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Texas rehab closes all locations amid federal probe
The Texas Federal Wellness Health and Rehab in Edinburg has shut its doors following a months-long federal investigation into claims that a co-owner and his sister were defrauding a federal worker's compensation program. -
Colorado assisted living facility fined for cyber breach
Broomfield (Colo.) Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center settled with the state attorney general's office and agreed to pay a fine of up to $60,000 after a cyberattack exposed private information about thousands of patients and employees, CBS News reported Sept. 24. -
Wisconsin rehab hospital names CEO
Milwaukee Rehabilitation Hospital at Greenfield (Wis.) appointed Shelley Stubbendeck CEO. -
CNO to become CEO of Virginia hospice system
Nancy Littlefield, DNP, RN, will become the CEO of Hospice of the Piedmont Oct. 2 after serving as another system's chief nursing officer for about seven years. -
New staffing requirements could put 1,300 nursing homes at risk of closure
Nursing homes across the U.S. may soon be faced with the challenge to remain fully staffed, or close, after President Joe Biden proposed minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes as part of an effort to improve patient safety on Sept. 1. -
10 states with best, worst staff turnover rates in nursing homes
Washington, D.C., has the lowest nurse turnover rate for nursing homes while Montana has the highest, according to CMS data. -
Telemedicine use dropped 30% for skilled nursing facilities since 2020
The use of telemedicine by skilled nursing facilities has declined by 30 percent in the last three years, according to research published Aug. 18 in JAMA. -
Mass General Brigham expands 'hospital at home' program
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham's is expanding its Home Hospital program to three more hospitals, according to a Sept. 11 news release. -
55% of falls at home health agencies not reported in OASIS
HHS found that 55 percent of falls among Medicare home health patients were not reported on patient assessments. -
Florida hospital taps CEO
Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Jacksonville (Fla.) has appointed Curtis Whetzel, DPT, as its new CEO, according to a Sept. 5 news release. -
Biden administration sets minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes
President Joe Biden zeroed in on details around his administration's newly proposed minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes as part of an effort to improve patient safety at these facilities, according to a Sept. 1 opinion piece published in USA Today. -
Mercy Health, Lifepoint break ground on rehab hospital
Mercy Health-Youngstown (Ohio) and Lifepoint Rehabilitation broke ground on a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital in that city. -
Arkansas rehab hospital names CEO
Pine Bluff, Ark.-based Jefferson Regional and Nashville, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Rehabilitation named Mary Daggett as CEO of their upcoming rehabilitation and behavioral health hospital, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Sep. 1. -
CMS pitches staffing ratios for nursing homes
CMS proposed installing staffing requirements in nursing homes Sept. 1, a few days after the agency posted, then unpublished, research that failed to find a recommended staffing level in skilled nursing facilities. -
CMS study finds no single minimum staffing level for nursing facilities
A study commissioned by CMS found no single recommendation for an appropriate level of staffing that would guarantee quality care, KFF Health News reported Aug. 29. -
Lifestyle factors could increase nursing home admissions by 43%: Study
Australian researchers found lifestyle risks can lead to earlier nursing home admission. -
10 top rehab hospitals in Florida
Here are the top 10 rehabilitation hospitals in Florida, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023 annual rankings. -
Best, worst states for hospitalizations of SNF long-stay patients: CMS
Washington, D.C., has the lowest average number of hospitalizations for long-stay residents at skilled nursing facilities while Louisiana has the highest, according to CMS data. -
5 best rehab hospitals in California, ranked by US News
Here are the top five rehabilitation hospitals in California, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023 annual rankings. -
The disappearance of nursing homes: 5 stats
At least 600 nursing homes have closed in the last six years, according to an analysis of federal data by The Wall Street Journal.
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