Improving Outcomes by Overcoming Patient Access and Reimbursement Challenges In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare environment, providers are faced with more challenges than ever when running acute rehabilitation programs. From treating the right patient at the right time to costly reimbursement battles, there is no shortage of issues that can interfere with delivering the best level of care. Addressing these problems is especially urgent when it comes to treating highly acute patients. To succeed, providers must learn strategies for overcoming the two most daunting obstacles: patient access and reimbursement. This guide examines the best practices for meeting these challenges. Serving as a case study is a partnership between Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services (KHRS) and University Hospitals (UH). The two entities worked together to implement these solutions successfully.