GAO: More planning needed to increase info exchange
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Amy Novotney
Apr 05, 2017
When patients leave the hospital and move to post-acute care settings such as skilled nursing facilities, electronic health records and the electronic exchange of patient health information can help better...
FDA publishes cybersecurity advice for medical devices
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Amy Novotney
Feb 05, 2017
Thanks to significant technological advances in patient care over the past decade, many medical devices are now being designed to connect to a hospital or long-term care facility’s network, or even...
Court: SNFs allowed to fight delayed Medicaid payments
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Amy Novotney
Sep 06, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled in August that 10 operators of Illinois long-term care facilities can move forward with a lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Healthcare and...
CMS supports collection of sex orientation, gender data
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Amy Novotney
Apr 04, 2016
Researchers believe collecting sexual orientation and gender identity data will improve care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents.
Senate IT legislation targets red tape and interoperability
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Amy Novotney
Mar 04, 2016
Interoperability improvements for electronic health records and reducing documentation burdens are among the proposals of a draft bill released in January by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions...
Price wants more tech and less government meddling
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Amy Novotney
Jun 05, 2017
Physicians need to be more patient-facing, not computer-facing, according to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, M.D.
Smokers not informed of ways habit can affect wound healing
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Amy Novotney
Mar 04, 2015
Exposure to smoke from just one cigarette decreases blood flow to chronic wounds such as pressure ulcers, venous leg ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers. A new study shows the habit’s impact on healing...
Data security concerns still haunt Medicare contractors
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Amy Novotney
Jun 05, 2015
Information security at nine selected Medicare administrative contractors, at least as of two years ago, was improving, but deficiencies remain, according to a report from the Department of Health & Human...
CNA sues for firing after she reported resident’s claims
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Amy Novotney
Jan 08, 2018
A former certified nursing assistant at an Illinois continuing care retirement community is suing her ex-employer for more than $75,000 and reinstatement of her job, alleging that she was fired for reporting...
Provider to pay back wages to 500 for ignoring bonuses
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Amy Novotney
Feb 08, 2018
A West Virginia nursing home and rehabilitation company has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor after the former allegedly violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Stonerise Healthcare...