Option Care Health, the nation's largest independent provider of home and alternate site infusion services, is buying Amedisys, a leading home health, hospice and high-acuity care provider, for $3.6 billion.

Omega Healthcare Investors completed $233 million in new investments in the second quarter of 2023, involving 18 skilled nursing facilities.

Hartford, Conn.-based Hughes Health and Rehabilitation, a 170-bed nursing home, will close after being in operation for more than 50 years, we-ha.com reported May 1.

The Illinois Department of Public Health and CMS are investigating a nursing home that allegedly had no medical staff on duty May 1, NBC Chicago reported May 2.

There are the 10 most-read post-acute stories published by Becker's in April:

Here are nine nursing homes where workers are picketing, have gone on strike recently or are threatening to strike:

The Department of Health and Human Services released ownership data on all Medicare-certified hospice and home health agencies, as well as nursing homes and hospitals.

Seven people were taken to the hospital after a car crash involving a nursing home van in Cynthiana, Ky., CBS affiliate WKYT reported April 19.

The New York State Department of Labor reported it received a WARN notice from a rehabilitation center that is closing May 15, CNY News reported April 18.

More than 130 nursing homes are suing the state of New York over a law that could cap profits and require spending allocation minimums, the Times Union reported April 14.

An Illinois nursing home agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The New Jersey Supreme Court will review a court's decision to allow members of a class-action lawsuit to receive refunds from Springpoint Senior Living due to an alleged bait-and-switch scheme, Law360 reported April 11.

More than half of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cases linked to contaminated eyedrops have been found in long-term care facilities, NBC News reported April 9.

Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have distinct clinical capabilities, patient populations and hospital outcomes.  LTACHs are uniquely equipped to efficiently and effectively meet the needs of medically complex patients, making partnership with LTACHs a key strategy in reducing costs and improving hospital throughput.1

The New York State Office for the Aging has received more than 5,000 complaints about long-term care facilities in only nine months, CBS affiliate WRGB reported April 6.

A recent wave of evictions has displaced dozens of assisted-living residents in Wisconsin who depend on Medicaid for their care — highlighting another pitfall of the long-term care industry, The Washington Post reported April 6.

Dallas-based Reunion Rehabilitation Hospitals opened its inpatient rehab hospital in Arlington, Texas and named Rob Smart its CEO.

CMS is proposing a 3.7 percent, or $1.2 billion, pay bump for skilled nursing facilities in fiscal year 2024.

The American Hospital Association and the American Health Care Association sent a joint letter to CMS urging the agency to consider ways to bolster the nursing home workforce instead of implementing federal staffing minimums. 

The New York State Department of Health is investigating an Auburn nursing home after a video of one of its employees sleeping on the job went viral, ABC affiliate WSYR reported April 3.