Medicare Advantage SNF utilization grew to 47.6% in 2024, with shorter stays and higher occupancy, per Plante Moran's benchmarking report.

TEAM may encourage hospitals to improve the quality of the care their patients receive after being discharged. But it also ...

Increasing pressure from managed care and other payer organizations did not dramatically undercut overall nursing home ...

MedPAC Friday recommended a 3% cut to Medicare base payments made to skilled nursing facilities in 2024. The recommendations came on the second day of the advisory group’s December meeting, with staff ...

The nursing home sector in 2026 will be defined by rapid change, leaders said, as payment constraints, workforce shortages ...

FRAMINGHAM, MA - AUGUST 22: Harold Engler a former patient at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, had to pay for his own skilled nursing facility care. (Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via ...

Medicare covers short-term care in a skilled nursing facility (SNF). However, its SNF coverage has some limitations. There are certain factors to consider when preparing for the end of Medicare’s SNF ...

Medicare doesn’t provide coverage for routine dental visits, teeth cleanings, fillings, dentures, or most tooth extractions.

Convalescent homes, also called skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), are inpatient care facilities where you can receive continued care from healthcare professionals after a hospital stay. The cost of a ...

Dear Toni: My mother had to go into the hospital this week with a urinary tract infection and pneumonia, then she slipped and bumped her head. No concussion, but she is very weak, so we are asking ...

The amount of money you pay for Medicare coverage depends on the plan you choose. There's no universal Medicare Advantage ...