Informed Publishing has released of the Home Emergency Pocket Guide. The guide helps providers better prepare for emergencies and disasters by consolidating needed information into one handy guide. The...
‘Smart socks’ may prevent diabetic foot ulcer problems
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Mar 04, 2016
Diabetic neuropathy is the leading cause of amputation in the United States, resulting in more than $10 billion in healthcare costs annually. A team of engineers is aiming to reduce that number — with...
IT’s the real thing
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 06, 2016
As the feds lurch toward value-based purchasing, having electronic records that integrate well is becoming more important than ever to maintain viability.
Experts talk trade-offs in House hearing on LTC financing
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Mar 02, 2016
Long-term care industry experts testified on how to reform long-term services and supports at a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday.
Government will crack down on EHRs under final rule
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Oct 17, 2016
Electronic health records will face greater scrutiny under a final rule released by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on Friday.
New EHR bills would improve interoperability
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John Hall
Mar 11, 2015
On the heels of a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services pledge to ease electronic health record implementation reporting rules several weeks ago, newly introduced legislation would facilitate greater...
Centra Health and HealthMEDX partner
Jun 12, 2013
Virginia based Centra Health has selected HealthMEDX Vision to aid its technology-related efforts.
Long-term care providers would receive more education from auditors under draft Medicare bill
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Tim Mullaney
Aug 11, 2014
Medicare auditors would boost outreach and education efforts to long-term care and other providers under the provisions of a draft bill introduced Thursday by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), chairman of the Ways...
Long-term care reform hearing focuses on dual eligibles, home-based services
Mar 05, 2009
Public and private sector officials convened Wednesday to discuss the important role long-term care reform could play in a grander, overall healthcare reform scheme.
Providers rip Medicaid Commission report
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Haymarket Media
Jan 05, 2007
Medicaid reform recommendations issued by a federal panel come up short on the issue of financing reform, says the leader of the nation’s second-largest nursing home association.