ALTSA: NH #2021-060 Admission Incentive: Hospital Discharges to Nursing Homes

ALTSA: NH #2021-060 Admission Incentive: Hospital Discharges to Nursing Homes

The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact medical and long-term care settings across the country. As the state is responding to another surge, we have a critical need to create capacity in acute care hospitals to serve those who need emergency and intensive care during this ongoing outbreak.

One of the top priorities of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is continuing to work with patients who no longer have a need for acute care in a hospital to transition to alternative settings. This will create capacity for hospitals to serve individuals who need acute care that can only be provided in a hospital setting. As during the previous surges in 2020 and earlier in 2021, DSHS responded to the COVID emergency by implementing Nursing Facility Admission Incentives. The strong partnering with skilled nursing facilities (SNF) and hospitals expedited SNF admissions for over 800 individuals during these previous incentive periods.

On August 9, 2021, DSHS, Home and Community Services (HCS) Division, received approval to offer incentives to SNFs who accept new resident admissions from acute hospitals and is again requesting additional assistance with expediting transitions.

Please read full letter here

Questions?

Contact: 

Laura Hofmann, MSN, RN – Director of Clinical and Nursing Facility Regulatory Services
c: 425-231-4804

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August 12, 2021