CMS to post more nursing home ownership data, facility health data for first time when it unfreezes star...
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 03, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will begin posting certain nursing home ownership information and aggregated MDS data for all residents at a facility.
Skipping tech over price tag an ‘opportunity lost’ for hesitant nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 26, 2024
While it remains difficult to quantify how investments in technology are paying off, some skilled nursing providers say they are buying into more options because today’s margins don’t afford them missed...
DOJ hits telehealth firm for $4.6M in false claims settlement involving nursing homes
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 14, 2024
A company that provides mental telehealth services to skilled nursing residents has agreed to pay the federal government $4.6 million to resolve false claims allegations.
‘Don’t panic — prepare,’ experts urge in ‘new era’ of health data
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2024
Long-term care operators who may think that more complex health data gathering will be important only at the end of this decade, or that it can somehow be evaded altogether, are in for a rude awakening.
Latest bed sensor innovations are from outer space, literally
By
Aaron Dorman
Oct 13, 2023
A new sensor for bedridden seniors has been derived from technology initially used to help build and repair the International Space Station.
‘Sky is the limit’ for health information networks’ SNF insights
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 24, 2024
An expanding health information exchange connecting 71 hospitals and nearly 600 post-acute providers in New Jersey is exceeding expectations.
Government policies needed for full interoperability in senior care, experts argue
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 28, 2024
Experts on a virtual panel highlighted the need for tighter government policies to ensure standards to foster interoperability in PAC.
Low-level UV lights could keep senior care facilities COVID-free, researchers suggest
By
Aaron Dorman
Aug 11, 2023
A research team is studying whether UV lights mounted on the ceilings of LTC facilities could kill airborne diseases like COVID.
Researchers’ app finally lets nursing homes and hospitals talk the same info-sharing language
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 18, 2023
Attempting to reduce rehospitalizations, researchers have developed a new app allowing hospitals and nursing homes info-sharing capability.
Skilled nursing seniors support VR with eye-popping enthusiasm, latest study shows
By
Aaron Dorman
Dec 20, 2023
New study results show that seniors in SNFs believe using VR tech overwhelmingly helped address feelings of loneliness and social isolation.