Discharge from acute care is no longer the endpoint of a healthcare provider’s patient care responsibilities. As hospitals and accountable care organizations participate in bundled payment models, they are at increased financial risk and are looking to post-acute care (PAC) providers to help meet cost, healthcare quality, and patient satisfaction goals. Choosing the right PAC provider is particularly critical for …
Healthcare’s Next Horizon: Mining the Value of Post-Acute Care Partners
It’s a brave new world in healthcare – rife with promise but also replete with demands. Through such initiatives as the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), the federal government continues to signal its future direction with the industry: paying for value, not volume, of care. Increasingly, providers will be asked to navigate exacting incentive programs that …