Post-Acute

LHC Group announced the company's new senior medical advisor, Dr. Benjamin Doga. 

Horseshoe Bend, Ark.-based South Bend Nursing has activated an emergency plan to relocate 21 residents after a corporate operator said it would no longer operate or provide supplies, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. 

A New York nursing home was fined $10,000 by the state health department for delayed reporting and destroying potential evidence of a sexual assault between residents, according to The Buffalo News.

Nursing home providers are fighting legislation that would require nursing facilities to meet minimum staffing requirements, and are asking lawmakers to instead address the industry labor shortage, according to McKnight's Long-Term Care News. 

Advocate Aurora Health's post-acute care division partnered with Medline to develop in-person clinical simulations for over 400 nurses to improve wound care outcomes. 

The city of Chicago on Nov. 19 launched a nurse home-visiting program for new mothers, reports Chicago Tribune.

About 5 percent of nursing homes — or 760 of 15,262 facilities — have been tagged with an icon alerting consumers of abuse, neglect or exploitation citations since CMS updated its Nursing Home Compare website Oct. 23, The Wall Street…

Ohio health officials reported a case of Legionnaires' disease at Continuing Healthcare of Mentor Nov. 18. 

A certified nursing assistant at Worcester, Mass.-based Lutheran Rehabilitation and Skilled Care tried to cover up a patient death caused by a fall from a mechanical lift, according to a report from the Department of Public Health cited by Boston…

A Washington senator is calling for increased Medicaid reimbursement rates amid a series of nursing home closures, according to NPR affiliate KUOW.