Dual impacts of Medicare payment reform and the COVID-19 pandemic on therapy staffing in skilled nursing facilities


  • Abstract

    Implementation of new skilled nursing facility (SNF) Medicare
    payment policy, the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), resulted in immediate
    declines in physical and occupational therapy staffing. This study characterizes
    continuing impacts of PDPM in conjunction with COVID-19 on SNF
    therapy staffing and examines variability in staffing changes based on SNF
    organizational characteristics.


  • Authors:

    Prusynski RA, Humbert A, Leland NE, Frogner BK, Saliba D, Mroz TM

  • Journal/Publisher:

    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

  • Edition:

    Dec 2022.

  • Link to Article

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  • Citation:

    Prusynski RA, Humbert A, Leland NE, Frogner BK, Saliba D, Mroz TM. Dual impacts of Medicare payment reform and the COVID-19 pandemic on therapy staffing in skilled nursing facilities. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022;1‐11. doi:10.1111/jgs.18208