A total of 0.8% of patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease follow up hospitalization with pulmonary rehabilitation treatment, according to a study published Aug. 13 in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
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Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente will close its last skilled nursing facility in the country, the Kaiser Permanente Post Acute Care Center in San Leandro, Calif., the health system said in a Sept. 10 statement shared with Becker's.
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testified before Congress regarding his administration's COVID-19 nursing home policies, ABC News reported Sept. 10.
Dallas-based home healthcare and hospice provider Intrepid U.S.A. will pay $3.85 million after two alleged False Claims Act violations.
Becker's has compiled a list of the top geriatric hospitals in every state based on U.S. News & World Report's 2024 rankings.
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Three residents at the Peregrine Senior Living at Shaker in Albany, N.Y., have died from Legionnaires' disease, according to Sept. 6 report from The New York Times.
The Dementia DataHub is tracking the number of Medicare beneficiaries who are living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Senior HHS official Alison Barkoff will leave the agency later this year.
Two temporary nurse staffing agencies have settled allegations of charging long-term care facilities above the maximum rates allowed by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services.
CMS has named the inaugural group of rehabilitation centers to earn the Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Center designation.