Beds are literally the biggest, and often most significant, item in a resident room. Consequently, integrating beds into room spaces requires a keen eye toward safety, utility and ambience — all in the...
Healthcare summit: Best practices for mobile health implementation in focus
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 30, 2012
Providers, policy makers, financial and technical experts and more will be highlighted at the 2012 mHealth Summit, which takes place Monday through Wednesday in a Maryland suburb of Washington. Best practices...
Authorities: Psychiatrist sent more than 50,000 fraudulent Medicare, Medicaid nursing home claims
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 20, 2012
A Chicago psychiatrist is accused of submitting $190,000 in false claims to Medicare and Medicaid and receiving kickbacks for prescribing antipsychotics.
Nursing home evacuees still living in NYC high school
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 15, 2012
Students returned to classes Wednesday at a New York City high school where more than 200 nursing home evacuees still reside.
Two providers receive prison time, fines for Medicare/Medicaid fraud
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 08, 2012
The cases involve $7.7 million in false claims in Washington, D.C., and a 15-month prison sentence for a Florida assisted living owner who sent patients to fraudulent mental health providers.
Assisted living operators caught in $63 million mental health billing scam
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 01, 2012
A pair of Miami-area assisted living facility owners are the latest to be caught in an alleged $63 billion Medicare and Medicaid billing scam, federal authorities say. Ivon Perez and Raymond Rivero admitted...
PointRight teaming up with McKesson
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 01, 2012
McKesson Medical-Surgical Minnesota Supply Inc. and PointRight Inc. recently announced an agreement to bring analytics and solutions aimed at reducing readmissions to the long-term care sector.
Presidential election, Medicaid expansion crucial to future of nursing home funding
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McKnight's Staff
Sep 26, 2012
If President Obama is re-elected in November, governors who have resisted implementing the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion will likely change their tune, a former government official speculated...
Needs-based facilities driving uptick in seniors housing growth
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McKnight's Staff
Sep 24, 2012
Seniors housing construction is looking up, industry experts noted at the annual National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care conference.
Managed care holds opportunities for SNF, experts say
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McKnight's Staff
Sep 21, 2012
As states expand enrollment in managed care plans, operators should focus on quality improvement, according to panelists at a National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing and Care Industry session.