Category: Post-Acute

Rehabilitation Hospital of Bowie (Md.), an Encompass Health facility, named Joseph Williams CEO.

The American Hospital Association sent a letter to CMS outlining how vital skilled nursing facilities are to healthcare and urging CMS to make changes to some of its proposals, including the reimbursement amounts.

A National Council on Aging analysis found 80 percent of older adults are financially struggling or at risk of future financial insecurity, but today’s 65-year-old is expected to live another 20 years.

San Francisco-based Laguna Honda Hospital was granted its third and final extension May 18 as it attempts to avoid being shut down, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Three rehabilitation hospitals have recently tapped new talent for their CEOs.

The New York State Department of Labor reported it received a WARN notice from a rehabilitation center that is closing May 15, CNY News reported April 18.

More than half of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cases linked to contaminated eyedrops have been found in long-term care facilities, NBC News reported April 9.

Dallas-based Reunion Rehabilitation Hospitals opened its inpatient rehab hospital in Arlington, Texas and named Rob Smart its CEO.

The American Hospital Association and the American Health Care Association sent a joint letter to CMS urging the agency to consider ways to bolster the nursing home workforce instead of implementing federal staffing minimums. 

Newsweek and Statista, a global data research firm, have released their “2023 America’s Best Nursing Homes” list.