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Ep 5: How Operators Can Find the Best Way – or Ways – Forward
May 1, 2022Guest Spotlight:
Mark Parkinson, President and CEO, The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living
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Clinical and operational challenges driven by the pandemic have pushed skilled nursing leaders to face unprecedented challenges. But these challenges have pushed skilled nursing leaders to unprecedented levels of innovation and resourcefulness that will lift the industry up.
Mark Parkinson, President and CEO of The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) AHCA/NCAL will discuss new strategies for long term and post-acute care professionals driving the industry forward, as well as the sentiments behind them:
The strategies include:
- The need to explore vendor partners and local presence
- Implementing a transitional care management program
- Deepening relationships with ACOs
- Investing in specialty care services (Dialysis, ventilators, etc.)
- Launching an ancillary business (Home health, pharmacy, etc.)
- Institutional Special Needs Plan (I-SNP)