SNF Cost Comparison Report reveals ‘paralyzing’ data divide
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 19, 2017
An annual report designed to help long-term care operators see how they stack up against the competition shows many are are struggling to transform data into actionable information.
CMS: Lapses in infection control, vaccine compliance to garner ‘aggressive’ enforcement
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 04, 2023
Federal regulators have quietly put in place new, stricter enforcement measures for nursing homes that struggle to meet infection control and vaccine immunization requirements for residents and staff.
Top HHS tech official featured in McKnight’s Online Forum June 4
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Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2024
Micky Tripathi, PhD MPP, the federal government’s top figure for health information technology, will be a featured speaker at the McKnight’s Online Forum June 4. There will be two webinars in the forum,...
Details of the RoP shakeup: CMS eases quality improvement, compliance and new staff requirements
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 17, 2019
Less than five months before the final phase of the Rules of Participation were set to go into effect, CMS has proposed yet another rule that significantly changes some components and delays others for...
Damgaard teams up with Waud Capital to build new healthcare IT platform
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 11, 2020
Longtime MatrixCare leader John Damgaard is partnering with private equity firm Waud Capital Partners to acquire companies and build a new healthcare information technology software platform. Damgaard...
Locking the box
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 06, 2015
The HIPAA landscape evolves for providers as cloud storage, mobile devices and large-scale cyber attacks present new challenges to security and privacy efforts
AARP scorecard captures nursing home faults, innovations state-by-state
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 29, 2023
Long-term care, including access to quality skilled nursing, is “painfully inadequate” with major gaps in every state, finds an updated scorecard issued Thursday by AARP.
Skilled nursing wants bigger piece of ACO pie. A new model that shows paying provides for upgrades —...
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 11, 2019
Paying subsidies to offset the cost of making patient care more efficient could boost participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Plan and save Medicare up to 40%.
GAO: Feds not doing enough to protect Medicare beneficiaries’ data
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 09, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to improve how it handles beneficiary data being shared with others, especially research organizations, according to a new report from the Government...
Data lapses did not affect Five-Star ratings, CMS says as providers call for review of agency’s...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 13, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Wednesday it was taking “seriously” a damning report that questioned the accuracy of information it posted on its Care Compare site, but added that...