AllMeds Inc. has expanded its revenue cycle management services and made major updates to its branding, the company announced.
Post-acute providers call on Washington for regulatory reprieve
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Jan 15, 2016
Regulatory pressure needs to be lifted from post-acute care facilities before alternative payment models can succeed, providers told legislators on Wednesday.
Kindred, RehabCare settle False Claims allegations for $125 million
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Jan 13, 2016
Kindred Healthcare Inc. and its subsidiary RehabCare Group Inc. have agreed to pay $125 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit on Medicare therapy claim overbilling.
CPSI completes acquisition of Healthland
Jan 12, 2016
Computer Programs and Systems Inc. has completed its purchase of Healthland Holding for around $250 million. Healthland is the parent company of American HealthTech. and Rycan Technologies Inc.
Nurse aide admits to stealing, pawning resident’s wedding ring
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Jan 11, 2016
A former aide at a Minnesota nursing home has admitted to stealing the wedding ring off of a resident’s finger and pawning it over her lunch break.
Shifting policy, care demands impacting SNF occupancy rates
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Jan 11, 2016
Demand for more specialized care and an evolving policy environment could be behind a decrease in nursing home occupancy rates, according to an expert with the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing...
Veteran CNA charged in nursing home sexual assault
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Jan 08, 2016
A long-time employee of a North Carolina nursing home has been charged with sexually assaulting a resident with dementia.
Court shuts down whistleblower suit against Tutera, Medline
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Jan 07, 2016
A whistleblower lawsuit against a nursing home provider and medical equipment company Medline Industries Inc. can’t continue because it’s too similar to a prior suit settled by Medline, a federal...
Golden LivingCenters seeks Supreme Court reversal of arbitration ruling
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Jan 07, 2016
Nursing home chain Golden LivingCenters is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a previous court ruling that “failed to honor” a federal preference for arbitration.
Nursing home occupancy, absorption rates dip further
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Jan 07, 2016
Rent growth was up slightly but numbers otherwise were generally dim for nursing home market indicators in the fourth quarter of 2015. The occupancy rate for skilled nursing facilities decreased 0.1% during...