Post-Acute Intelligence
Northeast Georgia Health System · Georgia

Post-Acute Network
Analysis

5 Hospitals · 1,294 FFS SNF Patients · 95 Unique SNF Destinations · Prepared by Puzzle Healthcare

5
Hospitals
Analyzed
All Northeast Georgia
24
Cross-System
SNFs
Appearing at 2+ hospitals
1
Network-Wide
Anchor SNF
3+ hospitals
5
Hospitals
All Northeast Georgia · NGHS brand
1,294
Total SNF Patients (FFS)
Q4 2023 – Q3 2025 (8 quarters)
95
Unique SNF Destinations
131 total destination seats
24
Cross-System SNFs
1 appears at 3+ hospitals
1
Immediate-Priority Hospital
By opportunity index
Why this matters
A 5-hospital footprint across Northeast Georgia reveals meaningful variation in post-acute pathways — and limited shared visibility across them.
Northeast Georgia Health System discharges roughly 1,294 fee-for-service patients over 8 trailing quarters to 95 unique skilled nursing facilities across the region. This is normal at scale: local referral patterns, patient choice, and geography all create natural variation. What this analysis surfaces is where NGHS already has shared SNF partners — the 24 cross-system SNFs serving 2 or more NGHS hospitals — and where Puzzle Healthcare can support the system in extending visibility, alignment, and proactive partnership into the post-acute setting. The framing is straightforward: introduce Puzzle to your downstream SNF network so the right patient gets the right care, faster, with transitions you can see.
Georgia State Benchmarks
GA SNF Utilization Rate
14.23%
Share of discharges to SNF · Georgia FFS baseline
GA 30-Day SNF Readmission Rate
16.43%
30-day all-cause readmission from SNF · Georgia FFS baseline
Immediate Priority Hospitals
1
NGMC Gainesville — highest opportunity score (57)
Near-Term Priority Hospitals
2
Habersham (50) · Barrow (41)
Hospital Portfolio · 5 Facilities
Gainesville
Gainesville, GA · 629 beds · Gainesville / Hall County
SNF Patients (FFS)1,113
SNF Destinations86
Top-2 Share27.0%
SNF Util vs GA (14.23%)14.5% (+0.2pp)
30d Readmit vs GA (16.4%)14.6% (-1.8pp)
Top SNF Destinations
Pruitthealth Limestone 199 pts 17.9% 13.0% RA
Pruitthealth Scenic View 101 pts 9.1% 17.7% RA
Bell Minor Home 98 pts 8.8% 18.8% RA
Ga 1 Ops Llc 68 pts 6.1% 16.3% RA
Salude - The Art Of Recovery 58 pts 5.2% 13.0% RA
57 — Immediate 629 beds
Habersham
Demorest, GA · 53 beds · Habersham County
SNF Patients (FFS)104
SNF Destinations15
Top-2 Share56.7%
SNF Util vs GA (14.23%)17.3% (+3.1pp)
30d Readmit vs GA (16.4%)19.5% (+3.1pp)
Top SNF Destinations
Pruitthealth Scenic View 43 pts 41.3% 17.7% RA
Mountain View Health Care 16 pts 15.4% 21.5% RA
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham Llc 14 pts 13.5% 9.9% RA
Mountain Lakes Medical Center 11 pts 10.6% 11.1% RA
50 — Near-Term 53 beds
Barrow
Winder, GA · 56 beds · Barrow County
SNF Patients (FFS)41
SNF Destinations18
Top-2 Share34.1%
SNF Util vs GA (14.23%)16.9% (+2.6pp)
30d Readmit vs GA (16.4%)18.1% (+1.7pp)
Top SNF Destinations
Park Place Nursing Facility 14 pts 34.1% 15.4% RA
41 — Near-Term 56 beds
Lumpkin
Dahlonega, GA · 52 beds · Lumpkin / Dawson
SNF Patients (FFS)36
SNF Destinations12
Top-2 Share30.6%
SNF Util vs GA (14.23%)11.2% (-3.0pp)
30d Readmit vs GA (16.4%)16.0% (-0.4pp)
Top SNF Destinations
Gold City Health And Rehab 11 pts 30.6% — RA
18 — Monitor 52 beds
Braselton
Braselton, GA · 188 beds · Braselton / Jackson-Barrow corridor
SNF Patients (FFS)—
SNF Destinations—
Top-2 Share—
SNF Util vs GA (14.23%)—
30d Readmit vs GA (16.4%)—
ⓘ Volume captured under Gainesville parent record. Separate metrics not available.
Top SNF Destinations
Volume consolidated under NGMC Gainesville
— — Consolidated 188 beds
Hospital Drill-Down
Hospital Engagement Priority Ranking — All 5 NGHS Hospitals
A composite score (0–100) reflecting where Puzzle’s introduction to the downstream SNF network has the most leverage: discharge volume, network breadth, utilization vs. Georgia benchmark, readmission signal, concentration risk, and high-risk SNF exposure. Higher score = stronger fit for early Puzzle partnership. Click column headers to sort.
Opportunity Index Components
Volume (FFS SNF patients)25 pts
Utilization vs. GA state avg20 pts
30-day readmission signal20 pts
Destination fragmentation15 pts
Top-2 concentration risk10 pts
Very-high-risk SNF exposure10 pts
Consolidated entities (Braselton) return N/A and are shown for reference only. Priority tiers: Immediate ≥55, Near-Term ≥35, Monitor <35.
Opportunity Score Visualization
Gainesville
57 — Immediate
Habersham
50 — Near-Term
Barrow
41 — Near-Term
Lumpkin
18 — Monitor
Braselton
— — Consolidated
Hospital ▼ Location ▼ SNF Patients ▼ Destinations ▼ SNF Util % ▼ 30d Readmit ▼ Top-2 Share ▼ Score ▼ Priority ▼
NGMC Gainesville Gainesville, GA 1,113 86 14.5% ~ 14.6% 27.0% 57 Immediate
NGMC Habersham Demorest, GA 104 15 17.3% ▲3.1 19.5% 56.7% 50 Near-Term
NGMC Barrow Winder, GA 41 18 16.9% ▲2.6 18.1% 34.1% 41 Near-Term
NGMC Lumpkin Dahlonega, GA 36 12 11.2% ▼3.0 16.0% 30.6% 18 Monitor
NGMC Braselton Braselton, GA — — — — — — Consolidated

