Skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs) have the staff and equipment to provide skilled nursing, medical management and therapy services to individuals, on a 24-hour basis, who do not require high-intensity services provided in the hospital setting.
CHA filed a lawsuit Nov. 24 against the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) challenging provisions enacted in budget trailer bill ABX4 5, which purports to perpetually freeze reimbursement rates to hospitals for distinct-part skilled-nursing and subacute services to the rates in effect for the 2008-09 rate year.