Too long between blog posts, so here are some interesting things in the world of skilled nursing and long-term care worth sharing today:
- Mark Parkinson, CEO of AHCA, advises skilled nursing providers to start strengthening those hospital relationships in anticipation of accountable care organizations (ACOs). Even if ACOs never materialize. “Whether they are developed or not, I think there is a logic to episodic bundled payment.”
- More on ACOs and post-acute care: The Commonwealth Fund Commission publishes recommendation for encouraging the establishment of ACOs, and another group thinks ACOs would shortchange medically underserved communities.
- And in non-ACO news for nursing homes: Cook up that popcorn! Nursing homes can screen movies without paying MPLC license fees (and other LTC facilities get discounted rates). Nicely done by AHCA and LeadingAge to broker the deal.
- At first, I was excited to find out that I was part of the "sandwich generation," because it sounded delicious. Then I realized it's a bit more complicated. How people are coping to care for the generations before and after them.
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