Post-Acute

A nurse home visiting program for new mothers in North Carolina is proving to be an effective care model that is gaining traction in other states, reports U.S. News & World Report.

A veteran suffering from an infection in North Carolina had to wait weeks for an appointment with a specialist, despite a new program meant to provide faster access to specialists when Veterans Affairs can't see patients quickly, according to CBS…

LHC Group and Lifepoint Health have expanded their existing partnership through the purchase of one home health provider and two hospice providers. 

The Connecticut Department of Public Health collectively issued $28,440 in fines to four nursing homes for violations resulting in patient harm, according to the Connecticut Post. 

A coalition of nursing home providers filed a lawsuit against New York Oct. 25, claiming the state illegally cut $352 million in Medicaid funding, according to a USA Today Network affiliate The Journal News. 

Many nursing homes have inadequate antibiotic stewardship programs and lack properly trained infection preventionists, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

The top five safety risks in ambulatory care are diagnostic testing errors, medication safety events, falls, HIPAA violations and security incidents, according to a new ECRI Institute analysis. 

Aveanna Healthcare, a home healthcare company owned by two large private-equity firms, has been cited for numerous safety violations, with at least seven children dying in its care over the past year in states where the company largely conducts business,…

CMS is updating the system it uses to monitor the performance of nursing home inspectors to hold them more accountable and revamp the inspection process.  

Newsweek recognized 406 nursing homes across the nation's 20 largest states for high care quality in its Best Nursing Homes 2020 list.