Post-Acute

Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City tops U.S. News & World Report's list of the best hospitals for geriatrics. 

Boston is the U.S. city with the highest older adult housing occupancy rate, at 90.6%, according to data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC).

A deal to sell three SSM Health nursing facilities in Wisconsin to a for-profit company based in New Jersey is in the works, the Wisconsin State Journal reported July 10.

Birmingham, Ala.-based The Sanders Trust has acquired PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Tulsa (Okla.) for $34.2 million, AL.com reported July 8.

CMS has launched a dementia care program that will be piloted by 400 organizations.

Tennessee law enforcement officials are investigating a murder-suicide at a Dunlap-based nursing home, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported July 8.

States metrics around healthcare providers per bed, nursing home occupancy rates and staff shortages vary widely by state, according to an April 12 article on Seniorly's website.

The Biden administration is investing more than $200 million in programs to train primary care physicians in age-friendly care for older adults. 

Morgantown-based WVU Health System appointed Maggie Thieman, MD, vice president of post-acute services.

In 10 years, post-acute care will resemble the hospitals of today, Rajeev Kumar, MD, president of AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, told Becker's.