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Infection prevention in senior living facilities has come a long way since the onset of COVID-19, but significant risks remain.…
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Boynton Beach, Fla.-based Bethesda Hospital, part of Baptist Health, is discontinuing pediatric rehabilitation services at three locations beginning Aug. 21, according to a July 28 hospital notice. Pediatric rehab services are being discontinued at Bethesda Hospital East in Boynton Beach,…
Occupational therapy aides are seeing the greatest jump in employment and pay among 15 post-acute care positions. Becker’s examined Bureau of Labor Statistics data for 15 nursing home, rehabilitation and post-acute jobs. We collected 2024 and 2025 employment and pay…
Boise, Idaho-based Saint Alphonsus Regional Rehabilitation Hospital named Boyd Davis CEO. He will lead the 60-bed rehab hospital, which opened in 2019 and recently doubled its capacity. Mr. Davis previously served as CEO at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Wichita…
A planning and zoning commission in Connecticut and a city council in Florida approved the building of two new rehabilitation hospitals. 1. Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health received the Planning and Zoning Commission’s approval to build a 50-bed inpatient medical rehabilitation…
Omaha, Neb.-based Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital said three in 10 children currently treated at the hospital are there due to e-bike or e-scooter injuries, WOWT reported July 20. Here is what to know. 1. Among e-bike or e-scooter injury patients, 30%…
CMS is identifying and streamlining the review process for higher-performing nursing homes. The changes come after a successful pilot program was completed across 22 states, according to a July 16 agency news release. “At CMS, we are continually looking for…
Lifepoint Rehabilitation, an operating division of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health, has formed a joint venture with Christus Good Shepherd Medical Center–Longview in Texas to operate Longview Rehabilitation Hospital. Three notes: 1. The jointly owned rehabilitation hospital was renamed Christus Health…
The Leapfrog Group and the American College of Surgeons have established a new designation for hospitals that provide high-quality surgical care for older adults. The Recognized Leader in Geriatric Surgery designation is based on performance in the American College of…
Medicare’s spending on hospice has nearly doubled, going from $15.5 billion to $27.5 billion from 2015 to 2024, according to a WatchBlog post from the Government Accountability Office. Here is what to know. 1. The increase in spending is partially…
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement named 14 systems in the U.S. to achieve Age-Friendly Health Systems Systemwide Spread. From 2024 to 2025, IHI convened 30 systems in the Age-Friendly System-wide Spread Collaborative. The collaborative focused on embedding the 4Ms model…