New report says contact-free continuous monitoring to grow to $15B in US
Aug 09, 2016
Contact-free continuous monitoring (CFCM) will reach an estimated $15 billion per year level in the US market, according to a new Frost & Sullivan Report.
Unconventional wisdom: AAHSA’s Idea House unveiled at this year’s convention
By
Brett Bakshis
Nov 01, 2009
The AAHSA Idea House allows convention participants to experience firsthand how technology and design work together to improve care
Ask the nursing expert
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Jul 01, 2008
Anne Marie Barnett, RN Former President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
Helping the assessors
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 06, 2017
Minimum Data Set coordinators serve vital functions in today’s skilled nursing facilities — their ability to dig deep is so critical that one software executive likens it to navigating the Andromeda...
Labor Department’s new $35K overtime threshold has skilled nursing advocates worried
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 04, 2019
Skilled nursing advocates are voicing concern about an expected Department of Labor proposal that would greatly increase the number of employees eligible for overtime pay.
Each year’s a new start
By
John O'Connor
Jan 01, 2009
We can find many reasons to rejoice in a new year’s arrival.
SNF med tech pleads guilty to resident’s ‘murder-by-insulin,’ injecting others
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Aug 01, 2016
A former medical technician pleaded guilty on Friday to injecting a nursing home resident with a medically unnecessary dose of insulin in July 2007, leading to her death.
A decline in occupancy rates and an increase in days cash-on-hand are among the findings included in CliftonLarsonAllen’s sweeping Skilled Nursing Facility Cost Comparison Report.
ACOs cut costs, not quality
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 05, 2017
Post-acute care spending dropped by 9% — or about $106 per beneficiary — without a drop in quality, a study of accountable care organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program has found.
60 Seconds with…
Mar 01, 2009
Anne Tumlinson Analyst, Avalere Health Medicare cost survey