Category: Post-Acute

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.

Only 14 hospitals were above the rate of potentially preventable hospital readmission 30 days after discharge from an inpatient rehabilitation facility, CDC data found.

Nine states have fewer than five active geriatric physicians, a KFF report found.

John “Joe” Griffin was appointed CEO of Saint Alphonsus Regional Rehabilitation Hospital in Boise, Idaho, Idaho Business Review reported Nov. 1.