Post-Acute

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Sept. 27 aimed at closing a loophole that allows nursing home operators to run a facility without receiving a license, KPBS reported Sept. 28.

Here are six nursing homes closures covered by Becker's since Sept. 1:

Bigfork, Mont.-based Lake View Care in Bigfork is closing by the end of the year, displacing 37 residents, the Billings Gazette reported Sept. 27.

A Turtle Creek, Pa.-based nursing home closed suddenly Sept. 25 as firefighters, paramedics and a post authority bus were seen evacuating the building of 47 residents around 8:30 p.m., Pittsburgh Action News reported Sept. 26.

For the first time, officials, researchers and the public can see data about who owns Medicare-certified nursing homes across nursing home locations. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is making more ownership data publicly available, according to a CMS…

Charges were dropped Sept. 22 against three nurses who were previously charged with aggravated manslaughter after 12 patients died in a Florida nursing home in 2017, Local10 reported.

Chicago-based MPAC Healthcare named Hailey Paley as the new COO, according to a Sept. 22 news release.

HHS released an inaugural national strategy to support family caregivers Sept. 21.

The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released a report Sept. 21 on for-profit nursing home chains during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding most were understaffed, leading to dangerous situations for patients.

Indiana-based nursing home, Wittenberg Village in Crown Point, will close its doors and lay off 71 workers in October, NWI Times reported Sept. 20.