Posted Friday, July 22, 2022
MedPAC released its July 2022 data book and it showed that there was certainly a feeling at the time that home health agencies were gaining more patient admissions that may have previously gone to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
“In March 2020, at the onset of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the share of inpatient hospital discharges referred to SNFs declined to 16.6% and by October 2020 had reached 14.9%,” the data book highlighted. “By contrast, the share receiving home health care services increased to 20.9%.”
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