American Hospital Association September 16, 2021
Post-acute care (PAC) providers continue to play a central role in COVID-19 response and recovery. In particular, providers in COVID-19 hotspots have been crucial to helping take the pressure off over-crowded referring hospitals and providing specialized care for the sickest patients — including “long-haul” patients requiring extended care after the initial period of illness has been resolved.
While the pandemic remains a major challenge to the entire health care delivery system, policymakers, as required by law, continue to develop a new post-acute care payment model that would combine payments for the four PAC settings: long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and home health agencies. This process includes input from the post-acute care field...
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