Below are five hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking post-acute care talent.

Laguna Honda, San Francisco's largest skilled nursing facility, began discharging its 700 patients as part of a federally mandated plan to relocate all residents by September, The San Francisco Chronicle reported June 17. 

COVID-19 infections in U.S. nursing homes quadrupled between mid-April and mid-May as booster rates waned, a new AARP analysis published June 16 found.

A Maine nursing home will establish policies and procedures to ensure it is a welcoming place for LGBTQ seniors after a 79-year-old transgender woman filed a discrimination lawsuit, NBC News reported June 16.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit June 15 against the American Health Foundation, its affiliated management corporation and three affiliated nursing homes, alleging they provided "grossly substandard" services to residents between 2016 and 2018.

A Maryland nursing home was forced to evacuate 112 seniors June 14 after a fire broke out in the kitchen area, The Washington Post reported.

Philadelphia is closing the Philadelphia Nursing Home, a 402-bed long-term care facility, by the end of the year, the city said June 14.

Below are five hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking post-acute care talent.

The American Hospital Association wrote a letter to CMS June 10 urging the agency not to reduce Medicare payments for skilled nursing facilities in 2023.

Home healthcare agencies with case manager caseloads under 25 have the highest care quality and patient satisfaction star ratings, according to Leading Age's "National Healthcare at Home Best Practices and Future Insights Study."

Seventy-three percent of nursing homes in the U.S. are concerned they will have to close over staffing shortages, a new survey published June 6 from the American Healthcare Association and National Center for Assisted Living found.

Below are seven hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking post-acute care talent.

Petersen Health Care, a nursing home chain based in Peoria, Ill., must pay over $2.9 million in back overtime wages after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation. 

Medicare spending on skilled nursing facilities increased 4.4 percent from 2019 to 2020, despite 200,000 fewer beneficiaries using services than usual, a new analysis from Kaiser Family Foundation found.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a $700 million nursing home reform bill into law May 31. 

Below are six hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking post-acute care talent.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., urged HHS May 25 to reverse the decision by CMS to terminate Laguna Honda Hospital's participation in Medicare and Medicaid programs.

About 47 percent of nursing home residents are at risk of displacement because of facilities suffering from financial hardship, a May 25 report conducted by Clifton Larson Allen found. 

Bob Dean, 68, an owner of seven nursing homes across New Orleans, has been barred from participating in federal healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, as his legal battles for a botched Hurricane Ida evacuation continue, nola.com reported May 23.

Nursing homes around the nation have adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic through a series of measures, including changes to wages and training, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.