Verify the SNF Discharge Med List and Discharge Summary Match

You'll see more emphasis on how to effectively transition patients from the hospital to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).

More acute-care hospital patients are going to a SNF after discharge, partly because patients are discharged earlier and sicker.

Even more concerning is that up to one in four Medicare patients discharged to a SNF are readmitted to acute care within 30 days...and two-thirds of these readmissions are potentially preventable.