Healthcare Innovation December 18, 2023
More health systems are creating skilled nursing facility/rehab-at-home programs as adjuncts to their hospital-at-home offerings
During a recent webinar hosted by the Hospital at Home Users Group, executives from three health systems described their experience creating skilled nursing facility (SNF)/rehab-at-home programs as adjuncts to their hospital-at-home offerings.
As the webinar hosts pointed out, there is interest in this model from several perspectives: patients prefer to be home and avoid extended SNF stays; health systems often have waits to transition patients to SNFs, impacting lengths of stay; and health plans pay significant amounts for SNF-level care.
Emily Downing, M.D., system clinical officer at Allina Health, coined a Dr. Seuss-like term, “Snospital at Home” to describe what Allina has done in filling...
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