Skilled Nursing News April 15, 2021
The shift to home was already a long-simmering trend in post-acute and long-term care, but the coronavirus pandemic kicked those prevailing trends into a higher gear.
In the short term, that took the form of increased diversions from skilled nursing facilities on the acute-to-post-acute pipeline, with patients discharged directly from the hospital to the home in order to avoid the elevated COVID-19 risk in congregate living settings.
Whether or not those post-acute patterns continue or return to pre-pandemic levels remains an open question, but the desire to not revert to the past goes all the way up to the White House.
The Biden administration late last month unveiled a $400 billion plan designed to substantially expand coverage of home- and...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor