Frustration, fury: Lawmakers renew push as new report skewers drug middlemen on pricing
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2024
An interim report issued by federal officials this week excoriated pharmacy sales middlemen over business practices that have grossly inflated drug prices — and made it harder for long-term care pharmacists...
LTC pharmacies forced to borrow to buy patient drugs, close as drug middlemen tighten grip on sector
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2024
Nursing home patient access to prescription drugs is being squeezed as several market and regulatory factors have combined to increase the power pharmacy benefit managers have over long-term care pharmacies,...
AI could be on the way for DFUs, PUs ASAP
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2023
An artificial intelligence chatbot has been proven capable of diagnosing complex wounds and initiating proper treatment plans for human patients.
Creating ‘fixers’ for a new generation of nursing home leadership
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 07, 2023
Indiana’s largest skilled nursing operator is developing a new program to advance leaders across the organization’s footprint, focusing on soft skills and people management techniques that are necessary...
Bake in success with advanced clinicians in place: BrightSpring Health’s Arif Nazir, MD
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 26, 2023
Many nursing homes are moving too quickly to implement evolving technologies before their worth is fully known, cautions national nursing home medical expert Arif Nazir.
Van Camp to follow Kelsey as CEO of American Senior Communities
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Kimberly Marselas
May 26, 2023
American Senior Communities this week announced that CEO Donna Kelsey, in collaboration with the ASC board, has appointed Steve Van Camp to succeed her effective June 1.
ASC appoint Sabatine general counsel
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2023
Cate Sabatine has been appointed general counsel of American Senior Communities, Indiana’s largest senior care provider, the company announced Jan. 30.
Mindy Shapiro named chief compliance officer at ASC
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 15, 2022
American Senior Communities in late July announced Mindy Shapiro as it new chief compliance officer.
American Senior Communities’ Donna Kelsey: Recruiting partners and investing in the future
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2022
Investments in innovation and a willingness to forge new partnerships will help lift skilled nursing providers out of the COVID-era, predicts veteran nursing homes leader Donna Kelsey.
‘Fully vaccinated’ may be moving target in face of breakthroughs, omicron
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 29, 2021
More than a week after federal health officials greenlighted booster shots for all American adults, questions remain about what it means to be “fully vaccinated” against COVID-19 — and whether that...