Capital availability to dominate discussion at NIC regional symposium
Feb 22, 2011
The 2011 NIC Regional Symposium in March is nearly sold out. This year’s event will be held in Los Angeles. The event allows local- and regionally-based operators and capital providers to share ideas...
Capital availability to dominate discussion at NIC regional symposium
Feb 22, 2011
The 2011 NIC Regional Symposium in March is nearly sold out. This year’s event will be held in Los Angeles. The event allows local- and regionally-based operators and capital providers to share ideas...
KCI licenses Wright Medical’s Graftjacket brand for wound treatment
Feb 15, 2011
Kinetic Concepts Inc. will sell the LifeCell regenerative tissue matrix under the Graftjacket brand name. The product is intended for wound applications such as diabetic foot ulcers and venous stasis ulcers....
Graham-Field moves division back to America
Feb 15, 2011
GF Health Products Inc. (“Graham-Field”)—a leading manufacturer and distributor of medical products—announced the relocation of its Lumex Recliner Production operations from Taiwan. The...
Kronos signs agreement to buy API Healthcare
Feb 15, 2011
Kronos Inc. will acquire API Healthcare Corp., the labor management software vendor recently announced. API sells complementary software in the healthcare sector. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Chip flaw delays computers
Feb 08, 2011
Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. announced that some of their new computers are being delayed because of a technical flaw in an Intel Corp. chip. HP said notebooks and desktop computers have been mostly...
New wipe kills in less than three minutes
Feb 08, 2011
Professional Disposables International Inc. has released Sani-Cloth AF Germicidal Disposable Wipe. The disinfectant wipe offers an overall kill time of three minutes. In recent tests, the product was found...
Senior housing rent and occupancy rates remain flat
Feb 03, 2011
Overall occupancy and average rent rates were flat in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a new report released by National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry. Absorption is...
Dementia care boost
By
Kim Warchol
Feb 01, 2011
Kim Warchol, OTR/L Founder, Dementia Care Specialists Inc.
The rule that rankles
By
Julie Williamson
Feb 01, 2011
The new Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction (MPPR) rule could strain long-term care providers, but the new pay scheme is survivable, an association says