 Home |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| View the Specialty Hospitals Foundation Brochure Here. | |||
|
|
|||
A long term acute care hospital (LTACH) — commonly referred to as an LTACH (pronounced L-tack) — provides diagnostic and medical treatment or rehabilitation to patients with chronic disease or complex medical conditions whose average length-of-stay is 25 days or longer. Patients who meet this profile are typically adults who are in need of intense long term acute medical services due to the complexity of their illnesses.
Typically, the patient population is defined by one of the following clinical profiles:
|
|
Over the past several years, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) have recognized the need for ensuring a continuum of care from a traditional hospital-based setting to a therapeutic, acute care environment — prompting the creation of LTACHs as a new level of care.