Post-Acute

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that skilled nursing facility operators facing civil monetary penalties from CMS have no constitutional right to a jury trial. Here is what to know. 1.  The June 5 ruling came in Sligo Creek…

Enola, Pa.-based PAM Health and Huntington, W.Va.-based Marshall Health Network are partnering to open a rehabilitation hospital in South Point, Ohio. PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of South Point will be a 42-bed facility that will offer comprehensive, individualized inpatient rehabilitation…

Springville, N.Y.-based Bertrand Chaffee Hospital is planning to close its nursing home facility, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s on June 3. “Jennie B. Richmond Nursing Home announced that it will begin an orderly closure following approval from the New York…

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Erie County Medical Center Corp. named Angela Hauser administrator of its long-term care facility. She will oversee the 390-bed Terrace View Long-Term Care facility, located on ECMC’s Grider Street health campus, according to a June 3 hospital news…

Houston-based St. Luke’s Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation broke ground on a freestanding rehab hospital. The 40-bed, 58,000-square-foot facility will be located on the system’s Springwoods Village Hospital campus, according to a June 2 news release. It will offer comprehensive inpatient…

Alaska and Arizona have the lowest estimated beds per 1,000 older adults, while Missouri and Iowa have the highest. Becker’s used Census Bureau population data, and KFF data on the number of certified nursing facilities and average beds per facility…

Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Select Medical Corp. and Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic are partnering to build and operate a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Roanoke. Construction will begin on Carilion Rehabilitation Hospital this spring, with an expected opening in 2028, according to…

Seventeen Democratic senators are proposing to add home care coverage to Medicare for the first time, along with an expansion of Medicaid home- and community-based services. The proposed framework, published May 20, centers on creating a Medicare “home care guarantee,”…

Aspirus St. Luke’s in Duluth, Minn., will close its home health services division as the health system shifts resources to other areas of care, according to a May 19 news release. Four things to know:  1. Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health…

Patients with advanced cancers were more likely to receive hospice care if they were enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, according to a study published March 24 in JAMA Network Open.  Hospice care is covered under Medicare Part A, not…