The American Health Care Association, Texas Health Care Association and multiple long-term nursing home facilities in Texas filed a lawsuit May 23 against CMS over its recently finalized staffing rules.
Category: Post-Acute
Woman charged with posing as nurse at 3 Michigan nursing homes
A 52-year-old woman was charged with 33 felony counts after police said she worked as a nurse at three skilled nursing facilities without a license.
Blood pressure meds linked to increased bone fracture risks in older adults: 3 notes
A New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Health study found blood pressure medications more than double the risk of bone fractures in nursing home residents.
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.
