Care that is provided ‘with a servant’s heart’ makes Westover Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare special for inpatients and outpatients.
Better chain ratings fueling upsurge in their stock prices
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 03, 2012
Six nursing home companies were removed from Standard & Poor’s Rating Service downgrade watch last month.
The firm ranked Kindred Healthcare at B+ , and Skilled Healthcare and Sun Healthcare Group...
I couldn’t live without…PointClick Care Collection Module
Jan 03, 2012
By using the PointClickCare Collection module, Jennifer Hubbard, the director of financial consultants at Gulf Coast Health Care, was able to make collections more efficient through electronic documentation,...
Pharmacy integration also a technology consideration
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 03, 2012
While many providers are still wrapping their heads around electronic health records and web-based care plans, there’s another hurdle many are preparing to overcome: integration with pharmacy records.
Study shows pay cuts expected to cost jobs
Jan 03, 2012
OHIO — The state’s skilled nursing facilities have shed or plan to shed 2,800 jobs in the wake of recent Medicare and Medicaid cuts, new survey results show.
Ask the legal expert: What’s the best way to respond to alleged deficiencies?
By
John Durso
Jan 03, 2012
John Durso, Esq., Ungaretti & Harris LLP
Nurses’ union wins bargaining agreement
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 03, 2012
A federal appeals court agreed that an agreement between union nurses and a hospital should have been honored by new owners.
Florida’s highest court rejects use of arbitration agreements
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 03, 2012
Nursing home arbitration agreements received another blow when the Florida Supreme Court ruled them invalid in two separate cases in November.
Omnicare extends PharMerica buy offer
By
John O'Connor
Jan 03, 2012
Pharmacy giant Omnicare announced that it was extending to Jan. 20 its offer to purchase all outstanding shares of rival PharMerica for $15 per share. The original offer had been scheduled to expire in...
IOM insists that feds more carefully oversee IT vendors
By
John O'Connor
Jan 03, 2012
The Department of Health and Human Services should impose more oversight of healthcare information technology vendors, a new report recommends.