according to recently published research findings.
The heat is on: Reducing the dangers of hyperthermia for your residents
By
Martie Moore
Aug 04, 2014
He stumbled into the room, sweating and vomiting, and then he slipped to the floor. I was 8 years old and he was my brother.