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"Rather than building their own healthcare capabilities, many operators will partner on care coordination to unlock value."
Housing and Healthcare Blog
Weekly insights, interviews, news, and opinions on healthcare and seniors housing.
Authors’ views are their own and do not reflect the views of NIC.
Collaboration vs. Competition: How to work with a home health agency
Home health and home care providers are often viewed as competition for the senior living industry. But collaboration with outside agencies can create a better resident experience and extend the length of stay. What follows is an interview with Sarah Walmsley,...
Good Care Transitions Are Not Enough
We have to think about what’s best for this person, this patient, this resident, and carry that expertise throughout the different settings.In today’s value-based care model, the focus is increasingly on incentivizing providers to do what’s truly best for the...
House Calls Make a Comeback
A senior living provider in the Northwest forms partnerships with local healthcare groups to bring medical services to the residents’ doorstep. Imagine this scenario. A resident falls and breaks her arm. Instead of calling an ambulance to rush her to the hospital...
Emerging Solutions for Communication Challenges in Seniors Housing & Care
By Fee Stubblefield, Founder & CEO, The Springs Living A few years ago, one of our residents went through a series of transitions that made it painfully clear to me that the senior living industry, ourselves included, needed tremendous improvement in our care...
Headlines Digest
Numerous recent headlines, many of which can be found here on the seniorcare.nic.org resources page, detail how real-world business decisions are increasingly driven by value-based care. NIC carefully curates and regularly updates a list of links to stories,...
“There's a huge opportunity for seniors housing to collaborate with home health.”
“Understand what metrics your hospital partners want.”
“Rather than building their own healthcare capabilities, many operators will partner on care coordination to unlock value.”
“Providers are teaming up to assure a seamless, high quality experience”
“If you are not talking the health plan's language, you will be commoditized.”
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