Nursing home struggles expected to worsen hospital backlogs
01/05/24 at 04:00 AM
Nursing home struggles expected to worsen hospital backlogs
McKnights Long-Term Care News, by Josh Henreckson; 1/4/24
Nursing homes’ familiar struggles with insufficient staffing and insurance reimbursements are contributing to growing backlogs of patients awaiting throughput from hospitals to post-acute care across the US. Those waitlists are set to grow more congested in 2024 and cause even bigger disruption throughout the US healthcare system, according to recent state-level reports.
Editor's Notes: Hospice leaders, how might your organization help reduce these backlogs and delays?