Category: Post-Acute

The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago earned the No. 1 spot on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 Best Hospitals for Rehabilitation ranking released July 26. 

San Francisco officials urged HHS to put patient transfers out of Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center on hold as the facility attempts to regain certification, the San Francisco Examiner reported July 27.

Some nursing homes nationwide have developed a strategy to collect debt by suing the families and friends of residents, Kaiser Health News reported July 28.

CMS updated its Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating System on July 27 to include weekend staffing rates for nurses and information on annual turnover among nurses and administrators. 

Here are four national nursing home standard updates Becker’s has reported on since June 30: 

Crosby, Minn.-based Cuyuna Regional Medical Center will build a $12 million to $15 million nursing home on the Heartwood Senior Living Community campus in Crosby.

CMS released its first home- and community-based services quality measure set July 21 to promote consistent quality measurement within and across such programs.

Nearly 120 residents remain at Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center at Andover (N.J.) as the facility prepares to close in August after a troublesome history, Sparta Independent reported July 19.

Proposed federal staffing minimums for nursing homes could cost the industry $10 billion annually to hire more than 187,000 more caregivers, a July 19 report from the American Health Care Association and consulting firm Clifton Larson Allen found.

Below are six hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking post-acute care talent.