While only 19% of nursing homes across the U.S. currently meet the new staffing standards finalized by the Biden administration in April, most facilities will have between two and five years to get in compliance, according to KFF.
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A New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Health study found blood pressure medications more than double the risk of bone fractures in nursing home residents.
Two House representatives have introduced the Congressional Review Act to overturn the minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes, The Hill reported May 16.
Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health and Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based-Select Medical are closing a co-owned rehabilitation clinic in Flower Mound, Texas, resulting in the termination of 78 employees.
A proposed rehab hospital in Bradenton, Fla., secured $38 million in financing to begin construction, the Business Observer reported May 13.
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Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital appointed Brian Mann CEO.
Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health is partnering with Lifepoint Rehabilitation to open an inpatient rehabilitation facility in Loma Linda.
A Kentucky man was charged with arson for allegedly setting a fire in a resident's room at the nursing home where he is employed, ABC affiliate WHAS11 reported May 7.
Five lawmakers are demanding information about corporate spending from three of the country's largest public, for-profit nursing homes after the operators said they cannot afford to meet the new minimum staffing threshold, The Hill reported May 6.
White Plains, N.Y.-based Burke Rehabilitation Hospital appointed Scott Edelman as executive director.