Skilled Nursing News November 10, 2025
Recently released research affirmed what skilled nursing operators know all too well: Medicare Advantage requirements are creating impediments to patients’ timely care transitions.
That’s according to SNF provider leaders who spoke with Skilled Nursing News (SNN) in the wake of a JAMA study outlining how Medicare Advantage patients averaged longer pre-SNF hospital stays than traditional Medicare patients.
There are some possible mitigating factors at play in the data, but the findings reflect a serious threat to patient wellbeing and SNFs’ operational and financial soundness. But there are steps that skilled nursing providers can take to address this issue – namely, working more closely with hospital partners, as well as making sure they are ready both clinically and in terms...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor