Post-Acute

Key changes put forth in President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget may have downstream effects on the survey and certification of skilled nursing facilities. The changes are part of HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again”…

Between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, the national rate of patients successfully weaned from a ventilator during their stay at a long-term care hospital was 52.8%, according to data published March 26 by CMS.  CMS publishes care quality…

Paul Walczak, a Florida nursing home and healthcare industry CEO, has been pardoned by President Donald Trump for employment tax crimes. The April 23 pardon came less than three weeks after Mr. Walczak’s mother, Elizabeth Fago, attended a $1 million-per-person…

On March 31, Daveth Forbes-Thomas, MSN, RN, began serving as CEO of the NYC Health + Hospitals/McKinney nursing home in New York City, located in the same Brooklyn neighborhood where she grew up.  Ms. Forbes-Thomas spent six years at McKinney…

New York City-based Mount Sinai will establish the Steven S. Elbaum Family Center for Caregiving, a support center dedicated to the psychological needs of caregivers.  The center will be led by Allison Applebaum, PhD, a professor of geriatrics and palliative…

Almost 25% of inpatient rehabilitation facilities in the U.S. exceeded the national rate of patient falls between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, according to CMS data released March 26.  The majority of facilities reported a fall rate at…

Alaska had the highest total nurse staffing and RN staff levels out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the third quarter of 2024, according to a report published by the Long Term Care Community Coalition. CMS…

Addison, Ill.-based Chamberlain University School of Nursing, the largest nursing school in the U.S., has partnered with the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing to offer a post-acute care specialty training course.  The partnership was announced at the AAPACN’s 2025…

Out of 129 older adult community operators, Brookdale Senior Living has the most communities included in the “2025 Best Senior Living” list published April 15 by U.S. News & World Report. Of the 632 Brookdale communities evaluated by the outlet,…

The PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Dover (Del.) has been acquired for $23.5 million by real estate investment firm Sila Realty Trust.  The hospital was built in 2019 as a joint venture between Enola, Pa.-based PAM Health and Dover, Del.-based…