Post-Acute

A recent wave of evictions has displaced dozens of assisted-living residents in Wisconsin who depend on Medicaid for their care — highlighting another pitfall of the long-term care industry, The Washington Post reported April 6.

Dallas-based Reunion Rehabilitation Hospitals opened its inpatient rehab hospital in Arlington, Texas and named Rob Smart its CEO.

CMS is proposing a 3.7 percent, or $1.2 billion, pay bump for skilled nursing facilities in fiscal year 2024.

The American Hospital Association and the American Health Care Association sent a joint letter to CMS urging the agency to consider ways to bolster the nursing home workforce instead of implementing federal staffing minimums. 

The New York State Department of Health is investigating an Auburn nursing home after a video of one of its employees sleeping on the job went viral, ABC affiliate WSYR reported April 3.

A Mississippi nursing home won a "patently and demonstrably frivolous" whistleblower lawsuit accusing the facility of improperly billing Medicaid and Medicare, Bloomberg Law reported March 29.

The Massachusetts attorney general issued an advisory March 29 reminding temporary nursing agencies about the maximum rates they can charge long-term care facilities.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is giving $14.2 million to 127 long-term care facilities to improve care quality for residents, it said March 28.

The Colorado Health Care Association, a nursing home group, became the first long-term care advocacy group to have an ambassador-level alliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

St. Louis nursing homes are caring for fewer older adults and more adults with mental and behavioral health conditions, adding to the industry strain, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported March 28.