Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health has partnered with Kettering, Ohio-based Alternate Solutions Health Network to enhance the system's home health program. 

The Ensign Group, a publicly traded holding company based in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., has acquired five Texas nursing homes through its real estate company, Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT.

Wheaton, Ill.-based Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital became the 6th freestanding acute rehabilitation hospital to earn Magnet designation Oct. 21.

Medicare-certified skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals are required to report quality measure data to CMS under the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014.

Certified nursing aide turnover rates continue to decline, but wage increases are growing smaller by the year, according to a Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service report.

The foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has honored four leaders as part of its 2025 national leadership and excellence awards.

St. Louis-based Mercy has partnered with Humana to open more primary care clinics for older adults across Missouri. 

Hospital readmission of older adults is consistently associated with impairment of physical functioning, though clinical practice guidelines to address this impairment are lacking, according to a study published Nov. 4 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. 

A nurse has been charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter and two misdemeanors after a patient died at the Avenue at Warrensville Care & Rehabilitation Center in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, according to a Jan. 16 report from ABC affiliate WEWS.

Farmington, Conn.-based Athena Health Care Systems intends to close two skilled nursing facilities in Bristol, Conn., according to a Jan. 20 statement shared with Becker's.

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.