Insights and Trends
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Shifting Post-Acute Landscape: Three Trends Every Hospital Leader Should Watch in 2026
October 22, 2025The post-acute landscape, especially inpatient rehabilitation, continues to rapidly grow and transform. For hospital leaders striving for peak operational efficiency, improved patient outcomes and strong financial health, staying ahead of emerging trends is crucial. Discover 3 trends currently shaping the inpatient rehabilitation landscape for hospitals and how strategic…
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Healthcare Headlines from the Hill: September Edition
September 25, 2025Stay ahead of the latest regulatory shifts and healthcare breaking news with Headlines from the Hill. In this month’s edition you will find: Rural Health Transformation Program: CMS issues Notice of Funding Opportunity. The Rural Hospital Stabilization Program: 8 hospitals selected. Nurse workforce: Legislation proposed to review certain…
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The Inpatient Rehabilitation Difference: Partnering for Better Patient Outcomes
September 16, 2025Research shows that nearly 50% of all acute care discharges nationwide go to a post-acute setting.1 To prevent readmissions and control costs, it is critical for patients to have access to the right post-acute care. One setting that continues to see substantial growth across the care continuum is inpatient rehabilitation.Inpatient rehabilitation, whether through an…
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Unlock Improved Patient Outcomes & Lower Costs with Behavioral Health Integration
September 11, 2025Now more than ever, integrating behavioral health into a hospital’s core operations has become critical for not only a patient’s well-being and outcomes, but also the financial stability of the overall hospital.
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Case Study: TGH with Lifepoint Rehabilitation and Lifepoint Behavioral Health
August 27, 2025Partnering with Lifepoint Health expanded both the acute care rehabilitation and behavioral health services, ultimately improving care quality and outcomes for Tampa General Hospital (TGH). Through this, TGH is now able to provide the community with two new state-of-the-art facilities, specialized expertise and aligned values.The rehab challengeTGH’s original acute…
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Healthcare Headlines from the Hill: August Edition
August 21, 2025Stay ahead of the latest regulatory shifts and healthcare breaking news with Headlines from the Hill.
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The 2025 Denials Outlook: Why Partnerships Are Key to Hospital Financial Growth
July 30, 2025Hospitals and health systems spent nearly $20 billion in 2022 appealing denied claims.1 As denial rates continue to rise – averaging a 3% increase annually – hospitals are having to expend extra labor, resources and finances, ultimately impacting patient’s access to timely, critical care.2
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Behavioral Health’s Role in Relieving Emergency Department Strains
July 16, 2025The growing disparity between community need for psychiatric beds and limited resources forces behavioral health patients to turn to emergency departments (EDs) as a solution. These acute settings, however, are ill-equipped for specialized behavioral health needs, leading to ED operational strain through overwhelming admissions, bed shortages and ineffective treatment.
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Navigating Rising Patient Volume Trends: Post-Acute Partnership’s Role
June 23, 2025The healthcare landscape is shifting, as more hospitals face significant surges in patient volume, driven largely by an aging population with chronic conditions. If hospital priorities are not effectively changed, this growing patient population will have a major impact on care delivery, length of stay (LOS), bed capacity and readmission rates.
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The Future of Rural Healthcare: How Post-Acute Partnership Can Help
June 10, 2025The local community healthcare landscape in the United States is facing a severe crisis. Over the past two decades, nearly 200 local hospitals have closed their doors, leaving millions of Americans without access to essential healthcare services, including inpatient rehabilitation, behavioral health and emergency treatment.
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Hybrid Partnerships: Elevating Hospital Performance and Outcomes
May 30, 2025Partnerships are key to efficiently improving care quality and outcomes for an increasingly complex patient population. But because every hospital and community is unique, a one-size-fits-all partnership strategy is not effective.
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Healthcare Headlines from the Hill: May Edition
May 20, 2025Stay ahead of the latest regulatory shifts and healthcare breaking news with Headlines from the Hill.
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Elevate Patient Care Through Behavioral Health Integration: Mental Health Awareness Month 2025
May 06, 2025May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the deep connection between physical and mental health.
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Optimizing Length of Stay: The Key to Hospital Success
April 28, 2025Despite widespread efforts to standardize patient care for efficiency, achieving consistent reductions in length of stay (LOS) across complex patient populations remains a critical challenge.
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Non-Profit Hospitals Are Turning to Post-Acute Providers for Rehabilitation Partnership
April 14, 2025While hospitals understandably prioritize financial investment in acute services for program optimization, staffing and resource allocation, health leaders recognize the substantial benefits of post-acute care in improving patient outcomes, length of stay and readmission risk.
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Reduce Cost, Increase Revenue: The Power of Inpatient Rehabilitation Partnership
March 27, 2025Hospitals are facing significant financial challenges, including rising supply and labor costs, increasing regulatory burdens, and other operating pressures. Moreover, 40% of hospitals are operating in the red, and 31% of rural hospitals are at risk of closing, notes a Kaufman Hall report.
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Revolutionizing Behavioral Health: The Power of Partnership
March 19, 2025As behavioral health cases surge, overwhelming EDs, hospitals and staff, health leaders are seeking solutions to manage this growing crisis without diverting resources from core services.
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Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Key Player in Value-Based Care
March 11, 2025Value-based care (VBC), a CMS initiative, drives hospitals to deliver high-quality, affordable care by focusing on patient outcomes rather than the volume of services provided.
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Healthcare Headlines from the Hill: February Edition
February 26, 2025Stay ahead of the latest regulatory shifts and healthcare breaking news with Headlines from the Hill.
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The Financial Impact of Clinical Staffing Shortages on Hospital Outcomes
February 13, 2025Recruiting and retaining quality clinical staff remains a top priority for hospitals and health systems this year.
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