A deal to sell three SSM Health nursing facilities in Wisconsin to a for-profit company based in New Jersey is in the works, the Wisconsin State Journal reported July 10.
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Birmingham, Ala.-based The Sanders Trust has acquired PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Tulsa (Okla.) for $34.2 million, AL.com reported July 8.
CMS has launched a dementia care program that will be piloted by 400 organizations.
Tennessee law enforcement officials are investigating a murder-suicide at a Dunlap-based nursing home, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported July 8.
States metrics around healthcare providers per bed, nursing home occupancy rates and staff shortages vary widely by state, according to an April 12 article on Seniorly's website.
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The Biden administration is investing more than $200 million in programs to train primary care physicians in age-friendly care for older adults.
Morgantown-based WVU Health System appointed Maggie Thieman, MD, vice president of post-acute services.
In 10 years, post-acute care will resemble the hospitals of today, Rajeev Kumar, MD, president of AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, told Becker's.
Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health and Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health opened a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Louisville.
The American Hospital Association sent letters to the Senate and House June 25 urging them to stop CMS from enforcing its final rule on minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.