Category: Post-Acute

5 recent nursing home closures 

Here are five recent nursing home closures announced since May 26: 

CMS updates nursing home participation guidance

CMS released updated guidance June 29 on minimum health and safety standards that long-term care facilities must meet to participate in Medicare and Medicaid. 

7 systems seeking post-acute care talent 

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

Troubled North Carolina nursing home closes 

The Citadel Salisbury (N.C.), a nursing home that was the site of the state’s worst outbreak of COVID-19, closed after losing its Medicare agreement in May, 3WBTV reported June 23.

Louisiana nursing home owner arrested on fraud, cruelty charges

Bob Dean, 68, a nursing home owner facing dozens of lawsuits over a botched Hurricane Ida evacuation, was charged June 22 with eight felony counts of cruelty to persons with infirmities, five felony counts of Medicaid fraud and two felony counts of obs…

6 systems seeking post-acute care talent 

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

San Francisco’s largest SNF begins discharging patients ahead of closure

Laguna Honda, San Francisco’s largest skilled nursing facility, began discharging its 700 patients as part of a federally mandated plan to relocate all residents by September, The San Francisco Chronicle reported June 17. 

Nursing home booster rates slow as COVID-19 cases quadruple: AARP

COVID-19 infections in U.S. nursing homes quadrupled between mid-April and mid-May as booster rates waned, a new AARP analysis published June 16 found.

Maine nursing home adjusts policies after ‘historic’ discrimination lawsuit 

A Maine nursing home will establish policies and procedures to ensure it is a welcoming place for LGBTQ seniors after a 79-year-old transgender woman filed a discrimination lawsuit, NBC News reported June 16.

Justice Department sues American Health Foundation over alleged ‘grossly substandard’ nursing home care 

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit June 15 against the American Health Foundation, its affiliated management corporation and three affiliated nursing homes, alleging they provided “grossly substandard” services to residents between 2016 and 2018.