COMS Interactive LLC has added Nutrition IQ to its Daylight IQ product suite.
Therapy caps, payment, assessment reform to top long-term care conference
Feb 05, 2010
The future of Medicare Part B therapy caps will be a hot topic next week when the National Association for the Support of Long Term Care (NASL) holds its winter meeting at the Ritz Carlton in suburban...
Federal officials investigating firing of Florida nursing home ombudsman
Mar 11, 2011
Federal investigators on Wednesday announced a probe into the abrupt firing of Brian Lee, former director of Florida’s Long-term Care Ombudsman Program.
Clinical briefs for Monday, Sept. 11
By
Kristen Fischer
Sep 11, 2023
Home palliative care boosts quality of life for people with heart failure … N95 mask fitting tests can wait three years instead of one … Hormone made during exercise may reduce Alzheimer’s plaques,...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, April 4
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 04, 2023
Report: Medicare will fall short on coverage for nursing home stays, home health care by 2031 … Study finds high levels of Alzheimer’s tau proteins only in women with delayed hormone therapy … Earlier...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Dec. 22
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 22, 2020
FDA approves first oral hormone therapy for advanced prostate cancer … Remote monitoring leads to fourfold decline in hospital return after joint surgery … Scientists search for culprit behind allergic...
NASL leader praises government investigation into medical equipment bidding process
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 29, 2013
A government investigation could shed much-needed light on the Medicare competitive bidding process for durable medical equipment, prosthetics and supplies, according to Cynthia Morton, executive vice...
Mitchell joins board
Mar 20, 2015
Keiffer Jackson Mitchell Jr. has joined the Board of Directors at Roland Park Place, a CCRC in Baltimore.
Diabetes drugs linked to pancreatitis have a possible cancer connection, FDA says
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 18, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a possible link between commonly prescribed diabetes drugs and pancreatic cancer. The drugs, including Januvia and Byetta, were previously connected with...
National Investment Center opens tandem regional housing and skilled nursing meetings Sunday
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 23, 2012
The National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry is holding its tandem housing regional symposium and skilled nursing investment forum Sunday through Tuesday in Boca Raton, FL. Former...