In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government issued a range of waivers to help the health system care for patients without being overwhelmed. One of those waivers removed a common barrier to skilled nursing care: the requirement that a patient have a three-day inpatient hospital stay for Medicare to cover the […]
The federal government announced it would be taking a look at the Medicare reimbursement system for skilled nursing facilities in the wake of higher-than-expected payments over the course of last year, even allowing for the impact of a global pandemic that had a uniquely deleterious effect on SNF operations. But whatever ends up changing, for […]
Data from the first quarter of the new Medicare payment model has been generally positive for skilled nursing operators, but it’s important for players in the space to realize that we’re still in the early innings of a change that could take years to sort out fully. Despite the news of per-day payment bumps under […]
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