This article is sponsored by American Health Partners. In this interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with Amy Cruse – Vice President, AmPharm, to talk about the long-term care pharmacy industry and the key steps providers should take to find the right pharmacy partner in the post-acute space. She explains the different service models and […]
This article is sponsored by American Health Plans. In this Skilled Nursing News Voices interview, Marybeth O’Connor, National Director of Business Development for American Health Plans, explains why nursing home operators are increasingly looking to the provider-owned ISNP model to improve financial performance and achieve superior clinical outcomes. She also offers her outlook of the […]
As value-based care increasingly becomes more prevalent in the nursing home industry, providers continue to straddle traditional Medicare fee for service (FFS) and a plethora of managed care plans. But there are arrangements that can allow organizations to be both payer and provider, or partner with those that already occupy both worlds. Amy Kaszak, executive […]
This article is sponsored by American Health Partners. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with Bridget Grover, VP, TruHealth, to learn about why provider-owned Institutional Special Needs Plans (I-SNPs) are growing so fast, and the advantages for the nursing home operator to own their own Medicare advantage plan. She explains how TruHealth […]
Economic uncertainty, staffing shortages, looming federal regulations, a new COVID variant and major changes to the Minimum Data Set (MDS) are just a few of the challenges facing the skilled nursing sector at the dawn of 2023. But a new year is also a time for optimism. Favorable Medicaid policies, the growth of strong regional […]
The top quotes of 2022 memorably captured some of the biggest skilled nursing issues of the year, from “shocking” payment policies to “colossal” regulatory issues to “transformative” changes. The quotes below not only serve as reminders about what transpired over the last 12 months, but touch on many issues that are still pressing as 2023 […]
A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers has introduced a bill aimed at increasing access to mental health services for older adults, including those residing in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Dubbed the Increasing Mental Health Options Act of 2022, the legislation seeks to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries have access to psychologists and can receive mental health […]
Skilled nursing and post-acute companies — and other providers serving older adults — must raise their games to deliver services within a new health care paradigm, as payers and consumers alike demand a more integrated continuum. In particular, post-acute and senior care companies must “be the answer” as large insurance companies seek ways to more […]
Michael Bailey is president and CEO of American Health Partners. The company provides residential long-term and rehab care through American Health Communities, as well as health plans designed for nursing home residents through American Health Plans. Through the Value-Based Care Series, Bailey shares key elements of the American Health Plans model, including the TruHealth approach […]
Several recurring topics crept up while chronicling Skilled Nursing News’ most-read stories of the year – occupancy, staffing, acquisitions and the industry’s place in value-based care – among others. Of course, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and subsequent mandate were top-of-mind the entire year as well. The Biden administration sought to boost lagging staff vaccine rates […]
Roughly 94% of Medicare beneficiaries want to receive post-acute care in the home rather than a skilled nursing facility, according to results of a Morning Consult poll released today. The poll was conducted on behalf of the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH), along with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). That’s […]
As skilled nursing facilities see occupancy slowly tick upward from the lows of the COVID-19 pandemic, the topic of shifting post-acute residents into the home health space was kicked into a higher gear with members of Congress and President Biden himself weighing in on the conversation. And while the push to home care may be […]
Operators were left scratching their heads when the Biden administration “singled out” nursing home staff in its vaccine mandate, noting their residents are interacting with many more people — who don’t have such requirements — across the health care continuum. “Our residents go all over the place… 50% of our cases in the last month, […]
Looking to the future, skilled nursing facilities will need to get creative and find new ways to attract patients and their families in a post-acute care continuum that’s becoming more and more crowded and competitive. A report from Plante Moran looking at how SNFs can rebound from the pandemic shows that nearly 500 surveyed by […]
American Health Partners, which operates 29 skilled nursing and senior living facilities among other post-acute ventures, on Wednesday announced its acquisition by the Mitchell Family Office (MFO). The Birmingham, Mich.-based MFO explicitly pointed to the diversity of American Health Partners’ holdings as a reason behind inking the deal. In addition to its brick-and-mortar senior health […]
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