Post-Acute

The Special Focus Facility, a CMS-run program that oversees 88 of the nation's most problematic nursing homes, didn't inspect facilities for nearly five months due to the pandemic, according to an InvestigateTV analysis of CMS data and as reported by…

Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services is forming a post-acute business with Dallas-based AccentCare, the organizations said Sept. 1.

Two Connecticut nursing homes have been fined for failing to test all employees for COVID-19,  despite an executive order to test all employees weekly, according to the Hartford Courant. 

Three Maryland nursing homes are facing six-figure fines for infection control deficiencies that inspectors say put residents in "immediate jeopardy" amid the pandemic, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.

The Illinois Department of Public Health said it didn't investigate any neglect or abuse complaints at long-term facilities for more than three months, according to an Aug. 21 news release.

At least 10 states have sent "strike teams" to nursing homes to help ease the pandemic's burden and possibly combat the spread of COVID-19, according to The New York Times.

As the number of COVID-19 patients in recovery increases, so will the need for rehabilitation.

After a decline in COVID-19 cases, U.S. nursing homes are now reporting a resurgence of both virus cases and deaths, according to data from The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living. 

A southern Minnesota nursing home has sued a resident's relative over a video she posted on Facebook claiming the facility is testing residents for COVID-19 in an effort to kill them, according to the Star Tribune.

An investigation at a Maryland nursing home identified 47 percent of dialysis residents testing positive for COVID-19, compared to 16 percent among those not receiving dialysis, according to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Aug. 11.