Vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries with frailty and those needing short-term skilled nursing facility care post-hospitalization were less likely to receive timely primary care follow-up after returning ...

CMS is continuing its push to remove inpatient-only status from most surgical procedures, a move that has raised concerns ...

Reducing postacute care in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in favor of home-based care is a leading cost-saving strategy in new payment models. Yet the extent to which SNF stays can be safely ...

Although approximately one in five Medicare beneficiaries are discharged from hospital acute care to postacute care at skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), little is known about access to timely medical ...

BPCI participation did not significantly change the number of SNF partners or discharge concentration among hospitals. Hospitals may feel constrained by CMS requirements for patient choice, limiting ...

The story of a failed patient transition from hospital discharge to post-acute care is familiar, even when, at first, all seems routine. For instance, a 78-year-old woman recovering from heart failure ...

The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement program was associated with improved quality of skilled nursing facilities in hospital referral networks for patients undergoing surgery for joint replacement ...

Following discharge after coronary artery bypass graft, there is high variability of skilled nursing facility use among different hospitals. Among different hospitals, there is high variability of ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued the final rule updating Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective ...

Health systems today are pursuing an “all of the above” strategy when it comes to finding inpatient capacity. That means both working every lever to keep patients out of the hospital, and then moving ...

Between rising SNF closures and hospital admissions, hospitals are strained to find post-acute settings equipped to meet patient needs. Discover the benefits of inpatient rehabilitation and how its ...