Connexient and CriticalArc have formed a partnership to integrate Connexient’s MediNav Navigator Edition 2.0 with CriticalArc’s SafeZone security response and emergency management solution.
Providers get seat at the table: House asks input for new Medicare Red Tape Relief Project
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Jul 26, 2017
House lawmakers on Monday announced the formation of a new initiative that will use healthcare provider input to help reduce regulatory burdens within the Medicare program.
1 week to go: Deadline for McKnight’s Tech Awards entries July 28
Jul 20, 2017
Providers have just more week to enter the 2017 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
Also in the News for Thursday, July 20
Jul 20, 2017
SNF nurse convicted of stealing drugs, forging documents to conceal crimes … GAO calls for tougher action on MA audits … OSHA to launch web-based workplace injury reporting form Aug. 1
Observers skeptical of House Republicans’ call to cut $2 trillion in Medicaid, Medicare
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Jul 20, 2017
A budget plan released Tuesday by House Republicans would cut close to $2 trillion from federal healthcare programs — but it’s unlikely to get very far in the legislative process, observers say.
McKnight’s Tech Awards deadline extended to July 28
Jul 19, 2017
Providers have just over a week left to enter the McKnight’s Technology Awards free competition.
Medicaid reductions off the table, as GOP turns to plan D: Let Obamacare ‘fail’ on its own
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 19, 2017
Even as providers exhaled Tuesday following the death of a GOP’s Better Care Reconciliation Act, Republicans began floating the idea of a direct repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
Providers spared $800 billion in Medicaid funding withdrawal, unsure of what comes next
Jul 18, 2017
Providers breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday morning following the death of the GOP healthcare bill, even as Republicans said they’d move forward with a straight repeal.
Nursing home sued after resident allegedly left in hot tub for 8 hours dies
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 18, 2017
Negligence led to the death of a nursing home resident in a whirlpool, the son of the resident has said in court documents.
McKnight’s Technology Awards’ deadline extended until July 28
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Alyssa Salela
Jul 14, 2017
The deadline for the 2017 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards has been extended two weeks until Friday, July 28.