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North Carolina rehab center fined $30K after fatal fall
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. -
AHRQ: 2 decolonization methods reduce nursing home infections
Nursing homes that regularly use universal decolonization methods like chlorhexidine bathing to clean the skin and iodophor to clean the nose reduces the chance of a patient being transferred to a hospital due to infection. -
Average patients, nurse staffing hours by state
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. -
Texas rehab hospital settles ADA case
A Houston rehab hospital has settled a complaint alleging it failed to provide a patient with an American Sign Language interpreter to effectively communicate their medical needs, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas. -
Hospice index scores for every state
The District of Columbia has the lowest hospice care index score while West Virginia has the highest, according to CMS data. -
10 rehab hospitals tapping CEOs
Here are 10 recent CEO appointments at rehabilitation hospitals: -
Top 10 nursing homes in the country: Newsweek
A nursing home in Montgomery, Ala., has taken the top spot on Newsweek's annual ranking list. -
Illinois nursing home must pay patient family $5.5M in verdict
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. -
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.
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