A common misconception among payers and ACOs is that eliminating skilled nursing stays for post-acute patient care will save money. In reality, most patients who leave the acute care setting and find ...

Vibra Healthcare, which operates Oregon’s sole long-term acute care hospital in Portland, plans to shut down operations early next year and lay off its entire workforce of 310 employees.

Last week, case managers at Sparrow Specialty Hospital in Lansing finalized the transfer of a patient. She had contracted COVID-19 nearly three months earlier and required a tracheotomy, a common ...

People who receive short-term treatment at nursing homes that specialize in post-acute care have lower rates of hospital readmission and death, according to a new study from the University of ...

Almost one in five post-acute facilities have been operating at negative margins for the past five years or longer, a BlackBook survey of 1,640 providers of long-term and post-acute care revealed, and ...

Only about 1% of acute MI patients in the United States receive palliative care, with low rates seen even in those at highest risk of poor prognosis and death, a new analysis shows. “Palliative care ...

Rehab hospital deals reflect post-acute strategy shifts as Cleveland Clinic, NYU Langone, and Vanderbilt expand partnerships for care continuity.

Black Book's annual post-acute IT user survey determines if there are more efficient ways to improve post-acute patient care while keeping providers accountable for improving quality and reducing ...

A regional New South Wales public hospital will soon close its mental health inpatient facility, in favor of a home-based ...

Among rural patients transferred home within the first three days of hospital care, hospital-level care at home was associated with 27% lower costs compared with traditional brick-and-mortar care.

The calcium-sensitizing inotrope was of no help weaning patients off venoarterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...

Vibra Specialty Hospital of Portland will close, its CEO said Monday, leaving Oregon without a long-term acute care hospital ...