$2.4 million to settle breach
A Texas health system agreed to pay $2.4 million in May to settle potential HIPAA violations stemming from an incident where it named a patient in a press release.
Print Issue: June 01, 2017
Kindred may be eyeing sale
Kindred Healthcare Inc. may be exploring a full sale along with its exit from the skilled nursing sector, Reuters reported in April.
Where are they now: Alverno Health Care
While it’s too soon to know for sure, Alverno Health Care in Clinton, IA, expects it will decrease hospital admissions this year through telemedicine.
Hospital visits drop by 25%
Potentially avoidable hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries have dropped 25% since 2013, according to the “America’s Health Ranking Senior Report” from the United Health Foundation.
Chain-tied entrants are not disrupting local competition
The number of nursing homes affiliated with a chain provider has increased in recent years, with independent facilities becoming less common. But chains’ growth typically poses little threat to local market competition, according to a new study.
Price wants more tech and less government meddling
Physicians need to be more patient-facing, not computer-facing, according to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, M.D.
Paltry pay raise not unexpected
Nursing home operators will receive a $390 million Medicare pay increase in fiscal 2018, the Centers for the Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in a rule proposed in late April.
The cat’s meow
One of St. Augustine Health Ministries’ most popular employees never had a job interview, or submitted an application — she simply showed up in the parking lot.
State News for June 2017
State drafting measures to create universal, single payer healthcare program after Canada’s example
Arbitration rules get two major victories
The use of arbitration agreements in nursing homes may be bouncing back after it was banned in last year’s final rule for long-term care providers.
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