Guest Columns: Long-term care reform too expensive
Mar 12, 2009
Don’t expect healthcare reform to include long-term care. In fact, given how much we have been spending in Washington, don’t expect healthcare reform at all.
Government to give nearly $1.2 billion in grants for electronic health record adoption
Aug 21, 2009
The U.S. government plans to release nearly $1.2 billion in stimulus grants next year to help healthcare providers set up and use electronic health records.
MedPAC wants mechanism to send patients to higher-quality, post-acute care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 12, 2018
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is struggling with how to help acute-care providers direct patients to better quality post-acute care.
LTC providers urged to fill out CDC flu vaccine survey by Friday
By
Haymarket Media
Oct 27, 2004
Long-term care providers should fill out a survey by Friday to inform federal officials about their flu vaccine needs and wants, major provider associations are telling members.
Providers catching thrust of IT wave
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 14, 2005
The signs have become too numerous and too large for providers to ignore any longer. More technical expertise must be developed – and used.
Ask the payment expert … about administrative financial knowledge
By
Patricia Boyer
Jul 06, 2015
How important is it for department managers to understand financial information?
Senate approves guest worker program provision
By
Haymarket Media
May 24, 2007
Proponents of immigration reform scored a legislative victory on Tuesday.
Formation Healthcare launches new evaluation application
Jun 07, 2016
A new evaluation tool has been released by Formation Healthcare Group to help SNFs complete post-acute risk evaluations.
Changes to Medicare physician pay key to healthcare reform, analysis suggests
Jul 13, 2009
Substantial changes to the Medicare benefit will be needed to affect any real reform or cost savings, and to ensure the program’s future solvency, a news analysis suggests. That includes linking...
Final revisions to fraud rules expected by spring
By
Nov 30, 2015
Revisions to three healthcare fraud and abuse rules, including one that would increase the Office of Inspector General’s ability to impose civil monetary penalties, are expected to be finalized by...