Low Reimbursements, Staffing Shortages Create SNF Backlog in New England

Insufficient nursing home capacity — the result of low reimbursements, staffing shortages, and challenges in caring for patients in need — is to blame for a patient backlog at two affiliated hospitals in New Hampshire and Vermont, the Valley News reported Saturday. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, N.H., had to hold patients for a total […]