Postacute Care, Aging Services, Primary Care: Hospitals Look Beyond Their Walls

November 18, 2016 | Aging Services Risk Management

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​As the healthcare industry moves toward value-based payment systems, financial success for hospitals will increasingly depend on what happens outside their walls, according to a November 1, 2016, article in HealthLeaders Media. Nonacute care—such as care occurring in home health, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation centers, long-term care, hospice, and primary care—is becoming the focus of investment for organizations who until recently "saw anything outside the hospital environment as peripheral," the article said. Total inpatient days in community hospitals dropped from 207,000 in 1994 to 180,000 in 2014 according to American Hospital Association data cited by the article. During the same period, outpatient visits increased from 382,000 to 693,000. The article cited the case of a Louisiana medical center that closed one of its hospitals that was losing money.

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