CMS: ‘Won’t be long’ until more vaccination guidance is issued
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 24, 2021
Nursing home and other providers can expect follow-up guidance on the federal government’s healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccination rule, including clarification on surveyor compliance, in “a week or...
Bundled payments covered at Oct. 5 webinar
Sep 23, 2016
Review the past, present and future of bundles.
Teresa Chase named CEO at American HealthTech
Sep 28, 2011
Teresa Chase has been named CEO at American HealthTech, the firm announced. Former CEO Bill Caldwell will remain board chair. “Since joining us nine years ago, Teresa Chase has energized our company,”...
Learn about the evolving Medicare payment landscape at Feb. 4 webinar
Feb 04, 2016
Providers need to understand the current value-based purchasing landscape for post-acute care. They can learn this by attending “The Evolving Medicare Payment Landscape: How PAC Providers Can Prepare.”
CMS ‘overpayment’ rule may come at a greater cost
By
Glenn P. Hendrix
May 02, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued a proposed rule addressing how it will implement the 60-day deadline for returning overpayments made to federal health programs. If fully adopted,...
For dialysis recipients, antibody response lowest with Ad26.COV2.S
Oct 27, 2021
Patients receiving attenuated adenovirus vaccine more likely to have no seroconversion, no detectable or diminished IgG response
NY budget proposal includes tax on new facilities
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 27, 2020
Operators looking to construct new nursing facilities in New York could be met with a 3% tax hike under a Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2020-21 budget proposal.
Clarification: Increasing rehospitalization rates ‘multifaceted’ problem
By
Haymarket Media
Sep 15, 2006
An item in Tuesday’s Daily Update did not fully enough discuss the views of Dr. Andrew Kramer, head of the Division of Health Care Policy and Research at the University of Colorado at Denver and...
Striving to be key resource, Sentrics offers new features
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2020
In recent months, technology provider Sentrics has rolled out a contact tracing and case management platform, integrated safety lighting capabilities, added entertainment options, and debuted its latest...
Brain implants continue to reduce Parkinson’s motor symptoms 15 years later
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 11, 2021
The amount of time study participants experienced dyskinesia was reduced by 75%, and use of levodopa was reduced by 51% — long after deep brain stimulation devices were implanted.