Managing financial pressures with subacute care
Rousso, S.M.
Healthcare Financial Management Journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association 49(10): 88-90 92
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0735-0732 PMID: 10151255 Document Number: 446835
Many healthcare organizations have found that converting acute care beds to subacute care beds has enabled them to control costs, enhance payments, and better serve patients along the full continuum of care. Conversion to subacute care, however, requires careful planning and sufficient resources. Healthcare executives contemplating converting an acute care unit to a subacute care unit must determine the cost of conversion, the types of services to be offered, licensing requirements, the types of patients to be served, and reimbursement implications.