Category: Post-Acute

The American Hospital Association wrote a letter to CMS June 10 urging the agency not to reduce Medicare payments for skilled nursing facilities in 2023.

Home healthcare agencies with case manager caseloads under 25 have the highest care quality and patient satisfaction star ratings, according to Leading Age’s “National Healthcare at Home Best Practices and Future Insights Study.”

Seventy-three percent of nursing homes in the U.S. are concerned they will have to close over staffing shortages, a new survey published June 6 from the American Healthcare Association and National Center for Assisted Living found.

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

Medicare spending on skilled nursing facilities increased 4.4 percent from 2019 to 2020, despite 200,000 fewer beneficiaries using services than usual, a new analysis from Kaiser Family Foundation found.

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

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., urged HHS May 25 to reverse the decision by CMS to terminate Laguna Honda Hospital’s participation in Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Nursing homes around the nation have adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic through a series of measures, including changes to wages and training, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. 

Improving the at-home care industry in the U.S. rests on confronting six challenges, the AARP said May 3. 

Here are three recent nursing home industry projections Becker’s has covered since March 29: