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September 27, 2023

• Colo. assisted living fined for cyber breach | 3 hospitals cutting rehab programs | The 'secret sauce' to a great nurse culture | Encompass rehab hospital taps CEO | 58 best healthcare employers: US News

September 20, 2023

• 55% of home health agency falls not reported | CNA sentenced to 25 years in patient death | 2 CEOs named | 1.3K SNFs at risk of closure | Family members fill nursing gaps

September 13, 2023

• $375M gift finances rehab center at Henry Ford | 8 fastest-growing healthcare jobs | Geisinger, Mass General Brigham expand home care | Telemedicine drops 30% at SNFs | A blind spot in healthcare

September 06, 2023

• Minimum staffing requirements set for SNF | Rehab nurse loses license | 2 rising post-acute stars | Ark. rehab hospital taps CEO | CMS debuts pop health payments

August 30, 2023

• States by hospitalizations of SNF patients | The disappearance of nursing homes | CMS finds no safe minimum staffing level | 10 top rehab hospitals in Fla. | How hospitals prepared for Idalia

August 23, 2023

• MA vs traditional Medicare post-acute care | Systems with the most at-home programs | PeaceHealth closes rehab hospital | Preparing for the next pandemic | The starting salary slowdown

August 16, 2023

• Nursing home costs jump 2.4% | Meet CEOs from the top rehab hospitals | Best, worst states for RN turnover | Calif. hospital seeks recertification | Hospitals pay millions for e-payments

August 09, 2023

• Minn. hospital shutters LTC facility | 154 top hospitals for care transitions | Woman charged with posing as hospice nurse | CareTrust, Ventas, NHC Q2 earnings | 10 states with growing COVID-19 admissions

August 02, 2023

• 10 top rehab hospitals: US News | CMS boosts inpatient rehab pay | The end of deferred care | 10 best, worst states for SNF staff levels | HCA Florida hospital CEO exits

July 26, 2023

• Atrium rehab hospital joins WHO alliance | Mass. system limits at-home care | Best, worst states for IJ warnings | SNF owner gets 21 years in patient's death | 1 in 5 workers 'loud quitting': Gallup

July 19, 2023

• 10 rehab hospitals with low readmission rates: CMS | Only 29% of SNFs reached proposed staffing standards | Novant, Ochsner partner on older adult care | NPs sue Calif. over use of 'Dr.'

July 12, 2023

• Post-acute care trends in '23 | Joint Commission creates memory care certificate | MGB rehab hospital gets $6M gift | Top 5 rehab hospitals in Texas | How SNFs rank in travel nurse pay

July 05, 2023

• CMS floats home care pay cut | 5 rehab hospitals tap CEOs | SNF owners face $83M fraud suit | Jefferson hospital converts ER to rehab space | Woman fires gun in Texas rehab center: Police

June 28, 2023

• Mayo Clinic partners on rehab residency | 2 women fatally shot in Calif. ALF | 6 physical medicine, rehab resident stats | $6M nursing home negligence case tossed | Great hospitals in America: 2023

June 21, 2023

• Jacksonville becomes rehab mecca | Transition info plagued with errors: CMS | HCA pushes patients into hospice, clinicians claim | How SNF clinicians influence rehospitalizations | San Antonio rehab hospital names CEO

June 14, 2023

• AdventHealth sells off nursing homes | 5 systems launching home-based care | 2 rehab hospitals name CEOs | Unhealthiest states for seniors: UnitedHealth Group | The shift from nonprofit to for-profit hospice

June 7, 2023

• AHA to CMS: Properly reimburse SNFs | Pa. nursing home to pay $7M in back wages | Md. rehab hospital names CEO | Ind. woman indicted in case of stolen LPN license | Top 10 post-acute stories of May

May 31, 2023

• CMS: 5-claim audits begin in June | Pa. SNF nurse charged in deaths of 2 patients | Ore. clinicians launch strike authorization vote | Okla. rehab hospital taps 2 leaders

May 24, 2023

• CDC updates infection control guidance | Mich. nurse charged after patient death | 2 hospitals close palliative, long-term care | SNF inspection troubles rise | Nursing home company sues feds over loan cap

May 17, 2023

• Laguna Honda seeks 3rd CMS extension | CNA calms armed intruder | FFS admissions up for SNF, down for home health | FDA OKs 1st agitation drug for Alzheimer's | Physician, pharmacist charged in 75-year-old patient's death

