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.

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham's is expanding its Home Hospital program to three more hospitals, according to a Sept. 11 news release.

HHS found that 55 percent of falls among Medicare home health patients were not reported on patient assessments.

Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Jacksonville (Fla.) has appointed Curtis Whetzel, DPT, as its new CEO, according to a Sept. 5 news release.

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-Youngstown (Ohio) and Lifepoint Rehabilitation broke ground on a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital in that city.

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CMS proposed installing staffing requirements in nursing homes Sept. 1, a few days after the agency posted, then unpublished, research that failed to find a recommended staffing level in skilled nursing facilities. 

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.

Australian researchers found lifestyle risks can lead to earlier nursing home admission.

Here are the top 10 rehabilitation hospitals in Florida, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023 annual rankings.

Washington, D.C., has the lowest average number of hospitalizations for long-stay residents at skilled nursing facilities while Louisiana has the highest, according to CMS data.

Here are the top five rehabilitation hospitals in California, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023 annual rankings.

At least 600 nursing homes have closed in the last six years, according to an analysis of federal data by The Wall Street Journal.

Just two weeks after the Arkansas officials recommended CMS revoke the care licenses for Happy Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center — CMS has done just that. 

Two experts gave the healthcare system a "D" grade overall for nursing homes' performance during the COVID-19 pandemic, and offered ways nursing homes can better react to the next one, The New York Times reported Aug. 19.

U.S. News & World Report released its 2023-24 "Best Regional Hospitals" list on Aug. 1. The annual ranking rates hospitals in states and major metropolitan areas — in more than 30 medical and surgical services. 

U.S. News & World Report named 10 of the top rehabilitation hospitals Aug. 1.

Aging adult care settings had higher nonfatal occupational injuries or illnesses than hospitals, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found.

San Francisco-based Laguna Honda Hospital applied for Medicaid recertification Aug. 11.