Best practices to avoid nursing facility rehospitalization

By Patti Cullen, CAE  |  September 8, 2023  |  SNF/NF providers

Sometimes the biggest challenge is knowing how to successfully operationalize best practices. Use this tool from Superior Health to guide you through the steps necessary to avoid 30-day rehospitalizations. This document is intended to be utilized as a tool to operationalize evidence-based best practices to prevent 30-day rehospitalizations. Review each action item, assign a team member to assume responsibility and identify gaps that need to be addressed. Benefits of utilizing this document include the following:
  • Decrease 30-day rehospitalization rate
  • Improve outcomes
  • Improve staff accountability
  • Improve communication between SNF and referring hospitals

Superior Health Quality Alliance is the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services serving multiple states, including Minnesota. 


Patti Cullen, CAE
Patti Cullen, CAE  |  President/CEO  |   pcullen@careproviders.org  |  952-851-2487