May 10, 2023

• Neb. hospital plans $21M LTC facility | Option Care Health to buy Amedisys for $3.6B | Northwell sues worker over morgue photos | Omega expands footprint in W.Va. | Ore. hospital restructures home health services

May 03, 2023

• Jefferson hospital will convert to rehab center | 10 top post-acute stories | The quick rise of hospital-at-home programs | 15 systems opening rehab hospitals | Ill. nursing home probed over lack of staff

April 26, 2023

• HHS unveils nursing home ownership data | Employee shot in SNF parking lot | Average RN pay, by state | Rehab hospital, physician settle fraud suit for $1.7M | 20 nursing homes opening, closing

April 19, 2023

• 130 nursing homes sue NY over profit cap law | Nurse pleads guilty after patient death | 11 systems opening rehab hospitals | Texas rehab hospital names CEO

April 12, 2023

• Memorial Hermann backs home infusion co. | Infections tied to eyedrops common in LTC patients | Medicaid + eviction perils | NJ high court to hear nursing home refund suit

April 05, 2023

• CMS proposes pay bump for SNFs | AHCA: Staffing mandates will worsen access issues | Texas rehab hospital opens, taps CEO | Miss. SNF wins whistleblower lawsuit | NY probes nursing home after viral video

March 29, 2023

• 4 systems adopt home-based care | OSHA, Colo. group partner on safety | Mo. SNFs see rise in mental health patients | Pa. invests $14M in long-term care | 15 nursing homes opening, closing

March 22, 2023

• Top 5 nursing homes by state: Newsweek | C. auris on the rise | NY nursing homes ease COVID visitor rules | Md. cuts ties with firm over abuse claims | 7 systems opening rehab hospitals

March 15, 2023

• Who's providing $600B in unpaid care | Man killed in bed at Calif. nursing facility | 85 best hospitals for patient experience: Healthgrades | Updated hand hygiene rules | The push for cameras in SNF rooms

March 08, 2023

• Atrium, Best Buy partner on home care | Biden: Budget won't cut Medicare 'a penny' | Fla. laws endanger SNF patients: AARP | Ga. orders nursing home to close in 24 hrs. | 5 dead in COVID outbreak at Mass. facility

March 01, 2023

• ProMedica to sell hospice, home care unit for $710M | Fla. SNF owner acquitted in patient deaths | Why fewer nurses are calling off at Erlanger | Can international nurses solve staff shortages? | SNF owners strike $7.2M false claims deal

February 22, 2023

• 4 nursing home contract disputes | 9 CNOs on the future of virtual nursing | Ex-nursing home owner charged in $6M tax scheme | Joint Commission-accredited nursing homes to see lower premiums

February 15, 2023

• HHS aims to boost nursing home owner transparency | Calif. hospital ends home healthcare | How to retain nurses | Worse outcomes tied to PE-owned facilities | 13 nursing home openings, closings

February 08, 2023

• Woman found alive after pronounced dead at SNF | Nursing home CEO charged in $407M fraud scheme | States discipline nurses tied to degree sham | CMS extends rehab hospital's discharge grace period | 2 Ohio SNFs to layoff 187

February 01, 2023

• 128 nursing home closures by state | Nurse degree scheme reaches SNFs | UT Health taps CEO for long-term care | Feds crack down on nursing home payments | Calif. nursing home to pay $30.9M over resident's death

January 25, 2023

• Nursing homes hardest hit by job losses | Senators to CMS: Drop staffing mandates | Amazon rolls out Rx service | Ex-nursing home operator to pay $8.4M over resident's death

January 18, 2023

• CMS to improve nursing home safety, transparency | Healthgrades' top 50 hospitals | Bob Dean sued — again | Mo. nursing home staff strike over pay, bed bugs | The case against mandatory staffing ratios

January 11, 2023

• Mass General, Beth Israel test in-home dementia care | Nursing homes to OSHA: Change COVID rules | 56 best healthcare jobs: US News | Calif. hospital to end home healthcare | Nursing home staffing: 6 stats

January 04, 2023

• Nursing homes sue NY over staffing minimums | Seniors at higher risk for strep A | 11 called-off hospital deals | 1 dead in Tenn. nursing home fire | New omicron strain makes steep ascent

