Post-Acute

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health has opened Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Central Florida – Sumter County, a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital within The Villages, a retirement community in Florida.  The facility is a satellite location of the Encompass Health Rehabilitation…

The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living, have launched a nursing home and long-term-care workforce initiative aimed at advancing policy solutions that “strengthen and sustain the long-term care workforce.” The initiative, called Caregivers for Tomorrow,…

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil complaint against Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica Health System for providing “non-existent, grossly substandard skilled nursing facility care or services” between 2017 and 2023.  The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court…

Owners and operators of Syracuse, N.Y.-based Van Duyn Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing will pay $12 million to settle a fraud investigation by the New York Office of the Attorney General. As part of the settlement, the nursing operators will…

White Plains, N.Y.-based Burke Rehabilitation Hospital recently earned a spot on U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of the top 50 rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S. Led by Executive Director Scott Edelman, the 150-bed inpatient facility is part of New…

The rate of older adult patients discharged to post-acute care facilities following a major surgery can be used as a benchmark for hospital quality, according to a study published Aug. 14 in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. …

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health will open an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in partnership with Amarillo, Texas-based BSA Health System, an affiliate of Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health.  The hospital will be located in Amarillo and is expected to open in late 2025,…

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has opened a $157 million inpatient rehabilitation pavilion.  The 134-bed facility offers specialized neurorehabilitation care for patients recovering from stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury and other conditions, according to an Aug. 18 news…

In September, CMS selected 741 hospitals to participate in a new reimbursement framework, the Transforming Episode Accountability Model. Under TEAM, participating hospitals are responsible for the cost and quality of care associated with five surgical procedures — lower extremity joint…

New York City-based NYU Langone Health is home to the top-ranked geriatric hospitals in the U.S., according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2025-2026 ranking, published July 29. NYU Langone also earned the top spot in U.S. News’ ranking of…