Post-Acute

Lifepoint Rehabilitation, part of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health, has established a joint venture with Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System to operate an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Green Bay, Wis.  Construction on the 40-bed Hospital Sisters Health System Rehabilitation Hospital…

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network has opened a $6.2 million inpatient rehabilitation unit at Natrona Heights-based Allegheny Valley Hospital. The renovated unit expands the hospital’s inpatient rehabilitation bed capacity from 17 to 29, according to a Jan. 15 news release from…

Incentivizing high nursing home staffing levels in the U.S. could result in 6,142 fewer hospitalizations each year, according to a study published Jan. 16 in JAMA Health Forum.  The study was conducted by researchers from Bethlehem, Pa.-based Lehigh University, Baltimore-based…

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has named Nataliya Yakovleva as CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler in Roosevelt Island, N.Y., effective Jan. 20. Ms. Yakovleva will become the first woman in more than 40 years to serve as…

CHI Health St. Francis will close its skilled nursing facility March 10, a spokesperson for the Grand Island, Neb.-based hospital confirmed to Becker’s Jan. 14. “This decision reflects broader changes in how skilled nursing care is delivered and the increasing…

Skilled nursing facility operating capacity dropped by 5% in the U.S. between 2019 and 2024, according to a study published Jan. 12 in JAMA Internal Medicine.  Researchers analyzed CMS data from 2018 to 2024 to identify capacity changes at skilled…

Senators Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., are expanding their probe into UnitedHealth Group’s nursing home programs after the company provided what they said is an insufficient response to their initial inquiry, along with new allegations of resident deaths.…

Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine has named Sherry Kesler, BSN, RN, as vice president of post-acute services.  In her role, Ms. Kesler will oversee home health, hospice and home medical equipment, according to a Jan. 6 news release from WVU Medicine.…

The number of Medicare Advantage enrollees discharged to a skilled nursing facility grew to 47.6% in 2024, a 2.8% increase from 2023.  Skilled nursing facility utilization among Medicare Advantage plans is traditionally lower than Medicare fee-for-service, though that norm is…

Eleven states have outlined plans to address post-acute care coordination as part of their participation in the new CMS Rural Health Transformation Program. The application window for the program ran from Sept. 15 to Nov. 5, and final awards were…