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Post-Acute Industry Trends Quarterly

Your source for post-acute industry trends

Use these condensed trend reports and insights to quickly see the state of the post-acute industry. Feel free to to share this page, check back for quarterly updates, and use the charts in your own presentations.

Latest data available as of September 2023

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National Fee-For-Service Admissions | 2023 Q1

Home Health
Year-over-year home health admissions decreased from 793.5K to 762.0K (-3.9%) between 2021 Q4 and 2022 Q4.

Hospice
Year-over-year hospice admissions increased slightly from 400.9K to 401.1K (+0.5%) between 2022 Q1 and 2023 Q1.

Skilled Nursing
Year-over-year skilled nursing admissions decreased by 5.4%, from 491.9K in 2022 Q1 to 465.1K in 2023 Q1.

Fee-For-Service Inpatient Discharge Instructions | 2023 Q1

Home Health
The percentage of inpatient stays instructed to seek home health services declined slightly between the rolling four quarters ending in 2022 Q1 (23.4%) and the rolling four quarters ending in 2023 Q1 (22.9%).

Hospice
The percentage of inpatient stays instructed to seek hospice services remained consistent between the rolling four quarters ending in 2022 Q1 and the rolling four quarters ending in 2023 Q1 at around 4.0%.

Skilled Nursing
The percentage of inpatient stays instructed to seek skilled nursing care increased slightly between the rolling four quarters ending in 2022 Q1 (19.6%) and the rolling four quarters ending in 2023 Q1 (20.3%).

Note about FFS admissions data:
FFS home health, hospice, and skilled nursing admissions are based on claims initially released by CMS to their virtual research data center and accessible by Trella Health. As such, the true number of admissions could be higher when claims that were filed after the initial release are factored in. Trella Health uses the initially released data for earlier quarters to provide a more accurate directional trend analysis for the latest available data.