The Looming Reorganization of Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Services – Policy Considerations for a Post-COVID-19 Environment

Abstract

COVID-19 focused attention on the shortcomings of post-acute care. Growing financial and operational challenges for skilled nursing facilities (SNF) is leading to instability, reallocating transitions of care from SNF to home health (HH). Payers and policy makers must reexamine how dollars are allocated.