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President Joe Biden zeroed in on details around his administration's newly proposed minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes as part of an effort to improve patient safety at these facilities, according to a Sept. 1 opinion piece published in USA…

Mercy Health-Youngstown (Ohio) and Lifepoint Rehabilitation broke ground on a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital in that city.

Pine Bluff, Ark.-based Jefferson Regional and Nashville, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Rehabilitation named Mary Daggett as CEO of their upcoming rehabilitation and behavioral health hospital, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Sep. 1.

CMS proposed installing staffing requirements in nursing homes Sept. 1, a few days after the agency posted, then unpublished, research that failed to find a recommended staffing level in skilled nursing facilities. 

A study commissioned by CMS found no single recommendation for an appropriate level of staffing that would guarantee quality care, KFF Health News reported Aug. 29.

Australian researchers found lifestyle risks can lead to earlier nursing home admission.

Here are the top 10 rehabilitation hospitals in Florida, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023 annual rankings.

Washington, D.C., has the lowest average number of hospitalizations for long-stay residents at skilled nursing facilities while Louisiana has the highest, according to CMS data.

Here are the top five rehabilitation hospitals in California, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023 annual rankings.

At least 600 nursing homes have closed in the last six years, according to an analysis of federal data by The Wall Street Journal.