Category: Post-Acute

Baylor Scott & White, Select Medical closing Texas rehab facility, laying off nurses

Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health and Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based-Select Medical are closing a co-owned rehabilitation clinic in Flower Mound, Texas, resulting in the termination of 78 employees.

Geisinger rehab hospital names CEO

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital appointed Brian Mann CEO.

California system to build inpatient rehab hospital

Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health is partnering with Lifepoint Rehabilitation to open an inpatient rehabilitation facility in Loma Linda.

New York rehab hospital names executive director

White Plains, N.Y.-based Burke Rehabilitation Hospital appointed Scott Edelman as executive director.

Arizona to open new inpatient rehab hospital

Cross Hospitals broke ground on Tucson (Ariz.) Rehabilitation Hospital.

UCI Health lowered deaths from antibiotic-resistant organisms by 24% with this collaboration

A study led by researchers at Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health found that use of antiseptic soap and nasal ointment among patients in hospitals and residents of nursing homes reduced countywide infections by up to 30% and dropped associated deaths by 24…

Best senior living centers, per US News

U.S. News & World Report named the 10 cities and 15 companies for best senior living.

West Virginia rehab hospital changes ownership, rebrands

A rehabilitation hospital has changed ownership and will operate as two partner organizations in West Virginia, WTRF.com reported April 12.

Tampa General opens clinic exclusive to older adults

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital unveiled a new clinic exclusively for patients 65 and older called TGH Senior Center.  

Hospitalists more likely to recommend hospice than specialists: Study

A New Haven, Conn.-based Yale School of Medicine study suggests oncology hospitalists have better hospice utilization and reduce hospital stays for cancer patients compared to oncologists.