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Good morning NRHA members, Applications are now being accepted for new residency positions created by Sec. 126 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021 and Sec. 4122 of the CAA, 2023. More information on the new residency positions can ...

The current report, like the 2015 report, fails to consider critical components necessary to conduct this analysis. It is easy to compare the daily rates of a CAH Swing Bed Program with a SNF, then assume wasted Medicare dollars due to the variance ...

Thank you, Carrie! The following report demonstrates that swing bed patients tend to fare better than SNF patients. In truth, you could probably argue that the SNF would have been more costly based on outcomes data. https://www.stroudwater.com/critical-access-hospital-swing-bed-programs-outperform-skilled-nursing-facilities-on-quality-performance-according-to-new-report-by-stroudwater-associates/ ...

Dear Fellow Rural Advocates, Thank you all for the thoughtful discussion around the OIG report. Your insights highlight the diverse challenges this report poses for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and rural healthcare. Below, I've connected your comments ...