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THCA Member Benefit: Incite Strategic Partners
THCA Legislative Report: 88th Session of the Texas Legislature
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THCA Member Benefit: Incite Strategic Partners
The Texas Health Care Association (THCA) has partnered with Incite Strategic Partners, a Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) dedicated to serving senior living communities of all sizes. THCA had many reasons for selecting Incite as their exclusive GPO partner. The most important goals that steer this new relationship are:
Benefits THCA & AHCA/NCAL Members with competitive pricing and customer service
Drives Greater Resident Satisfaction with high quality product offerings
Generates Recurring Non-Dues Revenue for THCA & AHCA/NCAL
THCA Legislative Report: 88th Session of the Texas Legislature
The THCA Legislative Report: 88th Session of the Texas Legislature is a summary of the actions taken by the 88th Legislature affecting long-term care, including bills that passed and some that did not. THCA members and representatives were active at the Capitol this legislative session every day talking to members, addressing their concerns, and answering their questions.
As we move into the summer and prepare for special sessions, THCA members must stay involved with their elected officials.
Providers and consultants who work closely with nursing homes on compliance issues are both bristling at extensive new regulations — especially those that dictate how they can use certain medications — and embracing the application of fewer tags, or citations, in other caregiving areas.
Less than two months after he was ordered to stand trial in a $39 million fraud case, former Skyline Healthcare owner Joseph Schwartz has for the second time pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges.
The nation’s largest rural healthcare provider opened a new state-of-the-art training center on Tuesday as part of an initiative to prepare workers to deliver modern, transformative care.
Earlier diabetes diagnosis linked to dementia risk … HHS maintains ‘not effective’ rating for its information security program … Operation ‘Happy Clickers’ leads to five more settlements against telemedicine docs who ordered unnecessary orthotics
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he will nominate TV personality and unsuccessful Senate candidate Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, as the next administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
People diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at younger ages have higher risks for developing dementia compared to people diagnosed at 70 or older, according to recent findings published in PLOS ONE.
About 1 in 20 adults with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have to be hospitalized within 28 days of infection, a report published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open shows.
Meditation may seem like a beneficial solution for many health conditions, but it did not increase overall cardiovascular health in older adults, according to a new study. That said, it improved blood pressure in some at-risk participants, the data shows.
Long-term cardiovascular drug use tied to reduced dementia risk, study finds … Report: Long-term blood pressure changes linked with glaucoma progression … Ablation works best for heart attack survivors with rapid heartbeat, study reveals … Phase 2 trial: Parkinson’s vaccine is safe, tolerable … Study: Pill lowers genetically high cholesterol by almost 86%
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday issued "significant revisions” to its long-term care surveyor guidance, with changes affecting everything from admission and discharge standards to the use of psychotropic medications and newly adopted infection prevention practices.