Category: Post-Acute

AHA urges legislators to halt nursing staffing laws

The American Hospital Association sent letters to the Senate and House June 25 urging them to stop CMS from enforcing its final rule on minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.

Maryland health official resigns after lawsuit alleges safety complaint backlog

Maryland’s director of the agency that regulates nursing homes and hospital safety resigned effective June 27 — about a month after a lawsuit was filed alleging the agency failed to properly inspect facilities, The Washington Post reported June 20.

Virginia Mason Franciscan closes rehab clinic

Tacoma, Wash.-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is closing its outpatient rehabilitation and physical therapy clinic in Port Orchard, Wash., July 12, Gig Harbor Now reported June 20.

Missouri is 'failing' these patients, DOJ says

Following an 18-month investigation, the U.S. Justice Department found that the state of Missouri violated the Americans with Disabilities Act for “unnecessarily institutionalizing adults with mental health disabilities in nursing facilities,” accordin…

California hospital gets Medicare recertification after 2-year struggle

After more than two years of a looming threat of closure, San Francisco-based Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center has been approved for Medicare recertification, according to San Francisco city news release.

Maine system gets $5M to train staff in geriatric care

Biddeford, Maine-based University of New England received nearly $5 million to educate and train Maine’s healthcare workforce in geriatric care.

Connecticut long-term care hospital CEO to retire

Lynn Ricci plans to retire as president and CEO of the New Britain, Conn.-based Hospital for Special Care in 2025.

How Atlantic Health improved care transitions and saved $815K

Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System’s Post-Acute Care Collaboration Strategy program saved the system more than $815,000 in 2023.

Indianapolis Rehab Hospital names CEO

Indianapolis Rehabilitation Hospital named Logan Savage CEO.

Joint Commission-accredited nursing homes have lower infection rates: Study

Patients at Joint Commission-accredited nursing homes get fewer catheter-associated urinary tract infections and fewer central line-associated bloodstream infections than those at nonaccredited ones, a study published in the June 2024 issue of The Join…