Post-acute care

Post-acute care providers are often overlooked but remain critical to the overall success of the delivery system. Our unique, cross-industry perspective provides insight into how post-acute and long-term care providers fit into the ecosystem and how all types of organizations can support patient needs after hospital discharge.

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Learn the best ways to build and maintain relationships between acute and post-acute providers

Get our playbook of best practices, data analysis, and ready-to-use tools. Together, these resources provide start-to-finish support across every stage of relationship development.

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Use the post-acute care pathways explorer tool to quantify provider quality and patient outcomes and more

We created this easy-to-use online tool that enables users to access comprehensive data reports for the acute and post-acute providers in their market in a single, streamlined interface. With this tool, you'll also be able to identify provider relationships and highlight spending trends for user-defined markets.

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To succeed in 2025, hospitals and health systems will need to recalibrate their strategies. Join the webinar to learn how to pursue sustainable, differentiated growth.

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New staffing mandates for SNFs will have broad effects. Here's how to prepare.

CMS recently proposed new mandatory staffing levels for SNFs. We analyzed the data to see how many SNFs would be able to meet the proposed requirements, nationally and by county. Read on to understand where SNFs are struggling – and what SNFs and hospitals can do to prepare.

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Why rural communities are hit hardest by SNF closures — and what can help

SNFs are closing at an alarming rate. Even more concerning, these closures are disproportionately impacting rural patients and providers. Find out what this means for rural communities — and what SNFs and their referring providers can do now to address these struggles.

Market Insights

The state of post-acute M&A

Merger and acquisition activity in post-acute care is in flux. Uncover the state of M&A for four sites of care, the acquisition patterns to expect moving forward, and market trends that may affect future investment interest.

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Home Health Agencies

Learn about the type of care and patients home health agencies serve, the challenges they face, why they matter, and the opportunities available for them.

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Skilled Nursing Facilities

Learn what types of care skilled nursing facilities provide, why they matter, how they work, and conversations leaders should be having now to improve growth.

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Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

Learn what type of care inpatient rehabilitation facilities provide, why they matter, how they work, and what leaders should be doing now to improve growth.

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The Post-Acute Leader's HR Guide

Access our best practices to recruit, engage, and retain top talent in post-acute care�all in one place.

Market Insights

The state of post-acute M&A

Expert Insight

How to achieve and maximize specialization

With SNFs struggling to survive, many are turning to specialization to maintain their value in the market. Discover three ways post-acute providers can maximize ROI and access new revenue streams by leveraging existing specialty expertise.

Our Take

3 strategies to capitalize on investments in specialization

Post-acute providers can capitalize on emerging health system needs and preferences by creating well-defined, high-quality specialities. Learn how to create a successful specialty and ensure a return on investment.

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Expert Insight

New staffing mandates for SNFs will have broad effects. Here's how to prepare.

Expert Insight

Why rural communities are hit hardest by SNF closures — and what can help

Expert Insight

How to achieve and maximize specialization

Expert Insight

SNF closures have upstream effects — here's what hospitals must do

Hospital length of stay is on the rise as acute providers struggle to find a bed in an appropriate post-acute site due to limited SNF capacity. Find out what that means for hospitals and patients — and what providers can do now to ease ongoing struggles.

Implementation resources

Our Take

3 strategies to capitalize on investments in specialization

Our Take

The state of the post-acute workforce

How to stabilize the exodus of clinical staff—while addressing long-standing workforce challenges

Diagnostic Audit

The post-acute care systemness audit

Assess your organization's systemness and discover how to use the full scope of services you offer to achieve strategic goals.

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Hospice market scan

Discover key insights on the hospice industry and strategies to propel your hospice program's growth.

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Monica Westhead

Managing director, Nursing and workforce research

Monica leads nursing and workforce research at Advisory Board. Her work explores topics such as care team structure, workforce development, and care delivery.

Diana Tinta

Content specialist, AskAdvisory

Diana Tinta serves on Advisory Board's AskAdvisory team supporting member questions on nursing, post-acute care, healthcare workforce, and physician strategy.

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Post-acute care

Learn the best ways to build and maintain relationships between acute and post-acute providers

Use the post-acute care pathways explorer tool to quantify provider quality and patient outcomes and more

Attend our Nov. 21 webinar to learn what health system growth will look like in 2025

New staffing mandates for SNFs will have broad effects. Here's how to prepare.

Why rural communities are hit hardest by SNF closures — and what can help

The state of post-acute M&A

Home Health Agencies

Skilled Nursing Facilities

Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

The Post-Acute Leader's HR Guide

The state of post-acute M&A

How to achieve and maximize specialization

3 strategies to capitalize on investments in specialization

New staffing mandates for SNFs will have broad effects. Here's how to prepare.

Why rural communities are hit hardest by SNF closures — and what can help

How to achieve and maximize specialization

SNF closures have upstream effects — here's what hospitals must do

3 strategies to capitalize on investments in specialization

The state of the post-acute workforce

The post-acute care systemness audit

Hospice market scan

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Monica Westhead

Diana Tinta

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