KLAS has ranked 3M as the market-leader in three software solution categories: Medical Records Coding, Other Dictation and Transcription Solutions, and Medical Records–Other. KLAS is an independent...
Editors’ Blog: Healthcare reform and Medicaid
Jun 12, 2009
Sen. Kennedy’s disability insurance program, if it works, would help conserve the Medicaid program. That would be progress.
Providers contribute to hurricane relief efforts
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Haymarket Media
Sep 02, 2005
Long-term care associations are calling on members to contribute to relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Fitch sees a shadow: One more tough year for nonprofits
Feb 02, 2010
Fitch Ratings, an international long-term credit rating agency, has disclosed that it will maintain its “negative outlook” for U.S. nonprofit hospitals and health systems during 2010.
CMS to offer new renal disease demonstration project
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Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services developed a new managed care demonstration project in four states for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease.
Medicare may pay dialysis centers based on performance
Jul 29, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a rule that would create a pay-for-performance system for end-stage renal disease facilities.
From “nana” to “ninja”: safe martial arts training can reduce damage from falls
Apr 26, 2010
They may never have the skills of Bruce Lee, but seniors with osteoporosis can use martial arts training to learn to fall more safely, researchers say.
Testimony: OSHA must take introspective look to ensure worker safety in future health crises
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2022
The federal agency charged with ensuring workplace safety needs to take a hard look at how it will protect workers during a future crisis, according to recent congressional testimony.
Medicare and Medicaid payment models should be adjusted to help achieve fully interoperable health information systems across all provider types within 10 years, according to a newly released government...
CMS posts specifics on staffing, payroll data collection for Five Star ratings
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John Hall
Apr 15, 2015
The government has posted technical specifications showing long-term care facilities how to electronically submit staffing information based on payroll data under a new system that becomes mandatory in...