Patient Volumes at Skilled Nursing Facilities Plummet, Expenses per Patient Day Rise amid Continuing Pandemic, Syntellis Reports
New Non-Acute Data from Syntellis Shows COVID-19 Has Caused Spikes in Costs across Multiple Care Settings
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CHICAGO, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Patient volumes at Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) dropped by more than 36 percent in November 2020 year-over-year, accelerating from the more than 12 percent year-over-year drop in the May-October 2020 period, Syntellis Performance Solutions announced today.
Further, SNFs Spending per Patient Day rose sharply during the first months of the pandemic and has steadily increased. By November 2020, year-over-year spending per equivalent patient day in SNFs was 25.57 percent higher.