With healthcare’s movement to value-based payment requiring cross-continuum patient engagement, health systems will be held increasingly accountable for the performance of post-acute care providers to whom they send patients.
The significant cost and quality variation among post-acute care providers, coupled with limited data on post-acute costs and outcomes, can have serious financial repercussions for a health system’s bottom line and even more serious effects on patient outcomes.
As the healthcare delivery system migrate from treating illness to emphasizing prevention and wellness, long-standing siloes among acute and post-acute organization simply aren’t sustainable. Health systems must create integrated partnerships with post-acute care providers to determine when, how much, what type of post-acute care is most appropriate. We’ve found significant interest among healthcare leaders around creating these essential partnerships – in a recent Premier survey, 85 percent of health system leaders reported they are considering creating or expanding partnerships with preferred post-acute care providers.
When it comes to creating an effective post-acute care network, however, it’s important to consider some key strategies that establish a strong foundation for success.
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