Experts favor new payment system rewarding higher quality and more efficient care
Nov 04, 2008
A new survey of healthcare leaders finds that almost all feel the current healthcare payment system is fundamentally flawed and must be reformed. An overwhelming majority favor bonuses for high-quality...
Nurses face workplace bullying, study finds
Apr 08, 2008
More than 50% of all nurses report that they have been bullied at work. A full 90% have witnessed an act of intimidation while doing their jobs, a new survey published in the latest issue of the Journal...
Nurse hirings up between 2001 and 2003, study says
By
Haymarket Media
Nov 30, 2004
The number of nurses hired at hospitals and other healthcare facilities between 2001 and 2003 jumped to nearly 205,000, one of the largest nurse-hiring spikes since before Medicare was implemented in 1965,...
Regulators gear up for special mandatory broadcast on MDS 3.0
Dec 10, 2009
The first of three satellite broadcasts by federal regulators on the new Minimum Data Set 3.0 will take place from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern Time) Thursday. Officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
RedRidge forms a lender services group
Oct 02, 2009
RedRidge recently announced that it has formed a lender services group. The organization specializes in all forms of collateral exams including: surveys, forensic cash reviews, recurring field exams, quality-of-earnings...
Resource Systems buys MxManage
Mar 17, 2009
Resource Systems announced that it has purchased MxManage from Plante Moran. MxManage is a decision-support software tool for long-term care providers that optimizes reimbursement and state survey outcomes...
Also in the News for Thursday, Feb. 1
Feb 01, 2018
HCR ManorCare edging closer to receivership? … Survey says: Pneumococcal vaccination guidelines need clarification … New Minnesota health commissioner vows to make elder abuse reform a top...
CFOs see Internet, wireless as viable tech investments
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 01, 2014
Executives are typically allocating between 2% and 3% of their operating budgets for technology, according to a recent Ziegler survey. More assets are devoted within the capital budget, with an average...
Wireless technology, home health expected to grow in seniors care and housing, survey finds
May 26, 2009
Operators of senior living communities believe that “smart home” technology and wireless connectivity will help to attract residents within the next five years. Other specialty areas predicted...