RevCycle Intelligence May 4, 2017
Healthcare executives agreed that health systems should partner with, not own, post-acute care facilities for value-based purchasing success, a survey revealed.
Health systems should develop a post-acute care network and strategy to succeed in value-based purchasing models, a recent Deloitte survey indicated.
The survey of 36 executives from health systems, payers, post-acute care organizations, and professional associations showed health system leaders are increasingly turning to post-acute care providers to improve cost and quality performance under alternative payment models.
Improving post-acute care can help health systems reduce healthcare costs and spending variations. Medicare reportedly spends almost $60 billion per year on post-acute services, but around 73 percent of differences in total Medicare spending stemmed from post-acute care variations.
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