Post-Acute

CMS has republished a Notice of Funding Opportunity related to addressing nursing home staffing challenges.  The agency is again accepting applications to help fund financial incentives, such as loan repayment and stipends, to registered nurses and licensed practical nurses who…

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health plans to open an inpatient rehabilitation unit in spring 2027 at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville in partnership with Brooks Rehabilitation. The 18-bed unit, currently under construction, would be the health system’s first inpatient rehab facility located…

Medicare’s 3-day rule adds costs to hospitals and does not lower Medicare spending on hospitalized patients, a study from researchers at Providence, R.I.-based Brown University found. On May 12, 2023, the Medicare program reinstated a long-standing 3-day hospitalization rule for…

Eighteen attorneys general are urging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, to reinstate minimum staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities. The minimum staffing requirements, along with other protections, were established by the Nursing Home…

Encompass Health, the largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in the nation, achieved growth upward of 10% in 2025. Here are four things to know: 1. The system saw an overall revenue increase of 10.5% in 2025.  2.…

Statesville, N.C.-based Iredell Memorial Hospital named Tracie Faircloth, MSN, RN, director of hospital-based skilled nursing facility. In this role, she will oversee the 48-bed facility located inside the hospital, according to a Feb. 4 hospital news release. Previously, Ms. Faircloth…

CMS updated guidance Jan. 30 that will change the way investigations and enforcement of noncompliant nursing homes and similar facilities are handled. The updates will take effect March 30. Here are some of the most notable changes: 1. Guidance on…

Birmingham, Ala.-based UAB Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation opened a new clinic in partnership with UAB Neurosurgery. The clinic, opening Feb. 4, is located on the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine Inverness One campus, according to a Jan. 28 system…

The Labor Department under the Trump administration has proposed rescinding Fair Labor Standards Act coverage to home care workers, according to a Jan. 29 report from NPR. The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed by Congress in 1938, though home…

Home health agencies in Alabama, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina and Tennessee had an average patient care quality rating of 4 stars, the highest of all states, according to CMS data published Jan. 14. Montana earned the lowest average…