Long-Term and Post-Acute Care HIT Summit  (Jun 7)
Attendees can expect a thought-provoking, cutting-edge mix of national policy, strategies, standards, updates on current industry initiatives, research, implementation guidance, and technology vendor interaction.

Get filled in on the latest on key issues, trends, and solutions for aging services, and focus on advancing the LTC HIT roadmap initiatives and key areas for advancement, including the healthcare stimulus package, the administration change, and the opportunities for post-acute and LTC. Attendees can expect to see a showcase of HIT standards in action through interoperability demonstrations, and case studies on the latest LTC research and implementation successes. If you work in post-acute and long-term care, this is the premier Health IT conference to attend.

Aug 6

MDS 3.0 to 'dramatically affect' survey process
The survey system will change back to a non-quality measure (QM)-based system

Jul 31

Ballmer: Microsoft feels tablet 'urgency'
The software giant is urgently working with its partners to unveil a host of tablet computers running Windows 7

Jul 23

CMS releases SNF PPS rates for fiscal year 2011
CMS included an update to the SNF PPS rates for fiscal year (FY) 2011 in the July 22 Federal Register