Welltower Continues Health System Push with Jefferson Health Joint Venture

Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) on Monday continued its recent push to partner with major health systems, announcing a joint venture with the non-profit Jefferson Health. A hospital heavyweight in the Philadelphia metro area, Jefferson — affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University — will begin providing clinical care at Welltower’s senior housing, assisted living, and memory care […]

Skilled Nursing, Post-Acute Providers Must Embrace ‘Death of Dogma’ to Survive Shift to Episodic Care

As payers and hospital networks increasingly treat skilled nursing facilities as just one stop along an overall episode of care, operators in the space have received a variety of messages about how to survive: Bring data, get to know referral partners’ problems, demonstrate your worth. But a leader at a major Philadelphia-area hospital network took […]