Former therapy provider gets 75 months in prison for fraud
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Jun 04, 2015
The former owner and operator of an Illinois physical and respiratory therapy company has been sentenced to 75 months in prison for his involvement in a $2.5 million healthcare fraud scheme.
Greeno fills IPC Healthcare position
Jun 02, 2015
Ron Greeno, MD, has been selected to fill the newly created position of Chief Strategy Officer at IPC Healthcare, Inc.
Technologies to support improvement (Part 2)
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Jonathan Elion, M.D.
Jun 01, 2015
With any CDI program, the end result is better (more complete and accurate) clinical documentation.
Catching payroll bandits
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Elizabeth Newman
Jun 01, 2015
The big news last week wasn’t that two women were charged with stealing $144,000 from a nursing home in Pennsylvania. It was that their alleged scam lasted for three years.
Compliance: A game of follow the leader
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Steven Littlehale
May 27, 2015
Do you remember playing follow the leader as a kid? You just followed the person in front of you and did exactly the same thing. And you did your best. Compliance today is a bit like playing follow the...
Asbury appoints Leidig
May 21, 2015
Doug Leidig will be the new president and CEO of Asbury Communities Inc. He will begin June 1.
SwimEx appoints Cattoni
May 21, 2015
Sari Cattoni has been hired as a part of the SwimEx Inc. sales team.
Saving and savoring daily
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Kathy Laurenhue
May 20, 2015
E.B. White’s remarkable capacity for wonder – his ability to savor – is something worth cultivating among residents and staff alike.
McDonald Hopkins appoints Johnson
May 19, 2015
The Chicago office of McDonald Hopkins has appointed Emily A. Johnson as an associate in the firm’s Business Department.
Key strategies for proper hazardous drug disposal
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Jennifer Maniscalco
May 18, 2015
Although long-term care organizations successfully distribute drugs to patients every day, their processes for getting rid of the waste associated with those medications may sometimes fall short, exposing...