SNF Util % shows hospital’s share of discharges to SNF compared with Georgia average (14.23%); arrow indicates direction of variance. 30-day readmission shown where reported; suppressed values display as —. Priority bands are relative within the NGHS 5-hospital system. Data period: Q4 2023–Q3 2025.

SNFs Serving Multiple NGHS Hospitals
24 SNFs serve 2+ NGHS hospitals; 1 serves 3+. These shared facilities are the most efficient anchor points for system-level SNF partnership conversations — one introduction, network-wide visibility benefit. Sorted by hospital count, then volume.
SNF Name ▼ Location ▼ # NGHS Hospitals ▼ Total Patients ▼ Avg 30d Readmit ▼ Served Hospitals
Pruitthealth Limestone 3+ anchor Gainesville, GA 30501 3 199 13.0% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Barrow NGMC Habersham
Pruitthealth Scenic View Clarkesville, GA 30511 2 144 17.7% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Habersham
Ga 1 Ops Llc Winder, GA 30680 2 68 16.3% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Barrow
Mountain View Health Care Clayton, GA 30525 2 53 21.5% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Habersham
New Horizons Lanier Park Gainesville, GA 30501 2 41 15.4% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Barrow
Park Place Nursing Facility Monroe, GA 30656 2 40 15.4% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Barrow
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham Llc Cornelia, GA 30535 2 38 9.9% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Habersham
Gateway Health & Rehab, Llc Cleveland, GA 30528 2 35 5.5% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Habersham
Cumming Operating Company Llc Cumming, GA 30040 2 35 13.4% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Barrow
Gold City Health And Rehab Dahlonega, GA 30533 2 34 23.5% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Lumpkin
Willowwood Healthcare And Rehabilitation Flowery Branch, GA 30542 2 32 19.6% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Habersham
Mountain Lakes Medical Center Clayton, GA 30525 2 30 11.1% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Habersham
Friendship Health & Rehab, Llc Cleveland, GA 30528 2 25 21.9% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Habersham
Life Care Center Of Lawrenceville Lawrenceville, GA 30043 2 22 14.6% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Barrow
Chatuge Regional Hospital Inc Hiawassee, GA 30546 2 17 6.3% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Habersham
Hill Haven Nursing Home Commerce, GA 30529 2 17 9.8% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Barrow
Mesun Health & Rehabilitation Center Lawrenceville, GA 30046 2 11 15.6% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Barrow
Cambridge Post Acute Care Center Snellville, GA 30078 2 — 18.1% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Barrow
Stephens County Hospital Authority Toccoa, GA 30577 2 — 13.0% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Habersham
Nursecare Of Buckhead Atlanta, GA 30305 2 — 22.7% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Habersham
Roswell Nursing & Rehab Center Roswell, GA 30075 2 — 23.6% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Habersham
Rosemont At Stone Mountain Stone Mountain, GA 30083 2 — 16.5% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Barrow
Morgan Medical Center Swingbed Madison, GA 30650 2 — 8.2% NGMC Gainesville NGMC Barrow
The Oaks – Athens Skilled Nursing — 2 — 16.5% NGMC Barrow NGMC Habersham

Cross-system SNFs appear at 2 or more NGHS hospitals during the Q4 2023–Q3 2025 analysis period. Readmission rates shown where available; — indicates data suppression. “3+ anchor” badge denotes PruittHealth Limestone, which serves Gainesville, Barrow, and Habersham. Total patients shown for Gainesville records; some entries reflect presence confirmed across hospitals without full patient count.

5 Hospitals across Northeast Georgia
NGHS’s footprint clusters into regional sub-systems. Each region shares a downstream SNF market, which means Puzzle introductions made at one NGHS hospital can compound value across neighboring facilities.
Gainesville Region · Hall County (Flagship)
2 hospitals · 1,113 SNF pts · 817 beds
  • Gainesville Gainesville, GA 1,113 pts
  • Braselton Braselton, GA — pts
Mountain & Rural Region
3 hospitals · 181 SNF pts · 161 beds
  • Habersham Demorest, GA 104 pts
  • Lumpkin Dahlonega, GA 36 pts
  • Barrow Winder, GA 41 pts

Priority dot color reflects the hospital’s position in the opportunity index: red = immediate, amber = near-term, gray = monitor, teal = consolidated. Volume is FFS SNF patients, Q4 2023–Q3 2025. NGMC Braselton’s volume is consolidated under NGMC Gainesville’s parent record; no separate SNF metrics available.