Mainstreet® and operator Trilogy Health Services have opened The Springs of Richmond, a Next Generation® development in Richmond, IN.
Mainstreet opens transitional care center in Kansas
Jan 26, 2016
Mainstreet® has opened a transitional care center in Olathe, KS, The Healthcare Resort of Olathe.
Use of restraints decreases from 1999 to 2006 in nursing homes, report finds
Jul 01, 2009
The percentage of long-stay nursing home residents with restraints fell from 10.7% 1999 to 6% in 2006. That is from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s 2008 National Healthcare Quality...
State News for June 2017
Jun 05, 2017
State drafting measures to create universal, single payer healthcare program after Canada’s example
Symphony of Chesterton opens
Feb 23, 2016
Mainstreet and Symphony Post Acute Network announced the opening of a Next Generation® property, Symphony of Chesterton.
Researchers: The earlier the hip surgery, the better
By
Haymarket Media
Apr 15, 2004
Prompt surgery for people admitted to hospitals with hip fractures has multiple benefits, researchers say.
CMS should modernize hospital admission status policies, say provider groups
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 07, 2012
Provider groups assert regulators should update existing policies when determining hospital inpatient and outpatient admission status.
ALOS complex query
By
Steven Littlehale
Dec 01, 2013
What do you get when you ask two academics, one geriatrician, one reimbursement specialist, and an analyst to define average length of stay? Five different answers.
The Big Picture: Tough times? Adjust!
By
John O'Connor
May 08, 2018
It’s hardly news that many skilled care operators are now struggling. The rehab-switcheroo windfall has apparently played itself out at many properties. Meanwhile, occupancy levels generally remain...
How to do it… Short-term rehab
By
John Hall
Oct 05, 2015
Short-term rehab is a burgeoning and profitable business, but it’s nothing to enter casually. Attracting and retaining patients and keeping beds continuously filled requires seizing the right niche...