Post-Acute

The Dementia DataHub is tracking the number of Medicare beneficiaries who are living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Senior HHS official Alison Barkoff will leave the agency later this year.

Two temporary nurse staffing agencies have settled allegations of charging long-term care facilities above the maximum rates allowed by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services.

CMS has named the inaugural group of rehabilitation centers to earn the Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Center designation.

The NAHC-NHPCO Alliance, a new industry trade group for home care and hospice providers, has named Steven Landers, MD, as its inaugural CEO.

Amid increased demands for geriatric hospital care and more patients being boarded while waiting for a post-acute bed comes a devastating statistic: 774 nursing homes have closed since 2020, and only seven new facilities were opened in 2024.

The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living will honor five people and two facilities at the 2024 AHCA/NCAL Awards.

The California Department of Public Health has faulted the Ararat Nursing Facility in Mission Hills, Calif., for two resident deaths.

HHS recently issued a report that estimated about 1 in 4, or 2,568, for-profit nursing homes do not meet federal requirements for infection prevention.

The Joint Commission has released new and updated guidelines for emergency management standards at nursing care centers.