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Article: As reimbursements decrease and options rise, nursing homes adapt; Focus shifts to short-term, skilled rehabilitation.(News)
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- Crain's Cleveland Business
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- January 22, 2007
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Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND
With darker financial clouds gathering on the long-term care horizon, nursing homes are becoming a temporary place for the elderly to get well versus a place where people go to live out their remaining days.
More options for elder care, such as assisted living and in-home care, and a reduction in Medicaid reimbursements are forcing nursing homes to offer more short-term skilled rehabilitation services rather than focus on traditional long-term residential care, said Pete Van Runkle, president and CEO of the Ohio Health Care Association in Columbus.
The push to offer services beyond long-term residential care has been ...