Post-Acute

Ninety-four percent of Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes across the U.S. experienced a nurse staffing issue during the pandemic, according to a report released in September by the U.S. Pandemic Response Accountability Committee. 

Dorothy "Dodi" Purtell was named CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Fitchburg (Wis.).

Three hospitals in Illinois, Connecticut and Texas have cut or closed their rehabilitation programs since the start of 2023.

The Texas Federal Wellness Health and Rehab in Edinburg has shut its doors following a months-long federal investigation into claims that a co-owner and his sister were defrauding a federal worker's compensation program.

Broomfield (Colo.) Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center settled with the state attorney general's office and agreed to pay a fine of up to $60,000 after a cyberattack exposed private information about thousands of patients and employees, CBS News reported Sept.…

Milwaukee Rehabilitation Hospital at Greenfield (Wis.) appointed Shelley Stubbendeck CEO.

Nancy Littlefield, DNP, RN, will become the CEO of Hospice of the Piedmont Oct. 2 after serving as another system's chief nursing officer for about seven years. 

Nursing homes across the U.S. may soon be faced with the challenge to remain fully staffed, or close, after President Joe Biden proposed minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes as part of an effort to improve patient safety on Sept.…

Washington, D.C., has the lowest nurse turnover rate for nursing homes while Montana has the highest, according to CMS data.

All post-acute settings are not created equal.1 The growing rate of skilled nursing facility (SNF) closures has only reinforced this gap in care quality, leaving patients and hospitals straining to find care settings equipped and available to meet their unique…