A national study of nearly 4,500 nursing homes found that the adoption of SNFists increases nursing home referrals, but have little effect on lowering rehospitalizations, according to the research published June 14 in JAMA.

Two Louisville, Ky.-based nursing homes are shutting down and will pay more than $1 million in civil money penalties to CMS after site visits found repeated violations.

San Antonio (Texas) Rehabilitation Hospital named Brigid Keough-Jordan CEO.

CMS recently issued a memo outlining "areas of concern" related to missing or inaccurate patient information when patients are transitioning from hospitals to post-acute care providers.

One-third of COVID-19 deaths during the pandemic were associated with nursing homes, which is leading infection control experts to push for more oversight from Congress, according to a June 20 news release from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

The Chicago Fire Department aims to reduce emergency room visits with a paramedic partnership program that helps patients with chronic illnesses access resources, PBS affiliate WTTW reported June 6

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth is selling all its nursing homes, the Orlando Business Journal reported June 12.

Over the past two decades, many hospice facilities have turned into for-profit entities — part of a change that has seen nonprofits in the industry become the minority, The New York Times reported June 10.

Wheeling, W.Va.-based Easterseals Rehabilitation Center appointed Eric Filberto president and CEO, The Weirton Daily Times reported June 10.

The Supreme Court ruled to protect the right of Medicaid nursing home residents to sue when officials do not meet a certain quality of care, RollCall reported June 8.

Cincinnati Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehab facility, appointed Rob Murphy CEO.

Two North Carolina nursing home companies announced they have signed a letter of intent to merge, the Winston-Salem Journal reported June 7.

After CMS proposed a new rule for inpatient rehabilitation facilities in April, the American Hospital Association on June 5 issued comments urging the agency to make updates to its proposal citing inflationary pressures and staff shortages.

Rehabilitation Hospital of Bowie (Md.), an Encompass Health facility, named Joseph Williams CEO.

The American Hospital Association sent a letter to CMS outlining how vital skilled nursing facilities are to healthcare and urging CMS to make changes to some of its proposals, including the reimbursement amounts.

A Philadelphia home care agency and its owner have been ordered to pay $7 million in back wages and damages to 1,230 current and former employees.

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A National Council on Aging analysis found 80 percent of older adults are financially struggling or at risk of future financial insecurity, but today's 65-year-old is expected to live another 20 years.

Skilled nursing facilities across the U.S. will undergo an audit of five Medicare Part A claims from CMS beginning June 5, according to a May 15 memo from the agency.