Tuesday Links: How to profit from new CMS regulation changes, New electronic claims regulation could save providers time, and more

Here are some recent items of interest for skilled nursing facilities:

• Has the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services underestimated us again? Shelly Measure with McKnight's seems to think so. An interesting article on how to profit from new CMS regulation changes.
• A recent article in McKnight's reports HHS: New electronic claims regualtion could save providers time, money.
• McKnight's article reports that republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum says he favors privatizing Medicare and says he would like to see the elimination of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
• Patricia Sheehan with Long-Term Living published an interesting profile recently about Golden Living. Learn how this multi-location skilled nursing facility leveraged technology to improve care collaboration.
• Sandra Hoban's recent article in Long-Term Living discusses positive aging through technology. Learn about how the Front Porch not-for-profit family of retirement communities, headquartered in Burbank, Calif., embraces a philosophy of identifying, researching and testing programs that help its residents enjoy fuller lives.