Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), also known as nursing homes, experienced a decline in operating capacity following the COVID-19 pandemic, which was associated with patients experiencing longer ...

Inconsistent interpretation of federal regulations at the state level, and surveyor subjectivity are gray areas that will ...

U.S. skilled nursing facilities are operating with significantly less usable capacity since 2019, with steep declines in ...

Likely due to staffing shortages, US nursing-home capacity has declined—by 15% or more in some cases—since the COVID-19 ...

Mass General Brigham is using a state grant to test an advanced care at home model for patients in need of skilled nursing facility services. Mass General Brigham is testing a variation of the ...

Nursing homes have lost 5% of operating capacity since 2020, according to a new study examining why providers have had to limit admissions.

Medicare may end a person’s skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage if the care is no longer medically necessary or if they use all their covered days in a benefit period. An SNF is a care facility ...

It's overwhelming enough helping your mom get discharged from the hospital after a fall. But what if her doctor doesn't think it's safe for her to return home? As you scramble to find somewhere ...