Category: Post-Acute

CMS, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau take action against nursing home debt collectors

CMS and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a joint letter Sept. 8 stating that nursing care facilities may not require a third-party caregiver to personally guarantee payment of a nursing home resident’s bill as a condition of the reside…

Pennsylvania nursing home workers strike: 4 things to know

Workers at 14 nursing homes in Pennsylvania are on strike after no agreement was reached with their employers on Friday. On Labor Day, nursing home workers with the Service Employees International Union and community members picketed outside of Fairlan…

Tennessee nursing home loses CMS certification, residents to be removed

Farragut, Tenn.-based Summit View of Farragut lost its certification from CMS and has to remove residents by Oct. 1, ABC affiliate WATE reported Sept. 1.

3 in 4 seniors can’t afford a nursing home in 2033, study projects

Researchers at NORC at the University of Chicago project more than 11 million middle-income seniors aged 75 and older may not be able to afford long-term care facilities in 2033.

New York nursing home opens COVID-19 wing after 40 residents, 8 employees infected

Forty residents of Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Syracuse, N.Y., have been moved to a special COVID-19 wing after testing positive for the virus, syracuse.com reported Aug. 29.

Flooding forces evacuation of Mississippi nursing home

Thirty-one residents were evacuated in school buses from the Peach Tree Village assisted living facility in Brandon, Miss. due to flooding, CNN reported Aug. 24.

Strike notices sent to 24 Pennsylvania nursing homes

Pittsburgh-based health care workers across 24 facilities submitted a notice to strike, CBS Pittsburgh reported Aug. 23. 

6 nursing homes closing

Here are six nursing homes closing in 2022:

Viewpoint: Nursing homes must address infection control measures post-COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that the current design for nursing homes is not conducive to infection control, Kenneth Scott, MD, wrote in Forbes.

Resilient Healthcare, White Rock Medical Center partner on home healthcare

Plano, Texas-based Resilient Healthcare and White Rock Medical Center in Dallas formed a partnership to deliver outpatient therapy to patients virtually and in their homes.