Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
Top 2019 trends for skilled nursing
According to Skilled Nursing News, these trends we will experience in 2019. Starting off, CMS will step up enforcement and look to cut reimbursements.
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CMS will up its weekend inspections of nursing homes
The CMS notified state survey agencies it will use payroll-based staffing data to identify facilities with reduced weekend staffing, and require the agencies to conduct at least 50% of off-hours surveys of those facilities on weekends, starting immediately. Read More >>
Northern Light Beacon Health ACO and tech firm team up
It's the first health care organization in Maine to implement the PatientPing technology that will link it to a growing network of New England providers.
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Accountable care organizations save money at cost of skilled nursing
The Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model netted Medicare about $62 million in net savings in its first year of operations — and cutting spending in skilled nursing facilities was a key driver for the decrease.
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MedPAC report focuses on long-term care, referrals
MedPAC said this system results in Medicare’s fee-for-service payments varying greatly from setting to setting.
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North Carolina lawmaker pushes for legislation to protect seniors in assisted living facilities
A state legislator told Channel 9 Tuesday there are loopholes in North Carolina that let assisted living facilities take advantage of seniors by hiking prices or even kicking them out.
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Accountable care organizations benefiting from skilled nursing woes
Skilled nursing providers have long been wary of accountable care organizations (ACOs), fearing that the models’ emphasis on cost-sharing might drive dollars away from their buildings. And a new study shows that those concerns might be grounded in reality.
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Bye-bye, CMMI?
CMS Administrator Seema Verma has announced the dawn of big changes at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). What will happen to all the bundled payment projects?
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House passes AHCA bill by 4 votes
The promise of $8 billion for high-risk and pre-existing conditions pushed the bill in the GOP's favor. The bill now moves on to the Senate, where the margins for passage are predicted to be tougher.
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The repeal and replace bill: Medicaid’s most dangerous enemy?
The GOP's long-awaited bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is here--but its vision may be dangerously shortsighted.
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