Achieving most of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) value-based care efforts requires the ability to monitor patients through the continuum of care and accurately report on that patient’s journey. It also requires that several disparate organizations coordinate their efforts and work together to achieve the best outcomes at the lowest costs. However, this […]
Read MoreSkilled Nursing Facilities and the Post-Acute Care Industry are Facing a Tumultuous 2018. Is Your Organization Ready?
For the post-acute healthcare industry, last year was full of fear and uncertainty. After the initial (and prolonged) tumult of the Affordable Care Act and the eventual (uneasy) alliance the industry formed with it, the new Trump administration seemed poised to shake everything up again. Well, the dust has cleared after the administration’s first year, […]
Read MoreCan CMS’s New Advanced Payment Bundles Save Healthcare?
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently launched its newest bundled payment model, the voluntary Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced, and they are doing something unique in the healthcare industry – pleasing both clinicians and management. “Volunteer bundles are a very attractive proposition for providers and health systems to generate outside […]
Read MoreMost Post-Acute Providers Cannot Achieve Value-Based Care Goals. Fortunately, One Solution is Ready to Help Them Succeed.
Post-acute care providers are facing an uphill battle when it comes to value-based care, and it is largely due to their IT infrastructure. A recent survey from Black Book Market Research of over 2,000 long-term and post-acute care facilities revealed that one of the biggest issues facing these organizations is an inability to share healthcare […]
Read MoreCompliance Burdens are Burying Post-Acute Providers – Fortunately Relief is Available
According to a recent report from the American Hospital Association (AHA), the healthcare industry spends roughly $39 billion annually on regulatory compliance efforts. Interestingly, while perhaps not unexpectedly, this burden becomes seven times greater when post-acute is added to the mix. The study found that average-sized hospitals spend nearly $7.6 million each year on administrative […]
Read More10,000 Baby Boomers Reach Retirement Every Day, Is the Healthcare Industry Ready?
According to Pew Research and the Social Security Administration, 10,000 men and women reach retirement age each day. If that number seems big – it is. The impact to society will be huge, especially to healthcare. The vast amount of Americans hitting age 65 over the next few years means the number of people eligible […]
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