Arbitration Vs. Mediation. Terms: The main difference between arbitration and mediation is a simple one: arbitrators hand down decisions, just as judges do, which can only be contested under certain circumstances.
Definition of Subacute Care. 1  Subacute care is a level of care needed by a patient who does not require hospital acute care, but who requires more intensive skilled nursing care than is provided to the majority of patients in a skilled nursing facility.
More than 50 percent of the providers of subacute care surveyed were located in California; 60 percent were free-standing nursing homes. Approximately 70 percent were part of a chain of facilities, and facilities with rehabilitation services were more likely to be chains.