Insurers try new tack for breathing life into long-term care policies
Jun 15, 2011
In an effort to boost long-term care insurance policy sales, more companies have begun selling combination products that also include traditional life insurance. These hybrid policies are usually built...
Telehealth used for monitoring
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 17, 2019
The technology allows remote specialists to treat cardiac patients in place and identify high-risk patients before they are symptomatic, the company said.
PharMerica serves bidder a poison pill
Aug 31, 2011
Just days after rejecting a $456 million purchase offer, the board at PharMerica Corp. adopted a poison-pill defense. The measure is intended to prevent Omnicare Inc. from obtaining control of PharMerica...
Wireless technology expected to lure more residents: survey
May 26, 2009
Senior living community operators indicated that wireless connectivity will help attract more residents within the next five years. Other specialty areas predicted to boom include home health services,...
On the economic front, signs that the worst may be over
Apr 28, 2009
We are finally seeing signs that our moribund economy might be starting to heal. This month, consumer confidence jumped more than forecast, stocks rose, mortgage rates dropped and Americans indicated more...
Concentra sold to MJ Acquisition
Mar 31, 2015
Select Medical Holdings Corp., which operates outpatient rehabilitation clinics and specialty hospitals, and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe XII, L.P., a private equity fund, have agreed to buy Humana...
Speaker at Medline-sponsored event: new survey process can help improve care
Oct 08, 2010
The new survey process can be a “win-win” that leads to better care in nursing homes. So claimed Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson, who is the incoming president of the American Health Care Association...
NxStage Medical celebrates decade of System One
Jun 30, 2015
NxStage Medical Inc., which makes dialysis products, is heralding the 10th year anniversary of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) clearance of its System One™ product.
Ensign Group acquires Kansas facility
Jul 19, 2016
The Ensign Group Inc. has purchased the operations and real estate of Riverbend Post Acute Rehabilitation, a 161-bed skilled nursing and 10-bed assisted living facility in Kansas City, KS.
Drive announces partnership, new name
Oct 27, 2015
Drive Medical has completed the integration of Drive and DeVilbiss Healthcare in North America. The new company, operating as one in North America, will be known as Drive| DeVilbiss Healthcare Inc.