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Why Telehealth is Key to the Future of Skilled Nursing

Why Telehealth is Key to the Future of Skilled Nursing

As skilled nursing providers stare down a new Medicare payment system and macro-level moves toward value-based care, the pressures at first could seem insurmountable due to several factors at work.

  • The Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) will upend the Medicare reimbursement system.
  •  State-level Medicaid issues will continue to strain long-term care providers.
  • The rise of other new payment models — including accountable care organizations, bundled payments, and value-based purchasing — will make operators’ daily lives a swirl of competing incentives and the constant potential to lose out on vital reimbursement dollars.
  • Pressure from health systems to deliver high quality care at the lowest cost possible, treating patients in place unless absolutely necessary to send to the hospital.
But the post-acute and long-term revolution also includes a not-so-secret weapon for savvy providers: the rise of telehealth solutions that can help operators maximize income and improve care. To download the white paper click here.  You’ll learn how technology and services from innovative telehealth providers can help skilled nursing leaders control their destiny in the uncertain present and future.

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