Company’s first big construction project overcomes challenges and plays on Nashville region’s tastes for music, art and local attractions
How to do it … wound care
Feb 01, 2014
Wound care programs can be the bane of long-term care providers, or they can be a source of clinical pride and marketing material, as well as a strong revenue stream. This”How To” piece offers...
CompanyBriefs
Feb 01, 2014
» Relias Learning has acquired the Hospice Education Network from the principals of Weatherbee Resources. This will add more than 160 hospice and palliative care courses to the company’s catalog....
Product offers hope for those with OSA
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 01, 2014
A new device that gives mild electronic stimulation therapy to the upper airway during sleep is effective in reducing obstructive sleep apnea, according to new research.
Health technology devices reach new level at CES show
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 01, 2014
Several new health devices debuted at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, including some that may help long-term care providers.
Ask the legal expert … about hidden cameras
By
John Durso
Feb 01, 2014
Staff members have discovered a hidden camera that family members planted in their loved one’s room, suspecting that she was being abused or not take care of properly. What should be our next step?
Feds join suit against hospitalist company
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 01, 2014
The federal government has joined in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that a large hospitalist company engaged in systematic “upcoding” of Medicare and Medicaid claims.
ACA objection by provider earns temporary injunction
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 01, 2014
A Catholic long-term care provider and the federal government opposed each other in recent Supreme Court filings over the Affordable Care Act’s so-called “contraception mandate.”
Chinese extract eases neuropathic pain
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 01, 2014
There may be new help for those with inflammatory and neuropathic pain, from a traditional Chinese herb.
CMS wants tougher emergency prep rules
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 01, 2014
Long-term care facilities would have to meet more comprehensive emergency preparedness guidelines if a newly proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is enacted.