Private equity firm Cascade Capital Group has purchased 29 Iowa nursing homes for $85 million, making it the largest nursing home sale in the state's history, according to an Oct. 21 report from the Iowa Capital Dispatch.
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In partnership with caregiving platform Archangels, The Joint Commission has launched a Care Badge initiative aimed at supporting unpaid caregivers.
Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare is renaming one of its long-term rehabilitation hospitals to better align with hospital names throughout the system.
The Gerontology Institute at Atlanta-based Georgia State University has partnered with older adult care provider A.G. Rhodes to address the nursing home workforce shortage through the establishment of the Scholars With A.G. Rhodes at GSU program.
Bob Dean Jr., a former Louisiana nursing home owner and operator, agreed to pay another $8.2 million to resolve federal allegations that he misappropriated and misused nursing home assets and income before and during the landfall of Hurricane Ida in…
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On Oct. 9, Providence said it would sunset the augmentative and alternative communication specialty service at Providence Home Health Portland, resulting in the elimination of three speech-language pathologist positions. The three affected workers remain employed through Nov. 8, and the…
The Joint Commission has revised its home health agency accreditation survey process to align with similar CMS guideline updates published March 15.
Waterbury, Conn.-based nursing facility Abbott Terrace Health Center is closing its doors and laying off staff after receiving notice from CMS that its participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs was being terminated.
St. Louis-based Ascension will open a $30 million inpatient rehabilitation facility on its Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Fla.) medical campus, according to an Oct. 4 Pensacola News Journal report.
A federal judge has thrown out a COVID-19-related wrongful death lawsuit against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, CBS affiliate WRGB reported Sept. 30.