Post-Acute

CMS analyzes rehabilitation hospital data to calculate the facility's Medicare spending per beneficiary score. 

More than one-third of nursing homes in the U.S. had no medical director presence in the first quarter of 2023, according to a study published Sept. 2 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 

The Hevolution Foundation, which funds research in health span science, recently awarded Northwestern University $32.4 million over five years to study healthy aging. 

The older adult population is expected to reach 82.1 million by 2050, yet less than 1% of physicians specialize in their care, according to a recent study of Americans over the age of 65. 

Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System has opened the state's first pediatric inpatient rehabilitation unit at St. Luke's Children's Hospital, according to a Sept. 17 report from NBC affiliate KTVB. 

Here are 14 rehabilitation hospital CEO, president and administrator appointments from the past 12 months, including from Cincinnati-based Mercy Health and Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health:

A total of 0.8% of patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease follow up hospitalization with pulmonary rehabilitation treatment, according to a study published Aug. 13 in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente will close its last skilled nursing facility in the country, the Kaiser Permanente Post Acute Care Center in San Leandro, Calif., the health system said in a Sept. 10 statement shared with Becker's.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testified before Congress regarding his administration's COVID-19 nursing home policies, ABC News reported Sept. 10.

Dallas-based home healthcare and hospice provider Intrepid U.S.A. will pay $3.85 million after two alleged False Claims Act violations.