Category: Post-Acute

Critics of private equity ownership of nursing homes should divert their attention to investors’ interests in home healthcare, Forbes senior contributor Howard Gleckman wrote April 27.

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

Here are four recent stories Becker’s has published on nursing home legislation since April 5: 

Over 300 nursing homes have closed since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and 400 are projected to close this year, according to a new report from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living. 

The Biden administration’s nursing home overhaul plan to implement federal nursing home staffing requirements has led industry experts to question the cost and sources of funding, Bloomberg Law reported April 21.

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

Federal regulators are set to review the COVID-19 death count at Trilogy Health Services, one of the nation’s largest nursing home chains, after the company cut its reported death toll by 42 percent, USA Today reported April 15. 

Minnesota is reporting the highest rate of nursing home staffing shortages in the U.S. while California is reporting the lowest, according to an April 15 analysis from Seniorly.

CMS cut funding to San Francisco-based Laguna Honda Hospital, one of the largest skilled nursing facilities in the country, after a recent inspection found a new list of violations, The San Francisco Chronicle reported April 14.

The increased scrutiny of the nursing home industry following President Joe Biden’s reform plans has led to increased interest from lawmakers, namely an investigation into private equity firms’ ownership of nursing homes, Kaiser Health Network reported…