Managed Healthcare Executive November 6, 2020

The U.S. post-acute care market is growing at 4% and is expected to be $470B in value by 2026, spanning across various post-acute settings.

The U.S. post-acute care (PAC) market is growing at 4% and is expected to be $470B in value by 2026, spanning across various post-acute settings. These include home health and hospice centers, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), and long-term acute care hospitals (LTACs). Though SNFs continue to dominate the market, home health is one of the fastest growing segments—driven by the growing geriatric population.

PAC services are delivered after the patient is treated at a health system, which means that PAC providers rely heavily on referrals to place patients. However,...

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Topics: EMR / EHR, Health IT, HIE (Interoperability), Patient / Consumer, Post-Acute Care, Provider, Technology
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