Among nursing home facilities that report data to the federal government, facilities in Minnesota are reporting the highest rate of staffing shortages in the U.S., while facilities in California are reporting the lowest, according to an April 15 analysis from Seniorly.

CMS cut funding to San Francisco-based Laguna Honda Hospital after a recent inspection found a new list of violations, The San Francisco Chronicle reported April 14.

The increased scrutiny of the nursing home industry following President Joe Biden's reform plans has led to increased interest from lawmakers, namely an investigation into private equity firms' ownership of nursing homes, Kaiser Health Network reported April 13.

CMS is proposing to adjust skilled nursing facility payment rates downward by 4.6 percent, which decreases Medicare payments to facilities by approximately $320 million, it said April 11.

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

Lawsuits against nursing homes in New York for their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic are piling up as liability protections are repealed and statutory deadlines to file the suits loom, The Wall Street Journal reported April 9.

Illinois legislators unanimously approved a $700 million budget increase for nursing homes in the state to increase staffing levels and the quality of care, The Chicago Tribune reported April 8. 

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., recently urged Congress to open an investigation into the "horrific practices and pervasive failures" of the nursing home industry in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, namely facilities owned by real estate investment trusts. 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill lowering the duration of nursing home residents' direct care to two hours daily, Tampa Bay Times reported April 7.

CMS is phasing out a series of protocols implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic for nursing homes to restore certain minimum standards, it said in a memorandum issued April 7.

Sweeping changes are needed at a systemic level in order to improve the quality of care in nursing homes, according to an April 6 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine's Committee on the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes. 

Orlando (Fla.) Health will open a freestanding, 54-bed inpatient facility to meet current and anticipated demand for rehabilitative care in the area, the system said April 6.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul lifted a three-month delay on a new law requiring nursing homes to meet minimum staffing, patient care and profit cap requirements, WSHU reported April 1. 

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

Around 67 nursing home residents died of COVID-19 the week ending March 27, the lowest level since the onset of the pandemic, The New York Times reported April 3.

Minnesota recently surpassed its goal of recruiting 1,000 certified nursing assistants to help service nursing homes in the state, the governor's office said March 29.

Implementing a federal minimum staffing standard for nursing homes would cost at least $4.9 billion a year, a recent study published in Innovations in Aging found.

The New York Attorney General’s Office has opened an investigation into complaints of abuse and neglect, including seven deaths, at a Syracuse nursing home, Syracuse.com reported March 29. 

Nursing home spending is expected to increase to $273 billion by 2030, the CMS Office of the Actuary said March 28.

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