NIC Notes

Insights in Seniors Housing & Care

Senior Housing  |  Skilled Nursing  |  healthcare

Good Care Transitions Are Not Enough

By: Bob Kramer  |  July 12, 2019

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 individual, the customer. Good outcomes are the goal, and the intent is to incentivize provider behavior that will produce such outcomes, at lower cost. That’s led to the realization that we need to have good hand-offs from one setting to another.

Senior Housing  |  Workforce

The Impact of AI on Seniors Housing and Care Workforce Shortages

By: Bob Kramer  |  June 12, 2019

In today’s business environment, seniors housing and care leaders can often access capital through a phone call or a single meeting. They can develop strategy on a weekend leadership retreat. When it comes to solving workforce issues, however, no easy solutions have arisen, leaving the industry with a constant problem that just doesn’t seem to be going away any time soon.

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