AI can cut back on high-touch billing tasks, but some staff still see its as a high threat
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 13, 2024
Artificial intelligence can pay major dividends when it comes to managing back-office billing efforts, but the key to maximizing payments with it lies in knowing exactly where to build in coaching and...
‘Private equity abuse’ in long-term care is target of new federal bill
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 13, 2024
Two Democratic senators from Massachusetts have introduced a bill they say is meant to “root out corporate greed and private equity abuse” in nursing homes, assisted living communities, home health...
Tau PET performs well in predicting dementia in individuals with MCI
Jun 12, 2024
Tau positron emission tomography predicts all-cause dementia and Alzheimer disease dementia
Biden administration pushes for rule wiping medical debt from credit reports
Jun 12, 2024
In an effort to keep medical debt from destroying credit scores, the Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is moving ahead with a proposal that would remove healthcare bills from consideration...
Omega Healthcare Investors has ‘headroom’ to withstand LaVie’s bankruptcy: Fitch Ratings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 12, 2024
Omega Healthcare Investors’ credit rating has enough of a cushion to weather the recent bankruptcy of tenant LaVie Care Centers, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.
Heat exposure increases myocardial blood flow
Jun 11, 2024
There was an approximately twofold increase seen from preexposure values with core temperature increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius.
FDA advisers support new Alzheimer’s drug
Jun 11, 2024
A US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously on Monday to recommend that the benefits of a new drug for Alzheimer’s outweigh its harms, which can include brain swelling and...
Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir no aid for long COVID symptoms
Jun 10, 2024
The findings based on symptoms at 10 weeks following 15-day course in vaccinated cohort.
Senior living sees slowing rate growth, high discounts in first quarter: NIC
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 10, 2024
Inflation, it seems, is catching up with the pace of rate growth in the senior living sector.
Master plan on aging fails to ensure ‘robust’ long-term care continuum that includes senior living,...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 10, 2024
Pennsylvania’s master plan on aging, although well-intended, focuses most of its attention on home care and community services and falls short of ensuring a “robust” long-term care continuum for...