DAY ONE: McKnight’s 5th Annual Online Expo kicks off today with technology, wound care and capital...
Mar 23, 2011
Today marks the beginning of the 5th Annual McKnight’s Online Expo, the largest online trade show for the long-term care community. Free registration is still available online at www.mcknights.com/expo2011
HHS unveils new national quality improvement strategy
Mar 22, 2011
The Department of Health and Human Services on Monday rolled out its “National Strategy for Quality Improvements in Health Care,” a “first-ever” plan to guide quality improvement...
SIX DAYS TO GO: McKnight’s 5th Annual Online Expo
Mar 17, 2011
Two federal courts recently issued nearly identical rulings declaring the Medicare cap on hospice reimbursements to be invalid. They continue an unbroken series of rejections of the Department of Health...
Pssssst! Have we got a deal for you!
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 10, 2011
We might have just been subjected to the biggest dose of chutzpah seen in a long, long while. It smacked of the old image of the leering used-car salesman (sorry, used car sales people) rubbing his thumb...
MedPAC wants ‘fundamental change’ for Quality Improvement Organizations
Feb 28, 2011
Technical assistance funding would shift from Quality Improvement Organizations to low-performing providers if the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has its way. Providers would become more active in...
McKnight’s 5th Online Expo expands … to six months duration
Feb 07, 2011
Ignoring the adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” organizers of the McKnight’s Online Expo are changing the formula to their highly successful virtual trade show for long-term...
2011 McKnight’s Online Expo to offer six months of programming, exhibits and more
Jan 13, 2011
Building on the successes of its first four years, the McKnight’s Online Expo is extending from a two-day virtual trade show to a six-month-long event. The virtual trade show for long-term care professionals...
DAY TWO: McKnight’s fourth annual Online Expo today to offer webcasts on payment, technology
Mar 25, 2010
Beginning this morning, McKnight’s will host two more online webcasts as part of its fourth annual Online Expo. Free registration is still available for these two seminars at www.mcknights.com/marchexpo.
ONE DAY TO GO: McKnight’s Online Expo to start Wednesday as Senate debates healthcare fixes
Mar 23, 2010
Now that the House has passed a healthcare reform bill, long-term care leaders are again turning their sights to the Senate. That chamber is expected to begin debating changes to the healthcare reform...
TWO DAYS TO GO: House passes healthcare reform as McKnight’s gears up for fourth annual online...
Mar 22, 2010
The House in a late-night voting session Sunday approved a historic healthcare reform bill that has been the subject of extreme tension and partisan rancor over the last year.