Senior living providers need strategic AI plans ‘as soon as possible,’ expert says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 15, 2024
Artificial intelligence increasingly is being used by senior living operators and the companies that serve them, and those operators that haven’t implemented it risk being less efficient than their competitors...
Bipartisan group pushes for more investment, permanent telehealth for Medicare providers
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 17, 2024
With a deadline to extend current telehealth reimbursement policies fast approaching, a bipartisan group of policy advocates is calling on legislators to make telehealth a permanent fixture of US healthcare...
EHR misuse at center of $21M rehab upcoding settlement for Grand Health
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 12, 2024
The Grand Health Care System and its 12 affiliated skilled nursing facilities will pay more than $21.3 million to settle allegations of therapy upcoding that involved a quota system for keeping billing...
Learn about staffing, AI solutions from industry experts June 27 at free virtual event
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 24, 2024
What happens when you bring together provider experts and marketplace partners to discuss the long-term care field’s most pressing issues? Fresh ideas, new approaches and innovative solutions. Join McKnight’s...
Tuesday is final deadline to enter expanded McKnight’s Tech Awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 03, 2024
Tuesday, July 9, is the final deadline to enter the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program, expanded for 2024.
Health lawyers, bioethicist call for tighter regulation of AI in prior authorizations
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 15, 2024
Although artificial intelligence promises exciting efficiency benefits, its usage in insurance prior authorizations demands wider and more holistic oversight from state and federal bodies, a trio of experts...
Monday is standard deadline for McKnight’s Tech Awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2024
Monday is the standard deadline for the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program.
July 1 is standard deadline for McKnight’s Tech Awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2024
Monday is the standard deadline for the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program.
Wearable tech shows promise in spotting falls among older adults at home, improving reaction time
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 01, 2024
A new technology may be able to boost reaction times to help older adults who fall at home get care more quickly.
Simple test best to predict hip fracture risk in older adults, new study finds
By
Donna Shryer
Jul 02, 2024
Researchers recently evaluated three tools to help predict risk of hip fracture in adults aged 80 and older, a population that accounts for 70% of hip fractures in the United States. The three processes...