Everyone’s talking about Alternative Payment Models (APMs) these days. Providers. Consultants. Cab drivers. Baristas. Everyone.
McKnight’s honored again
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Alyssa Salela
Jul 06, 2017
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News won four national awards at the 2017 American Society of Business Publication Editors competition.
Sabra Health Care, CCP to team up in $7.4 billion deal
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Jul 06, 2017
Care Capital Properties and Sabra Health Care REIT will join forces to create a “premier” healthcare real estate investment trust, the companies announced in May.
Where are they now? Asbury Communities
Jul 06, 2017
The five years since Maryland-based Asbury Communities won a Silver Award in the McKnight’s Technology Awards Program for its use of electronic health records software has meant more acceptance by...
Legionnaires’ traced to LTC
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Alyssa Salela
Jul 06, 2017
Long-term care facilities were the largest single source of Legionnaires’ disease cases in healthcare facilities in 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A Day in the Life
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Jul 06, 2017
A long-overdue accolade
Advance directive app wins big in HHS tech competition
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Amy Novotney
Jul 06, 2017
A program that allows consumers to develop and securely share their end-of-life plans with caregivers and healthcare providers is among the winners of the Department of Health and Human Services’...
SNF occupancy to bottom out?
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Alyssa Salela
Jul 06, 2017
If current trends continue, occupancy rates in skilled nursing facilities could be headed to new lows this year, said analysts from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
One threat removed, but even bigger one remains
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James M. Berklan
Jul 06, 2017
Make no mistake: Long-term care providers will take a victory wherever they can, and the Trump administration’s move to rescind the Obama administration’s ban on pre-dispute arbitration agreements...
State News for July 2017
Jul 06, 2017
Illinois must reprioritize payments in order to make a dent in its $2 billion backlog of bills owed to Medicaid providers, including long-term care operators, a federal judge ordered in June.