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Connecticut long-term care hospital CEO to retire
Lynn Ricci plans to retire as president and CEO of the New Britain, Conn.-based Hospital for Special Care in 2025. -
How Atlantic Health improved care transitions and saved $815K
Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System's Post-Acute Care Collaboration Strategy program saved the system more than $815,000 in 2023. -
Indianapolis Rehab Hospital names CEO
Indianapolis Rehabilitation Hospital named Logan Savage CEO. -
Value-based care could boost SNF reimbursement rates: Viewpoint
Many nursing homes are closing due to financial strain, but changing service models from fee-for-service to value-based care could help improve their finances, Rajeev Kumar, MD, president of AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, told Becker's. -
Nursing home to pay $4M to settle understaffing claims
A Woburn, Mass.-based nursing home agreed to pay $4 million to settle allegations that it deliberately failed to properly staff its nursing homes. -
Utility shutoff to prevent wildfires spotlights nursing home preparedness
Boulder, Colo.-based Frasier Retirement Community was given only 75 minutes notice before Xcel Energy cut its electrical service April 6 amid dry and windy wildfire conditions, KFF News reported June 10. Facility staff then had to continue care for 500 patients for 28 hours without power. -
Missouri system acquires Illinois hospice, home health companies
St. Louis, Mo.-based Dover Health is expanding into the Chicagoland area with the acquisition of Joliet, Ill.-based Centered Care Hospice and Palliative Care, and Cornerstone Home Health. -
Joint Commission-accredited long term acute hospitals have lower infection rates: Study
Patients at Joint Commission-accredited long term acute hospitals get fewer catheter-associated urinary tract infections and fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections than those at nonaccredited ones, a study published in the June 2024 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety found. -
LaVie Care Centers files for bankruptcy
Atlanta-based LaVie Care Centers — one of the country's largest operators of skilled nursing facilities — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Bloomberg reported June 3. -
85 residents of 'unsafe' Pennsylvania nursing home relocated
The Pennsylvania Department of Health deemed a nursing home in Scranton, Pa., "unsafe" May 31, leading to the relocation of about 85 residents, WVIA, a PBS News affiliate reported. -
This region saw 15% of its nursing homes close since 2010
Nursing home closures in New England have outpaced closures in all other Medicaid regions, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston report. -
Mercy rehab hospital names CEO
Mercy Health in Youngstown, Ohio, and Brentwood, Tenn.- based Lifepoint Rehabilitation have named Melessa Scattino as its new CEO, The Vindicator reported May 22. -
Nursing home workforce demand outpacing supply: 5 things to know
Demand for full-time workers in long-term nursing facilities is projected to increase by 42% between 2021 and 2036, but the number of people entering the field is not keeping up with demand, ABC News reported May 24. -
Texas nursing homes, AHCA sue CMS over staffing mandate
The American Health Care Association, Texas Health Care Association and multiple long-term nursing home facilities in Texas filed a lawsuit May 23 against CMS over its recently finalized staffing rules. -
Woman charged with posing as nurse at 3 Michigan nursing homes
A 52-year-old woman was charged with 33 felony counts after police said she worked as a nurse at three skilled nursing facilities without a license. -
Are nursing homes ready to comply with new staffing standards?
While only 19% of nursing homes across the U.S. currently meet the new staffing standards finalized by the Biden administration in April, most facilities will have between two and five years to get in compliance, according to KFF. -
Blood pressure meds linked to increased bone fracture risks in older adults: 3 notes
A New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Health study found blood pressure medications more than double the risk of bone fractures in nursing home residents. -
Lawmakers take steps to overturn SNF minimum staffing requirements
Two House representatives have introduced the Congressional Review Act to overturn the minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes, The Hill reported May 16. -
10 systems closing nursing homes in 2024
Here are 10 systems and facilities closing their long-term care, nursing homes and rehabilitation units in 2024: -
Baylor Scott & White, Select Medical closing Texas rehab facility, laying off nurses
Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health and Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based-Select Medical are closing a co-owned rehabilitation clinic in Flower Mound, Texas, resulting in the termination of 78 employees.
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