While home health referrals have doubled year over year from 2022, referral rejections rates are at an "all-time high," according to a July 25 WellSky news release about the company's "evolution of care" report, which noted referrals have surpassed pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.

A fire at the Seven Hills Rehabilitation & Nursing home in Lynchburg, Va., prompted an evacuation of dozens of patients, two of whom were hospitalized with smoke inhalation issues, CBS affiliate WDBJ reported July 21.

CMS is placing extra oversight on new hospices in four states — Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas — because of a yearlong stack of hospice fraud, waste and abuse reports.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation is the only U.S. rehab hospital to be granted membership to the inaugural class of the World Rehabilitation Alliance.

Illinois has the highest percentage of nursing facilities with actual harm or immediate jeopardy warnings while Maine has the lowest.

Pablo Celnik, MD, a physiatrist and physician-scientist from Johns Hopkins University, was named CEO of Chicago-based Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, according to a June 29 facility news release. 

Here are 31 health systems recently opening or expanding rehabilitations hospitals and units:

A KFF report found 45 percent of nursing facilities did not meet staffing levels of 3.5 direct care hours per resident day.

Here are the top two rehabilitation hospitals in North Dakota, according to U.S. News & World Report rankings.

The Joint Commission partnered with the Alzheimer's Association to create the Memory Care Certification for Assisted Living Communities.

A New Hampshire home-care provider must pay roughly $1 million in back wages and damages after denying overtime wages to 36 employees.

Here are six systems hiring leaders in rehabilitation centers and units:

Four trends in post-acute care have emerged in the first half of 2023.

Here are the top five rehabilitation hospitals in Texas according to U.S. News & World Report rankings:

Four physical medicine physicians made Castle Connolly's list of top Asian American and Pacific Islander physicians.

Mass General Brigham's Spaulding Rehabilitation received a $6 million gift from an anonymous donor.

Staff members at a Chicago nursing home are refusing to work after Aliya Healthcare failed to pay them, ABC affiliate WLS reported July 5.

CareTrust acquired a skilled nursing facility and funded a mortgage loan for a skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living campus for a total of $45.2 million, the real estate investment company said in a July 5 release.

A woman entered a Texas rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility on June 30 with a rifle and opened fire inside the building, the Herald Banner reported July 1. 

Here are the 10 most-read post-acute stories published by Becker's in June: