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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.
Aligning Senior Housing and Care
Kate Nicholls of Investments at Ventas, Inc. explores the opportunities and challenges of senior housing and care integration With options for senior housing and care integration continuing to evolve—and the discussions around the options increasing in frequency and...
Skilled Nursing’s New Balancing Act – Consultant Marc Zimmet Takes a Deep Dive into the Nuances of the Sector
The skilled care delivery and payments system is going through a significant transitional period and it is increasingly difficult to be financially successful without meeting quality standards. “Financial success is being tied to quality,” said Marc Zimmet, president...
America’s New Hub for Innovation is Focused on Senior Care
When NIC founder and strategic advisor Bob Kramer returned from a recent trip to Milwaukee he was clearly inspired, energized, and as hopeful as ever for the future of seniors housing in America. He’d been invited to witness the October 8th unveiling of Direct...
Addressing the Workforce Crisis: Labor Management Lessons Learned from a Healthcare Setting
I recently joined the Outreach team with National Investment Center (NIC) following a career in acute-care hospital and ambulatory operations with a large academic medical center. My previous focus was on patient throughput strategies, EHR optimization, telemedicine...
Groups Partner to Offer Innovative Medicare Advantage Plans
As providers grapple with how to best care for frail elders, a new model of collaboration is being launched that could serve as a national template for the integration of housing and healthcare. Ten senior living and care organizations in the Twin Cities will offer a...
“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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