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94% of government-funded nursing homes were short nurses during pandemic
Ninety-four percent of Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes across the U.S. experienced a nurse staffing issue during the pandemic, according to a report released in September by the U.S. Pandemic Response Accountability Committee. -
Encompass rehab hospital names CEO
Dorothy "Dodi" Purtell was named CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Fitchburg (Wis.). -
3 hospitals cutting rehab programs
Three hospitals in Illinois, Connecticut and Texas have cut or closed their rehabilitation programs since the start of 2023. -
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. -
Achieving Optimal Patient and Hospital Outcomes: Why Care Settings Matter
All post-acute settings are not created equal.1 The growing rate of skilled nursing facility (SNF) closures has only reinforced this gap in care quality, leaving patients and hospitals straining to find care settings equipped and available to meet their unique needs. -
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.
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