December 14, 2022

• MedPAC recommends nursing home pay cut | NY requires nursing homes to report infections | Inmate shot, killed in Texas hospital | Joint Commission adds safety briefings to surveys | 5 systems seeking post-acute talent

December 07, 2022

• Understaffed nursing homes rarely fined | 7 nursing home openings + closings | Leapfrog's 115 top hospitals | Assisted living facilities need new care standards: report | 6 systems seeking post-acute leaders

November 30, 2022

• NY nursing home faces Medicaid fraud suit | Ohio nursing homes seek $600M in funding | Tenn. hospital patient dies after defibrillator fire | 5 systems hiring post-acute talent

November 23, 2022

• The future of hospital-at-home | Encompass to build 50-bed hospital in Fla. | Attorneys for fired MetroHealth CEO allege retaliation | 5 injured in rehab center fire | 7 systems hiring post-acute talent

November 16, 2022

• US News names Best Nursing Homes: 5 notes | La. nursing home owner settles suit for $12.5M | 36 'F' + straight-'A' hospitals: Leapfrog | Mont. nursing home to close | 6 systems seeking post-acute talent

November 09, 2022

• ProMedica to exit SNF joint venture | Baptist, Encompass to build $40M rehab center | Nurse who called 911 on ER speaks out | Orlando Health to launch hospital-at-home | 9 nursing home openings, closings + groundbreakings

November 02, 2022

• CMS' final payment rule for home health: 4 notes | RN imposter worked in 7 SC facilities, AG alleges | Mayo to offer home-based postpartum care | Ariz. hospital staff held hostage by patients | Vaccine rules updated for nursing homes

October 12, 2022

• Hackensack Meridian opens long-term facility | COVID boosters lag among SNF residents, staff | Encompass, Piedmont to open rehab hospital | 1 dead in Ore. nursing home fire | 5 SNF policy updates

October 05, 2022

• CMS urged to reissue nurse aid waivers | AARP files suit against Alden Group | Calif. SNF licensing bill closes loophole | Transitional care center opens in Va. | Alaska nursing home fined $310K | 6 nursing home closures

September 28, 2022

• HHS shares nursing home ownership data | Pa. nursing home abruptly closes | 2nd SNF patient dies after ingesting dishwashing liquid | Encompass to build rehab hospital in Fla. | Lawmakers: SNF understaffing hurt patient safety amid COVID

September 21, 2022

• 2 dead in SNF Legionnaires' outbreak | Pa. nursing home to close | Calif. nursing home staffers threaten strike | New CEO, COO at Nobis Rehab | Ind. nursing home closure lays off 71 | 80 evacuated in Wash. SNF fire

September 14, 2022

• Pa. strike ends | Feds issue warning to SNF debt collectors | Fortune: 15 best at-home care workplaces | Vt. nursing home workers allege racial harassment | 5 hospitals launch at-home programs | Pa. nursing home to close

September 07, 2022

• CVS to acquire Signify Health | 10 best workplaces for senior care, per Fortune | 4 updates on Pa. strikes | Froedtert opens rehab hospital | Tenn. facility loses CMS certification | 3 in 4 seniors won't be able to afford SNFs in '33

August 31, 2022

• 1 dead, 2 hospitalized after ingesting dishwashing liquid at SNF | NY nursing home opens COVID wing | 3 updates on looming SNF strike | Encompass plans new Pa. rehab hospital | Flood prompts Miss. SNF evacuation

August 24, 2022

• Strikes planned at 24 Pa. SNFs | HHS awards $25M to expand services | CMS: Link Medicaid payments to care quality | Prioritize infection control post-COVID: Dr. Kenneth Scott | Resilient partners on home healthcare | 6 nursing homes closing

August 17, 2022

• DOJ to retry nursing home owner in legal 1st | SF rehab hospital closure delayed | Home healthcare owner gets prison for $10M fraud | 10 states with highest, lowest-rated SNFs | Rat infestation closes VA nursing home

August 10, 2022

• SF sues to keep rehab hospital open | LTC workforce won't recover until '26: Report | 3 best, worst states for LTC | Denver nursing home to close after 105 years | 5 systems seeking post-acute talent

