Category: Post-Acute

The Minnesota Department of Health will hold a public hearing the evening of Jan. 17 regarding the planned closure of Sanford Bemidji (Minn.) Medical Center’s inpatient rehabilitation unit.

Ellsworth, Maine-based Seaport Village Healthcare, a skilled nursing, rehabilitation and assisted living facility, has submitted a closure plan for its skilled nursing facility to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services, a spokesperson for …

One resident is still missing and looters have ransacked the building after the largest nursing home in St. Louis closed abruptly Dec. 15.

Viviant Healthcare of Murfreesboro (Tenn.) is closing its doors for failing to meet Medicare and Medicaid health and safety requirements, according to a CMS notice of termination release Dec. 12. 

Six days after the sudden closure of St. Louis-based Northview Village nursing home — forcing the transfer of 185 residents — officials with the St. Louis City Senior Fund announced they will allocate $174,000 in aid for the residents.

The lack of rehabilitation facilities and post-discharge care is causing financial and operational burdens for hospitals as well as decreasing patient safety and outcomes, Robert Glatter, MD, an emergency physician at New York City-based Lenox Hill Hos…

Alla “Al” Wazwaz was appointed CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Modesto (Calif.).

Visiting nurses in Connecticut are calling for increased state and federal protections for home healthcare workers following the homicide of Joyce Grayson, 63, of Willimantic, Conn., NBC Connecticut reported Nov. 28.

Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital became the first hospital in New England to receive the American College of Surgeons’ Level 2 Verification-Focused Excellence status in its Geriatric Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program.

Two residents and a staff member were injured in a fire at a New Jersey rehabilitation center Nov. 14, according to a Brick Township Fire Department Facebook post.