Post-Acute

Cleveland Clinic and Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Select Medical have opened a fourth rehabilitation hospital.  The Cleveland Clinic Rehabilitation Hospital Fairhill will begin admitting patients later this month, according to an Oct. 10 news release from Cleveland Clinic.  Cleveland Clinic and Select…

A group of five Cadia Healthcare rehabilitation, skilled nursing and long-term care facilities in Delaware have agreed to a settlement with HHS in relation to potential HIPAA violations of 150 patients. The settlement stems from a 2021 HHS investigation that…

A recently published study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons proposed using the rate of discharge to post-acute care facilities after major surgery as a benchmark for hospital quality. Five healthcare quality leaders weighed in on the…

Cleveland, OH — October 1, 2025 — The MetroHealth System and DASCO Home Medical Equipment have entered into a new agreement designating DASCO as the preferred provider of durable medical equipment (DME) and related post-discharge services for MetroHealth patients across…

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…

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…

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…