An assessment of nearly 40,000 assisted living and memory care communities across 43 states found that 45% were cited for deficiencies over a two-year period. Pennsylvania was the state with the highest deficiency rate in this period, with 93% of communities being cited for at least one deficiency from the start of 2023 to the […]
Formation Healthcare Group
Lyft, Allscripts Join Forces to Provide Health Care Transportation A new partnership between ride-hailing service Lyft and healthcare information technology firm Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) could result in less lower-income patients missing doctor’s appointments due to lack of transportation. Under the new partnership, clinicians will be able order non-emergency Lyft rides for their patients using Allscript’s electronic health record (EHR) platform, […]
Soon, the assisted living industry may have its own version of ‘Nursing Home Compare.’ Raleigh, North Carolina-based senior housing analytics platform VisionLTC and Formation Healthcare Group (FHG)—a subsidiary of private investment management firm Formation Capital—recently joined forces to develop an assisted living quality database. The new database will serve many purposes, according to VisionLTC CEO Arick Morton. […]
Quality matters, and keeping track of data and providing good outcomes in skilled nursing facilities is crucial, especially as failure to do so could seriously impact a facility’s bottom line, said a panel of experts at the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) Skilled Nursing Symposium in Boca Raton, Fla. Documentation, […]
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