It's overwhelming enough helping your mom get discharged from the hospital after a fall. But what if her doctor doesn't think it's safe for her to return home? As you scramble to find somewhere ...

The treatment intensity and 24-hour monitoring at skilled nursing facilities could drive lower readmission rates compared to home care. The rate of readmissions for patients discharged to home health ...

Increasing pressure from managed care and other payer organizations did not dramatically undercut overall nursing home lengths of stay in recent years, but they are primed to have more influence over ...

Mass General Brigham is using a state grant to test an advanced care at home model for patients in need of skilled nursing facility services. Mass General Brigham is testing a variation of the ...

It’s no surprise that when given the choice, most people would prefer to receive care at home rather than a hospital or skilled nursing facility if they could receive the same level and quality of ...

Regulation, reimbursement, and operational pressure dominated Skilled Nursing News’ most-read stories of 2025, reflecting a ...

Two health systems announced new tech vendor partnerships this week aimed at ramping up their ability to extend skilled and high-acuity care to patients’ homes. The first, announced Wednesday, is a ...

Payment reforms for skilled nursing facilities (SNF) and home health agencies (HHAs) largely caused small increases in admissions from 2018 to 2021, a new study finds. The COVID-19 pandemic began just ...

Medicare Part A may cover short-term skilled nursing care in a nursing home if specific requirements are met, such as a qualifying hospital stay and the need for daily skilled nursing care. Medicare ...

Patient advocates really, really want to believe that people discharged from a hospital are better off getting additional medical care and rehab at home than in a skilled nursing facility (SNF). But ...

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, patients battling other serious health issues were reluctant to be discharged to skilled nursing facilities in Omaha, spurring hospital leaders there to ...