Post-Acute

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…

The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living, have launched a nursing home and long-term-care workforce initiative aimed at advancing policy solutions that “strengthen and sustain the long-term care workforce.” The initiative, called Caregivers for Tomorrow,…

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil complaint against Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica Health System for providing “non-existent, grossly substandard skilled nursing facility care or services” between 2017 and 2023.  The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court…

Owners and operators of Syracuse, N.Y.-based Van Duyn Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing will pay $12 million to settle a fraud investigation by the New York Office of the Attorney General. As part of the settlement, the nursing operators will…

White Plains, N.Y.-based Burke Rehabilitation Hospital recently earned a spot on U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of the top 50 rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S. Led by Executive Director Scott Edelman, the 150-bed inpatient facility is part of New…

The rate of older adult patients discharged to post-acute care facilities following a major surgery can be used as a benchmark for hospital quality, according to a study published Aug. 14 in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. …

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health will open an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in partnership with Amarillo, Texas-based BSA Health System, an affiliate of Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health.  The hospital will be located in Amarillo and is expected to open in late 2025,…

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has opened a $157 million inpatient rehabilitation pavilion.  The 134-bed facility offers specialized neurorehabilitation care for patients recovering from stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury and other conditions, according to an Aug. 18 news…