How SNFs are cutting costs without cutting back on care
Originally published in McKnight’s By Betsy Rust As if managing the health of patients wasn’t difficult and time-consuming enough, skilled nursing facilities now have to…
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In addition to caring for patients, SNFs must take care of business
Originally published in McKnight’s By Betsy Rust Nursing homes have an epidemic health problem these days, but it’s not in their patient population, it’s on…
A roadmap for hospitals to better collaborate with skilled nursing facilities
Originally published in Becker’s Hospital Review By Betsy Rust Hospital administrators, take note: In an uncertain time about the future of healthcare policy, there is still…
Three stars will be the new one star
Originally published in McKnight’s By Betsy Rust Nursing home operators call it low occupancy. Medicare insiders call it a declining census. Economists call it excess…
House calls coming back for seniors needing care
Originally published in McKnight’s By Betsy Rust Baby boomers likely recall, in flickering black-and-white, kindly physicians making house calls on television and in the movies….
A compelling case study in senior health
Originally published in McKnight’s By Betsy Rust Healthcare for seniors these days all too often focuses on the ill and the infirm, bedridden and beholden…
Post-acute facilities must start acting like businesses
Originally published in McKnight’s By Betsy Rust Fading fast are the days of post-acute healthcare providers viewing patients as their primary customers. Today, in the…
Nursing homes fade even as baby boomers age
Originally published in STAT By Betsy Rust As the senior population grows, it’s easy to think that nursing homes will be popping up everywhere. In fact, the…
SNF Medicare margins: What MedPAC doesn’t know
Originally published in McKnight’s By Betsy Rust In its recently released annual report on Medicare payment policy, MedPAC, a congressional investigative agency, said reimbursements to skilled…
Transitions ahead for nursing homes
Originally published in McKnight’s By Betsy Rust As a silver tsunami of seniors approaches on the demographic horizon, nursing homes and hospitals are preparing by…