Post-Acute Care: What to Know and How Hospitalists Can Improve Care

Beyond the discharge order, a patient’s story accelerates. This on‑demand course helps hospitalists understand the real SNF environment, describe payment and process realities, and enumerate SNF challenges. You’ll identify concrete steps to apply tomorrow and critique policy options, then synthesize practical checklists to improve outcomes for older adults and design smoother handoffs that actually stick.

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Availability

On-Demand

Expires on Apr 30, 2027

Cost

Member: $0.00

Non-Member: $55.00

Credit Offered

0.75 CME Credit

0.75 ABIM-MOC Point

0.75 Participation Credit

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Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, learners should be able to:

Describe why clinicians - particularly hospitalists - should care about post-acute care.
Enumerate SNF challenges and describe the environment.
Identify things you can "do tomorrow" - as well as policy changes - that could improve outcomes.

Faculty

Robert Burke

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Faculty Disclosures
The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.

Accreditation Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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