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. 

Improving the at-home care industry in the U.S. rests on confronting six challenges, the AARP said May 3. 

Pine Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center in Thomasville, N.C., is back in compliance with the state health department and under new leadership four months after three staff members were found caring for 98 residents, The Dispatch reported last week. 

Here are three recent nursing home industry projections Becker's has covered since March 29: 

Critics of private equity ownership of nursing homes should divert their attention to investors' interests in home healthcare, Forbes senior contributor Howard Gleckman wrote April 27.

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

Here are four recent stories Becker's has published on nursing home legislation since April 5: 

Over 300 nursing homes have closed since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and 400 are projected to close this year, according to a new report from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living. 

Wahiawa (Hawaii) General Hospital will close its long-term nursing center, effective July 22, HawaiiNewsNow reported April 22.

Nursing homes in which staff are members of a labor union were associated with a 10.8 percent lower resident COVID-19 death rate and a 6.8 percent lower staff COVID-19 death rate compared to nonunion nursing homes, a study published April 20 in Health Affairs found.

The Biden administration's nursing home overhaul plan to implement federal nursing home staffing requirements has led industry experts to question the cost and sources of funding, Bloomberg Law reported April 21.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services froze admissions at Westwood Health and Rehabilitation, an Archdale nursing facility, for a series of violations, Fox 8 reported April 19. 

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

Federal regulators are set to review the COVID-19 death count at Trilogy Health Services, one of the nation's largest nursing home chains, after the company cut its reported death toll by 42 percent, USA Today reported April 15.