Hospice trend allows for more medical care, report finds
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Haymarket Media
Feb 13, 2007
Some hospice programs and private health insurers are taking a new approach that may encourage more patients to receive hospice care for the last months of life, according to a report in the New York Times.
Be measurably fabulous
By
Steven Littlehale
Oct 01, 2012
On the heels of American Health Care Association announcing the adoption of PointRight’s OnPoint-30 rehospitalization metric, you may be wondering what it means exactly and what’s at stake....
New pilot program would expand at-home health services
Oct 03, 2008
Some Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions could soon benefit from expanded at-home health services under a newly proposed, 26-state pilot program.
New memory care planned for Georgia
Sep 01, 2015
Riverwood Retirement Management Inc. has been selected as the management agent for a new community named Westminster of Dallas, which will be the third Westminster-branded community in the Southeast and...
Nursing homes debate defibrillator requirements
May 18, 2011
Nursing homes in Pennsylvania are debating whether facilities should be required to install automated external defibrillators, according to local news reports.
End-of-life care planning regulation to go into effect
Dec 30, 2010
Starting Jan. 1, Medicare will pay doctors who advise patients on options for end-of-life care. Under this new rule, doctors can offer information to patients on how to prepare an “advance directive,”...
House passage moves health IT bill nearer reality
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Haymarket Media
Aug 02, 2006
The House of Representatives has approved legislation that would bring long-term care providers and the rest of the healthcare industry one step closer to a national health information technology system...
Book tackles nursing retirement
Jan 10, 2018
A new book offers resources for nurses thinking about retirement.
Judge dismisses HIPAA claims arising from Omnicell laptop theft
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Tim Mullaney
Jan 06, 2014
Individuals do not have the right to sue healthcare providers under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act simply because their personal information was compromised, a federal judge recently...
Medicaid pays too much for prescription drugs, OIG testifies
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Haymarket Media
Dec 10, 2004
States can expect to take a closer look at the cost of prescription drugs after the Office of Inspector General said this week that Medicaid continues to overpay pharmacies for the drugs.