How palliative care could help break the SNF-to-hospital cycle
02/21/24 at 03:00 AM
How palliative care could help break the SNF-to-hospital cycle
Hospice News, by Molly Bookner; 2/20/24
A dearth of coordination or integration between rehab teams and palliative care teams routinely forces some patients into a cycle between the hospital and the nursing home in their last year of life. ... Nursing homes are incentivized to hospitalize residents eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid because those patients can later return to the nursing home with a higher-paying Medicare benefit before transitioning back to long-term care with lower Medicaid day rates.