Post-Acute

The Supreme Court has ended protections for Haitian and Syrian citizens, clearing the way for the federal government to deport hundreds of thousands of workers. It’s a move that could shake the skilled nursing workforce. Here is what to know.…

Fewer than 1 in 4 patients with stroke and 1 in 7 patients with traumatic brain injury are discharged from the hospital to an inpatient rehabilitation facility, a recent study found. The study, published June 10 in Neurology, analyzed 444,908…

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals’ Housing for Health initiative has launched a pilot program that places home health aides with medically vulnerable patients during the critical gap between housing move-in and Medicaid approval — a window that typically…

Cleveland, Wis.-based ClearSky Rehabilitation Hospital Lakeshore named Brittani Coffey, MSN, RN, CEO. “I’m honored to lead ClearSky Lakeshore and work alongside a team dedicated to changing lives through specialized rehabilitative care,” Ms. Coffey said in a June 25 hospital news…

So far in 2026, CMS has handed out 55,981 deficiencies to skilled nursing facilities across the nation. Becker’s collected a report on all of the deficiencies given by CMS in 2026 at freestanding and hospital-based facilities. This includes dually certified,…

Nursing home and residential care facilities’ staffing is rebounding, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Here is what to know. 1. Since the pandemic, the number of workers in nursing facilities has steadily risen. As of May, the industry…

Johnson County Rehabilitation Hospital at Overland Park (Kan.) has expanded its inpatient rehabilitation capacity with an additional 10 beds. The hospital opened in 2022 and provides rehabilitative services to patients with stroke, brain injury, trauma, and complex neurological and orthopedic…

Oklahoma City (Kan.) Rehabilitation Hospital named Jennifer Collins, MD, medical director. Dr. Collins will oversee medical rehabilitation programs and support high-quality, patient-centered care, according to a June 16 hospital news release.  “I’m honored to serve as medical director of Oklahoma…

Two post-acute care associations are calling on Congress and CMS to overhaul Medicare Advantage plans’ use of prior authorization after two HHS reports found high denial rates for long-term care hospital and skilled nursing facility services. “These findings confirm what…

Two June 8 reports from the HHS Office of Inspector General highlighted post-acute care denials and overturned appeals from Medicare Advantage organizations. Both reports focused on June 2024, looking across 19 MA organizations. The first report found the three largest MA organizations…