FEATURE: Options for Post-Acute Services

Options for Post-Acute Services

Convalescent centers, skilled nursing facilities or home care?

Options for Post-Acute Services

State laws vary when it comes to extended recovery care in an ASC.

Options for Post-Acute Services

Convalescent centers, skilled nursing facilities or home care?

As more complex procedures move to the outpatient setting, ASCs should be looking at where patients can receive the best post-acute recovery care, recommends Rebecca Craig, RN, CASC, ASCA Board president and chief executive officer of Harmony Surgery Center and Peak Surgical Management in Fort Collins, Colorado. Whether an ASC offers overnight care, uses extended recovery care, relies on home health services or discharges patients with friends and family, ensuring the most appropriate option to help patients return to health should be the top priority when selecting the appropriate provider and site of service for this care, she says.


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