Indiana lawmaker proposes nursing home pay-for-performance bill
Jan 28, 2011
An Indiana state Senate committee has advanced a bill that would reward better performing nursing homes while generally penalizing weaker ones financially. Sen. Patricia Miller (R) proposed the bill, and...
Name that tune: Alzheimer’s patients more easily recall new information when it is sung to them
May 13, 2010
It has been said that music has charms to soothe the savage beast. Now, research shows it also may have the power to help Alzheimer’s patients remember new information.
Some states could benefit from early Medicaid expansion funding, news report says
Apr 02, 2010
Thursday marked the first day states were eligible to apply for early federal funding assistance to begin a massive expansion of Medicaid as part of the new healthcare law. Some states could benefit from...
Pressure over healthcare reform builds as U.S. lawmakers’ summer recess nears
Jul 24, 2009
Providers will be waiting, watching and lobbying with baited breath over the coming week, as House leaders attempt to steer their three-headed proposal for healthcare reform before the full House for a...
An IT essential
By
Julie Williamson
Dec 01, 2007
When it comes to protecting information technology, asset management is not an optional task, technology experts say
CMS: National Provider ID info delayed a month
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 28, 2007
Federal officials say they will not give providers and others looking for National Provider Identifier data the information they seek until Aug. 1. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made the...
Seniors housing market analysis tool enhances Web site
Aug 31, 2009
NIC MAP, an online tool for tracking seniors housing developments in the nation’s top 100 metropolitan areas, has expanded its Web site. The site now includes an upgraded analysis of seniors housing...
Senate HELP Committee passes Kennedy bill; providers worry about companion House plan
Jul 17, 2009
As fallout from the House healthcare reform plan continued to rain down Wednesday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee passed its own reform proposal.
ACO book helps leaders prepare for future
Apr 04, 2012
In the wake of healthcare reform, accountable care organizations continue to emerge as an increasingly likely care delivery option. The Healthcare Executive’s Guide to ACO Strategy helps operators...
Berwick’s CMS will look very different than before, news analyses suggest
Mar 30, 2010
Donald M. Berwick, the soon-to-be-nominated chief of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will face new administrative challenges his predecessors didn’t have, thanks largely to the newly...