Nursing homes in Vermont and Wyoming had the highest percentage of residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025, according to CMS data published Sept. 24. The District of Columbia and…
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A nurse-led intervention at San Francisco-based UCSF Health cut inpatient admissions of older adults by 11.6%, according to a study published Aug. 21 in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. The study analyzed 2,731 emergency department visits of older adult patients…
Nursing homes failed to report 43% of falls that resulted in major injury and hospitalization among Medicare-enrolled residents, according to a report published Sept. 18 by the HHS Office of Inspector General. The findings raise concerns about the accuracy of…
From federal fiscal 2020 through 2022, Texas did not calculate and collect hospice cap overpayments, leading to $10.5 million being overpaid without returning the appropriate federal share, according to the HHS Office of the Inspector General. Hospice care covered by…
In a video posted Sept. 9 on X, CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, said the agency is investing more than $75 million in what he called a “new campaign” to address the nursing home staffing shortage. Dr. Oz said he…
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Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health has opened Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Central Florida – Sumter County, a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital within The Villages, a retirement community in Florida. The facility is a satellite location of the Encompass Health Rehabilitation…
The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living, have launched a nursing home and long-term-care workforce initiative aimed at advancing policy solutions that “strengthen and sustain the long-term care workforce.” The initiative, called Caregivers for Tomorrow,…
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil complaint against Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica Health System for providing “non-existent, grossly substandard skilled nursing facility care or services” between 2017 and 2023. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court…
Owners and operators of Syracuse, N.Y.-based Van Duyn Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing will pay $12 million to settle a fraud investigation by the New York Office of the Attorney General. As part of the settlement, the nursing operators will…
White Plains, N.Y.-based Burke Rehabilitation Hospital recently earned a spot on U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of the top 50 rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S. Led by Executive Director Scott Edelman, the 150-bed inpatient facility is part of New…