It’s been a common refrain in the industry: To survive in a health care system increasingly moving to value-based payment models, skilled nursing facilities will have to form strong partnerships with hospitals, health systems, and accountable care organizations (ACOs). But doing that will be difficult if acute care facilities and ACOs aren’t interested in forging […]
Strategic Health Care
When looking at a Medicare Advantage (MA) contract, the first instinct of many skilled nursing providers will be to check the rates. But if they stop there, they could miss out on significant amounts of revenue. “We do know when people get a contract, they want to just look at the rates,” Steve Wermuth, a […]