CMS proposes 1.3% pay increase — with plenty of strings attached
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Kimberly Marselas
Danielle Brown
Apr 09, 2021
A proposal that would boost Medicare payments to skilled nursing providers by 1.3% next fiscal year also could trigger additional reporting requirements and increase the potential for penalties.
Consulate Healthcare CEO: We’re ‘growing our own’ to rebuild the brand
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 19, 2024
After virtually exiting Florida, where it dominated the skilled nursing landscape before a series of regulatory and legal challenges, Consulate Healthcare is repositioning itself as a quality provider...
Decoded Health powers new AI-backed telehealth app
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Kimberly Marselas
May 06, 2020
Decoded Health’s first telehealth app uses explainable artificial intelligence technology to automate patient communication and generate real-time, personalized, clinical recommendations for providers....
Armbrust American taking N95 respirator pre-orders
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2020
Armbrust American is taking pre-orders for its N95 respirator masks and surgical masks, part of a line of disposable surgical masks that has received an ASTM Level 3 rating for its filtration effectiveness. ...
Communication services become essential with meetings canceled, telework encouraged
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 18, 2020
Several companies with employee communication and hiring platforms have expanded their services or made them free as healthcare providers promote telework for nonessential staff and reduce face-to-face...
MedPAC finds single post-acute payment system feasible but says smaller-scale fix might be better
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 16, 2023
An attempt to unify payments for providers across all types of post-acute care is “analytically within reach,” but extensive policy changes that would likely be needed,
LTC Properties had its strongest investment year since 2015, company leaders said Thursday, with Chairman and CEO Wendy Simpson touting $170 million in annual investment as proof of a “hard-won positive...
Some providers dubious as return to pre-COVID ‘normal’ gets official OK
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 07, 2022
Providers are still clamoring for answers about how to best comply with a series of new rules and recommendations issued by federal regulators over the last two weeks, officials acknowledged during a nursing...
Social media feeds inspire K4Connect’s latest tool
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 29, 2020
K4Connect last week debuted its K4Community Plus resident application, which integrates key features of popular social media platforms into an application specifically designed for seniors. Key K4Community...
Nursing homes down 200K frontline workers, with more COVID cases on the way
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 29, 2021
The U.S. is facing a certified nurse aide shortage of about 200,000, with the situation made more dire by a surging number of unvaccinated aides being forced to quarantine with cases of a new COVID-19...