August 03, 2022

• 10 best rehab hospitals: US News | SF facility pauses resident transfers | Mount Sinai expands home health services | 5 national SNF standard updates | Nursing homes sue families to collect debts | 6 systems seeking post-acute talent

July 27, 2022

• CMS launches home-based care measures | Minn. hospital plans $12M nursing home | 429 5-star hospitals: CMS | Elevance Health expands post-acute program | SNF resident charged in roommate's slaying | CMS quality standards updated

July 20, 2022

• Staff minimums could cost $10B annually | CDC ups barrier precaution rules | 5 systems launching hospital-at-home programs | Troubled NJ, Iowa nursing homes to close | 6 systems seeking post-acute talent

July 13, 2022

• Wis. system launches hospital-at-home | Robot assists Minn. SNF patients | Biden's BA.5 plan | Senior living occupancy increasing | CMS updates SNF staff rating system | 7 systems seeking post-acute talent

July 06, 2022

• Tampa General launches home healthcare | 5 nursing home closures | 'Worst version' of COVID yet: 5 notes on BA.5 | CMS updates safety standards for LTCs | SNF chain owner strikes $1.75M false claims settlement | 6 systems seeking post-acute talent

June 29, 2022

• Memorial Hermann launches home healthcare | Troubled NC nursing home closes | Omicron 'sister variants' now dominant | La. nursing home owner arrested | Long COVID overlooked in seniors | 7 systems seeking post-acute talent

June 22, 2022

• San Francisco SNF preps for closure | DOJ sues nursing home chain | 4 COVID updates | Maine SNF adopts LGBTQ policies | AARP: COVID SNF cases on rise as boosters wane | 6 systems seeking post-acute talent

June 15, 2022

• CMS weighs SNF pay change | Pa. nursing home to close | Md. nursing home fire prompts evacuation | Delayed care, inflation fuel healthcare price sensitivity | AHA: Don't cut Medicare payments | 5 systems seeking post-acute talent

June 08, 2022

• Closure worries plague 73% of nursing homes | Medicare SNF spending up 4% in '20 | NY hospital ousts 3 leaders | Ill. nursing home chain owes workers $2.9M | Joint Commission urged to require safe staff levels | 7 systems seeking post-acute talent

June 01, 2022

• 47% of nursing home residents could be displaced | La. nursing home owner barred from federal funding | 5 best states for healthcare | Ill. enacts $700M reform plan | HHS urged to keep rehab hospital open | 6 systems seeking post-acute talent

April 27, 2022

• 400 nursing home closures projected in '22 | Fed. staffing plan spurs funding debate | Fauci: US 'out of pandemic phase' | Unionized LTCs report fewer COVID deaths | 4 nursing home staff law changes | Hawaii nursing home to close

April 20, 2022

• PE's ownership of nursing homes scrutinized | Calif. rehab hospital loses federal funding | Physician acquitted of 14 counts of murder | Trilogy's dramatic drop in COVID deaths spurs probe | 5 systems seeking post-acute talent

April 13, 2022

• CMS proposes $320M SNF rate cut, relaxes COVID rules | Ill. OKs $700M nursing home funding boost | 5 COVID updates | LTC workforce slow to recover | Fla. lowers daily care requirements | 8 systems seeking post-acute talent

April 6, 2022

• Nursing home spending to hit $273B by '30 | UnitedHealth to buy home-health co. for $5.4B | BA.2 dominant in US: 3 updates | Atrium inks global rehab partnership | Bankrupt Iowa nursing home gets buyer | 4 ways to address nursing home care crisis

March 30, 2022

• 5 changes needed to improve care | Nat'l staffing law would cost $4.9B annually | Nursing home COVID deaths hit record low | Orlando Health to build rehab institute | The blasé around BA.2 | 7 systems seeking post-acute talent

March 23, 2022

• 1 in 3 nursing home residents not boosted | Timeline of troubled NJ facility | BA.2 now 35% of US cases; Fauci: Surge unlikely | 5 states with highest, lowest nursing home staff shortages | Viewpoint: Don't blame nursing homes for COVID deaths

March 16, 2022

• New COVID testing rules for LTC centers | CMS stops funding admissions at NC nursing home | Pfizer seeks 2nd booster for seniors | 10 states with highest, lowest hours of daily nursing home care | 6 systems seeking post-acute talent

