Post-Acute

In 2023, the District of Columbia had the lowest hospice care index score among states while Maryland had the highest, according to CMS data released Nov. 26. 

San Clemente, Calif.-based CareTrust REIT has acquired 46 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in the Midwest for approximately $97 million. 

The average hours of nursing care received inside U.S. nursing homes has continued to decline as the average number of deficiencies continues to grow, according to a Dec. 6 KFF report. 

The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in favor of Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health and its former home health and hospice division, Enhabit, in a lawsuit against two private equity firms and three former Encompass officers who now run home health…

By 2034, the number of adults over 65 will — for the first time in history — outnumber the number of children under 18.

Medicaid payment rates given to the average nursing home covered about 82 cents per dollar of care costs for Medicaid residents, according to a recent federal government report. 

Nursing home officials said they are counting on the Trump administration to reverse an impending Biden-era staffing level mandate, KFF Health News reported Dec. 3.

Private equity-owned hospices performed below not-for-profit hospices across all Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems hospice survey measures, according to a study published Nov. 18 in JAMA.

CMS has released "significant revisions" to its nursing home surveyor guidance, including requirements for COVID-19 vaccine education, opioid and psychotropic prescribing, and medical director responsibilities. 

Hospice in the Hospital, a collaboration between Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health and Winchester-based Blue Ridge Hospice, has expanded to Warren Memorial Hospital in Front Royal, Va.