When Hospitals Build Skilled Nursing Networks, How Narrow is Too Narrow?

Skilled nursing providers have faced pressure to break into area hospitals’ top-tier referral groups — the increasingly select few deemed fit to manage acute care operators’ patient populations across the continuum. But when SNFs size up their competitors in their marketplaces, are they facing off for a slot in a hospital’s top five, or top […]

Data, Not Donuts: Building Today’s Skilled Nursing Partnerships

In the past, nailing down a partnership with a local hospital or home health agency might have simply been a matter of providing the right free breakfast to the right group of hungry administrators. But in a world with shifting payment models and increasing emphasis on outcomes, skilled nursing providers must step up their game with […]