Thornton, Colo.-based Vibra Hospital of Denver has the lowest potentially preventable readmission rate among long-term care hospitals, according to CMS data.

Staffing instability can influence a nursing home's care quality star rating, though it is not one of the measurements used by CMS to calculate the metric, according to a study published Dec. 16 in Health Affairs Scholar.

As part of its newly launched Nursing Home Staffing Campaign, CMS is offering eligible nursing homes an opportunity to apply for Financial Incentive Administrator designation. If approved, facilities will receive funding to recruit and retain registered nurses. 

A fire at Mount Carmel (Pa.) Senior Living Community sent 20 people to area hospitals with minor injuries, according to a Jan. 4 report from NBC affiliate WGAL.

Kalispell, Mont.-based Logan Health Medical Center will close its inpatient rehabilitation unit Feb. 3, the Daily Inter Lake reported Jan. 5. 

Higher proportions of agency nursing staff are associated with lower CMS star-rating scores for nursing homes, a recent study found.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Orlando Rehabilitation Hospital has named John Laurenzana III CEO. 

Beginning Jan. 1, long-term care facilities are required to report acute respiratory illness data to CMS as part of the agency's 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate update.

For the first time in more than 20 years, a panel of primary and specialty care experts have developed new guidelines for the evaluation of patients suspected of Alzheimer's and related diseases.

The Joint Commission has revised its accreditation criteria for assisted living communities and nursing care centers with the aim of preventing workplace violence.

At least 18 staffers at Colonial Heights (Va.) Rehabilitation and Nursing Center have been charged with elder abuse and neglect after a patient death, The Progress-Index reported Dec. 18.

Cleveland Clinic is investigating whether there are better ways to detect delirium in geriatric emergency patients.

CMS has launched a Nursing Home Staffing Campaign to address industry-wide workforce shortage concerns as organizations attempt to stop an impending minimum nursing home staffing rule in the courts. 

As the population of stroke survivors continues to grow, experts are calling for increased awareness of the role palliative care can play in post-stroke care, according to a scientific statement published Dec. 16 in Stroke. 

In 2023, the District of Columbia had the lowest hospice care index score among states while Maryland had the highest, according to CMS data released Nov. 26. 

San Clemente, Calif.-based CareTrust REIT has acquired 46 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in the Midwest for approximately $97 million. 

The average hours of nursing care received inside U.S. nursing homes has continued to decline as the average number of deficiencies continues to grow, according to a Dec. 6 KFF report. 

The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in favor of Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health and its former home health and hospice division, Enhabit, in a lawsuit against two private equity firms and three former Encompass officers who now run home health and hospice business VitalCaring Group.

By 2034, the number of adults over 65 will — for the first time in history — outnumber the number of children under 18.

Medicaid payment rates given to the average nursing home covered about 82 cents per dollar of care costs for Medicaid residents, according to a recent federal government report.