Skilled Nursing News June 23, 2019
With the U.S. health care system lumbering toward value-based care and grappling with how to match payments with outcomes, accountable care organizations (ACOs) have come under the spotlight.
But despite conflicting reports about their capacity to produce savings and improve care, one operator tells Skilled Nursing Question that there is no doubt about one thing: For skilled nursing facilities, the arrival of ACOs has been a catastrophe.
Under the ACO model, hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers band together to provide care to Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries. The theory is that coordinated care will reduce medical errors and duplication of services, leading to better outcomes for patients — all for hopefully less money spent.
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