HealthStream Inc. announced it will move its Patient Experience phone research operations from its Maryland Patient Interview Center to Tennessee.
GAO: Elderly, disabled voters still confront access problems
Oct 29, 2009
The Department of Justice should do more to ensure that elderly and disabled individuals have voting access, a recently released report found.
Nursing home, assisted living costs vary widely by region, new report finds
Feb 25, 2009
Geography plays an important role in the cost of nursing home and other long-term care services, according to a recently released report.
Also in the News for Tuesday, March 21
Mar 21, 2017
Jury finds SNF negligent in resident’s death, awards family $450,000 … Nursing Home Compare is flawed, Ohio providers say … Eliminating LGBT seniors from national survey could jeopardize...
Also in the News for Friday, March 27
Mar 27, 2015
Documentation the biggest challenge to providers, survey shows … Middle-age hip replacements nearly doublefrom 2002-2011 … Even LTC insurers think product is too expensive … Exercise,...
Also in the News for Friday, November 20
Nov 20, 2015
Survey finds nurses happy with pay, but eager to change careers … House advances two Medicaid ‘loophole’ fixing bills … CMS hastens rate raise for dual-eligible plans
Opinion: A new take on core challenges
Oct 12, 2005
There’s been no shortage of news lately. As this issue goes to press, providers in the Gulf Coast are digging out from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, a large block of chains may leave the American...
ITUpdate
May 01, 2013
A growing number of healthcare providers are adopting mobile technologies, a new study by IT trade organization CompTIA has found. A survey of 375 healthcare providers reveals that 60% of respondents currently...
What’s the best way to prevent Immediate Jeopardy citations?
By
Patricia Boyer
May 01, 2012
We’ve been assisting facilities in several states with Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) resolutions. One of the big changes we are seeing is that when an IJ situation is cited, multiple tags are affected...
Job unrest rises 19% but satisfaction stays ‘astonishing’ high: McKnight’s 2020 Mood of the Market...
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 02, 2020
More long-term care managers said they seriously considered quitting their job over the last three months compared to a year earlier, but overall levels of job satisfaction remain remarkably high, according...