Promising Alzheimer’s treatment options lead to expanded PET scan recommendations
By
Aaron Dorman
Jul 24, 2023
CMS is now recommending expanding coverage for PET scans by lifting the current single-test limit.
CMS prods hospitals to improve discharge info for SNFs, home health
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 09, 2023
Hospitals’ shortcomings in providing post-acute care providers with adequate discharge information prompted federal regulators to issue a special memo Tuesday.
Healthcare telehealth pandemic boom offers senior living providers lessons
By
Christine Birkner
May 17, 2023
For senior living residents, telehealth is a convenient way to get medical care and improve overall health.
New telehealth platform helps with seniors’ chronic health needs
By
John Roszkowski
May 10, 2023
Seniors on Medicare and Medicaid with chronic medical conditions can get more access to 24/7 virtual care in their own homes, no matter what the setting, thanks to a new global telehealth platform on the...
Telehealth’s upward growth trajectory hits a bump in February
By
John O'Connor
May 04, 2023
While the use of telehealth generally continues to expand, its use declined by 6.8% nationwide in February, according to the Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
Medicare Diabetes Prevention telehealth program expected to continue through 2023
By
John Roszkowski
May 02, 2023
The Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program’s telehealth capabilities will not cease when the public health emergency is allowed to sunset in nine days, allowing program providers more time to resume in-person...
99 percent of physicians and hospitals won’t give post-acute referrals unless providers support interoperability:...
By
Christine Birkner
Apr 26, 2023
Ninety-nine percent of U.S. hospitals and physicians are more likely to refer patients to a post-acute care provider that can support electronic data exchange, according to a new survey of more than 400...
PharMerica, BrightSpring data breach ‘does not currently impact operations’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 11, 2023
National long-term care pharmacy PharMerica Corp. and BrightSpring Health Services experienced a cyber breach in late March, a BrightSpring Health Services spokesperson told the McKnight’s Business Daily...
Online reviews ‘possible, yet underexplored’ source of data on assisted living quality: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 24, 2023
In an industry that lacks public quality reporting data, prospective residents are turning to online reviews, which may or may not be valid and reliable measures of quality and satisfaction, according...
Healthcare data breach affects more than 4.2 million people
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 20, 2023
More than 4.2 million people were affected by a July 2022 healthcare data breach at Independent Living Systems, the Miami-based vendor of clinical and third-party administrative services to managed care...