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For seniors barely recovering from illness or surgery, knowing where to turn to next can feel both daunting and urgent. Fortunately, skilled nursing care can provide the support needed for a safe ...

Changes to a key component of the Patient Driven Payment Model remain in limbo two years after they were first proposed, but federal regulators are still poised to refine the system to accommodate for ...

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The federal government spent an estimated $7.7 billion more on swing-bed care in rural hospitals than it would have if patients received the same care in a skilled nursing facility, a federal watchdog ...