CMI Now to help providers capture Medicaid payments
Sep 28, 2011
PointRight Inc. has developed CMI Now, in conjunction with Zimmet Healthcare Services Group. The new product is a Medicaid Case Mix Index management tool that helps post-acute providers in New Jersey and...
Has CMS gone too far?
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Sep 27, 2011
Previously, I’ve explained my position on the new rehab regulation changes to take effect on Saturday (Oct. 1). However, has CMS gone too far this time?
NIC attendees optimistic about long-term prospects, president says
Sep 23, 2011
Underlying reasons for Thursday’s record crowd at the annual meeting of the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry are hard to discern, the group’s president told...
Specialty Medical Equipment upgrades its website
Sep 21, 2011
Specialty Medical Equipment Inc. announced that it has upgraded its website. New features include an expanded medical education section about pressure ulcers. The family-owned firm is a wound care mattress...
Document scanner features easy network hookup
Sep 21, 2011
Plustek Technology Inc. recently unveiled its SmartOffice PN2040 scanner. The scanner simply needs to be plugged into a facility’s network. Users can then scan to any connected PC that is network-connected.
Thousands of providers gather as largest nursing home association opens its 62th annual convention
Sep 20, 2011
Much like historical battles fought and won by American ancestors, providers have to be ready to fight for “our lives and for our survival,” the head of the American Health Care Association...
Largest U.S. long-term care association kicks off 62nd annual convention Sunday
Sep 15, 2011
The American Health Care Association will open its annual convention and expo Sunday at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. The event, which attracts upwards of 5,000 long-term care owners, operators,...
What a long, strange trip
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 01, 2011
Should a visitor ever go into labor at eldercare’s St. Leonard Franciscan Living Community in Centreville, OH, never fear: The executive director knows his way around a delivery room.
No regret shopping
By
Julie Williamson
Sep 01, 2011
Time, research spent exploring options will pay off in bathing unit and lift buys
Design decisions: Rehab front and center
By
Mary Gustafson
Sep 01, 2011
Operator places rehab unit near the entrance to motivate workers, provide ease-of-use for residents and to entice prospective clients