The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) is finding ways to reduce overall Medicare spending without impacting the quality of patient care. Medicare Advantage has emerged as a reliable way to offer eligible enrollees a more cost-effective plan while shifting the burden of risk...
Key Considerations on Your Journey to Value-Based Care Although CMS recently halted applications for the 2022 Direct Contracting Program, now is still a good time to start planning. For those still deciding if they want to create an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) or a Direct Contracting...
Medicare Part C – also known as Medicare Advantage (MA) – enrollment has been on the rise for the past few years. A few short years ago, MA beneficiaries made up only 15% of all Medicare enrollments. Today, that number has climbed to a staggering...
The first performance year for Direct Contracting Entities (DCEs) begins in April 2021. What does that mean for you and your post-acute business? Until now, options to participate in the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Accountable Care Organization (ACO) risk-sharing payment models were...
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In the past few months, I have been absolutely amazed by the entire healthcare industry’s resilience and strength. Many in our industry have faced unheard of obstacles and setbacks, but those challenges led to a new wave of innovation, allowing many of you to create...
Data-Driven Insights into Post-Acute Care and Medicare Beneficiaries Our annual Industry Trend Report is here! With data-driven insights into how post-acute care and Medicare beneficiaries have changed quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year, this report gives you a more in-depth understanding of what’s going on nationally and in your...
Post-acute care continues to grow as a focus area for accountable care organizations (ACOs). In order to be recognized as a preferred partner, post-acute providers must show their value to become a part of an ACO’s network. Complete the form to access this on-demand webinar, Insights into...
Have ACOs been a disaster for SNFs? Some SNF leaders think so, regarding ACOs as a disruptor that wrecked their way of doing business and providing the best patient care. In a 2019 interview with Skilled Nursing News, an anonymous SNF operator blasts the ACO model as...
”We have had more than 50 patients die, both shorter term rehab patients and long-term care residents.” Those are the words of Jennifer Bishop,* director of rehabilitation for a 170-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Massachusetts, reflecting on the human tragedy of COVID-19 in 2020...
