This article was written in the McKnight’s Long-Term Care News website by Kimberly Marselas on March 22, 2021.
Read the article in full by visiting the McKnight’s Long-Term Care News website: https://www.mcknights.com/news/with-key-resources-at-the-ready-speciality-providers-have-done-well-amid-covid-19/

Here is a little snippet from the website:

Most of long-term care has found itself hobbled by low occupancy and consumers’ sustained fears during the pandemic, but one group has generally fared much better than the others: Providers focusing on intense rehabilitation and transitional care.

That’s largely because they were able to demonstrate their value to upstream providers in need of reliable outlets for step-down patients.

The trend toward targeting clinically complex patients is nothing new, but observers say the continued push toward payment incentives that unite payers and providers around risk — plus ongoing, specific needs related to COVID-19 — have hastened the transformation.