CMS opens data to private and commercial sector research
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Jun 04, 2015
Entrepreneurs and other private-sector researchers will soon be able to access data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, including the Medicare fee-for-service claims database, for commercial...
Software platform upgraded
May 31, 2017
EarlySense has announced the latest version of its integrated patient monitoring and data analytics software platform.
Deadline for mental health plan comments midnight Monday
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 15, 2014
Advocates for better mental health services for adults will be pressing until at least midnight Monday to have comments submitted to include seniors in a new federal behavioral health plan,
Rent battle to enter another month
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Haymarket Media
Jul 01, 2006
The dispute between Kindred Healthcare Inc. and its landlord, Ventas Inc., will continue into July.
Court rejects immigrant rule
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 02, 2020
A New York federal appeals court last month blocked a federal rule that leading industry advocates warned could hurt immigrant seniors and limit their use of long-term care services.
Bush says he would veto bill that eliminates union secret ballots
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Haymarket Media
Feb 16, 2007
In a move that may appeal to many nursing home owners, President Bush has threatened to veto legislation that would allow workers to form unions by signing cards rather than voting by secret ballots.
CMS should continue efforts to monitor Medicaid spending, report says
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Haymarket Media
Jul 06, 2006
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has more work to do to improve its oversight of Medicaid spending, a new report finds.
Therapy pay switch provokes providers
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 05, 2018
Skilled nursing providers happily received word of a 2.4% Medicare pay increase in the government’s final 2019 payment that was announced in late July.
Release of new EMAR
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 17, 2013
Optimus EMR has released its second generation EMAR, a module for patient care used constantly for medication delivery and related activities.
Health and Human Services soliciting health IT data from nursing home vendors
Aug 26, 2011
The Department of Health and Human Services wants to study nursing home patient assessment data to determine whether health information technology standards can improve coordination of care.