Like Stonehenge or the concept of truth, I’m an ancient relic of another time, so I clearly remember my family’s first primitive television.
The conscience of tech
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 08, 2018
Remember those innocent days when long-term care was hopelessly tech-phobic, and EHR was just a quick way to tell 911 your facility was under attack by an Emerging Hostile Rodent?
Elf solves LTC staffing crisis
By
Gary Tetz
Dec 14, 2017
November 28 is ruined for me now. Thanks, CMS. For years, I’ve been celebrating it as the fateful day in 1443 when Albanian George Kastriotis Skanderbeg and his forces liberated Kruja in Middle Albania...
Grosso leaving, ASCP begins search for new CEO and executive director
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Nov 08, 2017
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists will begin a search for a new executive director and CEO to lead the group beginning in 2018, current top executive Frank Grosso, RPh, has announced.
How to do it … Upward mobility plans
By
John Hall
Nov 06, 2017
Upward mobility is a common interest among professionals, particularly in long-term care. How to achieve it, and market oneself properly for it, are important considerations that need a deft touch. Experts...
New online certificate program in advanced care planning starts
Oct 11, 2017
Sarah Lawrence College’s Graduate & Professional Studies program has launched a course to train physicians and healthcare professionals in discussing end-of-life care preferences.
Generic but not simple
By
John Hall
Oct 06, 2017
Pharmacists view new generics wave with caution, urge close look at regimens
Former executives sued by ASC for ‘looting’ company
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Oct 06, 2017
First, federal officials sought and received indictments of former top officers of American Senior Communities. Now, it’s the company’s turn to go after them.
Hospital group: MedPAC’s proposed post-acute payment system ‘unworkable’
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Sep 20, 2017
A unified post-acute payment system proposed by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is “unworkable as a foundation” the American Hospital Association maintains.
American Senior Communities takes former CEO, execs, to court
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Sep 18, 2017
American Senior Communities filed a lawsuit on Friday against several of its former executives and vendors, alleging they “systematically looted” the long-term care provider over the course...