Post-Acute

A research team from the University of Missouri-Columbia examined nurses' abilities with regard to identifying medication order issues at nursing homes.

Cincinnati-based Chemed Corporation and its subsidiaries, Vitas Hospice Services and Vitas Healthcare Corporation, have agreed to pay a $75 million settlement for allegedly submitting false hospice service claims to Medicare.

The Tennessee Department of Health suspended admissions at Nashville (Tenn.) Community Care & Rehabilitation Center and imposed a fine for alleged administration and patient rights violations, according to the Tennessean.

Newly released 911 calls demonstrate the chaos and confusion that occurred when a Florida nursing home overheated amid power outages caused by Hurricane Irma, according to CNN.

Some hospitals are using a part of Medicaid's reimbursement formula to improve their financial footing through buying nursing homes, Kaiser Health News reports.

HCR ManorCare, a Toledo, Ohio-based provider of short-term, post-hospital services and long-term care, has only days left to respond to a lawsuit claiming it owes months of unpaid rent, according to Reuters.

Home Rehabilitation Services of Michigan will close its business in Commerce Township, resulting in the permanent layoff of all its employees, according to a WARN Act notice filed with the state.

State regulators are investigating Dallas-based Senior Care Centers, the largest nursing home operator in Texas, for a series of alleged care lapses that occurred during Hurricane Harvey, reports The Dallas Morning News.

John Mac Sells, the former CEO of Benchmark Healthcare of Festus (Mo.), was sentenced to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay over $667,000 for embezzling funds from the system's long-term care facilities.

House Democrats are advocating for a rule making it easier for residents to sue nursing homes, according to The Hill.