Judge lets kickback case vs. therapy provider go forward
By
McKnight's Staff
May 01, 2013
A whistleblower lawsuit involving a nursing home chain and therapy providers in Missouri can move forward, a federal judge has ruled. The False Claims Act case originated with allegations that a therapy...
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...
I couldn’t live without … McKesson’s Six Sigma team
May 01, 2013
Thanks to McKesson’s Six Sigma team, Allcare Pharmacy was able to make several workflow and process improvements, says Allcare Pharmacy COO Stephen Carroll.
Report: IT for long-term care on the rise, needs nurturing
By
John Andrews
May 01, 2013
Information technology adoption and exchange of health information across the long-term care and post-acute continuum “has not yet reached broad scale adoption,” but “promising”...
BusinessBriefs
May 01, 2013
Benedictine Health System President and CEO Dale M. Thompson will retire in December. Thompson is a former president of the American Health Care Association.
New name for Advocat Inc.
By
McKnight's Staff
May 01, 2013
Advocat Inc., which operates 48 skilled nursing centers, changed its name to Diversicare Healthcare Services as of March 15. Its facilities already operated under the Diversicare name, and President and...