Indiana-based healthcare software company Olio has partnered with Indiana University Health to improve communication between healthcare provider teams within acute-care hospitals and nursing homes.
Robotic pets helping to curb loneliness amid pandemic
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 01, 2020
Several states have been using robotic pets to help older adults combat the effects of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sabra: PDPM’s cost savings dwindle in wake of COVID-19
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2020
The financial savings from the Patient Driven Payment Model have “pretty much gone away” following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Sabra Health Care REIT CEO Rick Matros noted in a first-quarter...
June Business Briefs
Jun 01, 2020
» HealthDirect Pharmacy Services announced it acquired the long-term care pharmacy operations of Northeast Pharmacy Services in May. It’s the company’s sixth pharmacy in the state of Pennsylvania....
Occupancy falls by 11%
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2020
Diversicare Healthcare Services President and CEO Jay McKnight estimated that the skilled nursing industry saw an 11% drop in occupancy in the first quarter, largely due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Ask the payment expert: How can we stay financially sound during and after a pandemic?
By
Caryn Adams
Jun 01, 2020
How can we stay financially sound during and after a pandemic?
PASRR assessment paused
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 01, 2020
Federal regulators have put pre-admission screenings on the back burner, at least temporarily, during the coronavirus pandemic.
States hold the key to new MDS item sets, expert says
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2020
Providers’ responses to an update of MDS item sets 3.0 (version 1.17.2) will largely depend on what their respective state Medicaid agencies will require under the new format, a payment expert said.
NY nursing homes no longer being forced to accept residents who have already been COVID-19 positive
Jun 01, 2020
New York has ended a requirement that forced nursing homes to admit residents, regardless of their COVID-19 status, in a reversal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).
Asymptomatic testing a go
Jun 01, 2020
California — California state officials announced in late April that they would begin testing asymptomatic individuals in nursing homes.