Administration
| July 3, 2019
3 ways to take the pain out of prior authorizations
Obtaining prior authorizations can cost your practice some 14 hours of staff time per physician per week.
This whitepaper explains the three key capacities your IT partner should be able to offer you, so you can confidently hand this administrative burden off to them.
- Know when an order has been created
- Determine whether an authorization is needed
- Obtain that authorization on your practice’s behalf
Free your staff up from hours of phone work every week. This whitepaper shows you how.
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| December 13, 2018
National Health Investors on board for $25 million skilled nursing project
National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE: NHI) entered into an agreement to finance the development of a 144-bed skilled nursing facility near Milwaukee, a $25.35 million commitment with a 9.5% initial yield.
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| December 12, 2018
BrightSpring, PharMerica to merge
Long-term care pharmacy PharMerica intends to merge with BrightSpring Health Services, a large provider of home- and community-based care.
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| November 27, 2018
DC, Virginia long-term care costs steadily rising
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that a report shows the median annual cost of a private room in a nursing home went up nearly 7.7 percent to $102,200 from 2017 to 2018.
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| November 27, 2018
Investors keep buying into skilled nursing facilities
Investment in skilled nursing facilities hasn’t slowed down despite persistent dark clouds surrounding the industry’s outlook.
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| November 27, 2018
Heavy hospice caseloads, delayed unionization hurting care
John Shannon’s growing caseload was causing the social worker in hospice care to rush from patient to patient.
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| November 20, 2018
Improper pay rates down $4.59 billions, CMS says
A sharp drop in home health improper payments, in particular, is a big part of the reason why.
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| November 20, 2018
PharmScript acquires Doehring’s LTC Pharmacy
"PharmScript is excited to build on its momentum in the Midwest with the acquisition of Doehring's," said Michael Segal, CEO of PharmScript.
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| November 20, 2018
Post-acute nurses find more satisfaction in career, report shows
Pay and benefits for home care, hospice, palliative care and long-term care nurses haven’t always been on par with nurses who work in the acute setting.
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| November 15, 2018
Troubled Buffalo nursing home to close, state says
incidents led the NYS Department of Health to strip operation of Emerald South from its previous owner.
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