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Behavioral Health’s Role in Relieving Emergency Department Strains

July 16, 2025

The 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.

Navigating Rising Patient Volume Trends: Post-Acute Partnership’s Role

June 23, 2025

The 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...

The Future of Rural Healthcare: How Post-Acute Partnership Can Help

June 10, 2025

The 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.

Hybrid Partnerships: Elevating Hospital Performance and Outcomes

May 30, 2025

Partnerships 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.

Healthcare Headlines from the Hill: May Edition

May 20, 2025

Stay ahead of the latest regulatory shifts and healthcare breaking news with Headlines from the Hill.

Elevate Patient Care Through Behavioral Health Integration: Mental Health Awareness Month 2025

May 6, 2025

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the deep connection between physical and mental health.

Optimizing Length of Stay: The Key to Hospital Success

April 28, 2025

Despite widespread efforts to standardize patient care for efficiency, achieving consistent reductions in length of stay (LOS) across complex patient populations remains a critical challenge.

Non-Profit Hospitals Are Turning to Post-Acute Providers for Rehabilitation Partnership

April 14, 2025

While 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.

Reduce Cost, Increase Revenue: The Power of Inpatient Rehabilitation Partnership

March 27, 2025

Hospitals 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.

Revolutionizing Behavioral Health: The Power of Partnership

March 19, 2025

As 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.