As hospitals’ preferred discharge networks narrow, high-level thinkers and consultants in the skilled nursing space have long preached the importance of certain key metrics: shorter lengths of stay, lower readmissions, and less overall Medicare spend. Now a new study shows those concerns are grounded in reality. In the years leading up to the creation of […]
Cleveland Clinic
The Cleveland Clinic followed a familiar path to boost its care coordination efforts, building partnerships with trusted skilled nursing facilities and relying on its own staff to ensure quality. And the Ohio-based health care provider has the results to prove that the model can work. “What our data has told us, and has been consistent […]