Post-Acute

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.

Vermont has the highest percentage of nursing home residents who have received the COVID-19 vaccination while Arizona has the lowest rate, the CDC found.

Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital became the first hospital in New England to receive the American College of Surgeons' Level 2 Verification-Focused Excellence status in its Geriatric Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program.

Arizona has the highest percentage of nursing homes rated five out of five, according to the 2024 "Best Nursing Homes" ranking by U.S. News & World Report.

Nursing homes are now required to disclose more ownership and management information to the public, according to a final CMS rule.

Two residents and a staff member were injured in a fire at a New Jersey rehabilitation center Nov. 14, according to a Brick Township Fire Department Facebook post.