Health lawyers to tackle arbitration, HITECH and health reform at annual meeting
Jun 25, 2010
The American Health Lawyers Association will hold its annual meeting next week in Seattle. Education session topics will include the arbitration process, an overview of HITECH (Health Information Technology...
Nursing home operators hail ‘historic’ Senate passage of permanent ‘doc fix’...
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 15, 2015
The Senate overwhelmingly voted to pass H.R. 2 Tuesday night, paving the way for repeal of the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate and drawing the praise of the largest nursing home association in the country.
Organizations work toward creating health information network
By
Haymarket Media
Jan 20, 2005
A group of 13 health information and information technology organizations this week outlined its recommendations to advance the adoption of a national health information network.
Group effort
Feb 27, 2008
The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging will align its group purchasing program with MedAsset Supply Chain system, under a deal announced yesterday. The merger will result in the largest...
Medicare language in health reform bill pleases providers
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2009
Providers could be heard breathing a sigh of relief last month after the Senate Finance Committee released its healthcare reform bill.
LeadingAge fires back at Senators wanting tougher nursing home enforcement
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 02, 2018
Two weeks after a dozen Senators expressed “deep concern” about the impact of delaying and reducing financial penalties against nursing homes, one of the profession’s leading groups is...
Editors’ Blog: Americans behaving badly
Aug 20, 2009
The healthcare reform debate has provoked some totally distasteful reactions. Comparing the president to Hitler? Carrying guns to town-hall meetings? Come on, People. This has gone too far.
CMS leverages technology in move from ‘pay-and-chase’ to fraud prevention
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 26, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will utilize computer technology to shift from detecting and then prosecuting fraud (“pay-and-chase”) to preventing it, according to a CMS official...
NAB initiative seeks to improve administrator job description
Feb 19, 2013
The National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards announced the launch of a professional practice analysis. The effort will help NAB better identify domains of practice, tasks performed,...
GE, Microsoft to launch health data firm
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2012
Microsoft announced that it will partner with General Electric to form a new company that makes healthcare information more accessible. The partners said they hope to optimize the treatment that healthcare...