Posted by Jason Greis on December 5, 2009 under Articles | 
In October 2009, a Federal judge in Arkansas sentenced the medical director of an Arkansas hospital-within-hospital LTACH and an account representative and emergency unit coordinator of the host hospital to fines and probation for violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) by unlawfully viewing a high profile patient’s electronic medical records. (U.S. v. Holland, E.D. Ark., No. 09-cr-168, sentencing Oct. 26, 2009; U.S. v. Griffin, E.D. Ark., No. 09-cr-169, sentencing Oct. 26, 09; U.S. v. Miller, E.D. Ark., No. 09-cr-170, sentencing Oct. 26, 2009). Read More...
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Posted by Jason Greis on September 23, 2009 under Industry News |
Houston-based Triumph HealthCare, the nation’s third largest provider of LTACH services, announced September 15 that it would acquire St. Agnes Long Term Care Hospital from Mercy Health System. The 58-bed LTACH hospital is located in the former St. Agnes Medical Center in South Philadelphia. The deal, which is expected to close by mid December, will increase Triumph’s hospital count to twenty-one and will be Triumph’s second LTACH in Pennsylvania. Triumph has entered into a long-term lease arrangement with St. Agnes, and future plans for the Hospital-within-Hospital facility call for the conversion of ten existing beds to a licensed ICU and an expansion of onsite procedures. Read More...
Posted by Jason Greis on February 8, 2009 under Industry News |
Kindred Healthcare is poised to continue the strategic growth of its LTACH business. Kindred, which is already the largest operator of LTACHs in the U.S. (with over 80 LTACHs and 6,428 licensed beds) opened 70-bed freestanding Kindred Hospital-The Palm Beaches in Riviera Beach, Florida on October 13, 2008. Read More...
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