CMS to test cash incentives for nursing home quality, efficiency efforts
Mar 30, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday announced a new, four-state demonstration project to test whether cash incentives will help improve quality and efficiency in nursing homes.
States feel impact of Medicaid spending, survey says
By
Haymarket Media
Dec 21, 2005
Medicaid spending continues to strain state budgets, according to a survey released by the National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officers.
Post-acute partnerships now have become a widespread strategy to reduce hospital readmissions, survey...
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 03, 2014
Hospital partnerships with post-acute providers can be considered a “key strategy” in reducing readmissions, according to market data gathered by executive advisory service Healthcare Intelligence...
Long-term care prices surge, assisted living, home care drive trend
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Haymarket Media
Mar 28, 2006
Long-term care costs are rising across the board. Assisted living and home care already showed significant spikes this year, according to a new survey.
Adult women vary in approach to vaccines
Nov 11, 2014
Around 70% of adult U.S. women said that while they received a vaccination in the past five years, most said they believed their shots were not up-to-date, according to a new survey.
Survey: People with disabilities still face discrimination five years after Olmstead
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Haymarket Media
Jun 24, 2004
Commemorating the fifth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision, which protects disabled people from being institutionalized against their will, the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted...
GAO: Watch SNFs closer
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 02, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to improve the tools it uses to evaluate the quality of nursing home care, a federal report asserts.
Nonprofit nursing home workers are more satisfied with care, safety levels, report finds
Sep 15, 2011
Nonprofit nursing home workers have higher levels of satisfaction with their facilities than their for-profit counterparts, according to a new report.
Survey: Providers say electronic health records improve care, but culture of paper is embedded
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 26, 2012
The majority of healthcare professionals believe that electronic health records improve patient care, but most are still using paper records, a new survey says.
Survey shows about 20% of healthcare workers to quit this year
By
Haymarket Media
Jan 26, 2007
About one-fifth of all healthcare workers plan to leave their current positions in 2007, according to a survey from CareerBuilder.com.