Try as the researchers and regulars might, there’s still head-scratching going on about accountable care organizations. While the future of value-based purchasing seems secure, what ACOs will look...
What will it cost you to stay in the post-acute care game?
By
Steven Littlehale
Apr 22, 2015
More than just collecting data, providers need to use standardized, nationally recognized measures. Especially in this era of ACOs and alternative payment models. In the past, many individual providers...
If you feel like a number now, just wait
By
John O'Connor
Jun 01, 2012
Anne Tumlinson made a startling revelation about hospital discharges during a recent McKnight’s webcast.
In some ways, assisted living is not so different
By
John O'Connor
May 14, 2012
Clearly, the assisted living field has made some amazing strides in the past few decades.
ACOs and other language barriers
By
John O'Connor
Dec 19, 2011
We’re hearing a lot about the looming world of accountable care organizations, or ACOs, especially with Monday’s unveiling of the 32 “pioneer” organizations. Odds are you have a...
The reaction to ACOs? Ouch!
By
James M. Berklan
May 16, 2011
I haven’t heard them pronounced this way yet, but long-term care providers might want to consider it when it comes to ACOs. Instead of spelling it out, as in A-C-O, say it phonetically, as in “Ache-O.”
Accountable care brings a bundle of pay concerns
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 20, 2011
If there were any doubt, you can erase it now: If you’re a long-term care provider, you MUST make sure you are ingrained in whatever form accountable care organizations take near you in the future....