Nursing Homes Seeking More Short-Term, Lucrative Rehabilitation Patients

The AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday examined how, with "billions of dollars at stake, nursing homes across the nation are rushing to reinvent themselves to compete with hospitals and affiliated rehabilitation facilities for short-term, higher-paying patients." The nursing home industry for decades has focused on older, sicker patients. However, the "prospect of bigger payments" from treating younger patients by offering postoperative rehabilitation services at lower costs has spurred interest within the industry, according to the AP/Journal-Constitution

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