Promises vs. Reality: What May Be Overlooked in the Value-Based Care Conversation

A slate of newly proposed reforms laid out by the Biden administration in recent weeks demonstrate a clear focus on value-based care moving forward for nursing homes. Designed to improve patient outcomes by awarding financial incentives or penalties based on 30-day hospital readmission rates, the SNF VBP program, combined with the growth of the I-SNP […]

With Backing from Omega, SafelyYou Wraps $30M Funding Round

Fall management technology company SafelyYou raised $30 million in a Series B funding round, bolstered by Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI). Omega also prepaid $10 million so the real estate investment trust’s 944 senior living and skilled nursing facilities could utilize its SafelyYou technology, which uses artificial intelligence-enabled video to detect falls and record them. […]

SCAN’s ‘Embrace’ Model Expands on the Traditional I-SNP

SCAN Health Plan’s new institutional special needs plan (I-SNP), coined “Embrace,” covers multiple parts of the care continuum: skilled nursing, home health and assisted living. A subsidiary of SCAN Group, the Long Beach, Calif.-based SCAN Health Plan announced its new model of care last week. “Embrace” will launch in Los Angeles and Orange counties in […]