According to Pew Research and the Social Security Administration, 10,000 men and women reach retirement age each day. If that number seems big – it is. The impact to society will be huge, especially to healthcare. The vast amount of Americans hitting age 65 over the next few years means the number of people eligible […]
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Many healthcare professionals – especially those connected to skilled nursing facilities (SNF) – are extremely worried about the proposed tax plan coming out of the House of Representatives. The House recently passed a $4.1 trillion budget plan that promises deep cuts to social programs, including removing nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid’s budget over the next […]
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Hospitals that use a preferred network of post-acute care facilities reduce their readmission rates four times faster than hospitals that don’t. A recent study has found that these providers were able to cut readmission rates from nursing homes by 6.1 percent between 2009 and 2013. Hospitals that did not have a network saw only a […]
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