Post-Acute

Renton, Wash.-based Providence is preparing to sell 10 skilled nursing facilities across four states to The Ensign Group, a publicly traded holding company based in San Juan Capistrano, Calif.

Long-term care facilities in the U.S. bore the brunt of a recent listeria outbreak tied to frozen supplemental nutrition shakes, according to a Feb. 24 update from the FDA. 

Cleveland Clinic's geriatric emergency department model led to an overall reduction in admissions of older ED patients of 42%, and reduced the odds of admission for older ED observational patients by 73%.

Sepsis ranked as the most common reason for hospitalization among older adults, a KFF report found.

Set to take effect in less than a year, more than 700 hospitals across the U.S. are gearing up to adhere to a new alternative payment system from CMS, called the Transforming Episode Accountability Model. 

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health has partnered with Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health to open the new Peak Rehabilitation Hospital in Apex, N.C.

Here are 10 nursing homes across the U.S. opening or closing:

Pensacola, Fla.-based Baptist Health Care will partner with Enola, Pa.-based PAM Health on a new rehabilitation hospital, expected to open in 2026.

San Diego-based Scripps Health has saved 14,731 bed days since January 2023 by leasing beds at skilled nursing facilities.

Cleveland Clinic is working to make rehabilitation care easier with an augmented reality program.