AHCA CEO: Value-Based Care ‘Most Exciting’ Development of His 30-Year Skilled Nursing Career

by Paul Bergeron Skilled nursing providers are facing an extremely challenging operating environment, but they must keep adapting and innovating as the shift toward value-based care continues across the U.S. health care system. And in fact, providers have tremendous opportunities to seize. “Value-based care through the population health management model is the most exciting thing […]

With Backing From Rubicon Founders, Post Acute Analytics Wraps Series C Funding Round

Technology company Post Acute Analytics closed on its Series C funding round on Thursday, bolstered by investment firm Rubicon Founders. Financial details were not disclosed. Rubicon is led by Adam Boehler, former Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) director and a senior adviser to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human […]

Pandemic May Have Been ‘Ultimate Stress Test’ for I-SNP Success in Nursing Homes

Nearly a decade after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established accountable care organizations (ACOs) in conjunction with the Affordable Care Act, the health care landscape has shifted even further toward a focus on outcomes and value. As recently as October CMS and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center (CMMI) […]

Former Long-Term Care CEO to Lead CMS Innovation Center

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has a new director. Adam Boehler, founder and former chief executive officer of home health provider Landmark Health, was named CMMI director — a position that also comes with the title of deputy administrator — by Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. Azar has […]

HHS Secretary Wants Providers to Take Amazon, Yelp’s Lead

If Health and Human Services secretary Alex Azar has his way, the health care consumer of the future will select providers the way they currently decide where to eat or which knockoff iPhone charger to buy. “Imagine a day when health care delivery in the United States functions the way other parts of our economy […]