Medicare skilled nursing facilities' occupancy and payer source: The moderating role of financial performance.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

While extensive research has focused on patient outcomes in skilled nursing facilities, a critical gap remains in understanding factors influencing their managerial performance, particularly occupancy rates. This study examines the occupancy rates of skilled nursing facilities and assesses the significance of two important drivers of managerial performance that have not received sufficient attention-the influence of payer mix and total profit margin. Specifically, we focused on the role played by a nursing home's financial performance (as assessed by profit margin) in influencing the relationship between payer mix and occupancy rate among skilled nursing facilities.

Methods

Data were extracted from the 2019 to 2020 Joint Annual Report of Nursing Homes for a sample

SUBMITTER: Kim H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11367703 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature