Post-Acute

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health is seeking to build a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Howard, Wis., Fox 11 News reported Dec. 15. 

The lack of rehabilitation facilities and post-discharge care is causing financial and operational burdens for hospitals as well as decreasing patient safety and outcomes, Robert Glatter, MD, an emergency physician at New York City-based Lenox Hill Hospital, and Peter Papadakos, MD,…

Alla "Al" Wazwaz was appointed CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Modesto (Calif.).

Nursing home groups and advocates are criticizing CMS' proposed nursing home standards for not allowing licensed practical nurses to count toward the requirements, Bloomberg Law reported Dec. 11.

A nurse was injured at a Tennessee nursing home after a gun was accidentally discharged, The Rogersville Review reported Dec. 2.

A lawsuit against New Hampshire's Department of Health and Human Services has been granted class-action status and will move to trial, the New Hampshire Bulletin reported Dec. 4.

CMS' proposed minimum staffing mandates could force many nursing homes in rural areas to shut down, according to one senator who plans to introduce a bill to block the changes.

Visiting nurses in Connecticut are calling for increased state and federal protections for home healthcare workers following the homicide of Joyce Grayson, 63, of Willimantic, Conn., NBC Connecticut reported Nov. 28.

Nobis Rehabilitation recently opened its San Antonio Rehabilitation Hospital.

Advocacy groups have criticized CMS new nursing home ownership rule, which would make ownership and management information public, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Nov. 16.