The post-acute care industry faces unprecedented pressure. Complex intake processes and fragmented communication are limiting capacity and driving up readmissions. Nearly 65% of skilled nursing facility (SNF) referrals and 76% of home health referrals go unfilled due to capacity and information gaps. Intake teams can review up to 700 documents per patient transfer, consuming valuable clinical time. The result: inefficiency, lost revenue, and avoidable patient harm — with 23% of hospital-to-SNF patients readmitted within 30 days.
But a new generation of AI-powered solutions is rewriting this narrative. Cascala’s platform uses artificial intelligence to extract, structure, and summarize patient data in real time — giving post-acute teams the clarity they need to move faster, allocate resources smarter, and prevent readmissions before they occur.
Intake remains one of the biggest operational bottlenecks in post-acute care. Every referral requires staff to manually review clinical notes, discharge summaries, insurance documentation, and therapy orders — often hundreds of pages per patient.
Cascala’s AI-Powered Intake Accelerator automates that process, while driving smarter admissions. It extracts, organizes, and summarizes every relevant data point into a single, actionable view — surfacing therapy needs, insurance coverage, and risk factors instantly.
With decisions made in minutes, not hours, SNFs can accept more referrals, fill beds faster, and strengthen relationships with acute-care partners. The result: higher occupancy, faster revenue cycles, and reduced administrative load.
Preventing avoidable readmissions remains central to both quality and compliance. Under CMS value-based purchasing, penalties for high readmission rates directly impact reimbursement — making proactive management essential.
Cascala’s Risk & Readmission Alert System continuously monitors clinical notes, vitals, labs, and medication orders to detect early signs of decline. When a risk emerges, it triggers “treat-in-place” alerts that help teams intervene before a transfer becomes necessary.
Meanwhile, Cascala’s Care Coordination Platform bridges communication gaps between physicians, therapists, and case managers, ensuring that every stakeholder has access to the same real-time information.
Together, these tools reduce hospital returns, support CMS compliance, and strengthen referral confidence — helping SNFs demonstrate measurable quality improvement.
In post-acute care, resource allocation decisions often rely on incomplete data. Facilities must constantly balance therapy schedules, equipment use, and clinical workload across fluctuating patient populations. Without clear visibility into patient acuity and service intensity, teams risk overextending resources in some areas while underutilizing them in others.
Cascala’s Resource Intensity Model provides the data intelligence needed to allocate time, attention, and resources where they matter most. By translating patient acuity into a unified view of care demand, Cascala helps leaders align nursing, therapy, and ancillary services with real-time needs.
This model allows facilities to:
The result is a more balanced, data-informed operation — one that makes the most of available capacity while maintaining high-quality, patient-centered care.
The pressures facing post-acute care aren’t going away — but they can be managed smarter. Facilities that embrace data-driven, AI-enabled systems will not only improve efficiency but also elevate their standing in an increasingly performance-based environment.
Cascala’s technology is built for that future:
As CMS updates value-based purchasing and digital quality reporting, the facilities that thrive will be those that transform complexity into clarity. Cascala is helping them do exactly that — one referral, one shift, and one successful discharge at a time.
Cascala transforms how healthcare organizations manage post-acute transitions. Its AI platform extracts and structures patient data from referrals, generates concise clinical summaries, identifies risk factors, and powers real-time coordination across teams. The result: faster admissions, smarter workflows, fewer readmissions, and better outcomes across the continuum of care. Contact us now to learn more!
