Every year, over 1 million Medicare beneficiaries receive nursing and rehabilitation services in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) to help with recovery after a hospital stay. The goal of physical and occupational therapy in SNFs is to help patients regain their functional mobility, discharge back to the community, and avoid being readmitted to the hospital. In SNFs, patients can receive therapy provided by occupational and physical therapists who perform evaluations, treatments, and discharge assessments, or occupational and physical therapy assistants, who are only licensed to provide treatments under therapist supervision.

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