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 ...

A measurement of resident preparedness for leaving a skilled nursing facility accurately predicted that more than half of study participants did not need acute care within 30 days of going home, ...

Opioids are prescribed at a high rate following post-acute hip fracture stays, a new study has found. But these patients are 41% less likely to receive an opioid prescription at discharge from a ...

Under bundled payment, hospitals bear financial responsibility for SNF care but may perceive themselves as constrained in their ability to direct patients to specific providers, which may limit shifts ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The fact that we found some of the patient-reported outcome measures were no different at any time point, with ...

The number of Medicare Advantage enrollees discharged to a skilled nursing facility grew to 47.6% in 2024, a 2.8% increase from 2023. Skilled nursing facility utilization among Medicare Advantage ...

Skilled nursing facility operating capacity dropped by 5% in the U.S. between 2019 and 2024, according to a study published Jan. 12 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers analyzed CMS data from 2018 ...