Category: Post-Acute

Sepsis ranked as the most common reason for hospitalization among older adults, a KFF report found.

Set to take effect in less than a year, more than 700 hospitals across the U.S. are gearing up to adhere to a new alternative payment system from CMS, called the Transforming Episode Accountability Model. 

San Diego-based Scripps Health has saved 14,731 bed days since January 2023 by leasing beds at skilled nursing facilities.

Cleveland Clinic is working to make rehabilitation care easier with an augmented reality program.

Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health has developed a trauma-informed care toolkit to help nursing homes comply with CMS requirements.

Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health has partnered with Kettering, Ohio-based Alternate Solutions Health Network to enhance the system’s home health program. 

The Ensign Group, a publicly traded holding company based in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., has acquired five Texas nursing homes through its real estate company, Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT.

Wheaton, Ill.-based Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital became the 6th acute rehabilitation hospital to earn Magnet designation Oct. 21.

Thornton, Colo.-based Vibra Hospital of Denver has the lowest potentially preventable readmission rate among long-term care hospitals, according to CMS data.

Thornton, Colo.-based Vibra Hospital of Denver has the lowest potentially preventable readmission rate among long-term care hospitals, according to CMS data.