Post-Acute

The Minnesota Department of Health will hold a public hearing the evening of Jan. 17 regarding the planned closure of Sanford Bemidji (Minn.) Medical Center's inpatient rehabilitation unit.

Ascension Living, part of St. Louis-based Ascension, has entered an agreement to sell its 250-bed nursing home in Lewiston, N.Y., to a private group, The Buffalo News reported Jan.5.

Ellsworth, Maine-based Seaport Village Healthcare, a skilled nursing, rehabilitation and assisted living facility, has submitted a closure plan for its skilled nursing facility to the state's Department of Health and Human Services, a spokesperson for the state DHHS confirmed with…

A new California law is taking effect that requires nursing homes to offer residents copies of any information that explains why they are being evicted, calmatters.org reported Jan. 2.

Ludlow-based Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Western Massachusetts filed a $6 million proposal with the state to expand its hospital, the Boston Business Journal reported Jan. 2.

Lifespan Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center at Newport (R.I.) Hospital was reaccredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities International, Providence Business News reported Dec. 31. 

One resident is still missing and looters have ransacked the building after the largest nursing home in St. Louis closed abruptly Dec. 15.

Viviant Healthcare of Murfreesboro (Tenn.) is closing its doors for failing to meet Medicare and Medicaid health and safety requirements, according to a CMS notice of termination release Dec. 12. 

Six days after the sudden closure of St. Louis-based Northview Village nursing home — forcing the transfer of 185 residents — officials with the St. Louis City Senior Fund announced they will allocate $174,000 in aid for the residents.

The largest nursing home in St. Louis closed abruptly, leaving about 100 workers without their last paycheck and moving 170 residents without notifying their families, The New York Times reported Dec. 19.