Skilled Nursing News January 26, 2020
The new fee-for-service Medicare model absorbed much of the oxygen around nursing home payment reform in 2019, but 2020 — as well as the years beyond — will bring a slew of alternate payment pressure to the post-acute sector.
Over the next two years alone, 95% of post-acute operators will find themselves in new payment models, according to a January report on 2020 health care trends from consulting firm Avalere Health — while Medicare Advantage will continue to expand its footprint into an array of new covered services.
“Medicare is reorienting payment around patient needs rather than resource utilization, while MA plans and accountable care organizations are encouraging patient care in the lowest-cost, clinically appropriate care settings,” the Washington, D.C.-based...
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