Financial advantages of operating a skilled nursing unit
Fogel, L.A.
Healthcare Financial Management Journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association 48(7): 50
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0735-0732 PMID: 10146021 Document Number: 435433
Hospitals may accrue specific financial advantages from the operations of a skilled nursing unit (SNU), such as the ability to allocate some fixed costs to a hospital-based unit that receives cost-based reimbursement from Medicare. The level of reimbursement SNUs receive from Medicare, however, can be optimized by obtaining an exemption or an exception to routine cost limits.