The omission of nursing facilities leads the editorial director of the publication, which covers long-term care facilities, to question the future role nursing homes will play in healthcare given the rise of ACOs.
The editor suggests nursing facilities will become “subcontractors” for hospitals and physicians and, hyperbolically speaking, “servants” to future accountable care organizations.
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