For most skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), Medicare reimbursements are an important revenue source to maintain both margins and census. If your skilled nursing facility is one of these, it is imperative that your organization develops an effective strategy to address the evolving reimbursement landscape impacting Medicare.

SNF value-based purchasing programs will soon place portions of Medicare reimbursement at risk (e.g. the nursing home readmission penalty). However, SNFs need to quickly realize that...