Temple Terrace, Fla.-based Florida Rehabilitation Hospital at Tampa has appointed Jeffrey Harrison as CEO.
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California has the most highly rated nursing homes in the U.S., followed by Florida, according to U.S. News & World Report's "2025 Best Nursing Homes" ratings, published Nov. 12.
The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against Cincinnati-based CommuniCare, a post-acute care network, for allegedly attempting to enforce stay-or-pay employment agreements.
The U.S. national rate of successful observed discharges to a patient's community or home from a long-term care facility between Oct. 1, 2021, and Sept. 9, 2023, was 18.05, according to CMS data published Sept. 25.
Effective May 1, 2025, CMS will require requires nursing homes to disclose more detailed ownership information as part of an Affordable Care Act final rule issued Nov. 15, 2023.
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Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health, the largest owner and operator of rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S., recently appointed new CEOs at two of its facilities.
As part of its bankruptcy restructuring, Brockway, Pa.-based Guardian Health has sold eight of the system's skilled nursing facilities to GBK Eight.
Temple Terrace, Fla.-based Chapters Health System, a nonprofit hospice care network, is expanding into the Western U.S. with the launch of Chapters Health West.
San Clemente, Calif.-based CareTrust REIT will acquire 31 skilled nursing facilities in Tennessee and Alabama for approximately $500 million.
Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health has appointed Mindy Hong as CEO of the Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Arlington (Texas).