A recent uptick in the number of health systems formalizing post-acute partnerships with rehabilitation hospitals may reflect a shift toward a proactive approach to managing an aging patient population and navigating increased federal scrutiny of care transitions.
Some of the nation’s top health systems — Cleveland Clinic, New York City-based NYU Langone Health and Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health — are aligning with major rehabilitation providers to maintain quality oversight and extend continuity across the care continuum.
Cleveland Clinic and Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Select Medical have opened their fourth joint rehabilitation hospital. The Cleveland Clinic Rehabilitation Hospital Fairhill adds to the organizations’ existing footprint in Avon, Beachwood and Bath Township, Ohio. The facilities are part of Select Medical’s national network of more than 30 rehabilitation hospitals.
NYU Langone Health’s Rusk Rehabilitation is expanding a long-standing collaboration with Centers Health Care, the Northeast’s largest post-acute provider. The model places a Rusk physician on site at Centers’ skilled nursing facilities. A five-year pilot served more than 1,000 patients and achieved discharge goal rates well above state and national benchmarks.
Slated to open in 2028, Vanderbilt Health and Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health plan to build a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Lebanon, Tenn. This move marks the partnership’s second venture, the first being the Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital in Nashville.
Read about more rehabilitation facility partnerships, openings and expansions here.
