Pharmacy integration also a technology consideration
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 03, 2012
While many providers are still wrapping their heads around electronic health records and web-based care plans, there’s another hurdle many are preparing to overcome: integration with pharmacy records.
Ask the care expert: If we have an RAC audit, can we also get an additional review from it?
When iPods, the popular portable music players, started to become ubiquitous in about 2006, licensed social worker Dan Cohen Googled “iPods and nursing homes.” He found no connection between...
Nursing home advocates rally support for post-acute bundled payment
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 10, 2019
Lobbyists for the skilled nursing industry say they’re on board as the federal government explores bringing new bundled payment initiatives into post-acute care.
Therapy caps back on as Congress delays action
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2018
Therapy caps are back on for now, even though Congress may still be prepared to eliminate them in 2018.
Department of Justice launches nursing home task forces
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Mar 31, 2016
The Department of Justice announced plans Wednesday to create 10 regional task forces that will target nursing homes that provide “grossly substandard” care.
Judge bars SNF physicians from making end-of-life decisions for residents
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Feb 09, 2016
A California judge has ordered nursing home physicians to stop making end-of-life decisions and administering psychiatric drugs to residents deemed mentally incompetent.
Plan to cut funding gets strong rebuke
By
John O'Connor
Sep 01, 2011
Long-term care officials excoriated a federal proposal to trim Medicare payments by more than 11%.
McKnight’s Senior Living expo to hit emergency prep, dementia and more
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 16, 2018
Registration has opened for the second annual McKnight’s Senior Living Online Expo, where attendees can earn up to three continuing education credits and interact with companies serving the industry.
Omnicare will settle with DOJ in Depakote kickback cases
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Jul 09, 2015
Omnicare has announced it will settle with the Department of Justice in two federal suits accusing the pharmacy giant of taking kickbacks from Abbott Laboratories.