A long-term care reference tool released Tuesday takes into account new market forces that are shaping the future of long-term care.
NIC celebrates 20 years with sold-out deal-making conference
Sep 17, 2010
The National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing and Care Industry will open its 20th anniversary conference Wednesday night in Chicago. Considered the premier gathering of deal-making investors...
Established nursing home business practices will soon change, expert warns
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 26, 2012
Market and policy changes will force skilled care operators to dramatically change their business practices, an industry analyst said Monday. Successful operators will need to demonstrate quality care,...
DAY 2: Last day of McKnight’s Online Expo to feature webcasts on marketplace, and Medicare and...
Mar 26, 2009
President Barack Obama in a press conference Tuesday night argued that the only way to balance the budget is to address the nation’s rising healthcare costs. Medicare and Medicaid, the big government...
AHCA’s Parkinson ‘cautiously optimistic,’ despite sequester and other looming fiscal...
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John O'Connor
Mar 07, 2013
A newly enacted sequester may be trimming Medicare payments to skilled nursing operators, but the sector remains strong and poised for future growth. That assessment was delivered Wednesday by the head...
Medicare case-mix likely to become more clinically complex, NIC panel asserts
Mar 10, 2010
The looming Medicare payment system will encourage nursing home operators to embrace more clinically complex care, according to panelists who spoke Tuesday at the 2010 National Skilled Nursing Investment...
CMS releases list of 27 ACOs
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 11, 2012
Physicians largely lead the first group of Medicare Shared Savings accountable care organizations, but long-term care facilities will be an integral part of their future success, a Centers for Medicare...
AOD acquires Stratis Business Systems, Inc.
Jul 22, 2014
AOD Software has bought Stratis Business Systems Inc., a home health and home care cloud-based software system.
Nursing home stocks rise on positive outlook of proposed Medicare rule
May 05, 2008
Nursing home company shares rose on Friday following the release of a proposed government rule to cut Medicare funding in fiscal year 2009 by a net $60 million.
Federal funding for age-related diseases and illnesses is declining, report finds
May 24, 2011
One of the realities of the national budget crisis is that government funding for age-related health conditions — particularly Alzheimer’s — is drying up, says a new report from the Alzheimer’s...