Heart patients fare better when prescribed home care after SNF discharge: study
Heart patients were less likely to be rehospitalized 30 days after discharge from a skilled nursing facility when home care was prescribed.
Skilled Nursing
Understanding the superbug problem
Although studies by the CDC have confirmed that the majority of superbug cases occur within the general community, unfortunately, an increased number of diagnosed superbug cases do occur in skilled nursing facilities and hospitals.
Analysis: ACOs save money by shifting care away from skilled nursing facilities
Providers taking part in a Medicare experiment saved money by funneling care away from skilled-nursing facilities and other settings, and toward physician services, according to a new analysis.
This hospice study might make nursing homes less comfortable
What’s the best eldercare development we’ve seen in the past quarter century? For my money, nothing compares to the ongoing expansion of hospice care services.
Snobbery that skilled care operators can ill afford
Quite a few skilled care operators tend to look at assisted living as being not quite equal. Many on the skilled side tend to see themselves as being a bit, ahem, more qualified.
Dylan Investments buys SNF
Dylan Investments has acquired the 28-bed skilled nursing facility and campus, Los Gatos Oaks Convalescent Hospital, JCH Senior Housing Group announced.
Net gain for rural operators
Skilled nursing facilities would become eligible for broadband services funding under a proposed Senate bill.
Suit: SNF liable for overdose
A nursing home owner whose former employee died of an overdose is being sued in San Luis Obispo (CA) Superior Court.
Ventas to spin off SNF portfolio after hospital chain purchase
Just a month after spending $2.9 billion to acquire medical office buildings and senior housing assets, Ventas announced Monday it will spin off its skilled nursing facility portfolio following the new acquisition of a 14-hospital chain in the Southwest.
New Medicare ACO to be unveiled soon
The government’s top health insurer has announced that providers could get a first look at a new type of Medicare accountable care organization this month. It has been modeled closely after a controversial managed care program and includes new waivers for skilled nursing facilities.
