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    Raleigh (N.C.) Rehabilitation Center has been hit with a $31,320 fine from CMS after an investigation revealed that conditions in the facility had subjected patients to immediate jeopardy, according to an Oct. 10 report from WRAL. 
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    Nursing homes provide an average of 3.76 nurse staff hours per resident per day and facilities have an average of 81 residents per day, according to national data collected by CMS.
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    A nursing home in Montgomery, Ala., has taken the top spot on Newsweek's annual ranking list.
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    Providence Operations, a company that oversees long-term care facilities, must pay $5.5 million to victims in a nursing home lawsuit, according to a Sept. 22 press release from the family's attorney.  
  • Nursing homes face uphill battle with vaccine rollout

    Despite health officials urging Americans to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine, distribution issues have affected the rollout process for many, including vulnerable residents at nursing homes. 
  • Where long-term care is succeeding, failing, per AARP

    Minnesota and Washington were ranked top in the country for long-term care, thanks to strong support for family caregivers and access to many healthcare providers and long-term care setting options, an AARP report found.
  • 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.

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