Skilled Nursing News August 31, 2020
The rising tide of managed care enrollment for both Medicare and Medicaid patients continues to swell, and as the nation grapples with the costs of the pandemic, SNFs should be aware of the moves states might make to implement some type of managed care model as they try to secure budgetary stability.
The steady increase in Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment has many SNFs justly concerned about their bottom lines, as MA plans are lower-paying relative to traditional fee-for-service Medicare. But a Blue Sky Therapy webinar held August 19 highlighted a key factor that underpins this rise: the expansion of Medicaid in multiple states.
“If you were to crossmatch the Medicaid expansion states in 2017 to the above percentage of Medicare...
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