March 9, 2022

• CMS to NJ nursing home: Improve or lose funding | Ascension nursing home workers strike | Biden's nursing home reforms: 2 updates | 'Test-to-treat' now live | 6 systems seeking post-acute care talent | Bankrupt Iowa nursing chain seeks buyer

March 2, 2022

• Biden's nursing home overhaul | US unveils new COVID plan | NY nursing home workers plan strike | 10 states with highest, lowest in-home care rates | State of the Union: 7 healthcare notes | La. nursing home owner's legal battle: A timeline

February 23, 2022

• COVID boosters lag among nursing home staff | Safety incidents reach record high in '21 | 6 systems seeking post-acute care talent | Cost of long-term care, by state | La. nursing home owner claims dementia in legal battle

February 16, 2022

• N.J. halts admissions at troubled nursing home | S.C. nursing home owner charged with neglect | Omicron subvariant in 47 states + 4 updates | 7 systems seeking post-acute care talent | 203 certified nursing facilities

February 9, 2022

• CMS adds booster dose data to nursing home Care Compare | 2 NJ nurses indicted in nursing home patient's death | Omicron's decline revives mask debate | Strokes + COVID: 3 new findings | Analysis gives updated nursing home COVID death toll

February 2, 2022

• CMS makes nursing home staffing data available | An unusual omicron symptom + 8 COVID updates | Rapid test shortage slows nursing homes' omicron fight | 5 states with highest, lowest nursing home positivity rates

January 26, 2022

• AARP: Nursing homes should require COVID boosters | 7 notes on new omicron subvariant | Former Ark. nursing home owner charged in $29.5M Medicare scheme | Wellness check uncovers 2 deaths at NC facility | 4 factors may predict long COVID

January 19, 2022

• 5 states with the highest, lowest COVID rates | When to expect free N95s, at-home tests | Mich. health officials criticize report on excess nursing home deaths | 3 COVID forecasts to know | 4 states implement new COVID rules for nursing homes

January 12, 2022

• COVID-19 surges through US nursing homes: 5 states with worst outbreaks | Omicron spread, severity: 2 findings | CMS plans to limit Aduhelm coverage | Nursing homes urge HHS to extend public health emergency

January 5, 2022

• Nursing home staff shortages overwhelm hospitals | 5 states see record COVID hospitalizations | NJ to pay families $52.9M for COVID deaths in veterans homes | New variant found in France | NY delays law on nursing home spending, profit cap

December 22, 2021

• Nursing homes urge CMS to allow visitation limits | FDA authorizes 1st COVID antiviral | Former nursing home owner charged in $3M Medicare, tax fraud case | Booster rates by state | Top 10 post-acute stories in '21

December 15, 2021

• CMS urged to reinstate nursing home aide training | Lawsuit: Calif. nursing home owner responsible for 24 COVID deaths | Omicron's spread + symptoms: WHO, CDC updates | Ohio nursing homes get $300M to ease staffing shortages

December 8, 2021

• 10 states with the strongest elder abuse protections | Iowa nursing home faces $685K in fines | How the government plans to combat winter COVID surges | National Guard sent to NY nursing homes | 6 states make up 60% of COVID hospitalizations

December 1, 2021

• NY nursing homes must offer boosters | COVID hospitalizations at all-time high in 3 states | Healthcare worker vaccine rule blocked nationwide | 6 post-acute care studies | VA data reveals COVID's toll on state-operated facilities

November 24, 2021

• Nursing home tied to deadly COVID outbreak open under new name | 5 facts on the home health workforce | Holiday COVID numbers in 2020 vs. today | Minn. taps National Guard to help short-staffed nursing homes

November 17, 2021

• CMS lifts nursing home visitation restrictions | Jefferson Health, Bayada partner on home care | 3 states where COVID hospitalizations are rising fastest | Genesis Healthcare shakes up leadership

 

November 10, 2021

• US News names Best Nursing Homes for '21-'22 | 7 La. nursing homes to stay closed for a year | COVID-19 cases up in 29 states | CDC launches $500M initiative to support nursing homes | Telehealth's pros + cons in long-term care

 

November 3, 2021

• States ranked by nursing home vaccination rates | 800 La. nursing home workers laid off | COVID cases up in 20 states, down or flat in 30 | CDC: mRNA vaccines may be less effective for immunocompromised | COVID cases up 20% in Iowa nursing homes