Post-Acute

Woodmere, N.Y.-based Hill Valley Healthcare has purchased two skilled nursing home facilities for $82.4 million, Richmond BizSense reported Feb. 24. Lakeside Health & Rehabilitation, which was assessed by the county to be worth $13.5 million, was purchased for $46.5 million,…

Predictable nursing home inspection schedules are associated with higher patient mortality, according to a paper published Dec. 15 in Social Science Research Network.  Researchers from the University of California Los Angeles, the University of Chicago and Bethlehem, Pa.-based Lehigh University…

Tucson (Ariz.) Rehabilitation Hospital named Peter Lux, MD, medical director. In his role, Dr. Lux will oversee the physical medicine and rehabilitation services, according to a Feb. 17 hospital news release. Dr. Lux most recently served as lead physiatrist at…

Patients for Patient Safety US, which formed in 2005, has designed patient-reported experience and outcome survey questions specific to care for older adults.  The nonprofit organization said Feb. 17 the survey questions “focus on patient safety, diagnostic accuracy and equity concerns most…

California and Nevada hospice providers had the lowest care-quality scores despite spending the most per beneficiary to provide care between Jan. 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2024, according to CMS data released Feb. 18. Rhode Island and West Virginia had…

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health is planning to build a second freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Mississippi. The 50-bed hospital will be located in Flowood, according to a Feb. 13 system news release. It will serve patients recovering from debilitating illnesses…

Grand Forks-based University of North Dakota launched a federal funded nursing program to prepare students to care for older adults in acute care and long-term care settings. The Gero-STARR program will recruit first-semester nursing students enrolled in the university’s bachelor’s…

Most medical students in the U.S. receive little or no formal training in guiding patients and their families through end-of-life care, WSU Insider reported Jan. 14. A  study from Pullman-based Washington State University, published Dec. 3 in Academic Medicine, analyzed…

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…