Healthcare Innovation September 10, 2019
Questions have arisen around how SNFs can thrive in the ACO model, but patient care leaders in Iowa have shown the ability to make it work
For accountable care organizations (ACOs), being able to successfully develop and engage post-acute care (PAC) networks has become a core priority when it comes to controlling costs and improving care quality. As noted in a 2018 research paper from Kaufman, Hall & Associates, and published by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), “Medicare is the nation’s largest single purchaser of post-acute care services, spending nearly $60.3 billion in 2015, according to a June 2017 report by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). For the federal government, post-acute care represents a major savings opportunity, largely...
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