Four senior living communities were sold in a $1.15 billion deal brokered by CBRE Capital Markets in Los Angeles, according to local reports.
SNF operator, exec, to pay $2.5 million in false therapy claims case
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Oct 17, 2016
A Massachusetts-based skilled nursing operator and its director of long-term care have agreed to pay $2.5 million to resolve allegations that the company submitted inflated Medicare claims for therapy...
SNF, feds resolve dispute over sign language interpreter access
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Oct 14, 2016
A Pennsylvania nursing home has reached a resolution with federal officials in a dispute over the facility’s ability to provide a sign language interpreter for a prospective resident.
SNF under investigation for resident’s drowning death during Hurricane Matthew
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Oct 13, 2016
A South Carolina skilled nursing facility is being investigated after one of its residents drowned just outside its doors during Hurricane Matthew.
Education companies acquired
Oct 11, 2016
Relias Learning has bought Swank HealthCare and AHC media, allowing it to enter the acute care online education market.
Tamper-evident cap released
Oct 11, 2016
Medi-Dose Inc./EPS Inc. has released a new tamper-evident cap for metric-only oral syringes.
Reporting features added to CACDI software
Oct 11, 2016
ChartWise Medical Systems Inc., which makes Computer-Assisted Clinical Documentation Improvement (CACDI) software, has added reporting functionality for the company’s flagship ChartWise 2.0 product.
NHI agrees to convert portfolio
Oct 11, 2016
National Health Investors Inc. has signed an agreement with its joint venture partner, an affiliate of Bickford Senior Living, to convert NHI’s RIDEA portfolio of 32 assisted living and memory care...
CMS: ‘Significant’ changes to final rule driven by provider comments
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Oct 07, 2016
Some of the biggest differences between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rules for long-term care providers and the final rule released late last month reflect providers’...
Provider’s $2 million settlement to fund state’s SNF oversight overhaul
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Oct 05, 2016
A portion of a Pennsylvania nursing home chain’s $2 million settlement will be used in the state’s new plan to overhaul nursing home oversight, health officials announced Tuesday.