Skilled Nursing Facility Changes in Ownership and Short-Stay Medicare Patient Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Skilled nursing facility (SNF) changes in ownership are receiving attention in the national conversation regarding health care quality and oversight. SNF ownership changes have been cited as possible ways for SNFs to obscure financial arrangements and shift funds away from patient care; however, it is unclear whether ownership changes are associated with quality outcomes, especially for short-stay patients.

Objective

To determine which SNF characteristics are associated with changes in ownership and whether ownership changes were associated with differences in short-stay patient outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study was a secondary analysis of 2016 to 2019 Medicare administrative data including SNFs in the United States with complete

SUBMITTER: Prusynski RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10509722 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature