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Clinical Care
Coronavirus: Speech Language Pathologists Playing Key Frontline RoleCoronavirus patients who are placed on ventilators need help from speech language pathologists such as restoring the ability to swallow.
Clinical Care
Northwell Opens Acute Ventilator Recovery Units for Coronavirus PatientsFor seriously ill coronavirus patients, acute ventilator recovery units serve as a bridge between ICU care and acute rehabilitation facilities.
Clinical Care
Tampa General, Kindred Healthcare JV Will Build Rehab HospitalThe $35 million, 80,000-square-foot hospital is expected to open in the fall of 2021.
Finance
Quarterly Financials Up, Yearly Financials Down for EncompassThe Birmingham, Alabama-based post acute care provider saw cash flows slide by nearly 17% year-over-year.
Nursing
Doctors And Nurses With Addictions Often Denied A Crucial Recovery OptionNon-disciplinary programs monitor doctors and nurses for a number of years and are monitored by addiction specialists and state authorities.
Clinical Care
New Kindred Healthcare CMO Wants to Bridge the Payer-Provider GapThe new chief medical officer at Kindred Healthcare, with a background in emergency medicine and health plan management, is focused...
Encompass Health to Pay $48M to Settle False Claims Allegations
Federal prosecutors said the company allegedly submitted false diagnoses to maintain its status as a Medicare IRF and get a...
Innovation
Fitbit Shows Length-of-Stay Benefits in Every 100 Steps After SurgeryFor every 100 steps taken the day after surgery, up to 1,000 steps, Cedars-Sinai researchers found that patients decreased their...
Medicare Paid $5.7B for 'Not Reasonable and Necessary' Inpatient Rehab Care
An OIG audit found widespread noncompliance with IRF guidelines, with providers and CMS sharing the blame.
Finance
Long-term Care Hospital Reimbursement Loophole ChallengedA new working paper recommends that long-term care hospitals lose their special reimbursement schedules under Medicare and instead get paid...