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Protecting Residents, Staff and Ratings: 4 Actionable Steps for Stronger Infection Control
Infection prevention in senior living facilities has come a long way since the onset of COVID-19, but significant risks remain.…
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CMS finalized fiscal 2027 payment rules for inpatient rehabilitation facilities and hospices July 30, giving both settings a 2.3% payment increase. Eleven things to know: Inpatient rehabilitation facilities 1. CMS finalized a 2.3% payment increase for IRFs in fiscal 2027,…
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Fla.) will open its new inpatient rehabilitation facility Aug. 6, WKRG reported July 29. The 40-bed, 41,000-square-foot inpatient rehabilitation facility will offer specialized physical, speech and occupational therapies. It will also feature a custom activities of…
CMS finalizes payment rules for inpatient psychiatric, skilled nursing facilities: 12 things to know
CMS issued its fiscal year 2027 final payment rules for skilled nursing facilities and inpatient psychiatric facilities July 29. The rules update Medicare payment rates and revise quality reporting, value-based purchasing and patient assessment policies. Twelve things to know: Skilled…
Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center launched Vive Bien/Live Well, a healthy aging program to aid older adults in maintaining their health, independence and quality of life. The program, administered by UNM Health Sciences and funded by the…
Boynton Beach, Fla.-based Bethesda Hospital, part of Baptist Health, is discontinuing pediatric rehabilitation services at three locations beginning Aug. 21, according to a July 28 hospital notice. Pediatric rehab services are being discontinued at Bethesda Hospital East in Boynton Beach,…
Occupational therapy aides are seeing the greatest jump in employment and pay among 15 post-acute care positions. Becker’s examined Bureau of Labor Statistics data for 15 nursing home, rehabilitation and post-acute jobs. We collected 2024 and 2025 employment and pay…
Boise, Idaho-based Saint Alphonsus Regional Rehabilitation Hospital named Boyd Davis CEO. He will lead the 60-bed rehab hospital, which opened in 2019 and recently doubled its capacity. Mr. Davis previously served as CEO at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Wichita…
A planning and zoning commission in Connecticut and a city council in Florida approved the building of two new rehabilitation hospitals. 1. Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health received the Planning and Zoning Commission’s approval to build a 50-bed inpatient medical rehabilitation…
Omaha, Neb.-based Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital said three in 10 children currently treated at the hospital are there due to e-bike or e-scooter injuries, WOWT reported July 20. Here is what to know. 1. Among e-bike or e-scooter injury patients, 30%…
CMS is identifying and streamlining the review process for higher-performing nursing homes. The changes come after a successful pilot program was completed across 22 states, according to a July 16 agency news release. “At CMS, we are continually looking for…