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At least 18 staffers at Colonial Heights (Va.) Rehabilitation and Nursing Center have been charged with elder abuse and neglect after a patient death, The Progress-Index reported Dec. 18.

CMS has launched a Nursing Home Staffing Campaign to address industry-wide workforce shortage concerns as organizations attempt to stop an impending minimum nursing home staffing rule in the courts. 

As the population of stroke survivors continues to grow, experts are calling for increased awareness of the role palliative care can play in post-stroke care, according to a scientific statement published Dec. 16 in Stroke. 

In 2023, the District of Columbia had the lowest hospice care index score among states while Maryland had the highest, according to CMS data released Nov. 26. 

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The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in favor of Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health and its former home health and hospice division, Enhabit, in a lawsuit against two private equity firms and three former Encompass officers who now run home health…

Medicaid payment rates given to the average nursing home covered about 82 cents per dollar of care costs for Medicaid residents, according to a recent federal government report. 

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