Minimum data set coordinators should get as much support as possible from colleagues as they navigate data set changes and ever-evolving requirements
BusinessBriefs for September 2014
Sep 01, 2014
» CNL Healthcare Properties completed the acquisition of seven communities in Texas and one in Illinois for approximately $187.2 million, with potential adjustments related to property net operating income....
Sector’s housing stock grows at uneven pace, NIC reports
By
John O'Connor
Sep 01, 2014
Seniors housing stock collectively rose by 0.1% in the second quarter, putting the sector on pace for a 1.5% annual increase, according to new data from the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing...
DOJ forces observation stay showdown
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2014
Hospitals have been cast in a harsh light by long-term care advocates recently for allegedly over-using “observation stay” status. The practice can ultimately deny some patients subsequent...
ITUpdate for September 2014
Sep 01, 2014
» The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched a technical assistance program, called the Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program, in July. The goal is to help with payment and delivery system...
Also in the news for August 29, 2014 . . .
Aug 29, 2014
Improper pesticide in nursing homes leads to 2-year prison sentence for company owner … 8 injured after car crashes into NC nursing home and causes fire … Long road to smooth transfer of hospital...
Male CNA who wears women’s clothing can pursue charges that nursing home defamed him
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 27, 2014
A Texas certified nursing assistant can continue to pursue charges that his former nursing home employer has made false, defamatory statements about him in the job referral process, a federal court recently...
LeadingAge’s CAST releases EHR matrix selection tool
Aug 26, 2014
LeadingAge’s Center for Aging Services Technologies released its 2014 version of a tool to let long-term providers choose the best electronic health record for their facility.
Healthsense raises $10 million in capital
Aug 26, 2014
Healthsense Inc. has raised $10 million in from Mansa Capital. Mansa Capital Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer Ruben King-Shaw Jr., will join the Healthsense Board of Directors.
NY nursing home agrees to $2.2 million settlement in case of false documentation
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 21, 2014
Nursing home operator Ralex Services Inc. has agreed to a $2.2 million settlement in a whistleblower case involving forged documents at a facility in New Rochelle, New York.