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.

Residents were evacuated from Clewiston (Fla.) Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a storm and a tree caused the roof to collapse, Wink News reported May 24.

A New York nursing home was cited for failures to administrate efficiently and to keep its 37 residents free from neglect. The citation comes after a viral video showed one of its nurses nearly collapsing, The Citizen reported May 23.

The CDC updated its infection prevention strategies after the public health emergency expired, making two important changes for assisted living communities.

San Francisco-based Laguna Honda Hospital was granted its third and final extension May 18 as it attempts to avoid being shut down, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

A nursing home company is suing the U.S. Small Business Administration, Treasury Department and others over a new cap on COVID-19 relief loans, law.com reported May 16.

A congressional investigation found that federal oversight funding has stalled nursing home inspections and led to a shortage of inspectors.

A man armed with a gun broke into an assisted living and extended care facility in Sharpstown, Texas May 12 and was talked down by a certified nursing assistant until police arrived, ABC13 reported.

Three rehabilitation hospitals have recently tapped new talent for their CEOs.

San Francisco-based Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center has requested another extension from CMS as it works to gain state and federal recertification, Local News Matters reported May 12.

Medicare fee-for-service admissions increased by 5.8 percent among skilled nursing facilities but decreased among home health providers in 2022, according to a new report from Trella Health, a healthcare analytics company.

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

Massachusetts Executive Office of Veterans' Services received a $164 million federal grant to aid in constructing a veterans nursing home.