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August 2010 Blog Posts (37)

Career Opportunities:

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Added by Tony Perry on August 31, 2010 at 7:14pm — No Comments

Long-Term Care Leads Lackluster Session

Long-Term Care Leads Lackluster Session…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 31, 2010 at 6:47pm — No Comments

American Association of Homes and Services to be no more

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 31, 2010 at 11:22am — No Comments

Judge Denies Motion for Mistrial in Case Against Nursing Home Company

On Friday, Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Bruce Watson denied Skilled Healthcare's motion for a mistrial in a class-action lawsuit that imposed about $677 million in damages against the…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 31, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Hospitals care for hundreds of Medicaid patients per year others won't take

Hospitals care for hundreds of Medicaid patients per year others won't take…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 28, 2010 at 9:45pm — No Comments

Commission Considers Strategies To Maximize Long-Term Care in California

Commission Considers Strategies To Maximize Long-Term Care in California.…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 28, 2010 at 1:38pm — No Comments

New rules on Medicare coverage of therapy in nursing homes

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently approved changes in reimbursement to nursing hopes treating patients in need of rehabilitative therapy, which may influence the staffing needs of some facilities.

Beginning on October 1, 2010, the new rules will go into effect, essentially scaling back Medicare reimbursement to 50 percent for each patient in a pair or group being simultaneously treated during concurrent… Continue

Added by Jason Stinnett, LNHA on August 27, 2010 at 8:37pm — No Comments

As older people grow in numbers, experts seek ways to handle to coming boom

As older people grow in numbers, experts seek ways to handle to coming boom…

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Added by Tony Perry on August 27, 2010 at 1:06pm — No Comments

Kindred to Pay $218 Million for Hospitals, Nursing Homes

Kindred to Pay $218 Million for Hospitals, Nursing Homes…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 27, 2010 at 12:49pm — No Comments

From the nursing home to the big screen: 'Death cat' to be immortalized in new film

From the nursing home to the big screen: 'Death cat' to be immortalized in new film…

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Added by Mike Nessen on August 27, 2010 at 10:41am — No Comments

Officials detail MDS, RUG transition

Officials detail MDS, RUG transition options for skilled nursing…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 27, 2010 at 10:35am — No Comments

Reimbursement Update

Just recently (within the last ten or so days), President Obama signed a $26 billion jobs bill, including $16 billion (of the $26 billion) allocated for a six month continuation of the enhanced FMAP (Medicaid match) originally…

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Added by Reginald Hislop III on August 24, 2010 at 6:17pm — 2 Comments

Ruling halts caregiver choices based on race

Ind. ruling halts caregiver choices based on race…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 24, 2010 at 10:45am — No Comments

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Added by OnlyLTCJobs on August 20, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Silver Alerts spread the word quickly when seniors are missing

A Chickasha woman said she was amazed at how quickly the word got out after her mother disappeared and a Silver Alert was…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 20, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Benefits of palliative care include longer, better life.

Benefits of palliative care include longer, better life, study finds…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 20, 2010 at 9:52am — No Comments

MRSA cases may be waning as fears of new superbug emerge

MRSA cases may be waning as fears of new superbug emerge…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 19, 2010 at 10:38am — No Comments

Health Care Job Creation Numbers for July Rise to 2009 Levels

The MedZilla Report for August 2010 - Health Care Job Creation Numbers for July Rise to 2009 Levels…

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Added by Tony Perry on August 19, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Homecare Homebase™ Knowledge Link™ Enhancement Enables Customers to Accurately Project Effects of Proposed 2011 Reimbursement Changes

Homecare Homebase™ Knowledge Link™ Enhancement Enables Customers to Accurately Project Effects of Proposed 2011 Reimbursement Changes

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Today, Homecare Homebase, LP announced the deployment of a powerful enhancement to their Knowledge Link Business Analyzer Module, part of the Homecare Connections™ suite of products. The newest functionality allows Homecare Homebase customers to quickly and accurately identify the effects of the proposed 2011 CMS Medicare… Continue

Added by LTCCareer.com on August 18, 2010 at 11:59am — No Comments