As Labor Crisis Complicates Care Transitions, Hospitals Work to Alleviate SNF Referral Backlog

In yet another example of the wide-ranging effects of the ongoing post-acute staffing shortage, hospital systems are reporting months of discharge delays as skilled nursing facilities are unable to accept new residents. Desperate acute care health systems have begun providing nursing homes additional payments to take on residents, and in some cases offering their clinical […]

CMS Penalties Fund Program Designed to Reduce Readmissions, Improve Skilled Nursing Outcomes

Thirty nursing homes in the state of Washington will benefit from a federal program that injects penalty recoveries back into initiatives that boost nursing home quality — and the ramifications of the funding could go well beyond the facilities in that one state. The grant, totaling more than $644,000, comes from the Centers for Medicare […]