A deal to sell three SSM Health nursing facilities in Wisconsin to a for-profit company based in New Jersey is in the works, the Wisconsin State Journal reported July 10.

Birmingham, Ala.-based The Sanders Trust has acquired PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Tulsa (Okla.) for $34.2 million, AL.com reported July 8.

CMS has launched a dementia care program that will be piloted by 400 organizations.

Tennessee law enforcement officials are investigating a murder-suicide at a Dunlap-based nursing home, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported July 8.

States metrics around healthcare providers per bed, nursing home occupancy rates and staff shortages vary widely by state, according to an April 12 article on Seniorly's website.

Here are 51 hospitals opening or breaking ground on rehabilitation facilities or expanding rehabilitation units in 2024:

The Biden administration is investing more than $200 million in programs to train primary care physicians in age-friendly care for older adults. 

Morgantown-based WVU Health System appointed Maggie Thieman, MD, vice president of post-acute services.

In 10 years, post-acute care will resemble the hospitals of today, Rajeev Kumar, MD, president of AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, told Becker's. 

Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health and Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health opened a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Louisville.

The American Hospital Association sent letters to the Senate and House June 25 urging them to stop CMS from enforcing its final rule on minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.

Maryland's director of the agency that regulates nursing homes and hospital safety resigned effective June 27 — about a month after a lawsuit was filed alleging the agency failed to properly inspect facilities, The Washington Post reported June 20.

Tacoma, Wash.-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is closing its outpatient rehabilitation and physical therapy clinic in Port Orchard, Wash., July 12, Gig Harbor Now reported June 20.

Following an 18-month investigation, the U.S. Justice Department found that the state of Missouri violated the Americans with Disabilities Act for "unnecessarily institutionalizing adults with mental health disabilities in nursing facilities," according to a report published June 18.

After more than two years of a looming threat of closure, San Francisco-based Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center has been approved for Medicare recertification, according to San Francisco city news release.

Biddeford, Maine-based University of New England received nearly $5 million to educate and train Maine's healthcare workforce in geriatric care.

Lynn Ricci plans to retire as president and CEO of the New Britain, Conn.-based Hospital for Special Care in 2025.

Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System's Post-Acute Care Collaboration Strategy program saved the system more than $815,000 in 2023.

Indianapolis Rehabilitation Hospital named Logan Savage CEO.

Many nursing homes are closing due to financial strain, but changing service models from fee-for-service to value-based care could help improve their finances, Rajeev Kumar, MD, president of AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, told Becker's.