Study: LTC nurses spend less than half of time on resident care
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Holly Petrovich
Jun 12, 2015
Care providers spend more than half of their time at work doing tasks that do not involve resident care, indicating long-term care can become more efficient by delegating certain activities to non-regulated...
Healthcare spending growth to decrease in 2016
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Holly Petrovich
Jun 11, 2015
The spending growth for healthcare costs is expected to dip .3% in 2016, due largely to an increase in stock prices, earnings reports and customer base, according to new research.
LTC facilities remain at high risk of C. difficile
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Holly Petrovich
Jun 05, 2015
Clostridium difficile is responsible for 14,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, and 75% of them involve nursing home residents, according to an expert presenting Thursday at a McKnight’s webinar.
States must start screening Medicaid providers, CMS says
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Holly Petrovich
Jun 03, 2015
States have until the end of July to start screening high-risk Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program providers, according to new guidance by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Required Medicaid medical-loss ratio will not hurt insurers
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Holly Petrovich
Jun 02, 2015
A new rule that sets a minimum loss ratio for Medicaid managed care plans will not hurt provider reimbursements, but may still be an inconvenience, experts say.
CMS plans fraud-tracking system
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Holly Petrovich
May 29, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to launch a new provider website to track enforcement actions against Medicare providers over potentially fraudulent claims, Modern Healthcare reported.
Tablets help seniors cross the ‘digital divide,’ study shows
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Holly Petrovich
May 28, 2015
Recent research has shown the use of tablet computers among elders has helped them break the barrier of the “digital divide.”
Collins: Patients stuck in ‘medical twilight zone’ from observation stays
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Holly Petrovich
May 21, 2015
Hospital observation stays leave a Medicare beneficiary in a “medical twilight zone,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said at the Senate Special Committee on Aging committee hearing Wednesday.
Healthy diets link to enhanced cognitive flexibility: Study
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Holly Petrovich
May 20, 2015
Adults at risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease who ingest more omega-3 fatty acids perform better in cognitive flexibility tests and have bigger anterior cingulate cortices, according to a new...