‘Where the Ship is Heading’: Theoria Joins ACO REACH to Better Align With Value-Based Care in SNFs

Some physician groups have decided to join the accountable care organization (ACO) REACH programs to better serve high needs groups given that the nursing home sector is gravitating toward value-based care – the trend being especially true if patients are already aligned with an ACO through their primary care provider. Theoria Medical, for one, made […]

Diabetes Overtreatment Common in Nursing Homes as White House Focuses Efforts on Unnecessary Meds

While the Biden administration’s overprescription reform in nursing homes focuses mostly on antipsychotics, research has found that other disease treatments – including medication for type 2 diabetes – are overprescribed as well. About 40% of nursing home residents with type 2 diabetes were either overtreated or potentially overtreated, according to results published in the Journal […]

CMS Works to Further Reduce Inappropriate Medication Use in Nursing Homes as Part of Biden Reforms

The Biden administration’s recent efforts to further reduce inappropriate medications in nursing homes has been a multi-year endeavor for industry leaders, but many in the space believe there is still a long way to go. As part of the administration’s nursing home reforms, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will launch a new […]

Medical Directors Must Remain Innovative as Nursing Homes Treat Higher Acuity Patients, Theoria Medical CEO Says

A medical director has to be more “engaged” than ever in its nursing home’s everyday operations at a time when facilities continue to see an influx of higher acuity patients, Dr. Justin Di Rezze, CEO of Theoria Medical, said. Di Rezze said that while nursing homes were beginning to see more medically complex patients before […]