Post-Acute

Just two weeks after the Arkansas officials recommended CMS revoke the care licenses for Happy Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center — CMS has done just that. 

Two experts gave the healthcare system a "D" grade overall for nursing homes' performance during the COVID-19 pandemic, and offered ways nursing homes can better react to the next one, The New York Times reported Aug. 19.

U.S. News & World Report released its 2023-24 "Best Regional Hospitals" list on Aug. 1. The annual ranking rates hospitals in states and major metropolitan areas — in more than 30 medical and surgical services. 

U.S. News & World Report named 10 of the top rehabilitation hospitals Aug. 1.

Aging adult care settings had higher nonfatal occupational injuries or illnesses than hospitals, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found.

San Francisco-based Laguna Honda Hospital applied for Medicaid recertification Aug. 11.

Adult care and nursing home costs increased by 2.4 percent in July over the prior month, according to inflation data released Aug. 10 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

North Dakota has the lowest average turnover rate for registered nurses while New Mexico has the highest, CMS found.

Three major companies in the nursing home and assisted living space released second-quarter earnings reports recently.

Northfield (Minn.) Hospital will close its 40-bed, long-term care center this October due to staffing and financial challenges, according to an Aug. 7 news release.