Survey: DON salary levels jump, administrators see moderate rise
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Haymarket Media
Aug 22, 2007
Nursing home operators value good nursing leaders, the latest results from the nation’s most in-depth nursing-home survey indicate. The national median salary for directors of nursing (DONs) at nursing...
Doctors’ salaries and incentives inflate healthcare spending, report finds
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Haymarket Media
Aug 01, 2007
While high drug costs and insurance companies are often blamed for the high medical costs, some economists are also pointing fingers at physicians. High salaries and incentives that drive up costs should...
Medicaid spending creep worries state budget officials
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Haymarket Media
Jul 11, 2005
Many states’ “rainy day” funds were depleted this year by escalating Medicaid costs, according to a just-released Fiscal Survey of States. The program continues to eat larger portions...
CMS to crack down on facilities’ photo, video abuse policies
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Aug 09, 2016
Nursing home surveyors will soon review facilities’ policies on staff members’ social media abuses following several high-profile reports into the issue, federal officials announced Friday.
AHCA poll: 62% support extending federal Medicaid funds
Jun 11, 2010
A new poll released Thursday by the American Health Care Association suggests strong public support for extending federal Medicaid funding.
Study: Older adults don’t discuss alternative medicine use with docs
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Haymarket Media
Jan 22, 2007
Many boomers may meditate or take herbal supplements, but their doctors likely don’t know it, a new study finds.
Providers charging even $1 per page for EHR access could be violating HIPAA, report warns
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Tim Mullaney
Jan 13, 2015
Long-term care providers that charge people to access their electronic health records might be violating federal law, according to recently released findings from the American Health Information Management...
Number of nursing home beds, residents decreasing, report finds
Jun 11, 2009
The number of both nursing home beds and nursing home residents in the United States declined between 1999 and 2004, according to the recently released results of the National Nursing Home Survey: 2004...
Study: Cost of health benefits jeopardizing nonprofits’ viability
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Haymarket Media
Nov 19, 2004
Escalating health costs are creating a crisis for nonprofit nursing homes and others in the nonprofit sector, according to a report in the Nov. 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Registration open for McKnight’s Online Expo
Feb 07, 2017
The McKnight’s Online Expo will be March 14-15 and feature five webinars on Medicare compliance, preparing for surveys, resident injuries, data and capital availability.