Ask the legal expert: What legal considerations should providers ponder before joining an ACO?
By
John Durso
Feb 01, 2012
Your organization can add value by integrating with acute care providers, in an ACO or otherwise, and ensuring that individuals receive efficient, high-quality care as they transition from the acute to...
Details of the RoP shakeup: CMS eases quality improvement, compliance and new staff requirements
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 17, 2019
Less than five months before the final phase of the Rules of Participation were set to go into effect, CMS has proposed yet another rule that significantly changes some components and delays others for...
Kalorama Information bought
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 14, 2018
BioInformatics Inc. has bought Kalorama Information from MarketResearch.com. Kalorama publishes industry details in fields such as biotechnology, medical devices and pharmaceuticals.
Riskiest LTC drug combos announced
By
Haymarket Media
Dec 16, 2004
The Multidisciplinary Medication Management Project has announced the most dangerous drug interactions for seniors in long-term care settings. The list includes Warfarin drugs, ACE inhibitors and digoxin.
CMS launches tool to help skilled nursing providers achieve interoperability
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 22, 2018
The federal government launched a new tool on Thursday as part of an effort to give skilled nursing a better vehicle to exchange records with other healthcare stakeholders.
CMS proposes physician Medicare payment rate cut in 2010
Jul 02, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday proposed reducing Medicare payment rates for physicians by 21.5% in calendar year 2010. It also disclosed other physician payment reforms as part...
Small effort, big gains: 30 minutes of exercise may help prevent lethal form of stroke
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 25, 2019
Thirty minutes of weekly exercise may offer protection against subarachnoid hemorrhage [SAH], a life-threatening type of stroke, says a new report.
Damgaard teams up with Waud Capital to build new healthcare IT platform
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 11, 2020
Longtime MatrixCare leader John Damgaard is partnering with private equity firm Waud Capital Partners to acquire companies and build a new healthcare information technology software platform. Damgaard...
Experts call cost-report audits ‘easy fix’ for nursing home transparency issues
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 12, 2021
Imposing strict audits of nursing home cost reports and establishing more requirements for ownership changes would allow President Joe Biden’s administration to address persistent accountability and...
Locking the box
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 06, 2015
The HIPAA landscape evolves for providers as cloud storage, mobile devices and large-scale cyber attacks present new challenges to security and privacy efforts